Watercolor gel-a-tins FUN

Happy, Tuesday gel-a-tins fans! It's Jessi here from Kissin' Krafts! 

Lately, I have been on a watercolor kick! So why not pair up watercolors with gel-a-tins stamps!

Today I am using gel-a-tins Big & Wild Things and Merci stamp sets:

Using a variety of colors, I created a sunset scene with the watercolors. Once the paint dried, I stamped a grass image from the gel-a-tins Big & Wild Stamp set. The image is stamped in dark brown and light tan inks. A simple sentiment is stamped on a strip of cardstock.

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welcome, little one.

It's baby season! I have a simple card to share with a neutral color scheme that's good for baby boy or baby girl.

I used the Gelatins stamp set Little Buddies.

I used two of the sentiment phrases on my card. The ink is Prima chalk ink in farmer jeans.

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Hearts For Your Love

Happy Tuesday!  Have you been looking at gifts for your Valentine this year?  I like to give a little something to my husband and all the kids to show that I care, and I am a little behind with the shopping.  Maybe I've been spending too much time scrapping and that's why my shopping isn't getting done :)

 

Today I wanted to share some of that crafty-ness I've been working on.  I used two different heart stamps from the A Hundred Hearts set to embellish this Valentine's card.

 

I did a lot of layering on this card with some papers and lace and stamps and pins and I really like how it turned out.  Sometimes you need a special embellishment in just the right size and color, and stamps are the perfect thing to grab.  That small heart, combined with that pink that matches the color exactly, really finished up that top corner.  The other heart looks great too, because those outline stamps are exactly what you need when you're using patterned paper for your stamping.  Keep your stamps where you can reach them and you'll always have the embellishment you need for your project!

Shake Up Your Valentine's Day

Hey there!  It has been a while, but I'm back to share a card with you.

It seems like I get to scrap more for Valentine's Day than I do for just about any other holiday.  It's a more calm time of year so I have more free time to work on projects (plus there is some cute Valentine stuff out there!). 

I decided to make a shaker card to share with you today.  Check it out...

 



 The first thing that I did was stamp some of the small hearts from the A Hundred Hearts set onto some white paper with Versamark ink.  I made three of them and embossed one with the Cherry scented gelly powder, one with the Hawaiian Breeze gelly powder and one with the plumeria gelly powder.  My scraproom smelled so good while I was working on this card :)

The shaker box is madde from layers of foam adhesive that I made with my Xyron machine.  I cut the heart for the top out from a shape that I drew, and I used pinking shears because I thought it was cute.  I used papers from a little American Crafts stack I picked up at Target and the other items on the card are Stampin' Up inks, a Jenni Bowlin Fiskars punch, twine by The Twinery, ribbon by May Arts, and heart sequins by Queen and Co.

I also threw some beads in there for a little more sparkle in the shaker.  This took a little bit to put together (I didn't start out with a real plan for the shaker), but I LOVE how it turned out!  I hope you're inspired to make a little something with your gel-a-tin stamps this week!

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A fun Valentine's Day treat!

Hey there!  It's Jessica posting again today.  This is a little project I thought I'd make and surprise my kids with on Valentine's Day.  I think they'll be perfect filled with some strawberry milk :)

I used the A Hundred Hearts set on these.  The detail with this set is so amazing and I love all the stamps in the set so I've been using them a lot.  I also used the Laugh Out Loud alpha on the main hearts to add my boys' first initials.  The flags on the paper straws are very easy to make.  I just cut strips of paper, stamped them with the greeting then ran them trough my Xyron 150.  All you have to do is fold them in half around the straw and cut the ends into points.  The bottles are just frappuccino bottles that I saved and washed out after removing the labels.

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Fun Valentine's Day decor

I think I lot of us tend to just use our stamps for card making, but it's important to remember that a lot of the value in stamps is because of how versatile they are.  I love using my stamps to make embellishemnts and for altered projects.  I really love how these hanging hearts turned out.

I used a couple of the stamps from the A Hundred Hearts set to make these.  The stamps were used on pages from an old dictionary.  I stamped them so that you could read the romantic words I found :)  I misted them and cut them out, then mounted them inside some spray painted and distressed heart shaped tart pans.  The chipboard and paper hearts on the back side were cut using my Xyron/Spellbinder's dies, and I accented everything with some fancy trims and some vintage silver glass glitter.  I think I'll end up putting these in my front entry.

Have a great Monday and don't forget to ask your favorite local craft store about carrying gel-a-tins!

Mini Valentine's Day card

Hey again!  I've got a cute little card that is all about the stamps today!

I used the A Hundred Hearts set here again.  These little hearts on strings stamp is so cute and it really makes the card.  I just added a few little sparkly heart stickers in and around the stamped image.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the ribbon and then layered over some kraft paper and a sticker.

These mini cards are so fun to make and they're a great way to start a day of crafting!

Have a happy Friday!

Supplies Used:
Card: Joanne's
Ink: Stampin Up
Flat heart stickers: Doodlebug
Felt heart sticker: K & Co
Glitter heart stickers: K & Co
Adhesive: Xyron
Ribbon: Michael's

Hanging Valentine's treat box by Jessica

Hello everyone!  Jessica here with a pretty quick little Valentine's Day project for you. 

I have been looking for things that I can make and give to my kids for Valentine's Day, and it can be hard because we don't really make a big deal out of it, but I do like to do something special for them.  I know they appreciate this stuff (especially if the gift involves candy :)

I decided to make up these little treat boxes that would be perfect for hanging on a bedroom door as a special surprise in the morning.

The template is one that I ordered as part of a set from Oriental Trading, but you could do a search on the internet for free templates and you shouldn't have any problem finding something that would work.  I used a heavier cardstock type paper, and the A Hundred Hearts stamp set by gel-a-tins on this one.

Just cut out, score and ink the box, then attach the sides to put it together.  Add your stamped embellishments, and some other small accents, run some ribbon through punched holes on the top and this treat box is ready to be filled with candy!

I hope you like this, and all of our great DT work that we share on the blog.  Have a great day!

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up ink
BoBunny paper
Box Template by Oriental Trading
Heart accents by Recollections
Ribbon by May Arts and Michael's
Heart punch by Stampin Up
Adhesive by Xyron
Flower by Hobby Lobby