Hello there! Desiree' sending everyone best wishes and hoping you all are well!
It has been a crazy time the past few weeks and we all have been through some things!
Right? Ugh!! I am here today sharing a couple of my very first Art Journal pages!
I recently bought my very first Art Journal and I am loving it!!


I got the smaller one by Ranger Ink and Dyan Reavely! She is so inspiring!
So since the pages in this journal are not white I decided to gesso them.
Once that was all dry, I made a cloud edger out of some cloud shaped dies I have
using my SNAP machine of course! I also cut out a very pretty label die from my stash.
I then used my cloud edger, my Sharpies and my eBrush and made a storm cloud background.
On the second page I made a cloud shape at the bottom of the page.




Next I used my electronic cutting machine to cut out some files I made, using fonts from my computer. And an editing program.
I then eBrushed a silver "halo" to highlight my fancy frame die cut and wrote my sentiment by hand.
It isn't perfect BUT that is okay! Right? I then eBrushed teal around the die cut.
Then I glued down my cut out image using wet glue. I also wrote a beautiful Bible verse to look up to read and comfort me when I might feel afraid. It comforts me.




Here is a pic of the completed pages! I am new to Art Journaling and I find it therapeutic and
comforting! I LOVE the effects I was able to archive thanks to my eBrush!
If you have never art journaled I suggest trying it and if you do not have an eBrush, go on and get one! They are so much fun!




I always hope that my post inspired you! I hope you all are well and that things are back to normal
soon! Until my next post, stay blessed!


                         💖 - Desiree'

Greetings my fellow crafty makers! It is that time of the year again!
You know when the shamrocks and clovers, and luck are in all of our
dancing in our heads! Oh wait. Holiday mixup! My bad! LOL
Anyways... todays project is inspired by St. Patricks Day!
It is simple, but I hope inspiring!


I used my believed eBrush for mist of the project actually!
So I started out with a die cut of a four leaf clover.
Next covered the back of this cut with some Zig 2 Way glue, and let it dry.
Once the two Way Glue dried 'i had a piece 'i could unstick and stick again.
Here's is what the glue looks like before it dried. Once dried it is clear.


I wanted to pull attention to it, and I think I accomplished after that.
Next I wanted to do a gradient of sorts, so I eBrushed some deep and lighter green all over the tag.
After that I took off my prepositional clover and hand wrote a sentiment,
I also punched out some tag enforcers? Anyways I punched those out in gold.




Something was missing I felt, so I took the negative part of my die cut and randomly eBrushed
it onto the tag. I liked the effect. Hope you all do too! AND because I love glitter!
I added some chunky star shaped glitter!



The next pic is the final project! I even used my eBrush and Sharpies to color my white seam binding
green! I made a lil' bow on top and was done! I hope you all enjoyed seeing what I made!
As always I hope you all were inspired! I hope St. Patricks day is amazing for you and that this month is full of blessings!
As always! Much crafty love!!!

                      💖 -Desiree'

October greetings my ghouls and goblins! Desiree, of Her Own Fairytale,
 here with you! SO excited for the new season and Halloween!!
Also delighted to share an 8x8 Pastel-O-Ween, inspired scrapbook page with you!




I started this project off right! I did a little die cutting with my Craftwell SNAP machine!
The dies I used are from Michaels, it's a cute little set of two dies, I only used one though,
Since I am in-love with Craft Smith's Pinkaboo, paper stack you know I HAD to use it again!




After the die cutting. I did some image cuts on my electronic cutting machine, and then did some paper-piecing too. In this pic I just wanted to take in the vibe I wanted to go for...
Oh and here is when I decided I needed to do some eBrush shading, and which the Sharpie was used.




Things were coming together nicely I thought, I needed some depth, POP DOTS time!!
Also the shading with the eBrush was done on my die cut coffin embellishment, I love it!



I had decided at the last minute that my title needed a little something extra! Yeah!
So I brought out this baby, the WRMK word punch! I love this thing! I punched out the
word GHOUL... coz well, that's the kind of thing you do at Halloween. Right?!



And here she is! The completed scrapbook page! Spooky Ghoul and ALL!
I used some blingy spider stickers also found at Michaels.
The frame and bat bow were from images cut with the electronic cutting machine.
I hope as always you liked what I shared today! I hope you were inspired!
Please come back often as my fellow DT members are full of all kinds of amazing
and share it here often!
Before I go, I wish you a magical October and IF you are into the tricks and treats of it all,
I hope you have the happiest of Halloweens!


                                    ❤ - Desiree'

Flower Cards!!! We love Earth Day and want to celebrate it !

Materials:
Construction paper
Tissue paper
scissors
glue - non toxic
cutting dies (flowers)
cut n boss machine
Ebrush
Sp-01 adapter 
Sharpies




Using the flower die, cut out the flower (using construction paper) and the fringe (use the tissue paper). 


Fold one construction paper in half. Glue the flower as the base to the card. Add fringe to the flower base. In the video we show two different ways to do this. 

Using the sharpies, ebrush stems for the flowers. You can also decorate the flower and card. 

Last add butterflies, dragonflies...whichever you like  to the flowers and cards. 

There you have it...the perfect card to welcome Earth Day, spring, whatever you desire.

 Leave extra room around the tracing of your book cover for folding neatly over the sides.




 I wanted the inside cover to be decorated too. Cut a piece of paper slightly smaller than the book itself, center, and glue. Next glue the outer cover and edges down.

I started with a thin piece of discarded wood roughly 12x11. I layered a thick coating of thick white gesso with a large acrylic paint brush. I was able to create lines that simulated grain.
Next I used two colors of fluid acrylic (titanium white and carbon black)  I randomly used my paint brush as well as my eBrush to create this worn fence or board look with the grain and direction completely different than the original piece of wood.  I used my siphon with my eBrush to spray diluted paint with water to my wood piece in white to tone down the look.
I let the layer dry. I painted the lines across to separate what looks like boards and added marks where rusted nails may have been.

I used my cutting machine to cut out this saying in Vinyl and placed it in the center of my board using transfer paper.

Cardboard egg carton
Hot glue gun
Ebrush and adaptor piece for sharpies
Sharpies
Scissors ***need adult supervison
Cut the egg carton into individual holders, cut and shape so that two will fit together and make an egg shape. Hot glue the two pieces together. Then color your eggs using the ebrush and sharpies. Let dry. Can use tissue paper, fake grass or even real grass to fill baskets (shown in last week's video). Place eggs in baskets.