tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220669212024-03-07T15:28:02.511-08:00An Artistic JourneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-88082120283428279392018-03-16T22:13:00.001-07:002018-03-16T22:13:50.505-07:00Spring is in the Air<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I squeezed in art time wherever I could find it this past week. I wanted to create so I made sure I found the time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I played some more in my Dina Wakely Media journal. And I do mean play. I am having so much fun in this book! Something about all the different paper types is freeing me to just put paint to paper and I am loving every minute of it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is on a watercolor page. I used Dylusion Sprays to create the background. I was grabbing whatever looked blue or blue-ish from the pile so I know there are blues, purples and teals in the sky. The ground is a mix of greens and yellows and maybe orange. I was just spraying paint and water until I got a look that I liked.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After letting it dry for a day or so I added the rabbit. He was painted with acrylics, a random mix of whites, creams and browns with a touch of black to create gray and the eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And again we wait lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I found time to return I added the tulips. These are entirely done with Scribble Sticks, magenta, white, and blackberry for the flowers. Lemon, lime and night for the leaves and stems. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created the pattern on the ground using a Dina Wakely stencil that looks like leaves or feathers and also a Dyan Reavely stencil that is leafy branches. I used Distress Inks in browns and greens, again randomly dabbing into whatever pad I thought might work to get the look I wanted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My brother in laws birthday is next week.I got the card mailed out in time! I am doing really well this year!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The frame and embellishments are from the Magic Slider die set, Kit137, from LDRS creative. </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is such a fun set to play with. My only issue is finding stamps that are small enough to fit in the frame yet large enough to color. This basic, uncolored image is stamped on a piece of acetate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here it is fully open. The cards are fun to make and to receive. </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of the mini Crazy Dogs from Tim Holtz. He fits perfectly in the frame along with his fancy party hat and balloons from the Mini Bird Crazy and Things set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And my last project of the week, a giraffe tag. Yes, I am still obsessed with giraffes. I just love them!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created the background by laying down layers of Distress Inks and Oxides in browns, reds and golds. I then used stencils to apply the squiggles, triangles and dots. I outlined the triangles with a black Sharpie pen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background giraffe, from Rubber Stampede, was stamped 3 times using Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. I then used a water brush to soften the image.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stamped the giraffe head, from Impression Obsession, onto white cardstock again using my Distress Walnut Stain ink pad. I colored him in with Spectrum Noir alcohol pens. And used my black Sharpie pen to make his eyes black.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I rubbed some Distress Ink in Tea Dye and Walnut Stain to create a drop shadow behind him. The giraffe was added to the tag with double sided foam tape to lift him up off the surface. He didn't stand out as much as I wanted so I added more ink to the tag, Candied Apple to the upper right, Peeled Paint to the lower left. Both are Distress Oxides. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am going out of town next week for my job. Hubby is wondering what I am going to wear because so far my suitcase is packed with mostly art supplies lol It could get very interesting when I try to explain my attire at my meetings :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until next time...Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I knew I wanted to work on the kraft paper and bees kept
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I put down a layer of color using Gelatos (Butter Cream,
Kiwi, and Aqua Dolce) and Scribble Sticks (Tangerine, Ruby, and Night) I
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My next step was to spray a layer of Krylon’s Workable
Fixatif. My hope was that this would keep the Distress Ink and Gelatos from
fading away when I added my layer of gel medium. (it worked pretty well, I had very minimal bleed/fade in the Distress Ink and no noticeable color change in the Gelatos)</span><br />
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palette knife and set it aside to dry. It can take several hours for the gel to
dry completely. Let it set and dry on it’s own and it dries clear. Dry it with
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move down between the gel medium hexagons. I then, while still wet, wiped the
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I applied some more gel medium ‘honeycombs’ to capture a bit
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I drew the queen with Prismacolor pencils (Dark Brown,
Peach, Light Peach, Black, White, Tuscan Red and Violet) the highlight in her
eye is white acrylic paint. Her hair is a mixture of Prismacolor pencils (Black
and Dark Brown) and Scribble Sticks (Black and Lemon). Her crown is Scribble
Sticks (Lemon, Tangerine and Black). I ended up going back over her crown with
Prismacolor pencils (Black, Canary Yellow and Spanish Orange) to make is show
up a bit more. I colored in between the gel hexagons that overlap her face,
with black Prismacolor, to make them stand out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I found a photo of a honey bee online. I resized it and
added 3 of them to my page. The largest is about ¾ of an inch. I then colored
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am debating back and forth as to whether it is finished.
Part of me wants text or scribbles along the left side. Part of me says don’t
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I added bits of text using Distress Ink, Walnut Stain and a rubber stamp from <a href="http://www.nonsequiturstamps.com/index.php?item=--20-x-25_5-cm&action=article&group_id=10000050&aid=211&lang=EN">Non Sequitur</a> from a stamp plate that I bought maybe 20 years ago. If you have a choice, always by red rubber stamps! They will last a life time!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As always...Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-9523135958758484582018-02-19T15:34:00.000-08:002018-02-19T15:34:45.418-08:00I love long weekends!<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got off work early on Friday and being Presidents Day weekend I don't have to go back to work until Tuesday! I've had a lot of fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that February 16th was Chinese New Year? I did but I forgot that when I made my blog post on Friday. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They had a local parade and celebration here on Saturday. The hubby and I debated about going and opted to stay home....mostly because I had been up since 6 working on a spread in my journal and didn't want to leave lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is in Dina Wakely's Media journal. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I first put down some gel medium through a stencil. I then used acrylic paints in reds, yellows and oranges. I also added Dina's paints in Turquoise and Cheddar. I wiped the wet paint off the stenciled areas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some bits of newspaper (in Chinese) from a Sunday paper I picked in San Francisco over 10 years ago. It comes in handy when I need Chinese text (although I have no idea what it says....these bits are from the ad section)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rubber stamp is from, I believe, StoneHouseStamps. I colored her with alcohol markers. The shadow on her right side was done with black Scribble Stick.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew and painted the lanterns. I tried to make them look like they are glowing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then borrowed a technique I saw in a video from Kristin Van Valkenburgh. Spread some gel medium on the page, let it start to set up and get tacky then lay down some foil. (The foil you use in the Minc.) When the gel medium is dry, pull up the foil and bits of it are stuck to the gel. I used it on the lanterns quite a bit and then little bits all over. I love how it turned out!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I was able to get back to my journal again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been wanting to draw one of these Slender Horned Gazelles ever since I saw them on an episode of <a href="https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/the-zoo/">The Zoo</a> a couple weeks ago. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is on a kraft paper page in my journal. I drew and colored the gazelle with Prismacolor pencils.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I painted yellow and brown acrylics on the right side and stenciled over top with DW media paints Turquoise and Cheddar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I rubbed Distress Inks on the left and stenciled again with Turquoise and Cheddar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Scribble Sticks for the sky in Night, Blackberry and Magenta. I brushed it with water to blend then stenciled dark blue acrylic over top.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case you are wondering, there are less than 2500 Slender Horned Gazelles left in the wild. :-(</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I also finally had time to work in my Bullet Journal. Continuing with the March theme of ... In like a Lion, Out like a Lamb ... I drew Mufasa from Disney's The Lion King. I printed the images of Simba because I just couldn't draw him that small.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My daily 'blocks' are based on African shields. As I look at it now I may need to add some color along the edge of my left page. Hmm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That covers my long weekend. I wish I had more art time and less work time but I guess I should be thankful since the work time pays for all the supplies I use during the art time. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, until I get more art time....Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-89287476914729935942018-02-16T14:37:00.001-08:002018-02-16T14:37:25.073-08:00Happy Presidents Day<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does Presidents Day mean to me? A 3 day weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't that sad? It was originally created to honor and remember George Washington and now it is more well known as a day to get sheets and towels at half off.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our forefathers would be so disappointed in us. Maybe I should make something George Washington related during my long weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So why exactly am I posting today? Yeah, I know you are all wondering lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well it isn't to share the birthday card I made for my brother because I forgot to take a picture of it but it was a cute pop-up card.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it isn't to show you the cute Valentine I gave to hubby....because I forgot to photograph that too (although I could probably go hunting around the house and find it if I was so inclined lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nope, I have been playing in my Dina Wakely Media journal again. Although this is not what I normally do (art/craft-wise) I am having a lot of fun.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I watched Dina's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2YwcmFTd8g&t=3s">faces tutorial</a> again. And then changed it a bit. I wanted a rounder, younger looking face and I wanted an open mouth. I also tilted the head. Why not?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I started this page (on the watercolor paper) by scribbling Lime Scribble Stick up the left side. I then doodled on some Magenta flowers. I added some Lemon and Turquoise scribbles on the bottom right. I brushed water over all the scribbles to soften them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then I sat....and stared....and sat some more. What direction should I take?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She actually sat on my desk for a couple days as I thought of things and then dismissed them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then grabbed my Dyan Reaveley "Around the Edge" stamp set (which I had actually bought to use in my Bullet Journal) and stamped the leaves on the bottom right and top left using Distress Ink, Pine Needles.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then colored the leaves with Lime and Night Scribble Sticks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next came the bird stamp which is part of Dina Wakely's Scribble Birds set. I colored him with alcohol markers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then they sat for a couple days. Every time I looked at them the word 'secrets' would pop into my head. What secrets are they sharing?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stenciled on the leaves, down the left, using the stencil that came with the Scribble Birds stamps using Distress Oxide, Peeled Paint. I stenciled the flowers in the upper right using Tim Holtz' mini stencil that looks almost like cherry blossom branches and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The text came to me at work one day (so I had to grab a post-it before I forgot it!) I typed it up, printed it, then dragged the paper through some Distress and Oxide inks It blended in beautifully with the Scribble Sticks already on the page. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like how it turned out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then today.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me start with....I never paint realistic animals. I don't think I have EVER tried to paint a realistic animal. I will draw them. I will draw and color them. I don't paint them. So what ever possessed me to do this today I will never know.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is supposed to be a Barred Owl. Yes I know this is a really bad looking owl! Yeah, it is BAD!!! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So why am I sharing? Because I did it. I have always felt like I couldn't paint a realistic living thing...and proved it lol. But the fact that I actually, finally tried is the important thing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There a few successes and a lot of failures in this. I should have listened to the advise I give others...when you are frustrated or feeling like it is not going well, get up and walk away, come back later. Didn't do that. Should have done that! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the paint on and around the eyes is at least 1/16" thicker than the rest of the page lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh and the page is the cotton canvas which I prepped with clear gesso.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But he did look a whole lot worse! I got up to take a break. Walked out of the room, came back 2 minutes later and immediately saw some of the problems that I could fix. I made myself wait another 10 minutes and then went back in. Trust me when I tell you, the eyes were REALLY hideous before I went back in....we will just leave it at that! LOL</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will I go back and try to fix it some more? Maybe, probably not.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the background! That is the last thing I completed. It was a very washed out, pale green. I deepened the color with several shades of greens and a bit of brown. It looked better but really came together when I added the stencil which I did while the under paint was still wet so that it bled and softened a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to say I like them together. The colors go well together. And they seem to have the same hair style! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have 3 more days to play. I am looking forward to getting my hands dirty and working on something new....and hopefully not so scary! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until I pop in again....Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-68815617278993664632018-02-11T13:27:00.000-08:002018-02-11T13:27:56.043-08:00Happy Valentine's Day<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like Valentine's Day or maybe I should say I like any day that makes someone buy me chocolate lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used to decorate for Valentine's Day and put up lots of hearts and doilies. But not any more. I am getting old and lazy lol. But I still make cards....or try too. I am way off track this year and just finished my parent's card today. And since it is Sunday, I can't mail it until tomorrow which means they probably will not get it until the 15th. Oh well, can we really only tell people we love them on the 14th?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a shaker card! I used Anna Griffin's <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-shaker-card-window-cutting-dies/8494702">shaker card dies</a>. And Cuttlebug's <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/confetti-springtime-dies.html">confetti dies</a> for the 'filling'.