As Featured On Blitsy - How To Get Started With SolarFast Dye

Time for a Blitsy Blog post from me and this week I have something a little different to share from my usual step by step tutorials. It's a little exploration into solar printing with the Jacquard SolarFast Dyes.

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This week I'm getting started with these SolarFast Dyes on paper and sharing the results, you can use them on fabric too. I've played with solar printing before using different products, and it is always good fun, but I have not tried these types of dyes before so I was keen to give them a go.

Have you used them? If you like solar printing what have you tried before? If you are completely new to solar printing then I can definitely recommend having a play it is great fun!

If you want some inspiration to get you started then do visit my How To Get Started With SolarFast Dye blog post over on the Blitsy blog.

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As Featured On Blitsy - How To Make A Glitter Art Journal Page

I'm not usually a glitter girl. Don't get me wrong, I love glitter and I have tonnes of the stuff but I rarely actually use it in my projects. Well, that just won't do, so I decided to use some in a journal page for Blitsy.

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Well not just some, I used a lot! I had been playing with glitter through stencils so thought it would make a fun, shiny journal page and a great way to stretch your stash. Instead of using gels or texture paste try using your glitter glue.

If you want to see more there is a full step by step called 'How To Make A Glitter Art Journal Page' on the Blitsy blog.

Time to get out the glitter glue!

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As Featured On Blitsy - How To Reuse Your Blitsy Box Into A Textured Art Journal Page

It's Blitsy time again and this week I have a tutorial to help you recycle your Blitsy packaging into art!

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You know that thing when you are a kid when the box is more fun than the contents? Well, that is exactly what I've been up to with this tutorial this week. Although Bltisy boxes are always full of fun but how about an idea to make the box fun as well? It is perfectly timed too as yesterday was Earth Day so if you have been looking for a recycling project then try this one out!

You will find all the steps over on the Blitsy blog  - How To Reuse Your Blitsy Box Into A Textured Art Journal Page.

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As Featured On Blitsy - How To Make A Die-Cut and Watercolour Art Journal Page

This week over on the Blitsy blog I am sharing the making of this art journal page from start to finish...

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It is a super drippy art journal page using die-cuts and the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours to make lots of texture and interesting colour. I had loads of fun making it and playing with the paints on the page so if you are want to see more do pop on over to my How To Make A Die-Cut and Watercolour Art Journal Page on the Blitsy blog.

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As Featured On Blitsy - How to Make A Yupo Art Journal Page

I have a fun tutorial on the Blitsy blog today using the synthetic paper Yupo.

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In my tutorial I make a moon-themed art journal page using acrylic paint on the Yupo. I do love the effects you can get with Yupo, look at the cool texture! It is such a fun surface to play on and the paint reacts differently to the smooth synthetic paper. You don't have to use acrylic paints it takes other materials like watercolour well too.

If you want to see more then see the full How to Make A Yupo Art Journal Page tutorial on the Blitsy Blog.

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As Featured On Blitsy - How To Make a Mixed Media Big Bloom Card

It is Blitsy time and this week I have a card making tutorial on the blog.

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I've gone all pink, well with a smidge of kraft and cream too, but mostly pink, pink with some more pink for good measure! I've obviously been in a bit of a pink mood as well as a teal mood at the moment.

So if you are looking for something a bit inky, card-y and mixed media-y then go take a look on the Blitsy blog to see how I put this Mixed Media Big Bloom Card together. Of course yours doesn't have to be pink if you don't want it to be!

Catch you later.
Kim

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As Featured On Blitsy - Circle-Themed Art Journal Page Tutorial

Do you fancy an art journal tutorial? Well if you do I have one over on the Blitsy blog today.

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As the title suggests this journal page is all about circles and I've used lots of different ways to include circles in it! You can see all the steps over on the Blitsy Blog.

Have fun.

