How to Make an Easy Party Banner – Tutorial

This Tutorial includes products provided for review by Hot Off the Press – PaperWishes.com For this cute banner, I used the Grapefruit Collection and the Build a Banner Template from Hot Off the Press. I can see myself using this template a lot! There are so many banner sizes and styles on this one template, […]

How to Make Pinwheel Cupcake Toppers – Tutorial

  This Tutorial includes products provided for review by Hot Off the Press – PaperWishes.com For this tutorial, I used the Playful Pinwheels template by Hot Off the Press. This is an awesome template, it really is, as it includes many different sizes and styles of pinwheels. Both single and double pinwheels too. What You […]

Make Your Own Cupcake Wrappers – Tutorial

I didn’t realize it was going to be so easy to make these! Now you can make your own cupcake wrappers to match whatever theme your party or event is. And it will only take minutes to make these! I Used the Grapefruit line of papers by Hot Off the Press for these. What you’ll […]

Pillow Box Tutorial

Pillow box  Tutorial.  This would be perfect to give as a birthday gift or to that special teacher as a thank you gift. : ) It’s just the right size to slip a gift card into. You will need: – 1 sheet patterened paper, cardstock weight – bone folder – adhesive – pillowbox template. (there […]

Accordion mini album tutorial

Here is a tutorial for a mini accordion album – it’s a real quick one, you could probably make the entire thing in 30 minutes. : ) You can see photos of my entire finished album right at the end of the tutorial. What you need: – 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock – patterned […]

Address Book Tutorial – Use Up Your Stash!

This is a fun and easy project, a bit time consuming but totally worth it in the end! It’s an address/ contacts book. What you need: -A lot of paper! cardstock weight, double sided. A good mix of patterned paper and plain cardstock works best. (this is a great time to go through your stash […]

Ranger Distress Ink Tutorial

Ranger Distress Ink tutorial These inks are the best!!! I love using all the various colors with the Ranger Ink Blending tool. I wanted this book to look more masculine so I didn’t use any patterned paper. I simply used the distress inks and the ink blending tool to create my own page backgrounds, directly […]

Freckled Fawn Giveaway!

Todays Spring into Summer Giveaway is sponsored by Freckled Fawn. They carry a delightful assortment of embellishments: wood chips, washi tape, resin shapes, twine, paper, paper clips, stamps, stickers, ribbon, and more! And today you can enter to win a $15 gift certificate to Freckled Fawn!   a Rafflecopter giveaway

Recipes for Baby Safe Finger Paints

My baby loves to get messy (I think most babies do right?) and she always has a blast finger painting with her food – yogurt and purees all over her highchair, her face, in her hair, etc. So I figured she would LOVE  to get down on the floor with a huge piece of paper […]