no rules, just happy crafting
Oh man I do love these travel blueprint stamps! For this one I did some watercolor effects with the little airmail stamp on specialty stamping paper, then I also stamped the background with the big compass…
This is a card, but I think it would work well as a potential mini book too!
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Happy February! To kick things off, here’s a card I made for Stamper’s Anonymous (Tim Holtz stamps)…
I had so much fun layering bits and pieces and making this card that isn’t quite like any other I’ve done before – I don’t usually get into shaped cards…
The tissue is layered onto the cardstock, then picket fence distress stickles over that. The stamped images? Colored, cut out, and attached with the brad.
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In case you’re not familiar with CHA, you may be hearing a lot about it from me and other craft bloggers. Twice a year the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) has a trade show and the manufacturers gather to show off and reveal all their latest and greatest products. Store owners and buyers for big chain stores place orders (that’s the main part of it!), the press (yours truly included) attends to find the hot new products, teachers and designers attend for craft-spiration, and so much more. It’s a huge event for the crafting industry – and oh boy is it a lot of work! Anyhow, that begins today – and to kick things off I am sharing a card I made for the show.
Here is a card I created featuring new Tim Holtz “Ringmaster” Blueprint stamps – which are a new CHA 2013 release and are now available in stores including Simon Says Stamp here!
I’m at CHA now, and I’ve got my camera out and I am ready to snap tons of photos of the latest and greatest products – as well as see many of my favorite people in the same room. I love it! I will be posting lots of coverage over the next ten days or so of the new products, great project samples, and behind the scenes peeks too. If you’d like to follow my live candid reporting from the show floor be sure to follow my instagram page. Gotta love technology!
I’ve got a tutorial up over at the Sizzix blog today – featuring a technique that is a favorite of mine and I seem to work with it more often in the fall. This time around though, I find myself coloring the glue as it dries.
Want to know more? You can check out the how-to and more project photos here.
Happy Crafting!
I was cleaning up some supplies and noticed I still had a bit of pleated paper, mist, and stencil from this Scrapbook.com kit hanging around. I used this kit in two email bonus projects for one of the weeks in Kit-tastic, and I thought it would be fun to share a ‘clean up and use that kit a bit more’ project here today.
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The background is two colors of distress ink pads – rubbed directly onto the front of the card Then I misted the front (with spray from kit), stenciled with paint, and added all the other elements you see.
I do so love to take bits from a kit, then mix and match with my own stash. Gets stuff used, clears off my desk, and is a lot of fun too! Have a great weekend.