Class: Bunny Boudoir Lamp with Colleen Moody

11 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Sewing, Textiles, Vintage

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I feel like one of the luckiest girls in the whole world. Just over a week ago I was being spoiled at the lovely home of artist Colleen Moody creating this beautiful bunny out of paper clay. I drove up to Danville, CA with Kim Caldwell, Terry Frias, and Mariasela Vallejo and let me tell you, it was an adventure to remember! We were joined in some of our adventures by Sylvia Estrada and her mom. From being surrounded by bee’s, to a wonderful two days of class with Colleen, to a very wet ending at the Alameda Point Antique Flea Market (it wasn’t supposed to rain until later in the afternoon!), we were going non-stop with unexpected shenanigans the whole weekend. We laughed so much my cheeks hurt! I have pictures of the treasure we found and the stops we made, but that’s another post for another day.

Today I want to share my bunny lamp with you in all of her lovely finery. She carries a bouquet of vintage flowers tied up with some beautiful Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in Panther Pink. Her lace dress is edged in the vintage-inspired color, William.

She’s a great fan of Swan Lake so she carries a swan seated on a satin pillow and a ballet princess in her basket, surrounded by vintage velvet leaves and flowers. I created a pearl cuff for her to wear.

A vintage earring embellishes her velvet ribbon belt and a pearl tiara graces her head. Covering her shoulders is a vintage collar adorned with antique french gold bullions. I made an attempt to give her feather wings but one can’t be perfect at everything! I need to go back to the drawing board and learn how to apply glue and glass glitter to feathers without sticking all of them together.

If you’d like to learn more about Colleen, please visit her blog. She will be teaching an online class through Artful Gathering beginning in June but sign ups are going on now! Although this bunny looks complicated, Colleen makes learning to use paper clay easy and fun. She was so good about giving us great tips and info on how to use the clay and as a beginner to the medium, I was so thankful for all of the time she spent explaining her shortcuts and secret techniques! I highly recommend her to anyone who is able to take a class!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely and creative week!

xo,

Christine Barker

Happy Birthday, Connie!

09 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Cardmaking, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting, Scrapbooking, Sewing

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We’re celebrating another birthday on the Lovebug Creations Creative Team!

Happy Birthday, Connie!

Please join me in wishing her a wonderful day full of creativity and awesome surprises! Leave her a comment to make her feel extra special!

I created a card for the birthday girl inspired by vintage sewing notions. This greeting features one of the newer colors from Lovebug Creations, “Crushed” and I just adore this beautiful, warm Rumple Ribbon. It’s perfect for Spring, Summer and Fall.

I created the “Happy Day” sentiment using the Chip Art tools from Melody Ross. I was going for a leather bracelet look here, but it was a little more challenging than I was expecting. I guess I’m an optimist!

The ribbon matched perfectly with this pad of “DIY SHOP” scrapbook paper that I have from Crate Paper.

I added in a bit of White Mama’s Mesh to give it some additional texture. The white Rumple Ribbon is also from Lovebug Creations.

I love to use pattern in my designs but sometimes too much pattern is too much for the eye to handle. To solve this dilemma I like to separate patterns with a solid to give the eye a break and allow it to process the next print. Here I’ve separated the measuring tape paper from the floral background with a coral-colored paper. Although both papers came from the same coordinated paper stack, it might look messy and disorganized to leave them sitting next to each other.

The Washi Tape was a present from my friend, Cynthia Flores, for a Valentine Swap that we were in and it worked perfectly here to match the base paper.

Connie, I’m sending you a wish for a wonderful month of celebrating and hope you have a creative and beautiful day!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

xo,

Christine Barker

PS: Want to see some more Birthday Card ideas? Check out these cuties from the Lovebug Creations Creative Team:

Design Team Call: Graphic 45 Design Team Call 2014

20 Thursday Feb 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Cardmaking, Collage, Design Team Call, DIY & Crafting, Glitter, Jewelry, Mini Album, Mixed Media, Paper Sculpture, Papercrafting, Rubber Stamp, Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking, Tags

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It’s that time again! Time for the Graphic 45 Design Team Call!

Terms and conditions are here DTcallG452014-2. For more details, check out their blog.

Good Luck, Friends!

xo,

Christine Barker

Swap: Vintage Inspired Valentine Charms Revealed!

15 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Mixed Media, Rubber Stamp, Rubber Stamp, Swap, Vintage

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The wait is over, you can finally see all of the Valentine Charms! And what a collection they are!

How amazing are these charms? I love all of them and especially because they were made by ladies who are near and dear to my heart and they put so much love into each one that they made.

