QuickQuotes - March Club Q

Hello everyone, Gabriela here showcasing this month's Club Q and before I get into my project, let me talk about the greatness of this kit. I received a nice variety of papers and embellishments as well as a package of Petaloo flowers. There was even a set of full instructions for making an Altered project, just a really robust kit with some nice ideas and it was nice to see the paper collections paired in ways I might not have thought of on my own. One of the things I couldn't wait to use was the blinged butterflies, they were wonderful on their own, but I decided to add a little chalking ink to them to make them more visible.

I used chalking inks to color the butterflies and then added glossy accents to "seal" the color in, this requires allowing it to dry overnight, but I think the results were worth the wait. Next I decided to go with a theme of "Love Blooms" for a double page layout.

I proceeded to build my page around my butterflies and flowers and even created a few additional paper flowers to help fill out the pages. I also did some edge punches with the paper to create borders for both sides of the layout.

The finished layout will have pictures from a Botanic Garden tour on the white spaces but you could really put any photos you like in the layout. I hope you have as much fun with your Club Q as I did and happy crafting!

Quick Quotes Products Used
March Club Q
Powder Puff Chalking Inks - Pixie Pink, Seabrook, Aqua, Lemon Sorbet, and Mahogany
Anchors Away - 106

Scrapbook Layout with QuickQuotes: Childhood is...

Hi everyone, Gabriela here today with a layout that has some fun movable parts! I wanted to make a page that was a little bit masculine, but still sweet.

I started by choosing my photos first, since I knew I wanted one main picture and three smaller ones. This page takes a little time and it requires buttons, check out the video below.


 QuickQuotes Products Used:
Farmhouse 100
Farmhouse 104
Anchors Aweigh 107
PowderPuff Chalking Inks – Navy, Green Leaf
Vellum Quote – ER Visit
Die Cut Stickers – Anchors Aweigh

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and you try this on your own projects, happy crafting.

All I do is craft, craft, craft...

Not really, but I wish that were true! I have been trying to up my crafting game and it's resulted in some purchases of supplies and then actively using them.  I try to make sure that I use my supplies regularly and I haven't bought new supplies (besides adhesive) in a few weeks. That might not sound spectacular, but for me that's a long time.  The truth is I realized I have enough supplies right now to go "shopping" in my craft studio; that realization forces me to use/rediscover what I already own.  Doing this has yielded some "Responsible Crafting".  I'm using that to refer to things like making swatches:

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

Practicing my handlettering: 

Done with Tombow Dual Brushpens

And even working on my digital art: 

Wacom Pad using Sketchbook

I've been working to really get the most out of my supplies and I have to say I'm pretty happy.  I feel like I have fallen in love with some of my supplies all over again, which I like because I think it's easy to fall into the trap of "hoarding" supplies and being afraid to use your "good" supplies. To be honest, the whole reason you buy things should be so you can use them. I'm trying to take my own advice there, happy crafting! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day, Last Day

Hi all, just another quick post to share my contributions for the last day of the challenge. I used embossing, watercolor, and digi art. 

I will definitely participate in this challenge again! Happy crafting!