I love how the Inspiration Studio Software gives me the ability to use existing images and alter them to fit my needs. I can cut, rotate, resize and add to the design and come up with something entirely new. Sometimes I just play around to see what emerges! Recently, on our Pazzles Cruise, Klo showed a trick I had never seen before. Actually, I had stumbled upon it but never knew it had any real use. I bet most of you have done the same thing too. :)
Today's collection is trendy, innovative, and actually fairly simple to use. The Cut and Fold Collection medallions, flowers, and doilies look complicated, but the Inspiration does the work for you. In fact, the completed medallions look amazing in plain cardstock, with no extra embellishments needed.
Today's collection is trendy, innovative, and actually fairly simple to use. The Cut and Fold Collection medallions, flowers, and doilies look complicated, but the Inspiration does the work for you. In fact, the completed medallions look amazing in plain cardstock, with no extra embellishments needed.
Today's collection is trendy, innovative, and actually fairly simple to use. The Cut and Fold Collection medallions, flowers, and doilies look complicated, but the Inspiration does the work for you. In fact, the completed medallions look amazing in plain cardstock, with no extra embellishments needed.
The Easter Bunny stopped by and left behind a special Easter surprise: a splendid spring Easter basket full of dimensional paper treats including fill-able Easter eggs and a chocolate bunny wrap!
Due to illness, there will be no classes this week. While I am starting to feel better, I can only talk for about 2 minutes before I completely lose my voice. Use this as an opportunity to check out some videos or review some past classes. This would also be a great time to work on the March Challenge, or try out one of the 15 minute projects.
No one wants to admit it, but I'm sure we all have drawers that look like the one on the left. This is my Tsukineko Dew Drops drawer. I bravely brought this ugly mess from home to the office—not to show off my love of tiny ink pads (good for distressing!), but to show you how to save money with your Inspiration electronic die cutter by making your own custom drawer dividers out of chipboard.
Today I want to highlight a past project from the Craft Room Archives. We have many new Craft Room members just now joining the fun and I want to make sure these fantastic projects are not forgotten. This is one of my favorites! While this was originally a Halloween project, these would make adorable party favors as well.
I've been papercrafting for years and years, but have mostly stuck to cards and layouts. Since starting to work at Pazzles and seeing all of the fabulous dimensionals Chris and Tatum create, I've been inspired to jump on the bandwagon and make a few things for my home.
We will be taking down the Pazzles Craft Room website and blog on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 at 10am Mountain Standard Time for scheduled maintenance. [Note: Use the time zone converter to convert 10am MST, Boise, ID USA time to your local time.] There will be no access to the blog, library, or forums during this time. Maintenance is expected to take approximately two hours to complete. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
I often give sets of handmade cards as gifts. While a set of cards is beautiful tied up in ribbon, I think today's project will make the gift of handmade cards just a bit more special. This Card Keeper Pocket Album can be customized in a variety of ways. Add as many pocket pages as you'd like and change out the category tabs to match your needs.
Just a reminder that there will be no online classes this week. Use this as an opportunity to check out some videos or review some past classes. This would also be a great time to work on the March Challenge.
The challenge this month is going to be going to the Tips and Tricks area on the Pazzles Craft Room. What you will be doing is using something that you have learned from the Tips and Tricks. If you haven't spent anytime here, you will find that this is a wonderful area to help you learn even more about your Pazzles Creative Cutter.
Announcing the Spring-Summer 2013 Pazzles Design Team. These ladies will be here with us starting in March to inspire you with their beautiful creations. Please join us in welcoming them!
Have a question, but don't feel like calling in? Try our Designer Chat here in the Craft Room! We hope you take advantage of this wonderful feature that your Craft Room membership provides you. It helps make life easier, and besides, we love the opportunity to chat with you!!
Today's 15 minute project was inspired by a Pinterest picture of a beautiful Peacock with it's feathers in full display and a caption that read "Be Fabulous." Peacock feathers have been on my mind since CHA where we spotted them as one of the current trends in paper crafting.
Congratulations to meader420 for winning the February Challenge. I really love her choice of word and the great project she created around it. I hope you all enjoyed the February Challenge as much as I did. There were some fabulous 'words' and projects. If you haven't taken a look be sure and go to the Challenge Folder be sure and be inspired, not only by the projects, but by the words that were chosen. meader420 gets to choose her prize from the list over on the Challenge Page. Just send me an email with what your prize choice is. If you haven’t taken a look at the amazing prizes, go take a look here.
Recently, DecoArt contacted me and asked if I would like some product to use in our Pazzles Cruise classes. Naturally, I said, "Yes, please!" I looked at their catalog and chose some product. It was really hard! There was so much to choose from. Then I waited in anticipation for the samples to arrive. I had asked for glass stains and fabric paint among other items. I had a vision of what I hoped to do but was not sure if it would work. Soon the box arrived and after I unpacked my goodies, I was itching to get going on a project.
Have you been looking for a creative way to share your favorite pictures, movie or music with friends and family? This Cutting Collection is sure to be a hit when you decorate the series of albums, portfolios, and CD envelopes in your favorite papers and embellishments. These portfolios are a fabulous way to send holiday greetings, wedding, vacation and family reunion pictures with flair.
This fun Leprechaun-inspired treat box has space for treats inside the pot of gold and inside the cloud. Fill it with chocolate gold coins and marshmallows or real gold coins and white mints. It is sure to be a hit.
Just a reminder that there will be no online classes this week. Use this as an opportunity to check out some videos or review some past classes.
Every now and then, I get sick of looking at project examples, pretty samples, and 'Pinspiration'. Sounds impossible, right? But it happens sometimes, especially when your job is your hobby and you're continuously surrounded. Even if you don't work in the industry, you've probably suffered from crafter's block: the desire to create without the inspiration to do so. For me it's often compounded by the feeling that I can't create because I've seen everything and anything I want to make has already been done!
My desk was still covered in scraps from the Spring Mobile I made on Monday, so I decided to put them to good use for today's 15 minute project. The bright, fun colors of the Doodlebug Design Flower Box Collection makes any card extra fun.
The suitcases have been repacked, the return flights have been accomplished and the goodbyes have all been said. Sadly, the Pazzles Cruise is over and we are all safely home on dry ground. What a wonderful time we had!! Klo and I both agree that this group of ladies were a joy to get to know.