This blog is a record of my creative journey. I love to share my passion for paper crafting so I design projects and then create tutorials and workshops to show you how to make them. Please feel free to wander around to check out all the things I share both here, in my ETSY shop and over on my You Tube channel. Thank you for popping by!
As you may know I have been playing along with this challenge for some years now and I have decided to make journal pages rather than tags this year.
Each page also comes with a matching tag as you can see here. I haven't decided what to journal about yet and as I am having printer troubles I will share the finished tag with you later.
In the video you will see how I used the two techniques Tim used on his tag as the inspiration for my journal page. Hope you find something to inspire you to get creative.
If you are new to my blog…….Welcome……….There is a ton of creativity in my archives so please feel free to explore and of course if you like what you see then please subscribe and be sure that you get to hear next time I post.
See you soon with some more creativity. Thank you for popping by X
I am catching up with my 12 Journals of 2016 this month and probably next! I am a bit behind again - I don't know where my time disappears to sometimes. Keeping this post short as I am off to edit June's Page which is all filmed!
I am playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2016 only I am making journal pages instead. The principal is the same I will take his inspiration and give it my own interpretation and will film the journey for you.
I love how this one turned out…..in the end! This was one of those pages that took a while to find its direction as you will see in the video. But when it got there I liked the story it told and I know fellow Art Journalers will appreciate the use of Gesso and a black pen which so often come to my rescue!!!!
As usual I am creating a tag for each month but I am out of ink at the moment so I haven't been able to add my journalling and photo just yet - I will bring that to you in another video once my printer is up and running again!
If you are wondering about those gorgeous stamped images I have use Antique Botanicals by Rubber Dance. I particularly love this flower and have used it over and over. Click on the link if you want to see more of this lovely collection of stamps.
Without further ado here is the tutorial which takes you from Tim's inspiration to my interpretation.
Well it is a bit grey and damp here at the moment so I hope it is sunnier where you are today. Just a quick post with another little tutorial. Sorry about the photos but as I said this was footage from a few years ago!
I used similar papers for both of my designs but even so I think because I used two different sets of flower stamps the photo above has an oriental feel whilst the one below is a little more modern looking.
This is a really easy card idea to replicate and I know you can come up with all sorts of paper combinations using your own flower stamp stash…..!!!!
Hope you have fun with this tutorial. Thank you for popping by X
Over the coming weeks I will be bringing you tutorials I videoed some time ago. Because video files are so large from time to time I have to move them on to an external hard drive and these are the ones I have forgotten!!! So I am dusting them off and editing them and I hope they are useful tutorials with fun ideas for you to try or adapt for your projects.
This first tutorial has a fun rag daisy embellishment that I know you are going to be able to make and use to embellish a whole host of crafting projects.
This card can be made in any colour combination - Navy and white - Cream and Pink…it is up to you all you need is card stock and a matching ink - combine that with a flower background stamp, a fun greeting or two, a butterfly stamp and some die cut foliage, etc. These are all things you will have in your stash I am sure.
Add a strip of fabric and a needle and thread and you too will soon have a lovely summery card like this one. Next to these card photos I found a photo of this little (not so little) beauty. I wonder if the cake inspired the card or the card inspired the cake?
Either way I enjoyed making them both!……..and eating the cake of course ;-)
YUM! Now I am hungry. But off to check out my archives again so I can bring you another tutorial very soon…..but for today here is the tutorial.
Hope you are having sunny weather or are making sunny projects….or both would be perfect. Until next time, thank you for popping by X
Hope you have a fun weekend planned with lots of time for crafting! I have just finished teaching a card class tonight and am looking forward to a crop tomorrow!
Tonight I am sharing a tutorial that has taken me a little while to get posted on to YouTube - a few technical issues. I have no idea how it was cured but it suddenly seems to be working!!!
In this tutorial you will see how to layer up lots of different Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® products to create mixed media canvas like this one.
You could choose to use some or all of the techniques in this tutorial, it is up to you. It is all about exploring and seeing what works to achieve the look you want. I think I might try bluebells next time round as we have some lovely ones in the garden at the moment.
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Products Used:
Gel Medium
Gesso
Whipped Spackle
Texture Gems
Gelatos®; Buttercream, Kiwi, Caramel
PITT Artist Pen Big Brush: Dark Crome Yellow 109, Cadmium Yellow 107, Chromium Green Opaque 174, Orange Glaze 113, Warm Grey IV 273, White 101
It has been a little while since I last posted but am back again with another tutorial. This is a really easy project to make and is very versatile.
