2022 Christmas Craft Fair Ideas: Laminated Bookmarks and More!

It that time of year again, when it’s time to start getting ready for the Christmas Craft Fair. 

These laminated bookmarks are among my best sellers and cost just pennies to make. I also have some laminated craft sheets that are super easy to make. enjoy!

What are your best sellers? 

Have a marvellously creative day, Vicki 🙂🌟

 

2022 Christmas Baubles Watercolor Painting: Tips and Tricks.

 This watercolour painting was made using a small ceramic dish as a stamp to create the 3 circle shapes. 

I show you how to create easy dimension in each bauble by lifting out the colour using a simple tissue. Gently “kissing” each circle together creates beautiful bleeds. 

2022 Christmas Cards: Easy Masked Watercolor Trees.

No fail Watercolor technique, perfect for beginners. These trees were a breeze to paint ( I painted the whole 3 at once! ,) if you haven’t tried the Chux magic Eraser on your Watercolor yet, you’ll be amazed to see how easy it is to fix mistakes. I used my Daniel Smith paints for this, but budget watercolour paints would work too. 

Have a marvellously creative day! Vicki 🌟🎄🎅🏼🙂
 

2022 Christmas Craft Fair Ideas: Stamped Herb Bookmarks, and a Posy of Fresh Herbs!

I am stocking up on goodies to sell at this year’s Christmas Craft Fair. So far I have made masses of Christmas cards, and I think these cute herb bookmarks will be top sellers. 

I have a raided my herb garden for a sweet smelling herb bouquet, and I’ll show you how to make a posy of fresh herbs. 

The bookmarks can also be used as gift tags. The tassels came from Amazon , in a pack of 200! 

I will have bookmarks for days. LOL 

Have a marvellously creative day, Vicki 🎄🙂
 

6 Cards, Pre-Embossed Paper, Distress Inks Technique.

 Pre-Embossed paper gives a cool effect to your cards when smooshed into distress oxide inks. The ink skips over parts of the card stock, leaving a really textured pattern. I have paired these cards with Tim Holtz quote chips, which have been coloured using the same inks. I purchased my papers from Stampinup a while ago, and several craft companies sell pre-embosssed paper, or you could emboss your own using any embossing folder with a repetitive pattern. The card stock is not Watercolor paper, so I show you how to control the application of water so your paper doesn’t get too wet.

Have a great day! Vicki. 🙂

Resist Watercolor Cards. Use this technique to create an easy Watercolor background.

Try this technique with any Watercolor paints you have to hand. 

It’s fun and easy. 

I used Canson XL Watercolor paper, which is my favourite paper for Cardmaking.

 

Review and Swatching of Daniel Smith 24 half pan Watercolors.

This 24 Watercolor palette by Daniel Smith comes with a BONUS empty palette of 24 half pans, so you can add your favourite colors along the way. 

I go through each color and explain its properties. 

Enjoy! 

 

Review and Swatches of my favourite Watercolor Palette. Winsor & Newton.

I love this field box for plein air sketching and taking on my hikes in the National Park. 

Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolors are my favourite paints, with Daniel Smith Watercolors coming in a close second.

I love the coordinating Promarker Watercolor markers that Winsor & Newton make, along with their brushes, sketchbooks and paper.

I have made a review of the Promarkers on my channel as well. 

Here is the matching video in case you missed it. 

 

Extraordinary Things to Cut out and Collage. See what I made!

This  is a Fabulous resource book for creating collages. It has everything you need to make fabulous art. 

The images are royalty free, and there are over 1500 images in the book. Here are some of the pieces I put together. There are step by step instructions in the book. 

 

Relaxing Neurographic Art With Prismacolor Pencils

 In the mood for some chill relaxation? Join me in a Neurographic Art Meditation with relaxing music and Prismacolors. You can join in using whatever supplies you have to hand, or just watch and immerse yourself into a calm and peaceful place. This is part of a series on Neurographic Art. 

Pop up Hippos Slimline Card . EASY!

How cute is this Hippest Hippos pop Up card? Fun ballet class pop up slimline card. 

Look at the sweet Prima Donna Hippo Birthday girl leading the class in her birthday hat. All the measurements and materials are listed in the video description. Enjoy! 

#hippesthippos

 

Using Metallic Embossed Greetings over Gel Prints.

 

Watch the YouTube short showing all 28 cards. 

After studying printmaking in the Regional Gallery, and learning how to successfully print monotypes, Linocuts, lithographs and Collagraphs, I was excited to see what new techniques I could experiment with using my gel press. 

I discovered I LOVE printing, having been a stamper for so long.

Smooth  white cardstock from Stampin Up and distress oxide inks from Ranger made the perfect marriage of creamy sharp edged prints using just 2 colours  and several stencils per A4 sheet.

It is possible to produce beautiful prints every time using this method. Each A4 sheet I printed yielded 4 card fronts, which I then adhered to card bases and now have cards for days!