More FUN Background Techniques for you to enjoy.....

This was so much fun creating fun was to spruce up your GLOSSY card stock paper. I placed rubber gloves on my hands, and went back in time...a little kindergarden time for me...open the door, and come join in, the FUN CLASS OF CRAZY CRAFTING!...lol

This is Elmers Glue, Acrylic Paint, and some of your favorite ink, to create this wonderful BUBBLED RAIN TECHNIQUE !

All you need are the following products....ELMERS GLUE, INK OF CHOICE, ACRYLIC PAINT, and you are on your way to creating a BUBBLED, RAISED UP, RAIN LIKE IMAGES, for your background technique....hope you enjoy

Pass the salt and pepper, please....

This is the Vintage set, which has the old fashioned phone booth stamped image in it.....I looked at it more carefully, and it looked more like a vintage set of SALT and PEPPER shakers to me...lol...I proceeded to make this card for you today...please enjoy

Another VICTORIAN DRESS FORM CARD...

This card uses a homemade flower, to match the homemade dress, that matches the stamps completely....you will enjoy making this card for someone special.....thanks for viewing....

The sweetest GET WELL card...made from a card of SU...I changed it, to make it my own....

This is one of the card/envelope sets we got in our new Celebration Catty ...I took their card, and their products....mixed it up...to get this delightful GET WELL CARD....please enjoy

This card was inspired by the watch I'm wearing...a CAMEO, MY FRIEND MISS PATSY gave me.....

This card has some wonderful products in it,...such as WAFFLE PAPER, my dear friend Denise gave it to me, when I dropped off her BLESSING BOX GIFT....She is a SU Demo, with so much talent...her work is beautiful...we became instant friends....HI DENISE...she makes the most VIBRANT RIBBON ROSES EVER....if you want to order some, please place your name here, and I will have her contact you....please enjoy this video...you are the BEST....THANKS FOR WATCHING MY FRIENDS.....

View some pages of my work.....

Some more homemade embossing folders

I am home today, having to stay off my feet....I love my job, and it was very difficult having to stay home....but, your health comes first....I was sitting at my craft table, trying to pass a little time....and came up with some more homemade embossing folders....please enjoy, and try some of these techniques....you will enjoy it!

Floating Seahorses...in ACETATE of course....smiles

This card is a different concept for me...lol...I wanted to go for clean and simple....and this is what I came up with...I used the name "vellum ".... Instead of " ACETATE " every time....a brain block I guess...lol...anyway, please look past those errors, and enjoy this card....I sure enjoyed making it....

MAY I ALSO STATE FOR THOSE WONDERFUL VIEWERS ON YOUTUBE....THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME...REALLY...I JUST FOUND OUT I COULD RESPOND TO YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS...HAHA...I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE YOUTUBE WORLD...IF I HAVE VIEWERS AT AL...LOL....PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I FIND THESE THINGS OUT...I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET....LOL....ENOUGH OF THAT...PLEASE ENJOY THE CARD.....THANK YOU DEAR FOLLOWERS OUT IN YOUTUBE LAND....IF I ONLY HAVE "one" that enjoys my blogging.....THANK YOU ONE PERSON....YOU MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE......

Watercolor Pencils....I love them!!

I just received my STAMPIN Up Watercolor Pencils, and thought I would try them on some water color paper....I love my Prisma Pencils, so when I received the watercolor pencils, I used the Gamsol with them as well....it brings your pencils to life...they look lovely using just water, but, try the Gamsol, to make your colors even more vibrant!...Using our Early Expresso, Teal, and Whisper White CS, made this a beautiful color combination.....I hope you give this technique a try....take care!

Learn to make your own EMBOSSING FOLDERS, TO MATCH YOUR CARDS.....

You can open up your own little world of creating, by taking an element from your CS, and use it to make your very own EMBOSSING FOLDER...that's right...anything you want to stand out, and match your project, is now at your fingertips....Make a card and embossing folder FOLDER....lol....enjoy this video, and I want to thank you for being my very own CHEERING SECTION....YOU'RE THE BEST......