Here’s the ladies who created this miniature works of art:

1. Michelle Duke
2. Carrie Reid Harney
3. Lonnie Jenck
4. Hope Habbe Ellington
5. Jeanine Stowe Weiss
6. Linda Vinson
7. Nicole Goodwin
8. Lori Stewart Dams
9. Pam Munns
10. Michelle Hurtt
11. Debbi Udall Wilcock
12. Carol Lucero
13. Ann Hammes
14. Rochelle Kretz Gaukel
15. Julie Gordon Weller
16. Christine Barker

Thanks so much ladies for joining the swap and making my Valentine’s Day holiday so pretty!

And, I don’t know if you noticed, but I’ve created a crest for myself to use as the watermark on my pictures. I just couldn’t help but alter the antique crest file that I had from The Graphics Fairy to remove the lion and add a jackalope. He’s part lion and part Jackalope, so I guess he’s a Jackalion.

Thank you, dear, sweet blog readers, for joining me again and for all of your sweet comments. They really make it worth the effort that I put into creating these posts!

xo,

Christine Barker

PS: Want to see my other Valentine Posts?

Swap: Vintage Inspired Valentine Charms

Swap: Precious Hearts Swap

Swap: Queen of Hearts Valentine Swap

Sweet: Pretty Jelly Jar with Lovebug Creations Ribbon

Blog Hop: Loves Me, Loves Me Knot

Swap: Queen of Hearts Valentine Swap

13 Thursday Feb 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Sewing, Soft Sculpture, Swap, Textiles, Vintage

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“Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile.” -Hippocrates

This can be translated into: “Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgement difficult.”

I’m further going to translate this into my new personal motto of: “Life is short, practice art.”

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you know how much i love to join swaps and practice making art. This Valentine’s season was no different. I joined 3 different swaps. One, hosted by my friend, Julie Weller, one was hosted by me, and the third was hosted by my friend, Andrea Villareal. I’ll be posting pics of my swap and Andrea’s swap later this week.

Today I want to show you the beautiful Valentine’s I received from Julie’s “Queen of Hearts Swap”. The rules were to create thirteen 4″ hearts out of any medium and we could pick the colors. We then mailed them to Julie and she then mailed them back out. For some of us, we are lucky to live near each other so we took a field trip to Downtown Fullerton, CA to spend a day shopping together and exchange our hearts with each other.

I experimented with some new techniques, second, third and fourth guessed myself and came up with this heart and I’m so happy with the way it turned out. I’m not giving away any secrets about how I created this but I will say that I experimented quite a bit before I was excited with the end result.

The beautiful ribbon is from Lovebug Creations. The color used on this heart is “Panther Pink“.

The quote “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you”, was said by Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and is from one of my favorite romantic scenes ever!

Packaging up our swaps is always part of the fun and this is the lovely variety of homemade packaging that I received. I love all of it so much that I’m going to be putting it into an art journal.

The key to swap packaging is to make it pretty but to also keep in mind that it needs to be small since it’s going to be put into a box and shipped to the girls who live far away. I always struggle with this, since I want to make a big, grandiose presentation!

Here’s how the Valentine’s all look together. The ones near the top are from this year and the ones near the bottom are from the swap that Julie hosted last year. I love how they are all so different but really show the heart and soul of each artist who made them.

These are the sweet girls who made these beautiful hearts:

Julie Weller (Hostess with the Mostess)

Jeanine Stowe Weiss

Tanya Peacock

Lori Dams

Michelle Duke

Tashia Jacques

Teah Barrow

Candice Carpenter

Mary Hansen

Teresa Cook

Kathie LePage

Margie Rowles

Taffi Graham

Thank you, ladies, from the bottom of my heart for these beautiful Valentines. I adore each and every one of these and appreciate the time you took to create these gorgeous little works of art!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I’ll be posting pictures from my “Soldered Vintage Valentine Swap” and Andrea’s “Precious Heart Swap” later this week.

xo,

Christine Barker

Mixed-Media: Oh Deer!

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting, Soft Sculpture, Textiles

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dear, deer, felt craft, felt deer, LOveBug Creations, mounted deer head, nectarine blossoms, Rumple Ribbon, seam binding

I recently spent a creative weekend with my friends, Pam Munns and Michelle Hurtt. Both Michelle and Pam are really talented and inspire me to no end. After spending two days shopping with them and discovering creative nirvana, I realized I needed to up my game if I’m to grow as an artist and a crafter. With that thought in mind, I decided to follow my heart and work on a project I’ve had in my head for some time.

A mounted deer head, with nectarine blossoms for antlers, and a wreath made out of vintage sheet music.

This fancy, luxe bow is created from a brand new color of Rumple Ribbon from Lovebug Creations called HUGS! It was just released in a Valentine Blog Hop over the weekend, along with some other amazing colors and a brand new product called Beautiful Blooms.

