Sara's Creative Adventures

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Christian Paper Crafts Challenge

I saw this challenge the other day and just had to play along.

Find the thread for the challenge over on Christian Paper Crafts

The challenge is Clean and Simple and use crayons if you can.

I CAN;)

Please scroll down to my other post for today, lots of inspiration on Crayon Melting Creating

I will just be showing you our finished creations in this post.

These little gems are going to Jessica's Kindergarten Teacher.

Framed art using melted crayons and sentiment from PTI All about you

"Make Life A Beautiful Thing"

by sara and jessica paschal...

Below are the abstract art cards we made by cutting the leftover pieces from the artwork above.

Leftovers are always SO GOOD;)...

These just make me so happy I can't stand it.

We will be making a bunch more of these little yummy treats!

Again please scroll to post below for inspiration and directions.

Product list.

PTI card stock in stampers select white and true black

All about you stamp set sentiment in Tuxedo Black

Crayons

Heat Gun

Photo Frame

Acrylic Paint

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless.

Crayola Reminiscing and Melting

The first day of school is just a few days away. Jessica spent Saturday listening to Mom reminisce about summer vacations, school and new crayons. Mom and Dad took us all over the US growing up. They would pack a little travel kit that included...Fruit Stripe Gum, Bugles, coloring book and a new package of CRAYOLA crayons. There is no worse feeling for a creative 5 year old to come back to the car after visiting the "tourist trap" of choice that day to find a molten form of brand new crayons. Sigh!

We figured out a few ways to make our own molten pieces of crayon art.

Some were new to us some I remember from childhood. Here they are, enjoy!

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A challenge over on Christian Paper Crafts

is to you crayons.

You can find it here...

Clean and Simple Saturday #36

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Wax Paper melted crayon art
supplies and tut from

http://itsonmyto-dolist.blogspot.com/2011/02/art-day-stained-glass.html

Here is how a Creative Jewish Mom frames her children's melted crayon art. Genius!

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Aluminum Foil/Griddle melted crayon printing

Place tinfoil over your electric griddle.

Melt your wax in the form you want your print (work in reverse if needed).

Here Jessica is laying down her wax for Thomas...

When you are done laying down your wax place a plain piece of paper over the hot wax and transfer the print to the paper by pressing lightly.

!Parents need to supervise this craft!

Here is Jessica holding her printed Thomas...

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Melting Crayons for Abstract Art

Below is Jessica's Foam Board Art project. Mom is going to frame it for her Design Room.

we were inspired by this art from

CMYBacon

More ideas...

Melt down crayon bits into a heart shape

using a silicone mold

attach the shape to a valentine

LOVE IT!

From The Long Thread

Melted crayon stained glass on greeting cards from

The Joy Of My Life

Melted Crayon Luminaries from

Aunt Peaches

Way Crafty shows us how to use melted crayons on our card creations.

dripping, making backgrounds and seals

This is a must see, must bookmark blog!

Way Crafty

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Here are some color quotes to use on your creation...

You Brought COLOR into my life

I see your

True Colors

and that is why

I Love You

Friends are like Crayons

You can never have enough and you always want new colors

We can all learn a lesson from crayons.

Some are Sharp; some are Beautiful.

Some have weird names; some are different colors.

But, they all have learned to live in the same box.

Fulghum

Life is about using the whole box of crayons.

RuPaul

Artists are just children who have just refused to put down their crayons.

Al Hirschfield

...magical dream sticks

Dr. SunWolf

Coloring outside the lines is fine art.

Kim Nance

I wish I were a white crayon, that way no one would use me.

Unknown

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
Allen Klein

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
John Whittier

Colors are the smiles of nature.
Leigh Hunt

Have more links or favorite sites please leave them in the comments.

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Welcome to Surfing Saturday

Welcome to week 2 Surfing Saturday.

I post here my absolute favorite finds from the week

right here...

1. Herbert the Hedge Hog by Wanda My wonderful friend Wanda posted this little guy this past week. She is selling the pattern and teaching a class on how to make Herbert. Visit the posted link for more details.

2. Fabric Garlands in Anthropology's window
This display window has my name all over it. From the colors used to the technique I am HOOKED!
I was seeking out garlands this week had a project in mind for our front doorway windows. Needless to say when i found this I was swooning;)

Here is a new flower that I have not seen before. Circles for petals, I can do this!!!! I plan on making some felt ones and some from paper out of my "scraptacular" basket.

