Teacher Gift Idea - Celebra'tions!

The end of the school year is quickly approaching and there's nothing better than a little coffee gift set to give to your child's teacher! 

I've made this adorable little gift set using Richard Garay's Celebra'tion by Spellbinders.

I have used 2 stamp sets for these projects. They really compliment each other well. The coffee set is called, 'Cup for two'. The other set is a combo die and stamp set. I just LOVE how convenient that is. The stamp set is called, 'Sweet Treats'.

Notice the depth of the heart on the card? Well, I took the Celebra'tion's Pierced Hearts Die set and cut the heart from the cup. Then I took the same heart die and cut out a heart in the cup with the words on it. I used foam dots to pop up the piece of card stock with the blue cup on it. and then I put the heart with words on it in the center of the cup but gluing it down to the blue piece of card stock.

Anyone who loves coffee would love this little gift set. 

Thank's for visiting today.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Celebra'tion's Supplies

Sweet Treats

Cup for two

 Pierced Hearts Die

Pierced Rectangles Die

Berry Black Ink

Cool Caribbean Ink

Linen Thread

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Creating a Fun Stampers Journey Stamp Collage.

Hi there Crafty friends!

Today I have a Fun Stampers Journey Post to share.

I want to share some of my tips on layering inks and creating a mixed media look. 

Whether you are creating a card, box, tag or any other project. I suggest taking a piece of card stock that is a little larger than your actual project. For example, the piece I started with was a little bigger than this box I made using Fun Stampers Journey Treat Box Die DI-0006. Reason being is if your card stock fits your project you are going to be thinking where exactly you want to stamp each stamp pattern. We want a 'random look right, off-center. So for me this is the easiest way I can achieve that look.

So now I have my card stock I'm going to create a little collage.

• First I stamped my Ink Splat Stamp Set AT-0108 in my Pineapple Smoothie Ink pad IP-0014
• Then I stamped the Honeycomb Stamp AT-0090 in my Blue Lagoon Ink IP-0002 (stamping off one time first)
• Then I took elements from the Banner Party Stamp Set SS-0009 using both the Pineapple Smoothie and Blue Lagoon with the star and hearts.
• Then I took the little square with dots stamp from the same set and I did NOT ink it fully so I can have this scattered dots look using my Black Licorice ink pad IP-0041. 
• Stamp the sentiment from the Lift ME Stamp Set AT-0008 also in Black Licorice.
• I added some Blue Sky Journey Sequins

After I trim my paper down to now fit my project I inked the edges in black giving a little border. Then, I added this adorable little Hot Air Balloon from the Lift Me Stamp Set. I used a foam dot to give this some dimension. Wrap some ribbon and pop a bow on and voila!  

A daring little gift box!

I hope you enjoy the rest of your week and have a crafty weekend!

 Fun Stampers Journey Supplies

Dies

Fun Stampers Journey Treat Box Die DI-0006

Stamps

Ink Splat Stamp Set AT-0108

Honeycomb Stamp AT-0090

Banner Party Stamp Set SS-0009

Lift Me Stamp Set AT-0008

Inks

Pineapple Smoothie Ink pad IP-0014

Blue Lagoon Ink IP-0002

Black Licorice ink pad IP-0041

Accessories/Tools

Journey Grand JG-0001

White Liner AD-0001

Journey Foam Squares AC-0084

Journey Craft Glue AC-0011

Cocoa Powder Crimped Ribbon AC-0087

Journey Sequins Blue Skies AC0113

Challenges

The Crafters Cafe - Ribbon

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Penny's Papercrafting - Spooled Item

Creative Card Crew - Use a sentiment

Tuesday Throwdown - Up in the air

Sweet Elle from Unity!

Good Morning Friends!

Today I have a Baby Set to share with you. 

I used the adorable Stamp Set from Unity Stamp Co. Sweet Elle. 

I used this brown paper bag and created my own little gift bag by covering the front and back in patterned paper. I then cut out my Sweet Elle in a circle. and colored her in with my Copics. I used N0, N1, N3 and N5. The balloon is Y26, Y21 and Y0000. The heart is BG15, BG11, BG10, BG0000. 

