Jared's Mom: May 2017

Welcome to my Crafting World!

Hi! My name is Maria, I am 34 years old and I'm a certified Craft-a-holic! LOL. I make different kinds of projects from Cards (which is my favourite), Art Tags, Mini Albums, Jewelries, Candles, Party Favours etc...

I've created this blog to share my projects and ideas to everyone who loves to craft.

Being a Certified Craft-A-Holic, you would expect to see me creating 3-4 projects simultaneously in one night. But of course, I don't finish them all in one night, esp. when I am doing a project that involves Mixed Media. I don't use a heat tool to dry my mixed media projects, as it ruins the project. Using a heat tool to dry your projects, tends to create a lot of air bubbles on the projects, which doesn't look nice. I find air dried projects to be more studier. It also give the project a neater look.

I craft every night, I would make one finished Card, one unfinished Album (which I do finish later on, after the drying when I am using Mod Podge or after cutting all the fussy cuts) and one unfinished Mixed Media Project (which I do finish later on, after the drying or so). Then the next night I will continue doing my Album to try and finish it (depends also if I am still using Mod Podge), then my Mixed Media (depends if I still need to use other Wet Medium) and another Card or I will go and jump on my fourth project. Believe me, I have a lot of projects in mind all the time. What I always do is Sketch or Write down my projects using my Phone, so that I won't forget it. I am not good in drawing I just Doodle it. LOL. If crafting is an Office Job, I will be very happy to go to my workplace everyday. I usually craft at night, due to the fact that I am a stay-at-home mom and I have an almost 2 year old son who loves to craft with me. Believe it or not, he does the Mod Podging for my projects, of course with my guidance, and some paintings too. But since I'm a confessed Craft-a-holic, I try to finish every house chores in the morning before my son comes back from the Nursery so I can craft! I take advantage of watching TV with my husband and with my son by fussy cutting while watching and I also take advantage of texturing or gluing onmy projects while cooking. "Imagine your life with me, if I'm your wife! LOL". But nonetheless. I don't forget my Duties as a Wife and a Mom. I see to it that everything is in order everyday before I craft, food is ready, house is clean and my son is well fed. Playtime with my son is crafting with him, so I don't have a problem at all, because he enjoys it, or I take him out, which he loves to do as well.

I hope you all will enjoy my posts. Please do leave a comment, follow me or add me to your circle.

Happy Crafting!

Thursday, May 25, 2017

RUSTIC ROSE INVITATION AND FAVOR BAG

Good day Crafters!

I hope everyone is having a blast today. Today I want to share a a wedding invitation and party favor bag set. I have designed an invitation insert and frame tag using Adobe Illustrator and created a cover for it. I also have made a favor bag that will coordinate with it.

The dies that I've used in creation the cover and the party favor bag are all intricate roses designs from different die manufacturers (see materials used).

So here's a glimpse of what I've made. I also made a video tutorial, but unfortunately when I was assembling the favor bag, I didn't realized that my video cam was not doing the shoot, so pardon me for that. I just included a link on how to assemble the bag from tonic studios.

RUSTIC ROSE INVITATION AND FAVOR BAG

CLOSED INVITATION

OPENED INVITATION

BAG FAVOR

TOP VIEW

Here's a quick tutorial:

Here's the Kensington Bag Assemblage from Tonic Studios:

MATERIALS USED:

Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson Italian Background
Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson Peony Diamond
Tonic Studios Kensington Bag
Red Cardstock
White Cardstock for Printing
Red Mulberry Rose
Twine

Hope you all enjoyed it! Happy Crafting!

xoxo

Maria

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Elegant Christening Invitation - Black & Gold

Good day Crafters!

Today, I want to share an Elegant Christening Invitation in black and gold using my Layering Onesie Die Set and Weaved Onesie Die, accentuated with Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson Daisy Ring.

So here it goes....

The Invitation

Full Open

Insert

Here's a quick tutorial on how I made this invitation...

MATERIALS USED:

Maria E. Designs - Layering Onesie Die Set
Maria E. Designs - Weaved Onesie Die
Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson Daisy Ring
Decofoil - Gold
Foiled Cardstock (Gold)
Black Yardstick
Some Crystals
Some Ribbon

Hope you all enjoyed it! Happy Crafting!

xoxo

Maria

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Flower Crown: Heartfelt Creations Flower Medley

Good Day Crafters!

A SHOUT OUT TO ALL MOTHERS IN THE WORLD!

"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!"

I hope everyone is having a blast today. I'm kinda sick right now and while I was doing my video tutorial for this project it was kinda difficult because my nose is clogged, so my voice sounded like a ghost from a horror movie. hahahahaha. So here goes my sharing sharing sharing. I would like to share a flower crown that I've made using Heartfelt Creations Stamp and Die Sets.

Front View

Top View

Left Side

Right Side

Here's my tutorial on how I made all those flowers in my flower crown:

MATERIALS USED:

White Cardstock 150gsm
Hot Glue
Studio G - Glitter Glue (Clear)
Floral Tape
Wire
Pearl Stamen
Ranger - Glossy Accents
Ranger - Perfect Pearls (Pearl)
Ranger - Distress Inkpads : Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves, Spun Sugar and Vintage Photo
Memento - Lulu Lavander & Bamboo Leaves
Heartfelt Creations - Arianna Bloom Stamp & Die Set
Heartfelt Creations - Classic Rose Stamp & Die Stamp
Heartfelt Creations - Dogwood Flower Stamp & Die Set
Heartfelt Creations - Classic Rose Vine Stamp & Die Set

Hope you all enjoyed it!

P.S. Please don't forget to leave a comment or share a flower crown that you've made using the techniques that I've shared. I'll be glad to assist you if you have any further questions. Add me in your circle and subscribe to my youtube channel. Thank you!

xoxo

Maria

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Camelia Flower Tutorial

Good day Crafters!

I was experimenting on my heartfelt creations classic rose stamp and die set and I was able to come up with 100 different flowers using the same die set. And today I wanted to share one of the flowers that I've made out of it. The Camelia...

I was inspired by the flowers (real ones) that I saw on Pinterest, so I've decided to somehow recreate them using my dies and stamps from heartfelt creation. So here it goes.....