Klassic Kraft Kollection by TealBluCrafter

All these Roses have been handmade by me

and I'm extremely proud of them. They are

currently being made for Cathie, owner of

the Etsy.com Shoppe...Discount Paper Crafts.

Klassic Kraft Kollection is an original

 name specific to these flowers.

It took me a long time to make them and even

longer to respectively name them.

My flowers are not allowed to be copied onto anyone's

blog unless you contact me first. This is

to protect my hard work and your interest

as well. Thank you so so much for passing

by and please leave me a comment...I LOVE

TO READ THEM...Until the next time darlings...

Love Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***



Classic Pink Rose....TealBluCrafter Style :-)



Tattered Tea Roses & Small Roses



Tattered Tea Rose...

Hi ladies and gents...I'm trying to catch up on my blogging and boy

do I miss it. This where I come to let go and share all that's good

and crafty...and sometimes not so crafty. So thank you all for stopping

by and taking a look around and leaving your comments and 

"following" me as well. So here's my take on the beloved Tea

Rose from different respective companies. I've done ALOT 

of research to come up with this and I'm VERY PROUD, once

more, of myself as I really tried hard to respectively imitate the

larger roses that are so expensive to buy in my LSS or at

the major chain stores. I am doing a tutorial on these so 

please visit my YouTube channel...TealBluCrafter...if 

you're interested in creating these. Thank you again for

stopping by and you all have a wonderful rest of your

blessed Sunday. It's cold, breezy and the leaves are

piling up...time to cozy up with coffee, hot choco and make

crafty things....LOVE THE FALL!

Love Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***

 I didn't add this to the pictures but I did use a

few spritzs of water per flower (2-3) with my Ranger Mister

 to break up the fibers of the manila folder paper. 

For a detailed tutorial on this and many more flowers

visit my YouTube channel...TealBluCrafter...

THANK YOU :-)

Card Share Project for a YouTube Challenge...Super Pretty & Lots of Pink!

As you can see I'm super happy with the way this

"Girly" card came out! I'm so proud of myself as

I NEVER, EVER do cards and this was for 

mylittlesweetpeaz 3/1 Giveaway

Challenge on YouTube. I used

 Webster's Pages Western Romance/All

About Me combo pack of 6x6 papers with my

own homemade roses/flowers along with trim, 

a paper doily, and tons of tearing, gesso, etc...

Thanks for stopping by and taking a looksie and I hope

to see you all again soon....until then...

Love Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***

Good Night Girls...more posts this weekend...pinky promise :-)

Hello Ladies...I'll try to make this quick as I'm SUPER tired and need to go to bed. We had

a nasty spell of a power outage from like 1am EST this morning till almost 12noon, so I was

super cranky and in a tizzy that I couldn't make COFFEEEEE...LOL! Never mind the outage or when I'll have power back...WHERE'S MY COFFEE! HAHAHA! Okay, I wanted to be super short but

I almost forgot to upload what is going to be the next post...a super pretty in pink card

share that I did for my friend Letty's Subbie Giveaway Challange on YouTube...

she's known as mylittlesweetpeaz, and she's super sweet and very very kind girls. You'd

really like her and her work is evident of her love of the craft too so please check her out

and show her some love and support in her first few months as a Crafty YouTuber!

Thanks girls...you're all the best....until tomorrow with the Lord's will...

Love Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***

Sweet Little Roses

I know I haven't posted anything in a few days....sorry girls :-(

I hope these lovely flowers....Roses....will make up for it as I

LOVE LOVE LOVE making these with the EK Success

Retro Flower Punch (xtra sm, sm, & med) and some of

my homemade glimmer mists...Sunshine & Lollipop! I did

post a tutorial a while ago on my YT channel...Mini

Pink Rose Tutorial...so go check it out as I had lots of

fun making those pretty flowers for you all! They are going

on a card for a challenge I'm in and as soon as I'm done with

that card I'm definitely going to post it for you all to see!

