I Will Not Let The Heat Stop Me!

If you guys remember, last summer it was so hot all summer long I never got any crafting done. It was completely miserable from the end of May until the end of August and I think during that time the town I live in had 5 days where it didn't reach over 100 degrees. Well that wonderful hellacious weather has hit again *okie sigh a deep exasperating sigh*. I am bound and determined not to let the hot weather stop me again, especially since I just spent all that time reorganizing my craft room!

I think I might have made a remedy to beating the heat so I can craft. I decided to get a fan and put it directly in front of the ac unit and point it at me. This is providing some much cooler air where I sit but the problem becomes that my little pieces of paper want to go flying off the table and across the room.

Me being the genius I am, figured out that my laptop can actually act as a barrier for the smaller pieces and keep them from flying off the table and then I can just slide it over to unblock the air when I am ready to work on larger pieces. I did have to move my Cricut so it didn't block the air but that I can deal with for sure!

I probably won't be posting in new crafts for awhile since I am working on a card set. Ya'll know how I never like to go back and redo a card set but I have had multiple requests for the Naughty Princess set so actually making them again *okie closes her eyes and shakes her head knowing she has lost her ever lovin mind*. I did get my Cinderella's completed last night, not the cards, just the images. I wanted to show you guys how I do the eyes on the Princess cuts since they are so hard to work with due to the small size. I cut the white and with the whole piece left on the mat I add the color with a Stampin Up marker and then lift off the paper. This way I don't have to worry about trying to hold the small piece and coloring it. It also gives me a little more control with the ink.

Here is Cinderella put together and you can see how the eyes turned out. It sure saves a lot of time, pain and heartache by doing it this way and avoiding going blind from trying to glue that teeny tiny iris on the whites of the eyes. She is cut at 4" and I don't think I would ever try cutting her any smaller.

I also add shading to her using a Stampin Up marker. Trying to do the shading with the chalk ink would cause me to have a nervous breakdown I am afraid and the marker still gives a nice shaded effect.

Okay I am off to work in the heat today and probably come home and pass out on the couch for a bit before I start on Sleeping Beauty...that dirty whore!

Princess Place Cards...thank goodness for Cri-Kits!

A friend of mine asked if I could make some placecards for her daughters 4th birthday party. Of course I told her I could and then I asked the theme. When she told me Disney Princess's I thought I was going to have a seizure after remembering the horrible time I had with Tinkerbell. I was going to do something simple with crowns but then in the long run I ended up getting Happily Ever After and Dreams Come True so I could cut the princess's that matched the plates for the party.

I have to tell you that the Cri-Kits came in so handy!! I wanted to make the names in something glittery and wanted the font to match a fairytale. I thought I could use Storybook for the font if it would work okay with the Cri-Kits. I was thrilled with the results!! I did go back and fill in a bit with my Stampin Up markers but the names came out wonderfully!

I was pleased that all the little swirls and notches were clear and precise.

Here is the whole set of the place cards all finished. I was told the little girls really liked the place cards, and my friend was quite pleased with the end results.

While it was quite a task cutting all the princess's I do have to say they weren't too bad to cut. Putting them together took some time and patience but it was worth the work.




Here is a picture of Cinderella. I wanted to show the shadowing I did. I used Stampin Up inks and blender pen to do the shading on the images and I think it really added to the dimension of the characters. I also added a little glitz to each princess, whether it was Stickles or gems, I wanted each to have a little sparkle.











Here are pictures that you can see a little better if you want to see more detail. Don't forget you can click to enlarge the picture.










I think I will be using the Cri-Kits for making details on my projects!