Crafts Unleashed

Giving the Gift of Memories with a Word Collage

To me there is no more perfect gift than giving your loved ones the gift of memories!  That is why I love gifting personalized and customized gifts with heartfelt words and meaning, and yes, photos!  I recently had the chance to create with the Word Collage Project cartridge from Cricut, and I have found the [...]

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Embellished “Truckload of Love” Card

One of the reasons why I dearly love making handmade cards is that it’s so much fun to go crazy with adding embellishments, and the more embellishing, the better!  Since it is February, the month for love and romance, I thought I’d share with you all a card designed with my own special guy in [...]

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Valentine’s Day Pennant Banner

We are so excited to have Courtney from A Diamond in the Stuff guest blogging for us today!! I came across Courtney’s blog a few months ago and I fell in love with all of her gorgeous projects and tutorials.  Her specialty is home décor projects – usually made with everyday craft basics and thrifty [...]

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Valentine’s Day Paper Mache Mailboxes

I always loved celebrating Valentine’s Day when I was in grade school – we would have a class party for half the day, eat candy and get a bunch of cute Valentine cards – what could be better?  I spent quite a bit of time picking out which boxed Valentine cards I wanted and specifically [...]

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Valentine’s Day Paper Crafts

Valentine’s Day is often celebrated by giving confectionary delights and bouquets of flowers.  Presenting them with homemade accessories makes them even more special.  Custom gift bags are very easy to make with a bit of paper and scrapbooking embellishments. Here is a gift bag, a card and bonus mini cards that will really show your Valentine [...]

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Antiqued Paper Rose Valentine Wreath

I have been admiring hand rolled roses for a long time now:  felt, paper, fabric…the possibilities are endless!  I wanted to find a way to incorporate beautiful Core’dinations paper and get the antiqued look that I have been really into.   I experimented a little: I did some straight edge roses, tried pinking shears and scalloped [...]

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