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Every year I sit down and make up a wide variety of different Christmas ornaments. I like to make handcrafted holiday ornaments and then attach them to my packages and gift bags. They make for a little extra-gift and they are something that the gift …
During the holiday season I enjoy getting crafty. I will sit down and make a few holiday gifts and I enjoy making my own Christmas greeting cards. I’ve been crafting since I was 14 years old and over the past 30+ years, I’ve gotten even …
If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ll already know that I love to craft. I enjoy scrapbooking, cardmaking, paper crafts, crochet, cross stitching, modeling clay, jewelry making and all sorts of other things. Matter of fact, I often share various craft projects that I’ve made right here on the blog.
Like millions of other people I jumped on the adult coloring book hobby last year. It’s a great way to relieve stress and to let your creative juices flow. After I’ve completed a paper artwork, I like to turn my finished designs into scrapbooking pages, homemade greeting cards, bookmarks, refrigerator magnets and all sorts of other things.
I review a lot of adult coloring books and share those lovely reviews here on Two Classy Chics blog. Many times people will ask me what do I primarily use to color in the designs. Well, today I’m going to share with you my favorite gel pens that I often use!
I purchased the Smart Color Art – 100 Colors Gel Pen Set from Amazon a few months ago and LOVE them! I use them all of the time when I do my adult coloring book projects. Notice, I said I PURCHASED THEM, they were NOT given to me for a review! Obviously since I purchased them, I honestly am giving you my opinion on them with no strings attached!
You get 100 gel pens in the set in glitter, metallic, milky, standard, neon and swirl colors & textures. Some of the pens are doubles and some are not. I find that the doubles are the colors & pens that I use the most, so I do appreciate those doubles!
These gel ink pens are absolutely PERFECT for using with your paper crafts and when you do your artwork in adult coloring books. While they are NOT the quickest ink-drying pens that I’ve ever used, I do LOVE their beautiful colors and how the ink glides across the paper when I’m using them. On top of that, I find that each pen lasts a good decent amount of time too.
Well, there you have it! My favorite gel ink pens that I’ve been using for the past few months and the ones that you often see me use in the adult coloring book reviews that I do here on the blog.
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This week’s installment of “Crafting with Kids” is a project that is geared towards the older kids, teens and adults. I would say that children ages 6 and up could make these with adult supervision.
My 6 1/2 year old grand daughter and I made several of these embossed metal refrigerator magnets and I admit, I did have to help her with the cutting and embossing parts. She did the coloring part and gluing which she was happy to do! In addition, you’ll have to own a die cutting and embossing machine which a lot of crafters own these days.
Embossed Metal Refrigerator Magnets
Die Cutting Machine
Embossing Folders
Die Cutters in Various Shapes
Aluminum Sheets (for your particular machine)
1/2″ Round Magnets
All Purpose Craft Glue
Craft Foam Sheets
Sharpie Markers in a Variety of Colors
Scissors
I used my die cutting machine and embossing folders that I already had on-hand. I had purchased some aluminum crafting sheets off of Ebay for my particular machine. There are several different brands of die cutting & embossing machines out there like the Cricut, Cuttlebug and others. I used primarily my Cuttlebug.
For some reason…she wanted to make a variety of Fall leaves as our shapes but you can use whatever cutting dies & embossing folders that you have on hand. We first used the machine to cut out our various shapes. We then ran those shapes through the machine with our chosen embossing folders which give the metal cut-out it’s embossed design. We used the Cuttlebug to cut out those same shapes from craft foam (in this case dark brown craft foam) and will be using those to back our refrigerator magnets.
Once you have everything cut out and embossed…let the child glue the foam shape to the back of the metal cut out using all-purpose craft glue. Next…give them the Sharpie Markers and let them color in the designs on the front. This was the Princess’ favorite part of this craft project!
Once they have been colored in…flip them over and glue the round metal magnet onto the back. Let them dry overnight before placing them onto your refrigerator!
We are going to make some more for the Spring and Summer season over the next few weeks. Like I said…use whatever cutting dies and embossing folders that you have on hand.
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