Make Your Own Blog Photo Gallery in Blogger

Hello everyone! I'm very excited about my new Photo Gallery page!
You can find it in the top tab menu of my blog.

   I had put making my photo gallery off for a couple of months because it looked a bit overwhelming. Although it was time consuming going back through all of my posts, once I got the hang of it listing my projects went much easier. It took me a few hours from beginning (learning) to end (posting), but it was well worth it. Now that I'm all set up, posting future projects should be a breeze.  

I'm so happy that a visitor to my blog can go directly to the photo gallery and click on an image that will take that person straight to what he/she wants to see.

   Having a photo gallery is essential for craft blogs, because it provides easy navigation to all of your projects. I know when I visit blogs it can be frustrating to have to go through archive menus or page by page (older posts) looking for things I like. I have Popular Posts listed in the sidebar of my blog, but that just means many people may not see something they would really like.

   So here is a quick screenshot of part of my new gallery. I also have scrapbook layouts listed and will be adding new categories for other projects. One option I didn't use was cropping my photos to make them all the same size. I didn't like the idea of doing that for cards and layouts, but there is a way to make sure you don't end up with a large photo in the middle of a row of smaller ones and that can be done after you have placed them in your gallery. If you decide to make your own photo gallery please feel free to ask me any questions as I finally have the hang of it now.
  

 

The information I used to make my Photo Gallery can be found at Sweeter than Sweets

 Happy Crafting!

Mother's Day Card - Flowers for My Mom

Good day everyone!

Today I'm sharing a Mother's Day card I was inspired to make after seeing all the pretty spring flowers blooming outside. I chose the sentiment while remembering my mother and the good times we had. She would have loved this card.

I decided to keep a white background so the colors would pop.

For the background I used Core'dinations Premium Cardstock in white. The base layer was done by using a die cut flower as a mask to stamp around. This gave me the shape of petals between the blended colors. I used Rubber Stamped Acid Free Dye Based ink in yellow, light orange and bright pink. I made sure to overlap each ink application with a makeup sponge so the colors would blend. The next layer is the first mat and was white cardstock again.To make the sentiment I used a Spellbinder's Shapeabilities - Fancy Tags die. The die was not large enough for my sentiment so I decided to combine two by overlapping them and then placed my sentiment over them.

Then for the embossed background I used a third layer of white cardstock of which I embossed with the Darice - Flower Power Embossing Folder and edged in orange ink.  

Behind the flowers I used three pieces of quilling strips. They're handy for more than just quilling :) I used a Tim Holtz Alterations - Tattered Flower Garden die to make the flowers. I blended the yellow, orange, and bright pink ink on each flower layer making sure to do each layer a bit different so it would show up on the one behind it. Then I went around the edges of every petal with ink to define them.

Note: Don't miss the chance to use that scrap paper. I usually use a piece of white cardstock behind the paper I'm putting ink on. In this case I used it to protect my desk surface as I placed ink on my flowers. In the end it turned out to be the perfect background for my sentiment.

 

Materials

Happy Crafting!

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Mother's Day Card made with K&Company Susan Winget Paper

Hello everyone! 

I'm excited to finally share a Mother's Day Card that I made for Paperhaus Magazine. I used my favorite papers (K&Company - Susan Winget) which I felt were perfect for this particular project. The paper is so colorful and feminine. I just can't get enough of it. In fact it's the one printed paper collection that I have bought more than once and will buy again.

I used a Spellbinders die-cut circle and scalloped circle to frame the butterfly area of the card. The butterfly was already printed on the paper, so I just partially cut out the wing area and bent the wings upward to give it a three dimensional look and feel. 

 

I glued a cream colored ribbon to my card face, then topped it off with a thin, light pink, translucent ribbon. This formed the base strip to adhere flowers. The flowers were made from a Sizzix die and then I splattered and spray painted them with paint sprays that I made from Martha Stewart's Pearl Paints. 

 I used a Martha Stewart border punch to make the scalloped trim of which I layered with coordinating K&Company paper from the same tablet.

 Happy Crafting!

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