Heart Swing Valentine Card

 Hello Friends!

It's Day 3 of my Valentine 14 Days of Craftiness and today I am showing you a Valentine's Day card. However, this is a different type of Valentine Card for me.  

I had this pack of Heart Swing Cards that you can buy from Paper Wishes. (I sort of inherited them but that's another story.) And I was watching YouTube and somehow ran across the video explaining how to make them. So it's not hard. On the back of the label is a pattern for the different shapes on the card. The best thing to do is make a couple of copies and then you can trace and cut out. 

I made a couple of copies and got out some Paper Crate paper that I hoard and love LOL.  After I glued on the background pieces I just added things to the card that weren't too bulky because I know I was going to mail it.  Here is the card when you first get it. That is a Simon Says Stamp (swoon!) and a sticker and two sequin hearts on the middle heart.

Here is sort of an action picture of opening the card.

Ta Da! The other side! The little hearts in the middle I have had forever! I am so happy they got used on the spine of this card. Now- I made the mistake of not going all the way to the right edge. No worries! I cut an extra strip and used a fiskars punch and some washi tape. Shhh don't tell anyone-maybe the recipient will think I meant too ;)

This cute elephant is a print a cut from the Silhouette Design Store. They have so many cute images and you can make them stickers but I chose to print and cut on white card stock so I could move the elephant and those pink hearts around. Oh and the center heart has a Tim Holtz sentiment and some flowers which I have also had for a long time. Stash Bashing! ;)

Here is the card standing. I think this was pretty cool and different. And out of my comfort zone. I just wanted to have fun make Valentine's and that happened here. Over the next few days there will be a few more of these style cards so be sure to visit again! :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love and/or Hearts

Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today! :)

Love Canvas

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This is day 2 of my 14 days of Valentine Craftiness. And today I have a 3 inch canvas to show you :)

I have had these little chipboard things forever! I still have some from the pack. They are from Maya Road. For mailing cards the little chipboard pieces can be a little bulky but for a canvas they are perfect.  

Here's a close up. I used sprays and silver paint. I also used a puff paint for the middle of the heart.

Here is the canvas before it was painted. I used modeling paste through a stencil and then glued on these two chipboard pieces.

Then I gessoed the whole thing. And then I sprayed and painted it.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope to see you tomorrow! :)

Marvelous Mauve

Hello Friends!

We are welcoming February with a new challenge over at the Rainbow Card Challenge. This month we are all about Mauve!

Mauve is sort of a tough color-I'm not going to lie LOL. It's not a color I use a lot of but it's very pretty. Here I used Stampin Up color Pale Plum-the paper and the ink. 

The background stamp is Taylored Expressions

The sentiment stamp is Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holtz) and the heart die is Tim Holtz

And two little heart rhinestones in my stash finished this card.

💖💖💖I am also kicking off 14 days of Valentine's Card and Crafts. So be sure to stop by tomorrow to see what I have made. :)

I am entering this into the following challenges:

The Library Challenge: Challenge 76 Book Jar of Hearts (inspired by hearts)

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 671 Valentine's

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: 306 All About Occasions

Thank you for stopping by! 

 

Get Well Cross Card

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I made this card for a friend how had an operation a little bit ago.  So it's a get well card even though it doesn't say that on the front.

The cross stamp and the background embossing folder are both from Taylored Expressions. The color on the cross is actually Tim Holtz alcohol inks on yupo paper. I had made a background (well I made a lot of backgrounds). And thought this might look good.  I had other crosses that I stamped out but I couldn't color them right.  Or not at that particular moment. I love the bold colors of this background turned cross. Then I fussy cut it out. 

I am submitting this card into the following challenges:

The Creative Crafters #36 : Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Taylor Made Cards 4 U: Anything Goes Optional Theme: Friendship (I made this card for a friend.)

