Cards

A quick gift idea!

January 25, 2016Crafts, Cards, How to, Stamps, Tutorial, Paper crafting, Diy, Supplies, Coloring, Graphic, ColorGabriela SimsComment

I was thinking of something fun to do for my friend, she's a teacher, and I thought personalized notecards would be a good idea. I made 10 cards using a small Recollections stamp set I've had forever, a scallop punch, some distress inks, and some Copic markers.

It took me about an hour to make them and then I let the Stickles dry, so let's say an hour and a half. I made two of each design.

Then I made a word document to add the name and cut it out, then rounded and inked the edges.

I also added a little Wink of Stella to some of them.

Now I'll put them in an acetate box and mail them to her for some awesome happy mail. Try these out, they're super easy to make and they will give you a chance to use any small stamps you have around, happy crafting!

Colored pencil on black card stock

January 19, 2016Graphic, How to, Supplies, Tutorial, Color, Cards, Crafts, Coloring, Tools, Paper craftingGabriela SimsComment

I wanted to try doing some colored pencil work on black card stock and decided to do some masking as well.

i started by stamping white ink on black card stock.

This is my main image, so it goes first, everything stamped after it will appear "behind" this.

I finished my image and then masked all parts.

Then I colored in the image.

Then I fussy cut the image.

Then I adhered it to foil card stock.

Then that was trimmed and adhered to the base and the sentiment was stamped and embossed.

And the finished product after adding some accents with a white gel pen.

I used some flower stamps for this, but you can really use any image you want to color. I used Prismacolor pencils and a blender. Happy crafting!

More lettering and #muglife

January 16, 2016Crafts, Hand Lettering, Cards, Drawing, Color, Coloring, Graphic design, Graphic, Paper crafting, ToolsGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone! This post just to capture the last of my cards and artwork for the week. I made this card for a challenge, the prompt was "Cup".

This was done by drawing the cup on watercolor paper, using Tombow brush pens to color and then embossing the #muglife.

i also found the time to do some more hand lettering.

I used a mixture of Pitt artist pens, Sharpie Fine, Le Pen, and Copic markers for this one. Took about 2-2.5 hours from start to finish, hopefully I'll get faster. I'll be starting next week with a 10 minute card, until then Happy Crafting!

Quick Quotes DT 2016

January 15, 2016Paper crafting, Tools, Scrapbooking, Color, Coloring, Quick Quotes, Crafts, Supplies, CardsGabriela SimsComment

Hello everyone, I can now share some great news! I am part of the 2016 Design Team for Quick Quotes! I am so excited to join this talented team and I am looking forward to creating projects and being inspired by what others create! Check out the Quick Qoutes Blog here and the Quick Quotes shop here. Some really beautiful items, I can't wait to get started, happy crafting!

P.S.

You can meet the rest of the team members on this post.

Gab about your Stash #1

January 10, 2016Tools, Color, Cards, Supplies, Diy, Graphic, Crafts, Watercolor, Paper crafting, StampsGabriela SimsComment

So I LOVE crafting supplies as evidenced in the craft storage post, but I'm trying to get better about using what I buy, so starting in the next few weeks, I am going to make a habit of using supplies I already have and scraps of projects from the week. I will make posts here and on my YouTube channel so that people can keep up. I will do a 10 minute Monday, a technique card, a product review, and then a Saturday Scrapternoon where I use up that week's scraps! In really excited about that and I hope it will keep me on task to create more and work through a massive stash of supplies and tools. I have lots of tools I have never reviewed, but that I use often, so it'll be nice to share long term pros and cons. In the meantime, here are this week's cards.