Hey, folks!
Today I'd like to share this monster card that I made a while back...
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How cute is that monster? I just think he's so charming. He's from Fancy Pants' Be Different collection, and so are the balloon die-cuts. I love that stamp with the numbers -- it's from Jillibean Soup's Birthday Bisque clear stamp set. I got that stamp set because of that stamp, and when I first saw the stamp, I immediately thought, "I think that will look neat fussy cut!"
I heat embossed the numbers with Ranger embossing powder in Tan. I really like that embossing powder because it's a nice change from using white [I think the tan gives a softer look], and it suits pet-themed projects so well! :D I coloured in the 6 with a Copic marker.
This card appeared in Paper Crafts' January 2015 issue in a category for birthday projects that featured numbers. I remember when I first read about that category in the publication call, no ideas or supplies came to mind, so I wasn't that drawn to the category -- I thought I'd end up not making anything to submit for it. When I looked through my craft supplies, remembered the Jillibean Soup set I had, and found some other things that stirred up some ideas, I wound up having so much fun making stuff for that category! You just never know, eh? :o)
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Hey, folks!
Here today to share my first craft video -- I show how I made this Humble scrapbook page...
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I forgot to show this in my video -- I kind of bent up the corners of the patterned paper to add a little dimension...
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If you would like to watch the video, I should mention that I'm really weird. I've always been, but listening to myself in this video...I'm even weirder than I thought. I'm just plain awkward. :D Sometimes I stutter and repeat myself, too.
Before I edited the little intro that I posted last week, I knew nothing about editing videos, so it took me a while to make this, and there are still many things I need to learn and figure out. It's been fun to try, though!
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If you're reading my blog post in an e.mail, I don't think my video will show up. If my embed code doesn't work, you can click here to go to my blog post!
Hope you have a crafty week! :D
Hey, folks!
I've been working on putting together some craft videos for my blog! :D It's something I've thought about for a long time, so it's been fun to actually try it -- even though I do NOT know what I'm doing. I learned that very quickly. :D
I don't know how to do anything fancy or slick with editing and graphics [I don't think fancy or slick suits me anyway, to be honest], so my videos are going to look very 'diy'. I can't promise you even lighting or nice looking hands [my hands are scary looking!], but I do love crafting, so hopefully that will come across. :o)
I hope to get my first actual crafting video posted tomorrow, but for now, here is the 'intro' that I made for the beginning of my videos!
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Had a lot of fun making this!
If my embed code happens to not work for you, you can click here to watch!
Thanks for stopping by! :D
Here today to share some of my favourite colours! I tend to love 'retro' colours. In my crafting, I use a lot of candy colours, too, but I think my love for these colours goes a bit further because it extends into our home decor and the stuff I wear. :D
So here they are -- colours I can't get enough of!
Yellowy-green and greenish-yellow.
LOVE. One of my favourite QoR watercolours is a colour called Green Gold. I used it for the background of that funny cat image there. :D
Greeny-blue, bluey-green, indigo, peacock blue, teal, turquoise, robin's egg blue, greyish-blue, and greyish-green.
I just love this whole range of colours. Makes me swoon. :D Another QoR watercolour favourite of mine is Phthalo Turquoise. My picture washed out some of the supplies there -- the VersaMagic ink pad towards the lower right is Oasis Green, which is my favourite greyish-green ink pad. It's a beautiful colour!
Mustard yellow and yellow ochre.
Ahh, mustard yellow. I don't have much to say other than I heart you. A lot!
Reddish-purple.
Reddish-purple gives me the oohs and ahhs.
Bold orange and burnt orange.
Love the happiness of a bold shade of orange! That glorious looking ink pad is VersaFine in Habanero -- my favourite orange ink pad. :D
Here today to share another scrapbook page I made back in April 2014...
Humble and his little lion roar yawn. :D
I love his yawns and try to catch them with my camera -- many of the pictures turn out blurry, but I love those pictures, too! In this case, I was lucky enough to catch a very clear Humble yawn on Halloween 2009. He looks like he's singing opera! :o)
The adorable monsters, frame, 'ROAR!' and two pieces of 6x6 paper are from Fancy Pants' Be Different collection [that's a fun one!].
And now for a sort of random share...
Growing up, I never liked school and being in a classroom. Once in a while, I would occupy myself by making something out of a found object. Here's something I made with a piece of wire...
A little dog being walked by an invisible person. :D
I think I was around 15 when I made this. I can't remember what class I was in, but I know it wasn't anywhere CLOSE to being as interesting as this piece of wire was to me. :D Ha!
Hey, folks!
This month is Adopt-A-Cat Month and Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, and last Thursday the 4th was Hug Your Cat Day [though Humble has to put up with hugs every day]. :D Today is Best Friends Day, and when I saw this page on the Best Friends' site [LOVE seeing all the pet pictures!], I was so moved and immediately printed out one of the signs so I could take some pictures with Humble. :o) I'm really camera-shy usually, but here's one that I think still shows how much I love this little guy...
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The other sign they have that you can print says "I saved my Best Friend." I really think Humble saved me, though. We've gone through a lot together [I adopted him over ten and a half years ago!], and he's helped me through many tough times, more so than anyone else. I really wish I could give him what he's given me, though I think I'd always fall short. I don't think animals get the credit they deserve for how much they help and uplift us.
My blog's been quiet, but I've still been making things and learning a lot. :D I've wanted to create my own Humble portraits for quite a while but wasn't sure what medium to try. I wanted something that would allow me to get a really soft look to his fur but still let me add a good amount of detail where I wanted it. I decided to try pastel pencils, and I've found myself a new craft love...
Humble's portrait in progress. :o)
I got myself a set of Conté pastel pencils, and I've loved drawing with them so much that I already got another brand of pastel pencils so I could have more colours to play around with [will talk/write more about these in an upcoming post!]. I love that you can smudge them to get a really soft look, smudge slightly for softened lines, and also draw with more detail if you like. They're so different from the other supplies I use in my crafting, so it's been really fun trying a medium that's new to me. I still love using my other colouring supplies, but drawing with these has woken me up from my regular crafting habits. :o)
I was so happy to find those two greens [to the right of Humble's portrait] in the Conté set! By blending those greens and adding a bit of brown for detail, I was able to capture Humble's eye colour quite closely. Hoo-hoo! The cat mug above my book there holds the other colours I'm using for Humble's portrait.
Since we're talking about Humble [my favourite subject], here's a scrapbook page I made back in April 2014...
Love is a Four-Legged Word. :o)
I WISH I could take credit for that sentiment...but I can't. :D I don't know who came up with it originally, but if anyone knows, let me know! I first saw it on a sticker from BoBunny and later in a Graphic 45 collection and just thought, "Aw, I wish I came up with that!" If I ever saw it in rubber stamp form, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
The picture of us was taken eight years ago -- how time flies! I don't look or dress like that anymore, but the love is still the same. Actually stronger. :o)
