LTCCB; April Challenge

 

Happy April Fools Day! No fooling, it's time for another challenge at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog (LTCCB). This month's challenge theme is...Anything Goes.

The LTCCB allows you to link up any crafty project - whatever you're working on, link it up before the end of the month.

For this month's challenge, I am showing off the 16x20 canvas I made for my master bedroom. After 20 years, hubby and I decided to actually decorate our bedroom. We don't travel a lot, but enough that we have gathered a lot of selfies, so we are making it a travel themed/memories decor. With that being said, I did a travel quote search in Pinterest and chose this one to paint on the canvas.

I added water with a paintbrush on the canvas first and then used black acrylic paint & a paintbrush to write the quote. I added drips and marks by flicking the brush here and there. You can see where it was wetter than other areas by the bigger smudges on some of the letters. This is how I wanted it...messy!

On the shelf right underneath it houses a painted rock gifted by my aunt and a doll that my dad gave me years ago from Mexico.

Now it's your turn, show us what you're creating this month. Link it to the LTCCB by the end of the month!

WOYWW #617

Boy, I'm late to post this, but I did take a photo of my desk so I thought I'd share it with you. Why, you ask? It's Wednesday and that means it's WOYWW (What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday) and many deskers share what's on their desk or work area. Click on over to Stamping Ground blog, take a peek into the different craft areas and be inspired or just nosey! 

My desk this morning:

It was very clear since last night I did my first Facebook Live event (that's why you can see my gooseneck phone holder on the right). I'm starting a "craft with me" monthly card kit and did a trial run with a few selected friends and family. Went well, by the way!

Right after I came down from my buzz of the event, I remembered that a friend asked me to make a sympathy card. So the items left on my desk are from the card.

Have a great week!

Golden Challenge Card

I created this card using the Winged Masterpiece Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart. I'm entering the challenge at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog which is a challenge site for all things CTMH.

The final card after I added gold sequins:

Isn't it so pretty! I splashed a variety of ink sprays on my craft mat and smudged them onto a piece of heavy weight card stock. Once that dried, I heat embossed the two dragonflies in gold using Versamark ink.

I added a white marker and yellow & pink watercolor pencils on some of the flowers within the wings to highlight them a little more.

Once that was done, I added some black and white splatter all over. I stamped the sentiment with black archival ink onto vellum so it wouldn't hide the beautiful background.

After I took photos of the card, I remembered that I had some gold sequins so I added them (in part to hold the vellum to the card front). The sequins are also from CTMH. I love this set because there's shiny gold and matte gold sequins!

Be sure to click over to the Heart 2 Heart challenge blog for their newest challenges!

UPDATE:  I was selected as the challenge winner for this card!

BBTB2 Easter/Bunnies Challenge

It's time for another challenge at the Bitten By The Bug 2 (BBTB2) challenge site.  Each challenge lasts two weeks and the current challenge theme is Easter/Bunnies. Perfect, considering Easter is right around the corner.

 
I bought these plain eggs/carton from the Dollar Tree and knew I had to do something with them.

I searched for some basic line drawn Easter images and found Chick & Bunny from Baby Animals set in Cricut Access and typed words using the Kyden font. Cut them with vinyl and applied to the eggs...but before I did that, I decided to "dye" these eggs to pastel colors.

To "dye" the eggs, I used pastel acrylic. I had to paint three coats to get a good coverage. I used paint brushes to hold the eggs up while they were drying.

Here's the final project:

Super cute, right?! Now it's your turn. Create an Easter/bunny project using your Cricut and link it to the BBTB2 challenge site.

TGIF; Thankful Friday #171

Happy Friday! What a week. We had hospital and dental visits for a few members of our family which leads me to what I'm thankful for this week. This week, I'm thankful for insurance. Every time I see the dollar amount taken out of my check, I cringe, but when you need it, it is nice to know we're covered.

I hope you are staying safe & healthy and enjoying the Spring weather.

What are you thankful for this week? Leave a comment and let me know!

Pocket Page Insert/Scrapbooking

As you can imagine, I took a lot of photos when our grandbaby was born in November, 2019. If you follow my blog, you'll noticed that I'm finally getting to them with two layouts HERE and HERE. I decided to use a pocket page to insert between these two layouts instead of another full two-page spread.

Check out the video below on the process:

Watch the video for tips and tricks to embellishing these pockets using punches and scraps. These inserts are a great way to add more photos to your albums as well as a fun variety within them.

WOYWW #616

Happy Wednesday and Happy WOYWW! I've been really busy in the Command Center lately although my desk looks pretty clean. I just finished a Month in Review layout for October, 2019. I love the idea of Month in Review layouts since there are many things happening that don't necessarily require more than one photo or an entire layout.

I completed the layout using a sketch for the Sketch n Scrap DT that I'm on so I'll be showing it later but here's the paper pad that I used for it and my work area:

Why am I sharing my desk today? It's all part of the world-wide linkage at the Stamping Ground blog. Be sure to click on over there and check out the other deskers and maybe link a photo of your work area!