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Make It : Pop-Up Father's Day Card

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My dad is a huge fan of pop-ups.  He has quite the collection of books and cards, but none handmade!  My younger brother and I collaborated to make this one- My brother drew this robot and we reduced it on the photocopier to make a few more.  These were then mounted on card-stock to make …

Make It : Hooray for Grads!

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It’s graduation time! From kindergartners to college students, you’re bound to run into graduates this time of year. Here’s a simple, money-holding card I made for a friend of mine… I stamped HOORAY with a glue ink pad and glittered it silver… The card is constructed like a matchbook… I punched out two shapes and …

Inspiration Board : Playing Cards

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Have you seen these new “love” stamps? There’s something that’s both totally classic & totally sweet about the king & queen of hearts motif. I had to buy them immediately.  They also prompted me to look through our playing card collection here in the prop house. I love the dense patterning on the card backs, …

Celebrate : Butterfly Party

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  We celebrated another birthday last week! I know it might seem like all we do is party around here, but the truth is, birthdays provide a great excuse to test out our crafts products to create decorations, cards, confetti, etc… For Jen, an amazing project manager here at MS, we chose a spring/butterfly theme …

Celebrate : Fiesta Party!

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Make It : Craft Punches and Recyled Materials

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I went up to see my family this weekend and my younger brother and I enjoyed a lazy Saturday morning crafting in pajamas. We got out the craft punches and as my mom sorted the old magazines and newspapers to be recycled, Tyler and I salvaged some of the colorful scraps for making our springtime …

On The Web : Easter Workshop Projects

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Our Radio Blog, Living on 112, is participating in the Easter Workshop.  Check out Katie Macpherson’s first project…

Meet : Valerie Courtney

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Hi all, I’ve been a crafter for as long as I can remember… As a child, I used to play hooky from school and turn my bookcases into high-rise apartment buildings for my stuffed animals or construct playhouses out of refrigerator boxes. With this sort of background you can imagine how working at Martha has …