DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Special Day

Hi again! What I am going to share to you on this post is the last project I made for the month of August as a part of the Bee Happy Crafts DT.  It is a teeny weeny card with a mason jar embellishment.

 The card measures 4"x4".

There was an embossing folder in the package that was sent to me by BHC. It was a Darice mason jar. I only have three embossing folders in my stash, but I haven’t used them that much. When I got the item, I thought I would make a card with it. By card it meant embossing a piece of cardstock. Well, I worked with the other supplies first and came across shrink plastic. As I have said in a previous post, I am still new to this material and I haven’t done much exploring yet. It got me thinking of embossing the shrink plastic and stamping on it. The first one that I made didn’t turn out good.

 I smudged ink all over the shrink plastic!

Anyhow, I tried making another one and it look a lot better. I don’t advise using pigment ink though because it does not adhere onto the shrink plastic well. If you touch the inked part it would get smeared. What I did on my shrunk embellishment was to adhere the inked side onto the chipboard so it would stay intact.

Assembling the card was fairly quick since I just used some elements from previous projects like the card base, the die cut and the distressed circle. I just had to add the sentiment and embellishments. 

By the way, I brushed metallic acrylic paint over the elements. I love the FolkArt Pearl White Paint. The coating was very fine. It was translucent and it leaves the coated part shimmery. It is like adding glaze to your work, but this particular paint is not that overpowering. It is very light as it is. I totally love it! You may be sure to see more of it in the next projects for BHC since my theme would be 'Shabby September'. I hope you stop by again some time to catch them.

On the other hand, August will draw to a close in a couple of hours. I have some other projects that I have not posted yet which are part of the month of August. I would probably put them up this week, but they would already be under September (on the blog). [Sigh.] The Christmas season is here and my Christmas list is a bit long this year so I would also start working on my Holiday cards. Watch out for them as well.

Okay. I would really end it here. I am soooo sleepy. I need to doze of for a while before going to work later. Thanks for looking today! Have a great week!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Patterned Paper from The Stampers' Sampler Magazine, My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad Away We Go, My Mind's Eye Chipboard Embellishments, lace trimming, paper and silk flowers, self-adhesive crystals, string, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Butterflies, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps Flourishes and Such, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, ColorBox Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Turquoise, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Pearl White, Ranger Heat It Craft Tool, Stanley Glue Gun, Darice Embossing Folder Mason Jar, Spellbinders Nestabilities A2 Card Creator Die Tranquil Moments, Cuttlebug Machine V2

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Memories

Hi! It’s Monday once again and I am still awake. I would certainly be so sleepy at work tonight. Anyway, I am here to show you the mini that I have been working on since last week. Well, it is not yet complete. I mean I have not decorated it yet since I might embellish each page depending on the pictures that I am going to put in there. I still couldn’t decide how to prettify the cover. So, I am going to store it away for now and start the decorations perhaps in a couple of days when I have the pictures. I will make another video of the whole thing once I figure out what exactly I want to do with it. 

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Brown Paper Bags, Illustration Board, Kraft Folder, Moods Board Paper Stormy GrayTissuestock, Best of Studio Calico Sampler Pack, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Butterflies, Flutter, Windsor, Perfume, Honey Comb, Dictionary Meanings and Madame Boutique, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity and Advert 1, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Beauty Premium Pigment Ink Pad Black, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Walnut Gold, Butternut Squash, Jack O'Lantern and Coral Reef, Modge Podge Classic Matte, Reeves Gesso, Double Sided Tape

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Remember

Hello guys and gals! I’m so sorry for the late post. I intended to show you another project for Bee Happy Crafts DT yesterday, but I dozed off an hour after getting home from work. Tsk. Here it is.

I was supposed to make a different project over the weekend, but I couldn't take my mind off a green and blue based mixed media canvas. So, I worked on it first. It was inspired by a project Elena Morgun made for Finnabair CT. You can find the video on her Youtube channel Elena Morgun. I tried the techniques she used and I was really happy about it. I didn't do some parts from her video tutorial since I didn't have the supplies, but I think it still looks fine. What do you think? (Don't mind my photo. Since I couldn't let go of the idea of starting the canvas, I just chose a picture from the very few printed ones that I have on hand. Excuse my face. Heh.)

I painted the chipboard with Burnt Umber acrylic colour.

