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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!

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!!!