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The patterned card stock came from a new Recollections paper pad called Girlsquad. It has lots of cute Valentine papers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I struggled with this one. Not in the making but in the 'do I really like this?' stage. The die set is really nice as it gives you dies to cut the window in your card base, the window in your card front and lots of embellishments. But I just wasn't feeling it until I got all the embellishment in place. I think the rose finally did it for me. That came from some freebie I got with an Anna Griffin order lol And it had all kinds of swirls and stuff with it that I had to cut off. But I think it was worth it. I hope my parents like it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my last post I said I had just received my Dina Wakely Media journal. The 8x10 version came out last year (at least I think it was just last year and not earlier than that). What is cool and different about it is that it has 4 different substraights in it.....watercolor paper, canvas, kraft paper and burlap....all in one journal! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She brought out a larger version this year at Creativation but there is no way I would have space for it or comfortably be able to fill such a large work space. (I tend to work small so the 8x10 is already going to push me outside my comfort zone)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I jumped right in with burlap! I have never worked on burlap before. I tend to avoid it at all costs due to the smell and that fact that something in it (maybe all those fibers) makes me sneeze. So, with tissues at the ready, I dove right in. I used acrylic paints in reds, oranges and yellows to create a sunset background with white and pale yellow for the sun.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then used Dina's Scribble Sticks in black to draw a giraffe. It is tough to get a straight line on burlap! So I have a stylized giraffe lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then used Scribble Sticks for the patterns around the sides but it still needed something.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I googled African postage stamps and found some I liked. I printed them on regular printer paper so they would feel more like the real thing. I cut them out and glued them down with Aleene's Tacky Glue. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now I need to decide my next step. I am thinking of washing a medium to dark color over the stamps, or at least part of them, to help settle them into the background a bit. But it is a work in progress so I will mull it over for a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a page on the watercolor paper. I watched one of Dina Wakely's YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2YwcmFTd8g">videos</a> on drawing faces. Faces are not my forte. If I spend long enough on them (like hours and hours drawing) they turn out fairly well. This was a fun way to create a face in a short amount of time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tend to be very rigid in my drawing and painting. I see people all the time that freely slap paint on canvas without any obvious direction and they just let the colors and forms guide them. I have never been one of those people. I have to see it all in my mind before I can even start. I want to see if I can be more loose and free in this journal. I don't think there is anything wrong with my creative style...it's worked for me for over 50 years....but there are days lately where I desperately want to create something but don't have the time to think it all out in advance. I want to be able to open to a page and just brush on some color and then be able to walk away and come back later and apply something else...no pre-planned ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wish me luck! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that is all I have for this week. I still need to make a Valentine for hubby (not much time left for that one!). And my brother has a birthday next week so I need to get that done as well. My bullet journal did not keep me on track this week! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your weather is even remotely like mine....stay warm! And Happy Crafting!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-46618589627148448752018-02-04T07:19:00.000-08:002018-02-04T07:19:01.584-08:00The Ground Hog Saw His Shadow<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel bad for the rest of the country. Six more weeks of winter! Ugh! But here in the Pacific Northwest, at least where I live, we haven't really had winter this year. It got cold (into the 20's at night) a couple times. But no snow, no freezing rain. Heck, I've only worn a coat 3 times this winter! Maybe by having six more weeks Mother Nature might actually get around to sending us some of the white fluffy stuff....just so we can say we had some. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But for the friends and family back east, I'm sorry. Bundle up, burrow in and stay safe and warm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always have a hard time getting back into the crafting groove after the holidays but this year, since I started Bullet Journaling, I seem to be more on track. I guess that is kind of the point of the Bullet Journal lol.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a couple more spreads to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my Valentine week spread. I wrote "Love Notes" in a Mickey style font and then created day spaces to mimic notes and cards tacked onto a bulletin board.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mailbox holds my To Do list.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew Mickey, Minnie and Pluto with a Sharpie pen and colored them with Inktense pencils.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've started setting up my March pages. Here is my title page and the first (partial) week of March.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew and colored the lion with Prismacolor pencils. I stamped "March" with my Kelly Creates month stamps and added the geometric boarders with Prismacolor pencils.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I continued the geometric theme on the daily page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a close up of the lion. I just noticed that I never went in and added the white highlight dots to his eyes (I use white acrylic paint to do that). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now to projects that my journal helped me get done on time...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My niece has a birthday coming up. Due to my post holiday funk I am always late mailing it out (just like my nephew's cards in January)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not this year, card done and mailed! WooHoo!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a base card from a set of cards I picked up at Michaels. I got the idea from Ken at <a href="http://kreativeken.blogspot.com/">Ken's Kreations</a>. Michaels sells sets of cards, 80 cards with envelopes. 4.25 x 5.5. They come in patterns or plain and a multitude of colors. They go on sale all the time for something like $3 for a box. $3 for 80 cards and 80 envelopes! I can't make them for that! They make a great base. All I need to do is add the goodies on top. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trellis background is a die from Anna Griffin's heart die set from a couple years ago. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stamp is Winnie from Polkadoodles called Teacup full of wishes. </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I colored her with alcohol markers then used dip dotted white acrylic paint to highlight the ruffle on her collar and hem of her dress. The cupcake wrapper is colored with copper and gold gel pens.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My college roommate just had a birthday (ok, so I didn't get this made in time but I did get it made lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I convinced her to start virtual racing with me. She has already completed two 5k races and has started a 77 mile race! Go Helen! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made her this sign to display her medals. After the photo, hubby added hooks across the bottom and hangers on the back. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used vinyl as my stencil to paint the lettering and mermaids. I painted the edges then wiped off the paint while still wet to give the edge a beachy, faded paint feel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like how this turned out. I think it is my favorite sign so far. I was tempted to keep it and make another one for her.....but I didn't. I mailed it. I hope she likes it as much as I do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And lastly...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted a new sleep shirt but I also wanted to play with HTV (heat transfer vinyl)</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased a blank t-shirt at Walmart for around $4.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought the saying was so appropriate for me lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That wraps up this blog post. I received my Dina Wakely Media journal the other day and have been playing around with one of the burlap pages. I will share that with you next time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then stay warm and Happy Crafting!</span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-9502548972585009692018-01-13T08:32:00.000-08:002018-01-13T08:32:44.048-08:00Happy New Year!<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I am finally all caught up! All the Christmas cards and boxes were mailed (and received) before Christmas which is always a good thing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have completed all the January birthday cards which is really a shocker because I usually forget my nephew's birthday (which is tomorrow) and end up sending his card at least a week late. He should have received it earlier this week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My best friend Helen's card is done but now I am making her a gift (a last minute decision) so she may not get hers on time but I think she will forgive me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a picture of my nephew's card.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you put on a card for a 25 year old? I put minions lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The minion was an SVG that I downloaded years ago. I can't even figure out from where which is sad because it is a set of 3 and very well done. I will keep looking and will add a link if I can find the source.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background was embossed with the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, are you asking yourself, how on earth is she keeping herself on track when she is normally very scatter brained this time of year? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bullet Journaling!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure how I missed the start of this trend (I think it started a few years ago) but it is blowing up big now. Planners and Bullet Journals are becoming a huge thing which is rather amazing considering how almost everything else in the world has moved to paperless online tech.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the average person is figuring out what all of us crafters have know all along.....you cannot beat the feel of paper in your hands, or gripping a pen or brush in your fingers. The thrill of that first stroke on the plain page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most craft stores have created entire planner/journal sections in their stores with large varieties of books, pens, stamps and stickers....and who could forget washi tape!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started a practice journal in December just to see if 1. did I like the process? 2. would I keep at it or give up after a couple days?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turns out I like it. And I keep at it. And it keeps me on track (go figure lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find thousands of videos on YouTube to give you ideas but the bottom line is it has to work for you. A regular planner didn't do that for me. It was too rigid with no creativity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the fully decorated, super fancy bullet journals but I don't have time for that (I have a full time job and craft projects to make other than just creating a journal)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/how-to-start-a-bullet-journal?utm_term=.lhegwBNw9#.bjG1Bm6Bl">article </a>that really explained bullet journaling for me and made me think I could do this and enjoy it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My style is a happy medium. Functional, simple with a bit of creativity. It doesn't take me days to create a spread, usually around an hour or 2 and I can see what I need at a glance.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want to see my journal?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my journal cover. Isn't it gorgeous? Do you need one this fancy? No! But for me, I did. This is important to me. I am trying to be more organized in how I do a lot of different things this year. Yes, I can use any notebook but I thought if it looks important and 'impressive' then I will feel like it is important to use it. Yeah, it is all a mental game inside my head but it works for me! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased my journal at Oberon Designs. You might recall that I purchased a journal from them last spring that I use for sketching. I love their stuff!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find your own gorgeous leather journal <a href="https://www.oberondesign.com/collections/oberon-journals">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my 2018 cover page. I drew the twig wreath and then wrote in the center (and realized my handwriting is so atrocious that I needed to cover it up! lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank goodness for my Cricut Explore! I had it write up the sentiment, cut it out on a circle and cut another blue layer circle to go under it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very simple, very clean, actually legible lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my January cover. I am practicing my handwriting but seriously, it is really bad! So my Cricut rescued me again. It is off center because it is covering my horrible handwriting lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew the snowman and snowflakes :-) My overall theme for January is basically winter (snow, cold).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of my January weekly spreads. I free-handed all the boxes and 'attached' them with tape and push pins :-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The baby polar bear is a stamp from Stampendous! I drew the his snowman companion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, clean, simple with a tiny bit of "art".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've started setting up my February pages. Here is my cover and that short, half-week at the beginning of the month.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used stencils to create the boxes and little extras (arrows, diamonds, triangles) </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased my stencil set on ebay but you can find them all over the internet. Just search for journal stencils.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tiny calendar you will see on all my spreads is a stamp set. I purchased it on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073TSSGCN/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">Amazon</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to convey love without all the hearts and flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They aren't perfect but I like them. They are colored with Inktense Pencils. The background has a blue tint. I used Pan Pastels rubbed onto the corners.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know this year is the Year of the Dog? I don't think these guys did either from the looks on their faces lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew all the large lanterns to use for my daily entries, To Do list and weekly quote. The tiny banners (created using stencils) at the top right are for tracking my food log and daily steps.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I printed the year of the dog image from the internet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The confused dogs are from the Mini Cats and Dogs/Crazy Dogs set from Tim Holtz. They were colored with Prismacolor Pencils as were all the lanterns.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The left page is a packing list.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The right is a savings tracker. I need to save up some big bucks so I can buy my plane ticket!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both of these pages were drawn free hand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I needed something to hold all my goodies....stencils, stamps and pens.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a cosmetic bag I purchased from <a href="https://www.myvinyldirect.com/canvas-make-up-bag/">MyVinylDirect</a>. I was going to make some as Christmas presents. I bought 2 to practice on. Finished one. Here is the other that was still sitting blank on the shelf. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now it is the perfect journal supplies pouch! Cricut to the rescue again!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now you are all caught up with what I've been up to!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you all a fabulous 2018!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-86729309071024170092017-12-03T07:42:00.000-08:002017-12-03T07:42:00.590-08:0022 Days Until Christmas!<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you started your shopping yet? Or maybe the more important question is.....Have you started making your gifts yet???