Enjoy this CHALK TECHNIQUE ...using the Swallowtail

I must tell you some funny things that led up to this card...lol....this morning was garbage day, so I got up earlier to clean out our fridge....wow, it had it's own family growing in there...lol...we had a Pizza box, left overs, grapes, yukky, but, the best was the huge THREE BEAN SALAD.....I just emptied the whole thing in the garbage bag, so I could walk our huge long lane way, in the wind and snow.....to bring 2 big bags full of many things I found here and there....well, I was sliding the bags on the ice.....yes, you guessed it...I had a trail of three bean salad....gravy,,,,egg shells....old tangerines....things I didn't want to guess what they were....all behind me ...because the ice, like a razor, cut my yuk yuks....and when I finally noticed, and picked up the bags...yes, it happened...an explosion of sideways, backways, every which way of assorted ...blowing in the wind...household LEFTOVERS.....YUMMY....I ran to get a shovel, plastic new bags,....and a hat to go over my head, so the neighbors would think it was my daughter in law...lol....I was freezing...I had my hubby's hunting boots on....his work jacket...and my pink, and blue, flannel hearts Jammie bottoms blowing in the wind...lol...what a sight for early risers...I hope the birds, and wild animals have Peptones Bismol, for the gas they will experience after my bean and gravy, frozen food supply....let's hear it for three bean salad....yay!.....

Thank you friends for your comments,...I am reading them...

Lovely as a HONEYCOMB.....

This was an inspired card, using my favourite stamps, techniques, and brayer....loved making, and creating this card...the funny thing is, the top portion of my card fell on the floor, and I didn't notice it, until after the video was up...lol...I laughed when I saw the video, missing half the sun....lol...please enjoy anyway...we are all in this TOGETHER....THE NEXT VIDEO HAS THE PROPER CARD FINISHED TO MY SATISFACTION......YAY...LAUGHING IS GREAT MEDICINE....WE FIRST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO LAUGH AT OURSELVES....GOD BLESS

Surprise Card inside this Pretty Boxed Gift

Hi friends, I found this box cleaning out my dresser drawer today, and thought it would make a nice gift box for my granddaughter....so off to the craft room I ran...to do this, before I set out to finish my housework....I will think of anything to avoid cleaning the bath area...I was going to get right to it...after I had some craft time...lol..it was finished before the dinner hour...lol...I just finished the cutest BABY card....I will download it in the morning....have a great day tomorrow....God Bless

Finally I have completed my album...yay

This is the finished album for you to see...talk about colors...wow ...this is beautiful...I wanted to show you the wonderful binding, I learned some time ago...I will use this for all my Mini's in the future...I am making more of them to possibly sell...I am going to put this at the floral shop and see if anyone would be interested....the pricing for it will be hard to determine....I was thinking $45.00..... I hope that is not too much....or, if non STAMPERS would know what to do with it...lol...I'm going to see...it will help me buy more supplies...I am needing paper in a big way...lol..so this may help me....enough about that...haha...please let me know what you think about the album, and the binding method....you can reach me at chromecarol@hotmail.com

Thanks as always for dropping by...I have a super fun idea for tomorrow...God Bless, and have a great Lord's day tomorrow....

Part 2.... This will be completed in 3 parts....start to finish....enjoy

This Mini was started a few months back, where I showed every page being designed. I left it by the wayside, until today....I wanted to complete it, as I don't like unfinished projects laying around....these colors are so vibrant, you can't help but love it...each page is packed with different techniques....themes...colors....embellishments...and now we are heading to the finishing line....yay..the next part will show the binding that holds the pop tabs on...this is a heavy duty system for binding your Mini....I will have it out on video tomorrow for you...I have a sinus migraine, which I felt coming on since my brown eyes gave way to daylight this morning....I made shrimp and meatball spaghetti, with 3cheeses for dinner...I pray it stays down....yuk, I'm sorry...I just feel queasy....I will see you tomorrow, as we share the completion of this amazing Mini....God Bless

Back to my Mini Album...

In past videos, I showed how I made a Mini, page by page....now we will learn to bind it.....and call it FINISHED...ENJOY

WHAT IS A BLESSING BOX?

Is anyone having a problem with posting comments?...please let me know if you are, by emailing me at....chromecarol@hotmail.com....enjoy the video....

The ARTISAN SET....you will LOVE IT!

I made this video today, and every time I said ARTESIAN , INSTEAD OF ARTISAN...LOL....a brain block I guess...haha...so, you can join me every time I say it....and LAUGH...lol...why do we do this?....anyway, thanks for dropping by, and enjoy this card.....smile

Vintage ZIPPER dress card...I love making these.....

This card was inspired today, because I cleaned out one of my craft drawers, and saw about 25 different colored ZIPPERS....lol...I made a Mini using this technique, so I thought I'd do the same with a card! I hope you had a wonderful day, and will check out my video's....when you have time, of course...smiles

This was a BLESSING BOX GIVEAWAY THAT I GAVE TO 6 people in one month ...

