Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas All!

From my family to yours!

Merry Christmas Eve!

 

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve.

We are having Christmas at my house this year and I'm really excited about it.

 

Yesterday I cleaned.

Today I'm going to be setting up the tables.

 Right now Ralph's making me breakfast. :)

 Kids are barely getting up.. well the teenage boy isn't.

 



Today I'm off and I will have to get up and be at work in the morning at 5am. I hope this will be the last year I have to work on Christmas. That's what I want for Christmas!

Good things are happening in 2015! I can feel it.

Here's an ornament I made using the Julie Nutting wooden ornaments. I painted it with acrylic paints and embossed in gold and used crackle accents a the new Prima Finnabair glitter. I really LOVE the way it came out. The photos really doesn't do it justice.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Challenges
Prima Picks - Color combo
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Tic Tac Toe - Ribbon, Glitter, Bow



Supplies -

Prima Etched Wood Ornament - Angel
Prima Art Ingredients - Glitter Set - Luminous
Prima Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White
Prima Metal Trinkets - Lifetime
Molding Paste
Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter
Acrylic Paint
Crackle Accents
Tim Holts Distress ink pads

 



Snowman Mixed Media Canvas!

 

 Hello Everyone!

 I have a Mixed Media Canvas to share with you for Limor Webber's Design Team. I have taken some bits and pieces of paper and created my own adorable snowman. I've added some fun mixed media elements to give texture and shine and pops of color. I absolutely adore the way this piece has come out.

I hope you enjoy my photos and videos.

Happy Holidays!

 

Supplies

 

Faber-Castell Gesso

Faber-Castell Gelatos
Faber-Castell Gel Medium

Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle

Acrylic Paint

Irrisistible Texture Spray

Art Grip Aquarelles Pencils

Metallic Acrylic Paint



Bloom Girl Sharon Mixed Media Notebook!

Hello crafty friends, It's my turn to post on the Bloom Girl DT Blog!

I have an altered notebook to share with you. I will be completely honest. About 20 min into this project I was like ok, I'm done... this looks HORRIBLE! I almost turned off the camera. Then I was like you know what.. let's go with it.. I can always delete the video and start over.. I might as well try some new ideas and techniques. So I did and I'm so glad I did, too!

 

 

Here's my notebook I came up with.


 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.. I hope you will check out how I created this in my video below,

 

 

 

 



 

Products Used

Prima Marketing's Bloom Girl Sharon Stamp
Faber-Castell's Gesso, Water Color Pencils, Gelatos, whipped spackle and markers
Tim Holts Tissue Paper and Quote Stamp



Simple Christmas Cards - Fun Stampers Journey!

 

 

Hello Everyone!

I have my last Simple Christmas Card to share with you that I did last week.

 It's been a long time since I've made some simple cards and it was a nice change. I really enjoyed making these few cards.

I'm using products from Fun Stampers Journey. I'm really so excited about this journey and being a Founders coach. This company is sure going places and I'm happy to be involved in it from the beginning!

Stamp - Banner Party Stamp Set - SS-0009
Fun Stampers Journey Pennant Die - DI-0004
Journey ink Pad - Sweet Berry- IP0029
Journey Glaze - AD-0003
Journey Sparkle Dust - AC-0013
Journey Twine - AC-0005

 

I hope you enjoy my video!

Challenges

Cutting and Stamping Challenge - Christmas
Scrap Creations - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - Winter or Christmas
Monday Morning Challenge - Christmas or Winter

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Simple Lili of the Valley Christmas Card!

Hello crafty peeps!

Today I have another simple Christmas card to share. I'm using this adorable Christmas Set

by Lili of the Valley. I think that many people overlook these acrylic stamps that LOTV have because the rubber ones are so stinking cute! But-- you are missing out on some great images in the other stamp categories. Great for the crafter who doesn't color and awesome for the mixed media artists out there! I used my inks from Fun Stamper Journey!

 

Enjoy my video below!

 

Challenges

Brown Sugar Challenge - Winter

Moving along with Times - Christmas Climate

Simon Says Stamp - Holiday Cards

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafting Creations - Embossing

 

 

 

 

 

More Simple Christmas Cards!

Hi everyone!

I have another clean and simple card to share with you. I'm whipping these babies out.. I might actually send out Christmas Cards this year! I have used my Fun Stampers Journey star stamp that came in my starter kit. It's called Banner Party Stamp Set and has some fabulous matching dies to go with it! I didn't get a chance to order Christmas stamps so I'm showing simple and versatility. This can really be a card for ANY occasion. I hope you enjoy my little video. :) It's just under 2 minutes!

 

CAS Color and Sketches - A past color combo and CAS

Craft Challenge - Christmas

The Craft Garden - Christmas

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything goes

Craft by Designs - Anything Goes /Christmas

 



 

Create your own December Daily!

 Hi there everyone. It's time for my post on the Limor Webber Blog!

 

I decided to make my own December Daily. I love the way it came out. I just plan on typing out my daily dos and layering them on the page. Simple but it will get done this year!  Here's some photos and there's a video below. Check it out!

