Ephesians 6: The Whole Armor of God

Hi everyone,

It's DT Yani with another inspirational post to share with you today!

It is a Bible Journaling page that I did using the lovely Ephesians 6 stamp. You can have your own here.

I colored this cutie with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and also with Prismacolor Pencils. Also, I created a process video where I show you how you can work with digi stamps on your bible without doing any copyright infringement.

Important Note: Saturated Canary stamps (and many other artists too) do not allow anyone to trace, copy by hand or digitally color their images, even if it is for personal use. Please refer to the TOUs ("Terms of Use") for more information on this in order to avoid any copyright infringement.

Now you can watch the video here.

I hope that you liked it! And thanks for stopping by!

Videos!

Yani

Mary

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Follow along so you can keep up with their cool crafts and awesome videos!

Have a great week, friends!

xx

Tshirt Tutorial using Digital Stamps

Hi Saturated Canary Fans!

Carisa here and I have a fun tutorial that has been in the making for a long time. I started making these tshirts using digital stamps last year for my kiddos. Recently, a good friend asking me to join her birthday Blog hop and I jumped at the chance to make her something unique and special. So, while doing so, I created a little step by step tutorial that turned out to be super picture heavy! LOL Sit back, enjoy a cuppa hot cocoa and I hope you like my tutorial!

Step 1: Print your image on Transfer Paper. I used HP Transfer Paper for Dark Clothing even though I'm usually using it on white. I like it and it works. 

Step 2: Carefully cut around your image as close as you can to the black lines. Then carefully remove the backing before placing your image on the tshirt for ironing.  I can't tell you how many times I have forgotten this step only to ruin it b/c I end up fusing it to the backing and then I can't use it. Grrr! LOL

Step 3: Iron your image on the shirt using the protective sheet that comes in the transfer package and let completely cool before removing the protective paper. ps. it's a good idea to slip a piece of chipboard inside the tshirt both for ironing and coloring.

Step 4: This is the fun part - time to color!!!

Step 5: Once you are done coloring, you need to heat set your color and I do this by using the same protective sheet from the Step 3.Once again, you need to let this completely cool before removing. 

Final product! Doesn't it look awesome? I think so and they wash so well. My girls have had their shirts for over a year and the color hasn't faded or bled at all. I'm so happy with this technique. It's time consuming but so well worth it to give someone a one of a kind gift! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I really hope you enjoyed the tutorial as much as I did making the tshirt. Digital stamps really give you a world of opportunities when you think outside the box!!

Hugs,

Carisa

Judes Christmas Wreath...

Firstly apologies for the terrible photos....we were just messing about yesterday afternoon and when it turned out so good I decided to post it up here to share with you all....next time we are messing about I will make sure to take better pics!

This is Judes Christmas Wreath which she will be hanging on her bedroom door to welcome Santa!

I have been watching a few tutorials on youtube for these wreaths made from old book pages and have been itching to give it a go.

We used an old cd for the base and tied the ribbon on it before we started....pink of course!

Because it was going to be quite a small wreath we cut the book pages in half.

Jude then rolled them into cone shapes and stapled them...they were still a little big so we trimmed them a bit..

then with the hot glue gun....I did that bit....we glued them all around the cd....keep going round and round until you have this......

Jude then coloured one of her fave SC images "Whispy" and we sprayed the whole wreath with some glimmer mist and she stuck on some snowflakes and diamonds!

I hope you like! Jude was so excited when I told her I was sharing it on here!

Hugs

Jane & Jude

xoxo

Cocoa Anyone??

When I was little, the four of us kids would make presents for each other. And for our parents. There were some duzies!! One year we made my parents a cassette tape of us girls singing...and my baby brother was the music behind our voices. He just kept repeating da-na-nuh-nuh-nuhhhh...over and over. By the end of that famous song, he was huffing and puffing, just miserable with the part we gave him:). Another year, my sister Becca made me gel manatee earrings and a matching necklace. Those were the biggest green and turquoise manatee earrings you can imagine. But the thing is, my parents loved that tape. And I wore those manatee earrings to high school...because I wanted her to know I loved them.

I really appreciate the value behind something handmade, even if it is just a tiny thinking of you...or stocking stuffer...or birthday wish. Something someone sat down to make for me-- that means a lot.

I still like to make gifts at Christmas time. Each year, I get excited for that challenge of a new handmade craft:). It isn't that I'm cheap. I'd love to buy every teacher and friend and classmate a beautiful present...but, honestly, I'd rather spend that money on my kids and their cousins:). So those odds and ends gifts tend to be handmade.

I was thinking of teacher's gifts (check this one out on my other blog-- it's really fun!!)...and friend's gifts....Sunday school teachers...and choir directors...all the little ones that you need stand-by gifts for. I have really started to enjoy making cards (you guys got me hooked;), so here is my hot cocoa card. Perfect little treat for the kids to hand out to their friends. (Should I draw a cocoa boy??...Think I'm gonna need one. What do you think??)

My paper is 6.5" wide by 5.5" long. Scored at 3" on long side. Basically, the paper needs to fold around your packet of cocoa.

I sewed on my image.  Cuz I love sewing paper:). Material and I never get along, but paper is so easy to sew.

Little sentiment inside:).

You can even color the girls to look like your kid's friends:).

And, if you really want to wow them (LOL), put the whole thing in a mug and tie it up with a cute matchy ribbon.  Cute, right?!

So that is gonna be our friend's gifts this year. Super cheap. Super cute. Super easy:).

Naughty or Nice?? A Tutorial.

So-- what list are you gonna be on this year??;)  Well, no matter where your name ends up on Santa's lists, there's a cupcake for you here!!:)  This is a fun way to make your own cupcake toppers!:).  I chose to make Christmas ones with Stroppy Beth and Christmas Angel.  Although, I think the Gymnast would be cute for a gymnastic's party...or maybe the General for your little guy??...

Check them out:)

You need an image (printed normal and then flipped and printed as a mirror image), scissors, toothpicks, and two sided tape.  Oh yeah, and a cupcake or two!!:)

Apply the tape to the back of both images.  Place the toothpick in the center.  Then stick both images together!:)

Here are your cupcake toppers:)!

Cute, huh?!  And you won't find them at any other party:)!!  

Hope you give it a try!

confession:  i bought the cupcakes from the bakery.  baking is not my forte.  :)

Wee Teeny Tutorial...

Okay having never done a tutorial before I had no clue what I could possibly share with you all.....everyone is so very talented and what could I possibly show you??!!!  Anyhooo I thought I would share with you how I do my notebook edge on my papers...I don't own the fancy punch...it is on my ever growing wish list which I am working my way through when the pennies allow! So I am always on the look out for other ways to create things....before I bought my nesties I had loads of shaped templates cut out of acetate...went all round the house looking for different size circle shapes!

I have to say that I did not come up with this idea...I came across it while surfing around blogland and I am kicking myself as I cannot remember the blog I saw it on!  If anyone else knows please get in touch so I can add a link!

You can use a fancy hole punch or I like to use a bog standard paper punch

Use your hole punch to punch holes along the edge of the paper you are going to use

Then with your scissors do two little snips from the paper edge into the hole

And there you have it!

I hope you have found this helpful?!  If anyone has anything they would like to ask me about my cards please get in touch and I can share how I do it here!

Hugs

Janex