Tip Junkie a new love over on FB and the net. So many ideas here, this site is fabulous!

Looking for more inspiration visit My

Boards

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless.

Friday, August 19, 2011

OWH sketch 82

I made both of these creations for OWH sketch 82 earlier this week.

I finally have some time to share them with you.

Here is the sketch...

OWH 82

I have been having a "scraptacutlar" week trying to get my scrap basket organized again.

This entire card came from the scrap box;)

The card below used a free printable made by Karen Adair for Craftsuprint FB page.

I loved her print so much I just printed, cut and used dimensional dots.

The black really popped the color and I am over the moon with this beauty!

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

So Very Blessed by a Wonderfully Gracious God

ONE YEAR
365 Days

Here is the link to my post

Driving Accident
(Want to catch up on our one year journey check into the posts following the one listed above.)

Just a quick update on the subject.

Donna is finished with all Dr. Appointments.

Her body has healed and that is truly a miracle from God.
I have posted this song Hold On for her and I
this is how we made it through this past year...

"I want to see you smile again, give some love to your CrAzY fRiEnDs.
Wipe your tears away those days are through."

"And the stars are up there shining for you.
Oh how the Father does adore you.
His lOVE will never change!"

As for myself I continue to have overwhelming anxiety, PTSD, sleepless nights
and constant worry for the safety of our girls.
I can't seem to get the sceene and my reactions to move on out.
When my phone rings, I won't answer, fearful of what is on the other end.
. ( My family has gotten used to texting or PM's on FB.)
Slowly I am coming around to the fact that I am not in control of anything!
Nothing I could have done different on August 16 would have changed the circumstance.
Everything that happens to us is in someway a GIFT from God.
(May take some time to see what the GIFT is but it is there cloaked in the darkness.)

Today I wish to share with you one gracious GIFT God had hidden in the dark just for me.
I figured out I had to do something different to become unstuck.
I found myself with more than my usual level of creativity.
So with the new year and a clean slate I decided to to something big.
"Go Big or Go Home"
seeing as how we don't know how to do anything small it is fitting don't you think?

I would get so excited when I saw a crafty friend published in my favorite craft magazine
Paper Crafts
I would do a happy dance for them.
Our girls thought I was CrAzY and they asked me why I did not submit to publications.
I had lots of excuses for not. But, with the faith they had in me I gave it a go.
!!!!So I started submitting thus arriving here today!!!!
Paper Crafts
September/October 2011
!!!!On your newsstand today!!!!

Pages 69 and 74

are showing off projects I designed.

Woo Woo!

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ONE YEAR
Exactly 365 Days to the DAY!
August 16 2010-August 16 2011
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I have posted this song for you before you know it as one of my favorites.
I just can't get enough I am always inspired when I listen to it.
TobyMac Get Back Up

"It is never to late to get back up again.
Maybe knocked down but not out forever..."

I want to take time to thank all of my wonderful family, friends and faithful blog readers that have supported myself and the family through this past year.
You are all a wonderful God given gift!
I love and appreciate each and everyone of you!
Thank you! God Bless!

Monday, August 15, 2011

Steampunk Lolita

I know, I am so far out of my box I had to tether a string to it so I could find my way back;)

Here is my Copic colored Steampunk Lolita complete with a flaming Scythe.

(I now am watching out for the pale horse to arrive!)

Revelation 6:1-8

Meet my Lolita...

She is a free download

Lineart Steampunk Lolita

you can snag yours here.

She is Colored with Copics.

The skull and crossbones is Tim Holtz Grundge Board, colored with Copic Marker and bling for eyes.

There is some lace and pearl ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Charms are from Michael's

I must have done something right on the cards I made the girls and their friends were going gaga over my shoulder. Not sure if it was my creation, Copics or the airbrush that had reined them in.

The dilemma now is what kind of card is it?

What sentiment do I use.

Would this one work?

I am a floozy named Lolita coming to reap your soul!

HaHaHa, I didn't think so either.

Feel free to leave me your suggestions in the comments, I would appreciate it.

I better find my tether now and retreat to the safety of my little creative box.

Don't forget to play along with the Steampunk Challenge in my previous post!

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!