Merry Christmas

 

Wishing you and yours a Very Merry Christmas!

 

 

Stamp: Festive Fun by Crafters Companion

Mixed Media Fun

I decided to do a little playing with mixed media today.  I sat down with some supplies I knew I wanted to play with.  Namely Gelatos, stencil and embossing paste.   My intention was to make a pocket scrapbooking journaling card.  I made a cute one...however I had even more fun with my practice sheet.  I liked it so much I made it into a card.  

Here are the supplies I started with:

Here is the card I ended up with:

Supplies: Lulu Lavender Fireworks, Jet Black Ranger Archival Ink, Golden Gel Medium Light Molding Paste, Faber Castel Gelatos, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card die, Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock, Queen & Co Rhinestones, MME Washi Tape, Three Ring Circus Sentiment stamp, Some Odd Girl Sentiment Stamp, Heidi Swapp Spray Stencil

WOYWW

I am excited to participate in What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday this week.  I can happily say, not much is on my desk.  Finally, thanks to my Dad and my new Raskog cart, it is all clean.   It is organized and ready for a brand spanking new project.  

Here is the super scary before pic:

AACCKKK!!!  It should not be hard to imagine why I haven't made anything lately.  LOL.  But that is all about to change.  Be back soon with some Halloween cards to share.

Getting Organized!

I am still working on getting my MoJo back.  I think half of crafting is organization.  If your space is a big mess, it isn't really conducive to creating.    Got new goodies?  Where do you store them?  Making a project....where do you put everything? I have some much stuff piled onto my workspace that I have no where to make anything.   I had a blast two weeks ago at Scrapbook Expo. I got a ton of great new things, but where do I put all my new things?  

Enter IKEA and the Raskog cart.  My Dad was nice enough to get me one and I love it.  I feel like it is the perfect storage solution for Project Life. I have a ton of stuff in mine already and it is perfect because it is mobile.  Notice it is right in front of the closet.  I can just roll it out of the way when I need to open the closet doors.  

Below are some of the new fun things I picked up at the Expo.  

Here is how I decided to organize all that great stuff into my Raskog cart. 
The top shelf of my cart holds some basic tools like a glue runner, corner rounder, xyron sticker maker,  ink pad, stamp block and pens.  

On the middle shelf I have two inserts.  On the bottom are my Gelatos, Tools, Masks, and Washi tapes.  Above that are my journal cards and Copic journals.  In the back I have Thickers and some card stock.  

At the bottom I have more Washi, clear stamps, stickers, 6x6 paper pads, and a ton of Glitz Design goodies.

Took some fun classes at Scrapbook Expo too.  One was a mixed media class with the Rubber Cafe.  It was all about using Gelatos.  

  

I'm Back! with a scrapbooking project to share

I'm Back!  I have not been crafting for a while now.  Managing my IBS has kept me pretty busy for months.  I am happy to report I am doing much better and have gotten back to having some free time to do some papercrafting.  In honor of Virtual Scrap Book Night over on Splitcoast Stampers... here is a scrapbook a friend asked me to make for her coworker who is expecting.  

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

I wanted share a quick valentine with all of you.  Hope you all have a lovely Valentine's day. 

Supplies:

Stamp: Dreamy Vanessa Digi from Make It Crafty

Paper and stickers- Basic Grey True Love

Copics: Hair-E50 E31 E33 E37 E59 Eyes- B05 Skin-E000 E00 E11 RV42

BG70 BG72 BG75

Got Washi and Copic Color Matches for Basic Grey Soleil

I am loving the Basic Grey Soleil collection of papers!  These are all my favorite colors.  I thought it would be cute to color up Saturated Canary image Washi Tape Kinda Girl and pair it up with this cute paper.  I threw in some assorted washi tape from my collection and broke out my Spellbinders Nestabilities Card Creator A2 Dies to make the layers nice and straight.  I can honestly say that did not miss measuring on the paper cutter, not one little bit.  I used a Lil Inkers die to cut out the background on the sentiment and a random heart sticker. 