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My answer to both is yes. Although I haven't gotten much completed yet. I just don't know what to make or buy this year. I think lots of people will be getting gift cards in fancy holders lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last couple months have been sort of a blur. My mom got sick in late September and worrying and praying for her has taken up most of my mental space. She is doing really well and the doctors give us hope that there will be a full recovery. Praise God!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During these past months my muse kind of went into hiding which is fine because I wasn't up to listening to her anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did manage to make a few things (actually a lot more than I realized when I downloaded all the pics from my camera). I will only share the few I liked the best. (Just because you made stuff doesn't mean it was any good lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the card I made for my sister in law. I used one of Anna Griffin's parchment layers for the background. I find working with the parchment to be very relaxing (which is what I have needed lately)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the Thanksgiving card I sent to my parents. Again, a parchment background. I just love the delicate, lacy look. The flower vines were cut with my Explore. The turkey was Print Then Cut. I find myself using PTC much more since I bought the Kodak Verite 6 Anna Griffin printer. It works great with my Explore and prints beautifully.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The white lace snowflake border/edge is from Anna Griffins holiday edge dies. The Poinsettia, cut from Cricut glitter card stock, is from a seasonal set of Anna Griffin dies from 2016 and the pine boughs are from her Christmas Botanicals set. Also from 2016. All cut using the Cuttlebug.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this was the best Christmas card I made this year. (I forgot to photograph 90% of them so you will just have to take my word for it lol) It's elegant and yet very simple. I was tempted to keep it just so I could hang it on my own wall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, changing gears, this is glitter HTV on a black t-shirt. Isn't it adorable???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I joined a membership group called Makers Gonna Learn. This is one of the files we received in the first month. (I think there were 30 in all) You should really check it out. It is run by Tanner Bell. If you haven't seen him before check him out on YouTube. His enthusiasm is infectious. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can check out the Makers Gonna Learn site <a href="https://makersgonnalearn.com/">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And lastly, the new Cricut Maker machine was launched this past summer. Did I need a new machine? No.....defintely No. I have the original Cricut, the Expression, the original Explore, and the Air 2. Why on earth would I need a 5th Cricut machine? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, it cuts fabric! And etches metal (I need to take pictures of the dog tags I've made) and they are making additional tools to use in it. It comes with a rotary cutting blade! How cool is that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The giraffe above is about 14" tall, made of flannel with felt mane and tail and cut entirely by the Cricut Maker. Wow!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really did say over and over that I did NOT need this machine. And then hubby and I watched the launch on HSN in October. HSN really is a dangerous place!!! But seeing it made me question my decision and surprisingly enough made hubby question it as well. He decided I DID need it and offered to split the cost with me. I was online ordering immediately lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have not used it a lot yet....but I have been pretty preoccupied lately. I am hoping after the holidays to really dive in and make some more projects. I have all the materials set aside to make a little fox doll wearing a vest. I think it will be super cute.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But until then I am happily praising God as he continues to heal and strengthen my mom and rejoice in the upcoming birthday of our Saviour.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until next time, keep warm and Happy Crafting!</span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-20063703179657765072017-09-24T09:54:00.001-07:002017-09-24T09:54:08.811-07:00Happy Fall!!!!!<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fall is my favorite time of year. The cooler temperatures, blue skies, colored leaves, apples and PUMPKINS!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yesterday we headed out to the farm and bought our first pumpkins of the season! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm sorry I haven't been here for a few weeks. My mom got sick. My parents live on the opposite side of the country so all I can do is worry, pray and spend a lot of time on the phone checking up on her. It puts a damper on my crafting spirit and decreases my crafting time....but that's ok. My primary goal right now it to get my mommy well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But, I do have some things I made before she got sick AND a few things I have been working on the past few days. (the better she feels the more my creativity comes back) :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This first item I actually made a couple months ago. I just finally got around to downloading it off my camera lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In July I started participating in virtual races because my sister wanted me to do the RockNRoll 5k in Las Vegas in November and I am totally out of shape. She convinced me to start doing virtual races to get into walking. Well, I am now not going to go to Las Vegas....saving up for a much bigger trip. But I am still doing the virtual races. It turns out that if you dangle pretty things in front of me I will actually get off my butt and exercise! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have completed 7 races and am almost done with the 8th ranging in distances from 5k to 40 miles. And I have a collection of really cool medals to show for my efforts! (I will get some pictures of those for a later post)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Needing a place to display my hardware, I created this board. I used my Cricut Explore to cut vinyl to use as stencils. I added cup hooks across the bottom to hand my medals.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but my mom loves tote bags. I mean she really LOVES them. She has tons of them! lol I have made or bought her several over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I got my Easy Press I knew I needed to make her another one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bag itself came from Walmart. It is one of their shopping bags. They are usually on a rack near the door and cost $4.00. They are fairly large, have a magnet closure at the top and are made of a medium weight canvas. I don't know that I could make it for less then $4.00.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used both glitter and lite Cricut heat transfer vinyl.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pelican/beach, turtle and crab are from the Life is a Beach cartridge.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The sun is from Disney Princesses - Believing in Dreams. I sliced it to get just a few sun rays.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The banner is from CTMH Artiste. I sliced the letters into it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The text is various fonts from my computer fonts files.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I mailed it to my mom the day after she got sick. She loves it and is looking forward to taking it to the beach.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had been working on Halloween cards. Those kind of got put on hold (because of my mom but also because new Christmas craft supplies arrived lol) But here are a couple I have done.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I carved this skeleton stamp at least 30 years ago! I love him! lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think he plays well with this dog from Tim Holtz' mini Crazy Dogs. (although the dog seems to be playing a bit too rough lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I initially was inspired by this Ken's Kreations <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKvdgJDAv4">video</a> which is why I was stamping on craft paper.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have never seen Ken's videos before you need to check them out. He has great tutorials and the banter between him and Sean always makes me smile (and sometimes double over laughing)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See, this doggy does not play well with others. Or maybe he takes 'playing with others' too seriously. lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I cut a small slit in his mouth to insert the end of the bone. (when I carved the skeleton many years ago I also carved extra bones just in case... )</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This next card was also inspired by another Ken's Kreations <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_fvHwOeh4M">video</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Like I said, they have great tutorials and they cheer me up (which I have needed a lot lately).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used Distress Inks for the background: Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw and Peacock Feathers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And of course, one of Tim Holtz' Crazy Dogs wearing a bowler hat and sunglasses from the Crazy Things set.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The dog was colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Happy Halloween was stamped and then embossed with white embossing powder. I had so many different stamps out for this text....some from CTMH, some Tim Holtz and some from Diamond Press. I honestly cannot remember which one I finally used (and not in the mood to dig them all out again lol ...sorry)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, let me preface these next cards with....I have to always be learning something new otherwise I get bored. It can be just the smallest technique or a totally new craft.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today it is a totally new craft lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Parchment crafting.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have seen it before. I think we might have sold the supplies at the craft store I worked at in the 80s. It was always called Pergamano whenever I saw it. Turns out that is just a brand name that has become synonymous with the craft. (like Jello or Kleenex lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anna Griffin sells parchment craft supplies on HSN (of course she does!) And on her last appearance she introduced Christmas parchment supplies. Oh My Goodness! Talk about gorgeous!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What can I say, I purchased the every day and Christmas sets. It is something I can do while watching tv unlike most of my crafting where I have to be at my art desk.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The above is from the every day set. It looks so elegant yet it is so easy to do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are the links for the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-parchment-paper/8275009">every day</a> set, the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-christmas-layers-and-embellishments/8476821">Christmas set</a> and the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-parchment-craft-tools/8275036">tool set</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh and look! Anna has Christmas Go Press and Foil stamps!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used the new wreath and Season's Greetings stamps to make this card.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love the Go Press and Foil machine! It had a slight learning curve but once I got that all figured out I have had perfect results every time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The wreath is foiled in gold on dark green card stock. I then foiled just the bow in red on white card stock and used foam tape to give it some dimension.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you have a Go Press and Foil machine? Having problems getting even coverage? Check out my <a href="http://luv2stamp.blogspot.com/2017/05/go-press-and-foil-machine-revisited.html">post</a> where I share my tips.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is another Christmas card using the Go Press and Foil machine and one of the new Christmas stamps. Isn't that tree gorgeous?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The tree was foiled in gold on dark green card stock. I then hand cut the edges with decorative scissors.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The background is cream colored Cricut Pearl paper embossed with Anna Griffin's Sleigh Bells embossing folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Helpful tip: to ensure that thinner papers/card stocks like the pearl paper or vellum don't tear when embossing add a second layer of card stock to the folder. I used just plain Staples 110lb white card stock. Now I have a perfect pearl layer and a spare white layer to be used in another project.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My brother in law had a birthday last week. Of course I made him a card.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was in the mood to try something new. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last May our town had their community yard sale. The automotive repair shop participated. They had sample books of leather and vinyl upholstery for free. I grabbed a few....no clue what I might do with them but couldn't just leave them there!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, I finally came up with an idea. Could my Cuttlebug cut through thin leather and vinyl? </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why Yes! It could!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used an Anna Griffin oak leaf cutting die. I ran it through twice just to be sure it cut completely. They turned out great!</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The background is craft paper. I inked up Anna's Acorn Scatter embossing folder with Tea Dye Distress Ink and ran it through the Cuttlebug so that the deboss was a darker brown.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Happy Birthday is a Diamond Press die.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See what happens when I don't pop in on a regular basis? Tons of photos! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here in the Pacific Northwest autumn has definitely arrived! I hope you all will get to enjoy the season very soon too.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-17409993235066445952017-09-02T20:04:00.000-07:002017-09-02T20:04:13.666-07:00I'm addicted to HTV and the Cricut Easy Press!!!!!<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never realized just how much fun (and how easy it was) to add vinyl images to fabric items. I have had my Cricut Easy Press for a week now and I am totally addicted. I walk through stores thinking...I could add htv to that, or that, or that! I am starting to worry about myself (well not really that much lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have created quite a few projects in just one week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week I shared my first pair of shoes. I did not stop there!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love how this pillow turned out! I took a pumpkin image in Cricut Design space then sliced a lace image (also from Design Space) into it. It created this intricate pumpkin without much work. I used Cricut glitter htv ironed onto muslin. I then used a color coordinating leaf print to make the borders. I am ready for fall!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And speaking of fall, this past Thursday the Ohio State Buckeyes had their opening game against Indiana. The first half didn't go so great and Indiana taunted and teased the Buckeyes. Not really a good idea. The Bucks came roaring back and cleaned their clocks! LOL</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made myself a pair of Buckeye shoes for the occasion. The shoes came from Walmart. They have almost a t-shirt feel to them. I then used Siser Easyweed in black and Cricut glitter in red. Aren't they cute and cost me about $6! Try buying team logo shoes for under $50!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I seemed to have gotten on the 3D kick. lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hubby completed his 66 mile Route 66 race from <a href="https://yes.fit/">https://yes.fit/</a> and I made him a hat to go with his medal. I used Cricut white htv, the black is Siser Easyweed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems only fair that if he got a hat I should get one too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Kitty, butterfly and flower are all from the original Cricut Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge. Remember back in the day when Cricut cartridges cost about $80? Well this is one of them! It has been out of production for quite a while and people pay hundreds of dollars if they can find one. I am never parting with mine!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I layered htv for the first time! It was way easier than I expected and everything adhered just fine. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW you can find the blank baseball caps at Walmart for $2.97...assuming I have not gotten to the store before you! I currently have about a dozen hats sitting on my table waiting for decoration. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And look...I actually made a shirt today LOL That is normally the first thing people make. Not a project a week after they have been playing haha</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This image is a single file in Cricut Design Space. Search for dragonflies - it has to be plural or you won't find it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a 100% cotton Gildan shirt and Siser silver glitter htv. Again, no problems getting the htv to adhere. People in facebook keep saying there is no way the Easy Press can possible work because you don't have the extreme pressure you get with a heat press. I don't know anything about heat presses. What I do know is that the Easy Press is super easy to use and gives wonderful results every time. I have not had a single mishap! