My Garden 12x12 Scrapbook Layout

Happy Spring everybody! Kim here from My Kraft Kloset sharing a unique 12x12 scrapbook layout project I made with Craft Fantastic products and some scrapbooking supplies to show you how versatile these products are on layouts and cards too! And even though more snow is arriving in my area, I’m still thinking about Spring. Which is easy to do with these gorgeous *NEW* butterfly images and some of the flowers that have bloomed in my garden over the years. 

Let’s get started: 

1. I chose a 12x12” spring plaid patterned paper as my base. Cut a piece of green polka dot cardstock 12x6,” border punched the bottom, and adhered to the plaid paper. Then adhered and layered an 8.5x11” piece of turquoise cardstock to the layout.

2.  Next I printed my pictures in color on white cardstock, trimmed each picture leaving a white border around them, and adhered to the turquoise cardstock.

3. Added the title “My Garden” in green colored alpha stickers.

4. To make my own unique handmade embellishments to match my project I choose these new butterfly images. I could have used them flat as is, but I really wanted the magnified dimension you get with a glass round piece. 

 

5. Add some Craft Fantastic Glaze & Glue droplets onto the backs of the round glass and glue them onto the butterfly images. Move your glass around, add a little pressure to get any bubbles out, and make sure the surface is completely covered. Hold in place for a couple minutes. Let dry.

6. Once dry, use a Q-tip to remove any excess glue around the edges of the glass. Cut around the edges of the glass and cut out the butterfly images. 

7. Add a Fantastic Jewelers Dot to the back of each butterfly image and adhere to the layout.  And voila! You have a unique layout with handmade embellishments that will look great in a scrapbook. Or mount on canvas or in a frame for a one of a kind home decor piece. Or give as a special gift, as Mother’s Day is May 14th.

<<Bonus Card>> cut out butterfly image and adhere to card with a jewelers dot.

For more details check out the Craft Fantastic tutorials HERE.

I hope I’ve inspired you to try these fantastic products with your scrapbooking and card making supplies. Because the possibilities are truly endless! Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think, we’d love to hear from you.  Thanks for stopping by! 

~Kim Klinkovsky @mykraftkloset

Craft Fantastic Supplies: 

*NEW* BRIGHT BUTTERFLIES mini & small glass sizes (Butterflies on layout)
*NEW* BRIGHT BUTTERFLIES all jeweler's glass (Butterfly on card)

SMALL GLASS ROUNDS 

Fantastic Glaze & Glue

Fantastic Jewelers Dots 

Q-tips and other supplies: Echo Park-Easter Collection; Gina K.-Blue Lagoon Cardstock; My Minds Eye-Beach Grass Cardstock; American Crafts-White Cardstock; EK Success Border Punch-Arch Scallop; Fancy Pants Designs Alpha Stickers-Baby Mine

Easy Handmade Card Ideas!

Happy New Year, Crafty Friends! We hope 2017 has your creative juices flowing! We have a simple project for you to kick off the New Year. 

We're mixing decorative papers and colorful cardstock with our Craft Fantastic trays, glass and findings to create some beautiful and unique handmade cards. Create a basketful of these easy cards for all occasions and you will never have to make a last minute trip to the card shop again! 

Craft Fantastic Supplies: mini round charm trays - mini glass rounds - inspiration image sheet

Craft Fantastic Supplies:  mini glass rounds - tiny alphabet #2 image sheet 

Craft Fantastic Supplies: filigree tray - small glass rounds - vintage matchbox image sheet

Craft Fantastic Supplies: mini glass squares - butterfly charm collection - tiny alphabet #1 image sheet

Craft Fantastic Supplies: mini glass rounds - small glass rounds - medium glass rounds - silhouette image sheet - porcelain image sheet

If you create some handmade cards using Craft Fantastic supplies be sure to share a pic with us! We love to see what our Crafty Friends are up to and are ever so inspired by your artistry! Follow us on FACEBOOK for all the latest updates and subscribe to our Craft Fantastic NEWSLETTER for monthly projects, sales and freebies!

Handmade Card Embellishments!

Valentines's Day is right around the corner! I am a cardmaker by nature so this holiday speaks to the part of my heart that belongs to paper and ink and all things shiny. Because of my obsession with little bits of loveliness one of my favorite things to do is create custom embellishments for my special handmade greetings.

I can easily do that with the glass, trays, findings and images available at Craft Fantastic. They afford me the flexibility to quickly incorporate special little bits into my creations. Here's a peek at a few of the Valentine's Day cards I'm sending out this year.

This one is a bit less traditional using colors normally reserved for Spring. I like the lightness of this card and how it gives the recipient a glimpse of warmer days to come. Here I've used a Medium Glass Round and two Tiny Glass Rounds plus images pulled from the Washi Papers and Vintage Matchbox Image Sheets.

Here's a close up shot of the sweet embellishments I made for this card.

My next card is simple, but a Medium Glass Heart and a series of Tiny Glass Rounds featuring images from the Valentine's Day and Tiny Alphabet #2 Image Sheets, help to convey my message. 

Here's a closer look! 

A little "love" goes a long way!

Here I've used one of the Twinkle Pendants I created last week. If you need a refresher on how I created this, here's a link. A Small Heart Charm available in our Small Heart Charm Kit adds just the right finishing touch to this card. 

These embellishments made for fun additions to my Valentine's Day cards. Imagine personalizing them to suit the recipient by creating glass pieces that feature a family photo, a picture of a special pet, a map image showcasing a hometown, a bit of artwork from Jr's fingerpainting class, the list goes on and on! The options are truly endless and I guarantee that whoever receives one of your cards adorned with a customized embellishment will be truly surprised and amazed at your thoughtfulness.

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