Twinchies - eBrush challenge

Making a 2" x 2" project is a bit of a challenge but I love challenges. Here is my first Twinchie, I made it for a challenge over on the eBrush Facebook Page.

 

Recipe:

 

2" x 2" piece of chipboard

Acrylic paint

eBrush

Spectrum Noir JG3 - green

Jewels

Shamrocks

Foam pads

 

I painted the background with acrylic paint then I went around the edges with my eBrush.

I cut the shamrocks with my Cricut, first using my Cricut Ink then cutting with the blade. Each shamrock is 1/4" smaller than the previous one. I also spritzed each shamrock with my Spectrum Noir JG3 green marker and stacked them using foam squares.

 

 

Afternoon Tea Invitation

I had a lot of fun playing with this file from Ewe-N-Me Printables, I am a lifetime tea drinker and while living in Michigan one of my favorite things to do was to meet a friend for afternoon tea in some of Michigan's quaint tea rooms.

 

My first idea was to print up the envelopes, assemble them and try to arrange them in my doll's sandbox where a tea party goes on all the time. I also collect dolls, tea ware (mostly English bone china but I also have a few pieces from Japan).  But I really miss having afternoon tea so I made an invitation to afternoon tea at my home.

 

 

There are several different designs to choose from, I really like the Victorian/vintage look of this one. Tea Thyme Tea Bag Envelopes . You get two tea bag envelopes on each sheet, you just cut them out, fold on the lines and assemble.
 

 

After assembling my envelopes I made a mask with the dots in it and sprayed the cream colored paper with my eBrush then I trimmed it to the size I wanted, 4 1/4" wide (when folded) x 6" tall. I added a piece of washi tape from my son and his wife in Tokyo.

 

The bling swirl is from Zva Creative, I printed the sentiment onto a piece of vellum using my printer, I layered the vellum on to a piece of blue and adhered it to the card with foam pads. I also used foam pads to adhere the tea bag envelope and I tied a piece of twine along the folded edge.

 

 

Please excuse the rock, it was windy and I couldn't get it to stay open so I could get pictures. Here is the other side of the envelope, I used it on the inside to hold the menu.

 

 

If I was really having a tea party I would enclose a copy of the menu so if anyone being invited has an allergy to anything I'm preparing they can let me know so I also included one here. The inner piece is vellum, I attached it to the card with the twine, the menu is also printed on vellum. I would also send along a sample of one of the teas that are being served, putting it in the envelope on the front.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

 

HIMCR #184 - Any Holiday

HIMCR #184 - Any Holiday!
 

This year we've decided to change our weekly challenge line up. This year every fourth week is going to be Any Holiday! Perfect for those of us that need to work on Christmas cards through out the year or perfect for those of us that need to scrapbook old pictures from ANY HOLIDAY!!!

The sponsor is A Day for Daisies!

The giveaway is a $12 Gift Certificate to A Day for Daisies!

 

I made 2 cards this week, I used some of my Japanese crafting supplies that my kids in Tokyo sent me.

 

I added the background hearts to my paper via my eBrush and a heart stencil that I made.
The papers behind the cupcake images are crafting papers from Japan. The ribbons and butterflies are from my stash, I colored the wooden butterflies with my eBrush. I used my Spellbinders scalloped circle dies to cut the circles, I used the biggest die on the solid papers, the next size down for the Japanese papers. I also added an Action Wobble to the, "Love Tart" because Miki loves the way they wobble.

 

 

 After I colored the images I used some Fantastic Glaze & Glue to add a little dimension to the, "frosting" and sprinkled the pink one with pink Tinsel Glitter and white glitter on the blue one. The pinkish color on the blue one is from an attempt to just color the, "frosting" but I didn't like the result.

Here are the insides, the washi tape is from Japan, the sentiment and heart stamps are from my stash.
 

Personalized magnet

This is my second post today, for my HIMCR #181 project please click here .

This magnet goes with the shaker card that I posted the other day.

Once again I used my new eBrush to decorate the magnet, I even made my own stencil. Funny thing, I made 2 stencils, one out of cardboard and one out of clear acetate. They both cut and performed well but after I cleaned off the acetate stencil I lost track of it.

 

After cutting the magnet and stencils using my Cricut I used my circle mask to add a little bit of background, when that dried I used the stencil I made to add his name. I used Spectrum Noir markers to decorate it.