Journal Page 1

Mixed media is an amazing type of art, because you can use anything and everything.  This is the first page I've posted on my blog, but I've made many others.

In this I used:

Green, Pink, White, and Yellow Acrylic Paint

Mod Podge

Stamps

Purple and Black Ink Pads

Alphabet Stamps

Printer Paper (for the words)

Rectangle Stencil  

Picture Below:)

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas...

 

Yes...I'm aware this isn't a craft, but let's just take a moment to worship the coziness of hot coco.

Frankenstein Nails

I know it's a little late, but I just couldn't help posting my nails from Halloween. I used a creme green polish and a black striper.

After painting your nails green, draw a zig-zag hairline.


Then fill it in.


Draw two eyes.



Then draw a slanted line.  Add dashes perpendicular to the line to create the scar mouth.


For the accent nail, I drew more of the scars.



Add a fast drying top coat and your done:)   

House of Hades Nails

I am in LOVE with House of Hades and to commemorate finishing the book, I created this dark gradient that is both perfect for fall and reading Rick Riorden's newest book.

To create this look I used three polishes:
A peach-y nude
A shimmery chocolate brown
And a shimmery deep purple

I applied all of the colors in a block as tall as my nail on a makeup sponge I purchased from Sally's Beauty Supply.

I then lined up the edge of my nail with the colored block and rolled the sponge over my nail.

I did this with all of my nails.  I chose to do two coats as the polish is very thin when you sponge.

Add a top coat and your done!

The best part about the sponge gradients is that you can use any colors and you get an amazing effect.  If my word instructions aren't very clear, I learned this technique from MissJenFabulous on YouTube.  Search for her ombre nail tutorial (or something like that) You should all go check her out!

                                                                             

Pumpkin Head

I know this isn't exactly a craft, but I found these adorable potato-head pieces for pumpkins. We have a cat, a dog, a bear, a pig, a pirate, a princess, a skeleton, and the witch shown in the picture. I found mine at walmart, but there maybe other places to by them at.

Easy Lanyard

So my school this year is making us wear ID tags on lanyards and the ones they give us to use are lame.  So I, being the DIY-y person I am...I made a lanyard out of paper clips and the clippy part off an old lanyard. I also purchased a lanyard making kit from Michael's.  Picture below:)

Shattered Glass Manicure

This manicure was made up by a friend of mine. All you have to do is use a black striped and draw lines in almost random patterns on your nail.  For my nails she did just the thumb with the design.

PS: there will be another school supplies craft coming soon:)

School Supplies Personalization

I know I adore having my own style when it comes to my school supplies.  This year I decided to make little inserts for my binders.

The base is scrap booking paper.
For the words I printed out text and cut the pieces into rectangles.
As I like dance, I chose to print out some dancer silhouettes.  I then cut them out using an exacto knife.  You could also use other silhouettes.
To finish I added stickers.

                     
Pictures Below:)

                                                 

                                                 

                                                 

                                                  

Junk Tree

This is my first ever all-my-own DIY project.  As far as I am concerned, I created this entirely myself.  I have given it the name 'Junk Tree" because that is literally what it is...a tree made from junk.  In this post you will get step by step picture and word instructions.  You can make one like mine...or I encourage you to add your own style:)  Lets get started!

You will need:

Cardboard or canvas

Hot glue gun and sticks

Scissors

Junk! (I used straws, barrets, buttons, poptabs, pins, marbles, doll shoes, etc)

Optional:

Paint

Paint brushes

First: you are going to sketch out the basic tree shape as a guideline on your cardboard or canvas.

Next: lay out some of the larger things just to get an idea of how they fill the space.

Next: Glue everything down.  I found it helpful to take a picture of the original layout from before to look at when I got stuck.  Because you are making a shape from the materials...it can be tricky...just remember: we are capturing nature and nature isn't perfect.

Last: You can choose to be done the step before if that is the look you are going for, but I wanted it to be all one color scheme...I chose grey, white, black, and a pale yellow.

And now you are done!