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Posted on August 30, 2019 by Lilian Yeh Forsyth — Leave a comment

Kid-Friendly Totem Dolphin Art Canvas

Hello, dear friends!

Kids are almost back to school here!!! If you still need some projects to keep the kids busy, try this…

Lilian (The Leaf Studio) here today to share a kid-friendly project – using Totem Dolphin. Here are some supplies you’ll need (complete list at the end of the post):

How-To:

1. I gave my kids some 8″x 10″ canvas and kids’ craft paints. The oldest one had watched some fluid painting videos before, so he mixed some water in the paints and poured on the canvas. Let it dry.

2. Take Totem Dolphin off the carrier and cover the pieces with a decorative tape of your choice. Trim excess tape with scissors or a craft knife:

3. To assemble the Totem Dolphin, use Mini-Brads. Use a Sharpie marker of your choice to color the mini-brads, if you don’t have the right color :

4. Here the assembled Totem Dolphin:

5. Trim some reverse scallops on colored cardstock to make the “waves” and adhere them on the canvas. Adhere the Totem Dolphin on canvas (you can also use foam tape for more dimension):

Supplies:

Totem Dolphin

Mini-Brads

Decorative Tape

Colored Cardstock

Scissors

Sharpie Maker (dark blue was used)

Canvas (8″x 10″ was used)

Kids’ Craft Paints

Adhesive

Posted on July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 by Lilian Yeh Forsyth

Inspirational Lace-Up Tag

Hello, dear friends!

Lilian (The Leaf Studio) here today to share an easy project – using Lace-Ups: Tag, Large, Rectangular – that could work as an ornament or hanging decoration.

How-To:

1. Spray ColorBox Pearl Rain Shine Spray on EyeConnect Crafts’ Lace-Ups: Tags, Large, Rectangular. Let dry.

2. Adhere an inspirational sticker on (I used Planner stickers here). Other ideas: Washi Tapes, Stamped words and/or sentiments, Hand-written words, etc…

3. Tie ribbons and/or sequined threads on the bottom pre-cut holes of Lace-Ups: Tags and tie a bow on the top, as shown.

4. Hang your finished tag.

Supplies:

Lace-Ups: Tag, Large, Rectangular

ColorBox Pearl Rain Shine Spray

Ribbon and Sequined Thread

Planner Stickers

Posted on June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 by Lilian Yeh Forsyth

It’s Been a Whale…Framed Art

Hello, dear friends!

Lilian (The Leaf Studio) here today to share an easy project for a kid’s desk!

I’m excited to be back as a Guest Designer! It’s been a “whale” since I last posted…so I decided to use Totem Whale + a photo frame I bought at IKEA:

I applied a thin layer of white gesso, with a paintbrush, on Totem Whale and let it dry:

Remove the pieces from the carrier and layer them with washi tape:

Trim the excess washi tape and assemble Totem Whale using Mini Brads in Silver:

Trim a “reverse scallop” on the edge of cardstock in different shades of blue. Layer them, alternating the colors, as shown below, using an adhesive of your choice. Trim the final panel to fit your photo frame:

Place the mat on the “waves” panel and adhere the Totem Whale on top, before placing them back in the frame:

Here’s the frame on the desk that my kids use…I also had to show off the board I bought at a local craft store, with a Bible verse they are memorizing for the next few weeks:

Supplies:

Totem Whale

Mini Brads in Silver

Washi Tapes

Scissors

Paintbrush

White Gesso

Cardstock in different shades of Blue

Photo Frame (IKEA)

Adhesive

Posted on May 17, 2019May 16, 2019 by pinkpigg33 — 1 Comment

When you move like a Jellyfish, Rhythm is nothing.

If you don’t know the blog title is a quote from a Jack Johnson song titled Bubble Toes. I like that song. So my project for today turned out way better than I had imagined it. I could not be more pleased with it, except for putting some words on it. I tried to put words on the other side of the wood block and that didn’t work out and I ended up painting over the words but then I didn’t like that as the background and preferred just the wood. So I flipped the block over and glued my jellyfish on. So I used blue and aqua paints and mixed them to get the shades I wanted. I painted my jellyfish while still attached to make it easier for those little tentacle pieces.

I have EyeConnect brads assorted blue, but they only have 6 of anyone color. So I dug in my stash and found all 8 the same color and size that I used on the body of the jelllyfish, but the tentacles have the EyeConnect brads and there are two different shades. So you should definitely make sure you have at least 8 of the exact same brads if not 16 for this awesome jelly.

After painting, I decided to add some contrasting color dots coming down from the top and I like the how the help it to look more 3D and give it dimension. Also I knew I wanted some ribbon added to the tentacles and I happened to have this great ribbon that matched perfectly and had the lovely swirliness to it. I attached my jellyfish just on the body so that the tentacle are still movable which is so fun! This is going to go perfectly in my kids bathroom with the underwater theme!

