Tag: Make it Crafty

Floppy

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Happy Holidays! I went crazy the other night and assembled about a dozen quick cards using precolored images I had piled up on my desk. It was nice to get them done and since all of them are of a Christmas/Winter theme, I thought I’d start showing them off randomly throughout the week. Of course, I’ll save some for after Christmas too… after all, the snow will stay in the northern hemisphere for a couple more months!


This card uses Floppy which is one of the Christmas Elves from Make it Crafty (available in rubber and digi). He was also the first one I colored out of the collection so I thought it was fitting to have him lead the way. ;D I also used some snowflake chippies from Make it Crafty and couldn’t resist tossing in some gems too.


All of the elves were colored with the same color scheme which were taken from this winter paper, I think it’s Wintertime by Echo Park. I loved the mixture of Christmas colors with winter colors – the splash of red really made it fun to use. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Holidays!

Update: Here are the Copic colors I used:

Whites – C3, C1, 0
Silver – C7, C5, C3, C1
Browns – E29, E27, E25, E23 and (E21 or E11)
Reds – R59, R37, R27, R24, R14, R12
Blues – B99, B97, B95, B93, B91
Turquoise – BG02, BG01, BG001
Skin Tones – E53, E21, E00, E000

Rio & Frosty

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It’s the 7th Day of Christmas over at Simply B Stamps and today it’s all about yummy treats and scary goodness. LOL The challenge is to use or create a Haunted Gingerbread House! Mine’s not very scary but it definitely a Halloween gingerbread house decorated for the season… and who else better to decorate it than Teen Scene Rio! She’s just putting on finishing touches on the snowman now. ;D


I decorated another page in my journal and the images I used are Rio & Frosty from Simply B Stamps and the Ginger Bread House from Make it Crafty in the background. I was going to go for an all Halloween feel but then I thought it would be a fun theme to have the Halloween house decorated for the winter holidays… since even scary houses get snow on them. ;D


The journal page was decorated with a doily that I cut out from a die (from Stampin’ Up) and the “Baby it’s cold outside” card was cut from the decorative paper – sorry I can’t remember the name of it. However, everytime I read it, I get the song stuck in my head. ;D Such a fun song for the winter and I love the composition from the movie Elf with Zooey Deschanel.


I colored the gingerbread using dots of E55, E57 and E59, starting with the darkest going to the lightest – I thought it would give it texture and look more like fresh baked ginger bread. I might have added some E44 and E49 in there as well.


Don’t forget to visit the Simply B Blog for more inspiration on scary gingerbread houses and to submit your own creation! Plus you can see all the other 12 Days of Scary Christmas and join in on the action before it’s really here. Can you believe it … only a week left!! Aaahhh!

Gingerbread Dance

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Here’s the second tag that I made in the same style as the one yesterday… after all, two teachers, two tags – so why not make them identical? Saves time in the creative process. ;D However, for this project I used an image I already had colored which is the Gingerbread Dance from Make it Crafty.


All the other details are the same, however, I could mention that the diecut for the tag and lace doily are both from Stampin’ Up. I think I’m going to enjoy the size of this tag and have already cut a dozen in kraft paper waiting for the next few projects. After all, we all have *plenty* of cards made! LOL Hope you enjoy this one and don’t get too hungry looking at all this gingerbread and popcorn!

Girl with Flower and Girl on Bench

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It’s the December Krafty Peeks from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps starting today with images featured from the artist Cheryl Alger! This month’s stamps by Cheryl come as a set of three images with five coordinating sentiments called Sugar and Spice and I’ve used two of them on my project today!


For my project today I created a journal page featuring two images from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, Girl with Flower and Girl on Bench. I paied these two cuties with the Rose Garden background stamp from Make it Crafty. Then I used a floral designer paper to set the scene for a beautiful flower garden.


The rest of the project was covered with a little ribbon, more decorative paper, flowers and gems. At the time it didn’t feel like I was putting everything on there but I suppose I did. ;D Except for that kitchen sink, of course!


The sky in the background was created by holding the tip steady and lightly while drawing long lines across the white part. The BG0000 and BG000 were light enough that I didn’t have to wory about the image and just drew right through it so I didn’t have to start and stop in the middle where it would be the most visable. After drawing the lines in one direction and rotated the page and did it again in the other direction.


Each day there is a give away stamp to random commenters so make sure you head on over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog for the rest of the inspiration from the DT and to leaver you comment for a chance to win. Today’s lucky winner will receive a set of Cheryl’s images – whohoo! We’ll have two more days of previews then on Sunday is the Krafty Hop that you don’t want to miss. ;D

Kiss the Cook Miller

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It’s the release day at Simply Betty Stamps and our last preview in the Teen Scene Kitchen Fun theme! Today we’re bringing you Kiss the Cook Miller and I couldn’t resit pairing him up with Aussie BBQ from Make it Crafty.


The papers are from DCWV, Nana’s Kitchen, and I used a few diecuts from My Favorite Things to help create this scene. Make sure you head on over to the Simply Betty Blog to check out all the details on the release… and the information on the new store blog! Simply Betty Stamps is now Simply B Stamps!! This theme has been so much fun to work with and I hope I’ve inspired you!

Little Miss Muffin Rio

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Are you counting yet? Today is day five out of six in the Simply Betty Stamps Teen Scene Kitchen Fun series!! Whohoo – that means tomorrow is release day with the finial preview. ;D However, before we get to that, today we are previewing Little Miss Muffin Rio! You can check out the other design team creations on the Simply Betty Blog too!


First off, if you’ve been looking closely you’ll notice I didn’t use my DCWV paper – gasp! I actually had this journal page made about a month ago and didn’t have the idea of coordinating the projects until this week. ;D But I love showing this new color pallet and I hope you like it too.


For the journal page, I used Little Miss Muffin Rio from Simply Betty Stamps and Kitchen Isle from Make it Crafty’s Kitchen Set to create this scene. I also took some more inspriation from Annika and went to town with the micro beads! LOL I think she does it better but I’ll get the hang of it with a little more practice. (I found all the Martha Stewert colors on clearance for just over a $1.00 so I’ll have plenty of opportunities!)


Because the colors are so dark and rich I didn’t need to add a lot of embellishment, otherwise, I think it would have been too busy. I added antique white lace and a few cookie cutter shapes I had in my stash. Voila… finished. ;D Now it’s time to enjoy those yummy muffins… I do hope they’re chocolate-chocolate chip variety! Mmmmm.