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It's been quite some time since I've posted here. I have been paper-crafting but not maintaining this blog but want to get back into it. I've made lots of cards over the past few years but I haven't taken pictures of most of them. Mini albums have been my paper-crafting obsession lately but I also have other paper-crafting ideas up my crafty sleeve LOL! Here is the boy themed album, a couple cards (one girl & one boy) and a tropical themed album from my trip to Hawaii .
I actually made these a while back but they turned out so, so cute! I had the perfect Graphic45 papers to make a tropical themed album and it turned out amazing, they were so fun to make.
I also recently got a foiling machine to add some gold, silver and other metallic foil to my cards and other paper projects just to add a little bling.It adds just enough pop but makes a big difference.
I hope to have lots more coming your way soon so stay tuned.
When I purchased the Cricut July Mystery box I got two Anna Griffin Cartridges that I already own:
So, I decided to do two giveaways to share with my followers here and subscribers on YouTube.
There will be two separate winners and you can choose between: "Anna's Sophisticated Soirees" or "Anna's Splendid Soirees", both have great projects possibilities for parties, showers and themed gatherings. I will also be adding an Anna Griffin Embossing folder with each cartridge (also duplicates in my stash). All you need to do to enter is: You must be over the age of 18, and a US resident, you must be a current follower of my blog here or a subscriber to my YouTube channel. Leave a comment below letting me know which cartridge you are interested in winning and you will be added to the pool for that cartridge.
If you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel now's a good time to subscribe to catch all my videos with show & tells on projects and hauls, lots of project tutorials and sharing what I've been up to.
For the first time I purchased the Cricut Mystery Box. They do one each month and I decided to buy the one form July. I just posting and sharing this because I just got it. It seemed to take so long to arrive but I had missed the delivery notice. So when I found out it had been delivered I thought someone stole it because I didn't get it. So I tracked it on the Cricut site and it showed that someone signed for it. As it turned out it was delivered to the rental office where I live. I knew that the postman left packages at to office but before FedEx had left packages at my door. All that matters is I got it, so now I can share what I got with you! So, this is what I got:
It has three Cricut Cartridges. it has "Classically Modern Cards", "Anna's Splendid Soirees" and
"Anna's Sophisticated Soirees". I it also has the "Cricut Pearl Paper Sampler",
"Woodland Washi Sheets" by Lia Griffith
"Anna's Pretty Prints Washi Sheets" by Anna Griffin
last but not least a Paper Crafting tool set that includes a paper piercer, a Quilling tool, paper distresser and the mat that has a hard side to work on and a soft side to pierce paper (to insert brads, stitching holes, etc).
Funny thing is I own both of the Anna's cartridges but really happy to get the Classically Modern Cards cartridge, I've been wanting that one. So, I'm going to share the two Anna Griffin cartridges with you. I'm going to do two giveaways of the Cricut cartridges.
So check out my next post for details of the giveaway.
If you want to see more detail of this July Cricut Mystery box, check out my YouTube video below.
She recently had surgery and I just wanted to encourage her and let her know she was in my thoughts and prayers. She has since been told that she is cancer free, Praise God! I'm praying that she recovers and live a long happy & healthy life. I used the butterflies from my last video of the faux fabric flowers & butterflies. I also used some Anna Griffin elements and used my Silhouette Cameo & they turned out great. Here's a video showing more details...
Thanks for stopping by, take care. I'll be back with more later.
If you like making paper flowers, you're really going to love these!
They really look like they're made out of fabric but it only takes paper. I came across a video from another YouTube craftier and I couldn't wait to give it a try (I share a link to her channel on YouTube in the description box). So, I ran out to 'Tuesday Morning' to buy some napkins. Tuesday Morning always have these really pretty party napkins, here's the ones I got.
Napkins from Tuesday Morning
Check out my video here with a little more detail on making these kind of flowers...ENJOY!
Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back with more soon.
It has been a really long time...but I'm finally back. I guess some of you thought I fell off the planet. I hope I still have some viewer & readers out there. There have been tons of changes and transformations in my life but I think things are finally settling down. September last year I moved from Maryland to South Carolina and I'm still getting used to my new life here in my new adopted home state. I really like my little town of "Greenville, SC", it's kinda just right, not too big & not too small. I've also shared some of my transition on my YouTube channel but check this out:
It's amazing though how much traffic there is around here. It have been said that Greenville, SC has been a well kept little secret but now everyone else is discovering it and moving to the area too. There's a Greenville in NC also but I'm betting my Greenville is the best...just sayin'.
