Papercraft Haven and More

  Making extra embellishments for future projects When I  start to work on a project - I look at what exactly am I creating..... what type of a project and how many of it am I doing.  Do I need to create one set - or multiple?  As I look at "that" - I start to decide what papers am I going to use.  I might start with one set - and then move on to something totally different by the time I am done LOL!  It all starts with the papers - to make beautiful embellishments of your own!  Once I start to work on my project, I make more than enough embellishments to work with!  That way, I can be a bit more picky about the things I am adding TO the creation, and I have some left over to use on other projects!!!  If you notice the photo, these are the leftovers from my mom's altered drink holder!  I can use the white balloons on a bunch of birthday cards, and won't have to  die cut any shapes for a while!   Tips: Making m...

My first love was card making - buying every stamp I could from 1990 until I moved back home.  I think at one time I counted and I had over $6000 worth of stamp sets easily!  Over the years I learned I only needed a few that could do the trick!  This was in Colorado - then I moved back home in 1997 to Salt Lake City Utah...Scrapbooking heaven!  Where the magazines are at, or a lot of them anyway...  A lot of the manufacturers are there - and sales... oh you have no idea when they have their warehouse sales the stuff you leave with!!!  I have recently started working with clay products - and to say I am hooked is an understatement!  Also being in temporary quarters for just a bit longer - makes it so I can't do a lot of the fun things I have planned for you until we actually are in our own place!!!   This project is a vertical paper bag album, with this for the cover!  I used Creative Paperclay product and a mold I have...