Christmas Card Share: Some More For 2013

Happy Holidays my crafting friends!!

I hope you are all having a nice holiday season!  This time of year always seems to be a bit crazy for everyone!  Here is a video of a few more cards that I have been working on:

 Thanks for watching!!  Let me know what you all think! :) 

Merry Christmas!!






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Some Simple Christmas Projects

Hey everyone!

I hope you are all having a GREAT week so far!!  I just wanted to share a couple quick projects that I have been working on.  Here's my video from YT:

 Thanks for watching!!  Have a good week!




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Peper Christmas Lights That GLOW!!

Hey!!

Ok guys, here's the deal...  I've had this idea for about five years now.  I have always wanted to do it for my Christmas cards, yet I have always been so sick and didn't have the time to experiment and play around with it.  Until this year!!!  I finally got to play, and oh my gosh I am SO EXCITED!!!

 In case you don't want to watch the video, here is the gist of it.  I have always wanted to glowing, like actual Christmas lights on my cards.  They have those necklaces that blink and glow and flash, and I've wanted to incorporate those onto my cards somehow.  The problem is, they are so bulky!  Then, you have to hide the battery pack somewhere in the card.  Then, if you're mailing it, you want the lights on so when the recipient gets it, the lights will be on (so they don't have to turn them on.)  and who knows if the battery pack will last that long.  ETC.   Well, I got to thinking  "What about glow in the dark paint!?"  I have three different bottles from three different stores, and I tried two of them out so far.  The one I use the most is by Americana, and it's just called Glow In The Dark Paint.  The other one is by Tulip, and it's called Glow.  They both work great!  They are clear, so you can put it on top of ANYTHING without distorting the color.   Then, when you're all done painting it on your projects, you just need to ensure that the project will be exposed to light, so that the Glow will work once the lights are turned off! 

It is SO MUCH FUN!   I've painted over a ton of Christmas lights that I cut using my Cricut.  I've also painted over Christmas Light Stickers.  I've painted over a fire in a fireplace.  The flame of a candle.  The list goes on and on!  There are so many ideas, and once you try it out, you will think of a million more!  And it is so fun to turn out the lights and see it glow!  I think the kiddos in my family are going to LOVE it this year!!  I'm not telling them that their card will glow either, I'm just going to wait and let them notice it for themselves!!

Well, I just had to share my brilliant idea (lol!!) with you guys!  I hope you all try it out!  If you do, I'd LOVE to see pictures of what you create!  Keep in mind this is also super fun for Halloween!  Making jack-o-lanterns glow, the moon, owls eyes, or anyone's eyes to make them spooky, etc!  SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!

 Take care guys!  Hope you're having a great weekend!

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Poinsettia Cards (Christmas 2013)

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I hope you're all having a GREAT weekend!  I know I am, I have been crafting my booty off!!  :)  I have another video to share today.  These are Christmas Cards that I made, all of them using  the Tattered Poinsettia Die by Tin Holtz/Sizzix.   I also used the coordinating embossing folder.  These flowers turn out so incredibly gorgeous!  Soooo detailed!  I just love them. 

 Let me know what you think! I love hearing from you guys! :)



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A Few Christmas Cards (2013)

Hey everyone!

Here are some of the Christmas cards that I've been making this season.  Hope you like them! :)

 I hope you're all having a great weekend!



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Secret Santa Gift Bag

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all having a lovely Thanksgiving week!  Food, family, football... it's my favorite time of year!  lol!  Today I have a gift bag to share.  I participated in a Secret Santa Swap on youTue, hosted by Nicole Kerr.  (HERE is the link to her YT channel .  She is the owner/creater of My Style Stamps, and she is just a super talented and sweet lady!)  She wanted to do a swap for the holidays, so she decided to do a secret Santa!  I have always LOVED secret santa's!!  So I signed up right away!  The only requirements were that it be a 5" x 7" bag (or as close to those measurements as possible) and that it be YOUR crafting style, and then include at least 3 goodies for your partner.    Well, it's not really a "partner," I knew who I was sending my package to, but I did not know who I was getting it from.  That's the secret.  Here is the bag that I made:

