Hump Day September 3rd

Now that everyone is back to school does your life calm down or get busier???

Michele here, from Stuff By Belle, today with some hump day inspiration to give you a kick start to get your mojo revved up!!

I have been playing around with watercolor pencils and crayons a bunch lately and learned some new techniques that I used on this card.

Fun right??!  Studio Calico and Fancy Pants papers for the card base and a Heidi Swapp sentiment sticker.

Have you tried using watercolor on you projects???  If you do let us see!!

Don't forget to come back Saturday for our August winner announcement and to see our first September drill!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hump Day: Created for you by Michele

Happy HUMP Day!!!
 
Michele with stuff by belle here today...have you been is a scrappy slump lately??  Well I have and no matter how many time I went down to my 'lair', as my friend Amber would say, I wasn't inspired...and then SUDDENLY it hit me!  I just picked up a new Quickutz die and had an idea!
I made these 2 cards lickety split all with scraps of paper from my scrap bin.

MME, Authentique and Bazzill Basics paper scraps, Viva Las Vegastamps! sentiment stamps, bits of UmWow Studio chipboard confetti, May Arts burlap twine and Tattered Angels glimmer list.

Clean and simple, quick and easy and I love how they turned out.  Feather are fun!

If you are like me and have been in a slump or even if you're not, I hope you are inspired to crafty today!!  Thanks for stopping by and we will see you soon for our next drill!

Hump Day

 

 

Hi,Bev here today to share an easy card with just a slight slant.

Also going to share how to make this cute small bouquet of flowers.

Here is the slightly different but easy base to share on this one.

Start with a 4" x 12" card base.

Score at the 4" and 8" mark.

On the front panel cut the diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner.

Now how easy is that.

Decorate as you like except here is how to make the floral bouquet accent.

Supply List:

2 - 4  floral stems

Lace or ribbon.. a good length for wrapping 

On the left side of the above photo is my chosen cluster and I twisted the

wires to hold the flowers in place. Also you cut the wire to desired length.

In the above photo you can see I tied a know near the top under the flowers

 and left enough ribbon length to be able to tie a bow.

You take the long end then and wind it around and around down to the bottom of the wire.

You then start back up the stem the same way to the top again.

At the top you then tie a small but too cute bow to finish off your cluster of flowers.

 

It is ready to mount on any project.

 

Thanks for stopping by.. enjoy.

~Bev

Hump Day!!

Michele, with Stuff By Belle here today to share some hump day inspiration.
 
Usually between Valentine's Day and Easter I work on building up my birthday card stash.  Today I would like to share a card and a tag for just such an occasion.

This card was made with a kraft card base and some scraps of paper from my stash.  I stamped the Tim Holtz blueprints stamp with archival in on Ranger watercolor paper.  I used a water brush and my Distress markers to watercolor the image.

 This tag is made with  G45 tag base.  I added some seed beads to the cupcake for 'sprinkles'.

 

Well I better get back to work, I have a 10 card goal to meet...thanks for spending part of your day with us today and make sure you check back Saturday for our next drill!!

Shake it up it's Hump Day!!

Shake it up its Hump Day!!

Hi Bev Code here ... so glad to share with you today. Shakers are so much fun, that today I am going to show you how to make one!

Here is a photo of the Jillibean Soup Packaging for the corrugated shapes. It is perfect to make a shaker. 

The plastic dome is perfect but also today I am using the background shaped piece. 

Carefully take apart with as little ripping as possible.

I decorated the background packaging of the Jillibean Soup. 

Add the beads to the clear plastic, I found this the easiest way. This way you can add the glue to the edge and flip the other piece on top centered within reason with a quick slide to center it if necessary.

Loved the sports theme on this one.. it will make a great guy card,birthday card or just for fun project.

Cover the back side and add the sentiments.

It was so much fun I made another one which I totally papered

 covering the whole background first. I then added some cute accents, a banner and a sentiment. 

After using the same process to add the beads I added an accent on the outside to finish it off. 

Hope you enjoyed this today. Take inventory of your packaging of some of your scrappy items. How many more of them come in this type of packaging.Some of those small kids toys come in plastic domes also. Save them and make some of these cute shakers.

Thank you for stopping by today! 

See you Saturday 

& Remember to stop by our Facebook page!!

~Bev~

Special Ops:Mist, Splatter, Punch Card

Project:Incredible You

Today's special ops lets you get out that mist and make a BIG mess but still have a tidy project to show for it...the best of both worlds!

The crisp black and white layers of this card make a perfect canvas for these bright shapes. Layers of mist make the shapes truly exceptional. But who has time to mist and splatter and blot all those little crowns? Not you! Follow these easy steps for a one-of-a-kind look, and get it done all at once.

Step 1:

Spray mist on to heavy cardstock, spread mist with paper towel, let dry.

Step 2:

Splatter mist on to cardstock, let dry.

(This will leave vague, medium splotches.)

Step 3:

Splatter another layer of mist onto cardstock, blot with paper towel after 30 seconds, let dry.

(This will leave dark, small splotches.)

Step 4:

Splatter cardstock with water, blot with paper towel after 30 seconds, let dry.

(This will leave bright, white splotches.)

Step 5:

Punch shapes from misted cardstock. Assemble card.





Check my blog Scrappin' Chaos for a list of supplies used.

Scrap on!

~charity~



Giving Thanks!!

Here in the US tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day where we celebrate all that we are thankful for.
Michele here today and I have A LOT of things to be thankful for!!!  My family, hugs from my nieces, friends, my job...all the usual stuff,  but I always find that no matter how much I appreciate all of these things I never find the time to put into words exactly what some special people mean to me.  This year, like I have for the last couple of years, I made some cards so I could hand write notes to them. 

Today I am going to share a couple of these cards I made.

These pumpkins are cut with Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers, covered in a thick layer of gesso and then painted with glaze.  I sprinkled some clear glitter for a little texture.  I embellished with twine, wire and UmWow Studio leaf confetti.

These acorns are also cut with the TH dies, covered in gesso and painted.  The gold is crackle paint and adds some amazing texture.  I also added some of the UWS leaf confetti and May Arts burlap twine.

On this card I used the UWS layered pumpkin chip.  These are painted with Distress paint and sprinkled with clear glitter.

All of these cards are kraft card bases with Heidi Swap paper.  The 'i am thankful' stamp is from Unity.

Thanks for stopping by today!  

I am thankful for your support and comments!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!