Craft With May – Page 71 – no rules, just happy crafting

card with Coral Reef mix (28 Lilac Lane)

Happy mid-week creative time? Why not! I’m thrilled by the strong response to these new 28 Lilac Lane embellishment mixes – so glad you love them like I do! This one is the coral reef… and not to play favorites but I am so in love with it! (But I’m saying that about all of them!)

I decided to show you how I like to embellish a stamped card with them – hope you enjoy! Here’s a link to my YouTube video.

This works with any mix (or kit)- and any big stamped image. The key is coming up with a spot or two to add a cluster of embellishments.

I love how this card turned out – so much fun playing with these colors! These mixes are now shipping to stores – I will be sure to send links along as I find shops that have them in stock. Know a store that has them? Let me know!

jack-o-candle with ScanNCut

When it comes to home décor, these days I love the battery operated candles. No flames, no worries, and all kinds of crafty fun! I’ll be sharing several ideas and alterations to them over the next few weeks to really show you how much fun you can have customizing these. To kick it off, here’s a really short one.

Here is my video on YouTube.

How easy was this? I just love how it turned out and you can see that vellum is the perfect choice for a little faux-votive type candle like this. I believe this kind is meant to go inside a pumpkin – but why wait for Halloween night? Get some cardstock and vellum out, and enjoy right away.

note: as always I disclaim that I am a paid consultant for Brother. That said, all ideas and opinions are my own including my love of this awesome machine!

spooky (distress crayon altered) frame

What happens when you find a sort of creepy frame and you want to kick it up a bunch into spooksville? Well if you’re me, you purchase it, and then use just three products: flat black paint, Distress Crayons, and crackle medium to transform it! Here is my YouTube video tutorial with the simple how-to.

I liked it ok before, but now it’s awesome!

As I mentioned before I used Distress Crayons (available in most shops that carry Tim Holtz products), Ranger crackle collage medium which worked great, and really inexpensive flat black acrylic paint. Halloween is sneaking up and I am happy to have something a bit spooky to add this year’s photo to, and to add to my décor!

Candy Corn Frame featuring new 28 Lilac Lane mix

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Today I am really excited to share with you guys that I’ve added 6 NEW bottles of embellishment mixes to the 28 Lilac Lane line! This is Candy Corn – and while perfect for the season I also think that it is great for any time of year from bright summer fun to just because citrus colors are your faves. To introduce this bottle mix, I’ve decorated a frame and created a YouTube video you can check out.

I just LOVE this frame – and I might have a hard time giving it away because it came out so cute and I love how it looks with the sentiments in the middle!

Here is the full frame – these projects are so fun and of course you know that you can put something similar together with any number of embellishments!

Speaking of fun and embellishments – I will be visiting Stamp Fever in Orange, CA for three BRAND NEW classes November 4-5. I am so very excited about this event – if you’re local please join me! You can find info here and call the store to sign up.

I will be sharing videos featuring each of the new embellishment mixes. For now, here’s a peek at all six!

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Which is your favorite? I’m sure loving them all for different reasons – so stay tuned! These are now shipping to stores so be sure to ask your favorite retailer to order them up – there’s a lot of happy crafting to be done with these beauties.

Doggie bone wreath

A friend of mine got a new puppy, and I wanted to send her a doggie bone wreath. This is a project that I recall us making when I was a kid and selling at craft fairs – a really simple concept but it is totally dependent on having a perfect circle template. You’ll also want it to be a good width as well. Tool for the job? ScanNCut of course!

Here is my video (link to YouTube) tutorial video.

Once done, I added a toy and a card to this before mailing off.

How to make a card like mine? Check out my post/video from a few weeks back here.

As you know (and I always disclose) I am a paid consultant for Brother, however all ideas and opinions here on my blog are my own. Oh, and one more thing! ScanNCut has a very limited time discount offer!

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