Spin Painting

Hello and welcome!

Today I'm sharing some crafty fun I had with 
Marie.
I recently saw someone post this salad spinner on

my Buy Nothing group and was fortunate to

receive it.  I've been wanting to give this a try, 

but didn't want to spend the money on a new salad spinner.

Marie was very intrigued with what we were going to

do with it.

I cut card stock into card sized pieces and

taped them into the bottom of the spinner.

She then chose 2 or 3 colors of craft paint

and squirted them onto the card stock.

We put the top on the spinner and turned 

the handle and gave it a good spin.

When we opened the spinner, we had a pretty

cool abstract design.

This one she chose purple and orange,

as they are Auntie Kelsie and Uncle Brad's

favorite colors.

We tried several different color combinations.

We got lots of different results, but loved them all.

This one and the one below were the first couple

we tried, but we didn't tape them down.
The card stock "flew" around the spinner

and had a totally different look.

This was our first one that we taped down,

I wasn't thinking and put the tape on the sides

of the card stock.  You can see where I pulled the

tape off.  After that we put the tape on the bottom

of the card stock.

All in all we made 8 different spin paint backgrounds.

These are the cards I put together for her to give as 

Valentine's cards.  She's a bit too young to 

cut them etc. but she picked what pieces she wanted

for everyone.
This one was for Auntie Kelsie and Uncle Brad.

This one was for Mommy.

This one was for Daddy.

She was very excited to be able to give

them all cards along with the 

brownies that we made together that

afternoon.  She loves baking and doing

"arts and crafts" and making

things for those she loves.

Of course, they all loved what she had to give them.

This is definitely a craft we'll be doing again.

I'm glad you stopped in today for a look see.
I hope you have been inspired in some way and

maybe will give this spin painting a try.

You never know what designs you'll create.

Come again soon.

Until then,

give it a spin!

 

Lego Valentine

Hello blog friends.

A little bit ago, I posted a Lego card that I made

for a birthday and my nephew just loved it.

For Valentine's Day I wanted to make something special

for him.  The other cards I made just didn't

look like something a young boy would like,

so I decided to make him another Lego card.

I found a picture of a Lego heart online

and recreated it with some background pieces

made with alcohol inks from my stash.

I designed it and

 cut all the Lego pieces with my Silhouette,

then pieced them together onto

white card stock.

Each of the little circles are on tiny

foam dot adhesive pieces.

It was a bit fussy, but well worth

the time, as I love how it turned out.

I hope Anthony loves it as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then

think outside the box and try something

new!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Valentine's Cards

Hello!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I don't always send/give Valentine's Day cards,

but this year I am.

I saw this idea on Kristina Werner's blog and

was inspired to try it.

I cut pieces of watercolor paper into squares.

I then taped them down to a board.

This helps prevent warping of the paper when

it is wet.

I cut thin strips of tape to make the "cross bars"

You can use masking tape, painter's tape or Washi tape.

Just be sure that it isn't too sticky and you'll be able to 

remove it easily without tearing the paper.

I then used Distress Inks to paint them.

I smooched some ink, in the colors I wanted to use,

onto an acrylic block and mixed with some water.

Once they were completely dry I removed the tape

and cut the pieces down to the size I wanted.

This watercolor piece I embossed 

Swirl Heart from Biblical Impressions

with silver embossing powder and matted

it with a silver metallic paper that I found

at Hollo's Papercrafts

I printed all the sentiments for the insides of these

cards from my computer.

I matted the sentiments to mimic the outside of the

cards.

I love these mini crazy birds from

Tim Holtz.  I colored them all with 

colored pencils and cut them with the matching dies.

The heart was hand cut and I wrote 'Love You' 

on it with black pen.

I cut a slit in the birds beak to hold the heart.

This one was heat embossed with 

glitter gold embossing powder 

and mounted onto 

shiny metallic silver card stock

that I got at Hollo's

I used "I Love You" from Eureka Stamps

for these next 2 cards.

This card I watercolored the entire piece with one 

color and embossed "You're Huggable" onto the 

panel and added that adorable bird.

I simply stamped this heart, fussy cut it

and put it through a slit in the bird's beak.

I heat embossed this "Scribble Heart" from

Biblical Impressions onto a watercolored panel,

then layered it onto Matte Silver Metallic Card Stock

from Hollo's

This final card I used a piece of card stock for 

the front panel, added the crazy birds and heart,

it needed a little something more and the gold ribbon

worked perfectly to pull it all together.

I love how these Valentine's cards turned out

and I hope the recipients like them as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by today,

if you come again soon, you will see

what I made for Valentine's treats to go with

some of these cards.

Until next time,

make something fun!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.