Adornit Planner January

Adornit Be Happy Planner

In September, when I was notified that I had been chosen as an Adornit Ambassador, I received this planner in the swag box Adornit sent to us. I had seen the planner before and was so excited to have my own... BUT it was September! I'm  not sure about you but I am kinda analysis about a few things, and you can't  start a planner in September. So off to the side the planner went, while I colored and made cards with my swag. Fast forward to January...and now I can reveal my planner project. I have completed the first six months, but today I am only going to reveal the first two, January and February. January is a mason jars drawing the says "Bee You tiful". I used watercolor pencils. I kinda was stumped on the bottom next to the door, there is a section I didn't color...because I wasn't sure what it Was! Is it a Sadowski? Is it a reflection from the glass? I am leaving uncolored for now. Let me know what you think. 

Adornit Planner February

Let me tell you I AM IN LOVE with February planner page. I gave a gold pen, not even sure of the brand there are no markings on the pen. I used it for signing my Christmas cards and fell in love with the way it looked. So I decided to use black and gold on this page. The black pen I found at the Pinners conference in Salt Lake City. It is atyou Spica in pitch black. This pen is Awesome! Black with glitter mixed in, and it writes beautifully. You can't  see from the photo, but there is sparkle in the gold and black that just makes the page Pop! Love it!

Adornit project

Yesterday I posted on the Facebook page a photo of the materials I was going to use to create something crafty. The photo contained one sheet of double sided paper, ribbon, coloring cards and three wooden flowers all from Adornit. Here are the complete projects. I made a card, a gift tag and a pillow box with tag attached.

Here is a closer look at the card. I just love it. The paper was double sided and I used both sides on the card. I used the black ribbon with flowers to add some contrast and I think it makes a bold statement. The card was colored mostly with markers, and just a bit of chalk along the outer edge and inside the cake. The flowers at the bottom are the wooden flowers that I colored with a pink Sharpie. I drew a black swirl in the middle trying to mimic the look of the flowers on the coloring card. I used Star Dust Stickles on the background dots and randomly in the flowers. I used Ranger glossy accents on the big pink flowers and on the wooden flowers to give some dimension to them. I think it really makes all the difference. I just love how it turned out and I'm not sure the photo captures just how stinkin' cute it is.

Here is the tag. I used water colors on it. I attached it to a piece of Kraft paper to give it stability. The pink ribbon is from Adornit. It wouldn't lay right when I double knotted it, so I tied a piece of twine around it to secure it. Simple but cute.

The third project of the weekend is a pillow box gift card holder with an Adornit coloring card for the tag. I'm not sure if you can see the detail, but I outlined the quote with the Stickles. It really makes the tag pop.

Well that was my crafty weekend working with my swag from Adornit. Hope you see something that inspires you to be crafty too.

We are so excited to announce that we were chosen to be "IT" girls for Adornit !! If you are not familiar with them, they are located in Logan, Utah and the company  is a mom and her daughters that design fabric, scrapbook paper, color pages. They now have added a cute fashion section that carries the cutest clothes that even include plus sizes...for us bigger sisters haha. They will be sending us each a goody box that we use to create fun stuff and will be posting here and on our Facebook and Instagram pages.  Stay tuned as we share this awesome experience with you. If you have the chance post, comment and share our posts so that they can see we are trying hard to represent them and make them proud. This is one of my bucket list items, to be on a design team. Now just need to attend a CHA convention and I can die happy-Debbie

New Project

This weekend I started a new project, using the items in the photo. Can your guess what project I am working on? I know, I am such a tease. Stay tuned for photos of the finished project to be posted soon. It was a perfect day for spray painting outside with minimal wind and some sun. I also tried to stage the photo a bit. I am working on my photography skills, hoping to look more like a professional blogger hehe!  It was also Mothers Day and working on craft projects was a fun way to spend the day. My honey made dinner and phone calls from the kids made the day perfect. I hope you were able to get and give hugs to those that are dear to you or have a moment of sweet memories for the moms that are no longer here.

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Pinwheel card

This pinwheel card is simple but fun. Who doesn't like a pinwheel? They remind me of summer breezes, fun and laughing. I decided to use a plain background and a colorful two sided paper to make my pinwheel. Simply cut the paper to fit your cardstock and attach with adhesive. I always cut paper to put on the inside of the card also, just to make it seem more complete. Next make your pinwheel by cutting your square as seen in the photo below, the black lines are cut lines.  I think I started with a 2 inch by 2 inch square, but you can play around and decide what size you want.Punch small holes in the corners and the middle. The placements of the holes are the most important part, it took me many tries to figure that part out. Fold the outside hole to the middle hole, then insert the brad that will make the pinwheel.

I also punched a hole in the end of the paper straw so that the pinwheel will be attached to the straw before adhering it to the card. All that is left is to stamp your sentiment and ta-da, a pinwheel birthday card.
This same method may be used to make pinwheels for party decorations or cupcake toppers.

Supply List:
Card stock for the base
colorful two sided paper
plain paper
brad that matches the two sided paper
paper straw
stamp for sentiment
ink
hole punch
adhesive
paper cutter

Boat Card

This was a class that my sister and I taught at a local craft store. There are five cards, but because the computer is almost as old as I am and it is way slower than I am, the tutorial will be one card at a time. So here is the photo of the five cards and the tutorial for the boat card.

All five cards

The boat card

I wanted to make one of the cards to be geared towards a boy, so that in the set there were girl cards, boy cards and gender neutral cards included in the class.

Supplies Needed for boat card:
3-4 shades of blue paper
A small scrap of colorful paper
Brown paper
A2 card base or white card stock
Twine
Scrap of paper for banner
small piece of twine
Stamp/ink for sentiment
adhesive and popdots

I first cut the blue paper that is closest to sky blue to fit the card base, then adhered it with adhesive.
To make the waves use a little bit of trial and error. I just tore the edge of the paper into waves, no pattern. Then layer then so that you can see the contrast of colors. A bit of white might even look good, it would look like the top of a wave. When you adhere the waves to the page, make sure the adhesive is low on the paper so that the boat can be inserted into the waves. The boat was a circle of brown paper that I cut in half. Before adhering it to the waves, make sure to attach the piece of twine to the back of the boat. I knotted a piece of twine to hang off the side of the boat, it would be cute to use an anchor clip art or embellishment instead. The mast was a square piece that I cut on the diagonal to make a triangle. I love the pop of color that it brings to the card and it is a great way to use up left overs from other projects. Use foam pop dots to adhere the mast so that it pops off the card. For balance I cut a little banner to "fly in the wind" in the opposite direction. I stamped Birthday on the banner with the Happy just above it. For a little variation I cut little moons by punching a small yellow circle then using the same circle punch to make the indent of the moon. I also used this same card as a Baby shower invitation, instead of the Happy Birthday I stamped It's a Boy on the banner.

This is a simple card and not to hard to make, hope that you enjoyed seeing how I put it together. Keep watching and I will post the instructions for the other cards soon.

Good day for now
Sisters 3