filled with love - Shaker Card Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone! I am a sharing card that I made for 

the Brutus Monroe Design Team a couple weeks ago.

This card was made using the January Die Of The Month, 'Breakfast Buddies'

and a few other stamps and paper pads, part of the January Set.

I love shaker cards.  I love making them, I love giving them, 

and I love receiving them! So when I saw this sentiment that said 'filled with love,'

I immediately thought about being filled with love AND sequins!

I started by die-cutting the pieces of the coffee cup I would need, going for some kraft cardstock and colors that are a little more realistic.  I used a stamp from the January Sprinkled with Love stamps set that is actually supposed to be sprinkled for a donut.  I used them for adding polka dots to the coffee cup with the Alabaster Pigment Ink, which is amazing!

I used the Brutus Monroe foam adhesive to cut out the coffee cup as well.

After die-cutting the coordinating sentiment I added a gold dipped look with heat embossing and the Gilded Embossing Powder.  I also chose a piece of the 6x6 patterned paper set for the card base background.

I die-cut a piece of white cardstock for the frame and several layers of foam adhesive strips to create the pocket for the sequins and confetti.  I wanted the coffee cup to be on the outside so the shaker pocket was almost the size of the card base.

I misted a piece of paper for the back of the shaker pocket with the Chroma Mist in Green Glow and sealed it all up!

I put the coffee cup pieces together and then mounted everything onto the shaker pocket and then onto the patterned paper and card base.

I love the way it turned out and I know this will be used

multiple times as a future gift card holder!

Thanks for stopping by the Blog today...

I'm going to be posting on a more consistent period including

some process videos too! Have a great day!

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

(Some affiliate links used that are at no cost to you)

Sprinkled with Love - BRUTUS MONROE First Project

 Hello everyone!  Today, I am excited to share the first project

I created for the Brutus Monroe inspiration team!

The 'Sprinkled with Love' stamp set was perfect for a simple grid patterned card.

 Coloring the stamped images was fun and easy using the 

'Chroma Mists,' in Blue glow and Pink glow.

Adding a few drops of the mists into my palette and added a drop

or two of water, even adding a couple drops of the pink mixing

 a little blue as well.  I knew I wanted to set out. the card 

in the way I stamped them out, but planned to cut them out.

 The washes turned out pretty light in tone and adding

another layer in places worked great as a way to add some

contrast and a bit of depth on the donuts.

I left all the sprinkle hearts and spots with no paint so I could go back

and add white thick gesso on each of the sprinkles.

The last donut meant for the right corner was the one that

had a bite out of it. I colored it pink and turned it to the side

so it looked like a "C."  I added a coat of 'Candy Coat' in blue

& pink to the respective donuts.

After mounting each donut on foam dots I adhered the card base to a

piece of patterned paper from the 6x6 'Sprinkled with Love' Paper pad.

I added the coordinating sentiment with Alabaster embossing

powder onto a black banner strip.

And that's it! It could be a cute baby card too!

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.

(Some affiliate links used that are at no cost to you)

Save The Crafty You Tuber Video Hop! - friends stick together

NOTE: 

This post was never published on this Blog,

and is no longer an active Video Hop...since it was from 2020,

but the video is still on my YT channel and one of my fav cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

You can click HERE or on the video below to watch the process!

Thanks for stopping by, despite my, ahem, delay! :)

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.

(Some affiliate links used that are at no cost to you)

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.

Supplies Used:

JOY - A simple Holiday Card (& video)

Hi there!  I am sharing a Card I created with the intent to make it within 5-7 minutes!  Ha!
That didn't work.  But, it is still a simple, fairly quick card, that would be easily replicated.
I filmed the process so you can see how I made it and exactly how long it did take.

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

I used an Snowflake embossing folder from Sizzix on a plain piece of white cardstock and after

running it thru my Gemini Jr. I misted it with Clear Shimmer Mist from Avery Elle.

I added foam tape to the back of it and adhered it to another piece of Pearlescent Cardstock

from Tonic Studios that was glued onto the face of my card base.

Using a piece of 6x6 silver cardstock from Tonic Studios, I die cut this large,

intricate snowflake from Tim Holtz for Sizzix.

I die cut the "Adore Alpha" letters from Pinkfresh Studio out of this gorgeous red glitter

cardstock and only used the outside halo card of the letters. Layering all the die cuts,

I adhered them onto the dry embossed piece with liquid glue.

To finish up the card, I added two colors of Nuvo Crystal Drops around the snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by the Blog today.
I'm going to try again with another timed card, but will definitely give myself more time.
A list of the supplies I used are listed below and there are affiliate links used at no cost to you.
Have a great day or if you're in the U.S., Happy Thanksgiving!