Thank you for stopping by! Until next time my friends stay healthy! :)

Tag of Magic

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Do you ever have a word for the New Year? I will see people post a word to describe the overall goal for the year-maybe like Happiness or Determined. I usually do not have a word. And I have gotten away from resolutions because they just don't seem to work for me. However! This year is different as far as the word goes. Stay with me. :) 

Somewhere I was inspired by the word Magic. My last project was about a magical garden place in a book. And I wasn't finished with the word Magic. And (I do believe God puts this on my heart) I wanted Magic to be my word for 2021. And not the scary voo doo kind but more like The Disney Magic kind of magic. Making people happy-especially folks who weren't expecting anything. 

So how can one be a bit more "magical" especially during a pandemic? Here is my answer-to fill up my family and friends' mailboxes over the year more than last year. I am working on more cards. I am going to mail out more cards. And really try. So this tag is an inspiration for that. Should I forget what my mission is-this tag will remind me :)

The base is a tag from a company that used to do wood laser cuts.  The actual letters are from grungeboard from Tim Holtz (way old and retired. I'm working on my stash). The stencil is Tim Holtz's, and I used light modeling paste.

Here is a close up of the stenciling.

Here are closeups of the tag. I covered it in gesso. And then I used tumbled glass, dusty concorde, and shabby shutters distress oxide sprays along with mustard seed stain and Kevin Oliver's colorburst-yellow, green, and blue. Also lots of water.  There was a lot of ink that I absorbed on watercolor paper. So there are cool backgrounds in the making :)

That beautiful pink on the word magic is from Sweet Rose Finnabair metallic wax. And then I glued Recollections silver micro beads on.   I lined the stencil back up to match the stars and used Silver Finnabair wax to go over the top parts of the stars. The sentiment-which I love, "I dream of stars that glitter" is from Tim Holtz's clippings stickers.  I outlined the stickers with a grey fine tip marker so the words would pop. And that is one of his paper dolls.

This is one of my favorite paper dolls.  I think because she is smiling and dancing around. And that is sort of like me. LOL. I could have been this kid. I colored her with two prismacolor markers. At first I thought the outline pink was too dark and I sort of blended it and then I used a lighter pink marker and by some sort of miracle (or was it magic? ;) ) the dress looked good and blended nicely.

I hope you like this tag and much as I do. I am exciting for the next few projects too. Make sure you check back :) 

I am submitting this tag into the following challenges:

Crafter's Castle- Anything Goes #37

Path of Positivity Challenges: #87 Look for the Positives. (I am going to try to be the positive and put more happy magic and love out in the world.)

Have a magical day! :)

Boo To You Digital Layout

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Over at Kellybell Designs they are having a Template Challenge.  I used her Boo to You and Halloween Magic Collections to complete this page.

I was so happy to go to the Magic Kingdom for Halloween even though it was quite different from the Mickey's not so Scary party we usually go to (and I love!). Something is better than nothing. We were able to see characters-and villians at that! And then there were these little parade vignettes.  We got to enjoy one of the mini parades while standing in line. And we got to see Jack Skellington!  We always like a Halloween treat too-so we were able to get a Cheshire Tail from Ray's (who is back by the way. LOL he wasn't there last Halloween.) 

I feel like I am finally getting the hang of the digital layouts. I'm posting this for me as a reminder---If you have photoshop elements the secret is ctrl, atl, g all at the same time after you drop your picture in the area you want it. If you drop you picture-look at the layers and make sure it is above the space you want the picture to fill. :) I also love the these digital kits because of the different papers and embellishments. 

Thank you for stopping by! :)

The Magic Garden Mixed Media Display

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I am so excited to show you my newest project. There's a lot of pictures and even a video. 

First-I want to give a little story LOL so I hope you still have some coffee left. It's still the New Year and I usually don't do a word for the year. I have even stopped resolutions because I'm not good at keeping up with them. I make goals but that whenever it happens.

But I saw this challenge. And something sparked in my brain. I knew what my word for the year is-it's Magic. I want to create magic all year-and not the Dark Arts kind more like the Disney World kind. I want to send more cards and happiness to my family and friends. More than last year because last year was navigating this crazy unknown. It's still crazy and unknown but more known you know? LOL. 

And when I read about this challenge-I knew what I wanted to do.  I just hope my idea is translated into my project. :)

So the challenge that inspired this is the Art Daily Cafe (Finnabair).  

