tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528704468806842492024-02-07T21:56:55.759-05:00Crafty Day DreamsCrafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-74967263041131038432017-04-19T15:03:00.000-04:002017-04-19T15:03:37.273-04:00Video: Keeping Track of Sprays, Paints, Markers and moreI made a new YouTube video where I show just how I keep track of my many art supplies, like sprays and paints.<br />
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I use a mini binder and different pages to track different things. Check out the video below. If you support me on my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/CraftyDayDreams" target="_blank">Patreon</a> page you will get the blank grid sheets to help track your own supplies.<br />
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Let me know what you think. I hope this will you with tracking your supplies. :)<br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-35535110247061590372017-03-14T15:22:00.000-04:002017-03-14T15:25:06.990-04:00Copics and RocksYou might be asking why Copic markers and rocks, well let me explain. In case you have not heard rock painting is a thing. There are groups of people all over the place that paint and hide rocks for other people to find. They are meant to be inspirational and brighten someones day. I'm part of a local group.<br />
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Here are some rocks from my last batch that I painted. These were done with acrylic paints and black markers.<br />
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I've even water colored some. But what I have never tried was Copic markers on a rock. I saw in a group some where on Facebook that someone had used the Chameleon markers so I figured why not try Copics.<br />
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I started with my rock and a inked line drawing on my rock. A simple fairy door. The thicker lines were done using Staedtler
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I figured I would start with the wood texture on the door and try coloring that in. I chose to use E31, E33, E35, E57 and E59. I stated with the lightest color E31 but soon realized that the Lumocolor was not Copic friendly, it smudged. I did my best to avoid touching any of the Lumocolor lines with the Copics. The fountain pen was safe to color over. I flicked in some of the E33, E35, E57 and shaded around the door. I darkened the Lumocolor lines with the E59 to ad some depth. I then went back over everything with my E31 to blend and then flicked and shaded some more. The only thing I noticed was, at one time there seemed to be a build up of ink on the rock because after so many layers it didn't seem to be absorbing in. So I figured I was done then. <br />
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I went on to color in the window using Y15 and YR12, again avoiding the Lumocolor lines.<br />
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Next I colored in the stone around the door and at the bottom of the door using W2, W3 and W5.<br />
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For around the door I wanted a grown in flowery look so I opted to switch to acrylic paints and a sponge. Sponged on a dark green for the base, then a light green for some highlights. I then went in to a few spots with a dark purple and light purple to give the illusion of flowers.<br />
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I dry brushed some dark green and light green acrylic to the bottom of the rock for grass and called it a day. All that is left is to seal it with a sealer.<br />
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Do Copics work on rock? Yes they absolutely do. However I will use a liner pen that is Copic friendly next time. I just did not think to test out the Lumocolor first so that was my fault for using it. <br />
<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-7137331445789032482016-11-30T17:39:00.001-05:002016-11-30T18:32:43.657-05:00Lindy's Stamp Gang November ChallengeWell it's been a long time since I've written about anything that I've done. With all the social media out there the blog has kind of fallen by the wayside for a bit. But I'm back and ready to go with a new project for a monthly challenge.<br />
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This month's, November, <a href="https://blog.lindystampgang.com/color-challenge-info/" target="_blank">challenge</a> is put on by Lindy's Stamp Gang. They make these awesome sprays in both micas and flats. Every month they put together a pallet of spray/embossing powder colors inspired by a picture. The challenge to create something using these sprays/powders. <br />
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I saw this months picture and color pallet and was immediately inspired. How could you not be, I mean it's a lovely picture with a gorgeous pallet.<br />
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I could just picture the way that I wanted to use these colors on a mixed media canvas...And so it began...<br />
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I started with a 9 x 12 gallery wrapped canvas. I like the gallery wrapped that have some depth to them so that I can have more room to work on the sides of the canvas. I knew that this pallet set was going to go fan-spanking-tastic with the Graphic 45 paper, Voyage Beneath the Sea Collection, that I had recently picked up. So I started fussy cutting...<br />
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I figured out where I was going to add my fussy cut out things. Then I added some texture paste, cut up doilies, sand paste and then gessoed it.<br />
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I added some found items, and cameo cuts. I even molded some bits from paper clay using a IOD and Martha Stewart mold. <br />
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After gluing everything down it all got coated with 3 layers of gesso. Once dry I sprayed it with an array of Lindy's sprays. <br />
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Then I had to add my fussy cut out paper and lots more embellishments.<br />
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I went back in around the mermaid with some of the sprays and a paint brush to give it the look of the water being darker and to add some color to her hair and fins. <br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-38769644733200688242015-06-09T15:12:00.000-04:002015-06-09T15:12:17.258-04:00Heirloom Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Show This past weekend was the <a href="http://www.heirloompro.com/" target="_blank">Heirloom Rubber Stamp and Paper Art Show</a>. I wanted to go but was worried about bringing the kids to this show. I knew in my mind what I was setting myself up for; "I'm bored" and "How much longer?" I could see it already. My hubby said that we would just give it a try and see just how things went.<br />
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We have never been to a rubber stamp or paper art show so we didn't really know what to expect. I have to say we were pleasantly surprised. We spent just over two hours there. There was so much to see and do that it kept the kids occupied. I think they did every make and take there was. They had a blast. Thank God they're crafty kids. <br />
