RobsCreations

All you need is: a ruler , colored markers (I've used the Stabilo Swanos), white card stock and lot of patience 😅. It's a cheap and funny way to create card backgrounds and I find it interesting because you can match the color of the stripes with the image or embellishments you already have and not the other way around that usually implies buying more expensive crafting paper (not sure I'm explained myself properly.... 😔😕) Anyways, I made diagonal stripes for three different cards, but you can choose the pattern you prefer: vertical, horizontal and, if you have a curve ruler, you can go for something even fancier! For my own sake, I changed color every 4 or 5 lines. For example, I drew 4 or 5 parallel lines with the yellow marker and then moved to the orange one and so on. If you are brave and patient enough, you can try the one line/one color approach (good luck with that! 😂) This is totally optional, but once you're done making the stripes you c...

I have mixed two techniques in order to obtain different patterns , one on the inside of the soap bar and one on the top. Here you have the links to the original videos showing the techniques: 1)  Tilted tiger stripe swirl 2) Multi-mica Taiwan swirl Since  I run out of castor oil,  I had to modify the recipe shown in video 1) as follows  😅 Recipe (slow moving trace): Olive oil (pomace)  70% Coconut oil  22.25% Palm oil (organic)  7.75% Note that the palm oil I buy from  The Soap Kitchen   'carries Organic Certification and comes from Columbia. It is not produced on land that has been taken from the Rain Forests, nor are there any Orangutangs made homeless. Our suppliers do use 'ethical' methods in their production (we have actually visited the site). Our Columbian suppliers are members of the RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Production of   PalmOil).' Scent:   O range  EO ...

I've been dying to buy some of the Hero Arts color  layering  sets since months. Each set includes layering stamps and a matching 4-i nk cube pack, especially created by Hero Arts artists  (see   HERE  for the color layering guide).    Here you have a table with some considerations about buying in U.S. or in EU if you are a EU-based customer... Comparative table a) U.S.A EU (multiple retailers) EU (single retailer) Color layering bundles (stamps + inks) b) c) Available Not always available Not always available Color layering bundles (stamps + inks + dies) b) c) Available Not always available Not always available Separate materials (stamps and inks) Available Available * Partly available Prices Fair More expensive than in US More expensive than in US Custom fees To be paid NONE NONE ...

These cards have been created in the same spirit as the last bookmarks series ( HERE ): creating without spending too much! Some details on the techniques used to create the background of 'Let's eat cake' and 'Ciao' cards. 'Let's eat cake' card background Upper part : made with the bubble wrap stamping technique. Materials: bubble wrap, white ink and white embossing powder for the bubbles and beige ink for the non-embossed surface. I really like to use this technique, as you can also see from this Xmas project with candles( HERE ).  Here you have a couple of nice videos  from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts  and  from Jan Brown  explaining how to bubble wrap stamp Bottom part : is made with a technique I wrote about just few days ago ( HERE ): marbling with  watercolours and saran wrap .   'Ciao' card background It's simply created with watercolors.  To splatter-paint  the paper either scatter ...

During the last two months I challenged myself to create cards and bookmarks without buying too many crafty tools! It's easy to make nice cards when we buy fancy die cuts, colorful scrap paper, flowers and enamel dots, expensive markers or lovely stamps...  For this project I wanted to rely on my creative side only and realize new pieces mostly with things I already had at home (especially in the kitchen 🤣). I made a minimal investment of less than 30 Euros and bought a box of 24 Stabilo Swano markers, 1 Xcut alphabet die and a  Ranger Glossy accents bottle (small size). Let's start with the bookmarks ! I'd like to spend few words on the first and third bookmark from the left. For the marble background I've used watercolours and a funny technique which relies on the use of saran wrap... For this and other funny watercolour techniques please refer to this interesting  VIDEO Cards will follow in the next blog post 😚 GOO...

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Winter  equals dry chapped hands  👐 ! I usually have to go for glycerin-rich, highly hydrating commercial creams otherwise there's no chance I can fix my cracked skin. Besides using my home-made soap, which doesn't contain aggressive ingredients, every night ⭐⭐⭐(well, almost every night 😁) I put on my hands a consistent amount of cream. This usually works very well, but t his year it has been pretty cold and the tap water in my area is particularly hard, so my problems persisted... I frankly hate to use thick and oily products during daytime (I always stain my clothes!!!), that's how I ended up with idea of making a fresh, light and handbag sized lotion. The original lotion recipe is from The Soap Kitchen but I've personalized it with some of my favourite essential oils. Sweet Almond Oil : 24g  Coconut Oil : 16g Glycerine : 2g Stearic Acid : 5g  Citric Acid : 0.5g  Emulsifying Wax : 10g  Cetearyl Alcohol : 5g  Ster...