Happy Camper

The new Cupcake Inspirations Challenge is up and it's a color theme!  

This was a good opportunity for me to play with some of my neglected supplies. I pulled out my Perfect Medium and some coordinating Perfect Pearls for dusting and created this fun card! (All available supplies will be listed at the end of this post.)

Club Scrap Happy Camper stamps and charms.

I recently discovered a new product by Purple Onion Designs - clear mounting stamps.

These clear mounting stamps can be used on acrylic blocks and the different stamping platforms/tools on the market.  The clear stamps can easily be removed after stamping, stored, and used over and over again. They can also be cut down for custom sizing. No more sticky glues, foam mounts or Tack n Peel are necessary! Check out my video to see it in action.

There are some new colors of Perfect Pearls coming soon. I'm so glad I rediscovered this old favorite. I have a few more ideas/techniques for using these colorful pigment powders so stay tuned!

Click here for more color inspiration from the Design Sweeties and I'll look for your artwork in our gallery!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

Rangerink.com has a new loyalty program where you can earn points when you complete activities like making a purchase, creating an account and referring a friend. You can redeem the points for rewards from Ranger Ink Retail Shop. There are lots of new products coming soon, so sign up to earn 30% off your first retail order! Click here to start shopping!

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An English Garden Par-tea!

Hi there it’s Wendy!  Today’s post is part of the Taylormadecards4u inspiration team monthly video hop featuring the new digital kit An English Garden!

TMC4u is also the sponsor for the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog and the winner for this month’s challenge will win the featured kit, so be sure to link up to the challenge for your chance to win.

The first thing I thought of when I saw images in the kit was a garden tea party. I enjoy making projects that I will actually use and I was inspired when I saw the tea dispenser project from my crafty friend Karen on the Club Scrap blog. I just had to make one for myself! Click here for a set of printable instructions.

                   

New to 2020, the Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team will be a video team. I started filming and editing videos when my youngest son was in high school in 2015. I was a sports photographer for the local paper and branched out to creating videos during Jake's senior year. Click HERE for my tribute to all the people who helped make the magic happen! A lot goes into creating a video. It is many hours of planning, filming, reviewing footage, editing, splicing, adding digital artwork, photographing stills, compiling footage, final editing, uploading footage, adding links...the list goes on and on. It isn't easy. However, I love a good challenge and truly love what I do. If you like what you see, subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss future videos!

I incorporated some new techniques into my project and the Ghost ink 2.0 stamped on Rinea foil is one of my new favorites. The ink removes the color from the Rinea foiled paper to create a reverse stamping effect. This technique is like magic! (All available supplies used in this project will be listed at the end of this post.)

I had some scraps leftover and made a few mini cards to showcase some of the other digital images in the kit. I printed an extra quad print from the kit and trimmed it to create two of the card bases. I trimmed the other pieces to use as panel accents. I printed the images on light blue colored card stock and was so pleased with the effect! 

Stickles is my "go-to" for a little extra sparkle and I added some to accent the butterflies. 

This little set of cards was quick and easy to create! I encourage you to check out what the rest of the Inspiration Team has created and join us on the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog for a chance to win this gorgeous digital kit!

Taylormadecards4u -https://bit.ly/3aMCLDc

Amanda - https://youtu.be/fzGluli5tZ0

Deborah Jenkins - https://youtu.be/s3KCDVsMFcM

Mynn Kitchen - https://youtu.be/7zXCrPY8ZMM

Priya (Creative Motifs) https://youtu.be/MWKNv-b8Mb0

Jeanie Ellis https://youtu.be/caC1CH3DXbY

Wendy - https://youtu.be/rEOaTij5GRs

Janie - The Craft Princess https://youtu.be/KN6q4MXheds

Thanks so much for stopping by!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

Click HERE to shop with me at Rinea and receive 10% off of your order!

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You Give me a Royal Headache

No, this is not going to be a post about the British royal family...though I have been keeping up with the gossip online. "Megexit" is oddly fascinating, but who has time for that? I have my own life to worry about and crafting deadlines to meet! Sheesh, all of that pish posh gives me a royal headache!

I saw the new challenge on the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers blog and made a quick card using the monthly card sketch from Club Scrap and some of the scraps on my craft table! 

I had some Rinea foil panels left over from the 10,000 Thank Yous video hop and I wanted to try die cutting the foil using my Silhouette Cameo. I needed a sentiment to reflect the theme of the "headache" challenge and the crown image from the Club Scrap Confetti collection set the sentiment in stone! I downloaded the digital kit and resized the crown to fit the dimensions of my card and cut it with the Silhouette. Then, I created the sentiment using the Midnight font featured in the collection and the Moon Flower font for a little word swag! I cut the words using the Midnight font on sapphire Rinea foil and used sketch pens with the Silhouette Cameo to print the words featuring the Moon Flower font. 

This was the first time that I used the sketch pens, but this video was super easy to follow. I'm going to try this again - what a great way to add a sentiment to a card design!

This is probably an overused phrase...the Rinea foil cut like butter! I used the vellum setting for cutting and the machine cut perfectly the first time. I set the pens to make two passes, but it really wasn't necessary. I love the final effect!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Click HERE to shop with me at Rinea and get 10% off of your order. P.S. The new ghost ink 2.0 is available!

