Father's Day

Hard to believe that we're in June already, and that 2017 is half over.  Here is a masculine card that could be used for Father's Day or a birthday card for that special guy in your life.

The image is from The Greeting Farm and the paper is from my scrap pile.
Of course I colored him with Copic markers, and the saying is a die/stamp set from Sizzix.
Once the coloring was done, the little guy came together pretty quickly.
I also entered the card into a Challenge over at Open-Minded Crafting.  One of my friends is on their design team, and they all have wonderful card ideas.
Be sure and check it out.

Well, it's time to call it a night, have work in the morning.  Hope you all had a great weekend and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Glittery Goodness

I am working on another piece to my earlier card.  This is using canvas resist piece from Prima, along with other glittery, sparkly goodness.
I started off by using the Starburst.  This is a medium from Lindy's Gang.  It comes in a powder form, then you add water to activate.  You can paint with it directly from the bottle or use the dauber top to apply.
I applied it to the canvas piece, spritzed with water and dabbed with a paper towel.  The piece then "resisted" the color and water to reveal the lettering.
Next I used the acrylic paint, Sparks, from Prima, developed by Finnabair.  This also is water soluble, so I proceeded with the similar steps.
I used my finger to apply the paint, then spritzed with water.  Using a wadded up paper towel, I dabbed off and what was left was an amazing, shimmery layer.  I hit the piece with my heat gun to speed up the drying time a bit, but will leave it to do the final drying on its own.
This piece will go on the middle of the card once dried.

The next pic will be of the finished piece, because you all know I can't stop here.  I'll still have to add more beads and baubles.
Have a wonderful day and happy crafting.

Rediscovery

Lately I've been wanting to start using my older supplies.  Swipe the dust off them and rediscover why I purchased them in the first place.

I used a stencil with molding paste.  Before the paste was dry I sprinkled on mica powders.
There are different types of mica powders, the ones from Ranger have a binder in them, so you can use them with Versamark.
Others are normally used as an additive to your paints, pastes etc.  It's these that I used.
Then, I used my heat gun and heat set the molding paste until it started to bubble, which at this point it melded with the mica powder.
I let the piece cool, used a soft brush and brushed away the excess, and VOILA!!
This was all done on a piece of matboard.

The flowers are from Prima, I lightly dusted them with wet glue and dipped them into Distress Glitter.


Next I put double sided tape along the outside of the card base.
Using the same colors, and the soft brush, I brushed the powder onto the tape, which captured the powder perfectly.

The card is far from finished, so you'll just have to stay tuned to see the final product.!!

Beauty

Afternoon all:
Prima is having a DT call for the month of June...DT Call.  So I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring.

  This is an ATC that I did for our swap group about a month ago.  It's using Prima Princess Stamp, Maia.  The stamp itself measures about 4 x 6, so I only used her face.

I colored her in with Copic markers and added a touch of glitter with pearls.

Just because you have large stamps, doesn't mean you can't use them for smaller projects.  Try only using a portion of the stamp!  This only means less coloring for those afraid to wade into the sea of colors, lol!

Hope you have a great rest of your weekend and happy crafting!

Jodie, aka The Caffeinated Crafter

Latest Creation

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is having a great week so far.  My weekend started off a bit bumpy but life sure has a way of balancing things out.
I managed to create a few things, below is one of them...

The image is from a company called Stamp Annie Thing.  They have a lot of great images, that you should definitely check out.

I also decorated the inside with a few flowers. The paper is from Hobby Lobby and I colored her in with Copic markers.

Then I added some glitter to her shirt & hair using Wink of Stella, plus the paper already had wonderful glitter on it.

I hope everyone's week continues to be great and happy crafting!!

OMG, I can't believe that it's been since July 2015 since my last post.  Time sure does fly.  I have to say, most of my time has been taken up with easing into my new job.
Yup, that's right, I am now the Administrative Assistant to the District Manager at Hobby Lobby.  There are times when I still can't believe how fortunate me and my family are.

But the real reason I'm back is that now that my schedule has evened out a bit, I have begun teaching classes again.  Even though I am now working at the Mandarin location, I teach out at the Beach Blvd. store since it is right around the corner from my house.

My first class is a card making class...
 You will make these three cards in the class.

The one after that is going to be a scrapbooking class...
 This is a 2 page 12x12 layout.

All you need to do is bring your basic tool kit.  The card class is $12 and the scrapbook class is $15.

Just email me and let me know if you are interested, and the registration closes on Thursday, Feb 4, this is so I have time to prepare the kits.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend.

Happy Crafting
Jodie AKA Caffeinated Crafter

Hi everyone,
Can't believe it's been almost a year since my last post...where does the time go?  I hope you've been busy creating fun and fabulous projects or at least making amazing memories with loved ones.

Today I posted a quick 4 minute video on how to customize your plain, white embellishments,

http://youtu.be/k5UTFqHhLDE

Just click on the link above, and watch the video.  If you have any questions, just give me a holler, otherwise, enjoy.

Happy crafting,

Jodie, The Caffeinated Crafter