 

 

 

 

 

I also took the little mini files that come with the card boxes from Michaels and added them as pages, just for another type of element to the pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the video I hope you enjoy it.

Have a fantastic day!

 

 

Supplies



Prima Chalk Board Paint Sea Breeze

Prima Marketing Mica Flakes
Lindy's stamp Gang Tres Chic Sprays

Faber-Castell White Gesso

Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter

Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle

Black and Aqua Dulce Gelato

Prima Say it in crystal circles

 

 

 

Simple and Stunning Christmas Cards with Fun Stampers Journey!

 

I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving!

Mine turned out pretty good if I say so myself, despite the fact that I had to work.

 

Everyone is so busy this time of year so I wanted to share how you can make some simple yet gorgeous Christmas Cards to send out to friends and family. I have done a few very simple cards and video tutorials so come back for some more inspiration over the next week.

 

I hope you enjoy this little short video tutorial using my Fun Stampers Journey Stamps!

 

 

 



 

Merry Christmas 'Summer'!

Hi there my crafty peeps. Today I have a card to share using the 'Summer' Stamp and ironically I made a Christmas Card using her. That's just how versatile these gorgeous stamps are!

While at Michaels last week I found these berries and poinsettias and they are a little big but I knew they would be PERFECT with this image! I LOVE the way this card came out. The Sentiment is by Lili of the Valley, 'Christmas Wishes'.

 

If you haven't gotten this gorgeous image yet we have a list of stores you can buy from HERE.

 

Have you seen the Bloom Girl Video Library? Tons of Bloom Girl Projects to check out.

 

Hope you all have a wonderful Day!

 

 Prima - 12 Days of Christmas

             

 

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop and new Coloring Video!

Hello everyone.

 Lili of the Valley has done it again with another gorgeous "I have to have collection"!

These new stamps will be available in the Lili of the Valley Shop on Saturday the 22nd. They will be available online on Monday the 24th.

 

There's 10 new fabulous stamps and 3 new paper pads in this release.

Check out the sneak peeks from the designers.

 

As always, Lili of the Valley is so generous a random comment will be chosen from one of our blogs and you will win a set of goodies from this release!

 

 

Ideas to Inspire

Andrea

Anne

Becky

Dawny
Dena

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

 

Here's my card I chose to use this cutie, "Afternoon Stroll". I also have a video on coloring this image and creating a scene. I created clouds by coloring negative space. I normally create grass all around the image but this time I decided to make grass only behind her as if she was walking along a path.. taking an 'Afternoon Stroll'.

The papers I used are Lili of the Valley's Up, Up and Away paper pad.

 

Here's the video. Sorry for the bad lighting. It was cloudy when I was recording.

I hope you enjoy the video and the hop!

Have a wonderful day!

 

 

 

 



Mixed Media Christmas Tree Card!

 

Hello there my lovely crafty peeps!

 

Today my design team post is up over on the super talented Limor Webber's Blog.

I have made a fun Christmas Mixed Media Card. Check out the Limor Webber Designs Blog for more photos I also have a video up. So go check it out!

 

Have a wonderful day!



 



Glass Christmas Ornaments

I can't believe Christmas is like.. RIGHT THERE! WOW, where does the year go, seriously!?

 

I've been on Pinterest a lot over the last few weeks and I've gotten some great Christmas project ideas. This was one of them. Decorating Glass Ornaments. We will actually be making these at my Class over at This n That Scrapbooking in Chino Hills on December 3rd. You can find more information on the class over on the This n that Website.

 



I think I will do a YouTube video on decorating them. I just love this first one. I actually used Spellbinders Dies to create my border! :)

 

Visit me next month for a tutorial!

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I'm SO GLAD it's almost over!

'Monday" is my Friday! :)

 

Simon Says Stamp - Ornaments

RRR- Christmas with Ribbon

 





 

Christmas Canvas at Jollene's Paperie in Banning, Ca!

Hey there friends!

 

I have been edit, edit, editing these past 2 days! Video tutorials and photos for blog posts. Hopefully I'll be caught up soon. While watching one of my videos I have discovered how ugly my hands are! I never really liked them, but as I'm getting older EW-- my hands are GROSS! So, for that I apologize!

I know that probably sounds really funny... and random. LOL! 

 

Anyways...

Here's a canvas we are doing at my class next week over at Jollene's Paperie. If you are in the Southern California area and interested in signing up.. you still have time.

You can find the details HERE!

 

Crafty Catz - Christmas is Coming

Just Add Ink - Texture

Winter Wonderland - Christmas Décor

Creative Card Crew - Christmas Joy

Scrap-Creations - Make it Sparkle

 

 



 



Lili of the Valley Sneak Peek!

Hi there crafty friends!

 

Lili of the Valley has done it again. Just look at this adorable stamp! It feels like it's been so long since I've really made a card like I used to. I just adore these colors and this little Elephant is simply the CUTEST!

 

Check out the LOTV Blog for other cards made with the new images from our ever so talented Design Team. The new stamps will be available soon.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Challenges

 

Papertake Weekly - 2 or 4 legs

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes