Supplies

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!

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.

I started using supplies I have and remembered I have like 30 Gelatos and two kits!

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.

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!

Gab about Craft Storage

January 6, 2016Tools, Diy, Stamps, Cards, Supplies, Crafts, Color, Craft Haul, Thrift, How to, Tutorial, StorageGabriela SimsComment

So my husband agreed that it would be a good idea to convert the closet in the craft room into extra craft storage. Yesssssss! Here is how it went down.

First I removed the doors.

Then clearing out the stuff!

Then adding the shelves.

Now the fun part, adding supplies.

I am beyond happy with the results!! I can see and access all of my supplies now and I'll probably add a little wall storage soon, but the bulk of the work is done! The final thing I need to do is to mount a curtain rod and put a drape across the door so I can "close" it when it's not in use. This could work in any smaller closet, it took me about 2 hours to do, I bought that shelf at the home improvement store for $24.99. Let me know if you have any questions, happy crafting!!!