So, back to the subject to crafting, card making, scrap booking etc. I'd switched my blog to another site but decided to come back to "Blogger", it's just all around easier. I have been doing those things but not as often but the other thing is I got caught up in making YouTube video more so than blogging but felt a little of a void, I really missed my blogging friends too. So, now that I've gotten myself a little more settled I'll be doing both. If you are interested here is a link to my YouTube Channel Obrooks7701, please join me there and subscribe. On YouTube it much easier to share tutorials and projects by video but I'll post pics here just as before. I have so much I want to try and share so stay tuned. This time it won't be so much time when I say....I'll be back with more soon.
Happy New Year Everyone! Hope you achieve everything you desire and deserve. Wishing you good Health & Happiness throughout this new year. Last but not least...wishing you a year full of creative fun!
Well at
least that's what the calendar says. The weather is still just a little
chilly in my area but Spring is really just around the corner. Since
Spring is coming that means Mother's Day is on the way too. I'm a mom
and I think all moms get a little tug on their heart as Mother's day
approaches and we look forward to it with that maternal anticipation.
So, I have a couple Mother's Day cards to share.
Keep checking back, I'll have more Mother's Day & special occasion cards to share soon.
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special friend and co-worker is getting married this Saturday and of
course I had to make a wedding card to share in their joyous occasion.
Here's the card I made for her & future husband.
This also
made me think about how close Spring is and all the happy and joyous
occasions ahead. Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduations and of
course weddings & new babies. Whew, I need to get busy. Don't you
just love sharing these special occasions in such a special way. Most
people treasure something that was made just for them especially on
occasions as special as these. Thinking of these special timse help me
look past the cold chill of winter and realize Spring is just around the
corner...Yay! More later...
A
while back I did some practice coloring with my Copic markers and
really enjoyed it but I never featured any of my coloring on a card.
So, finally here are a few images I colored and made up cards to
showcase them.
This one was another one from my "one sheet wonder" set. And,
this one was in my last post as part of my "one sheet wonder" set so
I accomplished two techniques on these two cards. This one however is
my favorite of the set mainly because I love the combo colors of black,
white & red.
I
actually have both Copic and a few Spectrum Noir markers. Sometimes I
use them together because of my limited colors in my Copic collection.
The Spectrum Noir markers do fill the gap somewhat but I have to say I
enjoy using my Copic markers the best, I like the intensity and
true-ness (is that a word?) of the color and I think they blend really
well. In the Copics I plan on getting the missing colors in the family
groups that I use the most. Well that's all for now, more soon.
I finally had some time to play in my craft room this weekend. I
wanted to try my hand at creating some cards from the “one sheet
wonder” ideas that I’ve seen a lot online lately. I am addicted to Pinterest by the way and I’ve seen several pins showing this concept, here are some examples click here.
I usually like to add a little something extra to my cards so this was a
little bit of a challenge. Here are a few of what I came up with
trying the one sheet wonder technique, the black & white polka dots
are from the sheet that I used as my base.
I hand colored this rose card with my copics markers and this is my first time featuring my copic coloring on a card.
The simpler versions seem to have a little something missing, but I do
really like clean and simple sometimes. I think I can squeeze out two
more with the remaining cuts I have left. This was a fun attempt and I
plan on working on this concept more soon. I think it’s a great way to
do card sets and quickie cards in a pinch. I have more to show later this week and I’ll soon have another great announcement!!
So stay tuned…LOL! Happy Crafting! Omega
Over the weekend I made a couple cards for a unique challenge. I
came across a "newbie" challenge on YouTube and jumped at the chance to
participate. A veteran YouTuber "Ashia O" offered
a challenge to newbie YouTubers as a way to promote their channel. I
thought that was a great challenge to jump into. So, I quickly busied
myself making a couple cards for the challenge. She is taking
challengers up until 2/14/13 in case you are new to YouTube so check out
her link and give it a shot. Here are the cards I entered...
