A Creative Journey

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Fairie Dust Sneak Peek

Happy Sunday! I hope that you're having a wonderful weekend so far. I have a sneak peek of a new project that will be on Graphic 45's blog. You'll want to mark your calendars for Wednesday, January. 17th. I hope that you'll take the time to stop by the Graphic 45 blog and check out all the photos of my project. I will be sharing some photos and other details about this project on my blog on Wednesday.

- Katelyn

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

ModaScrap Release Day - Mr & Mrs Card

Happy Tuesday! It's a new release day over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog, featuring ModaScrap's new die and stamp release. You'll notice a few of these release posts featuring inspiration using the new products throughout this month on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

For my project featuring some of the new ModaScrap dies, I created this pretty Mr & Mrs card.

To create the rose design in the pink patterned paper, I used the Rose Bouquet die. Because the rose bouquet die is so pretty once it is cut out, I wanted to keep the rest of the card quite simple. For the circle I used the Dashing Circles die and for the hearts I used the True Love die. To get the Mr & Mrs sentiment, I stamped it onto the back side of a patterned paper piece.

To finish off the edges of all the pieces, I used Black Soot Distress Ink.

You'll want to make sure to check out the rest of the projects the design team has created on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

- Wedding Sentiments Stamp Set

- Dashing Circles

- True Love

- Romantic Bouquet

- Sweet Vintage Rose Patterned Paper Pack

- White Soft Finish Cardstock

- 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Other Supplies Used:

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Black Soot Distress Ink & Blending Tool with Foam

- Tombow: Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- Katelyn

Friday, January 5, 2018

Make a Wish Birthday Card

Happy Friday! First off, I want to wish you a very Happy New Year! Thank you for all your support in the 2017 year. I can't wait to share with you some more inspiration for the 2018 year.

I'm up on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today sharing my Make a Wish Birthday Card. I've created my card using some dies from Joset Designs and Els van de Burgt Studio. To compliment the die cut images, I've used ModaScrap's Relax in the Garden Collection Patterned Paper Pack.

You'll want to make sure your way over to Elizabeth Crafts Designs Blog to read all about how I created my Make a Wish Birthday Card, so that you're able to recreate it at home.

- Katelyn

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Season of Joy Altered Frame

Happy Tuesday!

I'm up on Graphic 45's blog today sharing with you my Season of Joy Altered Frame which features the Season's Collection. I have a few photos to share with you on my blog, but if you haven't stopped by Graphic 45's blog yet, make sure you do so that you can check out the rest of the photos of my Season of Joy Altered Frame as well as a tutorial so that you can recreate it at home.

I love creating Christmas home decor and I while I was out at on of our local vintage shops, I found this perfect frame. To alter the frame, I used the new Seasons collection and ended up creating this beautiful Christmas altered frame. This home decor piece is perfect to display in your own home or give as a gift to a friend or loved one.

Tip: Cut elements from the Ephemera Cards and layer them in amongst fussy cut images from the patterned paper.

Tip: Layer lots of different flowers together to add dimension in the top right hand corner.

For a full tutorial on how I created my Season of Joy Altered Frame as well as more photos of my project, you'll want to make sure to stop by Graphic 45's blog.

-Katelyn

Monday, January 1, 2018

Winter Sneak Peek

I have one more post to share with you today. It's a sneak peek of a new project that will be on Graphic 45's blog. You'll want to mark your calendars for Tuesday, January. 2nd. I hope that you'll take the time to stop by the Graphic 45 blog and check out all the photos of my project. I will be sharing some photos and other details about this project on my blog on Tuesday.

- Katelyn

Elizabeth Craft Design Team

Happy New Year!!

To kick off the start of 2018, I'm excited to announce that I have made the Elizabeth Craft Design Team for another term. I'm looking forward to what this next term brings on the Elizabeth Craft Design team as you'll notice there are lots of changes. Here is the talented team that I will be working alongside this term.

To see the full announcement on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog, head here. To read all about the rest of the design team members, head here.

I look forward to sharing with you more creations using Elizabeth Craft Design products over the 2018 year.

- Katelyn

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Celebrate ATC

Happy Everyone! I have one more post for the 2017 year. It has been a wonderful year of crafty fun and I can't wait to see what 2018 holds.

For my last project of 2017, I created this fun Celebrate ATC which features some dies from Joset Designs as well as Els van de Burgt Studio. Grab a cup of your favourite winter beverage and enjoy as I walk you through how to recreate my Celebrate ATC at home.

To start, adhere the 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of white cardstock to the 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" chipboard piece.

From ModaScrap's Just Say Cheese patterned paper, pick two patterned paper pieces out. Cut one piece of patterned paper to 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Cut the second patterned paper piece to 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Ink the edges of each patterned paper using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the 2 1/4" Stitched Circle out of one of the previously used patterned paper pieces. Ink the edges of the stitched circle using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the small Entwined Circle die from a third piece of patterned paper. Ink the edges of the entwined circle using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut two of the balloons out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using Stormy Sky Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam, blend the ink over one of the balloons. For the other balloon, use Weathered Wood Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam and blend the ink over the balloon. Ink the edges of the balloons using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Balloons die, die cut two of the balloon strings out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam, blend the ink over each string.

Using the Balloons die, die cut two bows out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

From the Celebration Flags die, die cut the star flag out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using Stormy Sky Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam and dab the ink over four of the stars. Using Weathered Wood Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam and dab the ink over the other four stars.

Die cut the banner out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using Jet Black Archival Ink, stamp the celebrate word from the Banner Sentiments onto the banner. Ink the edges of the banner using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Now it's time to create your ATC.

Adhere the 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" patterned paper to the 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" patterned paper piece. Adhere the 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" patterned paper piece to the ATC base.

Adhere the stitched circle to the entwined circle. Foam square the entwined circle to the middle of the ATC.

Cut five stars off of the flag. Adhere two on the top right hand side of the circle, adhere one on the bottom right hand side of the circle and adhere two on the bottom left hand side of the circle.

Adhere the balloon strings to each balloon. Adhere the balloons to the circle. To finish off the balloons, add a bow to the bottom of each balloon.

Cut two more stars from the flag banner and adhere onto the circle. Adhere the Celebrate banner to the bottom of the balloons. Your ATC is now finished.