Craft With Me!

Come Craft Distress Oxides With Me!  For Mother's day my husband always asks what I want.  It is almost always a crafty item that I've been wanting but something I wouldn't just go out and buy.  When my kid moves out and becomes her own person I probably won't buy things for myself anymore LOL its just something we do.  I do the same for Father's day and he gets something he wants.  Its really just an excuse to buy things.  His is never "crafty" LOL This year I chose Distress Inks because I love them but buying a ton of them would be expensive.  I bought mine at Joann mostly because they had a door buster for 50% off.  I also bought some colors on Amazon, at Michaels, and you can also find some of them at my Close To My Heart website for purchase. Home | Close To My Heart You can check out my organizing distress oxides for an idea on how I personally organize mine but this blog is going to be about using them.   Its so easy!  They blend so nicely you canno

Organize Distress Oxides With Me!  I've recently purchased a lot of Distress Oxide Inks.  Close to My Heart does have a selection of them available on my shop: Distress Oxide™ Ink Pads | Close To My Heart   The big box stores have them as well but if you are my VIP you get credit on your purchases! I love them! I've been learning a lot from YouTube and have I love the storage solution I have. I found this old wooden cassette tape holder at Goodwill, painted it teal, and I use it for my ink pads. As you can see I again ran out of room but I am a hoarder so I just cannot help it, I love ink! I found a document online that has all the colors and names of each Distress Oxide.  I printed this out on label paper and had my Cameo cut out stickers.  I applied them upside down because I want to store my inks upside down. I have been told that you do not need to store them upside down but I just do. You can get your own copy here:   Organize Your Ranger Products (rangerink.com) They have

 Come 3d Print With ME! I am not a great 3d printer person.  In fact I've only had it for a little over a year and its not a fancy one.  I just wanted to try it out.  I'll list the model below so that you can look it up if you would like. Not long ago I bought one of those huge tape runners from Goodwill and I was so excited it was less than 1.00.   It was missing the inside piece that holds the tape on but it still works.  I checked on www.thingiverse.com and found a model someone posted and printed it.  It works perfectly now!  Yay! I 3d printed the yellow pc that holds the old tape on when it is used.   I then decided I just wanted to print some fun stuff so I printed the following items since I had everything fired up. A beetle cookie cutter Some peace signs I may use as earrings ' These peace signs were super small so I'm going to use them as scrapbook embellishments or I may use a couple as stud earrings. This is something you put over a coffee cup and sprinkle po

 Come use Distress Inks with me! The other day I found myself at Michaels and thought to myself, I need a present for myself.  I had just watched a youtube about it from Betz Golden and wanted to try it out on a card I had made. I decided I needed some distress ink.  Instead of full size I remembered one of my friends had some small inks in a container.  I found them!  I got these colors and this tin to store them in. I was looking for something to put on the back of this bus card.  It has shimmer but you really cannot see it and I wanted it to pop. I used the spiced marmalade and mustard seed to get the look below.  The background was made by smooshing the ink pads directly onto the card and moving them around a little.  I also sprayed it with a bit of water and rubbed it with a tissue to get get a more mixed look.  I really love how it turned out and will be making more cards with that fun tie dye background look. The next card I decided to make is for a friends birthday.  She has a

  Come Craft With Me! My Craft Room! Yes, I said my craft room.  I am going to show you the good, the bad, and the ugly of my craftroom.   Its not usually clean but I am organized and everything has its place.  I feel like I just have too much but I LOVE it.  Its far from perfect but its mine.  Its my absolute favorite place in my house.  Its under constant contraction and likely will never be up to my expectations. I am hoping this blog will get me to clean it up so that I can take pics for you. :) I'll start with my favorite organization techniques that I have found. Stamps I feel like we all have thousands of stamps.  I used to stamp them all in a binder and I would name and number each page with the same on a drawer.  I got really sick of that method and having to stamp everything, clean it, and then organize it.   Google Keep I found Google Keep.  What I love about this app is that I can take a pic of my item, name it, put in key words (like dog), tell myself where it is locat