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Craft Haul-in’ at my Local Stamp Store

June 11, 2016

Craft Haul Video

Sometimes you just feel like you need some new supplies to kick your creativity into gear- and last month I recharged my creative juices by doing some Craft Haul’in at my local stamp store, STAMPLISTIC. I did a Periscope sharing my hauls, which I’ve now edited a bit and put on YouTube for everyone. The first my “new” purchases– And this next one are my “used” goodies! I kind of overspent, but I’m happy with the things I […]

Alcohol Marker Comparison!

June 8, 2016

Epic alcohol-maker comparison- 5 Brands!

There are so many brands of alcohol markers on the scene now- it’s hard to know which ones are the “best” for you! So I took to Periscope and did an epic 1 1/2 hour live demo to test out some of the major brands- Copic, Spectrum Noir, Prismacolor, Letraset ProMarkers, and even Faber-Castell Pitt Markers, (Yeah, I know those aren’t really alcohol markers, but what the heck! (disclosure: some links below may be affiliate links.) Today I’m looking at […]

Intro to Shimmering Watercolor Paints!

June 6, 2016

Craft Test Dummies compares 5 different brands of shimmering watercolors on three different kinds of paper so you can pick the right product for your projects!

Shimmering watercolor paints are pretty, shiny, and easy to use- just add water, right? But there are quite a few brands out there at WILDY different price points. So one evening I did an epic Periscope (you can watch the replays here even if you don’t have a smartphone or want to watch live) and my stalwart gang of Art Scopers and I did some testing. I broke down the hour-long session into two reasonable videos- the first part, about 8 minutes […]

Handmade Arts and Crafts at Hessler Street Fair

June 3, 2016

It’s Street Fair season in NE Ohio- that means fun food, music, and HANDMADE arts and crafts! I took a trip to the Hessler Street Fair in University Circle, Ohio, and got a henna tattoo as well as buying some handmade art.Take a look! Do you like street festivals? Did you ever participate in them as a seller? I’d love to hear your stories!!!

Guy Card and VLOG HOP!

May 30, 2016

We have put together quite the group of YouTubers to hopefully inspire your Guy themed cards! Just in time for Father's Day 2016 and perfect for the men in your life. There will be26 videos starting May 23rd through June 5th. We will do this hop style, so you will watch the first video on Maymay Made It's Channel then you will hop to the others using the description box to see who is next. The contest is super fun, each creator will name a tool from their dad's tool box using the alphabet to keep us straight. You can start a list on your paper A thru Z and each time you catch a video write down the tool mentioned in the video. In the last video (Gareth's) there will be a link to a giveaway, you will list the tools you collected to be entered. Open internationally to persons 18 years and over. Go ahead and subscribe to all these wonderful channels! Monday the 23rd First Day Maymay - Maymay made it crafts http://www.youtube.com/maymaymadeit Tuesday 24th Dana Kersey Joy - Got Joy https://www.youtube.com/user/mzdanajoy And Shae Leigh - Shae206 - https://www.youtube.com/user/shae206 Wednesday 25th Esther Carver - Craft Corner with Esther C https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvH... And Tracey Philips - Gift Basket Appeal - https://www.youtube.com/user/giftbask... Thursday 26th Nicky Parr - Carsondcatslife https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Iv... And Fleurette F Bloom - Fleurette Bloom - https://www.youtube.com/user/fleurett... Friday 27th Lisa Jones - L.J. Creations - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO_z... And Cindy Brown Nemec - MiMi mixed bag - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0V... Saturday 28th Christopher Alan - Christopher Alan designs https://www.youtube.com/user/christop... And Sheila McShea - Sheila McShea https://www.youtube.com/user/macsheilam Sunday 29th Darrel Faris - Cutter Punk https://www.youtube.com/c/CutterPunkC... And Edith Wray - Scrapbooking with ME - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnYz... Monday 30th Donna Clerkin James - Little Spaceman paper crafts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLE7... AND Jenny Barnett Rohrs - Craft test dummies - https://www.youtube.com/user/crafttes... Tuesday 31st Ken & George - Crafts by Two https://www.youtube.com/user/CraftsByTwo And Ken Hess - Ken’s Kreations - https://www.youtube.com/user/hesskr Wednesday 1st Sarah Crankshaw - The Cranky Crafter https://www.youtube.com/user/crankygang And Georgia Ann Gibbs Carl - Georgia’s Crafty Creations https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYgn... Thursday 2nd Michelle Ratcliffe - Creative Chellebear https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1z... And Pam Tanino - pTanino - https://www.youtube.com/user/pTanino Friday 3rd Melody Lane - Melody Lane Designs https://www.youtube.com/c/melodylane And Maria Clark - Sweet Willow Designs - https://www.youtube.com/user/SweetWil... Saturday 4th Lorrie A Nunemaker - https://www.youtube.com/user/LONU2008 And Lyne Schnable - Blodgett - Lynn's Every Day ideas - https://www.youtube.com/user/lynnseve... Sunday the 5th Last Day Gareth Frewer - G’s Creations https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIy...