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My youngest is a touchy kid so the make and takes were a great way for her to have her hands busy and involved. The oldest gets tired and cranky fast but we had none of that until the ride home. I was so impressed on how good they were and by what they made. It just made me beam with happiness. :) <br />
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The first stop was the roughest. We stopped by<a href="https://endlesscreationsrubberstamps.wordpress.com/tag/shopec-com/" target="_blank"> Endless Creations and Everyday Cards</a>. The lady at the booth was a saint. She worked with the kids to explain how to use the different stamps and the basic how to's of card making. My youngest got frustrated right of the bat because the words she stamped in her flags were not straight. Needless to say it took a lot of talk from my hubby to convince her to go on and that every card is different. I have to say the cards came out so neat.<br />
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After this we sent them off on their own with money to do the make and takes. Their next stop was at <a href="http://www.localkingrubberstamp.com/" target="_blank">Local King Rubber Stamp</a>. There they tried out some marker on stamp techniques. I have to say they did a good job.<br />
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Next they headed to <a href="http://stamponit.net/" target="_blank">Stamp on It</a> where they used some 3D crystal lacquer, glitter and foil stickers to make a card. These came out amazing. I loved how the 3D crystal lacquer and glitter work so much so that I picked up some acetate and a kit that they had with the lacquer in it.<br />
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Lastly it was off to <a href="http://www.craftfantastic.com/" target="_blank">Craft Fantastic</a> where the girls each made two necklaces.<br />
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They did all this while we shopped and walked around spying some great tags, cards and demos.<br />
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Here is two amazing demos from <a href="http://iostamps.com/" target="_blank">Impression Obsessions</a> both on the Pan Pastels. These are a must get!<br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-54441045355622141842015-04-01T18:44:00.000-04:002015-04-01T18:44:36.829-04:00Making your own decorative tissue paper!That's right you can make you own decorative tissue paper and it's easy!<br />
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All you need to start is an old sewing patter, some Tim Holtz Distress ink, or any ink would probably do, some stamps and an acrylic block for your stamps if needed. <br />
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Your patterns don't have to be new. I bought my sewing patterns at my local flea market, they were three for a dollar. Take out a piece of the pattern big enough for your project and lay it on your crafting surface face down.<br />
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In this video I wanted a sort of vintage color to it so I used some Distress Ink in the Walnut Stain color. And because my canvas is going to be a floral piece I used the floral stamps I had; Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous - Flights of Fancy, Stampin' Up - Bloomin' Beautiful, and Prima Marketing - Hello Pastel - #563004. <br />
<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-33581372760236150852015-03-26T16:39:00.001-04:002015-03-26T16:39:59.602-04:00Things are changing...Things come and go, and things change in the world. That's just the way things are. I'm not one who really likes change but I think this change is welcomed.<br />
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It all started about a month ago. ArtFire, who I've been with for a long time, has decided to make some business changes. They decided to put ads on product listings. It's not just one ad or two small ads it's a bombardment of ads. Ads at the bottom of the pictures and ads just below the shop categories make it hard to tell if the links are for my product or someone else. This is their business and it's their decision to make. They feel they need the income revenue from the ads. It's a decision I don't like. Personally I don't like having ads all over product pages that I am looking at. I don't like feeling bombarded by them and I do not like the placement of the ads. This and more has lead me to step away from ArtFire. March 31 will by my final day there and I have to say I don't think it's going to be a bad thing. I have moved on to, hopefully, bigger and better things.<br />
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I opened a <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/craftydaydreams" target="_blank">Zibbet shop</a> that will now house supplies. The tons of supplies I have been sitting on for some reason or another will now be making there way into that shop. There will be beads, toggles, charms, book binding supplies and more. It's going to take me a bit to get everything in there but I'm determined to do it. <br />
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So what's going to happen to everything that's in my ArtFire store...Well, that's getting moved to my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftyDayDreams" target="_blank">Etsy shop.</a> This will become my main shop where all my goodies can be found. New photo's will be taken of some older products from when my photographing skills were severely lacking. I'm hoping to expand upon things there in the future as well. Keeping my fingers crossed that when they change things around there they will be gracious enough to give us a few more shop sections. I am doing my best right now to try to make things as easy as possible for everyone to find and once the shop gets really full I will add some special links to help sort my products in my announcement there.<br />
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I'm really excited about how this and have a really good feeling about it all. So for now I'll leave you with a new product. An altered composition notebook. All signs of it being a composition notebook have been erased. It is completely covered outside with a crinkled blue paper and a black velvet paper on the spine. The interiors of the covers have a decorative light blue paper with white marks covering them up. On the front cover are a few fabric flowers with some white and blue feathers. All this leaves you with beautiful notebook with lined pages inside to write whatever you'd like.<br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-89577173409448059772015-03-05T15:07:00.000-05:002015-03-05T15:07:55.803-05:00Working on EmbellishmentsI figured I share with you some embellishment making for my next mixed media canvas I'm going to be working on.<br />
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I have some laser cut wood pieces from Michael's, a chandelier and a chair. I also have a Tattered Angels frame that I want to turn into a mirror.<br />
