OMG I was laughing so hard with the Aqua net. Memories!! LOL!! Gahhhhh.... I so love your videos. So much fun! I need these stamps, and more people on my list to send postcards to.
Thank you for your easy-to-follow demo and for directing me to Art Neko. What gorgeous stamps! Placed my first order and within minutes their kind folks sent me a nice note and adjusted the price with your discount. Everybody wins! Looking forward to playing with many stamps very soon. So thank you so much; your postcard designs are brilliant!
I love all your innovative money saving ideas. You inspired me to make my own dobbers out of stuff I had. SOoooo, I took a few makeup wedges and snipped of the narrow end about a third from the end. I used my glue sticks for handles. A couple of drops of craft glue in the knob end of the stick and stuffed the narrow end of the makeup wedge in it. Voile! I have an ink dobber and still have a functioning glue stick.
Hi Lindsay! Had a ball watching you make this and seeing the other samples! Was so fun because YOU were having so much fun! Laughing and joking and having an all around great time! The stamps are great and so many of us appreciate Art Neko for sponsoring stamp school! I've had my eye on the state bird set since you demoed them! They are beautiful and you can see the quality on the screen! This video was cool happy fun and informative-all those wonderful goodies that come from watching you! As I've said before-you're my favorite and I go to your archives when you take a day off (good for you!) See you next time! SFT, SFC! (From Plicketyplunk!) Keep laughing! :)
I really liked the idea of using the large stencil then the small one! Loved the way the postcards turned out! Thanks for always reminding us to use our products in different ways! Thanks Lindsay
Great tutorial...but all I could think about was my guilty supplies.....I have so much guilt...LOL...I have stamp sets not even used let alone supplies still in packages!!!! I did see a video where you put all your new supplies in a basket and not put them away until you use them and that is my New Years Resolution! Thanks for sharing and brightening the days!
+Anita Holmes thanks Anita! I think we all have the uninked stamp guilt. I wish we could all get together for a big craft night and use those guilty supplies!
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich no hate nor am i trying to be mean but when you speak you speak a little to fast and sometimes it can be like 10% annoying. i love your videos
Kitty Eskimo you can slow the video down by clicking on the little wheel looking icon at the bottom of the video. (to the right of the CC) Hope this helps!
hi Lindsay wow the postcards turn out amazing always good to see you thank you for the lesson it was fun watching it again thank you have a bless day and crafty hugs to you
Oh Lindsay my guilty supplies knows no bounds and does not leave any craft supply out. I too have distress markers unused, stamp sets, dies and ink pads, not to mention tools. All these at the of purchase I really couldn't do without. I've stated to organize my stash in the hope of using all more. Wish me luck. Thanks for your videos ypu have an awesome talent and I love ypur videos.
This was so much fun to do. I had been really struggling to find the best use for my distress crayons and gelato's (both given as gifts) and this project was the perfect solution. And it gave me ideas for some other uses with mixed media work. Thank you!
THANK YOU! I love playing with my distress ink. I listened to you and bought reinkers. I wondered if I was doing something wrong. I thought it was the way I used them but its GREAT to have you confirm it! These are BEAUTIFUL!
Lyndsey!!! That's so awesome, and I really love those postcards. The stamps are amazing. I really love the steampunk ones too I really enjoyed this video, you are awesome too!!!! Thank you so much xxx Mags
Love love love this tutorial!!! Such awesome designs and Such a fun tutorial too - your enjoyment and humor just really brightened my day and encouraged and helped me too - in still struggling with stamping so this is really helping me - I'm gonna get this Marine stamp - thanks for your mailman Dan story so I won't forget to set the water soluable stamps before mailing them - the aqua net brought back memories of high school for me too!!! Thanks as always- you are an Amazing teacher !!!
You did inspire me today to crack open my guilty PearlEx powders and try painting with them - they are gorgeous. I also recently bought some metallic gelatos and used them too - yeah! I love your videos and your carefree, experimental approach to art - that's what it should be, right? Keep up the wonderful techniques and inspiration.
Why, oh why, did I spend so much money on those Spectrum Noir markers. I think I have them all (or close to it) because I got a "good deal' but I rarely use them. I much prefer other mediums for making cards. I have some gelatos, too, that I was convinced I needed, but rarely use and don't love. I remember when I was in officer candidate school and had to use hair spray at a rate of 2 cans/week to keep the "wisps" under control when we stood inspection. It was crazy how much hairspray and how many bobby pins were in my hair every day, and I still had "wisps' at every inspection!
Yeah (sigh). I was a child of the 60's and had hair that would not hold a tease no matter how much hair spray you put on it. It seems my hair sucks up hair spray and an hour later is still limp and flat. And soft. I was in my 50's when I decided to put a more positive spin on it and called it "silky!" I was literally spraying at least 4 times a day and had at least 8 bobby pins on each side of my pony tail to try to keep my hair under Navy control!!!
