Thanks a Latte' number 2 & video

Hi All,

So, I made a card last week, and uploaded it yesterday. I said I'd make a video and i did that today. But I changed the colors of the card and think its much cuter than yesterday's post - ha.

I just love this stamp set and matching framelits from The Stamps of Life definitely go there and check them out.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Coffee4two from Stamps of Life (SOL)

Paper: DSP Indie Chic (MME); Very Vanilla (SU), Kraft (SU)

Ink: Rose Red (SU)

Accessories: Silver Embossing powder; Versamark; heat tool; Framelits (SOL); BigShot; Twine (MME)

Thanks for stopping by - I hope your day is a crafty good day.  Video Below

Thanks a Latte' from Stamps of Life

Hi All,  I had this card ready nearly a week ago. This week flew by before I had a chance to post it This is a super cute set from The Stamps of Life they have great sets, great quality, and tons of matching dies, which i used their Framelit as well.

I will be doing a video because getting that circl in the middle - wasn't easy - until I figured out an easy way; after many trial and error attempts, THEN the lightbulb went off, ha.

 

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Coffee4two from Stamps of Life (SOL)

Paper: DSP (SU); Very Vanilla (SU), Kraft (SU)

Ink: Calypso Coral (SU)

Accessories: Gumball Green Embossing powder (SU); Versamark; heat tool; Framelits (SOL); BigShot; Twine (MME)

 

Stay tuned for video. I'll try to get to it tonight, even though my nails look HORRIBLE and I broke one ;-)

 

Happy Crafting.

Mini Tag Album

My latest craze it mini albums from tags. Sooo fun, soooo easy, and sooo great for new scrappers. Sometimes it can be daunting to think about scrapping a big 12x12 scrapbook. A great way for newbies to start is with a smaller version; such as this.

Watch the video for details on how I covered the tags, created embellishments, and messed some stuff up - ha. 

Papers I used are mostly from My Minds Eye - however there are a couple of them from Jillibean Soup as well.

My video stopped for some reason in the middle so I ended up with two parts. Yeah, I finally figured out how to merge the two together in YouTube. Enjoy

I haven't totally finished the one I started during the video. I am however up to 6 tags so that's 12 pages total. I was about half way thru when my cutie patootie 5 yr old grandson bopped in and wanted to help. Needless to say - we got side-tracked. I'll finish in the next day or so and take pics to show you how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

My First Tutorial - My Humble Beginnings - ha

Owl card using Sizzix & Stephanie Barnard matching stamps and dies. I figured I would start my first video EASY - ha.  So, given that I have no idea what I'm doing, or how to edit it you get all the extras; like putting my clear stamp on backwards and getting a blog, my fat arm swinging thru the camera area, and basic fumbling around; but all in all, I'm thinkin' for my first try, not to bad.

Feel free to leave comments - and be brutally honest ;-)  I know I would.

Here's the card I'm making

Products Used:

Autumn Owls Stamps & Framelets set (Sizzix/Stephanie Barnard)

Whisper White & Pool Party card stock (SU)

Soup Labels (Jillibean Soup)

Pale Tomatoe mid-tone, and Cup-O-Joe mid tone inks (Hero Arts)

Cloud Embossing folder (SU)

Ruffled Ribbon - Pool Party (SU)

Big Shot



Kite Birthday

Hi Stampers,

I am sooooo loving the new stamp sets with matching dies. I recently purchased the one from Sizzix called Kites.  Love it. What do you think?

Supplies Used:
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pool Party (SU)
Inks: Pool Party (SU), Pale Tomato mid-tone (Hero Arts), Early Espresso (SU)
Stamps: Kite (Sizzix), Greeting (TPC Studio)
Accessories: Twine from My Minds Eye, The Twinery, and Jillibean Soup; Flower stickers from Martha Steward, Clouds embossing folder (SU), Dimensionals (SU)

Here's the stamp/die kit from Sizzix

Patchwork Paper

hi Stampers

I've been re-visiting the videos from the card class Pattern Play. It's totally worth the $16, its worth more actually ;-)  I plan on taking all of the classes they have. To view their online card classes click here.  Online Card Classes

I made the paper using 1/4" stips of 4 different patterned papers. Jennifer McGuire taught it on the class video. Clearly I goofed and didn't keep my pattern consistent nor did cut them all the same - duh on my part. I was just bopping along cutting paying NO attention. I wasn't going to start over though. Mainly because I don't really like the colors I chose. If I had used pinks and reds I would have started over ;-)  I think I will create patchwork paper in the next day or so and do a better job.

