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 a new month and that means new sketches at the Sketch n Scrap sketch challenge blog. The sketch I'm working on today is Sketch #201.
The sketch:
My card:
I love this card! The gnome stamp is from CTMH and they have a whole series. I borrowed it from a friend but quickly ordered my own. I used watercolor pencils and a water brush to color the gnome. The background papers were scraps and the stitching is actually clear-backed stickers. I've had these for-ev-er and dug them out for this card.
Now it's your turn...be sure to click over Sketch N Scrap to see this sketch and others for the month. Link up your project before the end of the month.
Happy Thankful Friday! This week we had sad news that two close friends have passed away. One was completely unexpected - a friend of many, many years and the other was our friend's 98 year old mother. Both were really hard to hear and I'm extremely sensitive & mournful this week.
Which leads me to what I'm thankful for. I'm thankful for memories we get to keep of these loved ones. These memories are what keeps them in our lives even when they are gone. I feel like I'm more sensitive to losing loved ones after my dad died in 2013, but it's so heartbreaking to know what the immediate families of these two beautiful souls are going through right now. They will laugh and cry as they hear stories they have never heard before from friends and family. I remember feeling happy that my dad affected so many people in ways that I never knew but also so sad about it.
There was a death last week of my coworker's father and now these two. I've been crying a lot...
I hope you have plenty to be thankful for this week. Please share them in the comments.
September 1st and it's time for a new challenge theme on the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog (LTSCB). The challenge theme this month is...Anything Goes.
My sister gifted me this beautiful seahorse stamp and I needed to use it right away! The background was created by placing a couple of blues & green ink on my craft mat and then spritzing with water. I then placed the white cardstock on top and dragged it around. Isn't it pretty? I did splatter some Color Silk at the top to emulate bubbles.
The seahorse was stamped directly on the cardstock (1st and 2nd generation) and another one was stamped separately on white cardstock, fussy cut and then placed on top with foam adhesive.
I tied twine to the left side and placed the sentiment next to it.
Now it's your turn...be sure to link your Anything Goes project to the LTSCB before the end of the month.
There's a new monthly challenge at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog (LTCCB) and the challenge theme is...anything goes.
I made the cutest cards over the weekend and I knew I had to share them!
The gnome stamps were borrowed from my friend but I soon realized that I need to purchase them for myself! I used watercolor pencils to color them in and just fussy cut them out. I adhered the gnomes to two more layers of white (scraps) cardstock to add some height to each image. I like doing that instead of using foam adhesive for just a little extra height. I also used paper scraps for each card.
Added some enamel dots and viola!
And in case anyone wanted to see a panoramic shot of my craft room a.k.a. The Command Center, here it is:
Be sure to link up your crafty project to the LTCCB before the end of the month!
Time for another fun challenge on the Bitten By The Bug 2 (BBTB2) Cricut challenge blog. The current challenge theme is...BIRTHDAY!
OMG! I love these centerpieces I made for a three year old's Frozen themed birthday! I purchased the 3D numbers SVG from THIS shop in Etsy and they were so easy to put together. It took a little bit to figure it out at first but then they went together very smoothly.
Check out the process video:
I did "all the Design Space things" with this project...
Offset - added to the banner to add another layer
Print & Cut - the Elsas
Kerning - used this new feature to type Carina's name. This saves a lot of time & patience when using script fonts. I did ungroup the "C" and lowered it a little in order to fit inside the banner.
Slicing - I sliced her name out of the top layer of the banner
Contouring - The second largest snowflake had a circle cut out in the center but I needed it to be solid
Cutting...duh!
I made a total of seven of these babies! Using the cordless SUREBONDER hot glue gun sure did make it easier!
I ended up adding some more of the punched small snowflakes to the top left of the front side and added "Carina" to the center top of the back side (these were the cut outs from the banners) and used one punched snowflake to dot the "i's".
I hope you check out the video and I hope you give me a thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos of crafts I'm creating in the Command Center.
I used poster board for the 3's for sturdiness. I purchased the silver, teal & purple glitter papers from Michaels. I ran out of the teal and knew I needed to take another trip to Michaels, but stopped at the Dollar Tree first. As I was roaming the store, I saw that they have glitter paper. And guess what...in the colors I needed. There are three 8.5x11 sheets in one pack! Dang, I wish I would have know that earlier since the 12x12 sheets at Michael's were $1.20 each (on sale).
I'm telling you, Dollar Tree is stepping up in their craft department. I recommend that you check out your local Dollar Tree before heading out to another craft store!
Now it's your turn - link up your BIRTHDAY Cricut project at the BBTB2 site before the contest date ends.
I finally got a chance to use the In This Together scrapbooking kit from CTMH over the weekend. I have lots of photos of the activities we did when live changed. The funny thing is, it was actually pretty fun at first. We made sure to coordinate family activities that we may not have enjoyed if everyone was off doing their own things.
Now, I know it was a serious manner, I'm not saying it wasn't, but it was nice spending time in closed quarters with the family. During the beginning of the Shut Downs, two of my four kiddos were living at home and the third one had to come home since his dorm closed. Hubby and I were not lonely at all.
I created this two page spread using the kit and a sketch from the Make It From The Heart Vol. 3 booklet.
I asked each one of my kiddos to send me a photo of them wearing masks and none of them did. But I did get one of my granddaughter, me, hubby and my sister & nephew.
Here are the single sides:
I have plenty more layouts to complete for this time, but this was the first one. I'm entering this in the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Site for CTMH products. Click on over there for inspiration!
Happy Friday and boy, am I thankful! We are not near any fires, but near enough that it affects our air quality. The air has been horrible but I'm thankful that the air has cleared over here and the temperatures have also cooled down.
No A/C, just fans. I love it, but everyone else in the house is hot. Don't get me wrong, I'm hot too, but I just prefer fans over the A/C.
Here's a picture I took one morning when the air was thick:
Isn't the sun interesting?
Let me know what you're thankful for this week by leaving a comment!
