Dino's are a girls best friend! Well they are if your a little girl...lol. My gran-niece has been a fan of dinosaurs for most of her toddler stage and now at 6 she is still in love with Dino's. So with me having a limited time for crafting lately I decided to do this double diamond Dino card for her Birthday this week. I know this is rather simple for me. I tend to get a bit involved in my cards but like I said no real time here.
I followed fold instructions from Stampin by Hannah seen HERE The paper pack I used was from Echo Park called Dino Friends. It was from 2016 so I'm not even sure if it's still available. I got mine at Tuesday Morning when I went just for a looksee. Yeah that never happens...one always ends up buying lol. Anyway I just used some of the stickers from the pack, added a touch of stickles to some of the dots and Dino's and a few sequins. I then decorated the envelope with a few triangle scraps I had and the card is complete. A 6 yr old will love it. Finished card is about 4.25 x 5.25.
Well that's all. Like I said I haven't much time lately but I'll do what I can squeeze in.
Til next time.......................
HAPPY CARDING
Hello....it's July and you know what that means........Christmas in July!! I actually could and do enjoy Christmas every month. It is my favorite Holiday for paper crafting! So it is no surprise that I'm doing Christmas today. I have had a very chaotic few months and squeezing in some fun crafting has been difficult but today I had some alone time and decided to grab a few sheets of paper and do a couple tags. Ok Twelve actually. 9 large and 3 small from the scraps. You know my love of scraps.
I saw a You Tube video from Polly Paper Studios where she whipped up these adorable tags. I did not have the same papers nor did I have the same stickers. She did say that her local Hobby Lobby was just putting out the new 2020 Christmas stuff in the paper crafting department. Oh my, I can't believe it's that time already. If I wasn't such a chicken I'd run out to the store and see what they have put out but #1 I hate wearing a mask though I know it is for safty and required in my state and #2 I'm just not ready to be that close to people yet. I'm in the 65+ age group and our family does have some medical issues so I don't want to take any chances yet. But who am I fooling....of course I have stuff right here that would probably work. So for the larger tags I used 110# white stock for the base.
I had 2 different wood look papers that I used for layers and I used scraps to put behind the window I created with the postage stamp die. Then I layered and added embellies.
With the scraps I was able to get 3 more smaller tags. I think these measured 3x4.
I really love the paper and the stickers Polly uses and for sure I'll be keeping my eyes out for those Hot Cocoa cups. Hmmmm I could make my own if I had a coffee cup mug die. LOL hope I have the strength to stay off the internet.
If you get a chance go to you tube and check out Pollys video. Her tags are adorable. You can watch HERE.
UPDATE: Ok I couldn't resist. Went on Amazon and found the cutest mug dies. Mugs are only about 1.75 x 2 perfect for tags. Yep I'm going to be making embellies as soon as they come. Are you interested??? Here's the link.
Mug Die
I know...I know...I'm such an enabler...giggle giggle.
HAPPY CARDING!
Remember a while ago I wanted to experiment with pins in glue bottles? I had no idea if any of mine were stainless steel or not but I did not want to go out to the stores to find some to try. So instead just thought I'd give the pins I had a try. 2 of the pins were dress making pins. I had thought one of them could be stainless because who wants rust marks on their fabric? Then I had found some vintage corsage pins. Though not stated on the package, surely these should be stainless because they stick into wet plants to be pinned to clothing.
Well??????????????????????
NO... they rusted. All three pins. In fact the corsage one was the rustiest!
The middle pin is hard to tell but you can see by the tip of the glue bottle that there was rust forming. And that one on the far right.......well by golly it was even turning the entire glue yellowish rusty color. Yikes!
So now what? Well looking around the house I found 2 more objects that "Might" work. So the experiment continues.
First on the left is a Turkey lacing skewer. You know....the ones that come with a little bit of twine to keep the stuffing in? Don't know if that's stainless. Now in the picture it looks like it is already discolored but trust me it is just a shadow. Someday I might actually look into a photo box thing to take my pics in so there are no shadows.
Now I have no clue what these are made of but I do know they are easily available. And yes I am aware that the tip of the bottle on the left is discolored. That was from previous experiment. I didn't think it would make much of a difference. I mean it's not rust that makes something rust. So now I sit and wait.
Well I waited 6 days. The same number of days I waited with the pins. Hmmmmmm........was pretty sure the ornament hook would rust. I mean those are so inexpensive and the packaging doesn't really tell you what they are made of.
The turkey skewer? The packaging also doesn't tell you what they are made of. I would have assumed stainless since it's put into food you ingest. So imagine my surprise when I realized that neither of them rusted! That's right NO RUST! One little problem though. The holes in my glue bottles were a bit large so they both fit nicely in my bottles but for those of you who have tiny holes that only a needle would fit in, well these won't work for you. Unless you make the holes a bit bigger. Another issue is that the caps cannot be put on with these skewers/ornament hanger in the hole. Personally I only use something in the hole while I'm working on a project just so the hole doesn't clog between applications. When it comes time to put the glue away for the day I tap the bottle on the counter so all glue starts flowing to the bottom of the bottle and slide the skewer in and out of the hole to make sure it is clear of glue then I cap it and put it away standing upright. I'm not sure if the glue will dry up with just a pin or skewer in the hole with out a cap but??????? I know during this experiment of 6 days with no cap and the fact that life happened here and the glue bottles did not get their caps again for an additional 18 days, my glue was still fine.
Some people have used glue toppers like what maymay made it has. Seen HERE. They use these instead of the caps which I suppose could work but I have never tried it. Maybe that's my next experiment...DIY Stopper Toppers? Hmmm....maybe.
Til next time...................
HAPPY CARDING