Great video Lindsay! 😆 Love the aquanet...lol. I wish this would of had smell a vision. Aquanet & high school and big hair, those were the days. Class of 91 here. 😉
Love the video and the card is ultra-delicious! Thank you for all the tips, comparisons and low cost alternatives - it's important to me that everyone be able to create art despite budgetary constraints! You're fantastic - thank you for sharing your time and talents!
Oh how I love watching your videos... you not only teach me something with every video...I always find myself laughing out loud (super secret Aqua Net:):) Thanks again for the video and cool tips!!
Thanks for this idea! I needed something like this for a trip I'm taking, I have to have gifts that represent Texas and this is exactly what the impact I want! Just wanted you to know that I really appreciate your techniques for someone like myself who wants to be an artist but not completely artistic 😜
I have the gel sticks and the gelatos also. I have been good though and have not bought the distress crayons! I made the bottle cap daubers also. Thanks for the tip. Thanks for the tips on using stencils. I have an inch of them I got few years again and I need to use them.
Thanks for all your videos! Never seen a bad one yet. I have guilt over my bind in all tool. Thought I'd use it a lot and just haven't used it like I thought. I have other supply guilt, but that one stares at me :) Love how you teach to use what you got and love the imagination you have when it comes to projects. Thanks again!
Great tutorial, Lindsay! I shall definitely use this for masterboards, creating backgrounds to cut up and add accent stamping for individual projects. I was given some oil pastels recently and didn't really know what to use them for, but I can definitely try them for this.
love this idea! I like how you encourage the use of ones stash :) My guilt and shame... A glass kiln and accessories... omg.. you don't want to know how much...
Bristol is great, we used them in our 2D/3D design class with gouache. I've also used them with watercolors when I was out of watercolor paper. As long as you don't need to blend them or use too much water, bristol is great with watercolor paints. As for my guilt art supplies - stamps, watercolor markers, Twinkling H2Os, Schmincke Watercolors, watercolor crayons, watercolor pencils (I rarely ever use them), and last the Gansai Tambi watercolors (I don't like them, but I want to use them up so I can refill the big pans with paints I do like), oh and my prismacolor markers, the smell makes me dizzy so they just sit in my studio looking sad. It's bad, I mainly use the Mijello Mission Gold paints, my pencils and my uniball signo pen for lines. A lot of my other supplies are neglected. X.x
I take my unloved extras out in the field painting so it forces me to use them. I discover new favorited that way and since they are not my "best" I don't worry about using them up:)
My guilty collection of paint brushes. I mostly paint in watercolor and probably have more than a hundred. I generally use about five that are my faves. The rest are there for decor I think.
Great video, love the ideas and tools you used. You are so dynamic and funny! Guilt and shame ..... the wonderful supplies in the box because.. who knows why, we flit from one exploration to another maybe because ideas flow and we are experimenters. Love your blog and UA-cam shows,great ideas and examples, and must say Many Thanks!
Lava soap after the video, please, Lyndsey! I paused the video to say that I LOVE those inky fingers. I identify with those wonderful, colorful fingers, although I have several decades on you, so mine have gnarly joints and age spots mixed in, lol. Artist/Crafter hands! 🖐
My tiny hoard of G45 paper that I refuse to use, my leather tools that I will probably never use, my jewelry/metal smith tools that I haven't used in so long but spent a fortune on......there is so much. I try so many things over the years, and then collect all the supplies and still I always come back to my beloved paper crafting, but if I want to play with something else I am pretty sure I have the stuff to do it.
Nifty layering! Seems there are a lot of "guilts" posted, for unused or barely used craft supplies. I've been thinking, wouldn't it be fun to have a craft swap, to "pass the guilt on"? It would give those who haven't tried a particular craft item, exposure to it, while allowing some decluttering with a surprise at the end! Even partial paint tubes of colors we're not fond of, etc. Could be a fun way to start the New Year and beat the after Christmas letdown?
Robin Burdette I recently gifted a friend with supplies. She felt bad for not recripocating. She is painting her house and her craft room is full of other stuff. I told her I didn't want more stuff. I felt SO much better without the stuff. My sister gifted me with part of her hoard. I LOVE LOVE LOVE part of it. Most of it. Not so much for other parts. I totally agree with you about passing things on!
Great cards. Loving the dragonfly stamp. I don't use my gelatos as often a I should. BTW I love stencils that have ink or paint on them. I used to be quite anal about cleaning them, but now it doesn't bother me at all. The messier the better ! Great video.
Thanks Lindsay! Also great backgrounds for art journaling. p.s. Target discontinued their up&up gel crayons last spring. Tried to find them after your review in May. I think they are pushing Mr scent watercolor crayons.
I have lots of stuff to use up so all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, By the way if I miss something I just watch again or pause and re-run. Many I watch over and over but only because I forget little details that you covered and make it much easier to accomplish. Love them all.
Really helpful video and such beautiful designs. I like to making my own stencils using my digital cutting machine and lamination sheets. I can cut any shape, in any size I want.
