I took this picture earlier this year in the Pacific Palisades 2016. I love the cloud formations.
Month: February 2016
From Idea to Product making art come to life
Hello Everyone!
I am so excited about this post. I love to draw, always have, probably always will. I have never formally taken a class or had any sort of training so I have always been shy with my art. Recently I have decided to just start drawing and putting it out into the world.
For Christmas my fantastic parents bought me a whole bunch of different types of Sharpies!!!! I love sharpies. They are fantastic to work with. If you missed my free Valentines Day Cards Downloadable post you can check it out here: https://goo.gl/hhBvOB
I used all sharpies to make the valentines day cards.
So I thought it would be a fun idea to make my mom and dad a thank you picture using all the cool markers they bought me for Christmas.
Here it is getting started:
Getting Colored in:
Almost Done:
Done:
I liked it! So I took a really high resolution photo of it, and had it made into real Thank You Cards!
Here is how they turned out!
I also decided that they would make awesome Thank You coupon cards for my etsy store.
I am super happy with them.
The Thank You Cards are available on my Sugar Beet Crafts Etsy Store Here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/268470697/set-of-3-thank-you-so-much-flower
If you love to doodle or draw or take pictures, don’t be afraid to take your art to the next level. It is really fun and easy to do.
Have you been inspired to draw lately? I would love to see it, feel free to post a link in comments.
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Free Handmade Valentine’s Day Card Printable from Sugar Beet Crafts
Hi Everybody!!
I hope this post finds you having a wonderful February so far. Can you believe Valentine’s Day is just around the corner already!? This year is flyin’ by.
Have you ever wondered where the tradition of Valentine’s Day Cards came from? Well it has been rumored that the very first Valentine’s day card was sent by Saint Valentine himself. He sent it while he was imprisoned and waiting for execution by the Romans. It seems he was quite taken with a jailer’s daughter. And so just before his death he sent a letter and signed it Your Valentine.
The oldest known Valentine’s day card is kept at the British Library in London it is a poem written in French in the year 1415 by Charles Duke. He wrote it to his wife, while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. I would actually love to see it, is amazing it has lasted this long.
So to celebrate this wonderful day of Love and Friendship, I decided to make my own Valentine’s Day Cards just for you.
I created 8 free Valentines day cards. Each one hand drawn and colored. They are great to print out and pass out to friends, teachers and loved ones or you can print them out punch a tiny hole in the top string them up and make a cool banner out of them.
Hand Drawn!
Shakespeare kitty approved!
1.) Be My Valentine Heart Balloon Card
2.) Psychedelic Hearts – Happy Valentines Day card
3.) Be Mine Valentine – Cloudy mini hearts Valentine’s Day Card
4.) Candy Hearts Valentine’s Day 2016 card
5.) You Make My Heart Shine Valentine’s Day card
6.) Will You Be Mine? Happy Valentine’s Day card
7.) You Are My Star Valentine. Valentine’s Day Card.
8.) Be Mine Valentine – Hearts and Flowers Valentine’s Day card
* All cards are included in one PDF download. All cards fit on one 8×11 piece of paper. They work best printed on card stock.
I hope you enjoy! I would love to know what you think!
Did you create your own valentines day cards? I would love to see!
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Quick & Easy Felt Valentine’s Day Pins
Hello Everyone!
Can you believe it is already February? This year is flying by! Last year I made these awesome little pins for my boyfriends band, a cute little freebie to give away to people that came to the valentine’s day show. They were such a hit I decided to share them with you.
They would be fun for a class project or a fun way to show your valentine’s day spirit at work.
The theme of last years show was “Wear your heart on your sleeve” so these little pins were fantastic.
You only need a few supplies:
- Felt Hearts
- A glue gun and glue sticks
- Extra felt (can be the same or different than the hearts)
- Small safety pins
- Scissors
Felt Hearts by Creatology, bought at Michaels Crafts.
The felt hearts can also be made with plain felt, I just chose to use these pre-made hearts because they have writing on them like the little candies, and they were really inexpensive.
To make the pins:
Cut up the extra felt piece into small squares. You want to make the square smaller than the heart and small enough to fit inside the small safety pin.
Use the glue gun to make a small dot of glue, place an open safety pin down into the glue face up.
Add another dot of glue over the safety pin, add a small square and press lightly. The open part of the safety pin should be facing you. As seen below…
Let Dry…
Ta-Da! Cute lil’ valentine’s day pins!
Quick and easy!
These things are so easy to make! You should have no problem pumping out a bunch for a party favors or fun giveaways.
What are you doing for valentine’s day?!
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