Valentine Card
Friend Card
Inside of Friend Card
Here's a link to my video in response to the "Newbie Challenge"
boy can you ever tell I'm new at this. But, I'm getting there and it's
fun doing something new and doing what I love (card making). So, more
to come, more projects, cards and a bit of everything else. Oh, BTW
I'll be working on posting a short video tour of my sewing room and at
some point I'll post a video of my craft room. I have some lighting
issues that make that kind of video quite a challenge so I'll have to
do that when I have some good day light.
I just put up my second YouTube video sharing some of my craft supplies purchases over the past week or so.
Check it out! (Click on post title to view)
More soon,
Hi all, this my first YouTube Video it's not perfect but it's a start I hope you'll also join me on YouTube and subscribe to my YouTube videos. I also plan to post some how to videos & tutorials my projects both in sewing and paper crafting so check back often. Also stay tuned for my new combined paper crafting and sewing blog site. I hope to have it ready real soon.
It's such a busy time of year but I was determined to send out and give out my own handmade cards this year. So here a few of my Christmas card creations.
This one was done from a cut file on my Silhouette Cameo.
On this one I used my new stamp & gear set by Inkadinkado, the added glitter glue for a little sparkle.
This was a wooden block stamp for the tree that I heat embossed with a pretty pearlized green embossing powder then used my glitter glue and flat backed pearls to decorate, the Merry Christmas is also heat embossed with really pretty red with flecks of gold embossing powder.
For this card I used copper colored paper that has a pearl essence some 2" wide ribbon in the back ground with the border done with a lacey Martha Steward punch, I put a Perfect Pearl dot on each little flower and I deconstructed a bunch of poinsettias flowers to add to the card. The sentiment was heat embossed and I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink. This one is actually my favorite, I wasn't able to capture the true beauty by camera. I really need to practice getting better shots.
Last but not a all least, the manger scene was done from a wooden stamp from Michael's and heat embossed, though it very simple I really like this one too. These were so fun to make but next year I'm going to start much earlier, I didn't get to send out a many as I wanted to do the getting such a late start. I hope to do better next year.
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas & Happy, Healthy & Blessed New Year!
I've been making card every chance I get. There's been so many birthdays and special occasions lately. I get so behind with blogging so please forgive me. I will attempt to get my creations posted as I make them. Here are a few I've done lately. For a new nephew born in Sept. The blue matting & the plaid background was cut my Silhouette and the "baby" focal is a ready made 3D sticker from AC Moore craft store.
This one was for a co-worker's birthday. She loves to cycle and was planning 300 mile cycling trip right after her birthday so I couldn't resist this one. The image the grass are Silhouette cut files
from the Silhouette online store.
The clouds and ground I did by masking and sponging using Memento ink pads & sponge daubers and I used stickles on the sun.
This next one was for a male co-worker, so I did it pretty clean cut. I still have to really think about making masculine cards but I thought this was pretty safe.
This one was for someone who had a recent loss in her family.
These I donated to a group that gave them to critically ill patients just to brighten their day.
Lately I've also been working on making mini albums. I see so many on Pinterest that I just love so I'm trying to hone my skills and make a couple albums for myself. Hopefully I have something to post soon. Also I need to work on getting a stock pile of cards. I've been making them as I need them but sometimes I just done have time so it will be good to have a few to pull from with I need something quickly.
It's been a really busy few weeks lately so it's time for me to get caught up on my posts. Here are a few things I've been meaning to post. If you remember from my last post I'd made cards for a few friends with birthdays. Well for each of them I also made their gifts, here are the gifts I made for tow of them....Monogrammed Note Cards. The first set I made using Cuttlebug folders on some of the cards and Spellbinder dies.
For this set I used Spellbinder dies but I decided to heat emboss the design and letters and for this set I made the envelopes cutting them on my Silhouette Cameo. Then I popped them up a bit to really make them stand out since the die cuts were the same color as the cards.
My other girlfriend also got a gift that I just had a ball making. I finally made a mini album and I love how it turned out. It was inspired by Angelwings14100 on YouTube. She has some great tutorials and this was a really easy one to start with. I did make a prototype but this was my first completed one. The only thing to do it finish embellishing it. I thought I'd let her chose her pictures first and I embellish around the photos. Here the mini...
The tutorial is really about using left over paper from other projects but I picked this paper pad just for this mini. I used Lemon Flower Stack by DCWV
I just love the papers in this stack and I have plenty left to make other projects.
