Papertrey Ink June blog hop

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Jessica Griffin

I wasn’t to inspired by this months photo challenge. I think it was the color combination- not one of my favorites.

Though there were many things I could see beyond the photo, I even attempted several different things, but couldn’t finish them. Hopefully in the next few days I’ll feel more inspired.

However, I am very satisfied with the one thing I DID manage to finish. I hope you are too! I based my design on the round pillow with the layers and the flower on top.

I stamped a generic sentiment. Over top of the beautiful blossoms flower image. The sentiment is from Hello, Friend. It reads: “Sending a handful of cheer your way in the hope that you’ll have a most beautiful day.” The flower was stamped with Summer Sunrise (which matches Summer Lovin’ Sun perfectly!)

Not sure why, but fall colors are SCREAMING my name. One of my best girlfriends is getting married September 21st, so fall is on my brain. I can’t wait for the wedding!

Step 1.) cut flowers and leaves from felt. I used the Frilly Flowers Die Collection.

Step 2.) pick a variety of Lindy’s Stamp Gang sprays. Including Flat Fabio’s and Starburst Stains. I choose My Mojito Green, Rizzo’s Rowdy Red*, Tears on my Pillow Tangerine*, Summer Lovin’ Sun, Pretty in Pink Pink. *coming soon.

Step 3.) spray each piece individually and heat dry. (I’m impatient. Allowing felt time to dry would take, what would feel like, an eternity.) Just remember to hold the heat tool a safe distance from the felt so it doesn’t catch fire.

Step 4.) assemble flowers in desired order and stick a straight pin through the center. If everything looks great, simply clip the pointy part of the pin and using needle nose pliers curl the straight pin towards the felt piece. This will help “lock” everything in place.

If you wanted, you could even use embossing powder or alcohol based makers to alter the color of the straight pins head to match your embellishment.

I love the way this flower turned out, and can’t wait to make a few more to add to my girls headbands!

I hope you’re feeling inspired! Thanks for stopping by!

Pixie Dust Studio’s Favorite Blog Hop

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Jessica Griffin

If you’ve arrived from Lelia, you’re in the right place! If not, consider starting at the beginning; Pixie Dust Studio.

There’s a beautiful new release today, it’s called Pixie’s Favorite Things!

The wonderful Kathy is also giving away ALL of Pixie’s Favorite Things! You can check out Kathy’s giveaway here: Kathy’s Giveaway, and trust me, you wont want to miss it!

I’ve colored a few images, but only had time to put one card together. It’s been so long since I’ve done any crafting, I’m finding it difficult to pick it back up again. Life has changed, so incredibly much and I miss my hobby, and friends!

I created this card using Pro and FlexMarkers from Letraset. The ribbon is from some flowers I received from my hubby, but it’s just gingham, with a little wire in it, my favorite! I used my Spellbinder Dies (of course) along side my Papertrey Ink banner die so I could write “what’s poppin’?” I thought it was a perfect sentiment for this card!

And just to let you know, there IS a Design Team call at this time. If you’re interested in joining the Pixie Dust Studio Design Team you can get all the deets over HERE.

I’m actually the last stop on the hop. Make sure you check out Kathy’s giveaway and the Design Team call.

If you aren’t familiar with digital images or how to use them, check out this quick tutorial I did on laying out your images in Word, and how to use Word to print your digital images. And if you click on the video, it’ll take you to my YouTube channel where you can see all sorts of tutorial videos.

Thanks for hopping along with us at Pixie Dust Studio!

Picking Strawberry video tutorial.

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Jessica Griffin

It’s only appropriate to greet you on a Friday with a big, HUGE… TGIF! And let me tell you, I’m so glad it’s Friday! I was hoping to have this post up MUCH earlier today, however my computer didn’t like working so hard, so early in the morning. So here’s to saving, and more often!

Anyways, I had a brilliant idea, and if you follow me on Twitter, then you may have already seen this photo that I shared with Ikea, if not, no worries, it’s below!

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I made the long drive to Ikea earlier this week and picked up a few things. I grabbed a Lazy Susan and some tin buckets. Then, I put a hole in the bottom of each bucket and used a screw to attach them to the Lazy Susan. Once attached, I filled them with markers! It’s not the most ideal solution to marker heaven, but for now, it works perfect!

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I made a new video for today- in the video I’m using Flourishes Picking Strawberries clear stamp set. I used a combination of Pro and FlexMarkers which are ‘noted’ in the video. (Lots of red and green!)

The technique I used to color this image isn’t new- it’s called tip to tip blending, and is something I learned when I began using my Copics. However, you’ll see in the video how simple tip to tip blending is with Letraset markers.

I hope you’ll give this technique a try, it’s really simple! Just remember to clean your blender off after each use, or you may end up with a color you weren’t expecting!

Now for the winner of the FlexMarker giveaway!

Luz, please email ( jessica@canyoupixelthis.com ) me with your mailing address and your choice of a FlexMarker 12 pack!

We’re off to see the Lorax! Looks like it’ll be great fun for the kids! (And DH has never heard of the Lorax, can you believe that?!)

Pixie Dust Studio ‘dot’ Challenge

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Jessica Griffin

This week the challenge over at Pixie Dust Studio blog is to use polka dots!

-If you’re looking for the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog hop click HERE.-
-If you’re looking for my Next Day Flyers giveaway click HERE.-

I love this sweet little girl from the new love collection. The image is Pixie Dust Studio and is called Heart Garden.

I took a piece of pattern paper and stamped it using VersaMark and Basic Grey’s Life Of The Party Dots. The sentiment, “Picture Perfect” is from Unity Stamp Company’s November kit of the month. (My FAVORITE kit, by far.) I used VersaFine (Onyx Black) to stamp the sentiment.