I’ve teamed up with May May Helms to participate in a super-cool GUY CARD video hop! You can get 26 ideas for cards AND enter to win goodies! Y’all know I love to make cards- heck, I have a whole YouTube playlist full of tutorials, techniques and ideas! But I’ve gotten away from cardmaking lately. So when May May Helms asked me to be a part of her GUY CARD collaboration and you-tube video hop, I HOPPED on the chance! […]

Color & Hang Wall Art Panels- Adult Coloring and Home Decoration

May 26, 2016

Color & Hang Wall Art Panels from GlobalBackyardIndustries.com

Many of us like coloring…. those adult coloring books are gorgeous, and the act of filling in the little areas with color is VERY relaxing. But what if you want to hang the picture? Or what do you do with the coloring pages after? Well, GlobalBackyardIndustries.com has come up with a cool solution. Disclosure: GlobalBackyardIndustries.com sponsored the video, and links below may be affiliate links. I am sharing video here because I think they are way cool and […]

DIY Monogram Sisal Rug (with Spray Paint!)

May 24, 2016

DIY Monogram Sisal Rug- make it with SPRAY PAINT!

I love those high-end monogram sisal rugs from fancy catalogs. But OH those prices? So what if I told you you could make a DIY monogram sisal rug in a weekend for a TENTH of the cost? Well, you can- and I did- so now I’ll share my tips and tricks with you! So this is a project I was hired to do for Krylon for their booth at the CHA tradeshow in January 2016. You’ll need: Sisal Rug Freezer […]

Three Wedding Favor Ideas That are Totally Dazzled!

May 16, 2016

Wedding Favor Crafts featuring rhinestone embellishments from TotallyDazzled.com.

Today I have some wedding favor ideas for you- three fun DIY crafts for a home made wedding that is “Totally Dazzled”- that is made glamorous with rhinestone embellishments from TotallyDazzled.com– our sponsor for this post! All of these wedding favors feature rhinestone embellishments- mine are from our sponsor TotallyDazzled.com– and they are super sparkly and high-quality. I chose these for my projects, but they have a wide variety of slides, buckles, pins, and buttons in different sizes, styles and […]

Mixed Media Stamping Block Techniques

May 13, 2016

Mixed Media Stamping Block Techniques- 4 ideas in 6 minutes in this video demonstration!

The idea for doing stamping block techniques (or block prints) came from a viewer on Periscope– she asked if I had any ideas for using stamping blocks in mixed-media art. Since I’m really upping my mixed-media game for our One Little Tag challenge, I created this mini-class for our Facebook Group and demonstrated it live for Persicope. Just a note: This is a replay of a live broadcast from Periscope- you can join me there by following @CraftTestDummy! It’s […]

Mixed Media Paper Napkin Techniques

May 11, 2016

Mixed Media Paper Napkin Techniques- watch FOUR ways to use printed paper napkins in your mixed media crafts in this 8 minute video from CraftTestDummies.com.

