Showing posts with label A Place to Start. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A Place to Start. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2026

Make My Monday Say it with Flowers

 Hi crafty friends, It's Monday & time for a new challenge @ Make My Monday!  My turn to choose a theme And I chose: Say it with Flowers.

 I recently found some forgotten supplies in my stash to work with to make this shabby chic card. Hope my card inspires you to create & share with us in this challenge! See you there! 

Stay Creative. Tee


Supplies Used:
Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper
Oval Die Cut
Recollections Paper Flowers
 White Pearl Stick Pins
Tulle
Lace
Just Because Stamp from my stash
Black Ink
White Heavy Card Base
Hero Arts Enamel Dots
Craft Glue
Fingernail File to rough up edges



Joining in these other fun challenges:











Wednesday, October 8, 2025

LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Hop Day 8

 Hi crafty friends It's day 8 of LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Hop!

I'm sharing a coffin bookcase made with cardstock. I got the template years ago from my blogging friend who was I think a master Halloween creator. Her makes were incredible!!

I used Tim Holtz products mainly and other found objects & materials from my Halloween stash.


 I printed out the template on standard size cardstock paper, cut out the pieces and adhered each to heavy 110 weight black cardstock on both sides with craft glue.

 I used glossy accents as an adhesive to build frame-holding pieces in place. I let dry overnight. Adding more glossy accents as needed the next day. Coating everything with mod podge to seal.

Putting in the cardstock shelves with more glossy accents. And adding more matte mod podge to adhere & seal Halloween paper on back & sides of Coffin.

The base stand was an ATC card blank papered with heavy weight black cardstock on both sides & mod-podged. 

Then it was time for the fun part, embellishing!!


I found an orange tiger eye marble in my yard and that became a crystal ball. Everything was adhered down with glossy accents or E 6000.


Fibers and salt were put into potion bottles & lids were sealed with glossy accents. Little pumpkins came from Michael's craft store



Netting material, black yarn and cobwebs from stash.



Embellishing shelves with Tim's Halloween Ephemera Papers, Potion Bottles, Skulls, Drippy Candles & Mini Books. (I put the little books together while watching Tim's how-to video!) They were mini book templates in his Halloween ephemera pack; I used those and cut printed paper strips to make the book pages.

I think I covered everything I did to make this Coffin Bookcase! Stay Creative. Tee



 Challenges:








Simon Says IG Challenge

Monday, July 29, 2024

Color Medium


Hi, crafting friends, time for a new challenge @ 
Make My Monday! The theme is Coloring/Any Medium. 
I chose to try something different and use watercolor as my medium. 
I made this card using KatzelKraft's Cat & Mouse stamp, & sentiment is from the Whatchamacallit stamp set.
Come on over & share your color medium with us!
Stay creative. Tee
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Supplies:
Canson Mixed Media Medium Paper Grain
Stamps- Katzelkraft
Tuxedo Black Archival Ink
Watercolor Pan Set-U.S. Art Supply
Water Pen


Challenges:








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Friday, July 5, 2024

Enervy ATC


Hello, crafting friends, sharing an artist trading card with you today.

This coffee loving dog is Enervy by Katzelkraft Stamps. 

I stamped him on 2 1/2 " x 3 1/2" atc size kraft cardstock & colored with Prismacolor pencils. 

Background is DecoArt shimmering silver metallics paint. I stamped some words with a prima stamp in a blue pigment ink, but it dissolved into the background, (paint was not dry yet) but it worked out okay.

Thank you for dropping by today. Stay Creative. Tee


Challenges:

                                  ATC Around the World #115 Animals


                                          A Place to Start July Challenge/ AG





Sunday, June 2, 2024

Flap Front Card


Flap- Card Front

Hello Crafting Friends! Sharing a fun 'flap front' card with you today. The inspiration for this card comes from YouTube. I saw another card fold I can't wait to try! lotsa inspiration to be found.
 Stay Creative. Tee 💗

Supplies:
Paper-"Life is Beautiful" by Echo Park
Stamps- Hoppy Moments
CaliArt Markers
Die Cuts- Cutplorations thin dies & Spellbinder circle die cut.
Memento- tuxedo black ink
Nuvo- clear drying glue


Open Flap Front



Inside card





  Playing in the following Challenges: