New ABC 123 Bookends

I finally finished the silver and taupe set of ABC 123 bookends I’ve been working on for ages.  I used papers in grey, taupe, white and black and colored the edges of the blocks with silver distressing ink.  I did the edges with brown ink first, and it looked terrible, so I went over it all again with silver and they looked much better.  Probably better than if I’d just done them in silver to begin with because now it’s a dark silver and the edges stand out better. The outer edges of the ends are little funky because I did them in silver as well.  I...

Love and Nature Bookends

I just finished a set of bookends I did for a customer to match her daughter’s bedroom set.  I found that these bookends match the Love and Nature bedding collection available at Target (I’m not sure if this is the bedding set my customer has as I went by photos she sent me).  The set is really cute with owls, birds and hedgehogs. I did these owls in pink and green paint, and added papers in pinks, greens, orange, and blues.  I also added some patterned flowers, as well as pink and blue hearts, to the ends.  The flowers stand out in the pictures but they...

Free Stocking SVG

I just added a new stocking svg to the craft edge website.  It’s titled Classic Stocking.  This is a quick example of what I did with my svg.  I cut out the stocking in red paper using ‘Blackout’.  I then cut it out in ‘Normal’ in white and snipped the top off.  I glittered the bottom in red and the top with white.  (Remember you don’t have to glitter the top of the stocking because it’ll be covered with the white part.  I made that mistake.) After I glittered each piece I stuck them between two pieces of paper and ran them...

Christmas Light Bulb SVG

I thought I would let everyone know I just put up a post at craftedge.com of a Christmas light bulb.  I have an ornament and stocking to put up as well, which I’ll hopefully get done tomorrow.  I’ll make a post when I do get them up though! I just got some extra bookends tacked together so hopefully tomorrow I’ll get to post a photo of the ABC 123 set I’ve been working on. I managed to hit Michaels today and get some new Christmas stamps, paper, and a Xyron cartridge.  They had a 20% off sale today, so I guess I saved a little money, although it...

Things I’ve Been Working On

So I continue to be a little unmotivated this week.  I was hoping to get a new cartridge for my Xyron machine, but never did.  Then my blade broke on my saw so I still have to get a new one.  I figured I would post photos of what I have done so far, even though the projects aren’t yet complete. The first one is this set of Countdown to Christmas blocks.  The paper I used is off white with lots of gold, glittery snowflakes all over.  I then added red glitter to my numbers.  I was happy with them until I added some mod podge to the whole works of it.  I thought...