As I was working on my One Little Tag challenge tags this week, I got inspired to use some paper napkins I bought in my Tuesday Morning craft haul. So I decided to do a Periscope sharing FOUR mixed media paper napkin techniques! So here are the materials I used in my video- some links are affiliate links so you can shop for the products you might not have. Printed paper napkins- I get mine from a dollar store or […]

Rocket Ship Gift Bag

May 9, 2016

rocket ship, gift bag

Here’s on more segment from Hands On Crafts for Kids– it’s how to make a cute rocket ship gift bag you can make with your kids or FOR your kids! This is a fun craft that uses Contact Paper, oil pastels, glitter glue, markers and a plain gift bag. Instructions: Cut a piece of shelf paper slightly larger than bag. Place over pattern then trace with felt pen. To create stencil, carefully cut out center of each design element leaving […]

Envelope Accordion Books

May 3, 2016

accordion book, envelope books, diy, kids crafts, recycle crafts

This is another project I designed for Hands On Craft for Kids and I’m thrilled to share it with you here too! Today we are making little accordion-style “pocket” books from envelopes and recycled materials. . Great for little photo books, travel journals, or even coupon keepers. Materials needed: Glue Stick Cereal box cardboard Gift wrap Scraps of ribbon Envelopes (6 or another even number) Ruler Scissors Pencil Markers or stickers to decorate as desired I have a video to […]

Testors AirBrainz Air Brush Kit Review and Demo

May 2, 2016

AirBrains Air Brush Kit from Testors- and video review and demo.

When you say the words “Air Brush,” I’m tempted to back away slowly. To me, those words are synonymous with messy, hard to control, complicated systems. But the AirBrainz kit from Testors (you know the folks who make all of the model airplane paints) is a pleasant surprise. Disclosure: samples provided for review purposes only. My opinions are honest and my own, and based on first-hand experience with the product. Some links contained in the post are affiliate links. […]

Reverse Reveal Stencil Technique

April 26, 2016

Today we are going to REVERSE stencil- that is REMOVE color through a stencil to REVEAL the color underneath! All you need is a baby wipe, watercolor crayons, stencils, and plain cardstock.

Lately I’ve been the Queen of all Watercolor Crayons- I’ve been testing out Distress Crayons, Recollections, Faber Castell Gel Crayons, Target, Crayola, as well as a few “off” brands. As I was playing with them, I made a discovery- you can layer them and then REMOVE a layer to create a two-toned effect. I’m calling it the “Reverse Reveal” stencil technique because you REMOVE the color (reverse) to REVEAL the color underneath. You only need a few items: watercolor crayons […]

Duck Tape Transparent Tints

April 25, 2016

Overview and demo of the new Duck Tape Transparent Tints

Last year I visited the Duck Tape World Headquarters in Avon, Ohio (only 20 minutes or so from my home) since then I’ve been lucky enough to get some of their new products to try. Today I take a look at the new Transparent Tints and see just how transparent it is! I made a video for Periscope, but edited it down here for you! Disclosure: samples provided for review purposes only. My opinions are honest and my own, and […]

Giveaway Time!

April 20, 2016

Giveaway

It’s been a good couple of weeks here. I just rolled over 30K YouTube Subscribers, and my OneLittleTag Craft Challenge group has almost 500 members! That’s a good enough reason for a giveaway, right? Recently Plaid- the parent company of Bucilla– sent me some lovely little stitching kits. There were stitched card kits…. …and three pillowcase dress kits! Oh… and there was a tag kit too…but I’m saving that one for myself. They are absolutely adorable and since a) I […]

Recollections Resist Pen

April 18, 2016

Here’s another product that is exclusive to the Michels stores in the US – do you recollections resist pen. In this video review I show you how I use it, what products it can be used with, and what gives the best results! Take a look:

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