I carved a new block over the weekend. I’m one of the millions of Americans who voted early. I voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for many reasons, but here are four really important ones: Science is real. Climate change is real. Black Lives Matter. “How a society treats its most vulnerabl...

welcome folks! i am so glad you are here! i am so happy to be part of the Creativations 2018 - Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Give Away...there are so many amazingly talented folks in this group of artists! from here, you will head on over to the incredible Zoe Hillman's blog...have fun and show her...

I am absolutely thrilled to be joining a fabulous group of artists today on the Creativation 2018 Tim Holtz Blog Hop and Giveaway! I am so glad you have stopped by today and hope that you are getting lots of fun inspiration. If you have missed any stops on the hop, here is a full list of all the...

Hello Memory Box friends and welcome to our last day of the 2018 Spring Collection Blog Blitz! Have you made your shopping list of new Valentine's dies and stamps? Before you finish that list, I wanted to show you a couple of more new goodies. And here we go: Start with a White cardstock...

Happy December and welcome to this month's Designer Challenge. I challenged the team to make a project in the theme of "Trees, please!" where they were challenged to incorporate any of the tree dies into a holiday-themed card. For my project, I decided to style the Christmas Tree Pop-up into a v...

Happy 2018 everyone! It's our first Designer Challenge of the new year and I chose a suitably celebratory theme: Birthday Banners. The idea is to make a birthday card incorporating banners, bunting, pennants, or flags. The team rocked the challenge (as usual) with their clever ideas for strung d...

For this week's Paper Pros challenge the theme was set by Frances Byrne as "Tag, you're it!" and we were all instructed to incorporate a tag element into our cards. I'd been wanting to make a Valentines version of my December challenge card, the Ribbon Tree, but with washi tape instead of ribbo...

Welcome 2018! As we usher out 2017 and start the new year I want to take a minute to thank all my blog readers, YouTube viewers, and social media followers. Without your support, this blog, my YouTube Channel and all the projects I post on a weekly basis would not be possible! I love being ab...

Hello everyone! It's a late start to my series of videos and giveaways and videos that I've been promising y'all. The kids and I had a good Christmas, and just spent time together here at home. It is INSANELY cold here right now (this morning we hit around -47C with the windchill - AKA it's COLD...

Welcome to our first Designer Challenge with our new Design Team! Each month I issue a challenge to the Design Team and they post their challenge card on their own blogs the first Tuesday of each month. The next day (so the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday) you'll find a compilation blog ...

Good morning! We're so glad you stopped by to share in the third day of our Partner Celebration. Today we're happy to be celebrating our wonderful friends at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®! If you've ever joined us at Crop & Create, ScrapFest or CreativFestival then you know how much we love these...

We think it is indeed a good day to have a good day! Kathy Clement makes it even better with this awesome 2017 planner! Let's take a look: "I am a list girl. My motto is “if it isn’t written down, it isn’t going to happen.” My creativity is definitely linked to how organized I am. If m...

We are honored to have Kathy Racoosin share her incredible coloring skills with us today here in the CLASSroom! Meeting Kathy this past September at the Hero Arts event was a highlight of that trip. Her wonderful sense of humor, kind heart and generous spirit make her a true gem! Kathy loves to...

[Above: drawing in my journal done with a Conte pencil over Dina Wakley Media Line acrylic paints.] I was recently reading some criticisms of my book and art. I'm okay with that (really, I am), when you put yourself out there you have to accept the good and the bad. I don't expect everyone to ...

To accompany today's video we have a fabulous Giveaway of a complete set of Avery Elle's new pigment inks PLUS the two sets featured in today's project! WOOT! Please be sure to scroll down and a leave a comment on this post to enter your name by 11:59 Sunday, March 2nd! A winner will be random...

We are once again thrilled to be a sponsor of Online Card Classes latest class - Clean and Simple 2! You can find a special category in our store to assist you when thinking about supplies - remember to "shop your stash" because many of the card ideas can be easily modified :-D AND we are giv...

Online Card Classes is back with an all-new take on one of our most popular classes: Clean & Simple Card Making 2! Join Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, me and friends to discover the “secret” to minimalistic and fabulous cards. Learn new techniques and be inspired by 26+ videos and 34+ ...

Rubber Stamps. Paper Arts. Mixed Media Giveaway Giveaway! A Boxful of Inspiration! Mixed Media. Rubber Stamps. Paper Arts! Let's start 2013 with an inspiring artful giveaway! Paints, papers, brushes, rubber stamps, clear charms, you name it - we'll include it! 3 lucky art girls will be p...

Hello G45ers, Welcome to another happy day here at the Graphic 45 blog! We are so glad that you've stopped by to see what's new in the land of papercrafting! There is so much to discover on today's blog! We've got two incredible tutorials from Tara Orr and Laura Denison. They have combine...

Giveaway - Boxful of Christmas! 3 lucky winners will receive a Boxful of Christmas just in the nick of time for holiday making - red lead style! Artful rubber stamps, wood-bits, colorful buttons, sparkling glass glitter, charms, ribbons, vintage images, and so much more! We will announce th...

sometimes you get your hands on a product and it invades your creative space or mojo or whatever you want to call it. i got to play with the Poinsettias embossing folder by Tim Holtz' Alterations last week and i fell in love... once again. the embossing folder matches with the new Tattered ...

You know we here at Craftside like to pair up with other craft supply companies to bring you, our wonderful devoted readers, fun giveaways filled with books and supplies. Today, I have two prize packages filled with Sizzix die cuts and Craftside books. (Oh and a couple of projects I whipped up u...

If you live in the Southern California area, I just wanted to let you know we'll be bringing my booth to the Carson Original Rubber Stamp show this weekend. We normally bring Stamper's Anonymous and Art Gone Wild... but due to some scheduling conflicts with the CHA show being next week, we deci...

Hello G45ers, Welcome to this glorious day of fun and inspiration here at Graphic 45! We are so happy that you are joining us today! We've got a whole new week of wonderful craft inspiration to share with you. Plus we have a great new blog contest! Today we're celebrating the grand splendor of...

Hello G45ers, Thank you for stopping by our blog today! We have some truly delightful craft treats to share with you on this fine Thursday! We've got brand new craft creations from our fabulous design team members Denise Hahn and Alberto Juarez. Today's crafts highlight our adorable schoolhouse-...