Basically you just cut a gazillion strips at 1/4" of 12x12 paper then glue them down on a 12x12 piece of cardstock. Its pretty cool but since I threw my video camera (I had a temper tantrum) in the trash (yah, and it was basically new but I was hacked off and couldn't make it work - ha) I can't make you a video but I would advise you to take the class. It was soooo cool. Like I said, I'm going to take all their classes. I know I had problems knowing how to use more than one type of patterned paper at a time.

I was also only supposed to round the corners on two of the corners of each square - ummm yah, I accidently rounded a WRONG corner so had to do them all. Trust me Jennifer McGuire's is MUCH better but you get the jist of it.

butttt, look at the cool diecuts I made from the patchwork paper - I think these are pretty cool -

Thanks for stopping by, now go check out Jennifer's blog which can be found here Jennifer McGuire Ink

Clockworks Collage

Hi Stampers,

I've been in craft central ;-)  Here is a card that I haven't put a sentiment on yet because I'm not sure what I want it to be but I think this card works without a sentiment too. I think its a great guy card. I'm usually making girly things but I wanted to make something using this stamp set that I hadn't used before.

The card front was a white piece of paper when I started. I used distress ink, Black Soot first to make it kind of gray and hazy then I used distress ink Broken China to add the blue tint so it would go with the patterned papers I selected.

I also used the Black Soot over the patterned papers to get rid of the 'white' that was in them. It was a fun card to make, and messy!

I made my own black enamel dots on the banner using Enamel Accents by Ranger.

Inks Used: Black Archival Ink (the best black ink ever), Midnight Muse (by SU); Black Soot Distress Ink, Broken China Distress Ink
Papers: Basic Gray (SU), Whisper White (SU), Pattern Papers from Authentique
Stamps: Clockworks (SU)
Accessories: Enamel Accents, Trinkets (SU), Bakers twin from Twinery "Stone", Glossy Accents (makes awesome glue)

Carta Bella Fabulousness

Hi Stampers,

I got another awesome order in from A Cherry On Top and this time it was fabulous-ness from Carta Bella Paper. The colors in this line are gorgeous. My pictures do NOT do them justice. The paper weight quality is awesome. The line is their "Well Traveled" line. I am going to be buying more of this. So much goodness how am I going to pay for everything - I LOVE IT ALL.

The color isn't RED but it's not Maroon either, it's a gorgeous Burgundy-Maroon-y Red; Hey Carta Bella, what is this red called - its awesome.

A Day Without Crafting

A Day without crafting is like a day without sunshine. Oh, the sun wasn't shining today here in Ohio was it???? I did get to watch the videos from the online card class I'm taking but I didn't get a chance to make anything or post. We have company in town so my play time this week is limited.

How about all of you? Were you crafting today? Are you addicted to it as much as I am. I would truly love to have an entire week where I could do nothing but play in my craft room, watch tutorial videos, even make some tutorials; surf the net for creativity and inspiration, play on twitter and facebook. hmmm, sounds like I might be planning a week off - how great would that be. Ok, back to reality, I won't get a week off to do that but it's nice to dream. I have to keep my real job to pay for my 'dream' job.

Hope you all are doing well, i wanted to at least say howdy.

Chic to be Shabby

Hi Crafting Peeps. I am participating in a blog challenge. It's the Chic to be Shabby at Simon Says Stamp & Show. Which you can find here Chic to be Shabby at Simon Says Stamp & Show

The challenge was to create something Shabby Chic. I have GOT to take photography classes. I am HORRIBLE at taking pictures and knowing lighting and all that.

There are a few things I'm proud of in this layout. The bird cage was just a plain natural wood die cut. I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks on it, then I got into all my jewelry making supplies to see if I could come up with some thing to dangle from the bottom. I think it turned out kinda cute given it was my first one. You probably think the papers just came the way they look but I'm pretty happy about that too. I used Distress Inks on the Designer Paper, which is from the Nostalgia collection from My Minds Eye. Then the photo mats were a plain solid color that I used Distress inks on.

I LOVE the paper flowers. They're from Engraver (Prima Flowers) and I think they are some of my Favorite. I am hoping I remember where I got them because I'm sooooo getting a ton more.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check out all the entries at the Blog Challenge.