The little pouch is so simple. You ccan pretty much take any size rectangle and tape the ends in opposite directions. I use double sided tape and crimp the edges. of each closed piece. 

You could use these as a gift wrapping, or even put them as place settings at a baby shower. 

Super cute little idea and Sweet Elle would be the most cutest theme, too!!

Have a great week everyone!

Turn an old box into Mixed Media Art!

Hi there everyone!

I'm up on the Limor Webber Designs Blog today! 

Here's a Mixed Media Box I decorated out of a Levis belt box. I just love how you can use things in your home that you'd normally throw away and turn it into art!

The Sentiment is From Jamie Dougherty's Bloom Girl Anneli. 

I really love all of the textures on this box. In the video below you can learn how I layer all of these elements. Sometimes Mixed Media can be a little intimidating when you see a busy project and don't know where to begin or what to do first, such as painting or stamping adding texture paste, etc. 

Here's a video tutorial of me creating this little box and all the different stages and textures you build upon. I hope you enjoy the video and are inspired to create your own Mixed Media art!

Enjoy!

Supplies

Faber Castell Gesso

Gelatos Bubble Gum, Pistachio, Tangerine, 

Black Licorice

Limor Webber Designs “Rugged Edge” Stamp

” Ink Splat Butterfly” Limor Webber Designs 

Stamps by Indigoblu

Lindy’s Stamp Gang “TRES CHIC” Set by: 

Limor Webber Designs

Faber Castell Whipped Spackle

Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter

Finnabair Glass Glitter Gold Rush

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop -- New Stamps & Coloring Video!

Hello Everyone.

I just adore these new Acrylic Stamps by Lili of the Valley. These little fairies are the sweetest. I just had to make a little scene with them. I covered the box in Lili of the Valley's One Birdie Lane Designer paper. Then I added some molding paste, and Lindy's Stamp Spray's. I really LOVE the way this project came out.

Here's the list for the blog hop. If you want a chance to win some goodies leave a comment and

 Lili of the Valley will choose a random winner from one of our blogs. 

Andrea

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

 



Here's a video of me coloring these gorgeous new Lili of the Valley Stamps.

They will be available on January 31st!

Merry Christmas Eve!

 

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve.

We are having Christmas at my house this year and I'm really excited about it.

 

Yesterday I cleaned.

Today I'm going to be setting up the tables.

 Right now Ralph's making me breakfast. :)

 Kids are barely getting up.. well the teenage boy isn't.

 



Today I'm off and I will have to get up and be at work in the morning at 5am. I hope this will be the last year I have to work on Christmas. That's what I want for Christmas!

Good things are happening in 2015! I can feel it.

Here's an ornament I made using the Julie Nutting wooden ornaments. I painted it with acrylic paints and embossed in gold and used crackle accents a the new Prima Finnabair glitter. I really LOVE the way it came out. The photos really doesn't do it justice.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Challenges
Prima Picks - Color combo
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Tic Tac Toe - Ribbon, Glitter, Bow



Supplies -

Prima Etched Wood Ornament - Angel
Prima Art Ingredients - Glitter Set - Luminous
Prima Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White
Prima Metal Trinkets - Lifetime
Molding Paste
Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter
Acrylic Paint
Crackle Accents
Tim Holts Distress ink pads

 



Bloom Girl Sharon Mixed Media Notebook!

Hello crafty friends, It's my turn to post on the Bloom Girl DT Blog!

I have an altered notebook to share with you. I will be completely honest. About 20 min into this project I was like ok, I'm done... this looks HORRIBLE! I almost turned off the camera. Then I was like you know what.. let's go with it.. I can always delete the video and start over.. I might as well try some new ideas and techniques. So I did and I'm so glad I did, too!

 

 

Here's my notebook I came up with.


 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.. I hope you will check out how I created this in my video below,

 

 

 

 



 

Products Used

Prima Marketing's Bloom Girl Sharon Stamp
Faber-Castell's Gesso, Water Color Pencils, Gelatos, whipped spackle and markers
Tim Holts Tissue Paper and Quote Stamp



Glass Christmas Ornaments

I can't believe Christmas is like.. RIGHT THERE! WOW, where does the year go, seriously!?