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then someone asked.....can you do put htv on can koozies?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had one in my stash to test that exact question. So I pulled it out, quickly thought up a design and gave it a try.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used all Cricut glitter htv, I used the suggested settings for polyester. It came out perfect! Again, no mishaps!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But just a heads up, neoprene stinks when it gets hot! P-U!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Cricut announced the Easy Press I was excited but so many people posted so many negative comments that when it was actually released, although their posts didn't stop me from ordering it in the first 5 minutes it was available, I was a bit nervous that it wouldn't perform as well as Cricut said it would.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All that worrying for nothing! It surpassed all my expectations! My family doesn't know this yet but I am pretty sure everyone is getting something with an ironed on design this year lol That's assuming I stop making fun projects for hubby and myself and actually start thinking about what others might want. HaHa!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-27007787644877184592017-08-24T16:28:00.000-07:002017-08-24T16:28:10.147-07:00Cricut EasyPress<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will admit, heat transfer vinyl (HTV) has always scared me! The horror stories of getting burnt (or scorching the vinyl or fabrics) trying to apply it with your home iron or getting burnt from your big heat press....or even worse, spending all that time cutting the vinyl, weeding the vinyl, applying the vinyl...only to have it fall off!!! GASP!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I avoided it. I have lived all these many years relatively happy. I had no idea that secretly I was longing to apply vinyl images to fabric items. And then Cricut introduced their <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/essentials/cricut-easypress-sky.html">EasyPress</a>. A light weight, affordable, portable, fun way to create HTV projects at home. And it's really pretty too! They call it 'sky' I call it turquoise. Either way, I love the color!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mine arrived yesterday morning at around 11 am. I didn't get off work until 3:30 pm. Talk about agony!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the minute I clocked out I was running to the craft room (I work from home, it's a short run lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I skimmed the instructions, grabbed the sample materials and off I went.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first thing you need (besides the EasyPress) is a heat safe, flat, sturdy surface. Cricut will be bringing out a silicone mat later this year but for now they recommend a folded towel or heavy wooden surface. Oddly enough, I have a huge, 1 inch thick, oak cutting board. I picked it up at an estate sale a few years back for only $1. It was out in the barn so I have no idea what they did with it thus I do not use it for food. I use it to cover my stove top when I have company and need more counter space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at that puppy! It is big and weighs a ton! But it is definitely flat, sturdy and not going to catch on fire!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did my sample project....I will let you be surprised when you get your own EasyPress. And I did my own project. I made a pillow with Glitter HTV. The iron-on came out great! My pillow was a bit wonky so I will spare you that mess lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The real reason I brought you here today? Shoes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, basic, simple, canvas tennis shoes. Last night I was so antsy. All I wanted to do was cover things with HTV. But the t-shirts I ordered aren't here yet and I wasn't in the mood to make another pillow. Then it hit me, I have a couple pairs of tennis shoes under the bed....way under the bed! lol I bought them last summer for around $3 at Walmart. I think I wore them each once lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So after work today I dug out the first pair I could reach. They were so dusty that I couldn't tell they were an eyelet fabric until I vacuumed them off. (I have never EVER said I was a good housekeeper lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The eyelet made me pause for a sec. Nothing like putting myself at a disadvantage right from the gate. But nothing ventured, nothing gained. Besides, they only cost me $3 and I obviously am not getting any use out of them right now lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You need a firm surface to apply the EasyPress on. In case you haven't noticed, shoes are flat so I stuffed a small, rolled up dish towel into the toe of the shoe. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had an old hand towel from the garage workbench to stuff into the rest of the shoe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to apply heat several times since it is slightly rounded surface but they came out great!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the cotton/canvas setting of 270 degrees for 40 seconds. (you can set these on the EasyPress) It heats up really fast and beeps when ready. It also beeps when your timer runs out. It even has an auto shut-off feature just in case you forget to turn it off!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the toes were done I thought it needed just a bit more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It may look like the vinyl is not adhered well but that is an illusion due to the eyelet texture. I tested all the edges and everything is nice and tight. I then bent the shoes all around and nothing popped loose. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I might be wearing some fancy tennis shoes tomorrow!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think Cricut did an amazing job with the EasyPress. For those of us without room for a heat press, or are intimidated by the process of HTV, this is a great tool! I was able to use it with confidence and produce perfect results right out of the box.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you Cricut and your amazing design team!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-83453157319849574742017-08-03T17:27:00.000-07:002017-08-03T17:27:28.164-07:00Kodak Anna Griffin Verite 6 printer review<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HSN all day craft days always cost me a fortune!!! Their July day was no exception. I ended up with lots of really cool stuff (which you will most likely see in later posts) and one thing I never even considered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anna Griffin gives sneak peeks of all her products every week on her blog. You know long before air time exactly what she is selling. She previewed her printer the week before the big day. I looked and thought....Nope, no need for a printer....and moved on with my life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On craft day, the printer was the daily special. The introductory showing was the opening segment at 12 am (EST). I'm on the west coast so, 9 pm. I stayed up and watched. Uh Oh!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hubby watched too, he NEVER does that. He started with....you DO NOT need a printer! And we watched as Anna printed on vinyl, and canvas, and magnet sheets...so what? I don't need to print on those things. And then she did it, she paired it with her Cricut Explore and printed up images, using Print Then Cut, on card stock. Normal, plain white card stock. And the images were Bright and Vibrant!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I print on card stock using my Brother MFC-JW70DW the colors are dull and muddy. Don't get me wrong. It is a great printer! Images and text are crisp, the ink lasts 'forever'. Color prints on photo paper? Gorgeous. Color prints on paper or card stock....bleh.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hubs and I were stunned. Was it just the lighting? Was she not really using regular card stock? They showed the printed material from several different angles. It looked fabulous. I looked a hubby, he looked at me. The host said....over 2000 of these are already gone. This is going to sell out in just a few hours. Hubby said, You better go buy it now. It will be gone when you wake up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I did! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Am I happy I took the plunge? You bet! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here it is sitting beside my Cricut Explore Air 2 Anna Griffin edition. It is almost a perfect match. (the Explore is ivory and gold, the printer is white and gold) I am not someone who needs their stuff to match but they do look nice together.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this picture the back of the printer is actually on the left. I now currently use it with the back facing me since the back slot is where you feed the special materials and heavier card stock.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since my only issue with my other printer is color on card stock that is what I tested first. If that didn't impress me then back it would go. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The top birds were printed on the Brother, the bottom on the Kodak.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The difference is noticeable in the photo. In person it jumps out at you!</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is Staples 110 lb white card stock and it now looks amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The printer is compatible with your computer and can connect via wifi (you can hard wire it into your computer too with the USB cord that comes with it).</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is also a Kodak app so that you can print photos directly from your phone or tablet (or so they claim)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any special materials must be set up via the app which some people are not happy about but that doesn't bother me. What did bother me is that they advertised that you can use Apple or Android apps...which technically is true but you cannot alter the Anna Griffin content unless you use an iPad (at this time)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When buying the printer from HSN, it comes with an Anna Griffin package of pre-designed cards.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If using an iPad, you can change the text on the cards to suit your needs. Once I figured out I had to use my iPad not my Kindle Fire it was very easy to create a card.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was able to change the text to thank hubby for setting up my printer. He liked the thought but wasn't thrilled with the feminine card lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The app walks you through step by step showing you which direction to load the folded card base....yes, already folded card base....how to turn it to print the front or back and then how to get the inside printed if you want (you cannot edit the text for the inside - but if you have a Cricut Explore, have it write your message and cut your card base then do the outside printing)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anna gave us greeting cards like above, ten different ones, ten photo cards which are fancy frames that you can center your own photo within and print, and ten thank you cards. I usually want to make my cards from scratch but if you are in a hurry this is a great alternative and they look very pretty.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my crazy girl Minnie on a photo card. Such a silly girl.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the app you can print photos and envelopes, scan things, copy stuff and print directly from social media. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't done all those things yet but have tried printing photos. You choose your photo from your device, pick your print size ranging from 4x6 up to Executive (not exactly sure how big that is) you also have a Legal option and borderless options for 4x6 and 5x7.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I tried just 5x7 and loaded a 5x7 piece of card stock here is what I got.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, it did not print 5x7, it didn't even print in the center of the card stock.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried several sizes and every time it would print up in the corner and smaller than the chosen size.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found a way to remedy this. I send my picture to my computer, size it in Photoshop to 5x7 or whatever size I want then send it back to my device then use the app to print. Now it is already the size I want and prints correctly.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the below picture, since I was already in Photoshop, I added a border to match the yellow on the typewriter. Photo and border combined were 5x7.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now it prints centered (more or less). I still haven't figured out why it won't just print the correct size right from my iPad but I will keep working on it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You also have the option in the app to "Print Your Own Design". This is the area that allows you to chose custom materials.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You choose your material size and type. You can choose paper, card stock, fabric, leather, canvas, cork, iron-on, magnet sheet, printable vinyl, sticker paper or tattoo paper. Pretty cool right?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have tried the magnet sheet. (samples of magnet, canvas and printable vinyl came with the printer in the Anna Griffin bundle)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It printed beautifully. It feeds through the back slot so that it never bends or rolls the material.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't tried the canvas or vinyl yet. I can't see myself actually printing on these extra materials that often but it's nice to have the ability to do so if the urge arises. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, when you say craft printer and tell me it will print on lots of things besides paper/card stock of course I have to try something off the wall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is Tucker (still miss him!). I used the plastic from a Cricut cartridge package. It is a fairly firm acetate. It ran through perfectly and <b>did not smear the ink</b> (that part surprised me)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It laid down a fairly heavy layer of ink. So heavy that 2 days later it was still damp lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I blotted it on a blank sheet of copy paper.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The blot dried immediately, the acetate took a few hours to dry.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both are legible prints and usable in a project.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am going to have to see if there is something like a "fast print" or "ink saver" mode and try again. But overall, I was impressed that it printed without smearing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then someone asked me, is the ink waterproof?</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only one way to tell. This image is one from Anna Griffin. The app has several inspirational quotes you can print up and add to projects.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is printed on Staples 110 lb white card stock.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I just ran it under water nothing happened. So then I rubbed my fingers over the ink and tried to smear it. Again nothing. So I let the water thoroughly saturate the paper and let it sit. As you can see the ink did finally begin to bleed, but only the tan not the green.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My impression is, if you accidentally get something wet, if you were to wipe off the water right away, I don't think it would bleed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My overall final thoughts?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought it for printing on card stock for the Cricut Print Then Cut feature and for collage projects. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does it do what I expected? Defintely! The prints are clear and vibrant. It works beautifully with my Cricut (without even calibrating - I have the original Explore {as well as the Air 2} and you have to calibrate your printer- usually)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do I think the ability to print other material types is good? Yes, you never know when you might want to print on something odd....like an old Cricut package lol Although that was not the primary reason I bought it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do I think the app works well? Yes and No. It is fun to print right off your phone but the fact that things will not center on the material is annoying. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know how to work around that but it takes more steps than they imply...or maybe there is something I still need to figure out (but others online are having similar issues so...)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I can always print on a larger sheet and then just cut it out but that kind of defeats the purpose too. More to come on this issue.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Would I recommend this printer? Yes. If you can get it with the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/kodak-verite-6-anna-griffin-all-in-1-craft-printer/1838694?query=10074938&isSuggested=true">Anna Griffin extra content</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being able to quickly print beautiful cards and having the option of adding beautiful frames to photos is really nice.