My biggest guilty supply is beautiful card stock, that I never use because I'm trying to find the perfect project and don't want to waste it. I usually get it on one of those 70% off sales at Michael's, so it's not as if I spent a fortune on it. Those stamps are gorgeous. I've been eyeing them for some time. I really have no practical use for them, but I still want them. This is a great project. I'm going to dig out some of my stencils and try this. I use my inks all the time, but my gel crayons are neglected.
My current guilty pleasure are the Tim Holtz village dies. They are amazing but pricey (rightly so) and the little houses are so neat but I know I'll rarely use them. And anything Distress...love those products but I do use them a lot. And paper pads. And stamps... lol. I'm a compulsive craft shopper. Love the cards today. Totally something I would make.
Thanks Lindsay, I needed this tutorial. I just received Yupo paper, 10 pcs of 9x12 and spent $24, it is such a shameful over indulgence that I am afraid to use it. Maybe you can come up with something to ease my pain.
lol..guess I m blessed by not having money to spend most months. My spending is due to that non existant till summertime.As I don t have enough money to go on trips once a year I use a small amount to buy some artsupply s.I on purpose only buy things I m gonna use and only artist art supply s,no craftingquality s ,kids or student quality or crafting materials. This way I guess I have so many months to think if I wanna buy it and that I need to know I m gonna use it from day one otherwise it s wasted and I could ve bought a nice sweater instead so I don t have any problems with my spending.
Hi Lindsey I'm back watching more youtube videos again and had to come see what you've been up to - I've missed your excited and inspiring videos which fill my day with sparkles. Love the postcard idea such a great use of large stencils. I made a faux pas with a clock face stencil I thought was 6x6 but when it arrive was 12x12 - eek how to store, how to use??? It sat in a drawer ever since, but I have a bud of an idea forming now that will mean I can dust it off and use it yaay. Guilty secrets hmm plenty - if I buy G45 which is rate and normally on sale (it's mega expensive but even more so it feels if not in USA) I have a hard time cutting into it. I have time to flourish I think in 6x6 the calendar one and want to create a perpetual calendar - well I'd best hurry up as its meant as a Xmas present hehehehe. Oh and acrylic paints. I have a few standby colours I use but I don't use acrylic paint often yet felt I needed a set of primary and neutral so splashed out and for sonedecent brushes to go with them.... Sigh not used the paints and the brushes I use if I use watercolour paints or pencils but ATM I mostly use markers or polychromos pencils (yeah those were expensive too but I use them so it dulls the pain ) :) once I've sorted my stash in some semblance of order I hope ill make better use of everything. What started out as a little hobby and filled a asker has taken over my lounge so it needs a serious talking to (well I do hehe) and moving to a permanent position. Will box up over Xmas and do a New Years resolution me thinks.
I love distress crayons. You don't use enough pigment when you lay it down. Distress crayons require quite a bit of pigment in order to blend- otherwise they just sit on the paper-You definitely have to use more than you do a Gelato. I like to use my fingers to blend them in but you have to do it pretty quickly or it dries. For example I would put down two or three areas on your card of just one color and blend it in and then move to the next color. It will rewet-obvisouly since you did it-t with a baby wipe but you take off a lot more color with than with a finger.
Great video. Thanks for sharing all your tips and techniques. You have inspired me to pull out my supplies and start creating. How thick is the paper you used? Would mixed media paper work just as well? I have a pad of mixed media paper but no bristol paper? Thanks.
If you use distress crayons on canvas, will they smear if you try to varnish with anything but a spray? I am really disappointed in the non-permanence of them so would love to hear back from you. Thanks so much Lindsay! Love your videos!
my guilt is with stamp sets I have bought and never used!!! Usually for a project I have forgotten lol. usually doesnt bother me too much, however the holiday ones always do because I know they will sit there another 11 months till I forget about them again! haha Question? Do you prefer Versafine over Archival? I love my archival pad and use it a lot. I just dont like pigment ink much unless I will emboss! Thanks so very much! Happy holidays! hugs Phillip
Usually Archival but Versafine onyx black is the blackest ink I have and it will adherre to a greasy surface like the gelatos/crayons so that's why I used it. I was worried archival might bead up or not dry.
I have some buyer's guilt, but I try to buy only what I will use more than once. And it helps to look on them as an investment. Also, I find watching videos gives me many ideas about what to do with I have.
my guilty purchase is my scan'n'cut , I was given it by my husband but found it didn't cut fabric as well as my big shop pro I brought when the quilt shop closed in our town, but now that i am learning card making the brother scan'n cut is handy. what brand or type of ink is best for the blending you did here ? loved the stamps you used also. pity the ozzie dollar is so low .
oooh! Such fun playing around today with these stencils. I do love the end results after a play session. BTW...my shame and guilt is my Cricut Expression and about 100+ carts. :(
Valerie Martin I feel you there. I don't have anywhere near that many cartridges. But I do feel guilty not using them enough. It is just so frustrating how it cuts sometimes. I buy new blades but still get bad cuts
I had to rewind the video because my mind drifted off thinking bout any guilty things. I decided not much really, just things I haven't used much yet. What I feel guilty about is my messy craft room. I'm going to destash my area by boxing up all my scraps of paper and patterned paper that I know I'll never use and donate it to a local grade school. I now enjoy making my own background paper. Thanks for the video. I need to use my stencils more.
