VIDEO: Realistic Brick & Wood Textures + Giveaway

Hello friends! I don't know if you're aware of this, but cats don't know anything about time changes, so I'm yawning while typing this. I think it's harder for those of us that already get up insanely early - I'm just conditioned to wake up between 4 & 5, so backing that up an hour by a confused cat or two is rough. 

You know how much I love mixed media embossing, so today I have part 1 of 2 of a texture video where I'll show you the pieces below with a 3D brick and 3D wood embossing folder. 

I am THRILLED that there's a Feliz Navidad die! Great news for us Texans - it's one of many holiday sentiments in the die set. 

I took part of the red brick piece above and some glitter paper and made a little chimney. The paper in the background really looks like brocade, with shiny, embroidered stars. 

The turquoise piece was so fun and so pretty - wait till you see how I made it!! I didn't want to cover too much up so I used glitter paper and this Merry & Bright die.

The last piece today before part 1 of the video has this freaking adorable vintage reindeer die. So adorable and very simple to assemble. The sentiment is from this set.

Here's the video - and be sure and click "More" on the description under the video to enter the giveaway!

Loveyameanitbye.

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Realistic Brick & Wood Textures - Video Sneak Peek!

Hey peeps! 

I'm coming to you with a video sneak peek tonight of a quick and easy mixed media technique that will help you create realistic wood and brick textures with these two beautiful 3D embossing folders - wood grain and small, distressed brick. This is a sneak peek, so you can see it all at 8 PM Central today 10/28 here! 

The video I will break into two parts, but the techniques are similar for all!

I wanted to show you the full sheets before cutting one down into this adorable chimney. Sorry you can't see it but the snow and layers on the sentiment are glitter paper. 

Look closely at the background paper - it looks like embroidered stars! So pretty. 

The bricks actually have a rough texture like brick! So fun!

You will be able to see the video a week from today and there will be prizes! 

Loveyameanitbye.

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VIDEO: CASE Me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Howdy friends!

I'm coming to you today with one of my absolute favorite types of holiday posts - the CASE Me a Christmas Card series with Michelle Lupton. 

If you haven't seen this before, what she does is invite a series of guests to do a mutual CASE - I pick a card of hers, and she picks a card of mine and we use those as our inspiration. 

I always prepare for my CASE by scrolling through Michelle's Instagram account - it's beautiful. 

This year, something caught my eye as a theme in her account - and that is that she is a master of using analogous color. As I tend to gravitate towards complementary color combos, this intrigued me - because her cards have this really beautiful harmony!

So I selected one of her combos that she uses frequently for holiday cards - and that's blue and green - an analogous color combo I don't use that often - so that's a fun challenge for me!

I chose the fun two piece tree tag die and ink blended them separately with reactive inks - blue, purple, green and a blue green. I lengthened the tag as well with a die cutting trick you will see in my video. I used glitter paper and an alcohol marker to finish the scene. 

When you look at this with a little collage I made of the inspiration pieces - I think you'll see how skilled she is in this part of the color wheel in every conceivable medium.

Here is a list of her inspiration cards included in the collage:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYBfDigqy3/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOKbsDH-Qg/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcaZFkmAhkZ/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIDvHUZASr2/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHxp9zwALOu/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BF3MAUBkvOY/

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6PMEJQJLgr/

You can click here to see Michelle's CASE - we will be seeing this together! You can watch my video here at 3 PM Central!:

Enjoy - loveyameanitbye!

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