If you have or will check out Elena's video, she used soft gloss gel and silks to paint the base. Since I didn't have those, I used gesso and liquid pearls and then I sponged some olive ink from my ColorBox pigment ink pad over the surface. I cut pieces of designer papers from the Studio Calico sampler pack and adhered them onto the canvas with Modge Podge. I adhered a 3R photo (3.5" x 5") onto a slightly bigger cardstock. Before gluing it onto a thick chipboard, I placed a journaling card at the back of the photo mat. I cut out a sentiment from another journaling card. I then added the embellishments and stamped here and there. I brushed watered-down liquid pearls and metallic acrylic paint over a couple areas of the canvas including the top of the embellishments. I also added some micro pearls using Modge Podge. I splattered black acrylic paint onto the canvas and smudged some paint on the edges with my finger.

As a finishing touch, I added the embellishments that I made using shrink plastic. It's just so amazing looking at the little cogs and gears that came about by heating die cuts out of shrink plastic. They are just so cool! It was fun making them. I will definitely make some more. You will most probably see them on the current project that I am working on. I'm so excited. If only I could finish it now I could show you how it looks, but I would need another day or two to complete it.

So that was that—another mixed media canvas done. I hope to finish the mini that I am currently working on. Do stop by in a few days to check it out. Thank you for looking today!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Conda 12" x 12" Canvas, Moods Board Paper Storm Gray, Best of Studio Calico Sampler Pack, Ink Rose Albums Made Easy Journaling Cards, tag, Rouge de garance chipboard embellishments Passiflore, American Crafts Thickers, paper flowers, metal charms, pearls, buttons, string, baker's twine, shrink plastic, Pebeo Acrylic Colour Burnt Umber, Ranger Liquid Pearls Peacock, Mint Green and Petal Pink, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Colour Blue Topaz, Reeves Acrylic Paint Mars Black, Reeves Gesso, Modge Podge Classic Matte, Elmer's White Glue, micro pearls, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, ColorBox Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Pad Olive, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Butterfly and Botanical Odyssey, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Prima Marketing Stencil Harlequin, Golden Molding Paste, Sizzix Bigz Die Love Gears, Cuttlebug Machine V2, Ranger Heat It Craft Tool, Stanley Glue Gun

THE SHRINK PLASTIC EXPERIENCE

Hi there! For this post, I am going to talk about 'The Shrink Plastic Experience'. Like I have said in a previous post, I tried to use shrink plastic on a project as an embellishment, but I totally mucked it. At that time, I did not have a heat gun nor an oven. What I did after a failed attempt of using my hair dryer to heat the material was put it several inches over a flame which did not nothing but curled the whole thing. I gave up that day and decided to finally get a heat tool. I didn't think I would really be needing one until the shrink plastic came. Hah. I just use a small hair dryer to speed up the drying time of my mixed media projects. My bad. I should have gotten one ages ago. I was just too sparing. Thanks to Bee Happy Crafts I get to eventually get my hands on this material and have a go at it. 

I haven't done much with the shrink plastic except for the basic stamping of images and die cutting. Gah. I can now make my own embellishments from die cuts. You know how I love using cogs and gears and with shrink plastic I can actually make several of them at a cheaper price. I have actually run out of small gears and I can't get them locally. My cousin bought the ones I had before in the States. And they are quite costly. I may try coloring them before heating or just paint over them when I have adhered them onto the surface of a project. Which ever I choose to do, I believe they will be splendid. Ah. What a great use of shrink plastic. Well, if I have the time I would try to explore other ways on using them. I was amazed at some crafters who make 3D accessories and there was this one artist who doodles on shrink plastic and the outcome is really awesome and inspiring. It would take several packs of shrink plastic sheets before I could even achieve one fourth of what they do. May be some time next year I will devote a portion to learning those techniques. So that's one resolution for 2016. Heh. I sure hope I will work on that. 

Anyway, for my first batch of successful shrink plastic embellishments, I used the following:

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Shrink Plastic, Stampendous Acrylic Block, Ranger Heat It Craft Tool, Cuttlebug Machine V2, Marvy Uchida Circle Punch 1 1/2" and 2", Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Rubber Stamps Lamp Post and Eiffel Tower, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Butterfly and Botanical Odyssey, Sizzix Bigz Die Love Gears, Ticket Punch, Tweezers

P.S. I should have posted the latest project right after this, but I just got totally knocked out when I got home from work this morning that I didn't get to edit the photos. I'm terribly sorry. I'll post it tomorrow. Hopefully I'd be done before noon. ¡Hasta mañana!

THE GREAT NATIONAL BOOK STORE WAREHOUSE SALE 2015

Hi! How are you? I mentioned last time that I’m going to share to you the loots I got from the Great National Book Store Warehouse Sale. 

The vertical ones were P15 each while the horizontal ones were P20 each.

