Handmade Greeting Card using Molly Harrison / Crafter's Companion SEA OF BUBBLES Mermaid stamp set and Spectrum Noir Inks and Alcohol Markers

I've been really slacking on keeping my blog updated.  Social media seems to be moving away from the blog entries but it is always nice to have a backup, a picture diary, of creations.  Here's a recent card created using the Crafter's Companion stamp, by artist Molly Harrison.  The glitter cardstock is Crafter's Companion Luxury cardstock and the black and purple cardstock is by Bazzill.  White cardstock is the Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth cardstock by Crafter's Companion.

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Half back "bubbles" are plastic pieces from my stash except the one the mermaid is holding in her hand is a glass piece, its a bezel cover.

 The background stencil (DROPLETS) is from the Crafter's Companion, Enchanted Forest - Signature Collection by Sara Davies

Fairy Dream Tag Caddy Night Light with Shadowbox Book in Drawer

Sometimes you wake up from an amazing dream and know that you don't want to forget it.  It's always good to have a little pad of paper and a pen handy to write down the details before they go fuzzy in the morning light.  I used medium weight chipboard to create this caddy that will hold several tags, a handmade paper pad, pen and has a fun fairy diorama night light to boot … oh and a little shadowbox hidden in a "book" that fits snuggly in the drawer, filled with mushrooms and fairies to take your imagination away to dream again in the land of the fae.  The paper and dies used  are  the Enchanted Forest line by Crafter's Companion, one of my favorite crafting collections.

Hershey’s Nugget Gift Holder Step Box using Crafter’s Companion Fairy Enchanted Forest

Need a cute presentation for HERSHEY NUGGETS?
Here's a link to the video tutorial (part of it is showing some I made and the other half of the video is the tutorial).   NUGGET Stepper Gift Box Tutorial .  They are actually fairly easy to make.  I had seen several projects using step boxes but they were always "square"- since Nuggets are rectangular I had to make a pattern  If you get one of these from me and you notice that it's mostly the toffee ones, don't judge! 😃 I can't resist the almond and milk chocolate ones.

Most of these in the images are decorated using #CraftersCompanion dies, papers, stamps.  But there's a little #TimHoltz and #MarionSmith products as well.

Crafter's Companion Fairy stamps using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

Waiting for my new Crafter's Companion (CC) ink pads (they should be here in a few days) - I only have a couple so far, so I pulled out some old ink pads and smeared on a background.  The beautiful blending of the CC Ink pads just can't be matched.   The "skyline" looked like a good place for a fairy to live so it gave me the opportunity to use my new fairy stamps (from CC also)  - all the stamped images, the Snail Shell House, Fairy, Ferns, & Acorn Lamps) are stamped on CC Spectrum Noir Watercolor Cardstock.  After coloring them with alcohol markers (Spectrum Noir (by Crafter's Companion)) I fussy cut the images out, and attached them to the background by running them through a Xyron machine to apply adhesive.  Art Journals are a new thing for me.  I know crafters/artists have made them from the beginning of time, but I always wondered ... "WHY?" "what's the purpose?" ... Now I know IT'S SO FUN! and a great way to try out new techniques or products without messing up a project.