These little boxes can be made in any scrapbooking papers you may have in your collections. I of course have used Graphic 45 here as it was one of the little projects I made during my audition. You can decorate them to suit your style or the style of the person you are going to gift it to.
These little boxes can be used for storage or as a pretty gift box. I first designed this project between 5 and 8 years ago when someone at our crop showed us how to fold origami boxes. I adapted the design a little to make it more decorative and in the tutorial you will see exactly how to make these for yourself.
These were the original boxes and if any of you recognise these Kay and Co papers you may be able to date these boxes more accurately! In the tutorial you will see what I store in them suffice to say they are catch all boxes that I have dotted about my home ;-)
If you decide to make this project as a gift box why not make a matching card as I did here.
What a pretty way to give a gift and to show someone that you care.
Before I go I would like to let you know that I didn't make it through to the Graphic 45 Design Team :-( but I would like to say if luck and good wishes had anything to do with it I would have sailed through! I am so grateful for all your support and good wishes you guys have been awesome and definitely helped me get over the disappointment as did as this little chap……..
You can find out more about him if you stay watching until the end of the tutorial!
I have had a problem this past week with a video uploading to YouTube but this one seems to be ok so I am going to try to upload the other one again tomorrow so two videos in quick succession …..YouTube willing!!!
See you again very soon and thank you for popping by X
Today I am sharing my Graphic 45 Design Team 2016 Final Round submission. I can share with you how nervous I have been since I made the top 30 list of finalists and that has led me to sharing two tutorials with you today! I had two ideas for projects and I thought I would make both and then pick one to submit but I can't choose!!!!…..what if I pick the wrong one!!
They are both so different and I love them equally so as this round of the audition is all about showing who you are as a Designer I think this is me! I love to design projects and share tutorials and the more I share the more I love it. I have had some fabulous feedback from my first round pieces and I just want to tell you all how much I appreciate your support and hope that you love these projects just as much as the first ones.
So…..in no particular order ;-) Here is my first canvas inspired by the vibrant patterns and images of the Voyage Beneath the Sea paper collection.
In the tutorial you will see how much fun is to be had when using Graphic 45 papers to create canvas art. I loved adding all of the detail and sparkle to this ocean scene and even though there is a steampunk element to this collection I just had to go with Mermaid all the way!
Here is a fabulous shot (if I say so myself!) of the mermaids tail which is such a fun technique. So lots of hints and tips on this tutorial to help you create sea themed works of art of your own. Wouldn't it be fun to take some of these elements and add them to a scrapbook page of a favourite day at the beach?
I will show you how using more than one image means you can bring real dimension to your projects with just a little patience for all the fussy cutting.
Another thing about me is a designer is that my mind is always whirring away and more often than not one project leads to another as you can see…….
…….and I know just where to store all the shells I love collecting from the beach…….
…….and on to my second tutorial from Mermaids to Ballerinas! It is always nice to mix and match the different Graphic 45 Collections you may have and I have mixed up a little bit of Sweet Sentiments with Precious Memories for this pretty Canvas.
This design really took me back and I think this tutorial will remind many of happy days making clothes for Cindy Dolls or cutting out paper clothes for paper dolls! It is probably where our love of creating started!
In this tutorial I will show you how to make paper roses which is something I know you will be able to use on lots of other projects and home decor pieces.
Instead of a quote you might want to add the name of a little ballerina you know and this would make a lovely gift.
Learn how to turn paper into fashion! Graphic 45 prints are perfect for this kind of paper crafting. I know I have not finished with this technique yet! My inner fashion designer is trying to break out!!!!
….and of course one thing led to another for this piece of canvas art too!
Look at all the lovely dimension you can create when you have more than one piece of a particular design. This Baby's Breath paper actually inspired this whole set of creations as it was my favourite paper in the Precious Memories collection.
Well I think that is about it. Time to cross everything and wait! But before I go I just wanted to say a big thank you to Graphic 45 for this opportunity and to all of you who have supported me with kind words and good wishes. Please keep those fingers crossed for a little while longer! Good luck to my fellow finalists who I know will be as nervous and excited as me right now! Time for me to press publish and then I am off to eat chocolate! Designing uses up calories you know ;-) I think I am due a family sized bar lol!
