Beauty is All Around

Good morning! Today is a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments! 

Anything Goes

I am showing you a Fall card using Rain Rain from Crafty Sentiments Designs. I colored this sweet little doll using copics and cut her out using my new cricut cartridge Elegant Edges. The tree background paper is Recollections Night and Fall paper pad and the gorgeous yellow leaf background paper is from DCWV Spiced Cider stack! Oooohh, I like that stack! I punched some leaves out of a scrap sheet of leaf paper. I used some webbing ribbon and flowers from JoAnn's and WOC. I also added a tag with the sentiment stamped in brown ink. I added blue rhinestones and lots of yummy fibers and sheer ribbon! Thank you so much for stopping by! Please join us this week at Crafty Sentiments!

 

I am entering in the following challenges:

Bearly-Mine - Ribbon/Twine/String

Papertake - Two by Two (2 stamps)

Use it Tuesday - Scraps (scrap leaf paper and the brown webbing is hoarded!)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Fall/Autumn

Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Distress

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with ribbons

QKR Stampede - Fall colors

Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party

Simply Create Too - Fall/Autumn

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Flowers

2 Sisters - Fall Fun

Sweet Stampin' - Autumn

Allsorts - Autumn

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

613 Avenue - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Eureka - Anything Goes

OLLCB - F is for....Fall, fun, flowers, fibers

Creative Craft - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Tag

Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Autumn

Jellypark - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - Ribbon

Oozak - Anything Goes

Cards Galore - Flowers

Seemacrafts - Autumn colors

One Crazy Stamper - Thankful/Autumn

Eclectic Ellapu - Celebrate Autumn

Ice Cream Dream

Happy Monday! Today we have a new challenge at Incy Wincy, we would like you to be inspired by candy! Today I am showing you my card from the awesome inspirational photo below! YUM! I have used the amazing image Not Big Enough! from The Paper Shelter. I colored her with copics, cut her out using my cricut, and added some frantage! I used the Spellbinders die cut Floral Ovals to mat this sweet image. Onto the pretty shiny blue paper I spritzed some Dylusions white linen. I added some yellow ribbon from 3GirlJam and flowers from WOC. The papers, pearls, and pin were from my stash. I got the raindrop pearl ribbon and the recycled ice cream cone charm from Hobby Lobby. I hope you will join us this week at Incy Wincy!

I am entering in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - AG/Make it Girly

Whoopsi Daisy - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Craft Your Passion - Heavy Metal

The Paper Shelter - Shabby Chic

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Just Inspirational - Bingo (squares, 3 papers, flowers)

3GirlJam - Fun with Digi's with ribbon

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Ribbon

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Sister Act Card - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee, Cards - Flowers

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Pile it on - Favorite color as main color (pink and blue)

OSAAT - Use a digi

613 Avenue - Anything Goes

Red Carpet Studio - Pretty in Pink

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Creative Craft - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Flowers

Designed to Color - Use a die cut

Cards Galore - Flowers

Eureka - Anything Goes

A Little bit Crafty - A little bit Shabby

Natalie and Amy - Shabby Chic

Fall Bingo

Hi all! I have a fun craft to show you today! My children love to play games, so when I saw the cute Bingo cards from Daydream Designs I knew I had to use them! I decided to make a fun altered matchbox to keep my Bingo cards in. They are pre-colored, so all I had to do was print them off! I printed them the size of an ATC and am using buttons as our game pieces. First, I started with a plain matchbox and covered it with design paper from the paper stack Kellerkurtz & Company (which you will be seeing me use a ton!! Love it) I used Gel Medium over my brick stencil and then touched the edges with black gesso. Then for fun I dabbed bubble wrap into gesso and placed it on! I then sprayed it with Dylusions cut grass, melted chocolate, squeezed orange, and Perfect Pearls heirloom gold. The images on front are also from Daydream Designs Fall digital sets called Pumpkin Patch colored set and Falling for you Owls. I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo ink and black gesso. Then added some aged gold embossing enamel to the corner of the image. The little black bird is from Hobbycutz which I painted with black gesso and added some aged gold embossing enamel to it also. The flowers are from JoAnn's. I added bits of black and white gesso and some orange glitter glue to make it sparkle. The swirls are new from Say it in Crystals that I snatched up at JoAnn's on my last trip! :) I added two pieces of burlap ribbon that I recycled from a wedding invitation and finished off with two green brads covered in orange glitter glue. I am so glad you stopped in today and I can't wait to play this game with my children!! Be Blessed!

