There are numerous ways to embellish your layouts or projects nowadays. More and more, I can see unconventional materials being incorporated in these multi-dimensional crafts everywhere. It is also easy to see why the Green Revolution is slowly being applied to general crafting as well, since there is really a plethora of materials that are being utilized now which are technically a part of our everyday living. Suddenly, nothing is put to waste. “Scraps” rock!
To exemplify, take the corrugated cardboard from your old storage boxes. Who would have thought that a ripped piece of this cardboard can serve as a focal point of an artsy project? …read more

As I pull out my sketch book and various pencils and colored markers, my thoughts turn to spring and my enjoyment of flowers.  I’ve often drawn and painted flowers, used them dried in crafts, and gathered them for bouquets.
Recently I viewed a demonstration by a fabric artist where she used her floral sketches for small mixed media “quilts.”  She scanned her sketches onto firm
fabric, treated them with gesso, and then filled in with scraps of fabric, paper (including torn pieces from a phone book), yarn, floss, and other embellishments.
Before there were too many embellishments, she did decorative stitching by machine.  …read more