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Cards

Inspiration is everywhere.

Crafts, Graphic design, Cards, Graphic, DrawingGabriela SimsComment

I love the new Coldplay album and Alabama Shakes' current alum. I've been listening to them both lot lately, and tonight I was inspired to make this drawing:

 

Simple black and white. 

Simple black and white. 

I also changed up the letters and made some smaller ones:

 

A little variety. 

A little variety. 

I colored one of them and I'm going to watercolor a few to see what I like best.

Fully colored

Fully colored

You never know where you might find inspiration, happy crafting! 

Card making is...

Drawing, Crafts, Cards, Christmas, Paper crafting, Tutorial, Stamps, Color, Wedding, Diy, ColoringGabriela SimsComment

My favorite thing to do right now! I have been making cards like crazy and using markers and stamps. These are the cards I've made in the past week. 

 

Tons of thanks! 

Tons of thanks! 

This was done with Copic markers, distress ink, and then matted. 

Robot birthday! 

Robot birthday! 

This used a stencil I created with my Cricut,  Copic markers, distress ink,  some miniature gears, and then it was layered. 

A bonus birthday card. 

A bonus birthday card. 

This used Copic markers, a die, an embossing folder, and a white gel pen. 

A wedding shaker card. 

A wedding shaker card. 

This used distress ink, Copic markers, the fuse tool, and a Wink of Stella Pen.

I'll be posting a few videos for how to make these cards soon. Until then, Happy Crafting! 

Coloring with Markers

Coloring, How to, Stamps, Diy, Graphic, Crafts, Paper crafting, Cards, Color, Graphic design, DrawingGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone, I have started coloring more and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. The video below is for a masked stamping shaker card that I colored. 

 

I was so happy with this that I asked for new stamps for Christmas! I am also going to be doing some examples like this with my own drawings soon, until then, here are a few other stamps I finished. 

Original stamp

Original stamp

Masking

Masking

More masking

More masking

The finished jar!

The finished jar!

Some super cute elephants. 

Some super cute elephants. 

Some hearts on strings. 

Some hearts on strings. 

The original is on the left and the right is after I added eyes, color, and glitter. 

The original is on the left and the right is after I added eyes, color, and glitter. 

I think I'm going to really enjoy doing these, happy crafting! 

Holiday Craft Drop

Diy, Christmas, Cards, Knitting, Crafts, Paper craftingGabriela SimsComment

I am starting this in the hopes that other people will do it too and we can all spread some joy. I handmake things all the time, from yarn to paper, I'm always creating. I decided this year I would make 1 dozen hand made cards and bag them up with other handmade items and "drop" them as gifts.  My hope is that people will find them and be prompted to do the same thing. I did my first one today, so I'll keep everyone posted on how it goes, here's the first drop.

A knit hat and greeting card! 

A knit hat and greeting card! 

Happy Crafting!