SUPPLIES USED:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Headache

Club Scrap January 2020 Card Sketch Challenge

613 Avenue Create Challenge #229 Anything Goes

Calypso in the Country Best of the Month January 2020

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10,000 Thank Yous!

Janie "The Craft Princess" has asked some of her fellow crafters to be a part of a 10,000 Thank Yous celebration video hop as a way of saying THANK YOU to her 10,000 subscribers! Ten sponsors, who have been an important part of Janie’s crafting journey, have donated a total of over $450 in prizes!  

Each crafter will offer a gift certificate or a prize package from one of the sponsors on their Youtube channel. Hop along to each channel to find out what that prize is and how to be entered to win. In the description box below each video on Youtube, you will find a link to hop to the next channel. The prize for my channel is a $30 gift certificate to Thermoweb!

In order to be entered for the prize, share your favorite craft/art tool, your name and where you are from, ex. Waterbrush Wendy from Louisiana. Type your answer in the comment section below the video on Youtube! The hop giveaway is open thru Saturday, January 18, 2020, and winners will be announced on each channel shortly after. In order to leave your comment, click HERE to watch on Youtube so that you can hop to the next channel. 

I am using two products from Thermoweb to create a gatefold easel card with Club Scrap's January 2020 Confetti page kit, Gina K Designs Glitz Glitter Gel and Deco Foil transfer sheets in gold. The Confetti kit features a sheet of fuschia/gold Rinea foil and it paired perfectly with the gold accents! (All available supplies will be listed at the end of this post.) Gatefold Easel Card Template: https://bit.ly/39Xjr5J

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Deco Foil transfer sheets worked well with Club Scrap's bookbinding glue for stamping and foiling the image. Be sure to watch the video for details!

  

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! 

SUPPLIES USED:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

Click HERE to shop at Rinea and get 10% off of your order!

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Shake One in the Hay and Spit on It!

It sounds gross, but it's not! 

“Shake One in the Hay and Spit on It” is soda jerk lingo for a strawberry shake with raspberries on top. These guys had slang all their own for calling out orders. Soda fountains had handbooks of recipes they had to memorize, but hundreds of variations were created on the fly by the creative Soda Jerks. They had to put on a show to get that tip!

           

Today's post is part of the new Taylormadecards4u/Crafter's Castle Challenge collaboration featuring the Soda Fountain Shoppe! 

I thought I'd get a creative jump start for the new year with an art journal layout.

The kit can be printed on your home computer "as is" for fussy cutting or "print and cut" using a die cutting machine. You can also create some fantastic digital designs. I've shared details in the video on how I transformed the images using Photoshop Elements for a 3-dimensional effect. You can watch the video tutorial here or on my Youtube channel.

Here are a few close-ups showing all the detail I've added like distressing, shadowing, and embossing with metal!

The Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team will host a video hop with the Crafter's Castle Design Team each month featuring the newest Taylormadecards4u digital kit. The featured kit will be the prize on the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog and if you link up to the challenge and use digital products from the TMC4u Shop, you get a second entry! Take advantage of this 20% discount code to the TMC4u Shop so that you can get that second entry to the Crafter's Castle challenge...type in Loyalty in the promo code box in the shopping cart!

I've included the full list of inspirational videos with links below 😉.

Taylormadecards4u - https://youtu.be/PZ_Ux898mI0

Amanda - https://youtu.be/OTYPFKvae2A

Deborah Jenkins - https://youtu.be/2CIKhSY7x4k

Mynn Kitchen - https://youtu.be/993a3HZS91I

Tracy Shultz https://youtu.be/40TmXUIfado

Craft With Te https://youtu.be/zv0p9ljk1L0

Jeanie Ellis https://youtu.be/sZ8bSWe0FnI

Wendy - https://youtu.be/6gkZCgYvNPk

Janie - The Craft Princess https://youtu.be/uhHghYKL85E

Coming soon...videos sharing some fun stuff you can create with metal!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

Click HERE to shop for Rinea metal foil using my discount code!

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Caffeinated Shopping

I let the Starbucks ad rope me in at the grocery store.

It was chilly outside, I was tired, and I knew I needed to go home and cook after I shopped. So I went to the Starbucks counter and told them to hook me up and add an extra shot. Whatever they gave me tasted good and I sucked it down. I sped through the store, got home with four bags of crap we will never eat, and forgot half of what I was supposed to get.

Will I do it again? Probably. I have to "espresso myself" every once in a while! We're celebrating the holidays at Cupcake Inspirations!

Gerda Steiner Designs is our sponsor for this challenge and is offering a $15 gift code to our randomly chosen winner.

                                       

Check out the digital freebies on their website! I downloaded the Christmas Hats and created some digital Christmas magic to add "paper piecing" to Santa's hat! 

Here's my digital card paired with elements from Club Scrap's Coffeehouse hybrid kit using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020!

I love creating digital cards. I can make one and print as many as I need! Click HERE to check out what the rest of the design team has created and link up to our challenge with your holiday creation!

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Gerda Steiner Share Your Design Challenge December 2019

Club Scrap December 2019 Card Sketch Challenge

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #233 Holidays

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