Happy Sunday folks! Today I am going to share a card with you I made earlier this week with my homemade stain daubers. I was experimenting with embossed resists, technique I have done many times with good results BUT this time I couldn’t get a raised image (!?!) my powder kept melting into the paper. [...]
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I have been drooling over the new Tim Holtz Distress markers since I saw a video of him demonstrating them at CHA. I really WANT them but I don’t NEED them with all of the supplies in my craft room. So I was brainstorming a way to try some of the techniques that he does [...]
Filed under: Painting, Stamping, Uncategorized | Tagged: cheap, distress markers, frugalcrafter, how to watercolor crayons, Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, osa, Sale, stamp art, Stamping, substitute, tim holtz, video, watercolor crayons, watercolor paint | 10 Comments »
OK, I have been keeping way too clean this week with the knitting so today I just had to get inky and make my own version of Distress Stain. Here is my first project with my homemade stain: The only thing you need to get to make the stain is the bingo-dauber top bottles. [...]
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Howdy folks, It is a beautiful Monday in Maine, I’m so glad to see the sun (Let’s hope it stays!) Here is a thank you card with a steampunk flair. I like the fact that you could replace the sentiment with “Happy Birthday”, “Congrats” or whatever. I have a hard time with cards for guys [...]
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Happy Wednesday folks! I spent a lovely rainy day yesterday playing with my new Xyron Creatopia. Here is the page I made: Stamp by About Art Accents/Art Neko. I used the large embossing rollers to emboss an entire sheet of kraft cardstock then dry-brushed pastel yellow paint over it. I used the rotary cutters to cut scalloped strips and the smaller embossers to [...]
Filed under: Scrapbooking | Tagged: burlap, burlap bag, chicken layout, creatopia, die cuts, die cutter, Embossing, rotery cuttter, scrapbook page, scrapooking, Stamping, xyron | 25 Comments »
Hello fellow crafters! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Ours looks to be low-key, no birthday parties or ball games, we can just relax. What a great time to get ahead on cardmaking. Here is a birthday card I made with one of the flowers done with the homemade clay I shared earlier [...]
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Happy Wednesday folks! Last night I went to my local library to host the kids craft class I teach every month (more on that in a bit) and since it was Library Appreciation week I had to bring something special for our librarian. I cut the library pocket from the Teacher’s Helper SVG kit to [...]
Filed under: Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, my templates, quick projects, Stamping | Tagged: bookmakrs, cameo stamps, frugal crafter, letterpress plates, library appreciation week, Lifestyle crafts, Sale, Stamping | 19 Comments »
Let’s Paint! I love watercolors, the splashy vibrant color and the immediacy of creation is what hooks me every time. Unlike oils or acrylics they are always ready to go when I am! This painting is done in watercolor but I applied the paint in different ways: painting, spraying, stenciling and spattering. I love the texture and interest these different [...]
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Well, folks, I had some friends over to craft last night so I had to tidy up a bit lest they find out what I slovenly pig I am! So, my desk is actually quite tidy this week: Not, just my desk, check out my room: Now, Let’s just pretend it looks like [...]
Filed under: Scrapbooking, storage | Tagged: blue and gold layout, craft room, cub scout scrapbook, DIY, hand cut cheveron, paper scraps, pattern paper, pinewood derby layout, Scrapbooking, Stamping, woyww | 21 Comments »
Have you ever gone to stamp and found that the pigment ink pad you wanted to use is dried up? Arrrrghh! Don’t worry, today I’ll show you how to make your own pigment and chalk ink with a few simple ingredients: Watch the video to see how much of each one I use and [...]
Filed under: Crafty Recipes, Stamping | Tagged: how to make chalk ink, how to make pigment ink, how to make stamp pad ink, how to reink a stamp pad, ink pad, pigment ink recipe, Stamping | 20 Comments »
