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Day 4 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – Painting with Alcohol Inks

Posted on March 4, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 4 – Painting with Alcohol Inks   I followed the instructions in this tutorial and absolutely loved the results. I was amazed how quickly the inks dried in the wells.  I filled one of my blender pens with … Continue reading →

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Day 4 {Make Madness} – Painting with Alcohol Inks

Posted on March 4, 2015 by gracieed

Day 4 of Make Madness – Painting with Alcohol Inks   Alcohol inks, created by Ranger and Tim Holtz, are an acid-free, fast drying transparent dye inks specially formulated to create a colorful, polished stone effect. Use on glossy paper, … Continue reading →

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Day 3 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – Enamel Dots

Posted on March 3, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 3 – Enamel Dots   I followed the instructions in this tutorial and absolutely loved the results. The tutorial showed three ways to make enamel dots:  using Perler beads, pony beads and a glue gun.  I tried the … Continue reading →

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Day 3 {Make Madness} – Enamel Dots

Posted on March 3, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 3 of Make Madness – Enamel Dots     When I’m papercrafting and especially making cards, I love to add little accents.  Sequins are at the top of my list, but my favorite embellishment is enamel dots.  The … Continue reading →

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Day 2 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – Embossed brads

Posted on March 2, 2015 by gracieed

Day 2 – Embossed brads     I followed the instructions in this tutorial and absolutely loved the results. I needed some green brads for a upcoming project so I fished out my brads and my green embossing powder.  I … Continue reading →

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Day 2 {Make Madness} – Embossed brads

Posted on March 2, 2015 by gracieed

  Day 2 of Make Madness – Embossed Brads   I often use brads in my card making and when I came across this tutorial on Pinterest for changing the colors and giving dimension to brads, I just had to … Continue reading →

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Day 1 {Make Madness} – Part 2 – Words & Washi Tape

Posted on March 1, 2015 by gracieed

Day 1 – Words & Washi Tape     I followed the instructions in this tutorial with mixed results.  I printed lines of “thank you” and “whilewalkingmydogs.com” in different fonts.  I made sure to bold the fonts to ensure the … Continue reading →

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Day 1 {Make Madness} – Words & Washi Tape

Posted on March 1, 2015 by gracieed

With this blog series, I’ll be posting twice a day.  There will be a morning post and an evening post.  The first post will describe what I plan to work on and the second post will show how I did. … Continue reading →

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Paws || Walk On – 2.22 – 3.7

Posted on March 1, 2015 by gracieed

Every now and then when I’m walking dogs, I will just stop, ask them to sit for about 30 seconds and then I will say “walk on”. That is there cue to start walking again. I do this for a … Continue reading →

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Make Madness begins tomorrow

Posted on February 28, 2015 by gracieed

As long as I can remember, I’ve loved to make things.  My earliest memory was when I was 4 and my mom bought me a set of sewing cards.  I loved drawing and coloring – getting the big box of … Continue reading →

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