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I start off by gessoing everything with a white gesso. Then I paint on some Liquitex titan white paint to brighten it up. After that I paint on some Liquitex black acrylic paint to the chandelier where the metal look will and the piece for the mirror. Because I want to give them an aged metal look the base needs to be dark. I paint on a coat of Golden titan buff fluid acrylic on the chair to give it a softer look. Once the black base coat for the metal is dry I dry brush on some Blick acrylic silver and copper paints. I put those aside to dry.<br />
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While the chandelier and the mirror are drying I decide to work more on the chair. I cut out a piece of pattern paper for the cushion, making sure there are tabs so that I can make it pop out. At Michael's I found this pink ruffle ribbon that I want to use for the ruffle on the chair. To age the ribbon I use some Tim Holtz walnut distress stain and lots of water. This dulls down the pink so it's not so vibrant and new looking. I also brushed a little of the stain on the chair to give it a little bit of a worn look.<br />
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Going back to the chandelier I wanted to make it look like the strands of beads are pearls and the hanging parts are pink crystals so I grabbed my Pebeo 3D pink crystal paint and some white liquid pearls. Carefully I apply a dot of liquid pearls to each of the round sections of the strands and the 3d paint to where the crystals would be.<br />
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Everything dried over night and I assembled the chair eventually adding some liquid pearl trim where the paper and the fabric meet to give it a more finished look. I'm not quite sure if I'm happy with the metal chandelier or mirror frame. We'll just have to wait and see what I decided when I put the canvas together. <br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-26173758625812574532015-03-01T13:09:00.000-05:002015-03-01T13:09:02.287-05:00Mixed Media Canvas - InspireIt's been so long since I've posted. It's just been crazy around here between the conventions, followed by the holidays, and then the crazy winter we've been having. The kids being home from school for what seems like forever due to snow days has not helped out the craziness. It feels so good to be able to sit and write for few. <br />
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My latest completed project is a mixed media canvas titled "Inspire." I got inspired to do this piece from a sort of kit I picked up at my local scrapbook shops tag sale. The kit contained a lot of sewing items including a smaller version of the dress from that appears on the canvas. The dress form really got me thinking about an altered Barbie doll I had planned on making but never got very far with. I figured I'd take what I had planned for the doll, minus the face and ear details, and put it on a canvas.<br />
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The fair wings I had made so long ago when first planning this doll. They are fabric backed, color wire formed and slightly pose-able when heated. I add a little matching glitter to them to give them the shine I wanted. <br />
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The dress that you see is pretty close to the dress I had planed for the doll as well. It is made from all the fabric I had original picked up to use. The only difference is that the black outline on the top is a 3 dimensional paint from Pebeo and not trim. <br />
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The canvas is a brown linen canvas from Michael's that I applied clear gesso to and then layered on some Recollections Signature printed tissue paper and Prima Marketing paper Madeline Collection "Beautima" #842383. I went ahead and grabbed my modeling paste and my Ronda Palazzari Designs "Texturized" stencil and added some texture. Once the paste dried I sprayed on some Plain Jane Baseboard "Gravel" mist and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in "Latte" and "Cork." <br />
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I made the stain glass looking window from a dollie that was a kit I picked up. I cut the center of the dollie out and sprayed it with some Heidi Swapp Color Shine Sprays in teal and chartreuse. Then I drew on the design in the black Pebeo 3 dimensional paint. <br />
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Finally I glued on all the embellishments which included Prima Marketing flowers and pearls, Tattered Angels chips, wood word Inspire, the dollie and the dress. Viola finished canvas.<br />
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Want to see how it was created or the list of products used, check out my YouTube video:<br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-39052754600436567992014-10-12T11:24:00.002-04:002014-10-12T11:24:36.305-04:00From Trash to TreasureFrom Trash to Treasure...I found a broken journal at one of my local Michael's and couldn't resist buying it. I had to see what I could do. Looking at it the only thing wrong was that the elastic closure was pulled out from where it should have been tucked into the book. That's a slightly easy fix if things go the way they should. <br />
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I brought the journal home, repaired the elastic (thankfully everything did go the way it should,) and got to work on painting. I painted and painted and painstakingly painted with the tiniest brush I had. <br />
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All in all it took me about four to five days of painting on and off. The intricacy and the tiny details made my eyes go buggy. I had to do it in sections and at intervals to give my eyes a break. <br />
Looking at the brown and the gold I immediately thought that this book was screaming to be a steampunk book. I set off to find a digital steampunk stamp that would be a perfect fit for this book.<br />
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I came across that stamp on <a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index" target="_blank">StitchyBearStamps</a> by a creator known as <a href="http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=13_109" target="_blank">BB Kakes</a>.<br />
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I purchased it, read the TOU to make sure it I was within the right to use it for this project, and printed it out a few time on some Copic marker friendly paper.<br />
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Why a few times you might, well it's so I can use one test colors and play with, one to lay out my colors, figure out shading and how I'm going to finish it, and the last one to do my final colors on.<br />
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Here's my second one with my colors listed so I know which markers to use where on the final.<br />
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And here is the final all colored and fussy cut out.<br />