Pat Cyzauskas I LOVE making my own backgrounds. I recently pulled out a bunch of patterned paper and gave it to a friend. I realized I keep white paper, inks, embossing folders and dies by my table. My patterned paper went into another room.
my guilt and shame is in the inktense watercolor pencils, inktense blocks (I have used both of these and like them but I just don't use them enough to justify the purchases), and a couple of stamps I just had to have but have never used.
While working along with this video I have found that several of my ink pads have dried out. It seams like I remember you having a way to solve that issue, yet I can't find where you put that diy... :'( Can you please remind me of how this is done...
Great tutorial I have quite a few unused stencils. I like the idea of layering. My biggest guilt is my cricut air I've not found the patience to figure out how to use it 😔
When I go to Artneko and type in dragonfly or dragonfly stamp it says there is no match. Is there some trick to finding these stamps? I tried octopus without luck too. Thanks for any help.
Lindsay, I just tried to check out the stamps at Artnecko and couldn't find any stamps at all. Every subject I clicked on either showed nothing was there or prints on paper? I'm so frustrated. Please help. Im really interested in the jellyfish, octopus, etc.
I just bought my very first Graphic 45 paper pad(Time to Flourish 12x12). When I showed my son he said, "Mom, you can't ever cut that, it's too pretty. LOL! I think I'm gonna have to buy a second one if I ever want to actually create with it!
Guilt My Recollections embossing powder that I recently bought. It was on say-lllle, so I bought too much. As it turns out, it's the only embossing powder that I have ever had that I don't recommend and I will be returning some of it. I have a tough time using my paper stencils because I want to paint them with acrylic paint first. Maybe you've inspired me to do that.
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“Smells like my youth” you crack me up! Another great tutorial, thank you!
OMG I was laughing so hard with the Aqua net. Memories!! LOL!!
Gahhhhh.... I so love your videos. So much fun! I need these stamps, and more people on my list to send postcards to.
Thank you for your easy-to-follow demo and for directing me to Art Neko. What gorgeous stamps! Placed my first order and within minutes their kind folks sent me a nice note and adjusted the price with your discount. Everybody wins! Looking forward to playing with many stamps very soon. So thank you so much; your postcard designs are brilliant!
+Harmony Rose Lane thanks!
I love all your innovative money saving ideas. You inspired me to make my own dobbers out of stuff I had. SOoooo, I took a few makeup wedges and snipped of the narrow end about a third from the end. I used my glue sticks for handles. A couple of drops of craft glue in the knob end of the stick and stuffed the narrow end of the makeup wedge in it. Voile! I have an ink dobber and still have a functioning glue stick.
Hubby..... Lindsay said I need to go to the craft store. LOL These prints are amazing. I loved this tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing your talents.
Ahhh....takes me back to aquanet and soup can curlers! Yes I did! Love this video!
Hi Lindsay! Had a ball watching you make this and seeing the other samples! Was so fun because YOU were having so much fun! Laughing and joking and having an all around great time! The stamps are great and so many of us appreciate Art Neko for sponsoring stamp school! I've had my eye on the state bird set since you demoed them! They are beautiful and you can see the quality on the screen! This video was cool happy fun and informative-all those wonderful goodies that come from watching you! As I've said before-you're my favorite and I go to your archives when you take a day off (good for you!) See you next time! SFT, SFC! (From Plicketyplunk!) Keep laughing! :)
thanks! it was a fun project!
I really liked the idea of using the large stencil then the small one! Loved the way the postcards turned out! Thanks for always reminding us to use our products in different ways! Thanks Lindsay
Great tutorial...but all I could think about was my guilty supplies.....I have so much guilt...LOL...I have stamp sets not even used let alone supplies still in packages!!!! I did see a video where you put all your new supplies in a basket and not put them away until you use them and that is my New Years Resolution! Thanks for sharing and brightening the days!
+Anita Holmes thanks Anita! I think we all have the uninked stamp guilt. I wish we could all get together for a big craft night and use those guilty supplies!
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich no hate nor am i trying to be mean but when you speak you speak a little to fast and sometimes it can be like 10% annoying. i love your videos
Kitty Eskimo you can slow the video down by clicking on the little wheel looking icon at the bottom of the video. (to the right of the CC) Hope this helps!
I never realized what the gear wheel was used for, thanks for the tip!!!
