Maymay Made It — Crystal Cleveland

Layer It Up!/ It's A Chocolate Kinda Day by Crystal Cleveland  There are days were I feel stressed out and I will reach for chocolate. Nothing seems to soothes my soul more than chocolate and a hot drink. I made this card with this in mind during the Christmas rush to get things done. Sometimes we need just to sit back and relax kick our feet up and have a warm drink a piece of chocolate and enjoy everything around us. For me I enjoy the snow days when school's cancelled and me and my grandkids can sit back and...

Layer It Up!/ Christmas Cracker by Crystal Cleveland   Crackers are an old Christmas tradition mostly from the UK and South Africa. Crackers are made of cardboard wrapped in festive paper and twisted at the ends to look like a large piece of wrapped candy with a prize inside. Crackers are placed at each place setting at the Christmas Dinner. The cracker is pulled apart by two people causing the cracker to split and one person holding the prize. I have included 2 different sizes of crackers. I make the crackers in the size I need for what I plan...

Jacob's Coat by Crystal Cleveland This technique always has dramatic results! It's extremely easy!  For this technique I usually go for a large stamp.  For this project I used the stamp set Ornamental Greetings Other materials used for this project white card stock  3.75" by 5" gold glitter paper 4" by 5.5" black card stock 11" by 4.25" scored at 5.5" Tim Hotz distressed oxide inks seedless preserves faded jeans blue print sketch fossilized amber Clear embossing powder heat tool embossing prep tool Art glitter glue fine metal tip foam tape cricut paper trimmer watch the video for complete instructions...

Embossed Joy Chalkboard by Crystal Cleveland Today I bring you a plaque that I made using a chalk board I purchased from the DT. I got my inspiration from Maymay when I saw her do a video stamping on wooden ornament trees. I've had these chalk boards for over a year and  I decided to try out embossing on them. The results where better than I imagined!  I had my husband drill 2 holes in them so I could run a ribbon hanger,  but you could use twine or thin rope. Here is the link to Maymays video: https://youtu.be/KurLSzinlUg I...

Vintage Cracked Glass Technique by Crystal Cleveland   I love vintage things! I came across an old photo of myself about a year ago, it was taken when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I couldn't believe how worned it looked! It got me thinking about how I could do this with stamps and ink. I played around with the embossing powder and I really liked how it turned out. I thought I had created something new and different. Since then I have been looking up ideas on pinterest and I found out sadly that this technique has...