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On the final image I used Tim Holtz's Distress Stains and Paints for the gears and metal. I used some Ranger Glossy Accents on the glasses and the face of the pocket watch after shading in the gray color to give them the glass look.<br />
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Then it was off to the book....<br />
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I used some Prima Marketing Engraver Collection "Cesello" (845315) paper as the back ground. Glued my stamp just off center. I placed the "Jouranl" sticker from Prima's Engraver collection (563479) so that the end of the sticker lined up with the edge of her shoulder. <br />
I used some Prima flowers for embellishment (Black rose -552619, Small maroon roses - 553302.) On one of the small roses I pulled out the center of the rose and added a button (550776.) The key paper clip (564681) I cut the clip part off of to make it look like just a key. I then added miscellaneous mechanicals, gears from Tim Holtz and Bead Landing along with some clock hands and key hole from Bead Landing. <br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-68143522485104610352014-06-30T20:27:00.000-04:002014-06-30T20:32:52.797-04:00Make it Crafty Coloring Challenge #10Cutting it close with this one. Last day of the month posting....It's been a crazy month with the kiddos last few days of school just last week. I managed to squeeze in some time to do some coloring for the new Make-it-Crafty's <a href="http://www.makeitcolourful.com/" target="_blank">coloring challenge</a>. In case, you missed my posts for a few months you these coloring challenges are a fun way to challenge or work on your coloring skills.<br />
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So there are two different challenges, a hard and an easy one. This month the hard is coloring curly hair and the easy is coloring with pink and brown. Because I was on such a time crunch this month I opted for the easy one. <br />
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I chose these two images because it was also "something girly" (the challenge's title, and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/makeitcrafty/" target="_blank">Facebook group</a> challenge.) As a little girl I loved to swing, and so do my daughters, so I thought this would be perfect to do as something girly. <br />
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To make the final image I took the two into Photoshop; flipped Annalise, rotated her a little to line her up with the swing and removed some of the daffodils to come up with my final image. I held off coloring until my new favorite color pencils arrived, Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. This was the first image I colored with them and I'm in love. They blend beautifully and lay down easily, by far the best pencils I've used. To top it off all of Faber-Castell's lines match so you can use markers, pencils and watercolors with ease. So excited to do more with their products. <br />
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Any who....I used my finial colored image to alter a medium sized Moleskin lined journal. Added some new <a href="http://www.primamarketinginc.com/" target="_blank">Prima Marketing Inc</a>. flowers to it. Throw in some papers, Tim Holtz Distress Stickles, glitter, metal frame, Silks paints, leaves and a fun inspiring saying and you get the finished journal. By the way the cute little saying is "In a sky full of stars it's amazing to find that each is one-of-a-kind."<br />
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I hope you like it...<br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-40340145034221595332014-06-10T19:56:00.000-04:002014-06-11T11:28:14.367-04:00My Comic Book Book - Lady Mechanika My Comic Book Book.....This book took me a bit of luck to make. When I found out that my husband was going to set up a <a href="http://hartfordcomiccon.com/" target="_blank">Hartford Comic Con</a> I decided I was going to make a book for it. I wanted to make the book from one of my favorite comics out there, <i>Lady Mechanika</i><i></i>. I did not want to use one of my many copies of the comic so I had to find a book that was a duplicate to one that I already owned. (Yes, I am one of those people who collects the many different covers.) That was not an easy feat. The book is very hard to come by now, so it took some calling, driving to different shops but I finally found one about an hour from me.<br />
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The book started out looking just like any other comic book. I was a little worried to take the comic apart and use it, afraid I would mess it up some how, either gluing or cutting it. One mistake would lead to a very frustrated and mad me. Needless to say with all the worry I took my time with it.<br />
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Over all the book took me just over a week start to finish including the pressing and drying times. The front cover of the book is the front cover of the comic. The signatures are surround by the cut interior pages of the comic (I wish I could have kept them full size.) I kept them in order so you can at least read the first pages of the signatures in order. The interior pages are the Toned Gray Strathmore sketch paper. The back cover of the book I took the Recollections Clocks paper and water colored it with some Tim Holtz Distress Stains. I Coptic stitch bound the book with some variegated brown and beige cotton thread that I waxed with local bees wax. <br />
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I brought the comic book turned sketch book to the Con with me. <a href="http://www.joebenitez.com/" target="_blank">Joe Benitez</a>, creator and artist for Lady Mechanika, was set up there as well. I was very lucky to be able to get him to do the very first sketch in the book. <3<br />
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So now the book will be traveling with me to shows and cons, when ever I can get to them, to have others do sketches in it as well. I'm thinking a steampunk theme is in order but that was apparent from the start. <br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-37857387555784973852014-06-09T14:11:00.000-04:002014-06-09T14:11:07.737-04:00Recollections Washi Crafting Tape - Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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I have to say right off the bat that this is one product I am seriously disappointed in. I found a couple of the tapes that I liked and had some wonderful ideas for them but now they just sit all sad on my craft table.<br />
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Those are the two tapes I bought. I had some really great ideas of ways to use them. The back of the package say that the tapes are "repositionable" and "ink-friendly." This is unfortunately not true. The butterfly one was going to be inked and used on the edges of a book. However this did not go as planed. <br />
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Below is the corner of the book that I had to scrap because as you can see the tape is not re-positionable. It peeled away a layer of the colored cardstock when I went to go move it. <br />