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being able to print on cool things like magnet and canvas is fun.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If all you want or think you will ever need is to print on paper or card stock then no, you can probably find something else that will do that just as well and cost a bit less.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall I am happy. There is always a learning curve with any new product and I am sure I will work out the centering issue.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The quality is fabulous and I look forward to printing a lot more projects.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the card I made using those test birds. The embossing folder and die cuts of the cage and branches come from Anna Griffin's <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-cuttlebug-birdcage-dies-and-folders/8413604?query=anna%20griffin%20birdcages&isSuggested=false">Birdcages and Branches</a> set (also from HSN on the July craft day)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did some more Print Then Cut using Anna's latest cartridge...Her <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-printables-v1-digital-cricut-cartridge/8451792">digital library vol. 1</a>. (I told you that day really grabbed me lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aren't these just the coolest????? This picture isn't even that great and kind of dark and yet they are still vibrant!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here they are on a card.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The card base is from Anna's <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-window-frame-cardmaking-kit-and-dies/8375548?query=anna%20window&isSuggested=false">window box card set</a> (not bought on the July craft day lol). I used the cutting dies included in the set.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girl is from the new <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/docrafts-santoro-gorjuss-summer-stamp-multi-pack/8393557?query=8393557&isSuggested=true">Gorjuss Girls set</a> from that day on HSN (yeah I know lol)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the Hello border strip is a Diamond Press cutting die.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't those shells and crab look great with the little girl listening to a sea shell?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That covers all my thoughts and tests so far. I hope some of the information was helpful to you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will share new info and tests as I get them done.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then, Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-79140055782715359192017-07-02T09:32:00.000-07:002017-07-02T09:32:30.566-07:00We are officially halfway<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe it is already July? I told hubby last night that I think I need to start Christmas shopping. lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer is probably my least favorite season. I am not a hot weather loving person. I prefer the spring and fall temperatures. I tend to sort of shut down as the heat rises which makes the Index Card a Day challenge an actual 'challenge'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a struggle to get my cards done this week. I did get them all done but I was very uninspired on a few (which you can only view on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/luv2stamp2002/icad-2017/">Pinterest board</a>)</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 26: Green</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I finally got around to doing this one on about the 29th. Give me just a color as a prompt and I struggle. But here we have it. Nothing but green (and 2 little red eyes). This was done with Inktense pencils.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 27: Farm</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first thoughts were pretty basic...a barn, a cow, a pig, maybe a chicken all standing around. How it morphed into a barnyard selfie with photo bomb I do not know lol But I like it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is done entirely with Prismacolor pencils. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 29: Polka Dots</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot bikini. In that song is the bikini yellow with polka dots or are the polka dots themselves yellow? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is outlined with Sharpie fine line pen and colored with alcohol markers. The sand and sky are Pan Pastels.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 31: Faux Wallpaper</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not quite sure what 'faux' wallpaper is. I tried to create a vintage type wallpaper. I remember in my grandmother's houses, the wallpapers had pale colored backgrounds with something either painted or stenciled or stamped (be it flowers or geometric patterns...) and then the wallpaper had a raised, embossed texture that seemed to have nothing to do with the printed pattern. So, I used Distress Inks to create my background color. I then stenciled the swirls (this was from a Tim Holtz cutting die) and once it was dry I ran it through my Cuttlebug with Couture Creations Tied Together folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have I done my card for today? Nope. The prompt is "desert or dessert" (which I think was a prompt from last year too) Nothing has come to mind yet. Let's hope is does soon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until next time... I hope you all have a safe and happy Independence Day and Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-81621996370011513842017-06-25T09:03:00.000-07:002017-06-25T09:14:20.852-07:00The Challenge continues...<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So far I am still caught up on the Index Card a Day challenge. I will admit that a couple times I missed a day and had to do 2 cards the next day but life happens and right now I am on track.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I only share a few of my cards on the blog (because I am not thrilled with every card I make). If you want to see them all...the good, the bad and the meh you can see them on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/luv2stamp2002/icad-2017/">ICAD 2017</a> Pinterest board. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day 20: YinYang</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day 22: Vanishing Point</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is outlined with Sharpie fine line pen and colored with Prismacolor pencils.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day 23: Alice in Wonderland</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day 24: Caravan or RV</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am NOT a camping person. I love indoor plumbing and hate bugs! But I think the 'glamper' campers are super cute.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was outlined with Copic liner pen and colored with Spectrum Noir alchohol markers.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day 25: Portrait</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">A pencil sketch of my favorite baby giraffe, Tajiri. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did more than just index cards this week.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I received my order from Create and Craft. I ordered some hot foil stamps for my GoPress and Foil machine.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think my biggest complaint about the machine is how difficult it is to find stamps in the USA.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I ordered TODO hot foil stamps which are the exact same thing just from a different maker/machine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But even the selection from Create and Craft is dwindling down to nothing very quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have the GoPress and Foil machine and would like to read my tips for perfect foiling every time go <a href="http://luv2stamp.blogspot.com/2017/05/go-press-and-foil-machine-revisited.html">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the TODO Seahorse stamp. Isn't he cute? That is the main reason I bought him lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He is about 4 inches tall and as you can see, he foiled perfectly. I am thinking I will cut him out and create an underwater scene card for him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was super excited for this stamp. TODO's All Over Dot background. It is about 4.25" x 4.25". </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Again, perfect foiling, no missed dots or splotchy application.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Image the possibilities. A background on a card (ok that is kind of a given)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But what about foiling dots on your die cuts?</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or foiling the full square and then cutting die cuts from that?</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or cutting the square into stripes or smaller squares to use in mosaic patterns?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think I am going to have a lot of fun with this one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also purchased the Butterfly & Flowers background. It is about an 1/8 inch bigger than the dots but I haven't had time to try it out yet. I will show it to you once I do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And last week I promised to show you the birthday card I made for my sister.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the Adirondack Chair box card from SVG Cuts. It is part of the <a href="http://svgcuts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=441">Garden Party</a> box card set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Isn't it cute?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That covers my past week. The temperatures have been in the triple digits the past few days. Ugh!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you are all finding ways to stay cool.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Until next time...Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully my index cards don't take much time (usually) and this is a slow card making time of year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am in the middle of week 3 and, for the most part, not disliking any of the prompts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have five cards to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Day 11: Tetrahedron</b> (I had to google that one....it is a 3 sided pyramid)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so technically this isn't a tetrahedron because I am pretty sure the Egyptian pyramids have 4 sides but I don't care.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pyramid and camel were colored with alcohol inks, the sand is Inktense pencils and the sky is Pan Pastels.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 12: Wings</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dragonfly body was painted with Inktense pencils, the wings were drawn with fine line Sharpie and then painted with Iridescent Blue Twinkling H2Os.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 14: Leaves</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I picked up a new embossing folder a few days ago and then get this prompt of 'leaves'. Seemed like fate to me. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created the background by rubbing Distress Inks (scattered straw, bundled sage and pine needles) on foil then spritzing heavily with water. I then laid my card into the puddles to create the light yellow/green mottling. Once dry I debossed the card using Darice's Trop Leaf Background folder. I then rubbed Distress Black Soot over top. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stamped the leaf (EK Success Nostalgiques Botanicals set) with Distress Black Soot and colored it with alcohol markers.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 16: Rainbow</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read rainbow and immediately Rainbow Brite jumped into my head. I'm not sure why. I have never watched Rainbow Brite. I remember seeing her all over the place in the 80s but being an adult at that time and not having kids I'm not sure why she popped up this week. But here she is. Gotta love those moon boots! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her skin was colored with alcohol markers. Everything else was Inktense pencils.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 17: Sprout</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And sticking with the animated character theme (lol) we have Green Giant's lil Sprout.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was colored entirely with Prismacolor pencils. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am current with my Index Card a Day challenge (today is day 17) and had a few minutes here and there so I got a jump on birthday cards.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is this years card for my nephew. I love it, I think he will too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is from SVG Cuts and is the Side of Fries box card from the <a href="http://svgcuts.com/blog/2017/06/02/pit-stop-box-cards/">Pit Stop</a> box card set. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was the easiest box card I have ever made. I think from start to finish was less than 30 minutes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't they look real? They do in person too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a card for my sister too but forgot to photograph it so I will try to remember to do that for next week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then, Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-62192369613964649022017-06-10T10:57:00.000-07:002017-06-10T10:57:51.779-07:00Index Cards :Love Em or Hate Em<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am halfway into week 2 of the Index Card a Day challenge (ICAD). </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never had an issue with the actual index cards before but this year they are driving me nuts. (and it is still the same batch of card from last year so ...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fact that I can't get color to lay down smoothly is bothering me (it never laid down smooth before so why that bothers me now I have no idea lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And my alcohol markers are bleeding uncontrollably....which is also bugging me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I am just in a grumbling mood this year lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So let me share a few cards from this week.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 5: Kawaii/Cute</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know this isn't Kawaii but she is cute. :-)</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is colored with alcohol markers. Gotta love those pink toe nails and spikes!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 7: Alliteration</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 9: Ombre</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girl was colored with alcohol markers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mod wallpaper and checked flooring were colored with Prismacolor pencils.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Day 10: Sunshine Yellow</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a routine at our house. Each morning, after we are up and dressed, we open the blinds so that when the sun comes up it will slowly spread it's beams across the bed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minnie loves to snuggle in and follow the beams until they disappear.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If we forget to open the blinds she comes and lets me know lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She isn't on the bed in the picture but I gave her a pillow to lounge on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cat is stamped. I have no idea who makes this stamp. It is part of a set of 16 clear cat stamps that I found on ebay for $2 from China. I took a chance that they were decent quality and they are but there are no markings and no label.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The window, baseboard and pillow were drawn with a Sharpie fine line and colored with Prismacolor pencils.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sunbeam is Inktense pencil.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you all have sunbeams you can follow this weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-8461318633635698272017-06-04T08:50:00.001-07:002017-06-04T08:53:46.862-07:00Holy Cow! It's June!!!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How did an entire month slip by since my last post? Ugh!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maybe because I didn't do much in May? lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have a hard time getting motivated in May. I really only have a couple projects I need to do....my Dad's birthday card (for the end of the month) and Father's Day cards for mid June. That leaves a lot of time where I have no ideas of what to create. (because I procrastinate and don't make those cards until the last minute lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my Dad's birthday card.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is the Hamburger Box card from SVG Cuts, the <a href="http://svgcuts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=51&products_id=426&zenid=dbdf98638bfa4d6c219c0b88d807eaf3">Sunday with Dad </a>set. I think it is such a cute card and really easy to make.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I have his Father's Day card ready to mail (but not the cards for hubby or my father in law lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the Tackle Box box card. Isn't this just the coolest card! It is also from the Sunday with Dad set from SVG Cuts. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have to say, although it is easy to assemble, it took me all afternoon! (all those tiny pieces for all that tackle) I hope he likes it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In case you missed it, there was an all day craft day on HSN in May.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I really need to stop recording those to watch after work. I know the couple things I want and order them at the beginning of craft day but then I watch all the recordings and see other things.....very bad (and expensive lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is from a Crafter's Companion die cutting set. It is a flip card. Yeah, I have flip card dies already from Anna Griffin and I have a flip card cartridge. But they all have differences. And when you make as many cards as I do you enjoy having lots of options.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the front of my card. The hello in a circle was created in Cricut Design Space (see, my toys play nicely together) The decorative panels are cutting dies from the Crafter's Companion set. I ran them through the Cuttlebug using a wood grain folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This set actually comes with lots of extras to make really intricate cuts in your cards. Sarah calls them 'kinetic' cards because they have movement.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can see the entire set <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/crafters-companion-pop-out-dies-card-bundle-as/8364197">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The center circle 'flips' to reveal this little guy. I picked him up at Treasure box designs a couple weeks ago. He is part of their <a href="http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/category_86/Stuffy-Pals-Popular.htm">Stuffy Pals</a> line and currently on sale. I changed up the colors a bit from what they show but he is the raccoon file.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is close up. Isn't he a cutie? His circle background was embossed with Darice's Flower Frenzy embossing folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And lastly...</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's ICAD season!!!!!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yep the <a href="https://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/index-card-a-day-2017-index">Index Card a Day challenge</a> began on June 1st! This is my third year participating.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will be showing some of my cards throughout the next couple months but not all of them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you want to see them all they will be posted on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/luv2stamp2002/icad-2017/">Pinterest board</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Each year I make a matchbox style box to hold my cards. Here is my 2017 box. I cut the box pieces and the letters ICAD with my Cricut Explore. The numbers are from Anna Griffin's Wishful Thinking die set. The page frame and pointing hand are from her Perfect Planner die set. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The frame was cut using a cut & emboss die from Darice. I then rubbed Tea Dye and Walnut Distress Inks around the edges. The happy couple is from Tim Holtz new Paper Dolls set of die cuts. There are so many great images in that set. I had a hard time deciding who to use. The background was embossed using Anna Griffin's Cuttlebug folder Empire Arches. I then rubbed Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick all over to bring out the texture.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It looks like summer has finally arrived. I hope you all find lots of time to enjoy the sun and find lots of inspiration.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-82185405834947153852017-05-12T11:55:00.000-07:002017-05-12T12:02:45.234-07:00Go Press and Foil Machine revisited<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Back in March I wrote a review for the Couture Creations Go Press and Foil Machine. If you missed it you can check it out <a href="https://luv2stamp.blogspot.com/2017/03/">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the most part, I liked the machine but I had some issues that were bugging me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mostly, the inability to get full, even foiling on the large frame stamp die.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, I was a bit obsessed with giraffes for a couple months (so was the rest of the world so don't judge me lol) but I went back to this machine this week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me, since I already knew what this machine was 'supposed' to do, I was looking for some sort of tip on how to get even foiling. She says several times....there is hardly any pressure, you almost think there is no pressure it is so light. That was a light bulb statement for me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I use my Cuttlebug all the time and I am sure you do too (or your Big Shot or whatever crank type embossing machines are out there) and we all know you need pressure to get a good cut or deep emboss.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We, that is one of the big secrets to this machine.....next to no pressure. You really think surely it needs more pressure. But in reality you should barely feel any resistance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, no pressure and longer heating time. Those are my tips for you today!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I laid the stamping die on the machine, closed the lid and let it heat up for about a minute.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I waited. Well actually, I took some pictures of other projects, went and filled my water bottle, talked to Minnie... I waited probably 5 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Everything was evenly heated when I ran it through my Cuttlebug.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I rolled it through very, VERY slowly....3 times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was so happy I ran and showed Minnie. She was not impressed....she is a cat after all! lol (Tucker was always impressed but he was much smarter...sorry Minnie lol)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The photo is dark so that the foiling shows up. Look at that! Even coverage! There is a stray bit of foil near the top but that was because I didn't trim my foil small enough...easily corrected.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I had to retry using cutting dies. Remember, before they were cutting through my card stock as well as foiling. (there is that pressure issue again)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then I thought....it is supposed to foil chipboard pieces. I don't have any (well that's not entirely true....I have some I'm just not sure where lol) but what about foiling die cuts? If I increase the thickness of the shims to mimic the thickness of chipboard...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am thinking thicker shims, just a little thicker. Maybe a piece of cereal box....I'll work on it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The foil resists inks. I grabbed my Distress Black Soot and rubbed all over the Father's Day. I then rubbed it with a tissue to remove the excess ink. It now looks like distressed metal. The picture doesn't do it justice. It is pretty cool!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I rubbed Distress Tea Dyed on the Hello. It is very close in color and that one now looks like aged metal. Again, very cool.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope, if you have been struggling with your Go Press and Foil Machine, that this helps you out. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once I work out how to get die cuts evenly foiled I will let you know....imagine being able to foil ANY die cut shape (even Cricut shapes) without them having to be cut from toner paper and run through the Minc (which I still love and use)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh, and I am still obsessed with giraffes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don't tell anybody but this is from one of the BadBaby round robin journals. We aren't supposed to share any pictures until after the swap ends but I couldn't resist (and how can you be a BadBaby if you don't break any rules?)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday I injured my right elbow to the point where I couldn't grip anything, couldn't straighten it completely and basically couldn't do a darn thing with it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It makes working on a computer and writing stuff very difficult when you can't move your arm!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, needless to say, I had a horrible week! But today is Friday, I got off work early AND my arm is about 80% better....so I can actually use it!!!!!!! Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All morning I just kept telling myself....just a couple more hours, just 60 minutes, just.... and you can go play in your art room. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I played! :-D</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are like me you get new pretty card stock or a new sketch book and you are a bit apprehensive about using it. The thought running through your mind is....I don't want to mess it up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well that has been me for the past week, not that I could actually do much but I wanted to and yet didn't want to lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little over a week ago I bought a new journal. It is gorgeous! I saw some when I was on vacation but they didn't have colors or designs that I liked...well not together if you know what I mean. So I looked them up online when I got home and ordered the design I wanted in the color I wanted and it is so beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a gorgeous dark teal. The photo is actually pretty close. It is about 9 inches tall and 6 inches wide and made of leather. It smells wonderful :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ordered it from <a href="https://www.oberondesign.com/" target="_blank">Oberon Design</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On vacation I kept drooling over all the journals (three different sizes) and really wanted to bring one home with me. We had to search all over the display to find a name of the maker. So I go online once we get home and am looking at all the fabulous designs and see a dragonfly cover and think, "Gee that looks just like my wallet". Sure enough, stamped inside my wallet is Oberon Design. So I know their products hold up really well because I have carried that wallet in my pocket (hate purses lol) every single day for about 10 years and it still looks brand new!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But back to my story lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been really nervous about actually using it. But with the week I had today was the day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew April. I miss seeing her sweet face every day. I know it isn't perfect but I am pretty pleased with it. I struggle drawing animals and people so the fact that I can recognize what it is is a huge plus to me lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the online photo I was using for reference.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The angle is a bit off but for now I can live with it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's all I have for this week. Not much to share when you are out of commission with a gimpy wing lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm looking forward to some springtime weather this weekend. Maybe I will find some crafty inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Crafting!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-26543344066785163492017-04-22T08:41:00.000-07:002017-04-22T08:41:14.458-07:00Missing my giraffes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Congratulations April on the birth of your beautiful baby boy. 4/15/2017</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you that might have spent the last 2 months in a cave, April the giraffe became an international super star as the world watched and waited for her, via live YouTube, to give birth to her 4th calf. Last Saturday we were rewarded with the opportunity to witness the birth and the first wobbly steps of her sweet baby.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have enjoyed every minute of the live cam. April is such a sweet lady and had such a calming effect on not just me but millions of people around the world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Who could resist this adorable face???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you <a href="http://www.aprilthegiraffe.com/" target="_blank">Animal Adventure Park</a> for sharing this wonderful journey with the world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, as they told us from the beginning, once the baby was born the camera would be taken down. Now you wouldn't think that would be a big deal. But it was. After spending every waking minute for 2 months watching the live feed. Yes, my computer and ipad were always tuned into April. When the camera was turned off yesterday there was suddenly a great void in my heart. And I was not alone. Thousands of people have been expressing their sadness on the AAP Facebook page. We all fell in love with this beautiful giraffe. She became a part of our lives, our families.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do I process my sadness? Through art of course. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am in a small canvas swap with the BadBabies and while picking up my 3x3 canvas I saw a 4x6 and knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My original thought was just April and baby (who at this time still does not have a name). I googled "giraffe mom and baby silhouette" and didn't really find what I wanted so I changed the search to "baby giraffe silhouette" and this popped up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After watching baby gallop and frolick around the stall for a week I knew this was exactly what I wanted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But then I thought Oliver should be included since he is the proud papa.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this image of 2 giraffes and in Cricut Design Space I removed the giraffe on the right.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cricut Design Space is so awesome. You can upload images of many types and then manipulate them and cut them with your Cricut Explore.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I welded the 2 above images to create this single cut file.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I have my giraffe family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a technique called Paint Vinyl Paint Peel (PVPP).</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I base coated the entire canvas in black acrylic paint.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then cut out the giraffes in vinyl and applied that over the black paint.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the magic begins.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I painted my sunset sky OVER the vinyl. If you look closely you can see the vinyl under the paint.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ended up painting 2 coats to cover the black (I probably should have done 3 but...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For some reason, the vinyl popped up at the base of the baby's leg so I knew I was going to need to repair that spot but the rest held down beautifully.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I painted a sun and then waited for all the paint to dry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I simply peeled off the vinyl and Voila!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't it cool how you can paint the sun on top, and yet by peeling off the vinyl, it now appears behind the giraffe's head?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have used this technique several times now and love it more and more each time!</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could have painted the giraffes by hand but probably would not have gotten such crisp edges. </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This technique gave me exactly the image I had in my head.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now I have a permanent reminder of my giraffe family and those wonderful 2 months.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Crafting!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-33046887211425447162017-04-09T09:49:00.001-07:002017-04-09T09:49:23.577-07:00Happy Anniversary!<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hubby and I just celebrated our 15th anniversary. We always take a few days and head to the coast. It is a nice way to relax and so nice to get away but it also keeps me from creating much lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did manage to get my Mother's Day cards done before we left.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My camera is having issues. Every picture has a yellow cast. I keep messing with the settings and it makes no difference. This card is actually blue (not aqua lol) and the interior layer is white.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fancy lace edge is a cutting die from Crafter's Companion called <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/crafters-companion-create-a-card-wrap-die-2pk-lace/8320892" target="_blank">Sophia</a>. Isn't it gorgeous?! It was another one of those March 8 craft day purchases. I told you I bought WAY MORE than I usually do! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lace corner comes from the Vintage Wedding Cricut image set. I have no idea if that is a cartridge or just a set in Design Space as I had never heard of it before. The actual image is a round lace doily that I sliced down to just a corner piece.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers are also from Cricut and is called 3D Cactus Flower.