I love how positive you are you always brighten my day up 😘
+lily 1690 thanks!
hi Lindsay wow the postcards turn out amazing always good to see you thank you for the lesson it was fun watching it again thank you have a bless day and crafty hugs to you
Oh Lindsay my guilty supplies knows no bounds and does not leave any craft supply out. I too have distress markers unused, stamp sets, dies and ink pads, not to mention tools. All these at the of purchase I really couldn't do without. I've stated to organize my stash in the hope of using all more. Wish me luck. Thanks for your videos ypu have an awesome talent and I love ypur videos.
good luck:)
Hi Lindsay, I was not having the greatest day. I watch you video and it brightened it!! Thank you😃
+Miss D thank you:) I hope your day is getting better now:)
This was so much fun to do. I had been really struggling to find the best use for my distress crayons and gelato's (both given as gifts) and this project was the perfect solution. And it gave me ideas for some other uses with mixed media work. Thank you!
Ha ha I laughed out loud about Aqua Net, how did we get through the '80's without it! The mail bag will smell terrific. Thanks for the video.
THANK YOU! I love playing with my distress ink. I listened to you and bought reinkers. I wondered if I was doing something wrong. I thought it was the way I used them but its GREAT to have you confirm it!
These are BEAUTIFUL!
These look so great. Beautiful results, and another way to use wonderful stencils and stamps. Thanks Lindsay.
I love the cards they turned out wonderfully. Chalk pastels, they are the top of my guilty supplies.
I need to use mine more too:)
Very unique and beautiful. Thank you! Colors are just perfect with the blending.
Wasuw still watching some of your ild videos i have not seen yet, and still loving them, those cards are amazing, thx!!!!! 😘
Lyndsey!!! That's so awesome, and I really love those postcards. The stamps are amazing. I really love the steampunk ones too I really enjoyed this video, you are awesome too!!!! Thank you so much xxx Mags
Love love love this tutorial!!! Such awesome designs and Such a fun tutorial too - your enjoyment and humor just really brightened my day and encouraged and helped me too - in still struggling with stamping so this is really helping me - I'm gonna get this Marine stamp - thanks for your mailman Dan story so I won't forget to set the water soluable stamps before mailing them - the aqua net brought back memories of high school for me too!!! Thanks as always- you are an Amazing teacher !!!
thanks! We can't let Mailman Dan get Ink on his hands:) We need him to be in a good mood to bring us all of our art supplies we order:)
You did inspire me today to crack open my guilty PearlEx powders and try painting with them - they are gorgeous. I also recently bought some metallic gelatos and used them too - yeah! I love your videos and your carefree, experimental approach to art - that's what it should be, right? Keep up the wonderful techniques and inspiration.
+Jennifer Maddock thank you!
Why, oh why, did I spend so much money on those Spectrum Noir markers. I think I have them all (or close to it) because I got a "good deal' but I rarely use them. I much prefer other mediums for making cards. I have some gelatos, too, that I was convinced I needed, but rarely use and don't love. I remember when I was in officer candidate school and had to use hair spray at a rate of 2 cans/week to keep the "wisps" under control when we stood inspection. It was crazy how much hairspray and how many bobby pins were in my hair every day, and I still had "wisps' at every inspection!
+Bev P 2cans? Holy moley! I jump on marker and pencil bandwagons all the time, you are in good company on that one:)
Yeah (sigh). I was a child of the 60's and had hair that would not hold a tease no matter how much hair spray you put on it. It seems my hair sucks up hair spray and an hour later is still limp and flat. And soft. I was in my 50's when I decided to put a more positive spin on it and called it "silky!" I was literally spraying at least 4 times a day and had at least 8 bobby pins on each side of my pony tail to try to keep my hair under Navy control!!!
lol about the "smells like my youth" comment with the AquaNet!! OMG, so funny, Lindsay!! I can so relate! :P
Love this idea! Simple but beautiful.
I've found that buying art supplies is a hobby in itself! Ha! I can go shopping in my art room!
Great video Lindsay! 😆 Love the aquanet...lol. I wish this would of had smell a vision. Aquanet & high school and big hair, those were the days. Class of 91 here. 😉
class of 94:)
Lol 😆
Really love these postcards! TFS! And I love me some Aqua Net! LOL! Hugs, Kathy
Beautiful work! 80's high school bathroom....lol Love it! Awesome techniques! tfs!!
Love the video and the card is ultra-delicious! Thank you for all the tips, comparisons and low cost alternatives - it's important to me that everyone be able to create art despite budgetary constraints! You're fantastic - thank you for sharing your time and talents!
Beautiful Lindsay! Thanks for sharing.
Oh how I love watching your videos... you not only teach me something with every video...I always find myself laughing out loud (super secret Aqua Net:):) Thanks again for the video and cool tips!!
thank you:)
I love these cards/stamps!
Thanks for this idea! I needed something like this for a trip I'm taking, I have to have gifts that represent Texas and this is exactly what the impact I want! Just wanted you to know that I really appreciate your techniques for someone like myself who wants to be an artist but not completely artistic 😜
The postcard turned out great.... I like this tutorial.... thanks... Big Hair brings back memories.... the good old "hood ornament" bangs!!
we could add 3" to our height with them:)
I have the gel sticks and the gelatos also. I have been good though and have not bought the distress crayons! I made the bottle cap daubers also. Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the tips on using stencils. I have an inch of them I got few years again and I need to use them.
stencils are such a powerful design tool to have!