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Thinking that maybe it was just the cardstock paper - mind you it was a double sided piece, so it was not a cheap piece of paper to loose out on - I decided to test a different piece of paper. This is just a scrap piece of paper I had laying on my desk. I laid the small piece of tape on it, gave it a gently run over with my finger and then tried to gently peal it off. As you can see that did not succeed with out peeling off some of the paper. So this tape is far from re-positionable.<br />
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Okay so it's not re-positionable. You say you can live with that as long as you are careful when you place it. Inking it still gives you plenty of options.<br />
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So lets try inking this tape. I laid down a small piece of tape on a piece of scrap paper. Brought out my Tim Holtz Distress Stains and multiple ink pads. The results are the same no matter what you use, the ink beads up and none to very very little color is absorbed. "Ink-friendly" it is not.<br />
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I am very disappointed in these tapes. I really liked the designs on these tapes and had such hopes for them, but they let me down. They advertise to be re-positionable and ink-friendly neither of which is true. I kind of feel like I wasted my money. :( Here's to hoping I'll find a use for these the way they are. <br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-45760449082483796402014-04-28T20:18:00.000-04:002014-04-28T20:18:57.449-04:00Make it Crafty Coloring Challenge #8 I'm running so far behind this month it's not even funny. I actually managed to create something earlier in the month but just have not gotten around to actually writing in my blog. So here it is.<br />
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This months <a href="http://www.makeitcolourful.com/" target="_blank">Make it Colourful </a>challenge: Easy - Purple and Turquoise and Hard - Color on something other than your standard white papers. <br />
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While I love the color purple and it is by far one of my favorites I just couldn't come up with anything that I would have liked in that color scheme quickly. (I'm sure I could have come up with something if I could squeeze an extra hour out of a day and an extra arm out of my body. Yeah, it's been one of those months.) Anyway, I decided to forgo the easy challenge and create for the hard challenge. <br />
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I love steampunk so I went and chose the Metal Flowers digi stamp from <a href="http://www.makeitcrafty.com/" target="_blank">Make it Crafty</a>.<br />
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I wanted to use in the creation a mixed media altered Molekine cahier journal. It took me a few print outs to figure out the size and placement of the image. Once I figured that all out I cut a piece of Recollecions Clocks paper and ran it though the printer. With all the text and images on the paper I had to often refer back to one of my scrap print outs to know where to color. It definately was not easy but I am happy with the end result.<br />
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To color the paper I used: Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Antique Linen, Prismacolor Colored Pencils, Twinkling H2Os - Ginger Peach, Golden Fluid Acrylic - Iridescent Silver, Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous "Artist" Stamp, and Judi Kins Gold Detail Embossing Powder. <br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-64483698478554206192014-03-25T16:09:00.000-04:002014-03-25T16:09:27.144-04:00The making of a mixed media journalI love being able to combine all different types if media when working on a project. This book was made over the course of a few days. <br />
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First I had a picture in my head of what I wanted the base cover to look like, so I gathered what I thought I would need for supplies. Tissue paper, inks, mists, glue, string and book board to work on. <br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-43784122795517293202014-03-11T21:13:00.000-04:002014-03-12T14:50:17.549-04:00Make It Crafty March ChallengesI've been working really hard on this months challenges and it has been loads of fun. This months <a href="http://www.makeitcolourful.com/challenges/challenge-7-spring-is-in-the-air" target="_blank">Make it Colourful Challenge #7</a> is "Spring is in the Air." The easy this month is to color flowers and trees, while the hard challenge is to color wood to look realistic.<br />
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While they do the site challenges Make it Craft also has a wonder <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/makeitcrafty/" target="_blank">Facebook group</a>. Here there is tons of inspiration and wonderful crafty people. I highly recommend checking it out. Each month the Facebook group has it's own challenge. This months challenge is to create a card in a box. Now I'm not much of a card person but this looked like loads of fun so I figured I'd give it a go.<br />
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The tutorial for this card in a box is found at <a href="http://monicas-passions.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/card-in-box-video-tutorial.html" target="_blank">My Many Passions</a> blog. This tutorial is in metrics and I did use a <a href="http://www.manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm" target="_blank">converter tool</a> to approximate my measurements before someone pointed out <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/popupboxcard/" target="_blank">Splitcoaststampers</a> tutorial in inches. Both have excellent videos and Splitcoaststampers has a great step by step written and picture part as well.<br />
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So now we have flowers and trees, wood and a card in a box....hmm....How to combine all of these? I know it can be done.<br />
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I broke out the cardstock piles and decided on a brown kraft box. I made my box, which I found easy enough to do with the tutorials. I then mixed some of the garden stamps in Photoshop. Took all my the digital stamps I wanted to use into my Silhouette Cameo resized them, printed them, and cut them out. I was shocked at just how tiny I needed these stamps to be to fit with my box 2.75" max either way. <br />
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Then it was time for the fun part....coloring! I was not sure how to tackle coloring the tiny very detailed stamps I printed but I was determined. I started out with Copic Markers B0000 for the sky, and YG03, YG67, and YG63 for the stems on the sunflowers. But I soon realized that I was going to have some trouble trying to color in such tiny lines with the markers so I switched over to watercolor paints and a #1 Round brush. I just use whatever was already on my pallets, Windsor Newton, SoHo, Van Gogh and Koi among them.<br />
