An engineer's creative corner studio.
This is the first in the 10 Minute Monday series and it's really like a 12 minute Monday because I did add some distress inks and a little Wink of Stella off camera, but I did it really fast, so it probably only added about 2 minutes, haha. I will be posting these once a week and hopefully I will get down to 10 minutes total. You can see the video below!
Hope you enjoyed that and check back later this week for another tutorial that's a little more in depth with some techniques. Happy crafting!
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.
Halfway through the process.
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.
Before being personalized.
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!
So I've been working on my hand lettering and really trying to improve. I'm hoping that by next year I can do freehand with no pencil guides...in the meantime, here's what I made!
This was an IG prompt :)
And then this.
A message I'm trying to spread.
I've just been trying to create something everyday, no matter how small, you can find the time too, happy crafting!
So I have done it, I have created a full page and loved every minute of creating it! I started with one of our Sepia toned wedding photos and built my page around that. I decided to go with a mono print background I did in dark, rich colors and one of my background stamps. Then I added some paper rosettes with enamel dots and buttons and layered those onto a paper heart. To mount the photo I chose to round my corners and used some Distress Ink on the mat to keep that vintage theme going. I used a quote from our wedding invitations and more Distress Ink. I adhered the photo with foam tape and added another paper flower with a rain stone center.
The finished version.
To do the mono print background I used the Creative Palette from Stampendous an I found it to be very easy to use and clean.
I will be doing more projects like this soon with videos, thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
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.
Iris folding? I can dig it!
I started using supplies I have and remembered I have like 30 Gelatos and two kits!
Gelatos and modeling paste.
More with the amazing watercolors.
This was for a challenge and the prompt was "Bright".
Because I still love yarn!
The Avery Elle "Made With Love" stamp set and some Copics...and a yarn chain.
My first 10 minute card...that took 12 minutes! Lol, I'll be posting this video soon!
I used nothing but supplies I already had.
Distress ink, Minc foil, and some time.
That's all for today, check back in the next week or so for the new lineup of paper crafting vids and posts! Happy crafting!