Love the idea of Aqua net! Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for all your videos! Never seen a bad one yet. I have guilt over my bind in all tool. Thought I'd use it a lot and just haven't used it like I thought. I have other supply guilt, but that one stares at me :) Love how you teach to use what you got and love the imagination you have when it comes to projects. Thanks again!
Great tutorial, Lindsay! I shall definitely use this for masterboards, creating backgrounds to cut up and add accent stamping for individual projects. I was given some oil pastels recently and didn't really know what to use them for, but I can definitely try them for this.
+Shoshi Platypus those should work fine:)
love this idea! I like how you encourage the use of ones stash :) My guilt and shame... A glass kiln and accessories... omg.. you don't want to know how much...
Bristol is great, we used them in our 2D/3D design class with gouache. I've also used them with watercolors when I was out of watercolor paper. As long as you don't need to blend them or use too much water, bristol is great with watercolor paints.
As for my guilt art supplies - stamps, watercolor markers, Twinkling H2Os, Schmincke Watercolors, watercolor crayons, watercolor pencils (I rarely ever use them), and last the Gansai Tambi watercolors (I don't like them, but I want to use them up so I can refill the big pans with paints I do like), oh and my prismacolor markers, the smell makes me dizzy so they just sit in my studio looking sad.
It's bad, I mainly use the Mijello Mission Gold paints, my pencils and my uniball signo pen for lines. A lot of my other supplies are neglected. X.x
I take my unloved extras out in the field painting so it forces me to use them. I discover new favorited that way and since they are not my "best" I don't worry about using them up:)
My guilty collection of paint brushes. I mostly paint in watercolor and probably have more than a hundred. I generally use about five that are my faves. The rest are there for decor I think.
Great video, love the ideas and tools you used. You are so dynamic and funny! Guilt and shame ..... the wonderful supplies in the box because.. who knows why, we flit from one exploration to another maybe because ideas flow and we are experimenters. Love your blog and UA-cam shows,great ideas and examples, and must say Many Thanks!
Lava soap after the video, please, Lyndsey! I paused the video to say that I LOVE those inky fingers. I identify with those wonderful, colorful fingers, although I have several decades on you, so mine have gnarly joints and age spots mixed in, lol. Artist/Crafter hands! 🖐
That means we are creating, love it!
Fantastic video thank you, I have a stash of stencils that hardly ever see the light of day...off now to let them out and be inked, stamped etc!
Great fun! Thank you so much. Smiles from Utah!
My tiny hoard of G45 paper that I refuse to use, my leather tools that I will probably never use, my jewelry/metal smith tools that I haven't used in so long but spent a fortune on......there is so much. I try so many things over the years, and then collect all the supplies and still I always come back to my beloved paper crafting, but if I want to play with something else I am pretty sure I have the stuff to do it.
you are sooo funny!.loved these images, and the technique, been wanting to do more stenciling,now I am even more inspired!Thank you!!!
Gosh, l love this post card! You always inspire me!
Nifty layering! Seems there are a lot of "guilts" posted, for unused or barely used craft supplies. I've been thinking, wouldn't it be fun to have a craft swap, to "pass the guilt on"? It would give those who haven't tried a particular craft item, exposure to it, while allowing some decluttering with a surprise at the end! Even partial paint tubes of colors we're not fond of, etc. Could be a fun way to start the New Year and beat the after Christmas letdown?
Robin Burdette I recently gifted a friend with supplies. She felt bad for not recripocating. She is painting her house and her craft room is full of other stuff. I told her I didn't want more stuff. I felt SO much better without the stuff.
My sister gifted me with part of her hoard. I LOVE LOVE LOVE part of it. Most of it. Not so much for other parts.
I totally agree with you about passing things on!
Loved these techniques! Thank you.
LOL what guilty shame? i must have missed that email LOL love love love it Lindsay
Great cards. Loving the dragonfly stamp. I don't use my gelatos as often a I should. BTW I love stencils that have ink or paint on them. I used to be quite anal about cleaning them, but now it doesn't bother me at all. The messier the better ! Great video.
Thanks Lindsay! Also great backgrounds for art journaling. p.s. Target discontinued their up&up gel crayons last spring. Tried to find them after your review in May. I think they are pushing Mr scent watercolor crayons.
I have lots of stuff to use up so all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, By the way if I miss something I just watch again or pause and re-run. Many I watch over and over but only because I forget little details that you covered and make it much easier to accomplish. Love them all.
Love these!!!! We were making concrete countertops yesterday and my hands are as stained as yours.
Really helpful video and such beautiful designs. I like to making my own stencils using my digital cutting machine and lamination sheets. I can cut any shape, in any size I want.
nice idea!
My biggest guilty supply is beautiful card stock, that I never use because I'm trying to find the perfect project and don't want to waste it. I usually get it on one of those 70% off sales at Michael's, so it's not as if I spent a fortune on it.
Those stamps are gorgeous. I've been eyeing them for some time. I really have no practical use for them, but I still want them.
