Tag: craft supplies

  • How About Some Sunflowers & Sunshine?!

    Could you use a little more sunshine and sunflowers? Sunflowers are such a beautiful flower and DesignBundles has a new bundle in the shop. Only $5.00 for 30 designs! And they are all gorgeous and versatile. So much to do with these.

    I especially love this design.

    You can find this awesome bundle at Design Bundles I see several new wood signs in my future! I enjoy making reclaimed wood signs but haven’t done any in about a year. I even make a little frame to go around them. This set has inspired me to get my tools out to play! Is that something any of y’all do? How about reversed canvases? I tried that one time but had an awful time taking it apart so I gave up. I’m thinking I should try again, guess I’ll watch some YouTube videos on making them.

    Who else turns to YouTube to learn new things? It amazes me how much content there is, and lots of it is very helpful. I learned how to trim goat hooves, how to remove botflies (yuck), how to use new to me features in Photoshop, and even how to create digital watercolor flowers in Procreate by following Teela Cunningham of Every Tuesday. I’m so happy with how it turned out. Lol, after I initialed my art I realized I had it upside-down but I was happy with it so I didn’t fix it. Makes me giggle.

    That’s the one bright side of quarantine that I’ve found, lots of time for me to learn new things. I don’t work outside the home though, if I did I would be in healthcare as a medical assistant and while I admire greatly those who do it honestly scares me right now to think about it. Plus, I really enjoy what I’m doing now. Blogging is a great outlet along with crafts and graphic design. One big down side to quarantine is I had lost 20 pounds over a few months time and I’ve gained 10 back, oops. Way too much cooking going on here, lol.

    Y’all have a great day!

    xoxo~Dawn

  • An Unboxing of My Crafty Haul

    **this post contains affiliate links I purchased products to create projects to share on my blog, any opinions are mine**

    I’m so excited to show y’all my craft haul from Scrapbook.com! I got an amazing box of goodies to play with. There were some things that I had been pining for that I finally ordered. I had been wanting some stitched dies for a while, I love the way they dress up a card background.

    I created my first ever video, don’t laugh, I was kinda nervous, I was sitting in the floor, and my craft room is a mess right now. Here it is take a peek!

    Some of My Favorite Parts of the Haul

    I am so excited and eager to play with the Sizzix Sidekick, I love how light and portable it is. The Big Shot is too big for my table and most of the dies I use are tiny ones. So this little guy is perfect for me.

    I had a bit of a theme going with stitched dies and stamps, as well as denim lol. It wasn’t really intentional but once I saw the adorable Honey Bee Pocket Full of Love stamps and dies it just kinda happened.

    I love that with any purchase you get a copy of the fantastic magazine Scrapbook and Cards Today. I always read it cover to cover and usually more than once! There are so many great ideas and inspiration. The pages are made with a nice weight of paper, and it’s free with purchase. With scrapbook and card making magazines pretty much obsolete now this magazine is very welcome.

    Coming Soon….

    Over the next few days I will be creating some cards using the new goodies and I’ll be sharing those with you guys! Oh, and stay tuned, I have another haul to unbox, hopefully I’ll get that one posted today. I have to admit even through my awkwardness it was kind of fun to do the video, took me way out of my comfort zone. Next time I do videos I hope to be more organized and less nervous.

    Happy crafting!

    xoxo~Dawn

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