Beautiful Braids in My Hair

 Hello there!

Popping in one more time this month to share inspiration for

Conie Fong Art & Design!

I have used one of my favorite digis

Braids in My Hair.

My card is a simple design.

I used a set of Spellbinders dies to frame the digi which

I colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

The frame was adhered  with foam tape for a little dimension.

The digi was set inside the frame and glued with wet glue.

I stamped and heat embossed the "Beautiful" sentiment.

6 white pearls were added to complete.

Be sure and visit Conie's Etsy Shop for this digi and a whole lot more.

Also, I hope you'll join us over on Facebook at

Conie Fong Art & Design Group.

We'd love to see your creations using Conie Fong digis there!

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Conie Fong now has a You Tube Channel where she teaches drawing simple images 

in easy step-by-step drawing tutorials.

Draw with Conie You Tube Channel

Also, we invite you to join the Draw with Conie Facebook Group.

You'll find info on new videos there and inspiration projects from the Design Team. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend ahead!

My Cup of Tea Printer Tray

Hi there!

I'm happy to share a home decor project created for Clear Scraps.

This is a tea themed printer tray using the Square Printer Tray and the new Mini Shaker Teapot.

I started this project by pulling out the 5 pieces of the printer tray.

2 of the chipboard cutout pieces were glued together.

I applied double sided tape to the edges of the chipboard back piece.

A piece of 12 x 12 inch card stock was adhered to the back.

Gold gilding wax was applied to the 3rd chipboard cutout piece and set aside.

I pulled out a coordinating paper pad and an assortment of dies from Crafter’s Companion to use for decorating the tray.

Die cutting was done.

Patterned papers were cut to 4 x 4 inches for some of the squares of the tray.

I started adding the patterned papers.

The die cuts were added to each section of the tray.

The protective film was removed from the acrylic divider.

The acrylic divider and top chipboard cutout piece were adhered to the tray.

The last part of the project is to put the shaker together.

I started by painting the chipboard pieces with acrylic paint.

Adhere 2 of the 3 chipboard forms together.

This piece is then adhered to the chipboard back.

Next, add shaker pieces.

Remove protective film from both sides of the acrylic piece.

Adhere the acrylic to the chipboard filled with shaker pieces.

Add the top chipboard piece to the acrylic.

I added some gold gilding wax to the teapot.

The teapot was added to the lower right fray front to finish.

I love the way this “My Cup of Tea” Printer Tray project came out and hope you do too!

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Linking up to:

A Cut Above - ATG w/a die cut

Dream Valley Challenge - Use Pink or Red

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG option

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - ATG

Die Cut Divas - New (Teapot Shaker & Printer Tray)

The Creative Crafters - ATG

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Something Old, Something New

(Old dies and DP, new printers tray & teapot shaker)

Baby Seal Valentine

Hello there!

Hope your Saturday is going well!

It's cold and snowy here in Colorado today.

So, a good day for crafting!

I put together this card using 

Baby Seals on Iceberg

Conie Fong Art 

These cuties were colored with Prismacolor Pencils.

I fussy cut the image.

My card measures 5 x 6 1/2 inches and was

created with a piece of medium blue card stock.

I die cut some clouds out of the same blue as the card base and white for

the top of the card.

A darker blue card stock covers the rest of the card.

I smudged a little white ink over the blue.

Added foam tape to the back of my image and adhered.

Decided to die cut some double hearts and "Valentine" out of white card.

3 pear;s were added for just a little extra!

Not your regular red or pink Valentine card, but I like the way it came out!

Hope you do too!

If you have an interest in drawing seals like these for yourself be sure and visit the

Draw With Conie You Tube Channel

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Linking up to:

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a Die Cut

Cut It Up Challenges - Have a Heart

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG/Winter Fun Twist

Crafty Animals - ATG w/animals

The Creative Crafters - ATG

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - ATG/Monotone Twist

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

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Challenge Recognition 

Love Birds Treat Holders

Sharing some Polkadoodles inspiration today with

a reminder that this month's challenge is running until

February 6th 2025.

The challenge theme is

ANYTHING GOES.

