Little Outbursts of Creativity: American Crafts

12 posts categorized "American Crafts"

Wednesday, 06 April 2016

I've been a bad blogger, making up for no posts

I have not kept an eye on my blog lately and therefore I haven't blogged all my DT creations here for a while. So this post will be a sort of catching up post and will be a bit (understatement of the year?) longer than usual. On the bright side my mojo is sort of back after hiding out for a long time so I hope to post a bunch of "just for fun" projects too as soon as I remember to photograph them. I'm also in the mood to make a video, so if you have any requests on what kind of video you want to see, let me know.

So here we go with the projects.

First off the inspiration for this months challenge at Spectrum Noir. The theme of the month is pastels and you can join the challenge here and win lovely prizes.

Spectrum Aquas: Peach, Rose Pink, Begonia, Teal, Aquamarine, Marine
Stamps by Simon Says Stamp

This is a project I made for a tutorial for Spectrum Noir. The tutorial haven't been published yet but I'll let you know when it's up and you can see how easy it is to make this runny effect. I saw Jennifer Mcguire do it with distress inks and i did it once that way too. But now I have the MISTI and it makes it way easier, and using the Spectrum Aquas turned out great.

I also added shimmer with my Sparkle pens and then covered the jewels with glossy accents. It's very cute up close but doesn't photograph well.

Spectrum Aquas used: Navy, Aquamarine, Begonia, Rose Pink, Moss, Charcoal and Slate
Clear Spectrum Sparkle Pen
Stamps by Winnie & Walter and Kaiserkraft

I made this card inspired by an old tutorial by myself, I loved the black background on my previous card and wanted to repeat it with a bolder color. It didn't turn out quite the same, I probably didn't use enough water on the background. It's kinda cute anyways. I used Marion Embersons pretty heart stamps for my background.

Used AquaTint: 55
Based on this tutorial: http://www.spectrumnoir.com/aquatint-background/

I made this card for Design in Papers a couple of weeks ago. I used a stamp by Kaisercraft that is super pretty.

This one is my post for Design in Papers that is published today. Same stamp and then some pretty patterned paper by Dear Lizzy (Happy Place).

I _think_ that that was all of my unpublished DT-projects. I have some non-DT project too but I'll spread them out a bit and hopefully I'm in control over my blogging again soon. I'm just totally unorganised at the moment. I will be back soon I'm sure :) Until then, take care!

Apr 6, 2016 11:31:16 PM | American Crafts, Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Spectrum Noir

Wednesday, 02 March 2016

Happy (glitter) birthday

Since there are a lot of people having their birthday in February and March I have almost reached the bottom of my birthday card pile. Time to make some new ones. This one I made by blending distress inks over watercolor paper and then scribbling Spectrum Sparkle in clear on top of it. I added a big fun glitter foam word and added little hats on them. It's very glittery card but the picture doesn't show it. I'm sure the kids will want to give it to one of their friends.

This was my post this week for Design in Papers by the way.

I wanted to tell my Swedish readers to go check out the CiLi in Papers blog to see info about a workshop coming up in April. Teresa Collins will be visiting the store and is giving a 4,5 hour class making a very pretty album. Go se and sign up, she's very inspiring and nice I've heard. You don't want to miss it!

Mar 2, 2016 8:18:22 AM | American Crafts, Cards, CiLi in Papers, Design in Papers, DT, Lawn Fawn

Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Christmas tags

I made these tags to put on presents for my post at Design in Papers this week. I think it's the perfect thing to do when you need to get away from all the Christmas preps for like half an hour and get some crafty time. I'm sure you need tags so it's legit to sneak off for this ;)

I used paper by american Crafts and made the tags myself using a corner chomper, Crop-a-dile and a circle punch. When you've decided on a design it takes no time at all to put them together.

See you soon :)

Dec 23, 2015 6:00:00 AM | American Crafts, Design in Papers, DT, Tag

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Celebrate

Today I made a layout using some Confetti and Craft Market decorations and paper. The Confetti thickers just begs to be used on layouts and I fell head over heals for the pretty chipboard words. I used them for a layout using a picture from my daughters 7th birthday. She's so cute in this picture.

A cluster of very pretty diecuts. I love scrapping in letter size since you don't have as much scary space and it's not square, I have an easier time planning a rectangular space for some reason.

This is my post for Design in Papers this week, a day early since I switched days this week. But I'll be back tomorrow with an Art Journal page for CiLi in Papers.

May 12, 2015 7:00:00 AM | American Crafts, Design in Papers, DT, LO

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Love cards

I made this card for the ABNH facebook page using my favourite set Brush Strokes by Hero Arts. I recently won some really cool dies from Winnie and Walter and wanted to play with them. I cut out the panel and the holes for the cross stitches with them. I had an idea to make a whole card front by making holes and sewing a pattern on it but I chickened out thinking I would get the last row crooked and that would bug me. I'll do that another day when I have some more time. This was fun too!

I also made this card experimenting with Fab Foil from WOW, I tried to get it stuch using Stick-it but since Stick-it doesn't become permanent until after a few hours this did not work as well as I hoped. It looks a bit uneven but I think that's cool too. But not the best combination. I know Stick-it works with the gold flakes from Indigo Blue and I have those at home too but I haven't found a good container for them yet and will not open the jar until I do. I know they grow and are impossible to get back in the jar ;)

Hero_arts_love

This is what the foil looks like on Stick-it, kinda cool actually. Next I try it with bonding powder and a laminator. Experimenting is fun!

