Crafty with Caly: Friendship Blooms Slimline
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Welcome to the latest edition of Crafty with Caly, our bi-monthly blog series with Caly Person! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hey Friends! Thanks so much for joining me today as I share a slimline card using the Pinkfresh Studio Friendship Blooms set. This is a trio of products including stamps, dies and layering stencils and I love that I don’t have to color!
I started with the Friendship Blooms Layering Stencils but if you feel more comfortable, you can definitely stamp first. I think sometimes, ink-blending over black ink causes a little bit of smearing and I didn’t want to take that chance.
In the video, I share how I made sure the alignment is perfect on one of the images. Be sure to check it out! I think it’s helpful to see the tools used too – the Pink and Main Ergonomic Brushes are wonderful for layering stencils like these.
I used the Slim Diagonal Stitched Plaid and Slim Stitched Scalloped Rectangles to make my slimline card interesting with some subtle texture in white. I also used vellum to die-cut Curvy Leaves to add additional layers for a lot of interest.
Finally, I embossed my sentiment in gold over vellum as well and embellished my card with some light pink jewels from Pinkfresh Studio as well. I hope you like this card! I appreciate you joining me today and hope you have a wonderful day! ~Caly
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Thanks so much for stopping by today and thanks to Caly for being our guest!
Not a Card with Nina-Marie: Macrame Rainbow Wall Hanging!
Hello there, friends! It’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with my latest installment of “Not a Card“! Today I am sharing a fun way to incorporate a little color into your craft room decor by creating a macrame wall hanging!
I used the My Life Handmade Macrame Wall Hanging kit to make this gorgeous, knotted art piece. Macrame looks beautiful in its natural state, but I wanted to step mine up and add a pop of color! Did you know? We actually offer a HUGE variety of macrame kits and products for your handmade pleasure! To see them all click or tap HERE!
With Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains in Abandoned Coral, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Wilted Violet, and Kitsch Flamingo, I sprayed a rainbow across my piece. You could customize this to whatever colors you prefer. I love rainbow colors, as you can probably tell!
Want to see how easy this project is to create? Watch the video below and see!
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Art Journaling with Shari Carroll: Gel Printed Pocket
Welcome everyone and happy Friday! I’m here to share another entry in my Tim Holtz Travel Folio that I’ve turned into a journal book. I’m having a great time adding artful pages to this journal using different techniques.
For today’s page, I’ve pulled out my Gel Printing supplies and played with some paints to create a handmade envelope and journal card for my folio. I tried to just go with the flow with no real plan, just adding color to the plate, thinning out the colors with a brayer, and pulling prints.
The Simon Says Stamp Mini Slimline Envelope die is a perfect fit to create pockets for this size journal. The final paper I used for the envelope was standard printer paper. I wanted this to be lightweight and easy to fold.
To me, Art Journaling is trying new things, working with layers, and giving myself encouragement through words. Oh, and of course, enjoying the process!! I hope I’ve inspired you to try something new even if it’s in your card making and to make your experience personal.
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