Fun with Acrylic Skins

 So I have been reading up on Acrylic skins and I have really been wanting to try it out so I thought I would document my little experiment and share it with you! (Let me just say I have made two more of these! Its a bit addicting!) Alright lets get started

Things you need

• a Transparency (I used a 12x12 sheet protector)
• Acrylic Paint (I used my high flow acrylics by Golden)
• Liquitex Glazing Medium
• Any other fun things you can throw in there! (glitter, puffy paint stamps maybe?)

 First spread out some of the glazing medium onto your surface (whether it be a transparency etc.) Don't worry about it being perfectly even it will settle overnight!

Now add drops of color into your glazing medium! Keep going til its just about full of color! I then just swirled some of the paint together with a toothpick! Then let it dry overnight!

 After it dries overnight it will be clear, I let mine dry two days just to be safe but that's all up to you! It will pull up really easily and feel almost like a taffy so be careful it will stick together!

 I used some black puffy paint to write all over mine and  then cut a heart out of it and put it in my journal! I love that its transparent! So many possibilities! Let me know if you try it out and I will see you soon! Happy Arting!

365 Crafting Time Challenge

Hi friends! Happy Monday! Over on Instagram some wonderful crafters are getting together for a new challenge! Its the 365 Crafting Time Challenge! Well I decided to jump right in and it's been a week and I am so so happy I did! Even if its something simple like punching hearts out of paper to make confetti or just doodling, it's getting something done! I love getting up every morning and dreaming up what I might make or do that day! Here is a little sneak of what I have done so far in a little over a week!

I have done just about everything from make a cute wreath to painting to making a glass fused plate! To find out more about the challenge head over to Sabine's Blog and search #365craftingtime on Instagram!

Smashbook Sunday with a fun tutorial!

Hi friends! I am here with another quick tutorial for making your own sticker paper with stamps! I took like five minutes to do and I made a few tags and heart stickers out of it!

So here is what you need-

• Sticker paper
• Stamps
• Die cut machine or stencils
• Your favorite stamp pad

Start stamping randomly, working your way around the paper freely

Once you are happy with your paper, you can run it through your favorite die cutting machine, or use  a stencil!

Here is what I cut out, plus I have some leftover too!

Here is my finished page, I painted my hearts teal and viola cute stickers for your smashbook!

 Try doodling a full sticker page and you can cut those into fun shapes as well!

To make 3-D stickers you could layer stickers with foam dot adhesives!

Most of all have fun!

Have a great week and I will see you soon!

Smashing Sunday! (and free printables)

Hi friends how are you on this fine Super Bowl Sunday? Since I am not the biggest football fan, I have been spending my day making fun Valentines day goodies! I really want to get back into blogging but life has been crazy ie; a trip to Colorado and lots of other fun things! But here we are reading for some Smashing fun!

Here are the first few pages in my Smash book for 2013

Ok now for the fun, I have a TON of cool freebies I found on the net that you can print out and use in your SMASHbook! Most were found through Pinterest and are also used for Project Life. Here are a few I printed out

Now on to the links!
Some fun Envelopes and Labels
128 Free (not to mention cute) Printables!
Journaling Tags Galore!
Fun Printable Tickets
Even more cute labels!
Great for Valentine's Day!
Some more cute labels!!!
Adorable Camera Printables!
Every Occaison Pritables
Super Cute!

Well there you go! Have fun with these, whether in your journal, scrapbooking, smashbooking or project life album! Have a great Sunday!