Made for Mom with Love

1 sheet mini album Made for Mom with Love, Gift Ideas Hop. Join the journey to find some great ideas for gifts to give the moms on your list or create a list to give your loved ones of the things you would enjoy for yourself!  Welcome to the Don’t forget, there are some freebies to pick up along the way, too!

In this post:

  • I’ll tell you about easy little mini albums you can create from one sheet of paper (or even a digital version)
  • Show you a video on how to create one (even though it is for a different season, it still goes together the same way!)
  • Offer you printed directions and/or a digital layered PSD file
  • Link you to the next site in our special hop
  • Provide you with a list of all the hop participants

Let’s get started!

Here at Artful Adventures, I like to offer you ideas to kick it up a notch – without a lot of hassle!  Here is a special do-it-yourself kind of gift that lends itself well to any number of occasions.  By taking just one 12×12 inch sheet of double-sided paper, or card stock, you can easily create a special little mini-album. Just a few basic touches will make it special, but you can add whatever you’d like.  In other words, how simple or fancy you make it is all up to you!  You can add pictures, quotes, stickers, fibers, beads, buttons…..  there are endless possibilites.

Here is a look at a little mini album made from one sheet of paper.

1 sheet mini album

Here is the video to show you how to do it.

Just enter your info below to receive your copy of the written directions for the 12×12″ sheet, or for a digital layered PSD file.

 

Please visit each site on the hop to see the special deal they are offering. There is such a diversity of creative things any mother would love to receive in honor of Mother’s Day. Note: If you joined us somewhere along the way, please start HERE so you don’t miss a thing!  

Now Hop on over to visit Vi at Creative Threadz and see what she has for you! 

All Participants:

Lain at Layout a Day

Debbie at Scrap Me Quick Designs

Monica at Scrap Inspired

Melissa at Digital Scrapbooking HQ

Pam at Keeping Life Creative

Diane at Capadia Designs

Beth at Scrapping Wonders

Kelli at Use It Scrapbooking!

Jen at Jen Wright Designs

Alice at Scrapbook Wonderland

Gee Zee at Messtaken Identity

Cara at Let’s Learn with Cara Miller

Rebecca at Pictures to Scrapbook

Heather at NoExcuseScrapbooking 

Kristie at Artful Adventures  <— You are here now!

Paper Pumpkin Welcome Kit Video

Welcome Kit Cards

My Paper Pumpkin Welcome Kit

It really was fun to have a little box of fun delivered!  The Paper Pumpkin kits, by Stampin’Up! are such an easy way to get your craft on.  You just open the box and it is ready!  Everything is measured, cut, and scored. Ink, stamps, and even embellishments are included!  You just add adhesive (and I found scissors useful!).

Watch this video and see what is in the first kit. Even though this video is kind of long, there are tips you may find useful; but if you must leave before it is finished, the included project is complete within the first 10 minutes.  The rest of the video shows other ways to create cards with the supplies that were in the box.  I really hope you’ll join me, and play along!

Watercolor Technique, Watercolor Pencils

Watercolor Pencil Technique with Blender Pen

Watercolor Pencil Technique with Blender Pen

Our Artful Adventure today takes us back to the land of watercolor techniques as we discover a couple of ways to use watercolor pencils.  It can be nice to have a few products that are easy to take with you for any number of reasons!  You may joining friends for some special arts and crafts time; or you may like to have something handy to take on a trip.  No matter what the reason, watercolor pencils are another great product to be able to take along. They don’t take much room and are not messy!

Today we’ll look at using watercolor pencils:

  • on a wet surface
  • with a water brush
  • with a blender pen

Be sure to use waterproof ink for stamping your image.  If you’ll be using a water brush, stamp on watercolor paper.  You can use the Whisper White cardstock for the blender pen technique; although it is on watercolor paper in the video.  NOTE:  The Hydrangea stamp is part of a set only available until 3/21/13.  Grab it if you like it!

Watercolor Pencil technique with water brush

Watercolor Pencil technique with water brush

Watercolor Pencil technique

Watercolor Pencil technique

Simple, Perfect Bows

It is so amazing to have you join me on each of these Artful Adventures. I really want to make sure to show you ideas you can get some use from!  That’s why today’s discovery is about learning a nifty method for a simple, perfect bows!  Some people feel like they are all thumbs when it comes to tying a bow.  I have always felt pretty adequate in this area, and loved tying those big bows on the back of my girls dresses when they were young.  However, I was never really able to show or articulate how I did it.  My dad always said I did something kind of odd in the way that I did it.  (Wouldn’t you know an old sailor would know if you were tying the perfect knot or bow!)  Anyway, watch as my friend Georgia Giguere shows you the most clever way to just about get a perfect bow EVERY time!  You will love this method for your projects!  Seriously, you are going to love this!

Watercolor Technique, Watercolor Crayons

Watercolor Crayon TechniquesToday’s Artful Adventures discover what a lovely effect you can achieve with watercolor crayons! Watercolor crayons are water soluble and versatile. They are easy to take with you, as they are pigment in a stick form, sort of like crayons you used as a child, but without the waxiness.  There are numerous ways to use this form of product and today, I’ll show you a few ways to get started!

You’ll want to be sure to use a waterproof ink to stamp any outlines that you may want to use as the basis of a project.  Stazon is one that I keep on hand for this technique, as well as the Stazon cleaner.

If you are using the technique with the water brush, be sure to use watercolor paper.  If you are going to use the blender pen technique, it will work well on your regular Whisper White card stock, as long as you do not try to work it too hard!  If you use any of these techniques, be sure and share with us over on the Artful Adventures Facebook Group!  We’d love to see what you are up to.

My favorite water soluble crayons are Caran D’Ache Neocolor II.