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I subscribe to a couple YouTube videos-one being Tim Holtz or anything by Ranger...I got an email notification this morning that there was a new "Tim" video, so I popped over to YouTube to watch it.
If you're a fan of Distress Inks, you'll love this...if you've never tried Distress Inks, you'll want to watch this! Try some of the techniques with other dye-based inks...broaden your stamping skills...these are quick and easy! Enjoy!
I just saw this awesome storage idea for containing your craft supplies from Martha Stewart's Organizing Tips...
Many stampers and crafters, myself included, derive almost as much satisfaction from organizing our supplies with visual appeal almost as much as using them. I've also recognized the need for labeling, especially if the items are in a closed container. There is almost nothing as irritating to me than having to search for something I know I have but can't remember where I stored it. Well, this solution not only solves that problem, but adds an interesting decor element as well.
(from Martha Steward Kids):
Even ordinary items, such as rubber bands and spools, look great when they're turned into patterned labels for desktop containers. Here's how to make them:
Container How-To
1. Decide which items you need to store.
2. Choose an empty container with a lid. Oatmeal or cigar boxes, clean cans, or plain tins from an art-supply store all work well. Check the size of your items to make sure they'll fit: Tall canisters are best for pencils; small boxes are good for buttons or beads.
3. Select items for the label, and place on the scanner. Try a few arrangements: You might lay the objects down randomly or line them up to make a border. Then scan the image into the computer. A parent can use photo-editing software to adjust the brightness or contrast of the image or to erase shadows.
4. Print the image onto white or colored paper, or onto peel-and-stick paper (it comes in many colors, as well as clear, and is available at office-supply stores).
5. Trim the printout to fit the size of the container. If using regular paper, apply a glue stick to the back of the label. Stick the label on the container, starting at one end and smoothing it out with your hand.
Container Gifts
Kids can also create special containers to give as gifts. Make a bank for a friend by scanning coins onto a label for a powdered-drink canister, and have a parent cut a slit in the lid with a utility knife. Use spools to decorate a biscuit tin for mom's sewing supplies. Or make an attractive box to hold a gift you're giving. For example, package art supplies in a cigar box decorated with images of paints, brushes, colored pencils, and scissors.
Container Collections
Matchboxes are just right for keeping collections of small objects because they come in a couple of sizes and are easily stacked and stored. Scan your favorite pieces for the label, and you'll have no trouble finding the box you want when you're ready to play with your collection or add to it.
H is sometimes a forgotten letter, as you will read in the trivia below. But there are some very important 'H' words, like Happy, Home, Heart and Hope. Without these things life would be empty.
Trivia
The letter H is the 8th letter in our alphabet. In Spanish, H is a silent letter that is not to be pronounced, as in hombre (man) ([ˈombɾɛ] and hola (hello) ([ˈola]).
In 1901, there was a spelling reform which eliminated the silent <h> in nearly all instances of <th> in native German words such as thun "to do" or Thür "door". It has been left unchanged in words derived from Greek, such as Theater "theater" and Thron "throne", which continue to be spelled with <th> even after the last German spelling reform.
Here a few ideas for the letter H:
Book of me/you: Happy, Hippy, Heart, Handsome, Hearty, Heroic, Hopeful, Homework, Hopeful, Histrionic, Helpful, HOT, Hip-Hop, Harmonious...
Book of baby: Happy, Healthy, Hurl, Hiccups, Hands, Hair, Her, He, Hungry, Hot, Hat...
Book of everyday: Happy, Home, House, Helluva, Heavy, Housework, Housekeeping, Harmony, Humdrum, Horrendous, Hectic...
Occasions/ Life: Happy, Holiday, Hiking, Hospital, Hope, Historic, Hot...
Tools and Techniques: Heat gun, ...
Knitting: Hank, HELP!!!...
Claudine Hellmuth demonstrated this technique at CHA for Ranger Industries, and recently uploaded the video to YouTube...so enjoy this very talented collage artist!
Here a few ideas for the letter G:
Book of me/you: Gorgeous, Gregarious, Great, Gentle, Glamourous, Giving, Glorious, Gigglie, Geriatric, Grateful...
Book of baby: Gorgeous, Gentle, Grandchild, Grow, Grandparents, Girlie, Giggle, Gurgle, Goo Goo...