The bag was to represent your crafting style.  I don't really think that I have a "style."  I mean, I like a little bit of everything!  My crafting style really depends on who I am making the project for!  So I just went with the clean and simple look.  I colored an image (which I am HORRIBLE at, but LOVE doing!) and popped her up on foam adhesive, made it look like she's sitting on the ribbon.  I added paper from The Paper Studio, a Christmas stack called, "Spunky-Funky Christmas."  I purchased it from Hobby Lobby at least two years ago.  It's a really cute paper stack though! :) 
Then, the bag I ended up using was just a regular lunch sack.  I glued down the bottom part to make a pocket on the front of my bag.  I did this intentionally, because one of my three goodies was going to be a gift card.  So this is what it looks like with the gift card in the pocket:

I made the gift card holder at another time from the bag, and so they don't really coordinate that well!  LOL!  Oh well, it's the thought that counts, right?! Hahaha!  I also added some pretty red adhesive flat-backed pearls just to give it a little something extra.  Here is the back of the bag:

Nothing too fancy, just some pretty paper and my handmade by stamp. 

I also made a small, simple 3" x 3" card to send along with my package.  I used my new die that I just purchased yesterday! YAY!! 

It's the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Die.  I went to Michaels last night, and it was just hanging there on an end-cap!  I had never even seen it before, but it's not at all new.  I don't know where I've been! Lol!  I just cut it out with some vintage looking Christmas sheet music paper, and added some yellow-ish pearls to the center.  It is a super simple card, but I think it turned out quite pretty.  I just needed something to write a little note in, and thought it worked out nicely.

I do have a video of the project, (since I try to record a video rather than write out a long blog post like this one! lol But today I was feeling well enough to actually post!)  Here's the video if anyone would rather watch:

 Thanks for stopping by today!  Let me know what you think!  And I hope everyone has a safe, happy Thanksgiving!!  :) 



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Perpetual Calendar Card Keeper

Hey crafty people!!

So.... I typically take photos of my projects to post here.  But recently, I have found that making videos is so much simpler for me.  (With my illness, being on the computer makes me more nauseated than I already am, and videos are just so much more simple to record and then post to YouTube.)  Lately, I have been trying to do both, take photos to post here, and record a video.  For this project, I was just so thrilled that I finally completed it, that I forgot to take photos!!!  Yikes!!  But I did record a video.  Lol.

I made a Perpetual Calendar and Card Keeper for a very good friend.  It is for her birthday, (which has passed, but I still wanted to give it to her regardless.)  I have wanted to make myself one of these for quite a while now, and since I've completed this one, I can NOT wait to get started on mine!  I really, really hope my friend likes it!  Here's the video:

 Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week!





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I'm Having A YouTube Challenge & Giveaway!

Hey friends!!

I just wanted to mention to all of you that have a YouTube account, that I am having a Birthday Challenge/Giveaway on my youTube channel!  Go check it out and participate!!  Here is the link to the video: CraftinBlind's Birthday Bandwagon Challenge Giveaway!

Thanks everyone!!  Hope you're having a great week!
 

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The Baby Guessing Game!

 Hey friends!

Today I have a quick card share.  My very, very good friend just found out she is pregnant!! YAY!!  She actually told me over a month ago, it just took me this long to make the card!

This is actually a revamp of a card I made over two years ago for my little brother and his wife, when they announced their pregnancy.  I really like how this version turned out!!