 

I've been on Pinterest a lot over the last few weeks and I've gotten some great Christmas project ideas. This was one of them. Decorating Glass Ornaments. We will actually be making these at my Class over at This n That Scrapbooking in Chino Hills on December 3rd. You can find more information on the class over on the This n that Website.

 



I think I will do a YouTube video on decorating them. I just love this first one. I actually used Spellbinders Dies to create my border! :)

 

Visit me next month for a tutorial!

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I'm SO GLAD it's almost over!

'Monday" is my Friday! :)

 

Simon Says Stamp - Ornaments

RRR- Christmas with Ribbon

 





 

A Lili of the Valley Christmas Gift Set.

Hi there crafty peeps!

 

Here's on of 2 of the project gift sets we will be creating at my class at Custom Impressions this Friday! Isn't it super cute!

 

 This image from Lili of the Valley and is called Shine a Light. I love the rich BG color of this Copic Combo. I used BG72, BG75, BG78 and N7. GORGEOUS! The card is simple, The base is actually an envelope, perfect for a gift card or money for a friend, co-worker teacher etc. I have also made a matching Candle. I really wanted to focus on the pleats in her coat and again show everyone how adding a little 'N7' really makes a huge difference in depth when coloring. My students know it as my 'make it pop'. :o)

 

If you are interested in this class please Contact Custom Impressions.
 

 

Have a wonderful day.

 

 



Bloom Girl Sharon Book Box for Puerto Rico Class.. I'm leaving TONIGHT!

 Hey crafty peeps!
It's my turn to post over on the Bloom Girl DT Blog.
I have used my Bloom Girl Sharon Stamp. Which I just LOVE! I colored her in using my Copics. The flowers and papers are by Prima. This collection is so super cute, it's called Coffee Break.

Tomorrow I'll be heading out to Puerto Rico and this is actually one of the projects we are making this Saturday at Scrapbooking Gallery PR. I've been pretty busy this month I haven't had any time to do any You Tube Videos.. which makes me sad. I come home from Puerto Rico on Sunday evening, I work Monday, Tuesday teach on Wednesday and back to work Thursday - Monday.. then the following week I have 2 more classes. Will things ever slow down? I'll tell ya my bags under my eyes are sure going to weigh me down!

Oh, plus Halloween, and on the 30th my son is turning 16!! My baby boy!! :o(

 

 



 

 

Don't forget we have our Challenge for this month. If you'd like to win this amazing goodie package from Jamie Dougherty play along and use your favorite Bloom Girl to enter!

 

Have a great week everyone!
Look for photos of my Trip to Puerto Rico on Facebook and Instagram!

 

 

Limor Webber Designs FIRST DT post!

 

Hello everyone!!

Today is a very exciting day! It's my first post on Limor Webber's Design Team! I couldn't be more happier to be apart of this! :o)

 

I decided to make a canvas for my first project. I took the colors out of my daughters' comforters and then matched them to my Gelatos®.

 

First I laid a coat of white Gesso, then I created a rainbow using my Gelatos®  and at first it was very bold and the color was a little too bold compared to my girls' room. So I added more water and blotted the canvas until it lightened. Once it was dry I took my Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Black Licorice and went around the entire canvas, I used my finger and pulled some of the black into the rainbow in the same direction. I used the Prima “Bubbles” Stencil  and added bubbles with some molding paste. I shaved off some of all of the Gelatos® and added just a little bit of water over each of the shavings. Then I used my heat tool over them and it was such a cool effect! It bubbled and expanded and left some great texture to the canvas!

 

 

 I added my quote in some sticker letters and then decided to add some Tim Holtz Rub Ons, Crystal Circles. Then I got out this amazing stamp, IndigoBlu Bubbles Background and stamped all around the canvas and also on the wooden butterflies. I was just about finished and I wanted my bubbles to pop out a little more so I took my Water-colored pencils and traced some of the larger bubbles to define them a little.

 

 

 

One more thing I just HAD to add -- Glass Bead Glitter Gel.. just a little on the bubbles!

 

 

 

 

I really LOVE this and so do my girls. I hope you all like it!

Have a wonderful day!

 

Supply List
Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gesso

Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Bubble Gum

Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Gold Champagne

Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Green Tea

Gelatos Designer Colors – 50′s Diner

Prima “Bubbles” Stencil Elementals

Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs “Botanical”

Say it in Crystals Clear Circles

Glass Bead Glitter Gel – Faber Castell Design Memory Craft 

 



Bloom Girl Art Canvas.

Hey there my crafty peeps!
It's my turn to post on the Bloom Girls DT Blog.
 I have used Bloom Girl Jing. She's just gorgeous! Honestly I had no clue where this was going. I wanted it to be black and white.. then I thought I'd add pops of pink. Then somehow blue-green got in there! LOL!

 

I do love the way it came out though.

 

I have a coloring video I did on Coloring 980191 Bloom Girl Jing. I was hoping to have it up today. But -- Time has not allowed. So, next week it will have to be!

Don't forget about our Bloom Girl Challenge.
 Also Prima Marketing Inc. is having a Contest with the Bloom Girl Totes! So check it out and join the fun!



 

Challenges

 

 

 

Supplies

 

Prima -980191 Bloom Girl Jing

Prima - 846572 Optimist 6x6

Prima - Bloom Brads

Prima - Bloom Collection Flowers/Roses

Prima - Bloom Chevron Stamp

The Crafters Workshop Stencil

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Lili of the Valley - Script Background

Heidi Swapp Sticker 'Beautiful'

 



No Line Stamping with a Bloom Girl!

Hello there, It's my turn to share on the Bloom Girls DT Blog!!

 

Today I have a wall hanging to share. I actually found a 6x7 piece of wood and covered it will all sorts of goodies. I had this piece of Prima paper that had this beautiful border which I never could cover up. So I decided to stamp Bloom Girl 'Karlie' in my Desert Sand Memento ink and have at it with my Copics. I really distressed my paper edges and laid a piece of cheesecloth under my paper before gluing it on the piece of wood.

 

 

 

 

I added some Prima Wood Pieces for some different textures.

I also found this quote, it was a sticker and I cut it up and added some more dimension. I just love the quote, I think it fits the image perfectly! 

 I cut the clock out of the same paper and then added some flowers all around. I did add some Crackle Accents and molding paste all around the edges everything! It's a little hard to see in the photo though. 

 

If you haven't already, you should follow the Bloom Girl DT Blog.
 We have a monthly challenge and you could use any stamp and make type of project, too.

I'd also like to enter this into the Prima Picks August Challenge

 

 

See me in Action -- Coloring Lili of the Valley's Little Mermaid!

Hello there my blogging buddies!

 

Today I have a special treat for you. I have made this super adorable canvas,

 I used my LOTV Little Mermaid 1. I colored with my Copics . I'm sure loving the whole mixed media stuff. It sure is fun!

 

This is also my project for Frosted Designs, our challenge is Stamps, Masks and Paperclips. I have used some goodies from last months kit, Enchanted. I hope you will be able to play along with us.

 

Now, for some really exciting news.

I've decided to tackle the whole you tube experience! I plan on doing a video a week. I will do some videos where I'll  be talking and doing step by step instructions. Others will be full start to finish coloring in a speed video, who has time to watch me color for an hour and a half!

Anyways, my first video I'm coloring this adorable mermaid from start to finish. :)

 

Hope you will take the time to see me in action!

 

 



 

I used Faber-Castell Gelatos and Gesso and shimmerz to create my background♥

Cheesecloth is perfect for seaweed! :)

 

Here's a few challenges I'd like to enter

 

Sentimental Sundays - Favorite Hair color combo

Oddball Stamps - Show us your coloring skills! :) (all over this one!)

The East Wind - Beach 

 

 

Copics-

Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, W5
Cheeks - R32, R30
Hair - E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, W7
Tail - BG72, BG78, BG10, BG0000, E0000, E30, E31, E37, Y21, Y26, YY28, N0, N1, N3, N5, C00
Background - BG11, BG15, BG70, B95, B41, BG02, B97, BG0000