Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Hair Band

I love the holidays because it allows me to make personalized gifts for friends and family, right down to my color choices.   I am always on the look out for color mediums that don't bleed, are permanent when dry.   Thankfully, India ink is like that!  And that is the ink found in Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper’s Big Brush Pens!

For the full post with instructions, visit the Design Memory Craft blog!

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Products:

Stamper’s Big Brush Pens (Cobalt Turquoise #153, May Green #170, and Dark Naples #184)

Other:

Muslin Fabric

Cheesecloth

Spellbinders Standard Circles LG Die Templates

Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die Cut Machine

Want2Scrap Pearls

Pre-Made Head Band (from Michael's)

Elmer's Liquid Glue

Water

Chipboard (or cereal box board)

Non Stick Craft Mat

Hot Glue Gun

Christmas Event at Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Christmas will be here before you know it!  To get ready for this amazing holiday, I decided to share a card that is quick, has a simple design, and will impress!  I used three different mediums from Faber-CastellDesign Memory Craft® for this card.  

See the whole project HERE on the Design Memory Craft Blog.

Supplies:

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Products:

Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil Blue (#153)

Metallic PITT® Artist Pen GOLD (#250)

Gelatos® GOLD

Unity Stamp Co. Stamps (Mitten Weather Flourishes)

Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities Die Templates

Kraft Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper by Canvas Corp.

Best Creation Inc (Coffee Glitter Paper)

Want2Scrap Pearl

Paint Brush, Water, 3D Foam

Stamping with Design Memory Craft (Faber-Castell)

Hello there!  I have a photo tutorial for you today using stamps and Stamper's Big Brush Pens!

I have been having fun experimenting with my new Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products, especially, their Stamper's Big Brush Pens!  When they are wet, they react to water and when dry, are permanent.  When you stamp with them, act quickly to get 2 or 3 impressions with one application of color to the stamp, by spritzing lightly with water in between each impression.

To create this layout, I used only THREE Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products.  Staying the Blue-Green family helps this project come together, and the ability to Mix and Match complimentary color families is so easy!

See the FULL BLOG POST over at Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft BLOG.

Norm's Cool Toy

(12 x 12 Layout)

Supplies:

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Products:

Stamper's Big Brush Pens (Cobalt Turquoise #153 and May Green #170)

Pitt® Artist Pen (Green Metallic #295) 

Other:

Unity Stamp Company (Donna Downey)

Fontwerks (Alpha Stamps)

American Crafts Cardstock (White)

American Crafts Thickers (Black)

Prima Marketing Inc. (Stars)

Other: Ruler, Water in Spray Bottle, Pen

Jewel Keys - Made Into Wine Markers

This project is short and sweet!  If you’re in a pinch and looking for a cool way to decorate wine glasses for an upcoming party or for a hostess gift, think about using Julianna’s Spellbinders Jewel Keys die templates to cut this modeling film (a flexible plastic when heated, but keeps its shape when cool).  You can shape the keys any which way you like!

I used Julianna's Jewel Keys by Spellbinders™.

See the full post over on Julianna's blog with the instructions.

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

My First Post for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft is up on their blog.

I used Dark Naples Stamper’s Big Brush Pen to stamp an acorn from the stamp company Paper Smooches, followed by using an Art Grip© Aquarelle watercolor pencil (# 117), then some Teal Metallic Gelatos®, and finally, reinforcing my lines with a Pitt® Pastel Pencil (#176). 

It's all below in the video!

SUPPLIES from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft®:

Mixed Media Sampler : Yellow (#770231) Big Brush #184 Dark Naples

Mixed Media Sampler: Red (#770230)  Art Grip© Aquarelle # 117

Mixed Media Sampler: Green (#770232) Teal Metallic Gelatos®

Pitt® Pastel Pencils: Neutrals (#770182) Pitt© Pastel Pencil #176

Other:

Paper Smooches Stamps (Falling for You)

Spellbinders Labels Nineteen and Ribbon Banners (Die Templates)

My Mind’s Eye Patterned Paper

Twine, Maya Road Leaf Pins, 3D Foam, Paint Brush, Water

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft!

EXCITING NEWS 4ME!

For the next 3 months, you will see some of my work using amazing products from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft!  I made their Guest Design Team (Oct to Dec).   If you haven't heard of them, they make watercolour pencils, artist pens and pencils, pens for stampers, etc....  So many colouring options!  I've seen their products most recently at the Michael's store in Ancaster, and I think Karen at the Art House Studio in Kitchener soon to be Cambridge might carry them too!