I am also submitting this into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create-#1 Anything Goes

The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge-Anything Fantasy 

We Love 2 Create: Anything Mixed Media Goes

The challenge is about book and fairytales. And what usually happens in fairy tales-Magic! (And remember I am sticking to the good kind here.) Magic that transports you into a story and you there are princesses and mystical creatures. And maybe a magic garden...

I am going to show you my finished project and then go into how I created parts of it. :)

This is a physical book. And this is where the Magic Garden is :) Complete with Tiny Lights.

Here it is with the lights turned off.

I was inspired by the original structure from the show Make It Artsy 609 by Julie Fei Fan Balzer and Joe Rotella. I had actually tried and didn't glue it well and put it away-until my inspiration hit me. 

So I got my book back out and used hot glue to put it back together. I had tried to use a strong sticky tape but it sort of fell apart. Hot glue (or maybe 3000 if you want to go that route) is the way to go.

If you watch the video-Joe saws a piece of wood for the base. I do not saw or really know much about wood type things so I bought a pack of rectangle wood pieces from Hobby Lobby.  I also bought a round one but it was too big.  I also glued pages together and painted them gold.

I do have a styrofoam cutter and used that on this piece that we got from some sort of packaging that I hoarded away. lol-I knew we would use it! ;)

Here is what the bottom looked like. The styrofoam went over but I think that is ok. I'm not going to put anything really heavy in the space without the wood support.

I used a Paige Evans stencil here.

I used wild honey-I love this color for yellow. And I tried to line the stencil back over-that did not work as easily as I would have liked so I matched where I could and used distress glaze over some of the stars and made new ones. 

I sprayed 3 different distress oxide inks over the opened pages.

Here it is so far.

Here are the colors that I used.

I painted the styrofoam with this golden green paint. And then I start to work on the Cathedral Window die from Tim Holtz. I used cardboard from a box. I made too and cut off the top part to make the window longer. I painted it with ranger white crackle paint.  (love crackle!) I cut a piece of acrylic sheet out and use (Tim Holtz) alcohol inks. Then I glue the top part of the window and the bottom part of the window to match up the middle parts.  I paint over it with crackle paint (which was a little difficult.  light modeling paste may have been easier.) and then I used a little black paint to distress it. Then I glue white cardstock behind it so the alcohol ink colors would stand out and not get lost in the book background.

Here's the finished window, and I just glued it to the book. I need the height. I also used the tallest Tim Holtz Paper dolls.

One of my favorite Finnabair products are the sparks paints and clay molds. So this is a Finnabair moon painted in sparks ginger magic.

Okay-so let's talk about these leaves for a minute. Originally I wasn't going to dress up the "trees" which you may have guessed are sticks from my yard. But somehow when I was looking through my random bits I found these leaves:

How old are the leaves? They cost 39 cents!!?!?! LOL So I used all of them on the tall tree. These are cool because they are soft and have wire stems so I just wrapped each on around. Woo Hoo! Use what you have! :)

Okay moving forward-there are Finnabair mold stars also. This adds great depth to the stars you can see from the glaze and then the muted stars covered by the "sky." I had them painted gold but it just wasn't magical enough so I used Martha Stewart glitter on them. I think glitter is magical :)

So I have random flowers like you see here and random animal figures. They are crafty hand me downs from various people. I don't even know where you would buy them. This turtle was white. So I painted him and added Finnabair vintage gold wax to bring out his shell texture. Also, I drew on his face with a prisma marker. There a bunny in the background and a wolf too.

These little mushrooms are from a Mod Podge mold. I painted them. And I covered the green styrofoam in fake grass and moss. I also had that "bush" in my fake grass box so woo hoo!  Behind the turtle is this squishy fake moss stuff and I hot glued it onto the second tree. I love squishing it! Weird I know.

Here's a side view and there's the wolf.

Lights off. 

Lights on....Magic! :)

Here is my video tour. :) (I'm very new at making videos fyi.)

Thank you so much if you made it this far! LOL.  I hope you have a magical day! :)