Hello everyone!! This is Berina here today, with a quick and simple Christmas card. 

I used used Ivory card base for this card. I feel that it gives a more Christmassy feeling to the card :) I die cut the poinsettia layers on red and green cardstock using the Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia die on my Cut N Boss. For the Stained Glass Window die, I used golden colored card stock. The leaves are from the Spellbinders Fern die set. I added some pearls and gems to the arrangement. I didn't want to add a sentiment on the front as I was quite satisfied with this arrangement and didn't want to add more elements.

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know in the comments. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!

- Berina

Greetings all you beautiful makers! Desiree here with you, sharing a birthday card I made,
It features the Dulce, paper collection by Frank Garcia, for Prima. It is beautiful!!!
The solid papers used are Recollections, by Michaels.

To begin I took the papers I chose, and used my dies to make my element shapes and card
front using my Craftwell SNAP machine.



After I finished placing my die cuts, and embellishments, I glued it all down.
I glued down my cotton candy die cuts, then it was time to stamp my sentiment on on.
I used an old Fiskars stamp set from my stash. It is an oldie but good!


As always I hope you were inspired in some way, please do not be a stranger and visit again soon! Best wishes and I hope you have an amazing day!


   💖 - Desiree'

The design is pretty simple. I realize it may seem too soon for "creepy" projects BUT my social media feeds have been full of new releases and Fall everything!
I hope you will understand I just HAD too! LOL
As always I hope you found some inspiration here and are having a very blessed week!

            ❤ - Desiree'
     

June greetings, all you beautiful crafty peeps!
Today I am sharing a 12x12 layout I created featuring
my youngest son many years ago and my hubby!
I started out choosing my pics that was super easy, I adore this set of pics!
Next was to choose my papers, again that was easy!
The cog paper is from an old DCWV stack that has been in my stash forever.
Next I die cut some of my paper using my beloved Snap machine.


Then I cut my pics down to 4x4 and cut some more paper using my paper trimmer to mat my pics on.
I did a little distressing and inking around my mat edges.
After adhering my matted pics to my background paper, I needed to get an idea of where I wanted to place my die cuts. So far loving this!





Next I picked a few embellishments from my craft stash, and finish this layout!




I took my "What makes a daddy?", sticker and placed it on my label die cut and mounted it to alack shadow cut, I made using my electronic cutting machine.
At the bottom of that I took some Tim Holtz, alphas and adhered the word "Love" the bottom.
I made another small embellishment by placing the word proud on a one inch circle using a circle paper punch, then stacking that on another die cut.
I then clustered my embellishments on top of the "live" bingo card. I also clustered some more cog die cuts and placed a genuine tag and a little brad.
I really love that hat pin by Prima! I was hoarding it forever! LOL





And there it is all finished! As always I hope somehow you were inspired by my project!
I also want to sincerely wish all the dads out there an early, but very blessed and happy Father's day!
Specially to those ones who have to do and be everything on their own!
Please come back to the Craftwell blog and visit often!

    ♡- Desiree'

Hi, Jan here again sharing a fun way to play with markers, the eBrush and get a faux gelli plate pull look or faux watercolor finish.  This can be addicting!

Prep your paper - apply a very thin layer of gesso and let dry.
I generally Gesso several full 8.5 x 11 sheets and then cut to size once the paper has dried.

Other things you'll need:
eBrush and marker adapter
Markers (I used Tombow dual brush markers)
background stamps
inks
painter tape
small water mister
embellishments, digital stamps (optional)

Once you've prepped your paper, if desired, apply a piece of tape around the edges of the paper.  Press the edge down to keep the color from bleeding into the edges.  For a little interest in the background, stamp as desired.

Set up the eBrush and seat the marker.... begin spraying.  Below is a video that shows how I accomplished this piece.


Finish, mat and frame as desired....   Hope you've carved out some creative time this week!  Enjoy and try something new!

Instead of using a card, I put together this little project as a way to show my boyfriend I love him this Valentine's Day.  Here's the materials you need:


Cut n' Boss and heart die cuts
decorative paper
Ebrush and markers
Small decorative bird cage
Hot glue
Embellishments (beads, lock, key, fringe, lace, etc.)
Jump rings
A colored pen to write with


Start with a sample piece of your decorative paper to practice on. You'll want to test this out with your Ebrush and see how different colors look on your paper. If you like the results, you can move on to a larger sheet and put all the colors you like on it.


I didn't leave any areas a solid color because I wanted the print on the paper to show. I did just enough to give it a bit of color.


Now you can start cutting out hearts with the Cut n' Boss! Remember to put the die cut flat side down on platform D. Lay your paper on top of that, then layer A, B, then A on top. I started out with about 15 hearts and later it ended up being 20 because I did some coloring with the Ebrush on plain white paper.


Take the color pen of your choice (I used pink!) and begin writing the things you love about your significant other! (You can also do this for family members or friends, but of course what you write would be much different!) I also wrote a couple favorite memories, and included some in-jokes in some of them.


Setting your hearts aside, you can start spicing up your bird cage a bit. I attached a heart shaped lock with a couple jump rings to the clasp of the cage lid.


Next I put a key above the lock by wrapping some wire from the cage around it with my pliers to hold it in place.


The bottom of the cage looked too plain to me, so I found some beaded fringe in one of my crafting stashes (you can never have too many craft stashes!) I attached it by putting a line of hot glue on the bottom of the bars. Tip: glue from top to bottom so the stringy parts can be pulled off easily from the bottom edges).


End your strip by overlapping the end where you started, and hot glue in place.


I hot glued some beads to the ends of the swirly wires on top. It needed some color there to balance out the trim on the bottom.


Now make your tag, either by buying some plain ones or cutting your own with the Cut n' Boss. Then add some color to it with the eBrush. I used a light pink sharpie first, then went around the edges with a slightly darker sharpie.


After writing "Things I love about YOU", attach the tag with two jump rings to the top of the cage.
Now you can add your notes to the cage in a neat pile. I put the sweetest ones on the bottom so the best ones would be saved for last.


Here it is finished! Either set on a table, or hang it up somewhere. If you have a bigger cage, use it as a centerpiece on the table for your loved one to find on Valentine's Day!
Have a great Valentine's everybody!