This is a great project. I'm going to dig out some of my stencils and try this. I use my inks all the time, but my gel crayons are neglected.
+K Rye you can use them on that the heavy cardstock for postcards, you will save money on layers and embellies;)
My current guilty pleasure are the Tim Holtz village dies. They are amazing but pricey (rightly so) and the little houses are so neat but I know I'll rarely use them. And anything Distress...love those products but I do use them a lot. And paper pads. And stamps... lol. I'm a compulsive craft shopper.
Love the cards today. Totally something I would make.
I have no buyer's guilt, I just have a collection of things still to use! ;)
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Cool techniques!
Thanks Lindsay, I needed this tutorial. I just received Yupo paper, 10 pcs of 9x12 and spent $24, it is such a shameful over indulgence that I am afraid to use it. Maybe you can come up with something to ease my pain.
I usually save the newsprint and use it for wrapping paper or for art Journaling.
Fun video as always. I like your furnace.....don't worry about it. :-)
My guilt and shame comes from my inktense pencils and a few stamps I had to have but never use lol! Glad to hear I'm not the only one!!
Michelle King me too , inktense pencils hardly used and don't even mention stamps 😂.
Tracy Lustick lol! I know!! ;)
Well , we'll work with them next year 😆😆😆
Tracy Lustick for sure :)
lol..guess I m blessed by not having money to spend most months. My spending is due to that non existant till summertime.As I don t have enough money to go on trips once a year I use a small amount to buy some artsupply s.I on purpose only buy things I m gonna use and only artist art supply s,no craftingquality s ,kids or student quality or crafting materials. This way I guess I have so many months to think if I wanna buy it and that I need to know I m gonna use it from day one otherwise it s wasted and I could ve bought a nice sweater instead so I don t have any problems with my spending.
Great tutorial thanks for sharing
Hi Lindsey I'm back watching more youtube videos again and had to come see what you've been up to - I've missed your excited and inspiring videos which fill my day with sparkles. Love the postcard idea such a great use of large stencils. I made a faux pas with a clock face stencil I thought was 6x6 but when it arrive was 12x12 - eek how to store, how to use??? It sat in a drawer ever since, but I have a bud of an idea forming now that will mean I can dust it off and use it yaay. Guilty secrets hmm plenty - if I buy G45 which is rate and normally on sale (it's mega expensive but even more so it feels if not in USA) I have a hard time cutting into it. I have time to flourish I think in 6x6 the calendar one and want to create a perpetual calendar - well I'd best hurry up as its meant as a Xmas present hehehehe. Oh and acrylic paints. I have a few standby colours I use but I don't use acrylic paint often yet felt I needed a set of primary and neutral so splashed out and for sonedecent brushes to go with them.... Sigh not used the paints and the brushes I use if I use watercolour paints or pencils but ATM I mostly use markers or polychromos pencils (yeah those were expensive too but I use them so it dulls the pain ) :) once I've sorted my stash in some semblance of order I hope ill make better use of everything. What started out as a little hobby and filled a asker has taken over my lounge so it needs a serious talking to (well I do hehe) and moving to a permanent position. Will box up over Xmas and do a New Years resolution me thinks.
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I love distress crayons. You don't use enough pigment when you lay it down. Distress crayons require quite a bit of pigment in order to blend- otherwise they just sit on the paper-You definitely have to use more than you do a Gelato. I like to use my fingers to blend them in but you have to do it pretty quickly or it dries. For example I would put down two or three areas on your card of just one color and blend it in and then move to the next color. It will rewet-obvisouly since you did it-t with a baby wipe but you take off a lot more color with than with a finger.
thanks for the tips:)
Great video. Thanks for sharing all your tips and techniques. You have inspired me to pull out my supplies and start creating. How thick is the paper you used? Would mixed media paper work just as well? I have a pad of mixed media paper but no bristol paper? Thanks.
+Laura Murphy that will work
Thanks.
awesome...really enjoyed this video
If you use distress crayons on canvas, will they smear if you try to varnish with anything but a spray? I am really disappointed in the non-permanence of them so would love to hear back from you. Thanks so much Lindsay! Love your videos!
they might be ok if you use and oil based varnish, I'd test it on a scrap first tho.
my guilt is with stamp sets I have bought and never used!!! Usually for a project I have forgotten lol. usually doesnt bother me too much, however the holiday ones always do because I know they will sit there another 11 months till I forget about them again! haha
Question? Do you prefer Versafine over Archival? I love my archival pad and use it a lot. I just dont like pigment ink much unless I will emboss! Thanks so very much! Happy holidays! hugs Phillip
Usually Archival but Versafine onyx black is the blackest ink I have and it will adherre to a greasy surface like the gelatos/crayons so that's why I used it. I was worried archival might bead up or not dry.
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich oh thank you!!!
Still a great video! So many crafty ideas! Too bad the stamp company is out of business. I love the stamp collections you shared on this video.
I have some buyer's guilt, but I try to buy only what I will use more than once. And it helps to look on them as an investment. Also, I find watching videos gives me many ideas about what to do with I have.
