National Craft Month - Day 11

Scrapbooking is not something I do very often but it's still something that I take some joy in doing once in a while. My first time, I didn't like it at all. I found it very tedious and felt like I wasn't going in any type of direction. After a few curse words, I scratched everything, took a small break, and started again. I ended up with a cute page I was pretty proud of.

Since then, I've made a couple of pages (mini, not full page sizes) and I've also made a couple of cards. Although this video tutorial from JK Arts mentions Valentine's Day in the title, it's a cool card with a nice effect that can be adapted to any occasion.

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National Craft Month - Day 10

National Craft Month Day 10 and I'm going to share something I recently "discovered". I don't know how I missed this. Being on that mixed media kick to the point that I was "stealing" my king's broken crayons to melt right on the canvases, yet not once did I think about using this one crafting ingredient I have handy for my jewelry-making: resin.

Cloud Watching Arts posted this great video of using resin art to make this sun inspired piece. I absolutely love it and added it to my projects to do list (and I confess it pushed down a couple of things already on the list).

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National Craft Month - Day 9

It's been a while since I did any mixed media other than practicing techniques (and making messes). (＾ᗨ＾✿) I wanted to share this video with you because, although it is on the lengthy side compared to the previous videos I've shared for National Craft Month, the canvas came out adorable. And the way the video runs, it really gets you thinking you can do something similar.

So grab canvas, brushes, acrylic paints, and poster paint markers (and yes, those are affiliate links) and get your art on:

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National Craft Month - Day 8

Have you seen Zootopia yet? It looks like a really cute movie. I had it on my theater-watch list but we still haven't been able to go see it. My king is going to enjoy it so much. Just in case you don't know about it, Zootopia is about this female police officer who is the first rabbit police officer. (Oh yeah, did I mention it's an animated movie about anthropomorphic animals?) She's super excited but they end up making her a traffic cop because she's a rabbit and smaller than the other officers. I'm not sure what happens but she ends up teaming up with a civilian red fox to investigate some abductions going on.

The movie's animation is beautiful (from what I saw in the trailers) so I am really looking forward to watching it. In the movie, she uses a pen in the shape of a carrot which is what inspired today's National Craft Month video from NerdECrafter. (You just GOTTA love that name!)

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National Craft Month - Days 6 & 7

Sundays is my day to unplug and I completely forgot to set up a National Craft Month post to publish. So, because of that, today I will be posting both Days 6 & 7 which means two video tutorials I will be sharing with you..

I like crafting and I enjoy trying a little bit of everything, but I really haven't tried my hand at soap-making. To be completely honest, I'm not sure if I am too interested in it. It may be I never try. BUT, just in case some day I DO get curious I bookmarked these two tutorials. How could I not? They're soap in food form. I don't eat sweets but it doesn't mean I don't think these are cute. (◕ᴗ◕✿)

My king LOVES chocolate and he LOVES peanut butter so, of course, I LOVE these Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup soap from GlitterForever17. (Btw, what a fun and sad name at the same time: GlitterForever. Yay! Forever17. oh girl.... (＾ᗨ＾✿) ). Anyway, I couldn't have these within my king's reach though, because I know they would go straight into his mouth.

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