Embellishments Archive

  • Embellishments: Borders, Corners & Frames

    Embellishments: Borders, Corners & Frames

    If you take a few minutes to observe what it around you, you may find some supplies you can use. With scissors and markers, a pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted and glued on...

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  • Embellishments: Die-Cut Shapes & Punchies

    Embellishments: Die-Cut Shapes & Punchies

    I’m always buying supplies for my scrap-booking and craft work, so I know how costly it can get to purchase your supplies from retail shops. Being original and artistic shouldn’t stop you from taking advantage of the ways I’ve found to save on your supplies. •...

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  • Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts: Embellishments

    Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts: Embellishments

    With a little imagination, you can find many ways to use that abundant collection of old magazines which are currently hidden beneath your bed. I favor cutting out letters in various colors and sizes and putting them together to spell out aphorisms and quotations. A...

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  • Embellishments: Tags

    Embellishments: Tags

    I’m always buying supplies for my scrap-booking and craft work, so I know how costly it can get to purchase your supplies from retail shops. Therefore, I’ll give here a list of my tricks for saving money on supplies while creating unique and artistic items. •...

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  • Embellishments: Buttons & Flatbacks

    Embellishments: Buttons & Flatbacks

    You probably have a pile of magazines accumulating somewhere in the house, and now there are lots of ways you can make some use of them. Try making quotations or maxims out of letters that you’ve cut from magazines in different sizes, colors and fonts....

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  • Embellishments: Flowers

    Embellishments: Flowers

    If you have a huge magazine stack collecting under the bed, there are many ways to finally get some use out of it. I like to make my own sayings and quotes by snipping various sized letters of the alphabet in different shades and putting...

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  • Embellishments: Chipboard

    Embellishments: Chipboard

    Not only am I an avid scrap-booker, but I also love creating homemade crafts. I know first-hand that purchasing supplies from art supply retail stores can get very expensive. To save on supplies and still be super unique and creative I’ve compiled all of...

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  • Embellishments: Mixed Lots

    Embellishments: Mixed Lots

    There are a lot of ways you can eventually use that big pile of magazines that has been gathering beneath your bed. I like to make my own sayings and quotes by snipping various sized letters of the alphabet in different shades and putting them...

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  • Embellishments: Charms

    Embellishments: Charms

    With a little imagination, you can find many ways to use that abundant collection of old magazines which are currently hidden beneath your bed. Something I love to do is to use scissors to snip out various sized and colored letters and put them together...

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  • Embellishments: Ribbons, Bows, Fibers, Wire

    Embellishments: Ribbons, Bows, Fibers, Wire

    You probably have a pile of magazines accumulating somewhere in the house, and now there are lots of ways you can make some use of them. One of my favorite pastimes is making sayings or quotations by cutting out letters of many different sizes and...

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