I mentioned yesterday that I don’t love Distress Markers for coloring, which I realize is strange. But once one is spoiled by Copics it’s hard to appreciate any other marker. So yeah, by simply putting pen to paper, Distress Markers aren’t going to provide particularly spectacular results. There is a way to color with them, though. It just requires you …

I’ve been playing a lot with my Distress Markers lately, and I love love love them. They’ll never replace my Copics–in fact I think they have completely different uses. I would argue that Distress Markers aren’t great for coloring. They don’t blend nearly as well as Copics and dye ink can be hard on cardstock if you’re a heavy-handed colorer. …

An adorable origami dress card from How About Orange has been floating around Pinterest for a few weeks. I thought it was so much fun that I made a variation of it for this week’s make-and-take at MLO. I cut 5 inch squares from thin scrapbook paper–a lot of scrapbook papers are too thick for origami, so make sure you …

Where I’ve been trying to get Allie to nap since 3 and Allie has been trying to tell me she doesn’t need a nap since 3 and oh my God I just need a quick break to post a picture of how cute she is when she’s not crying and then I’ll go rock her again.   Deep breath. Okay. …

Earlier this year, Tim Holtz released some really cool Sizzix dies featuring old-timey items like a camera, a telephone, an alarm clock, and this typewriter: Last week we played with the typewriter for the MLO make and take, and I forgot to post about it. These are fun dies to work with. I cut the typewriter out of chipboard and …

Is there anything more fun than blowing bubbles on a breezy summer day? Yes, there is. And it’s called pouring ink into your bubble soap and making totally awesome background paper. I discovered this technique on Pinterest (of course). The original pin says to mix food coloring with bubbles, but I have a house full of inks and no food …