Color Explosion Technique Tutorial

Hello everyone!
Today I'm sharing with you a new technique tutorial. It is such a fun one, which I hope you enjoy!
I used Canson watercolor paper for the base, Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals, as well as embossing powder. The last thing I used was a spray bottle with water. Very few supplies, but you will create awesome results with them.
I hope you enjoy the video tutorial and the pictures below. Please share with me if you try it! I'd love to see your results!

Embossed Webbing Technique

So, it's been quite a while since I shared any type of tutorial with you. As you know, life has taken over, and I've kind of been separated from my supplies for many months now. It's been tough, but I've been wanting to be a little more aggressive, and make some time, when I can, to do a few things, maybe as a way to get back into the "craft every week" kind of days...things have certainly changed around my house, and my life (all good things though), and I find myself with less and less time to dedicate to actually crafting...you know me, I'm a slow crafter, so a project that could probably take an hour for one person, will probably end up taking four for me, and that makes the whole "getting  a project completed" pretty darn difficult at this time.

Today, I finally come to share a tutorial with you, of a technique I hope you enjoy trying out. The effect and background you can create with it are really cool, and though it might look a bit intimidating at first, it's quite simple to do.
Take a look at the steps I took to create it, and check out the results. I hope you are inspired to try it out! Let me know in the comments what you think, and any questions you might have. I'll be glad to help. Enjoy the tutorial!

Step 1
Get a piece of white cardstock, and cover it entirely in Versamark Ink

Step 2
Grab a few Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magicals, and a small dry fluffy brush, ( I used Chateau Rose, Cosmopolitan Pink, A Bit o’ Bubbly, and Mercy Beaucoup Mint), and dab the brush in the Magicals to pick up color.

Step 3
Spread each Magical color randomly all over the white cardstock covered in the Versamark Ink. Do one color at a time to avoid mixing the powders in the jars when switching colors with the brush.

Step 4
Get a piece of fusible webbing (you can find it at your local craft stores in the quilting section), and lay it on top of the background you have created with the Magicals.

Step 5
Take some different colors of embossing powders (I used Raspberry Lemonade, Geranium Coral Blush, Café au Lait, and Weeping Willow Green Gold), and spread a little bit of each one, randomly on top of the fusible webbing. Handle with care to avoid adding too much powder, or getting powder all over your workspace.

Step 6
Carefully lift the cardstock, and using your heat tool, heat your cardstock from underneath to melt the powder, and fusible webbing. Take care to move the heat tool frequently, and do not leave it aimed at one place for too long, to avoid burning the cardstock, or overheating the embossing powder, and fusible webbing.

Step 7
Once all embossing powder has melted, you can take the heat tool, and heat from the top of the cardstock, moving the tool frequently to allow the webbing to curl, and web, creating the effect shown. The Magicals in the background will show through the random spots of the cardstock where little to no webbing stuck.

Step 8
Add your textured background to the project you are working on, and embellish, as you like.

Happy Late-Thanksgiving?!!?!

Hello there and Happy Late -Thanksgiving!

Believe it or not, I've had this Thanksgiving post set up for weeks before it's scheduled post date of Nov. 27th, and for some unknown reason, my blog did not post it, as it usually does when I schedule posts for publication on specific dates! On top of that, I did not check to see if the post actually went live the day it was supposed to, as I usually do as well! So yeah, basically my thanksgiving post never got published on this blog. Ugh!

Well, like I always say, better late than never, and I've just decided to post it anyways today, which is when I noticed it on my blog's dashboard, marked as "draft" just when I came here to draft a blog post that will be up in the next few days (yeah can you tell I haven't even seen my blog dashboard in a while?! It's been a crazy end of the year for me).

Anyways, here's the original post that should have gone up on Thanksgiving day for you guys. It is very ironic it did not go public when it was supposed to, and you'll see what I mean when you read what I discussed in it. Remarkable! I apologize for it's delay, and I hope you enjoy it.

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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and it's a sad thing that commercialism has made it so you barely hear about it, as Christmas seems to be "what's up" from now until the end of the year!

I cannot believe the amount of Halloween, and every other holiday decor, hype etc, yet when it comes to Thanksgiving, we barely get to see anything at all, as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, as well as all the preparation for Christmas decorating takes over all the stores, schools etc etc.

Thanksgiving is SO IMPORTANT, but I see how every year, it all gets diminished to a meal interrupted by super sales. Come on! Have we forgotten the importance of Thanksgiving? I think we have kind of "let it happen", and it seems to have gotten to the point of no return. So sad.

Well, I refuse to let it go by unnoticed, and I made this card using the Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge Palette for the month of November.

I used several different colors of Magicals ( Golden Sleigh Bells, Red Hot Poker Orange, Autumn Maple Crimson, Canna Lily Burnt Orange, Cattail Copper Brown, Tibetan Poppy Teal, Sweet violet Purple Teal) to create the color gradation on the leaves, which were cut by the Tim Holtz Alterations Autumn Gatherings die. Once the leaves has color, I added a bit of embossing powder in Angel Wings Gold. I stamped the sentiment using a Stamping' up stamp set called Tags 4 You, using Chestnut brown chalk Ink and Twilight Bronze Slate embossing powder.

I hope you like this card, and take some time to join the Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge. This month's challenge is almost coming to an end, so hurry on up there to find out the rules, and what to do to enter. You can win a $50 gift card! Thanks for stopping by. I'm thankful for you!