 Here are some pictures:

The background (purple) paper is from a baby stack by Momenta, I couldn't find a name on it.  It has the cutest papers though!  The little baby heads I cut from my Cricut, and stamped the faces on with Peachy Keen Face Stamps, from a few different sets. Then I added some pink chalk to their little baby cheeks!   The spinner is a Tim Holtz, put on with an eyelet, a washer, and a brad to put it all together.  The words, "The Baby Guessing Game" were all cut with my Cricut, and I put them on a Banner shape that I hand cut.  The banner paper is also from that same Momenta stack.
Here is the inside:

The sentiment is from two different stamp sets, the 'Congrats on your' is by Fiskars, and the 'Pregnancy' is by The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)  The pregnant woman silhouette is also a stamp.  I used the same background paper as from the front of the card, and the green paper that says "baby" all over it in white, is from a baby stack by the Paper Studio.  The stack is called "Jung-a-low Bung-a-low Baby"  What a title, right?!  Lol.

I hope you all like my card, and I really really hope my sweet friend likes it!  It is super fun and kind of addicting to spin it.  Just as I was getting ready to put it in the envelope to mail it off, I gave it a few spins, and it landed on the boy FOUR TIMES IN A ROW!  Odd!  Then I gave it one more spin, and it was twin girls.  Lol.  I can't wait to see what the baby's gender actually is!  I'm  so excited for them!

Thanks for stopping by everyone!  Hope you're having a great week!


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Halloween Card Share

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, so I LOVE making Halloween cards!! I always have so much fun!  This year, all products used were from my stash, except for one stamp set I purchased at Michaels.  (I have WAY too much Halloween stuff! Eek!)   So here's a video of the cards I made.  And like usual, pictures will be below the video.  

Thanks for watching!!  :)

I have eight cards, so here is the first one:

 This card turned out so cute. (I think so, anyway!)  I used a Pollycraft digi stamp, and colored him.  He is TOO CUTE!! Then, put him in one of my (actual size) Polaroid frames that I made with my Gypsy. Added some Prima flowers with rhinestone centers, and a few Halloween brads by The Paper Studio. 

 For the inside, I used some paper from We R Memory Keepers (the spider paper) and the Spider Web Doily is from the Martha Stewart Circle Border Punch.  (I LOVE that thing!  I want to get ALL of the cartridges for it!!!)  It is so user-friendly, actually I should rephrase that.  It is so BLIND PERSON User-Friendly!! Awesome!

Here is card #2: . 

 I love this card too.  I think I love all cards that are Halloween!  LOL!  This card uses a CC Designs stamp that I colored.  The background paper is from a Halloween stack  by The Paper Studio.  And I used three little Candy Corn sticker embellishments (made by Sandy Lion, that I purchased at Joanns)  and placed them over some Halloween Bakers Twine, to make a "banner!"

Here is the inside:  

 I used more of the same paper, and added some little candy corn stickers by Sticko (EK Success.)   It's funny, typically I'm not a sticker person when it comes to card making or scrapbooking.  (I LOVE stickers in general though!!)  But for these cards, I actually used a lot of stickers!  Odd!

Here is card #3:

 This card uses paper from the same We R Memory Keepers Halloween Stack that I mentioned earlier.  The orange paper was ran through my Cuttlebug with a Candy Corn embossing folder (that I LOVE!)  The little Devil trick-or-treater is a chipboard sticker, (See!  Another sticker!!)  The sentiment is also a sticker.  And the candy corn banner is the same as I did in the previous card.  (More stickers!)   This card is for my youngest nephew.  His parents have a rivalry going because they graduated from different/rival Universities here in AZ.  So I just had to use this sticker for my nephew when I saw it!!  He looks a little like the ASU mascot, (Sun Devil) .

Here is card #4:

 This uses the same CC Design Stamp from earlier.  I just changed up some colors and the papers.  These papers are from The Paper Studio halloween stack.  I also added some feathers from Hobby Lobby, and some Prima flowers. 

Here is the inside:

 Once again, I used that Martha Stewart Circle Border Punch to cut the spider web doily! And this Halloween sentiment is from a dollar stamp I got at JoAnns a few years ago.

Here is card #5: 

 This card uses a Digi Stamp by Bugaboo Stamps.  This card is for my mom to give to one of my brothers.  (It's a little inside joke that he has.  He likes to call my mom and his wife witches because they both have green eyes.  He is a big joker/teaser.  So once my mom saw this stamp, she HAD to get it!)   My mom colored this image, and I put the card together.  The green paper (has a shine to it that the camera doesn't pick up) is from the Bewitched DCWV stack.   The hats on the side are stickers by Sticko (EK Success.) 