It was the first time for me to go to a warehouse sale of NBS. My officemate asked me if I wanted to go with her. (I went with her to the Books For Less Warehouse Sale the previous week. We both had been so disappointed with it.) It was pretty overwhelming because of the long queue when we arrived at the place in Quezon Ave. The store opens at 9AM and people already filled the surroundings of the building way before the opening hour waiting for the store to finally open its doors and let everyone in. I'll skip to when we arrived at the 'warehouse' place. I made a bee line for the supplies section. I'm a book hoarder as well, but there are more people going straight for the books so before they turn to the supplies and the guards have more people come in from downstairs, I looked through stuff that they have. I found a box of ribbons and I just kept tossing them on my basket. (When I counted before paying, they were 19.) I walked around and reached the 'Christmas' section. There were a lot of paper bags. I grabbed several kraft ones. Then I saw a box with chipboard embellishments. I got quite excited because they P30 a pack wherein originally they were P125. I remember a few years back when I would look at them longingly, but they were just too expensive for a small project. So, I bought six of them (three packs of each of the two varieties).

I found a set of oil pastels amidst a box of books. It is for my sister who likes to draw when she feels like it (which is very rare these days. Hah.)

I was expecting to see more scrapbooking stuff like embellishments and whatnot, but they only had a couple of chipboard elements and the ribbons. I guess they'll have those embellishments some time during the Christmas season. I hope Hallmark has another warehouse sale. I missed last year. TT.TT. I want lots of brads and buttons and what have you!!!

The diskettes come in 5 delicious colors—yellow, pink, blue, green and orange.

I also bought random stuff like diskettes and dry erase tabs. They might come in handy in my future projects.

As for books, I wasn't adept in locating the good ones. I only managed to get book numbers 3, 4 and 5 of Christopher Pike's Thirst series and The Fledgling Handbook 101 of P.C. Cast. 

                    

I forgot to mention. My sister also came. She went there directly from home so when she arrived at the location, she did not go in with us. She went for the books first. She didn't get much either except for a couple of textbooks and a set of Hardy Boys novels. 

Though it was hot and too crowded, it was a great experience. I was happy with my buys. I will definitely go there again next year, but I will be more prepared for it.

So that was that. Thank you for stopping by today. 

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Flutter

Hi there! I am going to share a set of mixed media cards today. They are of similar composition, but they vary in the layout.

The papers in the Studio Calico sampler pack that came in with the package are all very pretty. It has several green papers which made me think of using green and blue as the main color scheme for this project. For each card, I used a third color—purple, pink and orange. The fourth one was mainly blue.

I used several supplies from the package aside from the paper pack. These include the paper doilies, tags, embossed stickers, buttons and dies.  

Basically, the process is the same for each card. There were just slight variations here and there. I started by making the base using ivory board paper and I cut out the designer papers. I then distressed the edges of the papers except the ones that I used for the 'main background'. The papers from the pack are on the thin side so I needed to adhere them onto pieces of board paper for them to be able to hold the embellishments. Before doing so, I applied molding paste on the papers, let it dry and sprayed glimmer mist on one of them. After which I distressed the edges. I adhered the designer papers onto the base and started decorating. After affixing the embellishments, I brushed some micro pearls mixed with Modge Podge (I don't have a soft gel medium) onto the surface of the flowers. I let it dry then brushed liquid pearl over them. In some instances, I also used metallic acrylic paint to accentuate the embellishments. Also, I placed random crystals to make them more interesting. (Sorry. Can't help it. I just love adding them to my projects!)

Let us take a look at each of the cards.

1. Celebrate

The card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4". 

I layered a paper doily, which I first sprayed with glimmer mist, designer paper, die cut and stamped tag before adding in the embellishments.

2. Birthday Wishes

The card measures 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". 

The blue gear was part of a dismantled glue tape.

I stamped on some parts of the card.

3. Congratulations 

The card measures 3 3/4" x 6 1/2".  

For the sentiment, I took one of the stickers from the sticker sheet that came with the package. 

I cut some of the chipboard embellishments which I bought for cheap at the National Book Store Great Warehouse Sale in Quezon Ave. I think I will write a post about the goodies I got from there later this week. And oh, that bottle cap at the bottom was something I picked off the street when I was walking home after my shift. My sister told me that if I wanted to horde bottle caps, I should just ask our neighbor who owns a sari-sari store to give me some. It's rather fun finding little treasures in the street. Heh.

4. Celebrate We Will

The card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".  

I stamped two butterflies on a piece of board paper and fussy cut them then I sprayed glimmer mist. I scored the wings before adhering them on top of each other. And of course I didn't forget the blings!

