A Little Scrapbooking

TGIF...I love Friday it's always nice to look forward to the weekend and spending quality time with the family...Today is the last day of school for the boys and they start their two week spring break...We are taking vacation to Kauai next week for seven days...Yippee...We are so excited...

Today's project is a little wall hanging that I made for our friends Devon & Shelia....This was at our house for our New Years Party....The photo is of Vernon (my hubby), myself and Devon....Unfortunately Shelia had a little to much to drink and was not in the picture....But we all had a great time....

Back to the project....I used my BIA to cut two pieces of 4X6 black Chipboard which I just tied ribbons to bind it together....I painted the black Chipboard with a little silver paint....I then cut one black and one pattern paper with the spellbinders die and embossed the black one and brushed it with silver paint....I somehow got paint on the photo so I just sponged paint around the edges to make it look like I had meant to do it....lol....I printed the info on a piece of vellum and added a velvet flower with brad....OMG those flowers smell so bad....

I cut the flourish with a sizzix die and added some bling to make it pop....I used some making memories black clips to hang it and added some glitter silver brads on top of the silver ribbon....It was a really simple little project that I think they will enjoy....I really love this photo of the three of us....We will truly miss our dear friends when they move....Being a military family we experience friends coming in and out of our lives and there are very few that actually will be lifelong friends....Devon & Shelia have become friends that we will have in our lives for many many years....I hope you have a great weekend and like the project that I have made...We are having dinner with them tonight so I will give them their gifts so I will let you know what they think....Have a great weekend and I hope you enjoy the project I made...Happy Stamping....

My Blog Candy!

Oh I'm so excited....First I found the cord for my Camera....Plus plenty other goodies in the process....lol....So I have made this frappuccino box gift set and Nicole has given $10.00 for Inky Impressions store credit(Thank You!)....I will let the boys pick the number which will be announced on my blog Wednesday March 18th....All you have to do is leave a comment here telling how you photograph your projects & any tips you have learned along the way....You can get a second chance to win by applying for the Inky Impressions Design Team call....Are you still with me...oh goodness I hope this isn't to much....If you have any questions please let me know..It would be great if you would like to help spread the word on your blog but not necessary to win....Good luck....

A lot of people say they have such a hard time getting a good picture of something they made....I am not that great at it myself....I usually take my pictures outside in the daylight to get the best results.....I would love to hear what you use....

I have covered the frappuccino box with fancy pants designs pattern paper and added lace trim around the whole box....Then I decorated each side with a few fun images and a few of my favorite stamps...
I used Heidi Swapp large flowers to wrap on two of the four sides.....On the left is LiLi (inky Impressions), Brick Wall (Magnolia), Sun (alota rubber stamps)....I played with the shamrock green flower soft for the bottom....OMG I just love this stuff, it so cool....On the right is Angelica (inky impressions) sitting on a chair (Magnolia) I cut out the flourish pieces with sizzlet dies....


These are just such beautiful words and I wanted to share them with you....On the left is a stamp from Wordsworth, its called The Women Who and I just love it....On the right is from DRS Designs....I have always loved this prayer....
This is some of the stuff that's inside....Lotion, Bottle of kisses, Some Trims, Some Flowers, A Few Clear Stamps, Some Alpha Stickers & Tags and a few more little things I have....I also made a tabbed mini compo book that matches....Don't forget the check for $10.00....I hope you enjoy

This is the $10.00 Gift Certificate which I made with a stamp from art declassified & hero artsO.K.....Good luck to everyone....I am in the process of cleaning up my craft room and moving things around (as always) which I'm finding lots of yummy goodies so the blog candy might get larger as the days progress....Have a great week and head over to Inky Impressions Challenges site to apply for her DT...It's so easy now days huh....Thanks for stopping by.....

Inky Impressions DT Call!

Congratulations Nicole! I'm so super excited for you and the release of your new stamps....What fun we are going to have....I have enjoyed working with these images a lot....I made this sign for Nicole to hang in her office or craft room as a reminder of her inky impressions future....Thanks Nicole for bringing us these great images and for letting me be a part of your Design Team....I will always be grateful for our friendship....

So Nicole is looking for a few people to be on the guest design team and all you have to do is submit a few of your best projects so head on over to the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog for all the details.....Be sure to check back at my blog this weekend cause I'm putting up some Blog Candy! oh yea and it's going to be super good.....I hope you see you back soon....



Love Love...