I created the wreath using vintage sheet music, silk flowers, spun cotton mini mushrooms, and a technique I borrowed from a friend to make beautiful paper flowers. I’m not going to reveal the technique, since it was created by Michelle Hurtt. You’ll have to take a class from her to learn all about it!

Thank you so much for stopping by. Did you know that every time I get a new comment I squeal with joy? Yes, it’s true! So, if you want to help spread happiness, just leave a little comment letting me know what you think!

xo,

Christine Barker

Blog Hop: Loves Me, Loves Me Knot

24 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Blog Hop, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Glitter, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting

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Hello! Welcome to LoveBug Creations’ “Love’s Me, Love’s Me Knot” Blog Hop and New Release Event!

How much did you love Katie’s amazing Valentine project? If you got here from her blog, you’re in the right place. But, if you haven’t seen the other projects you may want to follow Cupid back to the beginning and go to the Lovebug Creations page.

Have you started working on your Valentine’s Day projects yet? Does the thought of Valentine’s tie you up in knots? Do you desire to create some beautiful Valentine cards and gifts? Don’t stress! You’re sure to get some inspiration from these projects and you can put your passion to work!

As you may have heard, Lovebug Creations has some gorgeous new ribbons and some Beautiful Blooms that match the ribbon so perfectly. And, did you see the “It’s a Bundle, Baby”? What a fabulous collection of products and they’re just perfect for your Valentine’s Day crafts, like cards, scrapbook pages, and mixed media art!

The New Love Products

1. Rumple Ribbon- The Loves Me…Love Me Knot Collection:

2. I Love Grunge

3. Simply Sheer

4. Beautiful Blooms

5. It’s a Bundle, Baby!!!

Lovebug Creations Mamas Mesh on wood background

This weekend ONLY Lovebug Creations is offering

“It’s a Bundle, Baby”
for just $35!

Here’s what’s included:

Everything you see above, which includes 45 Yards of Ribbon + 18 Blooms

1 yard of Mesh. Choose from: White, Pinkish/Purple, Red or Black

Free Shipping!

It’s a Bundle, Baby!

Now that you know all about the new products, I want to show you what I made with some of them!

I created a vintage-inspired Valentine Mussie-Tussie featuring some gorgeous Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in “Kisses”, with a Beautiful Bloom, also in the color “Kisses”, adorning the center of the ribbon.

I gave this project a lot of sparkle with some clear glitter.

A little bit of vintage lace trim peeking out, plus vintage lace around the top of the cone.

Thank you so much for stopping by! And now you’ll be visiting Kathy to see what kind of adorable Valentine’s Day project she’s created!

With fondness,

Christine Barker

Kimi & Pamela- http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

Stacey- http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Dorcas- http://www.craftycardangel.com

Zeni- http://www.scrappyzeni.com

Stephanie- http://stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com

Tanya- http://www.scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/

Kristi- http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Dawn Mercedes- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com

Katie- http://www.craftykhandy.blogspot.com

Christine- https://scarletcalliope.wordpress.com

Kathy- http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com

Dawn Rene- http://designsbydawnrene.com

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
– Mother Teresa

Weathered Wood free image courtesy of http://texturepup.com

Field Trip: Winter CHA 2014 Part 4

19 Sunday Jan 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Cardmaking, DIY & Crafting, Field Trip, Mini Album, Mixed Media, Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking, Sewing

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Hi! Thanks for stopping by. This is the final set of pictures from my experience at the Craft and Hobby Association Winter convention in Anaheim, CA. Which projects are your favorite so far? There’s so many to choose from!

With Tim Holtz

Tim Holtz signing bag

Tim Holtz Idea-ology

Anna Dabrowski mixed media

Shari Carroll Mixed Media

Dyan Reaveley Mixed Media

Tim Holtz Mixed Media

Graphic 45

Graphic 45

Graphic 45

Graphic 45

So long CHA!

xo,

Christine Barker

Field Trip: Winter CHA 2014 Part 3

18 Saturday Jan 2014

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Hi! Here’s some more pictures from my experience at the Craft and Hobby Association convention in Anaheim, CA. Come back tomorrow for the final set of pictures showing the latest color trends for scrapbooking and card making and awesome pictures of mixed media projects. The last set will include pics from Graphic 45, Tim Holtz and more!

Me with Cathie Fillian

Prima Marketing

New Julie Nutting Stamps and dies

Echo Park

Decorated with a Crystal Ninja

BoBunny

Bo Bunny project by Laura Denison

BoBunny project by Laura Denison

BoBunny

Webster’s Pages

Echo Park

Me with Laura McCollough

xo,

Christine Barker

Field Trip: Winter CHA 2014 Part 2

17 Friday Jan 2014

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I took so many pictures of new products and inspiring project ideas at CHA that I had to break it up into sections. Here’s part 2 and don’t forget to come back tomorrow for the next set of pics!