I hope you enjoyed my post today! I find it interesting how sometimes I have what I think will be a great idea and it turns disastrous. While other times it all comes together so easily and without thought and I just love it. Have you found that to happen with your projects too?

Until next month! -Kelli

Products used:

Totem Jellyfish

Blue brads

Posted on May 3, 2019April 20, 2019 by Dawn Darlene — 1 Comment

eyeConnect Crafts Peacock Card

Hello Pepps! Dawn here from the little mennonite blog. Here is a easy eyeConnect Crafts Peacock card for you.

Directions:

Using an A2 card front, sponge over various colours of red, pink and purple distress ink. Splash over water. Let dry. Assemble eyeConnect Crafts Peacock and colour as shown with gel pens. Let dry and assemble. Make sure you lay out the Peacock ahead of time to ensure you have all the pieces going the right way before you start colouring.

Using the Hello Sunshine stamp set from Concord and 9th, stamp the sentiment “it’s your day” in Bubblegum Pink from Hero arts. Add black with a pen and go over the pink ink again with a pink gel pen.

Add the Peacock to the card front with a double layer of foam tape so it will pop off the card and still be movable.

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Dawn Darlene

EyeConnect Crafts Totem Starfish Card

Hello! Dawn here from the little mennonite blog with this easy eyeConnect Crafts Totem Starfish card for you today.

Directions:

Die cut a rectangle from a piece of watercolor paper. Smoosh Distress ink on the paper and pour over clear embossing powder. Heat set. Paint waves and splatter over gold paint. Adhere panel to an A2 card front.

Paint eyeConnect Crafts Totem Starfish with yellow paint. Draw over design with black pen and then add gold gel pen details. Assemble and stick to card front with two layers of foam tape so the starfish will still be able to move.

Stamp sentiment from Simon Says Stamp’s Stained Glass Greetings in black VersaFine ink on vellum. Heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Cut out and add detail with a gold gel pen. Adhere to card front with Glossy Accents. Add Studio Katia gems.

Posted on April 12, 2019April 18, 2019 by pinkpigg33

Dolphin Helper

For my project that I am showcasing today, I used the Totem Dolphin. I used Perfect Medium all over the pieces and then sprinkled with silver sparkle embossing powder. I used tweezers to hold the pieces while I heat embossed them, but it was a bit tricky making sure they didn’t blow away! I didn’t prime the chipboard at all if you want to skip that step.

I decided I wanted to make my own journaling spot for my page that matched my page. So I used the back side of the packaging to make it. I stamped the dotted lines and the waves and used my corner rounder and inked up the sides. Easy peasy.

I knew I wanted water at the bottom of my page and played around with using sequins, but decided, in the end, to use multiple shades of blue paper that I freehand cut in waves. I inked up the top edge to add a little dimension and soften the edge. I used an 8×8 size page.

Here is my final page! I really wanted to make a page to remember this fun time that my daughter was able to have when we were at Six Flags and she was chosen to be the dolphin helper. She was able to be like a trainer for a few minutes and was able to pet the dolphin and feed it.

I truly am loving using Eye Connects Chipboard pieces. They can quickly enhance any of your projects from just ok to a WOW page. Hope you have a great weekend and find some time to create!!

Kelli

Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by Patricia Chalas — 1 Comment

Welcome Baby – Moon & Stars Lace up

Today I would like to show you a easy welcome baby sign I created using Moon & Stars Lace up. It is so easy and cute to make you’ll see.

Materials:

Lace up: Moon & Stars

acrylic paints of your choice

designer paper

white cardstock

brush

scissors

thread

I cut my base from white cardstock 5″x 7.5″ and cut out the center, leaving 1″ from each side from the top. Put aside, I chose to paint the stars using a variety of shades and the moon I painted white. Be sure to detach the center from the chipboard before painting . It will be more easy to detach from.

after painting, I cover de moon using a piece of designer paper of choice and then using the thread I added the colorful stars, different length each one. Then using designer papers cut out the words: welcome baby.

I then assembly all of my pieces together and end up with this cute door sign.

Tip: when assembly use foam white tape for a 3d effect.

Your Welcome Baby Moon & Star lace up is finished! Just add a piece of red ribbon on the back in order to hang it where you like!

Hope to have inspire you today!

Enjoy!!

Patricia

Posted on March 29, 2019March 28, 2019 by Christelle Demoiselle — 1 Comment

An over the rainbow rain cloud lace up

Today I propose to you an easy lace-up Rain cloud with the great recycled chipboard from Eye Connect Crafts. You could with kids or for you just for fun. It could be an extra decoration in a child bedroom to learn colours or in preschool.

Materials:

a lace-up Rain cloud
some acrylic paintings of your choice
a penbrush
thread
scissors
2 dots buttons
a piece of dot ribbon
newspapers to protect your table

I chose to paint cloud out of chipboard in white and raindrops in. It will be more easy to detach from. With painting it ties up with a large surface and you don’t want to tear off. I made a big rainbow of shades, eleven, but you can take less. It’s your choice.