Day 96

I did this craft yesterday, but the site was down for maintenance so I wasn't able to post it.

I did a really cute green bookmark.  I took two pieces of green glittery cold stock and cut them down to about 3 1/2" x 5", I then took some green paisley fabric I had and cut it down a little smaller then the card stock.  I took one piece of the card stock and used a butterfly paper punch to do a haphazard design of flying butterflies.  I used a round paper punch for all four corners of the card stock on both pieces.  I then used craft glue to glue the fabric to the un-punched side of card stock and then sandwiched the butterfly punched piece on top.  It came out really good!  I really like the way it feels, the glittery paper and then the fabric peeking through.  One of my favorites I've made so far!

Here it is finished:

Here is the paper I used, cut down:

And the fabric I used:

And here is everything cut and punched, getting ready to glue it all together:

Close up of the finished bookmark:

Another shot of the finished bookmark:

Day 42

I'm a bit bummed today so I did today's craft with the hopes that it would be 1. easy and 2. cheer me up.  Succeeded at both!

I think it's well known that I love fairies so I went with the woodland fairy theme.  I was going to do a greeting card but it turned into a collage picture that I can hang up and smile at when needed.  All I did was cut out designs that were on scrapbook paper.  The flowers and the butterfly were each on their own page and the fairy I had from a collage sheet. The 3D yellow sticker reminded me of a sun so threw that on too.  Just cut and pasted accordingly and got this...

Day 19

I need to point out a few things about me and about this craft.  First, I'm immature when it comes to stuff like this.  I see a toy section in a store, and I'm there!  I can't even go into a Walgreens without spending a considerable amount of time on the toy aisle, and as most people know, the toy section in Walgreens is not even good!  Second, I'm sick, so I left work early today and headed over to Target to get medicine.  Being I wasn't feeling good, I skipped the toy section, but on the way to pick up a box of tissues, I walked past, (or tried to walk past) the office/craft section.  I love Rose Art stuff, and when I saw this kit, I was like "YAY!"...not only a cool craft, but one I can do in bed, in between blowing my nose and sucking on throat drops!  Again...."YAY!"!!!

The kit I bought is called "Window Art: Trace it, Peel it, Stick it".  It comes with five colored "paints", two clear transparent plastic sheets and a book of traceable art.  You put the plastic sheet on the page of drawings you want to trace, you outline it in black and then color it in with the other colors.  You let it dry, you peel it and then you stick it to a window or mirror, and take it down when your bored with it!!

I get home, put on the PJ's, get into bed and find the picture I want to trace.  A really cute, detailed butterfly.  I put the plastic down, open the black paint and squeeze the bottle.  The black paint proceeds to explode, sending black paint across the bedroom, all over my side table, my hands, my pants, and the book.  I proceed to start yelling for Stan to come upstairs and help meeeee!!!!  Ever heard a 34 year old woman whine loudly while doing a project for "5 years or older"??  It's not pretty.  Stan was kind enough to help me clean up, and with almost less then half a bottle of paint left, I decide to try again.  Turns out the paint is clogging the tip,so I had to cut the tip down, making the tip super wide, which makes tracing the picture a messy endeavor.  By the time I finish tracing the butterfly, I'm ready to write Rose Art some hate mail.  And I'm thankful that I'm not indeed doing this with a 5 year old because we would both be whining at this point.  I put the messy black outlined butterfly to the side to dry.  After about fifteen minutes I begin to try to color it with the colored paints.  Two of the colors begins pouring out of the bottle the moment I get the cover off!  The others, clogged!  Luckily I learned my lesson with the black paint and managed to NOT spray them across the room. 

Needless to say...not my favorite craft...but still cute, and maybe, once I buy a hazmat suit, I'll try another design.

COVER:

INSIDE COVER:

CLOSE UP OF FINISHED BUTTERFLY:

AND ANOTHER:

AND HERE IS THE FULL PAGE, WITH THE ONE I DID BOTTOM LEFT:

Day 1

Perhaps I'm crazy. We are in the midst of DIY'ing our wedding for September. But I'm always one to find an excuse to craft, and always in need of a push, some sort of starting point, so when I came across the book "365: A Daily Creativity Journal" by Noah Scalin, I realized this was a fun way to spend the next year, and I can incorporate the crafting for the wedding into this project. Also, when the wedding has come and gone, I was worried that I would have some type of DIY withdrawl, so this is a way for me to keep going, once the wedding madness is over!

One of the things I decided was that for 2011 I would buy no more cards! I'm sick of giving money to Hallmark when I have the means to make my own. Granted my cards will in no way be as wonderful as Hallmarks, but I can guarantee mine will have more love in it's little card soul then any I have ever purchased! So for my Day 1 craft I decided to make my friend's birthday card.

When I saw the little butterflies in all their glitter glory, I just knew I had to use them, and I'm glad I did. The inside has a quote about friendship and a "Happy Birthday" chipboard sticker, and overall for my first card, I'm happy with it. Hopefully with every card I do, they will get a bit more better, but this was a good start.