I got the chance to go to the Pinners Conference in Dallas in early Sept. I signed up to be a VIP Pinner which gave me access to the vendor floor 30 minutes earlier than the rest of the attendees, had a VIP party on Thursday night with a TON of swag they gave us, plus got to go to as many classes as I wanted to with my VIP pass. The conference was Friday and Saturday and I stay for almost all of both days walking the floor, going to a ton of classes, and getting videos of all the amazing this I saw and did all for you!
Thursday night was the VIP party and here are a couple of videos on the party and the freebies I got from the conference.
I then took 2 days to walk the vendor floor checking out all the booths, classes, and make n takes that they had to offer. I only stopped at the crafty & DIY booths, makeup, fashion, and food were not my main focus. Here are soe videos of the floor, classes I went to, and also freebies I got while walking around.
Stay tuned for more amazing class vidoes and booth tours from my days at Pinners!!!
We have had a member of our crafting community experience a tragic loss,
her grandson passed away very suddenly. Many designers, crafts, and
artists got together and create all kinds of project to send her way to
show our love for her and her family from craft supplies, cards,
scrapbook layouts, ATC, and many kind words were send her way along with
it all. I created an ATC for her, and it was much harder than I
thought to make this, as it brought all my emotions of the loss of my
daughter back up to the surface.
These little cards are made with wings stamps from Paper Wings Productions, not only as a background for each card but also cut out on the embellishments.
On the backs of each of the cards is the poem that was read at my daughter funeral, a very common poem meant for parents at the loss of a child.
Here is my full video tutorial, but I will warn you, I get a bit emotional on this one. This whole process brought back so many emotions even after almost 8 years. I will always miss my little Kristen, and moments like these really bring my feelings right back to the day she got her wings.
The poem reads:
"These are my footprints,
so perfect and so small.
These tiny footprints were meant
for other things.
You will hear my tiny footprints,
in the patter of the rain.
Gentle drops like angel's tears,
of joy and not from pain.
You will see my tiny footprints,
in each butterflies' lazy dance.
I'll let you know I'm with you,
if you just give me the chance.
You will see my tiny footprints,
in the rustle of the leaves.
I will whisper names into the wind,
and call each one that grieves.
Most of all, these tiny footprints,
are found on Mommy and Daddy's hearts.
'Cause even though I'm gone now,
We'll never truly part."
My love and hugs go out to all that have had a loss. I am here and understand. Please reach out if you ever need someone who understands.
Tina Walker is hosting a craft collaboration with about 65 designers and crafty people to see what we can all create when starting from the same place with craft supplies. We were all given the same supply of crafty items including fabric, resistors, glue, resins, dew drops, chipboard, stencil, and a few other items. My first instinct was to do a mixed media art piece.
Now I added in a few of my own items, and that was allowed, but we had to use every items that was given to use to make art project. Here is a full video of all the items we received from Tina.
Click on the links at the bottom of the post to see how all the other designers made their projects with the same items. There are some amazing creation here, and they are all different!!
I had so much fun making this cute mixed media art piece. Here is the full video tutorial plus up close pictures below.
I have been dying to try the idea of stamping on clay, and what better way to try out an idea that you do a little project, and the best way to to try out an idea, make an ATC. An ATC is an
artist trading card, it measured 3"x4" and you can do what ever you
want, try out new techniques, play with new material, try a new design,
or just have fun!! I did a little of them all.
Here is a full video tutorial on how to make these fun ATCs and how
fun it is to stamp on clay to make your own 3D embellishments!!
Here are some up close shots of the this fun idea!
The Makin's Clay is an air dry clay so how you stamp on it come out exactly the same after it has dried, no changes!! Plus the Brutus Monroe Ink can stamp on anything and not smear, a perfect match!!
Now the other point to a ATC is to give them away, who shall I give them to?!!?
I wanted to add some fun sparkle and flair to my house with some fun glitter and sequin pumpkins in simple designs of dots, lines, and webs. Here is a fun little idea for making some cute pumpkins for you house that can even last through Halloween and Thanksgiving perfect for autumn decor.
I
used lots of sequins and glitter glued on with Beacon Gem-Tac Glue and to add that extra pop I added in
some Eyelet Outlet Sticky back bling to give it that extra something.
Here is a video tutorial on how to make these fun pumpkins!
Here is some close of pictures of some of the pumpkins.
I did some of these pumpkin (plus another project coming soon) on a live FB video. Here is the live video for you in case you missed it!
Now go out and decorate your house with some fun pumpkins!!
I wanted to play with the idea of making some cute little clips for Halloween to place on treat bags, tags, cards, mixed media, banners, planners, or some other fun project. The best way to make a cute little figure is clay, you can make any shape you want and it looks amazing.
Here is the video tutorial on how to make these cute little clips.
These little Halloween characters are just to fun to make. A cute bat, jack-o-lantern, ghost, and cat. Take a look at them up close.
Each character is glued to the back of a canvas corp black clothespin clip to make them able to clip to many different projects.
Here is also my latest unboxing video of my Makin's Clay supplies including my fun new tool to shape and mold clay.
Planners are huge right now and I just got this stamps set from Brutus Monroe has the cutest planner stamps out
right now perfect for those moments when you want to add a little stamp
to your planner to remember a meeting, haircut, appointment, or doctor
visit. He has also made a stamp set that is perfect for the students
with little stamps made specifically for school with apples, a
microscope, atom, award, plus many more. To stamp in your planner is
easy, but I wanted to take it to the next level and play with the idea
of planner clips from clothespins with these cute little stamps.
These cute little School Day planner stamps are perfect for your
student planner or for anyone really. They are just too cute and the
made wonderful embellishments for these fun planner clips! Here is a
video tutorial on how I made these fun little clips.
Here is a few up close pictures of these fun little clips.
The little mini Canvas Corp clothespins are only the the length of a
quarter, and they are so cute!! There are so many colors to pick from
and they are all amazing!
So now that I have all these really cute planner clips, time to start planning!!
