Coppertone Clearly Sheer Sunscreen Review

Let me start off by saying that I normally don’t take the time to write up a review on any product not related to my crafting obsession. Before I get into the review I want to get a disclaimer out there. As an authorized BzzAgent I was sent this product and coupons for free in exchange for my honest, personal opinion. If you would like to learn how to become a BzzAgent visit this website  www.bzzagent.com 

As a BzzAgent, I was given the opportunity to try out Coppertone Clearly Sheer Sunscreen and I was super excited. It did take me a while to write this review cause I really wanted to give this product a real chance.  I’ve been using both of the samples for about a month and half now,and I have to say that I’m really liking this lightweight formula. 

The first review is going to be on the Coppertone Clearly Sheer continuous spray sunscreen!  This one really amazed me.  I have tried other spray sunscreens and have not like them at all.  I LOVE this new formula! There is a light scent when you first spray. After that it is only noticeable if you actually sniff your skin, but it doesn't interfere with perfume or smell strong enough to detract from its quality. Almost instantly about 75% of the product sinks into the skin. It leaves a barely there, ever so slight glean to the skin. It does not feel wet or slick when it hits your skin like most spray sunscreens. As far as performance, it has worked well, it is SPF 50,and water resistant up to 80 mins.  Overall I really like Coppertone Clearly Sheer continuous spray sunscreen! 

The next and last review is on the Coppertone Clearly Sheer sunscreen lotion.  First  off let me say that I love this Coppertone clearly sheer sunscreen. I am known to skip the sunscreen because I don't like the smell and I hate the oily feel it leaves on my skin. However this formula really did surprise me.    It’s definitely sheer and feels good on my skin. Coppertone clearly sheer absorbs fairly quickly into my skin. There is no icky sunscreen scent, but a light fresh scent. This lightweight formula leaves your skin soft and moisturized all day and best of all protected from the sun.  Another thing I really like is that it’s water resistant up to 80 minutes. I have been using Coppertone clearly sheer for about a month now and I’m happy to say that I’ve had no skin irritation or acne!  I’m extremely happy with Coppertone clearly sheer formula, that I have been recommending this product to everyone!  Thank Coppertone!  

As I said before I was given this product for free but these are my true and honest opinions.  I really like this new lightweight formula.  And again here is another disclaimer. 

As an authorized BzzAgent I was sent this product and coupons for free in exchange for my honest, personal opinion. If you would like to learn how to become a BzzAgent visit this website  www.bzzagent.com 

Love&Luck Scrapbook Layout

It's been a while since I did a layout,I was watching some YouTube the other day and found a new channel to watch.  Her name is Nancy ( Kitty Scrapper is her YouTube name ) since I was checking out her channel I had seen she was having a challenge.  I decided to participate in it, hoping I would get back to making some layouts.  At least I did get this layout done and I have some inspiration for another.  I did do a processed video for this layout if you would like to watch click HERE!  I really enjoyed this challenge and I love how the layout turned out!.  Below I will have more pictures and a list of my supplies that I used.  As always thanks for stopping by and please join me socially!  All link are above!!! 

Supplies:

Background: Carta Bella, Hello Again Collection-journaling cards

Layer One: Fancy Pants,what a wonderful day collection-reminder

Layer Two: Carta Bella, Hello Again Collection- chit chat

Stickers: Carta Bella, Hello Again Collection & Fancy Pants,what a wonderful day collection

Studio Calico- Cork Arrows

Buttons: October Afternoon, Travel Girl

Tabs: October Afternoon, Travel Girl - Tidbits

Flair: Scraptastic 

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp-Card Exchaning Friends

Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Inks in Mid-tones  Charcoal & Bubble Gum

Marker used of outlining: Memento- Tuxedo Black

Adhesive:  Atg & Glossy Accents by ranger

Letters for Tittle: Jillibean Soup Alphabeans- Blueberry Teal & Thickers- Dear Lizzy- Treasure

Baby Shower Invites

My baby brother(who is 21 but still the baby) and his wife to be is expecting their 1st baby in june.  So I offered to baby the shower invites.  This is how the turned out sooooooo super cute, I just love them.

