Stencils, Paste and Re-Inkers OH MY!

Head on over to The Crafter's Workshop to find out what I created with these stencils.

 

 

 

 

It was lots of messy fun!

 

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Dreaming of Bright Sunny Days

It's been sunny but not warm enough for me.

I have another page from my small Moleskine journal.

This is my collage journal and I'm loving the size (ATC size).

 

 

The background is a mix of paint, ink, stencils, and stamps.

The words and main image is from my box of scraps.

 

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A Frozen Birthday!

Someone at work asked me to make a special birthday card for her granddaugther's fifth birthday. Her granddaughter loves Disney's new movie Frozen hence the theme for her party. I was very excited because the movie is so cute. I love it.

I love to fussy cut and make lots of layers and include the child's face in the card. Someone asked me if I sell these types of cards. My answer is no.  With all the time involved in making these types of cards, no one would be able to afford them.  I just love creating them and it's fun.  Making them to sell is pressure that I don't want and it wouldn't be fun anymore.  This was a gift.

This card took me from start to finish 18 hours.  I enjoyed every minute!

This card is 5.25 x 5.25 on heavy matt board with an easel attached to the back. I always believe the front of any card is the best part why add the extra paper.  The background was created with stamps, acrylic paints, and glitter.  Each layed piece was printed numerous times so that I can add layers.

 

Looking below you can see the layers and glitter.

 

Her face was not digitally put into the picture. I resized her face and fussy cut the hair. I added a little crystal at the end of her braid.

 

Here is another shot of the other side showing the layers for the mountains.  If you notice even the little snowy patches have layers.  Thank goodness for eye glasses!!!

 

Another shot of the mountains.

 

This is the back. I used a stencil from The Crafters Workshop for the back with distress inks and re-inkers.  I added the movie title on the back for future reference.

 

 

The child's mom displays all the cards I have made for her children. They are not put away in a box or thrown away. It's nice to know someone appreciates a handmade gift. I had a blast making it. I hope you enjoyed all the pictures.

 

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Flowers for Your Birthday

Here is a tag I made for my niece's birthday.

I just added a pocket in the back so hold her gift.

 

 

Spray inks, heavy gesso, paper scraps.

 

The flower is made of wire and deli paper.

I'm going to make many more.

I learned how to create the flower from online workshop from Balzer Designs called Getting Started with Deli Paper.

Its a fun class and Julie  has me hooked on deli paper.

 

Do you know what the middle of the flower is made from?

 

 

It's PAINT!

When you open up a tube of Liquitex Acrylic paint there is dry glue around the opening. I now keep them to add to projects. My god-daughter used them in a painting and loved the idea.

The leaves and stem are made from paper towels. I added gel medium to the leaves so they become stiffer and easy to mold.

 

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Squares and Hearts

I'm trying to sort through all my pictures and it's a long process.

While sorting I found a picture of four small journal pages that I have never posted.

This journal is a small Strathmore journal. I take the paper out of the binding.

I use this small journal to just doodle using stencils.

I use it like a coloring book. Very relaxing.

 

These pages were made with drafting stencils and The Crafter's Workshop stencil called Mix and Match Hearts.

 

 

 

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