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Happy Mother's Day" was cut with my Cuttlebug. "Happy" came from the Crafter's Companion die set call <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/diamond-press-lets-party-word-shaped-cutting-dies/8179491" target="_blank">'Let's Party'</a>. I liked the smaller size. This set is actually designed to go with the Diamond Press cut/emboss machine but the dies work great in the Cuttlebug too.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Mother's Day" comes from Anna's '<a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-wishful-thinking-dies-and-folders-set/8346113" target="_blank">Wishful Thinking</a>' set. It also has a 'happy' die but it is much larger and took up too much space. I love how all these word dies from CC and AG can be mixed together!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card just kept growing lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started with Anna's Flower Bramble cutting die in pink on top of the cream card base.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then cut the image for the sentiment (and it's dark pink layer) from the Fantastic Flips Cricut cartridge. I stamped the sentiment using Anna Griffin's flip card stamp sentiments set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I needed more so I used Print Then Cut on the Cricut Explore and cut the roses which are on the Fantastic Flips extra content cartridge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I needed even more so I added the lavender layer under the Flower Bramble. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ugh! I felt it still needed MORE lol So I dug through the cutting die drawer (yes, I have a drawer and it is over flowing - even after moving a ton of dies into magnetic storage binders lol) </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut the cream, rounded edge lace using a die from the Eleanor Laces set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know I don't normally have this many layers on a card but I think I was channeling Anna Griffin lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like how it turned out so I guess Anna didn't steer me wrong. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hubby's niece announced this week that she is engaged. I thought that deserved a card. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fancy edge is from Anna Griffin's <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-cuttlebug-decorative-border-die-set/8299686" target="_blank">edge die set</a>. These dies cut so beautifully!</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then added a cream strip topped with a vellum embossed layer using the border from the Bit of Paisley embossing folder set.</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The roses and sentiment were embellishments from one of the AG flip card sets.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a close-up of the embossed vellum. It looks a lot like lace when you emboss it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Helpful tip: put a piece of card stock under the vellum in the embossing folder. It keeps the vellum from tearing AND you also get an embossed layer to use in a later project.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a picture from our anniversary trip. It was close to sunset on a cloudy day. This is the Coquille River lighthouse in Bandon, Oregon. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It no longer contains a light but is still a beautiful building. It is often open for tours and you can climb up into the light tower.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you all have a beautiful week and lots of crafting time!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Crafting!!!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-71607119446931599662017-03-24T13:15:00.001-07:002017-06-23T21:03:23.296-07:00GoPress and Foil Machine review<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have never done a product review before, although I have no problem telling people what I think of various products....especially art/craft products. lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I received my Couture Creations GoPress and Foil machine yesterday and after much searching online the only information I could find was from Couture Creations. This product is REALLY new to the market so I thought I would share my first impressions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let me start with this, I purchased the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-go-press-and-foil-machine/8301404" target="_blank">Anna Griffin version</a> from HSN on the March 8th all day craft day. (I told you in my last post that everything had not arrived yet lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It came with the machine itself, a heat proof silicone mat, the pick n' lift 3 in 1 magic tool (super cool tweezers) and 5 sample rolls of foil. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">According to all the sites I saw, the normal version only comes with silver and gold foil samples.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also, because it was Anna Griffin and an HSN deal, mine came with 3 hot foil stamps as well. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are all Anna Griffin labeled metal stamps. A vintage rose, Happy Birthday and a frame. I ordered the additional stamps as well but they are still on back order.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So what makes this machine different from my Minc machine (which I still love BTW)?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For this machine you do not need printer toner images. It uses heat activated foil so you heat up the metal foil stamps then lay the foil and paper (or whatever you want the foil image on) on top and then run the whole thing through your Cuttlebug or other similar embossing machine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can watch the Couture Creations video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TS72IwBZ0&t=185s" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wanted to share with you a few of the things I have tried.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started with the basic hot foil stamp on card stock.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used the Happy Birthday stamp and pink foil.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My first impression? It applied the image beautifully! The pink and blue foils are not as shiny as I expected (Minc foil is super shiny) but it has a very nice sheen. I am really pleased with how this turned out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I then tried the frame stamp.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Again the silver is not super shiny but does have enough sheen to be reflective and is a nice effect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I encountered a couple issues while using the frame. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because you lay down the stamp first to heat it up and then lay down the foil and lastly the card stock it is difficult to line it all up and get it centered on the card stock. So far that has meant cutting the card stock a lot larger than needed and cutting it down after foiling. This leads to wasted card stock so I need to figure out a way to line stuff up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also found that, on this image, I did not get even pressure so the foil was not applied evenly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can see, in the center of the image (on both ends even though that is not visible on the top image due to reflection) the foil is not even.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm not sure why. I had large shims that covered the entire plate, I don't have the problem when embossing with my Cuttlebug so I don't think that is the issue. I cannot see any visible 'dip' in the center of GoPress surface so I will need to just watch and see how often this happens.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My next experiment was with an embossing folder. Now this was something that really sold me on this machine. I have hundreds of embossing folders and to be able to use them in a new way is exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You lay down a metal shim on the heat plate (I have one from Cottage Cutz called a Universal Shim plate and cost around $10)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You then put down your foil, then your card stock and finally your embossing folder (opened up and the 'bumpy' side down against the card stock). You top this with your Cuttlebug B plate and run it through your Cuttlebug.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is a very interesting effect. But again, the center did not get even coverage. The center if fairly light yet the edges are much darker. It is a background so most of the center will be covered with something else but still...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Again, I am not sure if it is a defect in the GoPress or something with my Cuttlebug. I will need to play around more. Possibly see about using a thin rubber shim under the B Plate to help with pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, moving right along, thin metal cutting dies. I have TONS of them! How about you?</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They work in this machine as well.....just like the foil stamps! Or so they say.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a rose cutting die from Anna Griffin. I think it was in one of her seasonal die sets from last year.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you watch the videos from Couture Creations they say you can use these just like the hot foil stamps but they will add foil and not cut.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well.....it definitely added foil but it also cut. It cut clean through the outer edge of the entire die. It cut partially through the inner pieces. Is this a bad thing? No, it actually is really cool! But not exactly what I was expecting. I think by reducing the shim thickness when running through the Cuttlebug I should be able to stop this from happening. But then again. I like that I have this really cool rose foiled die cut to play with now. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And lastly, leather....yep Leather!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Online they say it can foil leather. The examples I saw were faux leather textured paper/card stock. You tell me leather I think LEATHER!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have a bag of leather tags (and other scraps) I picked them up for a song at an estate sale years ago thinking that some day I would find a use for them. It is really high quality stuff. I have used a few over the years. They all have paper labels on the back from some upholstery place. Very cool.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, I grabbed a butterfly die (probably not my best choice) and ran it through the machine. Voila! foil on leather. And this stuff does not scratch or scrape off!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now here is my issue (and I think it has to do with the fact that these tags are super soft leather and a little over 1/16" thick) the foil applied to areas I didn't want.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can you see it deeply embossed into the leather (which is so cool!) but at the top around the antennae it applied foil everywhere. I think because the entire die got pressed into the soft leather.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I tried cutting the foil down so it conformed more to the shape of the die.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was better but still has issues. Due to the problem I listed earlier about not being able to see to line things up exactly, I can't cut the foil down much more. So I think if I want to foil more leather tags (and I think I do lol) I will need to stick to dies that do not have indented areas like this one so I can cut the foil down much closer to the actual shape.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, would I recommend the GoPress and Foil machine?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do I think it has a learning curve? Sort of. I think it will take a few tries to get the shim pressure correct. But even my 'mistakes' are still usable (well maybe not those butterflies until I can figure out how to scrape off some of that excess foil lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a small, lightweight machine which makes it easy to move around and store.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It works with their hot foil stamps and my embossing folders and cutting dies which gives me hundreds! of images and patterns that can be foiled onto different media.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They say it even works with my Minc foil so I will have to test that out as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think this machine is a great addition to my craft room. It is another way to add that little extra umpf to my projects and I am looking forward to experimenting with it even more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Last night while hubby was talking with a guy about putting a new roof on our house I was playing (hiding) in the craft room.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I really wanted to see if I could remove the excess foil from the leather tags.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I tried using a stiff stenciling brush which did take off a bit of the shine but didn't really make a dent in the foil.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then wondered if an eraser would work. No! Not my brightest idea but I had to try. lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I then thought, I just want to scrape this stuff off.....bingo! I grabbed a craft knife and lightly scraped the surface. Ha! The foil began to disappear. I have no idea where it went because it wasn't on the knife or my desk but I don't care. It is no longer on my tags.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Was I able to remove every bit? No. Did I remove enough that you don't notice it any more. Yes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think these are really cool and would be great attached to luggage or dangling from the strap of your purse. I am seeing more leather foiled tags in my future.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Update: May 12, 2017</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have written a new blog post about the Go Press and Foil Machine with some helpful tips to get even foiling. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can read it</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://luv2stamp.blogspot.com/2017/05/go-press-and-foil-machine-revisited.html">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-39246021197038178792017-03-18T11:34:00.000-07:002017-03-18T11:34:04.185-07:00Spring Has Almost Sprung<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring is just a couple days away and yet the east coast is digging out from another blizzard! Wow! Such crazy weather!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the entire world anxiously awaits the birth of April's baby. I have the feed running 24/7 at my house. My computer and iPad are always focused on April....I really don't want to miss the birth after all these weeks of waiting and watching but I have a feeling it will be at some time when I am away from home or asleep lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And in case you are one of the rare people that hasn't heard of April the giraffe you can find the live feed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnQCgFa9lCBL-KXZMOoO9Q/live" target="_blank">here</a>. (until she has her baby and then it will be gone)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even with my eyes glued to my computer screen I still finished up a few projects to share with you today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me first say, in case you missed it, March 8, 2017 was an all day craft day at HSN.com. These are very dangerous days as they introduce amazing new products to millions of crafters who love to hoard new supplies and gadgets! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anna Griffin introduced a set of edge dies called the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-cuttlebug-decorative-border-die-set/8299686" target="_blank">Decorative Border</a> die set. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are four gorgeous, lacy dies that cut just the edge or can cut the image on all sides so it can be used as a normal die cut. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card has one of the edge dies plus the Happy Birthday die from the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-wishful-thinking-dies-and-folders-set/8346113?query=8346113&isSuggested=true" target="_blank">Wishful Thinking</a> die set and a butterfly from her <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-butterfly-cut-and-emboss-dies-5-piece-set/7683994" target="_blank">Butterfly </a>cut and emboss set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added an embossed strip in white (probably an Anna Griffin embossing folder lol), some sheer silver glitter ribbon and some jewels to the butterfly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a super fast and easy card yet looks very fancy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is another card using the a different edge die from the set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added the dark teal border which I embossed with white ink. This folder is from Anna's <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-cuttlebug-letterpress-6pc-folder-set/8274244?query=10073262&isSuggested=true" target="_blank">Letterpress</a> embossing folder set. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers are from a flower die set she featured a year or two ago. And the Happy Birthday stamp is from Close To My Heart.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card incorporates 3 products from the March 8th show.