Every WINNER that received this SPINNER ORGANIZER,is still talking about it today....you never know what the surprise is...ask Susan, from Hawaii....or ask Deb from Nova Scotia...I will mail these GIVEAWAYS to the U.S and Canada.....always a surprise!

Good Evening friends

Just a note....if you are already a friend on my blog, or, you just joined, please leave me your name, in one of the comment sections, and I will place your name in my BLESSING BOX to win a wonderful MARCH SURPRISE...LOTS OF BLING, AND " oh, I love that "!it is the easiest way I can think of to receive your name...during the month of MARCH. I will randomly pick a name, and send you a BLESSING SURPRISE....YOU WILL BE CONTACTED FOR YOUR INFO...if you are on Stamp Connection, leave your name there too....that's twice the chance of winning...yay...

Now, on to the card....take a roll of foil back tape, and you will much be on your way to a FOIL FRENZY FUN CARD...fun,fun,and more fun...please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think!......Let's have some FUN!

I had to make this video to finish off the previous one......

This is the finished product.....The Bevelled Card.....It had some embellishments that took a little more time to create, so there wasn't enough of that thing called TIME...to get it to the place I felt was FINISHED...I am off to the drawing board to sketch out some more of these thoughts, that are floating around in my head...haha Enjoy my friends, until the next post....have a Blessed Evening

Bevelled Acetate Card with a twist....

I first want to thank the new friends that joined my blog.....THANK VERY MUCH....and for the ones that are already here....YAY, I REALLY AM THANKFUL FOR EACH ONE....

This is a bevelled card that just stands out from other cards that are flat in nature. lol This is another Mother's Day Card, because when you see it, you will understand that it couldn't be anything else...smiles....I had a day of card making, and I love to do that. I get up early, get all the housework finished, laundry in, dishwasher going, dusting things with the once over..haha and off to my craft room I go...yes, humming a song, because I know that I am in Craft Heaven the minute I enter the room......I hope that you enjoy this card, as much as I enjoyed making it for you. Have a Blessed Evening

Elegant Butterfly Card

I love to work with Acetate....it is one of the most elegant ways of creating a spectacular looking card without a huge fuss. I added some more bling to the card, which I posted in the next video. I just didn't have time to finish it.....so, when the camera was off I did just that, and showed it in my following one. I think it turned out very nice ....so, I made it a Mother's Day Card. It just looked like one from the minute I started making it....smiles...enjoy

Good Evening Friends

This is a little card that I decided to make for my granddaughter to give her a Dairy Queen Card to go and get a BIG ice-cream, or whatever she likes. She is a big help to me, so I am a firm believer of giving back kindness, when they least expect it. haha I made four card video's today for you to enjoy. I will post them for you to watch, when you have some free time. Get the popcorn out, and please enjoy!

This was a card I made when I first joined STAMPIN UP...

Elegant Bridal Bliss Card

With a touch of Vintage, this beautiful Wedding Card takes no time at all, yet looks like you spent hours making it! This uses our SU Pretty in Pink CS, Grey CS, Silver Glimmer Paper and our two tone Pink and Grey New Ribbons. Take the Lattice Embossing folder on the grey CS, add our flat back pearls to the embossed Oval Folder, and a hanger embossed in clear embossing powder, and you have a stamped Wedding Dress on Vellum in black and white overtop, gives you this beautiful Wedding Card. I hope I got all of it in those two sentences.....hahaha You will love the finished look of this Card. It is a 5x5 folded Pretty in Pink card base.

Thanks so much for viewing this card today. Have a wonderful week, and we will see you on the next video.

This is the first step to my one page swap mini...part 1

I thought I'd share it step by step...lol

I called this card " MIDNIGHT DELIGHT ", because the brayer technique using all the different ink colors, made me think of this title!

I was asked to show this card I made when I first was introduced to stamping! It is a " Lovely as a Tree " stamp set, and mixed hues of coloe, make this one of the most gratifying cards to make....It doesn't take much time to create, what I think is a LOVELY card to give to that special someone.....please enjoy the video, and thanks once again for joining.....

Hi friends....my 6x6 ONE PAGE MINI SWAP is completed.....

Thought I would share my swap page with you today...I have 4 videos in all, to take you from start to finish...lol...I thought I'd save you the viewing time, and skip right on over to the completed project...I have 6 in all to send out...I hope you like it...Enjoy!

Swap Cards are ready to mail out....I had a few ideas to add to it, so I thought that I would share them with you.

