…compilation of tutorials
When I found Scrapfriends I really had problems to stop looking and learning ;-)) It is such a treasure chest of How-to Articles!
One of them I really enjoyed was ‘How to Stamp With Markers’. Easy, cheap and with wonderful results. In a word: stunning!
Links:
Scrapfriends
How-to Articles
How to Stamp With Markers
Working with paper sometimes consists in tearing it. But mostly you want it to be torn in a particular way and not crooked ;-)
Creative Paper Crafts gives lots of tips, tricks and ideas, one of them being a how-to on tearing paper.
I tried this technique several times and it always worked out exactly the way I wanted.
Thats what I call a good instruction ;-))
Links:
Creative Paper Crafts: a website where I can surf for hours! ;-))
Tearing Paper
Working with paper is always fun to me. Therefore I check everything that shows me how to fold, glue or colour papers.
This time it was an instruction on folding roses instruction on folding roses I took delight in. They look nearly real!
Links:
ParchCraft Australia: a website with lots of project ideas, instructions and patterns
Folded Roses
Tutorial moved to: Folded Roses
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Although they call it ‘Peep Show Pop Up Box’ I rather think of it as a card. And it is a card I really want to make one day!
Isn’t it wonderful?
Links:
‘Peep Show Pop Up Box’
I really like dried flowers, but I want to have them immediately, not after some days hidden in old books ;-)
Then I found this tutorial, where Christine Cox describes how to dry flowers in a microwave. She even tells about experiences she did with different kinds of flowers.
Links:
Drying Flowers in the Microwave
I find it always convenient to be able to create a fast, unique and beautiful item, such as a personal greeting card for my beloved.
One way to do this is described at making-greeting-cards.com. I really loved the Nature Cards.
Links:
making-greeting-cards.com: Instructions for making cards
Nature Cards