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As Featured On Blitsy - How To Make A Mixed Media Neon Cuff

I just wanted to let you know that I have a tutorial up on the Blitsy Blog today.

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This week my Blitsy tutorial is all about how to make some wearable art. I've used denim and the lush Neon WOW Embossing Powders to make this cuff. I've also added more neon pop with Papermania Neon tassels and buttons. I just love how the Neon looks on the denim.

Stamping and heat embossing on fabric is really easy but if you want to see how to get a nice crisp, colourful image and not just lose the colour into the fabric then go check out the tutorial!

I'm looking forward to seeing your wearable Mixed Media art so do post the links in the comments below to anything you make or have made in the past.

Kim

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As Featured On Blitsy - How to Make Mixed Media Invites

It is tutorial time again from me on the Blitsy blog and this week I'm mass producing invites to an Arty Party!

Ok, so I had to add the arty in front of party 'coz I love the way it sounds but really the mixed media method I demonstrate in this tutorial is a great way to bespoke your invites for any sort of party!

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The great thing about this method is that you can make as many invites as you need and quite quickly too. But you don't have to just use it for invites, how about your own DIY Business cards? You can see how I made them in my tutorial on the Blitsy blog.

Now all you need to do is get the party started!

Have fun

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Blitsy Leap Day Blog Leap And Giveaway

*The Giveaway is now over*

Happy Leap Day and welcome to the Blitsy Leap Day Blog Leap and your chance to win $100 to spend at Blitsy!

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It is a Leap Day blog hop so if you have arrived here first then check out the rest of the blogs listed below. If you have already been hopping along then I am your fourth stop on the Leap.  Wahoo! I hope you are enjoy the leap!

If you win the $100 to spend at Blitsy what will you spend it on? Well I have some possible ideas of projects you can make with products you can find in Blitsy so I hope you enjoy the inspiration and scroll on down to enter the giveaway and find the next blog to Leap to.

My first project is a tutorial showing you how to use dies to make stencils and I've used my DIY stencils to alter some journaling cards with paint. I used a Waffle Flower Die and a Lawn Fawn die to make my stencils.

It is super easy to do and you can get some fabulous effects!

My next project is a tutorial to make some cute mixed media keepsake envelopes and if you click through to the tutorial you will find a template there free to download and use.

I made mine using Tim Holtz distress paints which you can also find at Blitsy. All the products I've used are linked in the tutorials so you can easily find what you need.


What Else Is Happening At Blitsy?

Check out these other Blitsy events for Leap Day and National Craft Month!

Blitsy have some 29 cent items hiding throughout the shop for Leap Day so go see if you can hunt them down and grab a bargain!

Also don't forget to catch up with Blitsy 1st March as we kick off National Craft month with Live with Blitsy at 8am / 10am / 12pm / and 2pm CST. Each broadcast will have new challenges, giveaways and demos.

Then there is the Blisty Instagram Challenge starting 1st March and you can participate to win more giveaways with ‪#‎BlitsyCraftMonthIGChallenge‬. Here are the prompts:

How To Win The Leap Day Giveaway

Hope that has got your creative brain a whirling! Now all you need to do for a chance to win the $100 is to enter the Rafflecopter below.

My secret word is #4 INSPIRED

Don't forget to visit all eight of the blogs and enter the secret word you find on each blog into the Rafflecopter. You have until 11:59pm CST on Wednesday, March 3rd to enter. The winner will be posted on all the blogs as well as announced on Live with Blitsy on Thursday at 10am CST.

Blog 1: Blitsy 
Blog 2: Pinkcloud Scrappers (Lori Williams)
Blog 3: Harvest Moon Papiere (Chrissie Tobas)
Blog 4: Kim Dellow YOU ARE HERE!
Blog 5: Easy Peasy and Fun (Andreja Vučajnk)
Blog 6: Inky Fairy Designs (Carisa Zglobicki)
Blog 7: My Purpley Life (Jennifer Reyes)
Blog 8: Happy Hour Projects (Adrianne Surian)


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As Featured On Blitsy - How To Make Mixed Media Wall Art

Time for a tutorial share over on the Blitsy blog for the steps to make a textured canvas board project.

