Years ago a fellow crafter, Ang, sent me the cutest little holder with a mini post a note pad in it. I've had it always in my craft room. When I saw the Arteza box of 3" Sticky Notes I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. I wanted to reproduce Ang's gift into the larger note size. I chose the bright colored notes but they have them in several color schemes. This box held 2 of 6 different colors.
Here are 3 of the ones I made. I just searched my scraps for papers that matched the color of the pads inside.
Each pad is secured with an elastic closure and the pad of sticky notes sits snugly inside the little package.
Pop on over to the video and I'll share the whole process of how to make these little pad holders plus a walk - through to give you lots of food for thought to make your own.
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Arteza sent me two sets of the Holographic Chunky Glitters to try out. I wanted to make a shaker and a card where you lay down a piece of double sided tape and sprinkle the glitter directly on the tape. I have to tell you I really like the results of both techniques.
Here are the 3 cards I made. There was one other Glitter, Electra, which I saved for later
This is the card I chose to do the step by step process on video (the link is at the bottom of this blog post). This technique uses the double sided tape.
You get that great glittery effect (see all the different shades and sizes?) but it doesn't move, the tape keeps it in place. I chose to add a sheet of acetate over the top of the glitter to even keep it more corralled.
There's just something about a naked inside that sets me on edge, so true to form, this is how I finished the inside of this card. Watch the video for a perfect Patti goober and how I corrected it on the front of the card.
Here's the shaker card. I have to tell you glitter and I usually have an issue and this was no exception. There's just no way around it, after all that's why it's so stinkin' pretty, it's glitter, and it's messy. I used a dry fabric dryer sheet on the acetate and then wiped away any residue that was left. I'm not sure if that's what did the trick but the glitter moves freely within the heart. I was amazed, with the way the little bits were sticking to me and everything else I could believe the little buggers just moved around as happy as could be once inside the shaker.
The other possibility is that I double layered my foam tape making a nice air space between the acetate and the card. It let all those little bits of shiny goodness move around and around.
Here's my other card, glitter directly on tape. Love the way it looks peeking from within the heart!
So my friend check out Arteza, they are constantly adding to their store. I'll provide links below the video the the store and the glitters. Don't miss the video so you can see how I did what. Happy crafting everyone, put a little glitter in your life today and shine on.
Hello everyone. YouTube has been my friend for over 10 years now as I learned new techniques, explored new crafts and gleaned knowledge from fellow crafters. Well here we are years later and nothing has changed. I recently discovered a wonderful YouTuber with the channel Cee Cee's Creations When I ran across her channel a few weeks back I was totally in awe at some of her videos. One especially caught my eye, Loose Watercolor Florals . I watched and watched again and thought to myself, I think I could do that. And so the process began.
My first attempts were using an Arteza water filled brush because I didn't own any real watercolor brushes. I made 5 cards and thought humm not too bad. But then I went back and watched her video again and again and thought, I bet they'd be better with real brushes. So I ordered some.
To me, up close and personal the results were so much better. I used Arteza tube watercolors on both sets of cards but saw so much difference using brush brushes. I was hooked. I think I must have gone back and watched that video 8 or more times.
One thing I noticed that I was trying to push the color from the center out, when I watched the video, yet again, I realized she was pulling it out and oh that made so much difference. I also learned there is a real fine line with how much water and pigment you have loaded on your brush. It's a learning curve just as it is with all new craft endeavors.
My other big stumbling block was learning how to draw/paint the stems and leaves, I'm still working on it and I imagine if I came back a year from now I'd tell you the same, still working on it. I love the color I used on these stems and leaves and how fine they turned out. My problem was using the bigger brush (a number 4 round) instead of the fine detail brush. My hands shake too much and the stroke gets too big when I use the larger brush.
I also realized color played a lot into how I liked the finished result of the greenery. This is ok but I don't like it nearly as well as the lighter color I used in the card above. Just how your eye and brain perceive it I guess.
I guess if you take nothing else away from this blog post just know that it's never too late in the game to learn something new and usually it doesn't just pop out at you and you're great. There are learning curves, don't beat yourself up, just have fun trying.
These are some of the first cards I made, with the water filled brush. I'm so glad I didn't stop there or I probably wouldn't be doing this again. Moving on to a real brush, and popping back to watch the video over and over cinched it for me. I know I'll make more. Hop on over to the video, I'll show you how I did mine and all the cards I made. (Link below post)
Please go over to Cee Cee Creation's and give her some love, check out her videos and subscribe. She is so talented. I'm so happy she decided to share this tutorial with the YouTube world, it sure brightened up my day! Links for her channel, Arteza and my own social media just below the video.
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Arteza kindly has given me products to review and play with. I was so excited to try them, they are the first I've had although many friends have tried them and I've heard nothing but good. Today I'm sharing some 'Puddling' cards I've made using the water colors. Arteza sent me the set of 60 Water Color tubes, 3 spiral pads of watercolor paper, a pack of 6 water brushes and a set of 12 fineline black markers. Perfect things for a cardmaker.
I call these Puddling cards because that's what I do, puddle the ink with water onto my card letting it pool and run until I've achieved the look I like. There's no great talent, no hard to learn technique, it's just having fun with the colors until you say, oh that's nice and stop.
I used the Arteza Watercolor Pads to make my card bases. The paper measures 5.5" x 8.5", comes spiral bound 30 sheets to a pad and is perforated for easy removal. So that's what I did, I simply removed the paper from the spiral pad and snipped off the perforated edge. I scored in the middle and instantly had an A-2 sized card to play with, easy peasy.
On video (link is below) I'll share how I made two different types of card, it's just a matter of swiping the ink across your card base, spritzing with water and drying to the effect you like. I did add some additional interest by scoring 1/2" around the edges inside and out. I think the hardest part is trying to decide which colors to use and when to quit playing.
Besides the two cards I actually show the process of making on the video I also include several examples like this one to spur your imagination and get you thinking of what you could make yourself. I used an embossing folder after I'd finished my color combination. Adding the sentiment to the top was perfect after I splashed it with some flecks of color and added a deeper blend of the orange to the edge.
Finishing the inside was also a super simple process using a wash of the colors from the front to create just a splash of color on the inside where my greeting will go. Again I used my score board to create 1/8" groves along the edge.
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Years ago a fellow crafter, Ang, sent me the cutest little holder with a mini post a note pad in it. I've had it always in my craft room. When I saw the Arteza box of 3" Sticky Notes I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. I wanted to reproduce Ang's gift into the larger note size. I chose the bright colored notes but they have them in several color schemes. This box held 2 of 6 different colors.
