Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Teach the Teacher - With a Habitrail

If you teach classes a lot, which I do, you need to take frequent breaks to be a student. Or, frequent breaks to doodle around on your own outside of your work so your creativity doesn't go poof.

At the end of CREATE in Columbus - we had taught for two days - hundreds of people - a beautiful fairy appeared at the end when we were packing up our booth.

That fairy's name was Kristina Werner.

And that fairy handed me the most adorable make & take from her booth. We had not seen one other booth the whole time, and I was thrilled to see this adorable little kit. They had even done most of the work for me - all I had to do was put it together.

So I said to myself: "Self - when you get home and unpack and catch up on work and do the taxes and pay the bills and do laundry and cook and open a week's worth of mail - YOU ARE GOING TO REWARD YOURSELF WITH THIS LITTLE CARD."

And I did. The sentiment is on a piece cut with their stitched oval dies. This is the patterned paper used.

I had a Habitrail when I was little and a series of hamsters, so I found this bundle exceedingly charming. The matching dies cut openings for the hamsters to stick out of. So cute. Almost makes me want a hamster again. Key word being almost. I am happy with my paper hamsters instead.

This was such a fun break in my day.
Did you have hamsters or do you now? I'd love to hear stories. Loveyameanitbye.

Art Impressions HAMSTER WHEEL CUBBIES...
[ SSS ]
Art Impressions OVAL DOUBLE STITCHED...
[ SSS ]
Doodlebug DOWN ON THE FARM Petite...
[ SSS ]
Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473
[ SSS ]
Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White
[ GNK ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSP | HA | SSS | ELH | MFT | UNT ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
LightView 2in1 LED Magnifier for...
[ BRG ]
Mudder 10 Pack White Buffer Sanding...
[ AMZUS ]
Xyron ADHESIVE ERASER 23675
[ SSS | ART | AMZUS ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH | SSS ]
Crafter's Companion GEMINI...
[ SSS ]
Cut Align
[ MSP ]
Ink Off Cloth
[ INK ]
Essentials by Ellen Storage...
[ ELH ]
Die Storage - Clear Storage Pockets...
[ CHC ]
XL Stamp Storage Pockets
[ ELH ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS | CST ]

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

A Quick Card for Your Grumpy Teen

As a former teenager myself, I always feel the need to apologize to parents of teens.

I stand by my theory that if  you could put humans into a deep freeze from age 13-25, the world would be a better place. Give them nutrition, but please, for the love of God spare them and the rest of humanity the attitudes and behaviors of developing brains.

I should have had a Nobel Prize by now.

Anyway, this grumpy teen card has been in my head since I got this adorable stamp set last year (the shame) and it took the Wreath Builder to make it happen. Bless you Gina.

I set the first panda head up in the wreath builder on the square orientation and stamped him all the way around. Then another panda head perfectly fit into the gaps, so I picked another grumpy one and filled in the grump circle.

I wrapped it all up with this HILARIOUS sentiment - also bought last year and just now used - that is the perfect sentiment. Please, moms - some moms put schmoopy love notes in their kids' lunches - please, for me - be that mom who puts this card in the old lunchbox. You know they have earned it.

I die cut the circle of grumpiness with my infinity dies, and used the next larger die to mat it on black. I popped the whole thing onto a Gel Press print.


You're welcome, moms.

Loveyameanitbye.

Atelier Dreams PANDAMOODIUM Clear...
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Pitch Black Stamp Set - Taylored...
[ TE ]
Bundle Stamps and Templates- Wreath...
[ GNK ]
Circle Infinity Dies (H)
[ HA | ELH ]
Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473
[ SSS ]
Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White
[ GNK ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSP | HA | SSS | ELH | MFT | UNT ]
Gel Press 5 x 7 REUSABLE GEL PRINTING...
[ SSS | BLIC ]
Inovart Pro-Roller Brayer
[ BLIC | BLIC ]
Amazon.com : Hammermill 102467 Copy...
[ AMZUS ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
LightView 2in1 LED Magnifier for...
[ BRG ]
Mudder 10 Pack White Buffer Sanding...
[ AMZUS ]
Xyron ADHESIVE ERASER 23675
[ SSS | ART | AMZUS ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH | SSS ]
Crafter's Companion GEMINI...
[ SSS ]
Cut Align
[ MSP ]
Ink Off Cloth
[ INK ]
Essentials by Ellen Storage...
[ ELH ]
Die Storage - Clear Storage Pockets...
[ CHC ]
XL Stamp Storage Pockets
[ ELH ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS | CST ]
Absorber - Synthetic Cleaning Cloth
[ AMZUS ]
Purell Advanced Hand Sanitizer...
[ AMZUS ]

Friday, March 22, 2019

Acrylic Block Coloring Round 2 - Beautiful Lilies

I'm back from Simon Says CREATE in Columbus, and while I haven't caught up on sleep, it was so much fun to catch up with a room full of all my favorite crafty peeps.

I was helping with the Create & Takes at the Picket Fence Studios booth, where we had tons of fun ink blending and using those AMAZING Foiled Impression dies that deboss and foil with one pass through the Gemini. This was positively my favorite thing at Creativation. I'll have some projects with these soon.

But at my March class, before I hopped on a plane, we did the coloring technique with acrylic blocks I showed in this video Thursday on a perfect card for the Easter season - I love these little lilies. You can see my colored pencil work on this stamp here.

If you are a subscriber to my YouTube channel you can be notified when my videos premiere, if they are scheduled in advance like this one is. Just click "set a reminder" on the premiere page.

But in the meantime, enjoy this beautiful spring stamp - we did this one in this month's card class using just three of these water-based markers. I hope it's starting to show signs of spring where you are. We've got bluebonnets for days.

I love how the coloring with blocks becomes abstract and grunge. I couldn't deliberately have done that with my markers if I tried, and I've always loved that look.

CL082 Small Blocks Trio - Hero Arts
[ HA ]
You Make Me Smile
[ GNK ]
Zig CLEAN COLOR 36 SET Real Brush...
[ SSS ]
Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473
[ SSS ]
Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White
[ GNK ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSP | HA | SSS | ELH | MFT | UNT ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
LightView 2in1 LED Magnifier for...
[ BRG ]
Mudder 10 Pack White Buffer Sanding...
[ AMZUS ]
Xyron ADHESIVE ERASER 23675
[ SSS | ART | AMZUS ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH | SSS ]
Crafter's Companion GEMINI...
[ SSS ]
Cut Align
[ MSP ]
Ink Off Cloth
[ INK ]
Essentials by Ellen Storage...
[ ELH ]
Die Storage - Clear Storage Pockets...
[ CHC ]
XL Stamp Storage Pockets
[ ELH ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS | CST ]



PS - my Giveaway winner from the Picket Fence release is:


Check your email for your gift code Mary!

Loveyameanitbye. 

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