 

I am entering in the following challenges:

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything Goes

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Fab n Funky - Button it up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Bingo (buttons, embossing, flowers and flowers, sentiment, bling)
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Five Simple Things - Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Things with wings (bird)
Allsorts - How does your garden grow
Oozak - Anything Goes
Pile it on - Leaves
OSAAT - Autumn
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
OLLCB - F is for (Fall, fun, family, fence, flower, frantage)
Tuesday Throwdown - Colors of Fall
LEJ - Things with wings (bird)
Creative Craft - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Flowers
Seemacrafts - Autumn colors
Heck of a Challenge - Autumn colors
One Crazy Stamper - Autumn
Ribbon Carousel - Fall or Halloween (the burlap ribbon came on a spool)
Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes


Give Thanks

Hi everyone! Today we are giving thanks at Incy Wincy! Our challenge for you is Give Thanks! We would love to see projects showing how thankful we are! :) We are sponsored this week by Delicious Doodles! They are offering 4 Digi's to the winner! For my card I used Pumpkin Corner paired with a digital sentiment from Daydream Designs' Pumpkin Patch Outline Set! I colored the image with copics and added ultra fine glitter to the bubbles.

 

Yesterday, I visited a church to see my niece being baptized. The pastor stated a neat thought reminding us about how important thanking God is in our daily prayers. He said, "If you woke up tomorrow and only had what you had thanked God for the day before, what would you have?" He then said, "Would any of you even be alive?" How often do we thank God for what we have? How often do we thank Him for life? What an awesome reminder to always thank God for every blessing He provides!! :)

 

It really encouraged me to pray for all God's blessings, I hope it did the same for you!

Be Blessed!

And Thank You for stopping by!

The inside:

Prize is 4 Digi's

 

I am entering in the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - CAS
Bearly-Mine - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Stamp n Doodle - In the garden
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - Show us your fall colors
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Casual Fridays - Fall colors and a leaf
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - How does your garden grow
Pile it on - Leaves
OSAAT - Autumn

Basket of Flowers Canvas

Good morning everyone! Today I'm showing you the image Basket of Flowers from Crafty Sentiments Designs! It's one of their September New Release stamps! If you haven't dropped by to look at them, you are totally missing out! This month is an eclectic group of wonderfully cute stamps! For the next week we will be showing you the New Release images at Crafty Sentiments Inspirations. The DT have been making some projects with tutorials to show off these new stamps!

I made a canvas for my daughter's birthday using the Basket of Flowers stamp. Here is the finished canvas. A tutorial is below. :)

I started by applying Gesso to the canvas to prime it. Then I placed my texture items down using Mod Podge. I also used a Gel Medium when using my stencils to add more depth.

Still adding more texture!

And finishing off with some wood and metal pieces. The wooden corner piece is from Hobbycutz. The metal pieces are Recollections and Tim Holtz. The letters JESUS were made using the flower stems from my I Am Roses flowers. I cut them off the flowers and curled them up!

After I finished placing my texture items, I applied Gesso to the entire canvas.

Once dry, I sprayed with Dylusions spray inks. 

I sprinkled some water over the ink to make the splotches. I really liked how it turned out! After it dried, I lightly applied Gesso to the edges of all the texture items to have them pop out a little. 

Here's a close-up of the cute image Basket of Flowers! I colored her with copics and added some cute freckles to go along with her red hair. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please check out all the projects over the next several days at Crafty Sentiments Inspirations! 

 

I am entering in the following challenges:

Crafts4Eternity - Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Recycle
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Bright Colors
Just Inspirational - Metal Embellishments
City Crafter - Flower Power
LEJ Designs - Lots of Layers
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
Country View - Layers

Apple Basket Altered Candle

Good morning all! I have another project to share with you today! I used Daydream Designs wonderful images to alter my candle. I used the Bushel and Peck Outline Set and the Harvest of Gratitude Sentiment Set.

