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Tutorial Tuesday: June 4, 2009

Yes, I know, it's not Tuesday.  I'm two days late with my post because things here have been crazy.  You know that song, "Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be Cowboys?"  Well, I'm working on my own version, "Mama, don't let your babies grow up to play travel baseball!"  I'm NEVER home, and there is no wi-fi at the park.  These crazy travel team parents want to be together all the time.  They want to socialize when the team is finally having an off day!  All I can think is, "I have stuff to do!"  I will have to find a balance... hopefully, I'll find it soon.  Bear with me!

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Tutorial of the Week:  Holiday House Gift Card Holder by Suzy from Paper Monkey

Open this FAB little house and find a gift card!  How adorable is that?!  Click on over to Susy's blog to see full details and make your own!  I know I'll be making a lot of these this year...

This week, I had several readers reach out to me and turn me onto some new videos - I thought I would share -- this is in addition to the "how to videos" below:

   
• Holly from How Wild About Stamping emailed me this Kirigami Christmas tree -- you have to check it out.  I bet you'll end up with 10 of them around the house... I know I did :D  Embedding is disabled with the video -- so here is the link.

   
• Anna from Ecologue.com sent me these amazing videos -- they even have a You Tube channel!   Are you looking for "green" or eco-friendly craft projects?  Here are some of my favorites -

                    

• Christmas Origami Elements
• Book Gift Boxes
• Christmas Greeting Gift Bags
• Festive Apple Wreath
• Sparkly Spoon Ornament
• CD Ornament

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 10, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Tutorial of the Week:  Cash & Carry Challenge by Debbie Olson from Thinking Inking

Debbie has a knack for getting my attention with her creations.  Those rock stars over at Papertrey Ink are having a "cash and carry" challenge full of different gift cards.  Debbie made one that just knocked my socks off -- you'll have to click on over for the inside surprise and also for all the directions to make your own.  This beats the pants off an envelope, doesn't it? :D

Runner Up: Box for Accordion Project by Sharon Johnson from No Time to Stamp

How darling is this?!  I love it -- and because I like surprises -- that's all I'm showing you.  Sharon made this box to go with this project :D  Click on over for more pictures and complete instructions.

Runner Up:  Sharpening and Sizing for the Web by Bobbi-Jo from It Works for Me

Bobbi has one of my favorite digital scrapbooking blogs.  She is an excellent teacher, photographer and blogger and gives a lot of very easy to follow instructions for simple tasks that we all need everyday.  Even if you are not a digi-scrapper, you may own photo editing software to clean up your pictures.  Bobbi shows you how to use Photoshop to sharpen and resize your pictures for blogging.  Click on over... no more crappy pictures!

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, November 26, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Tutorial of the Week:  Creating Paper Chenille by Lori from Clearly iStamp

I had a reader turn me onto this blog and this post and I'm SO GLAD!!!!  A completely unique look that you can pull off with just a sewing machine and some paper snips.  What a great idea!  Click on over to Lori's site to see full instructions and another great sample of this technique. 

Runner Up: Light & Shadows by Michelle Zindorf from Freedom in Creating

Michelle Zindorf is a brilliant artist with a great ability to share her techniques and make them seem easy.  Every one of her postings includes a tutorial on coloring techniques.  This post really caught my eye as a great way to capture light and shadows. I love the cold snowy feel of this scene.  It really is more art than craft.  Gorgeous.  Click on over and check her out.  Add her to your feed reader. 

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

This was an AWESOME week for tutorials and tips -- make sure you read through the All the Best list below --

Tutorial of the Week:  Rectangular Frame by Becca Feeken from Amazing Paper Grace

Man, that Becca Feeken has it going ON!  I loved, loved, loved the circle frames that she made using a corner rounder - but it didn't dawn on me to try it with a rectangle.  Beautiful end effect, great directions and I'll be using this technique!  Check it out by running over to Becca's blog.

Runner Up: Painted Pomegranates by Julie Koerber from Out to Impress

I saw this card and thought, "How beautiful!" and then wondered how Julie managed to get so much definition from her artwork when she obviously stamped on dark cardstock.  Well, she shows you how!  Really great step by step directions on how to color this (or any image) are on her blog -- click on over!

Runner Up:  Photo Snowman Treat Boxes by Mel McCarthy from Mel Stampz

I have to tell you that Mel has one of my favorite blogs.  It's always really fun to see what she's making and she is really great about sharing HOW she makes things.  I think these adorable boxes would be the absolute hit of a child's school holiday party.  They are seriously cute.  She even gives you the template! 

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Crafting lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Tutorial of the Week:  Cuttlebug Batik by Lydia from Understand Blue

Want to achieve this gorgeous fall background?  Lydia shows you how to drag out your iron, Cuttlebug, and wax paper to make this beautiful background effect.  Love it!

Runner Up: Tim Holtz Tag by Cindy from Starlit Studio

Isn't this so pretty?!  Love it!  Just wanted to share -- Tim Holtz liked it so much he featured Cindy's tutorial on HIS site!  How fun is that?!  Cindy seriously did a great job of walking you though making this and I know you'll want to make one too!

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Crafting lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

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Crafting 101: Tutorial Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Welcome to Crafting 101 -- where the best artists in the Blogosphere share with you the basics of rubber stamping, paper crafting and scrapbooking. We'll even teach you how to use that Photoshop program you have sitting under your desk right now! All this for the bargain price of FREE! Read on...

Tutorial of the Week:  Versamark Watercoloring by Melanie Muenchinger from Hands, Head and Heart

This tutorial really grabbed me because you can't see the stamped lines -- this looks like you actually watercolored the image!  Faking that I'm that good really pushes all the right buttons :D  Click on over to Melanie's blog for step by step directions on how to pull this awesome technique off. 

Runner Up: Icosahedron Ornament by Amy from Tethered 2 Home

How fun is this!?!  Love it!  Amy shows you how to take make this out of just paper and tape!  (She uses a Big Shot, but you could certainly pull this off with a circle punch and a bone folder!)  Think how great this would be with photos....

Runner Up:  Decorative Circle by Faith Hofrichter from Stampin' With Markie's Mom

Isn't this card awesome?!  The circle really grabbed me and I thought it was some new punch or die, but it turns out to be a decorative corner rounder!  (One I already have too!)  Click on over and Faith will walk you through making this for yourself.  (This is another time I think you could easily make this a photo frame...)

Now, onto the Best of the Blogosphere Crafting lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

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How To Videos:

Tips You Shouldn't Miss:

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