I had a lot of fun putting together this bunch of cards. I got to play around with my new coloring supplies and explore various techniques. I hope to share some more new projects soon. Thank you for looking today. Have a great week!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper Ivory, kraft paper, Best of Studio Calico Sampler Pack, We R Memory Keepers Embossed Stickers Antique Chic, Rouge de garance Chipboards Passiflore and Valse, tags, paper doily, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, paper flowers, silk rose buds, metal charms, buttons, self-adhesive crystals, bottle cap, string, micro pearls, Golden Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Art Is, ColorBox Cat's Eye Queue Pigment Ink Dune, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Butterfly, Happy Birthday Clear Stamps, Ranger Liquid Pearls Hot Cocoa, Mint Green, Peacock, Flamingo, Petal Pink and Cantaloupe, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint Blue Topaz, Modge Podge Classic Matte, Reeves Gesso, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Nougat, Bahama Blue and Cinder, My Favorite Things Die-namics Dies Doily Mini Circles, Cuttlebug Machine V2

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Victoria

 

Hi! What I am going to share today is the first project I made for Bee Happy’s DT. For the first project, I decided to make a mixed media canvas. I was supposed to work on the cover of an art journal, but one thing led to another and I came up with this. Just to warn you though, this post would be a bit long. 

Alright. Now that you are forewarned about the impending lengthy read, let’s start from the beginning of how I put together this piece. I used an 8”x10” primed canvas for the base. I added some texture onto the surface of the canvas by applying molding paste on a couple of The Crafter’s Workshop mini stencils and coated everything with gesso. After drying, I sprayed several layers of glimmer mist. I began with Tattered Angels Butternut Scotch followed by Jack O’Lantern and Coral Reef. I used Black Magic at the corners as well as the sides.

Remember the items I received from Bee Happy? I used several of them to make the embellishments and the background of the image. I don't know if you can recognize all of them, but I included the buttons, a tag, a paper doily, some of the papers from the sampler pack and die cuts made from the mini doily dies.

I altered the color of most of the supplies except for the metal charms. Similar to what I did with the canvas, I gessoed the pieces then sprayed them with glimmer mist. I painted some with gold poster color (the die cuts, wooden embellishments and some of the buttons) and coated a thicker  with liquid pearl.

Before affixing the embellishments, I adhered a paper doily over the mini brocade that I stenciled on the left side of the canvas. I then layered pieces of patterned papers whose edges I distressed after which I coated with watered-down gesso. I also inked the edges. I adhered them using Modge Podge. It is the first time that I used this medium and I really like how strong it adheres the papers onto the canvas. Anyway, I wanted to coat the stamped image as well as the sentiment with crackle paint, but unfortunately I ran out of it. Sad. So what I did was spray the image with glimmer mist (Black Magic) and fussy cut it when it dried. I affixed the image onto the canvas with foam tape. I added metal wings to make 'Victoria' more interesting.

A few months ago, I splurged on some clear stamps. I just love Bee Happy Crafts for carrying clear stamp brands especially Kaisercraft and Prima Marketing! I posted about it here. I utilized some of the stamps from that craft haul on the canvas. The main image also came with them.

Now for the fun part--decorating! I kept changing my mind as to how I would be putting the embellishments as I worked on the canvas. But even so, I am quite happy with the outcome. It is a huge improvement. If you have seen the first four canvases that I made from the previous year, there is such a great difference that you would surely notice. If you're interested to see what I mean, you can check my IG (@paperaddict28). I was just so stupid to have accidentally deleted my tumblog. It is where I posted about all of them. Tsk.

I wanted to use shrink plastic as an embellishment. They were supposed to dangle down with the tag, but the whole idea failed. Ha. I'll tell you more about it on the next project that I make using them successfully.

I am really happy on how the canvas turned out. I think you would see more altered projects in the near future. So that was that. I have to end it here for now. I just hope our internet connection gets better tomorrow so I can upload more stuff. Thank you for looking today!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Conda 8”x10” Canvas, Moods Board Paper Storm Gray, Studio Calico Sampler Pack, paper doily, American Crafts Thickers, tag, paper flowers, metal charms, self-adhesive crystals, pearls, beads, jump rings, polymer clay flowers, bottle caps, wooden flower, lace trimming, vintage paper clip, buttons, brad, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishment, The Crafter’s Workshop Stencil Mini Art Is and Chicken Wire Reverse, Golden Molding Paste, Reeves Gesso, Modge Podge Classic Matte, Elmer's White Glue, Stanley Glue Gun, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Victoria, Hexagon, Flutter, Film Strip Edge and Confidence, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, My Favorite Things Doily Mini Circles, Cuttlebug Machine V2