Making your own enamel dots

A few weeks ago I had watch a YouTube video explaining how they were making their own enamel dots. At first I wasn’t going to watch the video because I thought they were using the Viva décor pens, but I decided to go ahead and watch the video anyways. I am really happy that I did decide to watch the video because I found a new way to make my own enameled dots. In this post it will be very picture heavy and I also have made a YouTube video explaining and showing the process of making your own enameled dots. I did not come up with this idea on my own, and there are plenty of other videos out there showing you how they make enameled dots, I just figured that for my subscribers and for my channel that I would make a video showing how I do it.

Before I get into the supplies that you will need, I want to take a brief moment here to explain the process and to give you a couple of tips. First off for this method you will be melting plastic beads in an oven. Any time that you melt plastic you generally get some kind of odor, my best suggestion for you is to make sure you are in a well-ventilated area, try having some fresh air coming into your work area. Now when I melted the beads there was a small amount of odor nothing overwhelming but needless to say it was still an odor. In my work area I did have a window open and after I had made a few batches I did have to turn the fan on just to help circulate some fresh air. Also you are going to be working with small beads so just use some common sense and not leave your beads lying around if you drop one pick it up especially if you have small children or pets. I have three miniature pinchers and I was constantly dropping little beads onto the floor and if I wasn’t quick enough to pick them up my dogs were trying to eat them.  And on a final do not leave your beads unintended in the oven; you don’t want to burn down your house making enamel dots. Okay now that I got that off my chest let’s go ahead and talk about the supplies that you’re going to need.

1.       A toaster oven or oven

2.       Parchment paper

3.       Pony beads or perler beads   these can be found at your local craft store

That’s it for the supplies this is a really easy process but the best thing I can say is to just experiment first because your oven made cook faster than my oven or vice versa.  Also pony beads come in different sizes the bigger the size and the bigger the enameled on your end up with. I’m going to be showing you pictures below of 9 mm, 7 mm, and 3 mm pony beads and perler beads which after melted and up to be about a 3 mm. 

The directions are very simple for making these beads. For the pony beads I baked mine at 425 for 8 to 10 min.  For the perler beads I have been baking mine at 425 for 15 to 20 min. Now I do want to say I really like the pony beads the best and the only reason for that is that I get consistent results every time I baked them. The Perler beads I have not had consistent results with. It just seems like different colors once it melts at different times. If I could get consistent results than I would really like those beads better. So let’s go ahead and take a look at some of the pictures below and you can see the results that I had with the beads. Again I will include a link to my YouTube channel to watch the video on how I made these.

Okay up first is going to be the 9 mm pony beads, and with this bead here it is a translucent bead. Which means you can see through it. So for me in a way this is not a true enamel dot. But I do really love the way this turned out. I also compared all the sizing for the beads to a quarter so you can someone get a true sense of the size.

Next up is the 7 mm pony bead and I have to say I love the way these turned out, and I really like the size as well.

Up last for the pony beads is the 3 mm size. And I really like this size as well to they are nice and small and you could use them at a million different places.

Here are the perler beads, when they cook down they are about a 3 mm size as well. Like I said earlier I really wish I could get consistent results with these beads because they would be my favorites. But since I can’t get consistent results I would have to recommend going with the pony beads. Again this is just my own personal opinion.

I want to thank you for taking the time of your busy day to stop by my blog or my YouTube channel or any of my other social media sites. If you have any questions you can e-mail me or send me a private message through YouTube or on any other social media site and I will try my best to get back to you as quick as possible. Please leave me a comment or subscribe to my channels or join me socially. As always thank you so much for your time and have a great day. If you would like to watch the video click here.

How to Make A Deco Mesh Wreath

I'm sure you seen these lovely wreaths in your local Michael's or Hobby Lobby stores.  They are just so pretty,but the price tag on them not so pretty.  Have you ever wondered how to make them?  If you watch my tutorial below I will teach you how.  Trust me these mesh wreaths are so simple to make.  And beware they are very addiction.

How to Make a Deco Mesh Wreath Part 1 

          

                                                       How to Make a Deco Mesh Wreath Part 2

          

My Word and Why.....

So it has taken me a long time to get this post up.  I decided back in December that I wanted to do one little word again for the year of 2014.   When I first sign up I was pondering between two words.  I just couldn't decided on which word was for me.  So for about a month I was just going with the two words and was trying to see which one fit  me.  It wasn't until 2 weeks ago that my word just come to me like a ton of bricks. Just like that.  There has been some family stuff going on with me,don't worry not all bad, and that is what helped me decide my word.  It was on January 25,2014 at 3am I was sitting at my dinner room table looking at someone who I haven't seen or talk to for more then 6 years that I just said to myself "Crystal just EMBRACE this and your life!"  So there you have it my word "EMBRACE"!

