Here is an easy Spring/Mother's Day project that's bright, cheerful, and fun: a paper flower bouquet! These little pretties remind me so much of daisies, but I couldn't just make them all yellow or white. I love playing with colour - that's the best part of any craft! So I chose colours that make me smile, and got to work! TOOLS & MATERIALS: Card stock, including green 3" scallops punch Scissors 1" pom poms Hot glue gun Green pipe cleaners 2 1/2" heart punch Ribbon DIRECTION

Hello friends, and welcome to the first challenge! In salute to Spring, here's a colourful and playful garland that you can make. In each of these projects, I'll have help from my crafting tools. Where I can, I share links as to where you can buy them too. Scissors work as a good substitute too! TOOLS & MATERIALS: Card stock (plain and glitter) We R Memory Keepers trim and score board We R Memory Keepers banner punch board Silhouette CAMEO Silhouette cutting mat Butterfly p

Welcome to a new month friends, and Day 1 of the May Paper Craft Challenge! If you missed what this is all about, you can catch up HERE. Basically, every day this month I’ll be sharing one paper craft project with you as a way to clean up and get rid of some leftover paper from previous projects. In preparation, I have to say that this has been one of the best times I’ve had in the craft room! One reason is because it's been so satisfying to just make things without having t

This post is made possible yet again with craft punches (remember those tools that we all used before the Cricut or Silhouette became more popular?) Well as it turns out, I still use mine with every opportunity possible. Today's project uses two craft punches, one being the scalloped heart punch by Fiskars. Who knew it would make such a pretty flower? Me! In fact, heart punches of all shapes and sizes can do just that! Take a look at two previous flower projects using a hear

One good thing that comes out of Spring for me are flowers, especially tulips. And with Mother's Day just around the corner, I have a little gift for you: a simple tulip sketch printable card for moms! To download it, click HERE for the PDF. Once it's open on your computer, you can resize it to any dimensions you like. I recommend printing on card stock, and I always print mine on my wireless Canon MX492. I hope you enjoyed this little freebie, friends. Thanks for visitin

It's Spring, which means in my head I'm rearranging rooms, choosing paint colours, and refreshing our spaces with new decor. In reality though, I need to take things slower, but a girl can still dream. And plan. Right? Since the craft room, also doubling as my office, is a space I spend a lot of time in, here's a few new finds I'm adding to my wish list. What's your favourite? Modway Path Chair / 3.5" Titanium Stork Scissors / Holbrook 26" Desk Lamp / Cloud Magnetic Board

I am on a roll with the pom pom makers (see a couple of recent projects HERE and HERE). I created the prettiest necklace in my favourite shades of blue, for a cute Spring and summer accessory (which you had a sneak peek last week on Instagram!) To make an exact replica, you'll need: TOOLS & MATERIALS: Yarn (I used Loops & Threads Colourwheel in Cream, Bright Mint, & Deep Turquoise, all found at Michaels) 1 5/8" pom pom maker Scissors 24" gold plated chain by Bead Gallery (at

Did you expect a holiday to go by without one washi tape craft? I think not! Spring is just the right time to bring in a little more colour, and this project does just that. Once I got going on making the Easter eggs, I really couldn't stop (and I stopped counting after 15!) To make them, you need some colourful washi tape (I always like to throw in some with glitter as well), and a 2 inch oval punch (Recollections; at Michaels). Using a sheet of white printer paper, cut pie

One of the iconic symbols of Spring and Easter is of course the Easter egg, and there are so many creative ways to decorate eggs - real, paper, or plastic. Here are a few ideas I'm loving: Washi Tape Easter Eggs 3D Easter Egg Cupcake Toppers via The House That Lars Built DIY Faux Succulent Easter Egg Planters via Sarah Hearts Painterly Pastel Eggs via Paper & Stitch DIY Typography Easter Eggs via Lovely Indeed Gold Leaf Easter Eggs How to Dye Eggs with Whipped Cream via Only

The official start of Spring is next week (let's hope Mother Nature gets the memo too)! I know that some of you got hit with quite a bit of snow this week. We fortunately lucked out where we are, and didn't get nearly the amount of snow that the weather people called for. Even so, I'm ready to leave winter in the past and say hello to Spring. When I think of Spring, I think of "in with the new", refreshing our wardrobes and spaces, and colour. Lots and lots of colour. For

For this simple Easter project, gather up pretty card stock in bright, Spring hues. Think of this wreath as having layers. For the bottom "layer", I cut six eggs in the same green textured paper with a 2 inch egg-shaped craft punch (Recollections; at Michaels stores). Then I chose some patterned paper to create the top layer of the wreath. Form the shape (above) and use clear tape to secure them together. Then overlap the top layered eggs and secure them with tape. Punch tw

Hands up if you agree that gardening is its own form of craft. When you think about all the hard work that goes into it - planning, planting, pruning (the 3 P's) and much, much more. In the end, it yields the same result - a wonderfully crafted showpiece! I am a huge lover of gardens, flowers and pretty potted plants and somehow, someway it was going to make an appearance in this blog! I've rounded up some favourite gardening tools and decorations that I think are a must ha