"Cutie" Scrapbook Layout

Hello everyone! Today I want to share with you how I created my layout for the Lindy's Stamp Gang October Color Challenge reveal day. You'll get to see some close up shots, as well as enjoy a quick video tutorial on what I did to create it!
If you've followed me on my YouTube Channel for quite a while, you know very well the love affair I have with Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powders. I just think they are so unique, and give any project such an awesome look. In this layout, I used several of them, in different ways, I love the two toned effect on the different areas of my layout. In the close up shots, you'll be able to tell the awesomeness of these powders. Take a closer look:       

This is the finished layout in its entirety, and the video tutorial for you enjoyment. Hope you like it!

Products used:
- Hibiscus Rose Orange Embossing Powder
- Desert Moon Copper Teal Embossing Powder
- Black Orchid Purple Startburst Stain
- Stampendous Embossing Ink
- The Crafter's Workshop Mini Tile Texture template
- Dylusions Luscious leaves Stencil
- Petaloo Flowers
- Hobby Lobby Flowers
- Petaloo butterflies
- White doilies
- MME chipboard Sticker
- Prima Wood venner border
- Paper swirls from my stash
- Chipboard alpha from my stash
- Guesso and Soft Matte Gel Medium by Golden

A Fall Hello

Hello friends!

Seems like life has taken over my world, because again I have succumbed to posting fewer times than I would genuinely want to post in a month, ugh! Totally annoying because of course I'm so super hyped about getting a rhythm and then life happens and I'm stuck like chuck lol!

Well, I'm not going to let that pull me down, and we'll just go ahead with the next little project I have to share with you.

Made a fall themed card, as everyone seems to be longing so much for that time of the year which is quickly approaching, and I just had to join in the fun!

Like with most of my projects, I've made a quick video so you can see the process of me making this card. It has a funky background that shimmers in the light thanks to my trusty Lindy's Stamp Gang products. The I Am Roses items I used are the perfect shade for the spray combo I used. This card will be going in a special someone's package I'm taking to the post office hopefully today (or Monday hehe!).

You can enjoy on the video on my channel HERE, and here are the products used:

- I Am Roses SP1 Flower Spray

- I AM Roses  K1-805 Skeleton Leaves

- The Crafter's workshop  Mini Woodgrain Stencil

- Simon Says Stamp Small Hello Die

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays in: Down The Rabbit Hole, Cowabunga Copper, Pineapple Paradise, Ponderosa Pines Olive, My Mojito Green

- Cheese Cloth

- Seam Binding

- Yellow Sequin

- Light Molding Paste by Golden

A Combo Made in Heaven!

Hello friends, and happy September! I'm super excited that September is here, as it is my favorite time of the year because this month is my birthday month yippie!!!

Today I wanted to share with you a project I made for the Lindy's Stamp Gang September Color Challenge, as well as the I Am Roses September Challenge. This month I combined both challenges and created the piece below:

The I Am Rose Challenge this month is Steampunk Themed, and I needed to incorporate butterflies somehow. The Lindy's Color Challenge Palette for this month is the following one:

I thought both challenges were a match made in heaven, and went for it. The Steampunk style is not necessarily my forte, but I liked how this turned out. I made a video tutorial on this piece, which up can find HERE for your enjoyment. I leave you with some close ups of my piece, and at the end a list of the items that I used:

Please go check out both challenges, and enter. Both promise great prizes! Check out Lindy's Challenge HERE, and I Am Roses Challenge HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used:

- Lindy's Stamp Gang September Limited Edition MEGA set

- Tim Holtz Gadget Gears and heart Wing's Bigz Dies

- I Am Roses R19-826 Mulbery Small Flowers

- I Am Roses R21-826 Mixed Brown and Turquoise Paper Flowers

- I Am Roses White Small Paper Roses R19-15

- Tim Holtz Texture Fade in Gears

- Sizzix Embossing Folder in Cracked Surface

- Tim Holtz Stencil "Dot Fade"

- Golden Light Modeling Paste

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Magicals in Tres Chic

- Tim Holtz Metal Gears

- Martha Stewart Buttlerfly Trio Punch

- Metal Clock from Michael's 

- Technique tuesday Sentiment Stamp "Chronology" Stamp set

Mixed Media Video Tutorial

Seems like just a few days ago the month of August started, and the Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge was revealed, yet it's just a few more days until times run out for that particular challenge! As an inspiration piece for it, I created a mixed media layout, and today, I'm sharing with you the step by video tutorial of how I made it. A lot of people seem to like these types of start to finish videos, and I hope you enjoy it below.
I used a variety of products and the finished project is quite detailed, so here is a list for you of what I used for your convenience:
- Technique Tuesday's Technique Tiles in Fundamental Rings
- Crackle Paste by Golden
- Stamper's Anonymous Stamps: Mixed Media CMS125, School Desk CMS057
- Inkadinkado Stamp Set "Circle and Dots 97631"
- Lindy's Stamp Gang's Aug. 2014 Spray Set
- Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder in Reindeer Moss Green
- Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder in Silver Moon Saphire
- Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder in Midnight Violet
- Donna Salazar's Mixed Media Ink in the color Jazmine
- Jilibean Soup " Handwritten Sentiments" stamp set
- Cheese cloth

Here are some close up shots from my project:

And here is a picture of the entire layout. Please find the step by step video tutorial below as well. Hope you enjoy it, and are inspired to join in the challenge this month, for a chance to win $50 gift certificate to the Lindy's Stamp Gang online store. You can enter by clicking HERE.