A place to showcase my crafts and talk about it...what's better than that? I hope to inspire and encourage others to create things for themselves, friends and family.
It's been six weeks and it's time for another challenge at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog. I made this unique mixed media card using random painty papers and a stamped and watercolor flower.
Watercolor pencils were used to color and shade the flower and leaves before being fussy cut and adhered to the collaged card front.
The completed collage was adhered to black card base.
The black really makes all the colors pop! It's so pretty!
Watch the process video:
Now create your own creation and link it to the LTCCB blog by the deadline.
I created this grid-like layout pretty quickly. I made changes with the double sided patterned paper to add more color to the layout.
The paper pack used was part of a Grab Bag from Wild Whispers which is now out of business. I love the title card because it is so perfect for my granddaughter.
During the YT process video, I mention how looking at your stash can change depending on what you're currently working on. When I was going through this paper pack for this layout I remember thinking when would I ever use rock paper.
Well many layouts later, while at a retreat with limited supplies, I needed items to match my son's purple shirt. I didn't bring any purple products but found the rocks had a purplish tone and the title card was the perfect shade of purple! Basically what I'm trying to say is SHOP YOUR STASH!
Here's the layout I created with the perfect products!
Is it Friday already? TGIF and Happy Thankful Friday! I'm out of state visiting my mom and sister and this week I'm thankful for the hospital staff who are taking care of my mother.
She's hanging in there but still not well enough to leave. The staff are very knowledgeable and caring. Mom has her own spacious room and that's always a good thing.
I'm a DT member for Seguras Crafts and am so honored to be a part of this website's team. It's always fun to be gifted supplies to create with and I knew I needed to showcase this beautiful Petal Whisper shimmer paper. By cutting and adding .25" strips to a plain white cardstock base, it does just that.
A butterfly, sentiment and sparkly rhinestones complete the card!
Watch the process video to see how easy this card is to put together.
Inks used for the butterfly: Melon Mambo & Regal Rose by SU!
Check out the Design Team post on Segurascrafts website.
For my second DT project this month, I wanted to create personalized stickers for my granddaughters' Easter containers. It's so easy to do with a cute image from Printable Cuttable Creatables, sticker paper and the print/cut feature in Design Space.
First, I uploaded the Bunny Balancing Eggs SVG file and duplicated two times. Once I determined the size, I added each name using the Annie Lou font. I adjusted the size to fit within the bunny's body.
I added offsets to each of them. Offset color defaults to black and I changed it to white. I like to add an offset to print/cut images just in case the cut lines aren't perfect.
At this point, select the bunny image, offset and name before clicking on the flatten button. This changes it to a Print/Cut image.
Click on the MAKE button and then print using your printer.
Once the images print on sticker paper, cut them on your Cricut.
You can personalize any image to add some fun to any occasion!
I received a gorgeous brick background stamp from Jenlee Schoolcraft as part of her DT. All I can say is wow! I played around with the stamp to see which technique I liked best but I liked them both! AND I used both techniques on this Father's Day card.
The two techniques used: stamp directly on brick color cardstock using black ink and using brick color ink on white cardstock and then smudging a little. Check out the video and let me know which is your favorite.
I used some BBQ stamps and watercolor pencils from my stash to finish this Square Column Fun Fold card. I also created a YouTube video to show how it was made.
Here are the measurements to make your own:
Card base: cut 5 1/2 x 10 1/8; score at 4 1/4, 5 3/4, 7 1/4 and 8 3/4
Patterned Paper: (3) 1 3/8 x 5 3/8 this can be two different, all the same or any combination of papers.
The "tab" created on the area from the 8 3/4 score line to 10 1/8 is attached to the card base to create the column.
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