Here is the finished candle. Scroll down for the tutorial! :)

I started with a plain white candle.

I cut a piece of tissue paper out the size of a sheet of cardstock.

I taped the tissue paper onto the cardstock and printed off the images I wanted on my candle.

Color in your image (if preferred) then cut it out right around the image. (This image is not colored in because I forgot to take pictures when making my original candle.) lol

I placed the image onto my candle. 

Then I cut a strip of wax paper to fit around my candle. I like to make it a little longer so that I can grab it on the back side. Then as I am heating up the candle, it will not burn my fingers. :) You do not need to use wax paper for this project, but I think it melts on smoother and looks more real. When you are finished melting the image on, just gently peel off the wax paper. 

 I really love this technique! It is so fun and easy and will make great gifts! I added some fall leaves and flowers from Michaels around the finished candle for a beautiful background scene. 

I hope you enjoyed the altered candle today! Please stop by Daydream Designs and check out all of Diane's beautiful images!

I am entering in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

MilkCoffee - Fall colors

Five Simple Things - Linky Party

2 Sisters - Recycle

Love to Create - Fall colors

Created with Love - Fall colors

One Sweet Challenge - Fall colors

Di's Digi Designs - Fall colors

The Crazy Challenge - Fall colors

Dream Valley Challenges - Autumn

Altered Journal

Hi all! I'm so excited to show you my first altered journal! Crafty Sentiments has another super fun challenge for you all!

Anything but a Card

That's right, No Cards this week! :) So break out your old ugly items that need a good altering or that crafting project you've been dying to get finished and enter it in at Crafty Sentiments! Here is my project! I started with a notebook I bought at Dollar General that badly needed to be altered (picture below). ;)

I wanted to make a journal for my children. Our children are a blessing from the Lord, so I wanted them to have a journal that would remind them that since they are the Lord's children, they are also heirs! Which means that they are Princesses and Princes! On each of their pages, I used their favorite colors to color the image and decorate the page. On some of their pages, I played around with some new stencils I just purchased using gesso and spray inks. Then I added a scripture that would help remind and encourage them that God sees our inside beauty and loves us dearly. For the tabs on top, I used a Martha Stewart punch. Here is the completed journal!!

(see what I mean.....badly needed altering) 

I started with some gesso. Then I covered it with white paper just to make sure the letters didn't show through. Next, I began layering my texture items using Mod Podge. When it was completely dry, I sprayed with Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise, Crushed Grape, and Lemon Zest ink sprays. 

Inside the journal I used many of Crafty Sentiments New Lollipop Dreams stamps. 

This one is Princess Mask. 

Here is Off to the Ball

and again Off to the Ball

This stamp is Delicate Flowers

And for my Prince I used Billy the Groom

Here is a close-up of all the stamps!

I hope you enjoyed the altered journal! Please join us this week at Crafty Sentiments!!

I am entering in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Flowers
Crafts 4 Eternity - Cute Kids
Five Simple Things - Linky Party
Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
2 Sisters - Recycle
Sweet Stampin - Glamour and Glitz
Totally Gorjuss - Dotty (made dots on journal pages with stencils)
Pile it On - Cool or Warm colors
613 Avenue - Anything Goes Create Your Own (White, Purple, Yellow)
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes Bright Colors
Make it Monday - Linky Party
amuse studio - Pearls and Gems
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Anything But a Card - Hit the books
Fussy and Fancy - Punches and Dies (Martha Stewart punch and Butterfly die)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Use a SSS product (Dylusion spray inks)
Cuttin and Stampin - Use Your Scraps (lace and paper scraps as texture)
Just Inspirational - Metal embellishments
City Crafter - Flower Power (3 large flowers and 2 tiny flowers on cover)
Bearly-Mine - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs - Lots of Layers
Use it Tuesday - 2 hoarded items (my metal embellishments and pearl blings are ALWAYS hoarded!) lol
Country View Crafts - Layers