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/DesignMemoryCraft#!/DesignMemoryCraft

Pinterest and Twitter account:

 http://pinterest.com/designmemcraft/

https://twitter.com/DesignMemCraft

These are the other crafty ladies that made the team:

Darlene DeVries http://www.darlenedesign.com

Kim Dellow www.kimdellow.co.uk

Daniel Dobson http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/

Limor Webber http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Kathy Peterson http://kathypeterson.com/wordpress/

Miae Rowe http://www.makingscrapup.blogspot.com/

Susan Weckesser http://www.susankweckesser.com/  

Katarina Damm-Blomberg http://krumeluran.wordpress.com/

Have a great weekend!

Up the Street September Kits!

I just wanted to share two layouts made so far with the SEPTEMBER 2012 kit from Up the Street Scrapbooking!

I worked with Kit #2 Sweet Sunshine - so many beautiful colours in here, made my layouts easy to put together.  A little Mustard Seed Distress Ink helped add some colour to the first layout, and I used some new Spellbinders die templates from their CHA Summer Release.

BLUE

Up the Street Kit #2 Sweet Sunshine

Spellbinders™ Dies: 

LF-015 Grand Decorative Circles One

S4-360 Potpourri

S5-127 Labels Twenty-Eight

TAKING A BREAK

Up the Street Kit #2 Sweet Sunshine

Spellbinders™ Dies: 

S4-360 Potpourri

S5-108 Vintage Lace Accents

Check out the complete kit supplies HERE:

UP THE STREET SCRAPBOOKING

Have a great day.

UnityTV Videos by Me!

I just wanted to update my blog with my latest UnityTV videos.

Here they are!!

UnityTV Episode #52

UnityTV Episode #60 

UnityTV Episode #64

UnityTV Episode #68

UnityTV Episode #71

UnityTV Episode #74

Hope you enjoyed watching!

There are more videos by the other gals on the You Tube channel HERE:

***UnityTV***

Up the Street July Kits!

I just wanted to share my JULY 2012 kit work from Up the Street Scrapbooking!

As an aside, I was able to visit Up the Street Scrapbooking store in Strathroy, Ontario and it is a PHENOMENAL store.  Tara has filled it with an amazing amount of product, and she hand picked some really cool and unique supplies.  Coupled with the antiques and cool "finds" she has placed throughout the store, it is worth the drive to Strathroy.  She also has an amazing crop space in the back, where she has card classes, mixed media classes, etc.  I am definitely going back.  Before we left, we talked about a Christmas card day where we could just hammer out 50 cards in one day.  I hope that day happens!

For July, I worked with Kit #2 Hit the Beach - perfect to capture my July vacation memories right away, and I also worked with the JULY MINI ALBUM KIT (STILL SOME LEFT).  I scrapped my July vacation in the mini album and managed to get 37 photos in there!

The kits are sold out by now, and I have in my hands the September kit (upcoming) and it is beautiful.  If you want one, you might have to make sure you order on or around September 1st, because they are selling out!

SUNRISE COVE

Up the Street July Mini Album Kit

Spellbinders™ Dies: Splendid Circles

Unity Stamps: Create Your Day

PLASTIC ISLAND

Up the Street Kit #2 Hit the Beach

Spellbinders™ Dies: Splendid Circles, ES-007 Sea Beauty (M-Bossabilities)

FUN in the SUN

Up the Street Kit #2 Hit the Beach

Unity Stamps: ADVENT (Numbers)

Check out the complete kit supplies HERE:

UP THE STREET SCRAPBOOKING

Have a great day.

Peacock Feathers on a Card!

For my first project with the Julianna Hudgins design team, I had fun using a set from Julianna's line of Spellbinders dies, called Jewel Fantasies.  

Here is a sneak of this EASY project....

If you would like to see the how to, or see the whole project, please visit Julianna Hudgins's blog.

Thanks so much and have a wonderful day!

Lesley

UP THE STREET SCRAPBOOKING June Kit

The JUNE 2012 kits from Up the Street Scrapbooking are now available!

I worked with Kit #1 SUMMER DAZE which has a wonderful and rich colour palette, yet you can make a layout that is cream on cream with only small pops of colour.  It is a great kit with a lot of options for embellishing.

DISCOVERY

Up the Street Kit #1 SUMMER DAZE

Spellbinders™ Dies: Tags and Flags

Unity Stamps: ADORE Words

@ HOME

Up the Street Kit #1 SUMMER DAZE

Spellbinders™ Dies: Classic Hearts, Classic Scalloped Hearts

Unity Stamps: ADORE Words

CELEBRATE

Up the Street Kit #1 SUMMER DAZE

Spellbinders™ Dies: Classic Hearts, Classic Scalloped Hearts

Unity Stamps: ADORE Words

SUNSHINE CARD

Up the Street Kit #1 SUMMER DAZE

Spellbinders™ Dies: Tags and Flags

Up the Street Kit #1 SUMMER DAZE

Check out the complete kit supplies HERE:

UP THE STREET SCRAPBOOKING

Have a great day.