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Video Walkthrough - Sunflower Blends Coloring Three Ways - Beginner, Casual & Avid

Publish Date: 
8/9/2020
Sunflower Blends Coloring Three Ways - Beginner, Casual & Avid | www.stuffnthingz.com

I worked on a set of sunflower thank you cards, coloring them in a variety of ways. After they were finished, I chose a set that I felt illustrated three different levels of coloring and created a walkthrough video describing how I colored each one using Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. The above image is a close up of the stipling or dotted technique that includes three different colors of...

Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #4 - Thanksgiving Frames & Long Christmas Sentiment Layout Options

Publish Date: 
8/5/2020
Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #4 | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

This week I have one project using a new stamp set, and one using a mix of stamp sets. The video begins with an exploration of how I find that perfect background for a large, long Christmas sentiment. The second card is for Thanksgiving, I created it during a virtual craft session with Libby and I walk through its parts. I will create a Christmas version of it for next week. 

I am...

Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #3- Rooted In Nature Stamps Two Ways For Two Holidays

Publish Date: 
7/28/2020
Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #3 | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

This particular layout started with a Pinterest pin, Here is the pin link -> pin. Libby liked the layout so well she made forty Thanksgiving cards while at a retreat this last weekend! I am so impressed with her diligence as I get bored after about three of any one thing. We made the Thanksgiving version at a...

Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #2 - Flower Formed Poinsettias Three Ways - Choose Your Favorite!

Publish Date: 
7/21/2020
Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #2 | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

Today's projects are three different ways to use the three poinsettia flower dies to form a full poinsettia. The video shows three versions on the same base. I discuss flower forming (very general). If you would like to see a demonstration video of flower forming leave a comment here or on the YouTube video.

As stated in the video, this type of card is too thick for normal USPS mail...

Eleven Alternatives - July Paper Pumpkin - Summer Nights + Add On

Publish Date: 
7/18/2020
Eleven Alternatives - July Paper Pumpkin - Summer Nights | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

I was so excited when my Paper Pumpkin arrived today. The 17th is the very earliest I recieve it. It did come later in the day so it is now 1am on the 18th and I have to be up early. I have more ideas to make for the night sky backgrounds, some masculine layouts. For today's video I decided to challenge myself with "pretty". I used glimmer and foil to help make these backgrounds more on the...

Winter Is Coming Wednesday - #1 - Two Cards With Technique Video

Publish Date: 
7/15/2020
WICW - Snowflake Card | Tracy Marie Lewis

These two cards were fun to make and took me and my virtual card pals forever! We had to research the Joseph's coat of many colors techniques and we chose two to try out. It was alot of fun and the favorite result for me was the messy version. I demo both techniques, walk through each card and then finish it with a photo showcase. Video length 13 min xx sec. 

Most of the products used...

Soooo Many Alternatives! (17 photos) - June 2020 Paper Pumpkin - Box Of Sunshine

Publish Date: 
6/20/2020
June 2020 Paper Pumpkin - Box Of Sunshine | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

This month's kit was hard to finish. I have been thinking of upgrading my hand-me-down Samsung S7 for the latest and greatest Samsung. I use my phone for everything. I video, take photos, process photos, watch videos, and use it for phone, text etc as well. So today, oops it is now yesterday, I did it, bought an S20+.

This month's video consists of videos and photos from all three of...

Video - Craft With Me - Step Up Three Cards - New Embellishments & Storage

Publish Date: 
6/13/2020

My new 2020 annual catalog order came in! I ordered all of the new in-color inks and markers as well as embellishments topped off with a few coloring stamp sets.

I was so excited to see these embellishments up close so I video'ed stepping up three recent simple stamping cards using one of the new faceted gem packs.

I share some of my storage choices ooo, and I try out the new...

Video - 2020 Catalog Launch Day Activities + NEW Projects! Part Two

Publish Date: 
6/4/2020

And, this is the second project I made on launch day. It is masculine to my eye, but likely would be fine for anyone as it uses gold foil. One could add a few embellishments such as pearls, rhinestones or sequins to feminize it. The key take away on this project is that the gold foil backgrounds are not sized for A2 bases. You will need to trim 1/4" off the shorter dimension to have your...

Video - 2020 Catalog Launch Day Activities + NEW Projects!

Publish Date: 
6/3/2020
2020 Catalog Launch Day Project Tile Friend Card Close Up | Tracy Marie Lewis | www.stuffnthingz.com

After a whirlwind few days leading up to today, I FINALLY carved out some time to play with my pre-order. I'd wanted to make more sneak-peek projects but time was not on my side. Here a video sharing all sorts of fun crafty things on a glorious catalog launch day!

Hub made me share what I did NOT finish project-wise. I actually did get a great start, and completed two simple stamping...

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