Thanks for visiting, I hope to be back soon :)

Mar 12, 2015 7:00:00 AM | A Blog Named Hero, American Crafts, Cards, DT, Winnie & Walter, WOW Embossingpowders

Wednesday, 04 February 2015

I love you

Today I'm up at the DESIGN in PAPERS blog with this card. I got the idea when taking pictures for the new PrettyCraftyStuff file Tag, you're it!. I Just lay out some of the tags on some journaling cards from the Amy Tan Stitches collection and the hearts looked great with the love tag. I decided to make a card with the journaling card and the tag and I was really happy with the result!

I think the tags I designed for Tag, you're it! are so great. I have a bunch laying on my desk and keep grabbing them for projects. I hope you like them too!

I've been busy in the craft room lately, I'm now done with all my projects for February. I had to prepare a bit since me and my daughter are having our birthdays next week, her party is this weekend and mother in law is coming for a visit too. And then I'm going to Birmingham next week for the Craft Hobby + Stitch international and it will be so much fun! I have signed up for a lot of workshops and am looking forward to meeting some of my friends from the WOW! team and lots of other creative people. It's super exciting! And I haven't been traveling anywhere except for visiting my family for a few years, I love to travel! And I have the best travel companions too this time so I'm sure it will be fun!

Oh well, thanks for stopping by today. I have some projects that haven't been blogged yet since I've been very busy, I think there will be a few up in the blog each week for the whole month as soon as I can find the time to schedule all of them. I also have an almost done video to upload but I'm struggling to do a voice-over since I got some requests for that. My video editing program keeps crashing every time I try but I've got some advice on other software to use and will give that a try.

Feb 4, 2015 1:32:09 PM | American Crafts, Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Pretty Crafty Stuff

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Hey!

I'm running a bit behind but here is my creation for DESIGN in PAPERS this week, I keep going back to the Stitched collection by Amy Tan, the colors are so pretty. I made a watercolor background with the same color scheme and added one of the new PrettyCraftyStuff tags. This one you can use as is, letting some pretty background paper showing through the slits or do what I did. Weave in the pretty papers to make a decorative tag.

I added some wood veneer and god thread and called it a day. I don't think it needs more decorating. It's also a great way to use up some of those paper strips that is to pretty to throw away.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jan 28, 2015 2:14:28 PM | American Crafts, Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Pretty Crafty Stuff, Sillhouette Cameo

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Dream a little bigger

I have this pile on my desk with bits and pieces from other projects that fails or that I don't use and this card is pretty much made from that pile. The background was a layout that never became done, the diamond is a Pretty Crafty Stuff cut file that I was supposed to use for something but never got to. I keep forgetting how nice it looks cutting things from patterned paper. This is my post for DESIGN in PAPERS this week, I love the puffy sticker from Amy Tan.

Thank you for stopping by today. Just a friendly reminder, if you are interested in buying some lovely cut files from Pretty Crafty Stuff (link up in the top right corner of the page) there is a 20% off coupon code avalible on the Pretty Crafty Stuff facebook page. Valid through january 2015. Have fun :)

Jan 21, 2015 7:00:00 AM | American Crafts, Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Pink Paislee, Pretty Crafty Stuff

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Doilies and Watercolor

I had a Make-it-work-moment when I made this card. I saw this technique on Piterest using a doilie as a mask making pretty patterns. Well, I was a bit underwhelmed by the results of my first try. But when the doilies dried they looked super pretty! I used the doilies to cover up the failed background and was happy as a clam. Don't know why a clam should be happier than other creatures but I guess they are. Well, to make a long story shorter, I was super happy with the soft color of this card. I love all the pastel tones I see around the web but for some reason my cards gets a lot brighter and more saturated. I actually used the papers from the Stitched collection by Amy Tan as a guide for what watercolors I would use. Why don't I do that more often. I always color everything first, and then try to find papers that match, which I never do and end up using no patterned papers instead. Will do this again. Also, it would look amazing with one of those gold doilies layered here. Just sayin.

This is my post for DESIGN in PAPERS for this week. Having a lot of fun with the Stitched Collection. There will probably be more :) Thanks for stopping by!

Jan 14, 2015 7:00:00 AM | American Crafts, Cards, Design in Papers, DT

Wednesday, 07 January 2015

Balloon Birthday Shaker

I found these balloon dies in my stash and decided to make a shaker card with them. I used a paper with clouds on it from the Amy Tan Stitched collection. I think it turned out really fun! I once decided it was more space efficiently (is there such a thing?) to pour all my sequins in one jar, I really wish I hadn't. Now I'm to lazy to separate the colors for shakers. I wish I had put just one color in each balloon but this is fun too. It's also my post for DESIGN in PAPERS today. I really love shaker cards, they are fun to make and to shake.

I'm glad to be back to normal schedule after the holidays, I have loved every moment but I have gotten absolutely nothing done exept playing a lot of Dragon Age in the night time. That and eating...

Jan 7, 2015 7:00:00 AM | American Crafts, Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Lawn Fawn

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