Pinewood Derby Season is Coming

Hey everyone!  Happy Thursday.  Today I want to share with you a fun project I made.  Lots of talk these days with friends about scouts, seeing all their cub scout photos, remembering our scouting days.  Anyway that got me to thinking....I love playing with electricity and circuits (thus the reason I am working with Chibitronics)...what if I lit up a pinewood derby car?

Well, after years of Cub Scouts and Y-Guides, I had quite a few cars to choose from.  I chose to go with the fire engine that Brighton made oh so many years ago (maybe 10?).  Anyway, what would be more fun than adding flashing lights, just like a real fire engine.

So, here is the fire engine that Brighton made all those years ago.

I began by placing my Chibitronics Copper tape in parallel across the top and wrapped it under the body of the fire engine.

I added three lights, two red and one white.  Chibitronics chibi lights come in a variety of colors, and if you want you can even color them with Sharpie for a custom color.

Well, a car that lights up is pretty cool, right...but this is a fire engine, those lights need to blink.  lol  So I added in the twinkle effects sticker.  There are a total of four effects in the pack, I did the blinking before on a gift bag, so I decided to try the twinkle.  Now, this car has seen its days racing down the track.  If you wanted to do this for a real race, you would want to hollow out the area where the battery sits so that it doesn't come into contact with the track.

Lanterns and Leaves

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today and I have quite a bit to share with you.

A few weeks ago I shared this photo on my Instagram.

And I had people on Facebook and Twitter asking for a tutorial, so I made a video which you can see here...

ClearScraps acrylic sheets are so very fun to work with, especially when you die cut, emboss, and ink them up with a bit of Stazon.  hee hee

Then, the question arose, what do I do with these leaves I made. Well, I told you recently how much fun I have been having with the files from svgcuts....so I decided to make this lantern.  Seriously, this took me so long to cut.  But it was all worth it in the end.

Of course I used Core'dinations Basics Neutrals cardstock and Core'dinations vellum.  They both cut so beautifully on my new Cricut Explore (once I got the stupid program to run properly....ugh, shockwave).

I added my fall leaves, lots of trims and a bit of ribbon...and of course a few flowers from the stash.

And then I gave it to a friend.  hee hee.  You can add a little battery operated tealight inside to make it glow, which was hard to photograph, just saying.  I wouldn't advise using a candle, as....well, this is made of paper after all and lighting your home on fire would not be a good way to start the holidays.

Hugs.


 

Monoprinting with Clear Scraps

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today and I am so excited to share with you my first project with ClearScraps.  I love the ClearScraps stencils and am always looking for fun, new ways to use them.   So, today I want to show you how I did some monoprinting with a my ClearScraps Stencils, a Gelli Plate, and Acrylic Paints.

Wondering what to do with your prints after playing?  I chose to make a couple of quick scrapbook pages using my monoprints as a background.

 
Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies Used:

•  Clear Scraps 12x12 Quarterfoil Stencil
• 12x12 Circles Stencil
• Gelli Plate
• Acrylic Paint - Liquitex
• Brayer - Speedball
• White Cardstock - Bazzill

Mixed Media Darling

Good Morning everyone and Happy St. Paddy's Day.  I hope that you had a great weekend and are having a lovely Monday.  Today I wanted to share with you a canvas I made back a few weeks ago on Oscar Sunday.  I have been meaning to get to this for a while, but I had some technical difficulties...dead battery, and of course I couldn't find the charger.  Oh well.  So, you get to see the first half...the how I make a canvas part...but not the "how to junk it up"...but really?  I think you can handle it.   I used a gelattos to stamp on my canvas.  So much fun.

So, without further ado....

And here is the finished piece.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Nancy

Artist Trading Blocks

Hi everyone!  I am back today to share with you another item I made for the upcoming CHA convention.  So excited to be attending this year as a designer member....

Anywho....Eileen Hull was looking for some people to make these new Artist Trading Blocks that she and Amy Bowerman developed using one of Eillen's Sizzix dies.  Well, you know I couldn't wait to play along.   After much fussing I finally came up with this...

Be sure and watch till the end, there is a bit of a surprise.  hee hee

I used lots of yummy goodies to make this box.  Some sprays, mists, gellatos, gel medium, bead medium, Prima lace, Silks....really, having six sides to play with was so much fun.  If you are interested in creating some of these fun little treasures you will need the 658983 Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die that will be shipping in January or the 658058 which is available now.  Oh, and don't forget to grab some mat board from Sizzix while you are at it...that stuff is awesome!

Well, be sure and check out the Artist Trading Blocks blog or see them on Facebook.

Hugs.

Nancy

The Sampler December Kit

Hi everyone!  Just a quick post to let you know I am busy with my new kit from the Sampler.  In case you were curious as to what is in the Sampler kits.....

Back to work.

Hugs.

Nancy

Celebrate - Your Memories Here Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a shabby chic layout I made using the gorgeous Hope Chest papers from Pink Paislee.

But before I share the layout itself, how about a quick video on creating a crackled wood background for your projects?

Super easy and fun.  With the wood background, a bit of mist and some gorgeous flowers from my Prima grab bag I created this....

Ainsley and a couple of friends at her birthday party.  I added a few lace doilies as well as some lace to complete the look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Nancy

Mixed Media Video Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a mixed media canvas featuring some of the gorgeous Prima flowers from Your Memories Here, along with bits of Prima Zephyr papers and of course my favorite wood icons.  As you know I have been having a blast creating the canvases and I really wanted to share my process.

I made a video detailing the process I went through to put this piece together.  I hope you enjoy....

Hugs.

Nancy

Prima Lyric and a Giveaway

Hi everyone! Exciting things going on today so be sure to read the full post and check out the rafflecopter widget below.

As I am sure you know, every once in a while I get a box of goodies from Kristina, at Your Memories Here, full of some of the latest products available in the store. I have shown you many of the projects I made, but I thought you might be curious as to what comes in some of these boxes.

Products:
Prima 2013 Winter Flower Grab Bag
Wood Icons
Lyric Collection, Resist, Chipboard...coming soon.

Today I thought I would have a little giveaway.  As you know, with the upcoming end of Google Reader I have decided to move over to Bloglovin' and would love you to follow me there.

So...



and click you have done so in Rafllecopter.   Leave me a comment here about the video and you could win a Lyric collection kit from me.
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Nancy

Long Absence...

Hi everyone!  Sorry I have been MIA these last few days, but I have been busy getting projects done and spending time being with friends and mostly family.

I also have spent quite a bit of time learning the ins and outs of videos...

Here is the completed project.

And the video.  Please go gentle, this is my first one.

Anyway...just a quick mini I made using my Zutter Bind-it-All,some scraps from Pink Paislee and coffee sleeves.

Hope you like it.

And...in honor of my first video, leave me a comment and I will pick a winner for a fun prize pack.

Hugs.

Nancy

Walking on Sunshine - The Sampler

Hi everyone!  Sorry I have been missing again.  Yesterday was spent trying to make videos!  Eeek, who knew it was so difficult to make instructional videos?  I hope to have it available for you soon.  But, today I want to share with you a project I made using my June kit, Walking on Sunshine, from the Sampler.  This kit is full of some of my favorite things.  Chevrons, gingham, flowers and interesting font stickers.

 

I love, love, love, the view master paper in the kit.  The view master was definitely a favorite toy growing up.

There is still plenty of time to participate in the color challenge the Sampler is hosting over at Ideas for Scrapbookers, and don't forget about the sketch and card challenges here on this blog.  So many great prizes to be won!!!!

Hugs.

Nancy