Crafts

Card making is...

December 4, 2015Drawing, 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.

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

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

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

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

November 29, 2015Coloring, 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.

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

November 19, 2015Diy, Christmas, Cards, Knitting, Crafts, Paper craftingGabriela Sims1 Comment

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.

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Cards Galore

November 25, 2015Cards, Crafts, Stamps, Graphic design, Christmas, Paper crafting, GraphicGabriela SimsComment

I recently became a designer for Darby Smart and my first launch was a boxed set of Christmas cards with my original designs on them. There are 3 designs right now, and soon I will have a total of 6.

They are in boxes of 8 and they come with envelopes, you just add postage!

I am so happy to be able to debut my own artwork on greeting cards. I have a few more designs in my head that could come in handy. Hope you're inspired, happy crafting!

Snowman Shaker Card with the We R Memory Keepers' Fuse Tool

November 19, 2015Cards, Christmas, Crafts, Florigami, Drawing, DiyGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone!!! I wanted to post a quick tutorial for this snowman shaker card I finished.

I started by using some white card stock and a snowman stamp.

2 stamped snowmen in case I make a mistake.

Then I colored one in with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Then I fussy cut the head off, because I knew that was all I would be using.

Then I cut a 4.25" x 11" strip of heavyweight card stock for my base.

Then I cut a 3.74" x 5" piece of red card stock.

I decided to spray a sheet of paper I had with spray glitter to give it some shine. The paint takes 10-15 minutes to dry, so I was working on other things while it dried. Here is the result.

Next I started on my shaker pocket. I used a circle die one size bigger than the die I chose for my card and taped it to a plastic sheet.

Then I cut around about 3/4 of my circle, leaving an opening at the top.

Then I filled it with sequins and glitter, and then sealed the pocket shut.

To cut the window I used a die slightly smaller than the shaker pocket. I taped the glitter paper and the card base together and taped the die to the front.

Now came the assembly of the card. I started by adding a sweater to the snow man and attaching him to the back of the glitter paper so that his scarf was hanging out.