Here is the inside:

 Part of (the same as previously used) a spider web doily, and a spider sticker (also made by Sticko/EK Success.  A very simple design for the inside!

Card #6:

 This one is SUPER simple!   This paper is from a dollar package that JoAnns had a few years ago.  I know this year the ones that they carried were made by DCWV, but I'm not sure if that is who makes this paper.)  And I just colored the three little trick-or-treaters.  Then I punched a spider web border strip to adhere to the top and bottom of this focal image.

Here is the inside:   

 That simple card, (I think) took me the most time to make!  Probably because it just wasn't turning out the way I wanted it to  But oh well.  It was ok! 

Here is card #7:

 This card uses another Bugaboo Stamps image.  I love this image!!  My niece thinks "trick or treat, smell my feet" is just the funniest saying ever! So when I saw this stamp, I knew right away who the card I made would be for!  I used paper from the DCWV Bewitched stack, (and the camera reflected the shine on this paper down in the bottom right corner!!)  Then I added some feathers, and prima flowers with rhinestone centers, as well as some flat back pearls.

Here is the inside:

Super simple.  The image is a stamp from Michaels, I think I got it there three years ago!

And here is my last, and favorite card:

 Have you ever made a card (or other project) specifically for someone, but when it was finished, you wanted to keep it?!  Well I haven't... until now!  I don't know why, but I love this card!! (lol)
My idea, or what I was going for... was like an Evil Genius's Lab.  I got this stamp set by Inkadinkado at Michaels this year,  and it is called "Test Tube." I started playing around, and stamping them all out, and building my scene.  After I was done, I realized that I did it on plain white cardstock! UGH!  I wanted it to look like they were sitting on a table or something.  So I had to change up my plan, and I made it into a cupboard in the evil genius's lab! (LOL)
The background paper is from a Halloween stack by GCD and the reverse side of all the papers is this really cool distressed looking paper in various colors.  So I chose this one, to make it look like the wall behind the cupboard, maybe it was in a condemned building or something! haha.    I added some caution tape (washi tape) and some brads for the knobs on the cupboard doors. 
Here is one 'cupboard' door opened:

 And here it is with both doors opened:

 Now you can see why I had to turn it into a cabinet!  (lol)  I still could have done it better, but at this point, I had already invested so much time (about 14 hours) so I just went with it.  (I should probably explain that 14 hours a little bit.  As many of you know, I have a chronic illness, and extremely poor eyesight.  Any "simple" basic card, still takes me about four hours to make.  Well, in my life, with my illness, I never just have four straight hours that I can sit and craft.  I'm lucky if I have 20 minutes straight! So one card can take me up to a few weeks to make! Depending on how sick I am.  The majority of the time though, is spent trying to actually SEE what I am making!! lol) 
Ok, so I stamped the images on the white card stock, and also on clear acetate. I then cut out the acetate ones, and after I was done coloring and placing the eyeballs, and the froggie in their test tubes, I glued the acetate images over top of the others, to add the "realistic" look.  I was going to do glossy accents, but it was too large of an area to work with, and my eyes aren't good enough to see when I miss a spot, so I didn't want to chance it, and just went with the acetate!  I like the way it turned out!!
Here's a closer look at the images, so maybe you can see the effect that the acetate gives.  

 This is the inside of the card:

 I tried to make it coordinate with the 'theme.' 

In the stamp set, it comes with a stamp that says "From the lab of"  and when I saw that, I just knew I wanted to use it on the back of my card instead of my typical "handmade by" stamps!! 

 It made me giggle to use the stamp like that! 

 Well.... those are my Halloween cards for 2013!!  Next thing to tackle... Christmas!  Yikes!  This year really went by too quickly!

I hope you all have a safe, fun, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!


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