Crafty Fun Card

Today's card was a card challenge we did on Friday and Sunday in the Card Making - learning as we go group on Facebook.  We decided to create our own version of this Crafter's Companion design team card.

 My version is a bit smaller, I decided to make a 6 x 6 foldback card.  Since this card is much smaller than the original project I ended up placing the artist palette die cut on the inside of the card.  I really like how this card turned out.

Supplies:

Crafter's Companion Sara Signature Crafty Fun Collection dies, Red Pearl Cardstock and embossing folder

Crafter's Companion White Stamping Card

Crafter's Companion Matt Black Cardstock

Gold Mirror Cardstock

Parklane 12 x 12 110 lb White Cardstock for card base

Spectrum Noir Parakeet and Lagoon Harmony Ink

Spectrum Noir Parakeet and Chinese Red Quick Dry Ink

Versafine Clair Nocture Ink, WOW! Clear Embossing Powder

Nuvo Drops - Morning Dew, Caribbean Ocean, Dandelion Yellow, Red Berry, Crushed Grape

Queen and Co Snowflake Rhinestones

Art Glitter Glue

Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and Copic BG70 Ocean Mist

Birthday Wishes

Today's card is a Birthday card that I made for a crafty friend.  I tried to keep it clean and simple so I could hand it off to the mailman.  

I arranged some negative pieces from a dress design cut in card front I made with my Cricut Joy then popped on a die cut sentiment from Crafter's Companion on a Centura Pearl tent fold card base.  For some sparkle and to finish things off, I added Gold Fever Confetti from Studio Katia that I received yesterday.  

Happy Mail

Happy Wednesday! 

I received some Happy Mail today, my first order from Studio Katia 😃.  I got some really cute confetti and gems and they even included some freebies, a gem tray and some flower confetti!  I store all these little bits in CraftMates Lockables storage. 

 

How do you store your embellishments?

A Special Mother's Day

Mother's Day will be a little different this year as we are still in quarantine in NY.  I made this card especially for my mother so she would know how much I appreciate her.  I am choosing to stay home and stay safe to protect her.  Week 8 of quarantine!

For this fold back card, I wanted to showcase the Butterfly dies from Crafter's Companion's Nature's Garden Beautiful Butterfly collection.  

I layered the statement butterfly in Lavender Glitter cardstock, and Blue and Lilac pearl cardstock from the Crafter's Companion Vintage Lace Collection and added Hunkydory Purple Glitter Diamond Sparkles, then layered the butterfly on top of Vintage Lace patterned paper and used lilac pastel Centura Pearl for a border. 

I used a Diesire die to cut out the word Mom.

I added 3 Lavender glitter cardstock circles at the bottom in lieu of gems.

For the inside of the card,  I used a Crafter's Companion Butterfly Edgeable Die and layered on top of some WOW American Crafts Glitter paper.

I framed the sentiment with the Intricate Lace Frame die from the Beautiful Butterflies collection die cut from Lavender Glitter cardstock.

I used a mixture of stamps for the inside sentiment of my card from Altenew, Stampin' Up! and Crafter's Companion and stamped in Spectrum Noir Crushed Velvet Harmony Quick Dry ink.

I used another sheet of patterned paper from the Vintage Lace collection as the background.   

Ornate Garden Suite Cards

Last week we played with the Stampin’ Up! Ornate Garden Suite in our Saturday Night Crafters Facebook Group. My demonstrator, Kathy Ervin Jones demoed this card using the Ornate Style and Ornate Thanks stamp and die sets. I made two separate cards during our live craft along, one for Mother’s Day and one Thank You card for my dear friend who sent me a care package full of goodies while I am staying home and safe during quarantine. She deserved a really special thank you for sending me chocolates, coffee, cookies, bagels and stickers for my planner. 



Mother’s Day Card:

Thank You Card:

Supplies: 
Stampin’ Up! Ornate Style and Ornate Thanks Stamps 
Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder, Ornate Floral Layers Dies
Stampin’ Up! cardStock in Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake, Craft Perfect Rose Gold Foil Card, Pearl CardStock, Aquabee Watercolor CardStock, Arteza Metallic Watercolor, Lawn Fawn Rose Gold Embossing Powder, WOW Embossing Ink Pad, Want2Scrap LeCreme adhesive pearls, Foam Pads

Masculine Birthday Cards

I always struggle with making masculine looking cards. I recently picked up the Diamond Press background dies from HSN and the plaid themed die is absolutely perfect for making masculine themed quick and easy cards. 

I paired the background die with Diamond Press’ Classic Nesting Sentiments die Happy Birthday sentiment and came up with a simple universal design that can be done in different variations. These crisp and clean cards are quick and easy to make.

Royal Blue and Brushed Gold Version:

Black and Gold Mirror Version:

Triple Slider Card

Our latest project in our Saturday Night Crafters group was a Triple Slider Card.

I used Crafter’s Companion Sara Signature Vintage Lace patterned paper as the main focal point on the outside of my slider card. I stamped sentiments and added some blooms from Crafter’s Companion Spring Wreath Stamp. I added some Moonshine Confetti from Simon Says Stamp to finish off the project.

You can replay the craft along in our Facebook Group Saturday Night Crafters. 

Saturday Night Crafters Card Challenge Triple Easel Card 4-18-2020

Hello all! I am back. While the world is on pause and I am trying to stay safe at home, I thought it would be a great time to restart my blog. 

I made this quick and easy Triple Easel Card during our Saturday Night Crafters Facebook Live event this week. 

I have been using my time at home in safe mode to organize my craftroom since it also doubles as my home office for the immediate future. Going through all of my supplies has been a fun adventure. I am discovering all my old supplies and trying to do something crafty everyday. 

Craig Laird Crafters Companion has a 50 Shades of Saturday challenge this week to make a card featuring the color purple. This was right up my alley since purple is one of my favorite colors. I spotlighted one of my favorite papers from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Signature Vintage Lace Paper pack. I inked the edges of the paper with Vintage Photo Distress Ink for an even more vintage look. I matted the card layers on Crafter’s Companion Kraft card using white layers.

I embellished the easel card with sentiments and images from Stampin’ Up!’s retired Apothecary Art and Great Friend stamp sets and embossed in Cosmic Shimmer Bright Gold embossing powder. I used Labels Collection Framelits to mat the stamped sentiments and embossed the gold butterfly from SU! Great Friend stamp set. I used the On Your Birthday stamp from Crafter’s Companion’s subscription box 11 and pearls from subscription box 23. 

If you are looking to craft along please join us in the Saturday Night Crafters Facebook Group. 

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.