Cherry Tilda Card & Candle

I just love this Cherry Tilda she is so cute....I have had the hardest time finding cherry papers so I had to make my own....I just stamped the Cherries on white cardstock and colored them in with copic markers and added come crystal glaze....It worked out perfectly.....She is too cute...


I made this candle for my girlfriend Camille for her Birthday in September....It came out so nice but I had forgotten to take pictures of it before I gave it to her....So it took awhile before she brought it back for me to photograph....It really is such an easy project to make a candle.....When I first learned how to do this several years ago I must have made like twenty....It's so fun when you learn how to do something new....

This is all I have to share for today....I have been working on a few new projects with some new images....I will share them tomorrow....My friend Nicole is releasing her new line sometime this month or beginning of next month not just sure on a date yet....The images are adorable and I think you will love them....So stop by tomorrow for a peek at the new girls....Have a great night and thanks for stopping by....Love Love

Hanna Challenge

Challenge for our Hanna Yahoo Group......




On my Hanna Yahoo Group we had a challenge to do and the inspiration
that Kristi at Hanna Stamps provided u with was so perfect and so me....
I love these colors......One of my favorite color combinations.....So I was
to mail to Susan so I made a 6X6 card that was already a day or two late
(shocking I know) so when I mailed it I didn't put the correct postage so I
got it back in my mail box.......Not good.....So it was going to be really late
now.....So I decided that I needed to make a small gift to make up for my being
late......So I made this little card set with some chocolates since it matched the
the paper I was using so well......We all love chocolate....I hope she likes it........




I covered some nugget chocolates with Pattern Paper and
added some rub-ons.....I used a tin from some Maya Roads
rub-ons or stamps that I got a long time ago......




These ar 4X4 cards and really are very simple
I used some American Crafts paper......SU Cardstock
and of course my copic markers........Oh and Riley from
Hanna Stamps.......The words are also from Hanna



Same thing here except that I added a few flowers



How cute is he.......I think this one is one of my favorites......
So this is what I sent to Susan I sure hope she likes it.....

You know when you make a card or gift that just comes together so well and you just love it....
Like it turned out even better than you had envisioned........Then you try to convince yourself
that you should just keep it for yourself.......Well that was me but I just kept pictures and it always feels good to give your handmade gifts to people and especially another crafter that appreciates the time and effort that you put into it.......Well I have more to post so better get going......Happy Stamping........

We Love Mrs. Smith

This is the name sign I made for Jared's teacher this year
we are going to miss her so much....She loved the gift for
teacher appreciation day or week and it was fun to make
I bought the frame from Wal-mart for a few dollars and I cut
the letters from foam with quickutz and the paper is Junkitz did
I spell that right....Well just wanted to share....Have a good afternoon

New Year's Eve

This is my inspiration.......I saw this in the Paper Trends December 2006 and thought I want to make one of those........How cute it that idea of being able to use it year after year......So I set out to make one.......Of course mine is not finished yet but should be soon........I will post again then
This is what I have so far.......It's coming together pretty cute I must say.......
And no project gets done without my desk becoming a huge mess although this isn't that bad....

Well it's New Year's Eve.......I have been cooking getting ready for tonight.......Just a few friends coming over for food and of course drinks........I woke up to my wonderful husband bringing me breakfast in bed........How sweet is that........I am so lucky......Well I have not been posting but I have been doing stuff........I took a few pictures of the advent calendar that I'm making right now........The first pictures are of my inspiration.......Of course I thought I could change it and try to make it my own........So this is what I have so far........What do you think.......I might be lucky enough to have it ready for next year........How exciting is that.........Well I hope you all have a wonderful New Year and a safe evening........enjoy.......

Thursday*December 27th

This is a Shadow box that I made of Vernon & Me back in the day.....We still look kind of young in these pictures.....Where did the time go.....Oh yea we keep getting better with age
I made this out of a $2.00 chalk board using pink & brown as some art work for my craft room.....This is a picture of my BFF Jenny and myself when I was home this summer.....We are like those same girls back in high school when we get together.....She is my rock....The one I call to tell everything to...Sh is always there to listen well when she answers the phone ha ha.....She truly knows me like nobody else.......And she still loves me.....Imagine that......I love you Jenny and wish we lived closer to each other.....

Well I finished my mini books of Dominick and sent him on his way early this morning.......He called just a little while ago and said he was in California......I am going to miss my baby.....He has never been away for this long before.....What will I do to keep busy......Be crafty maybe......I sent off a few pictures to the Prima DT call.....Wonder how that will turn out......I am going to post a few pictures of things that I have been making.....I need to get back to work....