My first card-making class, we made Graduation projects!

On Tuesday, May 10th, I taught my first card-making class at my local Rec Center, and even though I only had 1 student, Heather, we had a great time! She ended up receiving 1 on 1 instruction and learned a lot! And since she was the only one there she got to play with all of my fun tools!

We made two cards and a tag. The tag has a pocket that is perfect for a gift card or some cash. Heather is going to use one of them for her nephew.

I thought it would have been a more popular class since most people know someone who is graduating from some kind of school or program. But it was my first time trying it out and I learned a lot myself. I can't just rely on social media to get the word out about classes, so next time I will do a lot more advertising and hope that word of mouth will spread and I will get more students.

I used products from multiple companies in the making of these projects:

Stamps are from Lawn Fawn, Concord & 9th, Elle's Studio, and SSS

Dies are from Waffle Flower, Concord & 9th, Lawn Fawn, and My Favorite Things

The papers I used are from Bazzill, American Crafts, Concord & 9th, and Neenah

Inks used are from Concord & 9th, Versafine, Versamark

Other tools and supplies are: Gold embossing powder, a heat gun, black and white twine, tape runner, foam tape, a gold marker, paper trimmer, die cutting machine, Bearly arts liquid glue, the MISTI tool, and an acrylic block

Thanks for visiting today,

happy crafting, and have a great day!

Trisha

Hocus Pocus Haunted House treat box

Isn't this little haunted house box so cute?!

I love making things like this out of paper. It's the perfect size to share a few goodies in with your friends, neighbors, kids, grandkids, etc...

Have a spooky day!

Hugs, Kisses and Get Well Wishes!

Good morning! 

When I came across this image from an old retired Stampin Up set I had to use it, to make some fun Get Well soon cards for my card swap group.  

 Because I was making 8 cards total, I ended up using two different patterned papers for the background. 

I pulled out my Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and stamped a bunch of images, and colored them in using my Prismacolor pencils. 

I used the Lawn Fawn outside-in stitched square dies to cut them out and also used a fun stitched scalloped rectangle die from My Favorite Things to cut out the white panel.

I shaded around the edges of the paper using a Picket Fence Blending brush and Simon Says Stamp Cobblestone ink. 

 For the finishing touch, I tied some twine around the panel with a bow. 

I kept them pretty clean and simple, don't you think they 

turned out super cute! 

Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

I'm over the MOON for you!

Hello, today I am sharing with you what I made for my son's 3rd grade class for Valentines. I know Valentines is over, but it's still February!!  I had so much fun making these cute tags and putting together these bags of goodies. 

I was so happy when my son said he wanted a space theme this year, I got to use the Space Explorer stamp set from My Favorite Things for the first time since I got it!

These little astronauts turned out so adorable. I colored them just the way he wanted me to. When I asked him what color he wanted his space suit to be he said Red, with blue accents. I used some crayola and other no name brand pencils for the coloring. I don't use my really good Prismacolor pencils for the little kids, they just throw things like this in the garbage. Most people wouldn't have shaded and done as much detail as I did, but I figured it was great practice! I want to improve in my coloring so I went all in on 25 of these little astronauts!  

I used the Falling Stars Stencil from Simon Says Stamp with a white pencil to add some light stars in the background for a simple galaxy. I added a moon on the bottom of the circle tag with some scrap gray paper that I had in my stash, using a gray pencil I lightly added some moon craters to give it more detail and hopefully make it look more like the moon. I stamped my sentiment on it with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink. 

I used the coordinating dies of the stamp set to cut out my astronauts and adhered them with Tombow Mono Multi glue, I punched a small hole and tied it to the bag of goodies (milky way candy bars, 2 glow sticks, and a pencil with  a fun star eraser topper) with some red ribbon. 

I love how they turned out, and hope I get to play with this stamp set again, it has the cutest images in it! 

Thanks for visiting, have a great day and happy crafting!!

Love gives us a Fairytale!

Good evening to you all, I hope you had a wonderful day today. Tonight I want to share with you a card that I think turned out pretty cute!

Sorry for the bad lighting, it was a gloomy day and not the best for photographing the card, but I had to get this post up so that I can participate in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge that ends tomorrow morning! The theme is Have a Heart and they are showcasing My Favorite Things products. I was so excited because I actually have a couple of stamp sets from MFT!!

With this card, I practiced my water coloring and tried my hand at creating a scene with the most adorable images from My Favorite Things. These stamp sets are so much fun, I just got them a little bit ago and couldn't wait to play with them. I look forward to many more projects with these super cute images. 

I had so much fun making this card, it took me quite a while since I am new at building scenes and don't have that much experience with watercolor, but it is one of my favorite mediums to use, it's so relaxing.

Supplies: 

Canson XL cold press watercolor paper

I actually just used some simple Crayola Watercolor Paints

(I am saving up to get me some good paints like Daniel Smith or Dr. Ph Martin's.) 

Silver Black Velvet brushes in size 2 and 6

My Favorite Things Once Upon a Time stamp set

My Favorite Things Knight in Shining Armor stamp set

Simon Says Stamp Love & Quotes stamp set

I used my Misti from My Sweet Petunia for all the stamping

Versafine Onyx black ink

Clear embossing powder (for the sentiment)

I used the Outside in Stitched rectangle die from Lawn Fawn to cut out my panel

Be Creative Tape was used to adhere the panel to the card base

The card base is made from Neenah 80 lb classic crest solar white cardstock

Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh in 4mm clear, 6 mm clear, 4 mm pink blush, 6 mm pink blush, 4 mm pink peonies, 6 mm orchid

I adhered the sequins using a Marvy Jewel Picker and Ranger Multi Medium Matte 

I used a Clear Wink of Stella brush pen to add a little shimmer to her dress, and the castle; I used a silver Wink of Stella pen for the Knight's sword. 

I created links to some of the products that are still available to the company websites. Most of the products I used can be found on Amazon, at Simon Says Stamp, Ellen Hutson, and many more online stores

Thank you for stopping by, I hope I sparked a little creativity in you! Happy Crafting!!