Hi there friends,
We are enjoying a full blown snow day today, with winds up to 70 miles an hour for tonight. This is a great day to spend in the Craft Room and do what I love best.....Create Cards. haha I am going to do a Vintage Video after dinner, that will be the start of a 6 page Mini Swap I have entered into. I can say that Swaps and me have a love hate relationship. lol I mean, I love the idea of 10 other people getting my cards, but it is the deadline that I have a problem with. hahaha I love working a little here, and a little there, and then before long my projects last forever....but that's ok, because it is for my own pleasure. haha So, because I am a work under pressure type person, I set things off to the side, and before long, I am doing exactly this....making sure that all the projects that have to go in the mail are done asap...and that means I stay up late, get up early, and work,work,work...because I didn't do it immediately, and get it out of the way! haha I am finished this one swap, lol haha my first swap, so why am I complaining?hahaha because I worked on each one especially for that person, so it got my full attention....I love to give each card I make, whether it is for the Florist Shop, for a friend, for gifts, for the Blessing Box, for Church, for whatever the event....I love to spend every minute, on each card, making it as though I was the one that is receiving it. If that sounds crazy, I must be, because I just love the pressure of doing things at the last trump, and getting satisfaction from the fact that I did it. hahahaha I am having my son and his family over for dinner at 7:00 tonight, in an hour..haha so, I made homemade sausages, my son's favorite salad, and fruit cups, filled with raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, grapes, and kiwi,,,oh yes, mango's...whip cream and that is going to be dinner. I just placed it all in the fridge, so all I have to do it brown the sausage, place on fresh bakery buns, and it is ready to go..... I wanted to make sure it was in the process, because cooking pressure is not on my list of love to do things. lol I love having my family over for dinner. They live right next door, and it is like they have traveled from afar.....they think it it hysterical, that I get so excited to have them over, when I see them every day...for lunch, or gabs, or teenage fun nights,,,we had one last night....that is for another days story line. hahaha I want to get this video out there, and I pray that it finds each one of you, my blogging friends, happy and healthy. It means a great deal to me that you take the time to view my videos, listen to me gab, and come back to do it all over again tomorrow, or the next time I blog.....lol I will see you at the Vintage Video 6x6 Tutorial later this evening. I will actually post it in the morning. I have to see when the family decides to walk home. hahaha Have a great weekend everyone. You are in my thoughts and prayers. God Bless

Where I place my cards...my card display at our Florist Shop in town

A fun, yet ELEGANT POP UP CARD....enjoy my friends

You will enjoy making this card...a perfect Mothers Day Card in May....

We all love Rick Rack.....now let's make ROSE with them....

A few ideas for you to enjoy!

I wanted to show how I store my dies....and stamp sets...how to enjoy your roses longer....a few little bits of interest...from my craft room to yours!

Piano Valentine card...you will love this quick and simple, yet funny, adorable card...when you read the sentiment you'll understand!

Think about those two little back notes sitting together, and chatting...that will make this little sentiment the best one for this card...it is made in minutes...and the recipient will LOVE IT!...it can be used for other than Valentines Day...Birthday,....Best Friends.....take a look and see what you think...as always, I am so blessed to have you as my blogger friends...THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR STOPPING BY....enjoy this card my friends.....just for you!

We all love BABY CARDS...so I had a friend asking me to make her one....so.....enjoy!

I had a half hour to get this card ready for pick up....haha....I got the call at 10:30 p.m. and my friend was picking it up on her way to work....this is the card that came to mind, while pondering the sets I just received, and what I could create with them....

Please enjoy my crazy video....I wish I could figure out Movie Maker, so I could edit.....but for now, what you see, is basically what you get....please leave me a comment if you'd like to see me make a particular card......enjoy!

Scrap ROSES in seconds...

Don't throw out another piece of scrap paper....you can make wonderful ROSES with a wee bit of scrap paper, hot glue, inks, and water....let's make a scrap ROSE!

This is a fun way to play DRESS UP with SU dress die and form....love these

I had so much fun with this card. I mean, let's go back in time, when we loved our dress up dolls, matching dress forms, just bend your dresses on your doll, and a day could slide by in sheer enjoyment....I simply loved every minute of putting this together, to make whoever receives your card, will have fun with it as well as viewing your beautiful dress cut outs. It is like sewing dresses together, without the fuss of pins and patterns....lol....I pray I was able to inspire you to make this for a loved one to enjoy our fabulous wonder years of simple FUN,