I recently got a couple of Pan Pastels to play along with Miss Donna Downey's Pan Pastels Series she has re-released.
I've been wanting to play with this medium for quite some time, and missed the opportunity to take her classes the first time. I am so glad she makes her Online classes available for those who wanted to but couldn't and now can. That's quite a mouthful, but you know what I mean.
Donna's classes are just chocked full of info and tips! In the first class in her Pan Pastel Series, she introduces us to stencil play, which for someone like me, who has absolutely no artistic drawing ability, this is such a pleasure cruise!
Check out her website for more classes or for this series and play along...
Wow!!! Check out this awesome Desk Set, Heather, of Kraaft Shaak Fame, kreated for her son!!! This is her first submission into the Design Team Challenge, and this month it is themed "Back To School".
What teenage boy wouldn't love to have this on his desk... heck, WHO wouldn't love to have it period!!! Can't go wrong with neon colors on black - eye popin' candy!!!
Guess what everybody???? Heather from the Kraaft Shaak as made a new Pinterest Board featuring all Design Team Kreations!!! Now, all your "Spark Your Kreativity Saturday" can be found on Pinterest also!!! How kool is that!!
The Design Team Members will be adding to this board, all their Sparks so far... so PIN IT, FOLLOW IT, SHARE IT !!!
So just click this LINK and head on over to Pinterest to see all the "Sparks" kreated so far!!! WooHoo!!!
Oh boy everyone, wait till you see what Peg has kreated for this month's Kraaft Shaak Design Team Challenge! She is an amazing artist where kreativity just flies out the grey matter onto everything she touches and boy, did she touch a few items Saturday!!!
Visit her blog HERE to see her Spark of Kreavitity Saturday @The Kraaft Shaak
Thanks for stopping by!!! Now go check out Peg's Blog...
I am sooo late in sending this tag for the July Tag Swap over on Google + in Sheri Whitfield's community "Altered Tag Swap". But, as I always say, "Better late than never"...
The theme for July was "Patriotic"
I used a Ranger Black #8 tag which measures 6.25 inches by 3.125 inches. I love how Twinkling H2Os show on black and wanted to paint a transparent flag on it, which would show all that yummy shimmer so nicely. I used Poppy Red, Blue Flame and Heavenly White Twinkling H2Os.
I stamped the image and embossed with White Embossing powder. Got out my red & white, and blue & white Bakers Twine, wrapped it three times around the upper-section of the tag, then tied it off. I added a tiny red safety pin holding a silver star to the knot.
In my stash I had cute star shaped buttons in red, white and blue which I adhered to the tag and then added Glossy Accents to make them shiny.
I had just received some Sari Ribbon and it had a great blue and red in it. I cut them into thinner strips and added them along with some more Bakers Twine to the top of the tag.
I then printed off a sentiment, adhered to the bottom of the tag.
I love the simplicity of this tag and the shimmer those Twinks add! Hope my swap partner likes it too!!!
The theme for this month's Kraaft Shaak Design Team is "Kill The Box". We have been tasked with using as much of the Mixed-Media Kit contents Heather sent each of the Design Teams Members. I was sent the "Desk Set" Mixed-Media Kit.
For Project one, which was to "Alter something contained in the Kit", I altered the Note Holder into a cute little Bunny Hole. The Second month we were challenged to make something wearable from items in your Kit. I made a Bracelet from the Finnabair Mechanicals and a t-shirt bag decorated with items in the Kit. You would think this Kit would be pretty depleted by now after all those items, but NOOOOOOOO - all her Mixed-Media Kits are just chocked full of stuff - papers, embellies, paint, mediums, book pages, play pages, map pages, mechanicals, micas, bling, die-cuts, and just so much more!!
It was fitting I create an organizer box for projects as my last project, using the very box this wonderful Mixed-Media Kit was sent in and also, in keeping with the theme of my Kit - Desk Set, I had to, right??
So this is the beauty I created, using as much of the items in the Kit as possible.
Here is a video showing all, well most of, the steps involved in making this Desk Top Organizer.
The Last Spark...
Wasn't that fun!!!
Here are some of the pictures I took along the way, as well as lots of pics of the finished product. It is just so gorgeous with all the micas, and glitters and glass beads, and that chalkboard paint - WOWZER!!!
The making of: Adhered all the papers contained in the Mixed-Media Kit (except one very special page). Adding the Clipboard as a backstop AND actual chalkboard...
Note the descriptive sheet on the bottom? Not tore up as the other were, cuz I wanted to see this itemization Heather includes in each kit, every time I use my Project Organizer!!! That's mine - it has MY name on it!! WooHoo!!!
Closeups of all the micro beads, glass beads, sequins, art sugar, mechanicals, doilies, paper/pages, chalkboard paint, micas and mica flakes, crackle paste, stencil pattern, et al ... just such an amazing Kit!!!
See all the amazing cracks in the Platinum Crackle Textured Paste!!! Just look at all those cracks and fine lines!!!
Love the sparkles here!!
Those Splash Micro Beads are just so yummy!!
See how that Charcoal Art Sugar Glitter glistens in the sunlight. It's soooo ultra sparkly!!
Oh, those toilet tissue holders just make wonder storage holders for scissors, tweezers, pens, brushes, pencils, rulers, glue, ribbon/twine... all the things I use when making projects!!
Isn't this Sea Breeze Chalkboard Paint the best seaside color ever!!! And it's super smooth texture feels like suede!!!
Sitting on my desk!!!
Thank you for playing along, and I hope this inspired you to make a desk organizer for your projects. The original Design Team Members current project for the Kraaft Shaak can be found on their blogs:
It has been a truly wonderful experience designing for the Kraaft Shaak, and an honor to represent Heather and her Store. And I am Blessed to have worked with such talented Ladies. You inspire me to push myself further, to think outside the box (shoes Shel??) and be a better kraafter. Thanks for sharing the journey...
But WAIT!!! There's more!!! ...To introduce you to the Mixed-Media Kit, Heather is offering a Thank You coupon for reading my Blog. You get $5.00 off any Mixed-Media Kit currently in stock, no restrictions. BUT, this amazing deal expires June 30th, 2015. Use coupon code: SAVE5SYLVIA
Please take advantage of this, you won't be disappointed cuz that Kit is a powerhouse of goodies!!! Plus you get to CHOOSE items!! Like Paint, and paste and alterable items - like a tray, or pencil holder, or canvas tote, or canister, or artist canvases, or Door-Frame Picture Holder, or Chalkboard easel, or my personal fave - THE DESK SET!!! There is NO Kit on the market today that offers such variety and choice!!!
Thank you for stopping by, now head on over to the Kraaft Shaak and see all the wonderful products!!!
