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January 17, 2017

Precious Pet Collage by Heather Wilson

Ever since I moved into my own apartment in August I have wanted to hang up pictures of my "baby." This is my hedgehog Sebastian. He's going to turn 3 years old in January, and since I've had lots of free time, I put together a special piece of art featuring this little guy!

Materials:
A picture of your pet and a printer
Craftwell Cut N' Boss
Die cuts
A gluestick
Scissors
Pens and pencil
Book page, or any paper with writing on it that won't mess up ink
Frame (I used a 5"x7")
Stamps (optional)
Collected pictures from magazines, flyers, mailing stamps, etc.

First you need to choose a picture of your pet. I edited my picture to look faded, and removed the background with a regular paint program on my computer. The paper I used was printer paper with pages from a book copied onto it with a scanner. Use your print preview to adjust your picture to fit just right so you won't have to make multiple prints...

After printing, place the backing of your frame onto the paper and line it up the way you want. Then take a pencil and lightly outline it, then cut along your lines.

Next I chose heart shaped cutting dies for my picture. I played around a bit and did a heart into the picture itself. I made another heart out of a picture from craft flyer (I love grabbing these up in craft stores, they're excellent for collages!)

I found and cut out a picture of the perfect word for my hedgie, then glued it behind the heart shaped hole. The edges didn't show up well, so I outlined it with a fine tipped marker.

I wanted his name in it somewhere, so I asked my boyfriend where I should put it, and he immediately answered, "In the heart of course!" So I used the fine-tipped marker for writing Sebastian.

I love steampunk, so I put some things like clocks, keys, locks, and stamps in the corner where Sebastian's bum didn't quite reach the edge.

Lastly, I used a stamp and black ink for the really empty areas and drew in a chain for the heart to hang from. There was really no predicting to where I would finish, and at one point I just stepped back to look at it and suddenly realized I was done!

Here's Sebastian himself looking at the finished work...

He took a quick look at it, then went exploring. He's terrible at having his picture taken! His little nose is always moving to sniff everything around him...so cute.

Peek-a-boo!

January 16, 2017

Welcome Guest Designer, Sonja Bakonyi!

Every year, I make a special Mickey or Minnie card for a relatives birthday. She collects Mickey everything. When I say collect, I mean they have houses full of Mickey collectibles! One of my childhood memories is touring the houses and being in awe.

This year is a little bit more special to get her out a card as some recent health concerns have come alight.

Which brought me to the inspiration to do a sunburst as the card base. I wanted it to be multi colored though, but smooth and no seems. Out my Craftwell eBrush came.

After selecting my paper pallet, I was able to select my eBrush pallet as well.

To create the sunburst, I cut the pattern I wanted out on contact paper to make a template. I used contact paper for two reasons.

It provides a more secure coverage and cleaner lines than just using a paper template or often even a plastic template
It peels off of the paper smoothly and leaves no tack or torn paper

This is what it looks like before peeling off the contact paper

The fun part is getting to airbrush any pattern onto my project. Since this is a starburst, I decided to go with the dark color in the middle and work my way out.

The final product is just what I wanted so I didn't have to redo it!

Now on to my favorite reason to have an eBrush. Detailing. You can take an ordinary cut of paper and amp it up with highlights, low-lights, or just a dab of extra va-va-voom.

Take Mickey's pants for instance. Above is the before eBrush and below is the after eBrush. It looks like a mess at first, but take away the extra paper and it leaves a nice highlight around the edges.

Shoes, pants, face, eyes, really any object can be enhanced with this magical little machine!

I also use my eBrush to dust off the final product to get rid of any extra little fuzzies, glitter, or particles that I don't want on my project. Just leave the marker out and blow away.

Once the pieces are all airbrushed and ready for assembly, the final product pops on the page.

This card is an easel card just for a little extra fun.

The balloons float off the page on purpose. The eBrush actually makes this project pop and look as if it was a printed object. Other than the sentiments, everything is hand pieced though!

