Challenge #140 The Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - Add A Heart

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #140 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 

We have another amazing sponsor this week! Our sponsors are THE BEST! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog. 

Our sponsor this week is:

The Paper Shelter

Prize: $15 Gift Certificate

 

I got to play with this adorable image called That's Amore! How cute is this! I have colored this image with Copic markers, the wood hearts are from Prima, the flowers are from Queen and Company and the adorable border dies are the inside scalloped border dies from Craftin Desert Divas.

 

 

 

So we would love for you to play along! Remember it is all about Adding A Heart, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on September 19th, 2017 to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #136-Gail's All About Birthdays Challenge

Welcome to another fun challenge week at Watercooler Wednesday! This week it is All About Birthdays! I wanted to do something fun for all those Harry Potter fans out there. Check it out!

 

This week I am playing with this really fun set from Kindred Stamps called Wizard Friends. All the fun images and the sentiment come from this set. And there are even more in the set which I didn't use. These images are colored with Copic markers and the background is done with Distress oxide Inks!

 

Make sure you head to the Watercooler Wednesday Blog and check out all the amazing samples the Design Team has for you and do play along with us!  For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking here.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, September  18th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time to link your project.

So what do you think? Come on over to the blog, take a few minutes this week, create and enter! I look forward to seeing what you create! And of course, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Judy

Challenge #139 The Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - Use Your Favorite Color

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #139 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 

We have another amazing sponsor this week! Our sponsors are THE BEST! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog. 

Our sponsor this week is:

 

Beccy's Place

Prize: 3 Digital Images/ 1 Digital Set

 

 

So the image I got to play with this week is called Finn's Hot Chocolate!

 

This image is so adorable and so much fun to color! Can you tell my favorite colors are pink and purple?

 

I used Zig Clean Color Brush Markers to color up this cutie! Also I used cloud dies from My Favorite Things to create the snow Finn is sitting on and an inside rectangle border die from Craftin Desert Divas for the frame. The papers are from one of my favorite collections from Doodlebug called Fairy Tales.

Beccy's Place has really amazing digital images and stamp sets, and she is an amazing lady! I really adore our amazing sponsors so definitely check out her shop and visit her facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/BeccysPlaceImages/!

So we would love for you to play along! Remember it is all about Using Your Favorite Color so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on September 12th, 2017 to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #135-Judy's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Hi All! It's My Turn! This week the challenge at Watercooler Wednesday is a Feminine Anything Goes Challenge!  for Anything Goes at Watercooler Wednesday this week!

 

This week I am playing with this adorable set from Newton's Nook called Believe In Unicorns. Both the unicorn and the sentiment come from this set. The awesome frames come from a die set from Craftin Desert Divas called Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies, the cloud dies are from My Favorite Things and the paper is from one of my all time favorites by Doodlebug called Fair Tales. For this card I used Zig Clean Color Markers.

 

Make sure you head to the Watercooler Wednesday Blog and check out all the amazing samples the Design Team has for you and do play along with us!  For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking here.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, September  11th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time to link your project.

So what do you think? Come on over to the blog, take a few minutes this week, create and enter! I look forward to seeing what you create! And of course, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Judy

More Fall Fun With Craft Fantastic

Here in New Mexico there is an awesome event every Labor Day Weekend at the Santo Domingo Pueblo. This event is a favorite for me every year. Literally hundreds of artisans from many different pueblos have their work for sale. I would have brought photos for you to see this amazing event but there is no photography allowed. What I wish I could do justice in describing to you is the amazing array of color in all the incredible jewelry that you see. And very prevalent among the various artists is earthtones, beautiful stonework, turquiose, lapis, jade, hematite, to name just a few. One of the things I really love about our Craft Fantastic products is that ability to create so many different things and we are really only limited by our imaginations. You will have to stay tuned for some amazing things that will be coming up, but for today, here is something sparkly!

So lets get started. I chose the following to work with: watchface tray, medium glass round, faux leather necklace, fantastic super sticky dots and a few nail polish choices.

On the flat side of your jewelers glass first give a coat of clear nail polish that contains some kind of something extra, like glitter, flecks, etc. On this piece I used several different special effects coats including one that is an iridescent glitter. Let dry. Remember this is really the coat that will show the most so you can even layer several coats to build up your effect. Next pick out a deep shade of polish. This willl actually be your backing color. I have chosen black this time to let the colors of the top layers stand out. You really don't want to be able to see through this last coat so if you need to give a second coat, do so but definitely let your layers dry between coats. Once dry, simply apply fantastic super sticky dots to the watchface pendant tray and adhere your glass. I chose to finish the piece with one of our black faux leather necklaces.

I love that you can use this pendant on either side, getting double the wear out of it!

II really love how this piece turned out. Do you like it? I would love to see what you create!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy

Starting to Think Fall Colors With Craft Fantastic

As we start to head into the Fall I start to think about my jewelry and think of those pastels and sherbert colors that I love so much in the summer will start to give way to jewel tones and deeper, richer colors. So today I am bringing you one of my favorite techniques with a deeper tone, perfect for starting on fall accessories!

So lets get started. I chose the following to work with: medallion tray, large glass round, faux leather necklace, fantastic super sticky dots and a few nail polish choices.

On the flat side of your jewelers glass first give a coat of clear nail polish that contains some kind of something extra, like glitter, flecks, etc. Let dry. Remember this is really the coat that will show the most so you can even layer several coats to build up your effect. Next pick out a deep shade of polish. This willl actually be your backing color. For fall I have chosen a pretty shade of red. You really don't want to be able to see through this last coat so if you need to give a second coat, do so but definitely let your layers dry between coats. Once dry, simply apply fantastic super sticky dots to the medallion pendant tray and adhere your glass. I chose to finish the piece with one of our black faux leather necklaces.

 

II really love how this piece turned out. Do you like it? I would love to see what you create!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy

I am so excited!

I made the design team for A Crafty Gals Life! Check out the blog here http://craftygalslife.blogspot.com/ and you can check out the design team announcement and see all the great new images this company will be sharing!

Check out my first project with this adorable image!

 

Don't you love it! Come over to the blog and check out all the latest and greatest!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy