cheiron's crafty life

busy with Big Boy

Sounds pretty exciting,huh? For those of you who don't know, we picked up a rescue pup on Sunday. His name is Big Boy and he is 60 pounds of sweetness! Now that he is getting used to the house, and laying on the couch while I craft, I will have a bunch of projects to share with you in the next few days.

Thanks to everyone for your sweet comments and feedback on my video for A Blog Named Hero! I am thinking of adding a video series over here on my blog. I would love to know what kind of crafty videos you would like to see! Leave me a comment and let me know. 

my first cardmaking video ever...

A fun little video to share with you over on A Blog Named Hero today! It's my very first-hope you like it. Make sure you also check out Challenge #4 while you are over there. Play along and you could win a gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp! 

 

missing u

I've certainly been missing my crafty space lately. Here's a fun little "missing u" card using one of my favorite Hero Arts stamp sets, Year Round Sentiments. This set has a sentiment for almost every occasion and I just love the fonts!  Thought this sentiment would go perfectly with a little misted background. I picked up the letter stencil at Staples. 

I also have a fun card to share over on the Hero Arts blog along with the rest of the Hero Arts hostesses. Make sure to stop by and take a peek if you can, I hear there is a fun stamp giveaway!

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moxie fab world: the spatter technique challenge

Just playing along with the spatter technique challenge over on Moxie Fab World. As you can see I like a more controlled spatter-with Distress Inks used as watercolors: 

Love this fun sentiment from Hero Arts/Studio Calico. 

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catching up

It was a super busy weekend and so far a really busy week...but last night I got some time to sit down in the crafty space and do a little catching up. 

I signed up for the Fold It, Pop It, Flip It, Zip It! class taught by Julie Ebersole over at Ellen Hutson. It's still not too late to sign up!  Julie does a great job explaining how to construct these fun cards, and who wouldn't love to get one of these babies in the mail! This is from Monday's lesson, and I love that it folds flat for mailing: 

Can't wait to spend some time in the crafty space this weekend. If you are around on Sat at 4 PM EST, I am hosting a 90 minute scramble over on the Hero Arts flickr group which is guaranteed to be fun, and there is a fabulous prize to be won! Hope all of you Moms out there have a great Mother's Day!  

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a blog named hero challenge: topsy turvy

Here's a card for the newest challenge over at A Blog Named Hero. The current challenge is to make a card using a sentiment as something other than a sentiment.

This challenge is sponsored by:

 

This one was a bit tough for me, but I used my sentiment to make a patterned paper for my "inspirational hill".

Have you checked out the challenges over A Blog Named Hero for yourself yet? They are really fun and you could win a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp just for playing along. It is my favorite online store and the selection of products they have is unreal! 

How do you enter?

Simply make a card that fits in with the challenge (you do not have to use Hero Arts stamps-but what fun is a card without them?) and link it up (via the inlinkz tool) on the Topsy Turvy challenge post at A Blog Named Hero! I can't wait to see what you create...and I certainly will be looking!  

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classes scheduled for May & June in NYC and NJ

My classes have been scheduled for May and June! You can see the schedule here.  I have added a new store to the list of places I teach and will be teaching at Paper Anthology in Kenvil, NJ. If you are in the area, I would love to see you in class! 

hey y'all...check out a blog named hero!

If you know me, you know that "hey y'all" is something you probably would not hear coming out of my mouth..but I love this fun Hero Arts stamp set, and I have some really fabulous news to share today over at A Blog Named Hero, head on over to check it out.

tuesday trigger: watercolor butterflies

This dress is the inspiration for this week's Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. Love the colors and the watercolor pattern, so I thought I would take out my Distress Inks and water brush and see what I could do! I painted a watercolor paper strip with the colors in the dress and added a butterfly embellishment. This layout is from a sketch featured in this month's contest over on the Hero Arts blog:

For the butterfly, I colored acetate with alcohol inks. To make the butterfly look more "real", I stamped a butterfly body on white cardstock from this set so it would show through. 

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the perfect silhouette giftbox

Back with another Silhoutte project. I love this gift box download from Lori Witlock over on the Silhouette store, and I thought it would be fun to pair with this 3-D bow. SO easy to put both of these pieces together, the box folds like a dream! 

I secured the flap with a velcro dot to hold it closed. I'll let you in on a little secret-this is the perfect size gift box to hold a few rolls of washi for a favorite crafty pal. The perfect gift in my opinion!