Some Copics color matches for the Basic Grey Soleil Collection:

R81 R83 R85  Y00 Y13 Y18  V12 V15 V17

Supplies:

Stamp: Washi Tape Kinda Girl digi by Saturated Canary

Paper: Bosie HD Color Copy Cover, Basic Grey Soleil

Copics: Hair-E50 E31 E33 E37 E59 Eyes- B05 Skin-E000 E00 E11 RV42

R81 R83 R85 Y00 Y13 Y18 V12 V15 V17

Hugs and Kisses and Copic Matches for Carta Bella Devoted

Happy February!

I can't believe we are well into the second month of the year already.  I do so love making cards in February.  Valentine's Cards are so fun and easy to make. 

I have not been making very many cards lately as I prefer to use digi images.  When I got my new state of the art HP Envy All In One printer I quickly realized that it was no good for printing digis because the ink would make a smeary mess when I colored with my Copics.  Two weeks back I saw an ad in the Walgreens circular for a Cannon Pixma IP2702 (no frills) printer for only $19.99.  I couldn't believe how low that price was so I went to the store and decided to buy it.  Well that super cheap printer comes with ink that is compatible with Copics. I have to manually force the cardstock to get it to feed through but once you hold it, it will grip the cardstock and it feed straight through.   I was so happy I took a chance on it. I now refer to it as my Digiprinter!

I had a ball over the weekend coloring up this cutie from Saturated Canary. Hope you like her!

Copic Colors to Match Carta Bella Devoted Collection:

Supplies:

Stamps:Hugs and Kisses by Saturated Canary

Paper and Stickers: Devoted by Carta Bella

Stampin' Up ribbon

Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

Copics: Hair-E50 E31 E33 E37 E59 Eyes- B05 Skin-E000 E00 E11 RV42

E70 E71 E74 E79 BG70 BG72 BG75 BG78 R46 R56 R59 R81 R83 R85 E35

Oops! Oh No! Blog Candy Winner

Oops, oh no!  I didn't get a chance to announce the blog candy winner this weekend.  Sorry, I was so late .

The winning comment is:

Kristen said...

I guess if I had to pick one it would be MacGyver. I tend to create for, rather than create because. I'm working on a style. Maybe one day! Great Prize and congratulations on all your views.

January 13, 2013 at 11:06 AM

Kristen please email me your address at michellena317@comcast (dot) net

A 100K Glitzy Blog Candy!

 I was so excited to see that my little blog has past 100,000 views! I think you all really like it when I talk about Copics ;0)

 I wanted to share my excitement over this milestone with all of my followers by doing a blog candy giveaway.  In order to enter you must be a follower of my blog.  

The Blog Candy giveaway will include everything pictured above.

• 2 Glitz Design stamp sets (Hello Friend and Yours Truly)
• Vintage Blue trim
• Vintage Blue Glitzers
• Vintage Blue Epoxy Word Stickers
• Vintage Blue Giant Rhinestones
• American Crafts Premium Brown polkadot grosgrain ribbon
• My Minds Eye Lost & Found Rosy 6x6 paper pad
• Recollections Beige Adhesive Pearls

To enter please leave a comment answering the following question:

What kind of crafter are you?

A) NEOPHYTE-  inspired to craft by brand new goodies!  You can't wait to get your hands on the latest greatest newest released supplies.

B) CLEAN & SIMPLE CLASSIC- likes to craft with the basic tried and true supplies keeping things clean and simple and classic.

C)  MACGYVER- can create with whatever supplies you have on hand or anything you find laying around

I have come to the realization that I am a Neophyte crafter.  I feel most inspired when I get something brand spankin' new to play with.  I definitely want to become a Macgyver so that I can use up my existing stash and stay on budget for 2013.


I will randomly select a winner from the comments received on January 26th!