I wanted to create some Thank You cards for the staff working in the nursing home that take care of my mother and also cared for my grandmother who recently passed. Now is the perfect time to say thanks to all the medical staff who are helping take care of us during this difficult time fighting the Covid-19 virus. My Favorite Things is generously offering several of their nurse and Dr. stamps as FREE digital downloads through 4/30/20, so I used them to make my cards. I’ll show you how to resize PDF images and how to color them with Prismacolor Pencils using a blending solution in my latest video.
I created this fun Easter card with products I have on hand since it’s hard right now to shop for new crafting supplies because of the virus. I used stamps from Gerda Steiner, Tri-Blend Markers for coloring and Masking Magic sheets to mask my ink blended background.
If you’re stuck at home and bored the Save the Crafty Youtuber hop (started by Justine Hovey) is here to help. Bounce along the hop, learn new techniques, ideas, and tutorials and leave comments to be entered to win prizes. Visit this post on Justine’s blog for all the hop information and list of participants.
I used one of the new Whimsical and Wild stamp sets from Jane Davenport to create a fun Alice in Wonderland themed card. I used Distress Crayons from Tim Holtz to watercolor the image and added a few tea charms to finish it off.
Click here to visit my Youtube channel to watch my tutorial.
I recently was able to try out The Glaminator machine from Xyron. This machine can do hot and cold laminating as well as add foil to your paper crafting projects.
I filmed a video on how the machine works with some tips and tricks, card samples and easy projects. Click here to watch my video on Youtube or check it out below.
Chalkola recently sent me a set of 30 Chalk Markers to try and I had a lot of fun incorporating them into my paper crafting. I created several samples and filmed a product review video with 2 card making projects.
Chalkola is also generously sponsoring a GIVEAWAY! One lucky winner will receive a set of 30 Chalk markers. All the details to enter are in my Youtube video, click here to check it out. (You must enter on Youtube, not on this blog post)
They are also offering a Coupon Code, visit: http://chalkola.com/ and enter coupon code: HEATHERH10 and receive 10% off your order. (Note: this is an affiliate link) .
This sweet fairy is visiting another fairy friend to bring them some flowers. I shopped my stash (using product I already own instead of buying new) using a digital stamp from Sweet November.
I used stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird for this sweet Fairy Friendship card. I used Tri-Blend markers from Spectrum Noir to color my images. This card is perfect for birthdays, thank you or Valentine’s Day cards.
I used shimmery watercolor paints to create a rainbow background for this fun birthday card. I also die cut and colored 6 of the Whittle Panda dies from Poppy Stamps in a row across the front.