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You might just be able to tell from this cheeky sneaky peek (I wanted to say peeky then but perhaps that is an -eeky too far?!) that I've used a stencil to build up the texture and then there are several layers using different DecoArt Media paints to build up the colour.

You can see all the steps over on the Blitsy Blog.

Have a fun Saturday you all.
Kim

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As Featured On Blitsy - Mixed Media Butterflies And A Waffle Flower Diamond

I have a couple of mixed media tutorials up on the Blitsy blog at the moment that you might be interested in. They are both quite different from each other but they both do have one thing in common and that is they are three dimensional!

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So the first tutorial you might be interested in is a Butterfly make.

It is quite an ephemeral piece as I've incorporated vellum into the background and the butterflies are made from old book pages that makes them extra delicate I think, much like real butterflies. I think this would make a great journal page idea. But to keep the 3D effect of the butterflies what about hanging it as wall art? What do you think?

To see the full tutorial go checkout my How to Make Mixed Media Butterfly Wall Art post on the Blitsy blog.


The other tutorial I wanted to let you know about is a 3D tag.

For this tag I've used Waffle Flower dies and one of my favourite dies at the moment which is the Waffle Flower 3D Diamond Template die. I love this die and you are in luck as it has just gone into the daily sales on Blitsy so it is at a discount for the next couple of days, so don't miss out!

I've also gone very pastel shades for this make and used the yummy Faber-Castell Gelatos which I also love to play with.

If you pop along to my How to Make A 3D Mixed Media Tag blog post then you will get a full tutorial on how to put this together and a link to all the products I used too.

Hope I've given you some ideas for your next projects this weekend.

Kim

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As Featured On Blitsy- Decorate Your Happy Planner With PanPastel

Time for a tutorial and a Me & My Big Ideas Create 365 Happy Planner hack from me over on Blitsy blog today. I'm sharing how to decorate and add a bit of colour to your Happy Planner with PanPastel and stencils.

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It has been a while since I last got my PanPastels out and I was thinking that it would be a great way to add a mixed media page to my planner. As PanPastels are a dry medium you don't have to worry about the paper curling, as you do with liquid mediums, so you can even use the Me & My Big Ideas Create 365 Note & Graph Paper as it takes the PanPastel really well.

You can find all the steps on how I did it over on the Blitsy Blog so do go take a peek!

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As Featured By Blitsy - Quick And Easy Tags

I'm on the Blitsy blog today with some inspiration and a tutorial showing how to make some super quick tags.

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This quick and easy tag is designed to be an easy tag to make in bulk and you can see all the steps for it over on the Blitsy blog. If you do make it in bulk then you can have a tag at the ready for the next time you need something quickly. Or what about making a set of them to give away as a gift, perhaps with a set of matching cards?


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As Featured On Blitsy - How to Make A Valentine's Day Card With Journaling Cards

Flutter, flutter goes my beating heart. Did someone say Valentine's? Come on now, own up, I know that someone did! Or perhaps it was just whispered on the wind? Well if you are looking for some Valentine's Day ideas then you could always have a look through the Blitsy blog. There are a few heart-themed ideas on there, including one from me today!

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The whole step by step showing how I put this together and what I used is over on the Blitsy blog so hop on over there and don't forget to check out the other loved-up inspiration too.

Love is in the air, I'm sure of it!

Kim

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As Featured On Blitsy - DIY Snowflake Peg

Hi Guys, how is your Winter and Christmas decorating going? Do you fancy adding a this really quick and fun mixed media project to you décor?

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Well if you do I have a full tutorial for it on the Blitsy blog at the moment, do go take a peak!

Catch you later.

Kim

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