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Spring Bird On Nest with USArtQuest Dicrofibers

by Joe Rotella on April 12, 2012

I first saw Dicrofibers at a scrapbook convention. Susan Pickering Rothamel from USArtQuest was demonstrating how these fibers can be fused together to create exceptional textures for use on cards, in collages, etc. I was fascinated and immediately purchased the Cottage Garden set. Over time, I even purchased some additional sets. But, like many of my [...]

“The Game Is Afoot” – Sherlock Holmes Inspired Steampunk Related Card

by Joe Rotella March 19, 2012

Are you familiar with steampunk? It’s a style that involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or “Wild West”-era United States—that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them. Gaslight romance or gaslamp fantasy [...]

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Napkin Collage Cards Using Perfect Paper Adhesive (PPA)

by Joe Rotella March 8, 2012

About two weeks ago, the Create & Craft team and I taught a collage frame class at Red Letter Journals in Grove City, Ohio. The class was inspired by the Botanical Paper Napkin Collage Frame I posted by in January. While the class was well attended, some of my “regular” students didn’t sign up. Turns [...]

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Retro Style Card – Will Trade Coffee For Gossip

by Joe Rotella March 5, 2012

June Cleaver is going to pop out of one of my kitchen cabinets some day, I’m sure of it. I live in a 1950′s ranch with the original pink kitchen made by GE. Yup, the one you see at the start of the Tomorrow Land ride at Disney. That’s fine with me though, because I [...]

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Absolut-ly Fabulous Card – Shaped Like A Bottle of Absolut!

by Joe Rotella February 20, 2012

From the first time I saw the TV show Absolutely Fabulous, I fell in love with it! If you aren’t familiar with it, Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character. According to Wikipedia, the series [...]

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Senior Ladies, Best Friends – A Card For Your BFF

by Joe Rotella January 16, 2012

Until this project, I don’t think I’ve ever used a “photo stamp.” You know the kind – stamps made from photographs rather than drawings. I’ve seen many that have interested me, but just didn’t know what to do with them or how to use them. That brings me to the pound of rubber I received [...]

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Split Personalities, Psycho Spiral, Viva Las Vegas Blog Hop – Happy New Year!

by Joe Rotella January 1, 2012

Happy New Year!! To kick off the year with a bang, Viva Las Vegastamps! is hosting a blog hop! If you’ve come here from DeeDee Catron’s blog, Um Wow Studio, then you’re in the right place. To start the hop from the beginning, please go to the Viva Las Vegastamps! blog. If you like blog [...]

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Cupcake Card

by Joe Rotella January 3, 2010

Nearly everyone loves cupcakes, those pint sized servings of delicious cake covered in swirls of icing. We create this card, with “swirls” of embossed icing, to help celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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