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This made it so much easier, at least for me, to color. Once colored I attached the figures in my box to create a three dimensional scene. I added some colored cardstock to the flaps of the box. Embellished the closed box with some jolee's by you flowers, Prima Marketing pearls and a stamp that I made in Photoshop.<br />
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I also made a envelope out of complimenting paper that I had. I found that with the thickness of the card a 9" x 9" piece of paper was big enough to make the envelope. After much trial and error, a few scrap pieces of scrapbook paper, I figured it out. Using my score board and envelope triangle I scored the paper at 3" and 3.5" made the envelope so that the card would fit.<br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-27304953002683953292014-02-09T13:22:00.000-05:002014-02-09T13:22:05.655-05:00Make it Crafty Coloring Challenge #6I love coloring, ever have since I was little. My husband being an artist means that I have a wide variety of media to play with; markers, paints, inks and all of my crafting goodies. Armed with all of these at my disposal I still don't have a lot to color or practice with. <br />
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I recently found, and I do not quite remember how, <a href="http://www.makeitcolourful.com/" target="_blank">Make it Colourful</a> coloring challenge from <a href="http://www.makeitcrafty.com/" target="_blank">Make it Crafty</a>. Each month they have a new coloring challenge. I found this to close to the end of the last challenge so I figured I would wait. Well this months challenge was just that a BIG challenge. <br />
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Browns. Easy right...not so much. They have two different challenges with in the theme, Easy and Hard. Easy challenge is to incorporate brown into your image. Hard challenge all brown, no other colors allowed. Well I just could not resit that challenge, use nothing but brown on a picture. I've never colored a picture before in monochrome. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be.<br />
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I set off to decide on my image. Rule is that one image must be from Make it Crafty. It took me forever to decide just what image from them to pick. All of the images are wonderful and detailed. <br />
I ended up deciding on something that I could frame and put in my kids hang out room if it came out good once I colored it. So the image I chose was their <a href="http://www.makeitcrafty.com/alice-with-cards-digi-stamp.html" target="_blank">"Alice with Cards Digi Stamp"</a>.<br />
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All done in brown watercolor and inks.<br />
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Derwent watercolor pencils - Bronze and Raw Umber.<br />
Windsor Newton watercolor pan - Burnt Umber <br />
Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Vintage Photo and Antique Linen (shading and background)<br />
Pebeo Drawing Gum (used to mask off edges of image to color the background)<br />
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I used their Londonerry line of papers to make this cute mini pocket book: <br />
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There are 8 pockets in total. Each pocket has a tag, frame, note card or other piece of paper to journal on. Add pictures to these cute pages and pockets to customize it. <br />
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Here's my list of what I used for this project....<br />
The book is made form the Londonerry sheet of paper "Finick Finack" #843113<br />
The cards, tags and insert pieces were from Londonerry Papers "Manor House" #843144 and "Bradshaw" #843151<br />
The front embellishments are from a variety of sets. The orange, yellow and black flower, along with the leaves and vine are from "Gracie Vine Doodle-Deux" #555825. The blue rose with the gold tipped petals is "Coventry Rose Romantique" #553302. The large brown flow is form the "Brown Floral Embellishments" #713546. In the middle of it all is the Finick Finack "Londondary Chipboard Sticker" #551230.<br />
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What is a booklace?<br />
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Well simply it's a book necklace. It is also far more than that......<br />
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These have started making an appearance in my stores and I wanted to share just exactly what they are. They were designed to be a fun and fashionable way to always have paper with you to take notes, jot down lists or simply pass off a note or number to someone else. They are all handmade and unique. <br />
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Lets start off by talking about the chains. The chains are long to extra long in length. The lengths of the chains vary but the average is 32"- 36" long. I wanted something that if I'm heading out the door I can just slip on and not have to fuss with clasps and what not. Some chains will still come with clasps but should not have to be used unless you want to. These should easily slip over your head and will come in a wide variety to match the books that come with them. Each end of the chain will have a ring that simply slides on to the binder rings of the book to attach the book to the chain.<br />
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Moving on to the books. The books measure 2" wide by 2.5" tall. The start off with book board and a selected cover paper. As with all my books a pH neutral PVA book binders glue is used. The covers of the book are punched and fitted with eyelets to help prevent any wear from the rings. The book just grow from there based on my inspirations. There will be some steampunk and tons of floral. I bought a ton of gorgeous <a href="http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2014/01/presenting-prima-embellishments.html" target="_blank">Prima Marketing</a> embellishments and flower so those will definitely be seen on books. You'll just have to keep checking to see the new ones that appear.<br />
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The paper inside - To start the booklaces come with 50 plain white pages of 28 lb paper, heavier than you standard printer paper. If you don't want the plain, 50 sheets of standard lined paper can be put in instead simply by making a note and letting me know at check out. Other options might develop such as colored paper, which I have a ton of so just ask if you are looking for some, along the way. <br />
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Pencils. Well with every notebook a writing utensil is needed or how else would you write in it. Instead of fumbling for a pen or pencil in your bag, purse or pocket the pencil is chained to the necklace. No worries about forgetting it or losing it. The pencils are attached to the chain via a swivel clasp. The swivel allows for the pencil to be used with out the chain tangling up. The clasp allows you to remove the pencil and place it on the dominate side of the chain or just take it off completely. You might even prefer it attached to something else, maybe a key chain or zipper or something entirely different the option is yours. These will also be available separately so if you need a replacement, mix and match or just want the pencil, they will be there. <b>***NOTE:</b> Because these pencils are hand wrapped with a matching paper then sealed the best way to sharpen them is with a knife or razor.***<br />