Until Then Girls....Love Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***

 Oh Yeah...one last thing....how bout that pretty

delicate little two-toned yellow & pink rose in the

middle? What you you think? If you're seeing this post

right now, I'd really appreciate your feedback as I'm

testing two colors for one rose....lets' see how that

turns out...(((HUGS))) Laura

 



It's Raining & French Fries....which one is better?

So it's Monday, 5:04pm, EST, and it's pouring outside and I'm having french fries....which one is better? BOTH! How is everyone doing on this fine Monday evening? Sorry I didn't post yesterday...I kinda' kept a low profile and just picked up...also did some light crafty shopping...which got me in trouble...as usual. Oh well...what can I do? SMASH some more right! I'm currently working on a billion things but today my attention is on the Pink SMASH Journal...and the first 3-4 pages are coming out fantastic! I'll do a SMASH post in a bit...just let me smell the rain and finish my french fries...and of course, a cream soda to rinse it all down...Ahhhhh, who wants some...LOL!

Love...Laura I. Gonzalez
***TealBluCrafter***

Amy Tangerine 'Noteworthy' Daybook...Updated Pics...

I'm extremely proud on how it's coming along!

As you can see I've removed the acetate cover...

we just weren't getting along..LOL!

I'll keep you all posted!

Amy Tangerine 'Noteworthy' Daybook...lets' start shall we...

Just the start of my new weekend project. I wanted

to take the time to sit back and just journal, do

smaller layouts and use my scraps.This 'Daybook' from

Amy Tangerine fits the bill perfectly!

 These smaller layouts enable me to put my scraps

 to work along with my older stickers, some stamping

and some random doodling....I'll have this journal filled up

with pics of ME very quickly! I'll keep you posted

with updated pics & posts. Thanks for stopping by...

Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***

Good Night....

Wow, I don't think I've been so excited about a new project like I've been about ATC's and Art Tiles. I know they've been around forever and I'm just getting on the wagon with this but I can't help it...it's new to me! LOL! You know that feeling that you get when you first start something...embark on a new project for the 1st time? Well, that was me today, and yesterday...as a matter a fact, it started Wednesday night...who am I kidding...LOL! But I'm all tiled out and atc'd out now...I'm done with my challenge and I might just keep the last few tiles as pieces of genuine emphemera to hand down to my kids! Who knows...maybe they'll be the "vintage" pieces of the future! Okay so with all that said I'm going to bed now and I hope you all have a rest of a good evening/night okay...God Bless you all and I'll will, with the Lords' Will, speak/blog to you all tomorrow....Until Then....

Love Laura I. Gonzalez
TealBluCrafter

More Art Tiles!

So the top 3 are not accented yet with Liquid Glass

but the last few pics display those tiles that are. As

you can see these tiles can be made in many

different sizes....not just 1x1, but those are the

most fun for me to make...well, they all are...who

am I kidding! Thanks for stopping by and

taking a looksie...(((HUGS))) Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***



1st Set of ATC Cards

My 1st set of ATC's...I can see why these

are so addicting! I used several stamps and

distress inks to achieve the end result and I can't

wait to apply some Liquid Glass (CTMH) to

finish them off! Thanks for stopping by ladies...

(((HUGS))) Laura I. Gonzalez

***TealBluCrafter***



Happy Friday Blogging

Okay so this week was rough...very rough. But I have to remember that "This too shall pass" and it has so now lets tend to more happy stuff. So what are YOU up to this weekend? Anything new? Going somewhere? Are you getting away from it all? Tag sales, dinner out with the family, hot date, cleaning & catching up? Let me know and share with me! I am headed to the post office tomorrow morning, God permitting of course, to mail out the 2nd installment of my Stamp DeStash along with a few small boxes of RAKS....Random Act of Kindness as I've been the awesome recipient of seveal of those in the past few weeks. I just purchased my first 4G Smart Phone last week and I get unlimited Rhapsody downloads and since I'm child of the 80's and early 90's, I LOVE Freestyle! Not alot of people "get it" when it comes to that type of music but those of us who do LOVE IT! So I'm listening, as I bop and type LOL...to MicMac Original Freestyle! Ahhhhh, the teenage memories these songs stir up in my heart...1st kiss, 1st boyfriend...Uhhhh TMI right...LOL! Okay so now that I'm just happy blogging and crafting and listening to some awesome music I'll let you all go and I hope you all enjoy your weekend regardless of what you do...