Fantastic - thank you!
my guilty purchase is my scan'n'cut , I was given it by my husband but found it didn't cut fabric as well as my big shop pro I brought when the quilt shop closed in our town, but now that i am learning card making the brother scan'n cut is handy. what brand or type of ink is best for the blending you did here ? loved the stamps you used also. pity the ozzie dollar is so low .
distress ink bends well but try what you have first, it might be just fine:)
Thanks so much.
oooh! Such fun playing around today with these stencils. I do love the end results after a play session.
BTW...my shame and guilt is my Cricut Expression and about 100+ carts. :(
Valerie Martin I feel you there. I don't have anywhere near that many cartridges. But I do feel guilty not using them enough. It is just so frustrating how it cuts sometimes. I buy new blades but still get bad cuts
My guilt is over the pebeo paints, got them used them a couple of times and couldn't stand the smell or how long it took to dry/cure.
Nice cards! Can it be any hairspray?
Yup
I had to rewind the video because my mind drifted off thinking bout any guilty things. I decided not much really, just things I haven't used much yet. What I feel guilty about is my messy craft room. I'm going to destash my area by boxing up all my scraps of paper and patterned paper that I know I'll never use and donate it to a local grade school. I now enjoy making my own background paper. Thanks for the video. I need to use my stencils more.
Pat Cyzauskas I LOVE making my own backgrounds. I recently pulled out a bunch of patterned paper and gave it to a friend.
I realized I keep white paper, inks, embossing folders and dies by my table. My patterned paper went into another room.
my guilt and shame is in the inktense watercolor pencils, inktense blocks (I have used both of these and like them but I just don't use them enough to justify the purchases), and a couple of stamps I just had to have but have never used.
While working along with this video I have found that several of my ink pads have dried out. It seams like I remember you having a way to solve that issue, yet I can't find where you put that diy... :'( Can you please remind me of how this is done...
hi there :) could I coat these with an acrylic varnish (fluid) or would it destroy the images? thanks for the lovely videos -I'm a fan :)
+Kreativ und Happy I would still seal it with hairspray first because brushing on the acrylic might run the ink.
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich thank you very much :)
Great tutorial. Where can I purchase the Post Card stamp??
art neko, link in description
My guilt supplies...Inktense blocks (the big set) and Twinkling H2Os I WILL use them. Eventually.
love it as far as guilt supplies I have one to many scared to mess up so I don't use them
Great tutorial I have quite a few unused stencils. I like the idea of layering. My biggest guilt is my cricut air I've not found the patience to figure out how to use it 😔
+Diy_ Decor4home I bet you will make up some holiday gift boxes with it, if not it will keep;)
When I go to Artneko and type in dragonfly or dragonfly stamp it says there is no match. Is there some trick to finding these stamps? I tried octopus without luck too. Thanks for any help.
The owner was in the middle of a site redesign and had a heath emergency. I have no further info:(
And my guilty supplies are probably oil pastels and oil paints and drawing inks for dip pens.
just bought some drawing inks today rich , just a little guilty, but not much lol
+The Spin Doctor nice! Wait, I thought you didn't like oils?
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Cf. why they are guilty supplies as i don't use them!
brilliant!
Lindsay....did you say Target gel crayons? Anr the the plain colored ones in the bowl?
+Deborah Lynch yes, they are in the kids art supply isle next to office supplies. $4 for 8 colors. They are great!
Guilty purchase: Spectrum Noir Markers - the complete set.
3horsefan I forgot about those. I bought 3 sets on sale and really don't like them. I need to find a happy home for those.
Lindsay, I just tried to check out the stamps at Artnecko and couldn't find any stamps at all. Every subject I clicked on either showed nothing was there or prints on paper? I'm so frustrated. Please help. Im really interested in the jellyfish, octopus, etc.
they are in the process of redoing the website so it is down for the moment:(
yep, bought some new graphic 45 paper pads months ago, love them but still havent used them lindsay. tut tut me lol
+Jayne Walters oh man, me too! I have to buy extra sheets so I have one to use and one to save lol! I am guilty right there with you!
lol. do you have any tutorials using them?
I just bought my very first Graphic 45 paper pad(Time to Flourish 12x12). When I showed my son he said, "Mom, you can't ever cut that, it's too pretty. LOL! I think I'm gonna have to buy a second one if I ever want to actually create with it!
effie, arnt they just beautiful, i love em. have you seen the latest one "Nature Sketchbook" just had to buy it.
Ink intense pencils and blocks!
Buyers Guilt is for suckers. Let it go! ;^) Great info + inspiration in video, my first time watching Linds. I shall return.
Guilt My Recollections embossing powder that I recently bought. It was on say-lllle, so I bought too much. As it turns out, it's the only embossing powder that I have ever had that I don't recommend and I will be returning some of it. I have a tough time using my paper stencils because I want to paint them with acrylic paint first. Maybe you've inspired me to do that.
Thanks for trying, Lindsey.