PRIZES: 
1 x $50 RANDOM PRIZE from all entries: $50 voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything.
3 x $10 PRIZE from all entries - we will pick our favourite Top 3 entries to win a $10 voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything.

You can enter 4 times with new projects

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My project for this week's inspiration is a set of Valentine treat holders. 

I used 3 pre-colored digis, Love Bird Letter, Love Bird Cupid and Love Bird Heart. 

The "Be My Valentine" sentiment was stamped from the Cutie Pie 4x4" Stamp Set. 

The holders were constructed with heart shaped die cuts.

Have a great weekend!

Birthday Cake Card

Happy Thursday!

Today I have a card to share for

Pajama Crafter Stamps!

This is a slimline card created with the new

Forever 29 Cake Stamps.

This stamp set includes 4 images and 3 sentiments.

The set also comes as a bundle with dies.

I stamped the cake image, colored with Prismacolor Pencils with 

just a smidge of clear sparkle pen and fussy cut.

Two patterned papers were used for the card background.

I stamped the sentiment and the streamer image.

The cake was adhered with foam tape.

A die cut border with ribbon run through was added.

3 gems on the border finished my design.

Thanks for taking a peek at my card!

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Linking up to:

Craft Rocket Challenges - Something New (new stamp set)

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion

Unicorn Challenge - Birthday

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG option

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Something Old, Something New (old DP, new stamps)

A Place to Start - playing ATG

Dream Valley Challenge - Something New (new stamps)

613 Avenue Create - Monotone Magic/ATG

Little Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

We Love Stamping - Anything but Square/ATG

Stamping Sensations - Hand Colored Image/ATG

 

Valentine Shadow Box

Well, the New Year is off to a good start and it will soon be Valentine’s Day!

 Do you celebrate and/or decorate for Valentine’s Day?

 I don’t really go “all out” for it, but I do like to create Valentine projects. 

Hey there! 

Today I'm sharing a Valentine Shadow Box project for CutCardStock.

Creating a Base

A 12 x 12 inch piece of Cougar White Card Stock will serve as the base. 

I also am using DCS Discount Card Stock: Pastel Pink Card Stock, DCS Discount Card Stock: Pearlized Textured Fruit Punch Pink, DCS Discount Card Stock: Amaranth Pink and Basis Burgundy Card Stock.

Draw a heart shape in the center of the 12 x 12 inch piece of Cougar White Card Stock. You can freehand the heart or use a template. I am using a chipboard heart which I am tracing. The heart shape is a guideline for the overall design.

Heart Pieces 

Cut various sizes of hearts out of the pink and burgundy card stocks. I cut mine with dies in four sizes. You can hand cut, use dies or cut files for them.

Score each heart down the center vertically.

Creating the Design

Start adding the hearts to the base inside the center of the heart tracing with your preferred adhesive. I am using a low temp glue gun and running the glue down the fold on the backside of the hearts.

Continue adding hearts by layering and varying the sizes and directions to best fit within the base heart shape. There is really no rhyme or reason to this. Just go with what you feel works.

Fill in the entire heart. Adding the smallest of the hearts randomly completes the design.

Finishing

All that’s left is to add the project to a shadow box.

Thanks for taking a look at my Valentine Shadow Box project. I am so happy with it and even though I call it a Valentine project, it is a great home decor project to display year round.

Join us over on the CutCardStock Facebook Page and the newly revamped Facebook Group Creating with CutCardStock for more inspiration.

And even more inspiration can be found on the CutCardStock Creative Blog.

Mini Birthday Album

Hi there! 

Today I'm sharing a mini birthday album project created for Clear Scraps.

I am using the Chip 3.5 x 8 Mixed Up Album.

The Birthday Party 12 x 12 Scrapbook Paper Pad from Crafter’s Companion is being used for the album pages and embellishments.

Start by choosing papers for each page and tracing the pages on the backside of each paper.

Cut out each.

Adhere corresponding papers to front and back of each page.

Once each page was covered with the scrapbook paper, I chose die cuts which were included in the paper pad.

I added die cuts to the front of each page and the backside of each page has areas for adding photos and/or journaling.

The album is held together with book rings which I added ribbons to.

Thanks for taking a look at my Birthday Mini Album Project!

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