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.
I've been participating in another YouTube Instagram hop since last year. It takes place every third Saturday of each month. We are to use the same item(s), technique or whatever we choose and create three different cards.
I used a Sizzix heart die set and the same patterned patterned paper for three different fun fold cards. Check out my IG account to see my post and to follow along with the hop. @3sons_and_astar
Card One:
This card has 1.5" cut from the front and the heart was cut from the shortened edge. I die cut hearts from red, white and patterned paper so I could mix and match with the three. On this card, I cut a strip of white cardstock about .75x6" and scored every 1.5". Adhere the strip to the inside front and inside back from the 1.5" areas. The heart is adhered to the next 1.5" area only where it peeks through.
Card Two:
It's hard to tell but the scalloped heart is cut from the front and the white scalloped heart with red layer is popped up by creating a base of cardstock. .5x 3" scored at .5, 1, 2 and 2.5". (Accordion fold)
Card Three:
This card is scored at 3" and 7.25". The 7.25" score line is folded so the card flips to the back. The layered hearts are adhered only on the right side.
I forgot to mention that these cards also have small gold metal hearts and an "I love you" sentiment.
Happy Friday and happy another week to be thankful. This week I'm thankful for the slightly warmer weather. We have so much yard work that needs to be done and because the sun was out, I was able to get a lot of weeds pulled and some bush trimming done.
I haven’t participated in this hop in a while but when I saw the challenge, I knew I needed to. I ordered some tinsel paper from 12x12 Cardstock Warehouse a year or so ago because I thought it was so cool. I still do however I have never used it!
Guess what? I finally did!
I don't know if you can see how cool this paper is but it's shiny and thick and definitely metallic. I cut a 5x12 piece and added it just to show it off.
The other half of the layout is a velum piece with lots of stickers. The layout is pretty simple but oh so pretty sparkly!
Join a fun group of crafty people each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout. This hop goes live on the THIRD FRIDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month.
The mystery challenge for January is to use some of those specialty papers you’ve been hoarding.
Welcome to Rainbow Crush – a Social Media hop where we share projects that feature a color of the rainbow each month! This hop is hosted by Tara on her Facebook Group. Anyone is welcome to play along. This hop takes place on the 2nd Wednesday of the month! The color for January is turquoise!
You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the The Paper Snob Community Facebook group:
Is this really a thing? We'll, we're doing an Instagram hop on this very subject.
If you're like me, you've got lots of goodies all over your desktop. I have a small container with images that should have made it on a card. I decided to go through that for this hop.
Here's what my desktop looks like before:
And here's the after:
Look, there's still stuff all around but I did make an effort to tidy up.
Here's my finished card:
Be sure to follow me on Instagram @3sons_and_astar
Happy Friday and happy for another week to be thankful. This week I'm thankful for a last minute girl's trip with me and my daughter. We went to the Charles Schulz Museum and then went to breakfast in the Art District in Santa Rosa.
I got a cool coffee with foam design and it was everything and more!
What are you thankful for this week? Please share in the comments.
