by Irit Shalom | Mar 26, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
Hello my dear crafty friends! This is Irit here today and this is my March inspiration made for the Bella Crafts Quarterly blog. Today I am going to show you my own way to make chalkboards and to show you that any trend can be taken to your own direction. The...
by Anita Houston | Mar 19, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
Hello Bella Crafts lovers! Anita Houston, The Artful Maven, here today to show you an easy way to get started with one of the oldest art forms, Encaustic Wax. If you have never tried this genre of art before, then this is an easy project to introduce you to using hot...
by Daniella Hayes | Mar 17, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media, Other Crafty Fun Stuff, Recycled Crafts
Don’t throw away broken books! Make Broken Book Art Journals with them! I went to my local thrift store and asked them to save all the broken books that they get; books that have missing pages, broken spines or missing covers that they would normally throw out....
by Irit Shalom | Feb 26, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
Hello my dear crafty friends! My name is Irit Shalom and I am an Israeli designer who is very thrilled to be a part of Bella Crafts Creative Team. This is my first post here in the Bella BLOG and I hope my English third language is pretty good. Anyway, this is a...
by Martha Lucia Gomez | Feb 14, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
If you are like me and always think that the packaging of your presents is just as important as your gift, today you will find a cool idea to convert any ordinary package in something really extraordinary. I found this jewelry box in a craft store for only $1 dollar...
by Bella Crafts | Sep 22, 2014 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
Crafters are always looking to try new things, new surfaces to work on. When this editor starting rubber stamping many years ago, I started on paper just like everyone else, but quickly became bored. I tried my hand at all different types of surfaces and soon found...