Hi friends! Linsey here today sharing my latest Craftwell project--an inspiring canvas that will be wonderful anywhere it is placed. This wall art makes a lovely home décor piece and would be great for a dorm room or craft space too!
Once again, I used the SNAP Machine, which is fast becoming my new favorite crafting tool. This little guy works just like the original Cut'n'Boss Electric Embosser and Die Cutter, only it's smaller and it packs a whole lotta punch! No manual labor here--just happy, hands-free electronic embossing and die cutting. What could be better?
I first cut all my felt pieces, then arranged them onto a 10x10" stretched canvas covered with a wood grain patterned paper. The large flowers each have a clear sentiment sticker placed in the center. The smaller flowers have button centers with hemp string tied into double bows.
I wanted to experiment with the Teresa Collins Honeycomb Project Die and see if it would work as a chicken wire-type fence for my scene....I think it was a success! I cut thin cardboard (cereal/snack box) material with the Honeycomb Die 3 times, then did the same with a coordinating pattern paper. I then covered each piece of cut cardboard with a piece of cut pattern paper, creating a bit more dimension and interest. Finally, I placed along the bottom portion of the canvas to form my chicken wire fence for my inspirational flower garden!
And that's all for me, folks! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit today! I've enjoyed sharing my project with you and I hope you've been inspired in some way to make a fabulous creation of your own with awesome Craftwell products! Until next time, many blessings and happy crafting!

My friend and I have been working on ideas to decorate her new apartment, and her primary decorative color is yellow. She wanted something pineapple related for her kitchen, so I put this project together for her using my Cut 'n' Boss and eBrush!

Materials
Decorative cardstock
Cut 'n' Boss
Embossing Folders (I used Checkered Argyle)
Scissors
Pencil and Paper
Double sided sticky tape
eBrush and Sharpies

First, choose some colored paper for the pineapple, leaves, and background. I chose a stack of some decorative paper that had watercolor-like effects on it.

Now place your pineapples inside your embossing folder (this is Checkered Argyle) and place into the Cut 'n' Boss.
 Now take your green cardstock and start cutting long, thin triangles for the leaves. Make different sizes, and have a variation of light and dark greens so the leaves don't blend into each other. For the medium and small leaves, round off the bottom corners (those ends will be showing on the pineapple)
Now for the leaves to look 3-Dimensional, take the edge of your scissors (NOT the sharp edge) and quickly run it down the length of the cut out leaves. (If you have ever curled ribbons or feathers with scissors, do the exact same thing to the paper.) Do this to sections of the top and bottom part of the paper.
  If your paper is white underneath, you'll want to avoid the leaves curving too far outwards. I did mine in an S curve, so leaves still popped out towards the viewer. Attach your leaves with double stick tape, starting with the longest and having the shortest leaves in the front.

 Next, draw some flower leaves (or print mine to use as a template) on plain white paper. Then cut out each individual petal separately.
 Now take your eBrush and colored Sharpies of your choosing, and begin coloring in your petals. For mine, I started with yellow on the tips, then light pink in the middle, and a brighter pink in the center. I carefully made some darker spots by placing my bright pink Sharpie a little too far down the eBrush (make sure to practice this on a separate sheet of paper to get this just right.)
 I also made leaves and centers for the flowers. I slightly bent the middle of the leaves and tucked them under the petals with tape. Then I tucked in my second pineapple behind them.

After completing the second pineapple, draw in some vines with a light green Sharpie. Experiment and get your shapes right with a pencil before drawing over with a Sharpie, if you like. Draw very carefully when going over the textured parts of the pineapple, and use a light touch.


 The finished piece! Use a matte when framing it, so the leaves overlap with it instead of the frame itself.

This week's craftiness was lots of fun and is a quick project over all.  So let's get started!
You'll need:
Heart Plaque (heart and back from Thoughts in Vinyl)
Modeling Paste
Gesso
palette knife
eBrush, siphon adapter and Marker adapter
White acrylic paint
Markers
electronic die cutting machine (Sizzix eclips) and software
Cardstock
glue (wood glue)
Hammered Copper Paint (Krylon)
Tack cloth
Prep your wood.  Make sure that all sawdust is removed and you have a prepped surface.  Apply a thin coat of Gesso to both pieces of wood.  Let dry.

Using the spray paint, spray the heart.  Let dry according to the manufacturer's directions.
Using the siphon adapter and the eBrush, fill a cup or bottle with the acrylic paint.  You may need to thin is just a little for easy flow.  Spray a coat on the board.  I liked the speckled look so I did a light coat.  Let it dry and added another light coat.  Let dry.

Create a stencil using the shamrock in the shapes library.  I resized to about 1/2 inch and then used the copy and paste command to fill and manipulate for my stencil.  Cut.  You can also create your Lucky me title using one of your favorite script fonts.  Some of the areas of my cut are pretty thin, so be careful as you lift it off the mat and or get ready to color and apply to the wood.

Using the stencil and a knife, apply some of the modeling paste.  Lift the stencil and let the paste dry.

Using the eBrush, marker adapter and markers, place the stencil back down over the shamrocks and spray.  I decided to use 2 tones  of green and used the gray lightly in some areas around the edges of the shamrock to add a little bit more of a dimensional look.




Glue the heart to the base, glue the title to the heart.


Hoping you've scheduled some time in your crafting space this week!  Let's celebrate National Crafting Month in a big way!

Hello, this is Sukie and today I am sharing a Valentine's home decor project which will be displayed in my craft room.  I picked up this wooden frame from Michaels and it has been awaiting a makeover for some time now.
To create my project, I die cut some hearts, scalloped circles and 2 sets of XO letters using my electronic die cutter.  The scalloped circles were embossed with the Delicate Dots embossing folder. Next, I used my Cut 'n' Boss to die cut several small hearts with the Teresa Collins Pocket Dies.  I also die cut some circles in 2 different sizes.
When I laid my circles down, everything looked flat so I created a rosette and tucked it between the 2 layers of circles.  The rosette provided the perfect amount of dimension and pop of color.  Now that I had my vision for my home decor project, I used my Xyron Small Sticker Maker and adhered the letters to the scalloped circles.
The die cut hearts were shaded with my eBrush for some added dimension.  Since I was working with solid red paper I used a darker color Sharpie for the shading.
The final layout of my banner with each of the components came together just as I had envisioned. Even though the rosettes were a bit tedious to put together, I love the final product.
I added each piece of the banner to the wooden frame using a clothespin.  The die cut hearts were added to the bottom clothesline of the frame.  A couple of kraft paper flowers were used to embellish the hearts.
Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a fantastic day!

Since I have started my first project in my 2D design class, I've been addicted to drawing animals in lots of different designs with sharpies! (You can see a sample of what I've done in class below). Unfortunately, the ones for my class have to be just black and white. So I did a different animal at home to color in with my ebrush!
To get your drawing transferred, use a 6B pencil and draw over the lines on the back of the tracing paper. Then place it on some paper you want to practice on, 6B drawn side down, and rub hard along the lines with a hard, flat object. You should do at least 2 or 3 traced off pictures to work with.
Now you're ready to fill in your design with color, using the ebrush and sharpies!

At first I tried to keep the color within the lines by blocking it off with extra paper, but some still got outside the edges. So I went with it and purposefully made more color outside the lines on one side, so it looked like wind blowing the colors away.
Here's a couple more skunks from my class to give you some more design ideas! Don't be surprised if you become addicted...I'm really thinking about making a series of these to hang on my walls in my apartment.

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!