Love Always...Laura I. Gonzalez
TealBluCrafter

Simple Card Series

"Hello Dear" Card

using the K&Co 'Cut-n-Paste' Line

 

 

My Daily Check-In...Good Morning...

Let me begin by typing this prayer that was just given to me by Darlene, an RN at the clinic I go to....

 

Dear Lord,

Having been created in Your image

I am full of unrealized potential

The realization of which

Depends upon my acknowledgment of the potential,

My recgnition of all the gifts from You with which I am

endowed,

And my exploitation of the opportunities that lie open

before me.

Please Lord, help me rise to meet the challenge.

Let me use those gifts for the benefit of ll people.

Dear Lord,

For all that I am

And all that I can be

I thank You...

 

I don't want to go into too much detail but I will share that this prayer is something I'm passing on to my sister to try to help her in dealing with the massive load she's carrying on her shoulders. And I too wanted to share with you all in the hopes that it will lessen the hurt in your heart if you too are going through a trauma of some sort...big or small...it still hurts and it's still impacts you. And you don't have to be the main source of the illness for it to hurt you or affect your daily exsistence as I'm still in shock and can't seem to shake it off. But today is a new day and the sun is shining and the leaves are just piling up in front of my door. Why I bothered to sweep the front porch area is still questionable but I think the sound of the wind...cold and crisp...and all the leaves blowing in it feels good to my ears. So with that I'll say GOOD MORNING, God Bless and have a good day regardless of what you do.... 

 

(((HUGS))) Laura I. Gonzalez

TealBluCrafter

 

P.S.....stay tuned for the last installment of my Art Tiles today and the beginning of my ATC for Evy's YouTube Challenge....visit her channel...Turquesadot....for all the details!

Prep Video 3: Lets Play With Some Color!

Ahhhhhhh......Tim Holtz Distress Inks! Tonight Broken China and Victorian Velvet was my weakness. I also took out some CTMH Exclusive INKS in Olive and all 3 tiles came out beautiful!Let me share my hard work with you...ENJOY!!!

Remember that beautiful birdie stamp from the $1.50 bin

at Michael's? Well I do! And it provided me with a pretty

secondary image on top of the scripted image...

HOW COOL IS THIS?

 

Here is where those gorgeous inks come

into play...didn't these come out FANTASTIC?!?!

Ughhh...I can see why so many of you are

addicted to making these Art Tiles...they truly

are a work of Love & Art!

 

***FINAL RESULT: 3 BEAUTIFUL ART TILES***

Prep Video 2: Using Gesso & Primary Stamping

So in these pictures I take you through the 2nd half of the project. Please take note to the pictures as this will guide you through the first half of creating a gorgeous, double-stamped image (hope that makes sense!) that will knock your socks off! I'm going to let the rest of the pictures do the talking for me...Shall we........

 

Prep 2: Here I apply Gesso to both sides of my 3

tiles, taking care to do this 2x's to make sure I
have even coverage. And although it's not 

shown, I do use my heat gun

to evenly dry both sides....very important! 

 Here I used my Jet Black StazOn Ink with my Hero Arts

Manuscript Stamp. That provided me with a clean,

crisp image transfer with no chance of the ink budging

on the Gesso or fading in any way...VERY IMPORTANT!

 This is where we repeat step one...start to re-apply one more

coat of Gesso, but lightly...don't cover up your image! Then

gently wipe it off with some tissue paper/paper towel.

Remember...we still want that script image to show. Again...

use your heat gun to help your drying time.

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?!?!

STAY TUNED FOR PREP VIDEO 3 GIRLS!

That's when we add our color of choice....Ooooo!