Why did I choose embrace?  There is a lot going on in my life all which is good but very hard to accept.  So instead of getting upset or leaving things bother me I decided to just embrace all the changes and roll with it.  I have been doing this for a couple of weeks and it seems to be working.  When things are getting a little rough I just say to myself "Crystal look at the bright side and just embrace this.  Things will all work out!"  I must say I'm really liking this word and I'm very excited to see where this journey is going to take me this year.  

I know that I'm a little behind in the workshop for one little word,but it's going to be real easy to catch up.  I'm also planning on doing things that's not in the workshop to really help me own my word.  I'm not sure how much I will be posting on what is  in the class,but I plan to show a lot of the stuff that is not in the class.  I hope that makes sense.  If you would like to follow along go check out Ali Edwards One Little Word Class!

Usually when I make a post a try to include some pictures,I didn't have any for this post.  So I decided to include a picture I took of the first time I put my word onto paper.  Nothing fancy but it does have a little meaning for me. Thank you for takig the time out of your busy day to stop by and see what I'm up to.

  

A New Year and New Changes

First off let me start off saying I hope you all had a great New Year's!  It's been a while since I made a post or even did any type of crafting.  With the holidays and so much going on I really had no time for crafting and even if I did I just didn't feel like it. Sometimes you just lose your mojo,well at least for me.  I just wanted to give you a little update about whats going on with me.

First off this year I decided to participate in the One Little Word (OLW) class again this year.  I'm really hoping to do a post once or twice a month about my progress with my word.  So sometime this week I should be putting up a post about OLW.

The next thing on my list is my blog!  I decided this week to start making some changes on my blog.  So I've been making some changes slowly.  If you happened to stop by and it just doesn't look right I'm probably messing with it.  I've been wanting to learn a little about html and css coding in order to make my blog a little more personal.  So far so good I had made some changes already this week and I'm really like the way it starting to look. Now since I'm making all these cosmetic changes I hoping to start posting on a more regular basis.  No promise on that, but I'm really hoping to!  I had a couple of ideas floating around I just haven't committed to any just yet.  If you stop and I haven't posted in a while check out my YouTube channel.  A lot of times it so much easier for me to make a video and upload it to YouTube.

So that pretty much sums up everything for me.  Again I should be posting something about OLW later this week.  If you interested in finding out some more info about One Little Word click HERE to go check out Ali blog!  If you want click on my social media icons at the top of my blog to follow me socially!  Until next time have a wonderful day!

Scrapbook Layout Process-Mom & Dad

This layout was done with the Never Tear Us Apart kit from Scraptastic October kit.  I had also used my sew easy to put some stitching on the layout.  As always more photos and a YouTube video below.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Scrapbook layout process- Crazy Kids

For this layout I used my September Scraptastic Everybody Talks Kit.  I'm really happy with the way this layout came together!  Below are some photos and a YouTube video explaining my process.  Thank you so much for stop by and have a great day.

Personalized Wine glasses

So let’s talk about Christmas gifts! I know it’s only the beginning of November but Christmas is just around the corner. If you’re like me and you’re making handmade Christmas gifts now is the time to get them started and finished fast. Because let’s face it Christmas sneaks up on us every year. I also wanted to point out that these personalized Wine glasses are a great any kind gift. These will be perfect for hostesses gift, house warming gift, birthday gift, I’m sure you get it the idea. I’m also going to include a YouTube video below that will also explain the process for these.

These wine glasses are very simple to make but do require a little bit of time. I’m going to try to explain this the best I can, if you have any questions you can e-mail me or send a private message through my YouTube channel. Let’s go ahead and talk about the supplies you’re going to need for this project. First you need some kind of a glass; I purchased mine from the dollar store. Next you’re going to need some glitter, for this project I prefer to use extra fine glitter. You’re also going to need mod podge, triple thick brilliant brush on gloss glaze, paintbrush, vinyl( I prefer to use outdoor vinyl oracle 651), some kind of die cutting machine, paper towels or baby wipes. And I also forgot to mention transfer paper or contact paper. Okay let’s go ahead and get started making these.