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anna had these wonderful <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-cuttlebug-pretty-pocket-4-piece-die-set/8299702?query=8299702&isSuggested=true" target="_blank">Pocket</a> cut and emboss dies. Four cutting dies that create gorgeous, intricate pockets to add to your cards and scrapbooking pages. I used the rose die for this card, cut in an olive green.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She also had a die cut <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-pocket-embellishment-kit-floral/8319242" target="_blank">embellishment set </a>to go with the pocket dies. It is full of large flowers and backgrounds that don't get dwarfed by the large pockets. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally, she had an incredible set of <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/anna-griffin-coloring-cards-and-stamps-set/8319446?query=8319446&isSuggested=true" target="_blank">Coloring Cards and Rubber Stamps</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You get a set of cards to color and even better, you get a set of matching rubber stamps so you can keep recreating the nine card images and add them to any project. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this card I stamped one of the rose images and colored with alcohol inks. I then layered it, using the same olive card stock to create a small note card to slip into the pocket.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I turned this whole thing into an easel card so my sentiment will be inside the note card.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, yes, I bought A LOT of the new Anna Griffin products this time (and a couple still have not yet arrived) but what can I say, they were all too gorgeous to pass up lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately not all my time was for just playing around.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A friend lots 3 family members in a week. I cannot even imagine how much pain is in her heart right now.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The minute I found out I ran into my craft room and put together this simple card.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is why I love having so many cutting dies around. I find that a lot of times I can create a card very quickly by just pulling dies out of the drawer. I love my Cricut but it can be more time consuming.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is an off white card base. I then cut and embossed Anna Griffin's <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/cuttlebug/dies/5x7/cuttlebug-153-cut-emboss-dies-5x7-flower-bramble.html" target="_blank">Flower Bramble</a> for a background layer cut in cream. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flower is from the same AG flower set I used for the roses in the previous edge die card. The base layer is in the same cream as the flower bramble. The top layer is in tan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The text is from the <a href="https://www.hsn.com/products/diamond-press-17-piece-cardmaking-dies/8279626" target="_blank">Diamond Press </a>17 piece card making set. I cut it twice. the bottom layer is in the same off white as the card base, the top is in brown.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also got to make a fun card!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My brother in law's birthday is next week (and I actually mailed his card in time for it to arrive BEFORE his birthday -- first time this year! Yay!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is a hunter and last year I made his this card. Which he loved.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was no way I could top that card. So I went in a different direction.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Party animal birthday! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created this on my Cricut Explore. There are a lot of pieces on here but it went together fairly quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a list of where I found all the parts:</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elk: Outdoor Man</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Party Banner: Life's a Party</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunglasses: Party Photo Props</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banner on the antlers: Paper Pups</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boot: April Showers</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sock: Teresa Collins December 25th</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut three equal strips for the background and ran them through the Cuttlebug using the Happy Birthday folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this card. It cracks me up. I hope he likes it too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And of course, back to April the giraffe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always liked giraffes. They have the most beautiful eyes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, like I said before, I have been on baby watch pretty much non stop. I only take a break to sleep (or when hubby makes me leave the house to run errands lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I felt a strong NEED to make something.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started with a 9x12 stretched canvas. I base coated it in cream acrylic paint. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then added a vinyl silhouette of the giraffe. (I forgot to take a picture of that)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then painted another coat of cream which kind of seals the edges of the vinyl so the next layer of paint doesn't seep under.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next came the sky (a combination of a couple blue paints and some while streaks) and the ground (3 shades of tan and some drab green)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then removed the vinyl leaving the image you see above. (which is really kind of cool in itself) It reminds me of something you might see in a kid's book....what am I? :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then added the vinyl details. I purchased this svg from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/477184877/tribal-animal-5-design-collection-svg?ref=market" target="_blank">Etsy</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After application I knew I needed to make the eyes black so I used the "hide contour' feature and hid everything but the eyes and then cut them out of black vinyl.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I LOVE how this turned out.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't use vinyl very often so I was nervous about getting it lined up on top of the cream background but I only had a couple very small issues which I was able to paint over.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I need to decide if I want to frame it or just hang it as is.....and where on earth I am going to find a place on my walls????? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you have enjoyed this post. I know it is unusually link heavy today. Sorry about that but unlike most times I actually know where I got most everything so I thought I would share in case you want to grab some of these items for yourself. (I have no association and receive nothing - unfortunately lol)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a wonderful week. If you are snowed in I hope you are crafting!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-53705108213875668662017-02-26T09:14:00.000-08:002017-02-26T09:14:12.068-08:00Just Playing Around<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last weekend was Presidents Day and I took an extra day off so that I could have a 4 day weekend to just play around. I thought the project I chose would be easily completed during my days alone (Monday and Tuesday). Boy was I wrong! lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to make SVG Cuts' <a href="http://svgcuts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=434" target="_blank">Magnolia Manor</a>. Have you seen it? It is a GORGEOUS Victorian mansion. You need to check it out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first issue with building any of these 3D projects is picking the right papers. I originally was going to make the house dark red (I even made a special trip to Michaels to buy the paper). I now have several sheets of dark red card stock waiting for something else lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ended up using card stock from Close To My Heart. Lagoon, Colonial White, and Black. The 'wrought iron' decorations on the top are Cricut's Pearl paper. I am not sure what they call the color but I would call it Pewter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I embossed all the siding to look like clapboard using Cuttlebug's Stripes folder. I embossed a diamond pattern on all the roof pieces with CTMH's Diamond folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The taller green plants are from Spellbinders Die D-Lites Basil set. The smaller leaves and all the flowers come from Impression Obsession die sets. The leaves are the Small Leaf Cluster set, the flowers are the Spiral Flower set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I made a trip to the craft store just to buy lights for my house. I used Firefly LED lights (a string of 30). I am thinking maybe I need to switch to a string of 10 or 15 but doesn't it look cool all lit up?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the prior houses I have made from SVG Cuts took just a couple afternoons to complete. This one was much more than that.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took over 3 1/2 hours just to cut out all the layers! I was able to call my mom and have a long chat AND then cook dinner while I moved mats in and out of my Explore!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then over the next 4 days I spent aproximately 14 - 15 hours assembling. I then spent an additional hour or so creating the window boxes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was it worth all that time? YES!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Would I do it again? Maybe, but it would probably be as a gift because I don't really need 2 of these houses sitting around.....unless I decided to make one for Halloween or Christmas. I can see this as a really cool haunted house. ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I did more than just build a house this week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My brother's birthday was on the 23rd. And I actually made his card BEFORE his birthday! lol</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I didn't mail it until the 21st so it probably didn't arrive in time but at least I was closer than I was with my niece and nephew lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of Tim Holtz' Crazy Dogs. The food dish comes with the dog set. The party hat and balloons are from the Crazy Things set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stamped and masked the hat, dish and dog using my Misti. I then colored everything with Spectrum Noir markers. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut the frame with my Cricut Explore. It is from the Pooh and Friends cartridge. I used Distress Inks around the edges.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The balloons are attached with foam tape and the strings are heavy carpet thread. I cut a small slit around the dogs foot so that he could hold the strings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Tim Holtz Birch Trees cutting die arrived on Friday so of course I had to try it out. And then I had to figure out something to use it on. Oh the troubles of a crafter lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Distress Inks on the trees.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then embossed light blue card stock with Crafters Companion Regency Swirls embossing folder. The blue is a white core card stock so I rubbed the embossing with sandpaper to make the swirls white.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A while back, one of the local craft stores had the Gorjuss stamps on sale for 1/2 off. I picked up a few because I think they are so adorable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finally found time (and a project) to try one out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This girl (and her squirrel) are from the You Brought Me Love set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are stamped with Distress Ink Black Soot and colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then fussy cut them and attached them with foam tape.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had so much fun coloring the first Gorjuss girl that I decided to color another one. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She comes from a set called The Hatter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notice the cool corners? That was an estate sale find from yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The listing had all kinds of things....collectibles, books, kitchen stuff, old toys and the last thing....craft stuff.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we stopped by, it was the last day of the sale so you know all the good stuff is long gone but they usually mark stuff way down to try to unload it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sign said anything priced under $50 was 75% off.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wandered all over the entire house twice. Lots of tacky junk and piles of trash but no treasures.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On my third pass I noticed a couple tattered boxes filled with what looked like old, ratty magazines. I never go through stuff like that, I have enough trash in my own house! lol But this voice in my head said....what the heck, shuffle through and see.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found the corner stamp, it is Martha Stewart. I also found a Martha Stewart butterfly border punch. These things are not cheap when brand new. I was happy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I moved to the second box of junk. I shuffled through several tattered magazines and as I picked them up a Cuttlebug folder fell out of the stack...still in it's original packaging. Huh! What do you know! So I shuffled a little more intently and found 5 more Cuttlebug folders, Cuttlebug plates - 1 A, 2 B and 1 C ....all still in the factory packages, never opened. I left 2 of the Cuttlebug folders - 1 I already owned, the other just didn't appeal to me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the 2 punches, 4 folders and 4 plates and a Tupperware mixer/shaker (so I don't just buy craft stuff lol) I paid <b>$6.50 </b>I couldn't buy 1 Cuttlebug folder for that amount! I had just been thinking the day before that I needed to get some new B plates as mine are in really rough shape!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, estate sales are fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that wraps up all my finds and creations for this week.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you all have a wonderful week as we move into March! (can you believe it???)</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066921.post-91693559464301743782017-02-17T13:15:00.001-08:002017-02-17T13:15:18.754-08:00Happy Presidents Day<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm still not sure why we have huge mattress and sheet sales for Presidents Day but I am very thankful for the day off. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have no plans for this weekend! I just want to relax....so much so that I am taking Tuesday off too lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been relaxing a bit too much though. So much so that I totally forgot to make cards for my nephew (birthday in January) and niece (birthday just last week). Yep, I am terrible!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I spent the last couple days making cards for them (and I guess I do have plans for the weekend because I am going out to buy gift cards) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love stamping and these stamps are so adorable.but I don't get to use them very often.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little cutie is one of the members of Tim Holtz' Crazy Dogs. I colored him with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His deflated balloon is from the Crazy Things set that was designed for the Bird Crazy birds but they work great with the Crazy Dogs and Cats too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my niece I made a gate fold card. I then took a separate sheet white of card stock and embossed it with Close To My Heart's Diamonds folder but used an Anna Griffin Impression Mask and Scoring die to create an un-embossed center. I cut this sheet in half and glued it to the front card flaps. I then cut the cupcake from Cricut's Summer Celebrations cartridge. I ran the icing layer through my Cuttlebug to give it some swirls. (the folder is part of Sizzix' Flourish stamp and emboss set).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last time (or maybe the time before....old age affects the memory some times lol) I talked about the round robin we are doing in the BadBaby group.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are not supposed to share our works from everyone's books (and I am debating on whether I am going to break that rule since we were talking about the facebook group and not a blog) but I thought I would share the spread I did for my own book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My book is 4Wx6H with the binding at the top. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I drew and colored this rose in a Ball jar on watercolor paper using Inktense pencils. I then splattered dark brown paint all around.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am really please with how it turned out so I am very happy that it was for my own book so that it will eventually come back home to me. (not that I don't like what I have done in the other books so far because I do but you can't get attached .... you have to give them away)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Happy Presidents Day... I hope you have a fun time mattress shopping lol</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and Happy Crafting!</span><br />
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