Cheers Shaker Card & Video

I made a fairly quick shaker card for a 60th birthday using the My Favorite Things

‘Uncorked’ stamp set and the Wine Glass Shaker and Frame set. 

The shaker die & frame set makes things so much easier and faster, and was perfect for this recipient.

You can click on the link below or HERE to go directly to my YouTube channel.

I used the Pearlescent cardstock in ‘Blush’ from Craft Perfect (Tonic Studios) to cut out the wine glass frame.  To add some interest and a focal point for the wine glasses, I used a left over piece of gold glitter that I had used to cut circles from.

I mounted the gold glitter circle to a piece of white cardstock, a layer of foam and then onto a piece of polka-dot patterned paper from Avery Elle.  Before adhering the glass outline frames onto the card, I used a liquid glue to adhere the shaker bubble piece to the back of the frame.  Then I placed a small pile of sequins and confetti in golds and purples where I planned for the glasses to be on the card.

To finish up the card I heat embossed one of the sentiments from the MFT set onto vellum and added several of the gold oval gems from Nuvo around the card.  I loved the way it turned out; bright and sparkly and festive!  I will be using this set again soon for some New Year’s cards.

Thanks and cheers to you for stopping by the Blog today.

Below is a list of supplies I used and a link to where you can find most of them.

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Creating a New Craft Room - Part 1

Hello!  After 12 years, we packed up our house and moved to a new home this last July.  My precious craft room went thru several renovations and had finally gotten it to be almost exactly the way I want it....and then we moved.  Which is partly my fault, and to be honest, has been a difficult last few months.  I am trying to think of it as an opportunity to start fresh and create a space designed exactly for how I will use it.

You can click on the video below or HERE to go directly to my YouTube Channel.

Below are some of the pictures after I had moved in enough things to be able to work, and the first phases of the building.
Since these photos were taken, my husband hung the sheetrock, finishing the wiring and starting to mud the sheet rock.

You can see the framing my husband did that included the columns in the walls which follow the lines of the walls upstairs.

This is the opening where where will be a door into the new craft space. 

My sweet husband posing for me!

My husband wired outlets on the new craft room wall up above table height so it will

be easier to plug in my sewing machine, die cut machines, etc.

This is the view downstairs which is one large room that we divided, as well as adding a

door to the entire den space, mostly because with two teenagers, noise really does travel.

We have a baby gate to keep the dogs, temporarily, out of the playroom and other downstairs areas.

You can see the walls that enclose the round structural columns, which we used as

an opportunity to create a little art niche at the bottom of the stairs. 

So, there is the first step!  The video walk through is obviously after these photos were taken.
I am going to post my sketches that I made of the pieces of cabinetry I have and the organization of the plan as it evolves.

La Boheme - Scrapbook Layout (& video)

Finally, after maybe 6-7 months, I sat down and created a traditional scrapbook page.

I have been focused on cards, mixed media and watercolor that scrapbooking just pushed back a bit.

Now that we are settling down a bit from our move and I can find some of my tools, I decided it was way overdue!

You can click on the link below to watch the video or HERE to go directly to my YouTube Channel.

I took my mother to New York City and to the Opera for her 80th Birthday a few weeks ago and definitely couldn't think of a better reason to document this even with a scrapbook page.

I purchased the paper package of the One Canoe Two collection, Willow.  It has lovely colors as well as a sheet of stickers and alphas.  It has been so long since I worked with one set like this.  Before laying down any paper or embellishments, I added a light layer of the Glacier Paste from Nuvo onto a piece of plain white cardstock in two different colors.

After the paste dried I started with this piece of foiled patterned paper and two Instagram photos I mounted with foam tape.  I also bought the embellishment die cut package and used the flowers and tags all around the edges of the photos and main piece of patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by the Blog today.  I hope you get a chance to watch the video and am so excited to get back into the habit of documenting our important and everyday moments alike.

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