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The over all book itself....It's unique feature is that it is total replaceable, interchangeable and customizable. Simply open the binder rings and a whole other world awaits. The chains are the first to come off, simply slide the rings of the chains off and slide another one on. Next take a cover off or both covers off. You need to take one off to replace the paper but if you want you can mix and match your covers. One the cover is off switch out the old paper for the new, replace the cover, the chain and close the binder rings. All parts are replaceable and interchangeable so have fun and be sure to check out <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/CraftyDayDreams/1/7/380150//" target="_blank">ArtFire </a>or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftyDayDreams?section_id=14795523&ref=shopsection_leftnav_3" target="_blank">Etsy</a> for your booklaces. <br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-54888047954609874892014-01-01T18:30:00.000-05:002014-01-01T18:30:20.038-05:00Lots of New This New Year!!<br />
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First; I'd like to thank everyone who supported Crafty Day Dreams, your support means so much to me!<br />
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Second; I want to wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year. I decided not to partake in the New Year's resolutions this year for a few reasons, the biggest one being that I normal do not succeed very well at them. I have decided to take on some goals for myself instead. One of these goals is to try to blog more and show maybe more in progress stuff. I'd like to maybe do some videos too. Second goal is to get everything that I have made photographed and listed in my stores. Surprisingly I have a ton of items made that I just have not found the time to photograph and list.<br />
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Third; Be on the look out for some great new items coming your way this new year. There will be a wide variety of new items appearing in my stores. Booklaces will be making a appearance after a some good feedback from the lucky person to receive the prototype. Adjustments have been made and the original improved upon. Start looking for these in the up and coming weeks. Be sure to keep checking back to see what's been added to the store. :)<br />
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Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-9097676592107889192013-12-17T14:35:00.000-05:002013-12-17T14:36:46.474-05:00Christmas Ornament WreathI saw this pin on Pinterst:<br />
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I had to go and see what this pin was all about. From the <a href="http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2008/12/no-wire-hangers-well-maybe-just-one.html" target="_blank">Eddie Ross</a> website I learned that all I needed were some ornaments, ribbon, a wire coat hanger and glue. I figured that one would look nice on the door for Christmas. Last year I stocked up on all different kinds of ornaments just after Christmas when they were on clearance. I decided to use a mix of both glass and plastic.<br />
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I started off by gluing all the tops on the ornaments and making sure they were secure. I found a good little trick to keep the ornaments from rolling around on the table. I took a roll of scotch tape, laid it on it's side and set the ornament in the hole.<br />
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I managed to keep track of the ornaments that I glued by sticking them back in the box but with the tops facing upward. Here I missed two. <br />
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What I failed to realize is just how many ornaments it would take to fill one coat hanger. I had to use close to a to a eighty ornaments in a variety of sizes and shapes. You just place them on the coat hanger one after the other and move them around until it is full but you can get the two ends together.<br />
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This is where I ran into some problems. The coat hanger wire is really tough to bend so I ended up just twisting them together a couple of times and then using some wire to wrap and twist around <br />
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I then found a good video on YouTube on how to make a bow using wire edge ribbon.<br />
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I made my bow and hanger using 2 1/2" wide ribbon and 25' in length. I attached the ribbon to the wreath using some more wire. This helps to hid the hook part from the coat hanger. (At this point the ornaments are on there really tight and I popped a glass one off. It hit the floor and shattered. Probably would have been better to stick with plastic.) I kept enough ribbon to loop around the wreath behind the bow and knot, to hang it from. I used a Command hook upside down on the inside of the door, draped the ribbon over the top of the door and hooked the ribbon on the hook. I have to say I'm pleased with the result.<br />
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I just hope the kids don't slam the door and knock it off. Also hope that the Command hook holds.<br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-16263743751828701112013-12-07T15:22:00.001-05:002013-12-07T15:22:11.165-05:00New times and Painted floorsNew times are upon us. I've been so busy since my last post to this one. Life has taken some crazy turns. The new studio is completed, construction and furniture wise, but not completely set up yet nor has everything else been moved and somehow it still is in need of a good cleaning. I'm still trying to figure out how to organize everything. I think a spring clean out is in order for next year.<br />
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I have managed to experiment with some new things though. Porch paint being one of them. See I have these old hard wood floors that I can't stand to look at. They are just ugly and old. We have speed bumps in them from swelling due to high humidity during the summers. They are also almost 2" thick. To rip them out and replace them would cost a small fortune, so not an option. Laminate floor, not an option because of the speed bumps. What else is left....porch floor paint. I painted my living room/dining room floors. They went from being ugly to I like them now.<br />
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The walls are a light green color so I went with a dark chocolate colored premixed Valspar<sup>®</sup> Latex Porch & Floor Paint. On the left you can see the old floors and the right is where I've painted:<br />
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Here you can see more of it painted. <br />
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I have to say that over all I like the paint. The wood grain shows up nicely though the paint and what I did was so easy. I just washed the floor and painted it on with a brush. It probably would have gone so much faster with a roller but I like to paint with a brush. I find it soothing somehow. <br />
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I took my book board, cut to 6" x 6", and glued a glue piece of coordinating blue scrapbook paper down to it for both the back and the front covers, inside and out. I waxed up some cotton hot pink thread with some locally sourced bees wax and placed a few stitches on the BoBunny cut out, one in the upper right and two in the lower left corners. Then I glued this one down to one the now blue book board that will become the front cover. I wanted to give the covers a sort of aged look so I took some really fine grit sand paper and sanded all around the edges. Then I used some Distress Stain, antique linen, to give it an aged look.<br />
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Once that was all done I worked on the signatures. For the signatures, or sections of folded paper that make up the book, I used Canson 90lb drawing paper. To dress up the book a little bit more I decided to use a bright pink card stock to go over the spine edge of the signatures. The sewing thread is the same hot pink cotton one that I used to stitch in the cut out. I decided where my holes were going to be for stitching and drilled/punched those in the cover and signatures. Then I stitched the book together and finally attached Mae to the cover with some double sided sticky foam.<br />
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-64701343602022647322013-09-09T17:29:00.000-04:002013-09-09T17:29:03.254-04:00Stampin Sketch BookI was following someone on Facebook who happened to post a link to a wonderfully fun stamping site called <a href="http://www.someoddgirl.com/" target="_blank">Some Odd Girl</a>. I decided to check them out. <br />
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Isn't she the cutest thing? I think she's just fabulous. The digi stamps come with both a JPEG and a PNG file. I used Photoshop to downsize the stamp to the size that I wanted to use. I printed her out and let the ink set over night. Then I colored her using Copic sketch markers and cut her out. <br />
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On a side note; I have found out that HAMMERMILL Color Copy Digital Cover 60lb is very Copic marker friendly. I think that it colors very similar to the actual Copic paper. That is if you can find it. I have a very hard time finding the paper where I live and often times have to order it. <br />
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What does this little stamp have to do with a sketch book or my love of making books? Well stay tuned my next post will show you just exactly what I was able to do with little miss Mae. Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-56043670303085766812013-04-12T22:08:00.000-04:002013-04-12T22:08:44.674-04:00Copic markers color anything?!So in the Copic marker certification classes we talked about how Copic markers will color anything. I had to wonder if this was true. I mean a marker that will color anything. That would be completely awesome. I had to test this...<br />
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Enter my problem...I was working on beading some of my new wine glass charms and I wanted some crystal bicones to match the purple skull that was the main focus. <br />
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I took the Copic markers and tested them on paper to find the color that matched. This is the one I chose. <br />
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I took the brush side of this Copic sketch marker, V09, and used it to color a clear crystal bicone (and some of my fingers which got in the way.) So, do Copic markers color crystal bicones? Yep they sure do.<br />
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I polished them up with a soft dry cloth and used them on my wine charms. Check it out:</div>
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<br />So now if you want custom color crystal bicones just have some clear ones on hand and all you have to do is find a matching Copic marker and color away. :)</div>
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<br />Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52870446880684249.post-47496867956762130572013-04-10T21:48:00.000-04:002013-04-10T21:48:33.193-04:00Copic CertificationsI figured it's about time that I post about my experience going though with the Copic standard and intermediate certification classes. I took the standard and the intermediate back to back, so the standard class was on Saturday followed by the intermediate on Sunday. These are not short classes and made for a long weekend when I had to drive about an hour to get to them. The standard class is 7 hours and the intermediate class was a 9 hour day, with breaks of course, but when you add on 2 hours for driving it was just long days.<br />
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Let me say that it was fun as heck though. Both of my classes were nice and small, no more than 20 people there. This was great. We had time to share some stories, talk, get to know one another better than if there was a larger group. As a small group it also meant that we got tons of instruction and question time. Our instructor Cindy Lawarence was wonderful. She answered all our questions and gave us plenty of individual time pointing out when we should try something different or encouraging us to be brave and try colors we didn't think would work together. I learned so much and had so much fun.<br />
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I won't deny that part of the joy of taking the classes is receiving goodie bags for each one. I love goodies. The standard class gave us this wonderful little Copic zip pouch, a sketch colorless blender 0, a refill for the colorless blender, and 4 standard non-refillable multi liners ( black 0.3 & 0.5, sepia 0.5, and grey 0.3)<br />
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Would you know it...I made the mistake of having the 0.3 multi liner sitting on my desk when the kid asked to borrow a pen and I handed it to her. She broke it....before I even had a chance to use it. She presses to hard on her writing instruments so I should have known better. :( So now I make sure they don't get put in with all my other pens on my desk and the kids don't use them.<br />
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The second day with the intermediate class we got a roll of x-press it double sided tape. I didn't realize Copic made such a wide range of products. I must say that I love this tape and it's been a life saver for some of the kids school projects, much easier and less messy than glue. We also got a 72 marker travel case. <3<br />
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Then on both of the days we also go a cute little portfolio to put some of our works in. Crafty Day Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02995602202292530727noreply@blogger.com0