Awesome Paper laces

Vellum is an exquisite material to work with, but it is slightly more complicated to use it in paper lace than ordinary paper is. This is mostly true because you can see straight through vellum, unlike paper.

So magical....what decorative scissors and punches can create...lovely paper laces

Cards from across the miles...

Some cards just arrived for my birthday this week.......

All handmade from dear friends across the miles...there is just something special with handmade cards. I love 'em all

Valentine workshops by Martha Stewart

Don't let the intricacy and kaleidoscopic beauty of a marbleized design fool you. Those ripples of color may look hand-painted or machine-stamped, but they're actually created by liquid.
Marbleizing, which involves using absorbent papers to pick up ink from a water bath, dates to the twelfth century, when it was practiced in Japan and possibly China.

Today, you can make your own rich designs by marbleizing paper to use as stationery and cards.

(By Martha Stewart)

http://www.marthastewart.com/valentines-day-workshop-week1?rsc=pow_vday