Book of everyday: Grrrrr, Groan, Gardening, Gifts, Gratitude, Garbage, Grand...
Occasions/ Life: Garden, Gratitude, Great, Glorious...
Tools and Techniques: Grunge, Glue...
Knitting: Gauge, Gloves...
This year is speeding ahead way too quickly! Is that a sign of old age creeping in? Maybe "creeping" is too slow a term...sigh...I'm getting a bit behind in my A-Z Creative Art Journal, but one can hope I'll get on it soon...however, I'll still post some prompts because they're interesting nonetheless...
Here a few ideas for the letter F:
Book of me/you: Funny, Friend(ly), Feisty, Fearful, Favourite, Fabulous, Feelings, Footloose and Fancy Free...
Book of baby: Funny, Fat, Fingers. Feed time, Food, Face, Friendly, Fairies...
Book of everyday: Fun time, Freedom, Frenzy, Freaky, Fight, Favourite, Friday, Friends, Fear, Fruitfull, FOOD...
Occasions/ Life: Family, Friendship, Fun, Festive, Frolic, Frightening, Frenzy...
Tools and Techniques: Free, Fix (!!!), Flop, Fun, Fonts, Frames, Fabric, Flowers, Felt ...
Knitting: Fairisle, Fun, Fix, Fit, Felting, Fibre...
I can't believe it! I'm finally learning how to use Photoshop Elements! I can barely make a watermark with that software, and to actually finish a digital scrapbook page with it is such a achievement! I'm not even a "true" scrapbooker (or cropper or whatever one is called that creates scrapbook pages); not that I don't want to be. It's just that I find scrapbooking a bit intimidating-all that "space" to cover! I get a lot of encouragement from my youngest sister, Nancy, and my daughter, Missy, but it's just something I don't feel inspired to do-yet! I do, however, love collecting "stuff" to scrapbook with, someday.
It has been a personal goal of mine to learn how to use Photoshop Elements because I want to be able to edit and enhance my photos, and maybe do some hybrid scrapbooking. The first time I opened the program, about a year ago, it just seemed to glare at me like a techno-monster, and I just couldn't do anything with it. I tried it a few more times-results always the same-nothing. I refuse to let a computer program get the best of me, so I enrolled in a month-long class by Jessica Sprague (online), and just finished my first week of assignments (the rest of the class has no doubt started week 2). So far I'm lovin' it-even though I WAS a week behind. Just too afraid I'd fail at it I guess. You know what they say about teaching an old dog...but I learned a "bunch of stuff" tonight, and I'm excited to share it with you...now, if I can get through week 2 I'll be cruisin'!
Thanks for looking!
Toodles,
Anita
Okay, I admit it-I still have not begun my pages for my Creative Art Journal, and we're (maybe "they're" is more appropriate!) on the letter "E." But, I will get started, hopefully soon. Meanwhile, here is the letter "E":
E is the letter most frequently used in the English language, so this should be an Easy one for you.
Here a few ideas for the letter E:
Book of me/you: Easy, Energetic, Enthusiastic , Everything, Eccentric, Esoteric, Eclectic, Efficient, Emotional, Eccentric, Emotional, Extravagant...
Book of baby: Easy, Eat, Ears, Earache, Egg, Exercise...
Book of everyday: Evening, Everyday, Enough, Experiment, Exercise, Effective, Emotional, Effort, Exercise...
Occasions/ Life: Especially, Easter, Epiphany, Energy, Enthusiasm, Experience, Effort, Errands...
Tools and Techniques: Easy-Peasy, Embellish, Enough, Experiment, Edges...
Knitting: Edging...
Now I'd better get to work (actually play; stamping is never "work!")
Toodles,
Anita
Sometimes I kill me (that's an OLD line - remember "Alf"?)...I mean crack myself up - how DO they figure these things out...this so describes me...
| Your Superpower Should Be Manipulating Electricity |
 If the occasion calls for it, you can go from 0 to 60 in a split second. But you don't harness your energy unless you truly need to. And because of this, people are often surprised by what you are capable of. Why you would be a good superhero: You have the stamina to fight enemies for days Your biggest problem as a superhero: As with your normal life, people would continue to underestimate you |
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