Step one is putting on the glitter. On my wine glasses I used to coats of the glitter on the darker colors, and on the pink glitter I use three coats. It really just depends on your own preferences. So I took my paintbrush and painted on a very thin even layer of mod podge and then coated it with a layer of glitter. Repeat this step as many times as you prefer just remember to leave each layer dry at least 4 to 5 hours in between coats.  For my glasses I have used extra fine glitter, and that would be my recommendation on what to use. I do not know what the results would be if you use a course glitter.

Step two is to put on a topcoat to make your stem and base smooth again. I like to use triple thick brilliant brush on gloss glaze. You can pick this up at any Hobby lobby, Michael’s or JoAnn fabric stores. Now the trick to make this stuff work is very thin even layers, and leave them dry completely before applying more. Now for my glasses I had used three layers, and I had left each layer dry for 24 hours. Now that might have been a little bit of overkill but I wanted to make sure that they were completely dry.

Step three is to cut out your vinyl. I used my silhouette to cut my out. You could use any font you would like. I used monogram KK for the initial (that would be the black vinyl), and Gabriella for the names (that would be the colored vinyl). If this is your first time cutting vinyl you want to make sure that you do a kiss cuts. There are plenty of videos on YouTube explaining how to do that.

Step four is to weed your vinyl and use your transfer paper or contact paper to prepare the vinyl to be put on the glass. I do explain this process in my YouTube video which I’ll have posted below.

That’s it now you have a beautiful personalized wine glass either for you to enjoy or for somebody else. These wine glasses are very inexpensive to make but yet look very expensive. I hope I explained this process easy enough for you to understand if I didn’t I apologize. As I have stated before if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me either send me an e-mail or send me a private message through YouTube. As always thank you so much for stopping by and for taking the time out of your day to support my little craft channel. Please join me socially all of my links are in the upper right-hand corner and to be quite honest with you I’m more active on instagram and YouTube. Again thank you and until next time have a wonderful day! BYE

Scraptastic November 2013 Colorblind Kit

I was so excited yesterday when my mail man dropped off my mail!  Why you may ask? And the answer is, it's that time off the month again my scraptastic kit came.  I just love the beginning of the month I get excited every month for the new kits to arrive.  For this month I decided to go with the colorblind kit.  I got the main kit and the add on.  Below is a picture from the main kit and the add on.  I will also include a video showing you what all came in the box.  As always thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

November 2013 Colorblind main kit

November 2013 Colorblind Add-on kit

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Once in 12 years!-Processed Layout

Okay so for today’s post I’m going to share with 

you a layout that I had completed about two weeks ago, with this layout there is a very funny story behind it. For this layout I used my Septembers Scraptastic kit.  As usual there will be pictures below and also a YouTube video that explains my whole scrapping process. Now just to give you a little bit of information about the story line behind this layout, Jason and I have been dating for 12 years now and occasionally we play a card game called rummy 500. So for anyone who doesn’t really know about this game, it may be called something else but I know it as 500, the whole purpose behind the game is to get to 500 points. I’ve been playing this game all my life since I can remember it’s a game of choice we plan my household. When Jason and I got together it never played this game so my parents and I taught him how to play. And for the whole 12 years we’ve been together he has never won a game with me. Back on August 1 we had a date night’s we came home from dinner and are TV was not working. So with nothing else to do we decide to play a game of cards and we ended up playing about three or four games and finally on the last game Jason won.  He was so excited and happy that he had finally beaten me at a game of 500 that I have to take pictures and I had to scrap this moment in a relationship. I know it may not seem like a lot of other people but for the Jason this was something really big and I was also very happy for him. But I also do want to point out just in case Jason decides to read this post he did only win by five points. But hey a win is a win, whether it is by one point or by 20 points a win is a win no matter what, and I would never take that from him.

I’d like to thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog, I really do appreciate it. As I have already stated below will be a YouTube video where I walk you through my scrap booking process. Again thank you so much for your time today, and please join me socially. All of my links are in the upper right-hand corner. And to be quite honest with you I am more active on YouTube and instagram. Have a nice day and until next time bye.

             

Love is Rare- Processed layout

This is the first layout I did with my September scraptastic kit.  I know it's getting a little bad I have October kits sitting here not even touched and I just order my November kit today,thanks to me getting sick for 2 1/2 weeks did a number on me.  There will more pictures below as well as a YouTube video.  As always thank for stopping by,and have a great day!!!