A few pop up tabs under the inside sentiment helps keep the easel portion in place.

Materials Used:

Cardstock

Red
Yellow
Black
White
Tan

Craftwell eBrush

Sharpie Markers

Cutting Machine with software

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

Teresa Collins Mega Runner

October 2, 2015

Always Remember - Journal Clipboard

eBrush Design Team: Yolie Burke Week 12 Cycle 2

Happy Friday, this is Yolie from the Team eBrush with today's project.

This month we are featuring Teresa Collins Wanderlust Collection. I absolutely in love with all the gold!! Today I'm sharing journal clipboard.

In addition to the Wanderlust Collection, I used Teresa Collins' stencils, tags, library pocket, glassine bag and her retired stamp set Everyday Moments; a black and gold Sharpie; the eBrush.

I first took the manila tag and used the black Sharpie to eBrush the edge.

Next, I used the hearts stencil and the gold Sharpie on the glassine bag.

Lastly, I used the damask stencil and eBrushed the library pocket with the gold Sharpie.

I used different pattern papers, stickers and die cuts from the Wanderlust collection. The tab "today" and the word "always" were stamped with the Everyday Moments stamp set. Additionally, I embellished with gold jewelry string on the back of the library pocket.

Here's a closer look. The clipboard was a dollar find at Target and I just love how my Gold journal clipboard turned out.

The glassine bag holds journal cards, with the help of the "today" tab, I can easily open the bag to store them.

Here is a closer look at the hand stamped journal cards. Again, I used the Everyday Moments stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by today and enjoy your weekend.

May 18, 2015

My eBrush and Things From Home

Ebrush Design Team: Peggy Oliver Week 4 Cycle 2

The eBrush can be used to facilitate so many great grounds for projects. I love how Peggy showed how to make this great canvas.

Hello! Peggy here to show you my 10 x 10 Canvas made with the help of my eBrush by Craftwell!

Supplies used today are:

eBrush by Craftwell USA

10 x 10 Canvas

Things from home theme nuts , bolts , you name it ..

frame

E 6000

Gesso

Spectrum Noir Markers

Sharpie Pens

I glued all pieces down with E6000 in vertical and horizontal only.

After completely drying I applied white gesso to everything.

I sprayed with finepoint Sharpie Markers aqua green and light blue with my eBrush.

I painted over with some white gesso for another added layer.

Then I sprayed over that with more Alcohol Markers. Spectrum Noir Markers used were TB8,BT9,BT4,BT5 Here is my result! and some close ups.

My frame is ready for a picture.. I'm thinking ocean! What do you think?

Have yourself a wonderful Monday!
Peggy

May 13, 2015

Mini Pallet with Robin

Ebrush Design Team: Jan Hunter Week 3 Cycle 2

I love this beautiful vintage looking piece. So delicate and sweet! Thank you Jan!

Hi, Jan here for a Wednesday project featuring the eBrush. There are times when I wish I had a pallet or two hanging around this place... however, in this case, some popsicle sticks will suffice.

You'll need:
Craft sticks
markers (Bic Mark-its)stamps (assorted)
inks (assorted)
ebrush
sandpaper (extra fine)
Stencil (Judith Kim for Craftwell)
electronic cutting machine and software

I used some painter's tape to line up the sticks. One they are secure, get your ebrush, markers and spray a little here and there to create a little color for your background.

At this point, I created a mask for the focal image, the Robin; and using some repositionable glue on the back placed it on the mini pallet. I inked up a few stamps and began stamping a collage background.
Once you've got your background stamped, remove the mask -- and save it for another project. Now, you can stencil the robin. 3 easy steps thanks to Judith's wonderful design. Then to soften the colors just a bit... I sanded the front of the "pallet."

This is just a quick project and has lots of potential. Mini quotes, more stencils, card fronts, etc.... Tell me what you think.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your crafting time this week! And don't forget to check back for the rest of the design team's fabulous projects this week; there's lots of ebrushing afoot!