Sunday, October 31, 2010

Pink Week-Cards for Sale & Live Show!


All of the cards this week feature PINK, and will be sold in my Etsy store today.
100% of the money from the sale of the cards will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure.

And Catch me Live Today at 2 pm-I will be making this card-

Location: My Usteam Channel
Use the link above and RSVP!!
Time: 2pm Central (12 pacific, 1 pm mountain, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern)

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pink Week! Card 6

All of the cards this week feature PINK, and will be sold in my Etsy store at the end of the week. 100% of the money from the sale of the cards will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure.




This card was inspired, or I should say copied from the Close to My Heart Art & Soul Video for this month. If you haven't watched it, you should it has some great art and shows you a fun technique called tissue stamping.

{ Tea Cup Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Colonial White, Tulip, Baby Pink (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Cherry-o (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: A Sip (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Bamboo, tulip, blush (Close to My Heart) Silver (other)
Embellishments: Clear Sparkles, tulip ribbon (Close to My Heart)


Live Show this Sunday!
I will be making the "Best Fishes" from a few posts below!

Location: My Usteam Channel
Use the link above and RSVP!!
Time: 2pm Central (12 pacific, 1 pm mountain, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern)

Friday, October 29, 2010

Pink Week! Card 5

All of the cards this week feature PINK, and will be sold in my Etsy store at the end of the week. 100% of the money from the sale of the cards will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure.



Check out this super fancy stick pin I made!
{ Felt Flower Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Bamboo, Colonial White (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: bamboo button, blush buttons, colonial white button, hollyhock button, half back pearls, corner rounder (Close to My Heart) flower die cut (paper trey ink) pink felt, stick pin, bead, bead spacer(other)

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Pink Week! Card 4


All of the cards this week feature PINK, and will be sold in my Etsy store at the end of the week. 100% of the money from the sale of the cards will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure.
{Pure Delight Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Desert Sand Textured, colonial white (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Jingle (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Triple Play (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Chocolate, Desert Sand, Juniper, Blush, Garden Green (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Juniper ribbon, pink sparkles, corner rounder (Close to my Heart) Cork (other)

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Pink Week! Card 3

All of the cards this week feature PINK, and will be sold in my Etsy store at the end of the week. 100% of the money from the sale of the cards will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure.

How cute is this clear "Under the Sea" fish card? I had so much fun making this card! I used some vintage dictionary pages to stamp the fish on and added some half back pearls for bubbles!!
{Best Fishes Card Supplies}
Cardstock: White Daisy (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Sky, Cotton Candy (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Party Pennants, chocolate letters, sans letters, hot digity (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: glitter glue, half back pearls, foam tape (Close to My Heart) scallop punch (SU) vintage dictionary paper

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Pink Week! Card 2

All this week I will be posting cards that feature PINK in them, at the end of the week I will post the cards for sale in my Etsy Store and donate all of the money to the Susan G Komen foundation for Breast Cancer.
Today's card is a quick and easy card with just a few supplies and some stamping. I don't use lots of Get Well cards, but it seems that when I need one I need it right away. So quick and easy is great for Get Well cards.
{Get Well Card Supplies)
Cardstock: Smoothie, Colonial White (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Smoothie (Close to My Heart)
Stamps : All the Best, A Sip, Tag the Occasion (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: rhinestone flower, foam tape, half back pearl (Close to My Heart) die cut (spellbinders)

Monday, October 25, 2010

Pink Week! Card 1

Everyday this week I will be posting a card featuring the color PINK. At the end of the week I will put all of the card for sale in my Etsy store and donate all of the money to the Susan G. Komen foundation for Breast Cancer Research.
My 1st card is inspired by this card by Tracey Mason. I just loved the look of it and the ruffles were just stunning! My roses certainly need some practice compared to hers.
{Friends 4 Ever Card Supplies)
Cardstock: Tulip, Garden Green, Cotton Candy (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Jingle (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Tulip (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Heart 2 Heart (Close to my Heart)
Embellishments: Tulip ribbon, edge distresser, half back pearls (Close to My Heart) scallop punch (SU)

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Thanksgiving Gift Pack


Here is my drink catty if you missed the live show you can watch the recorded show here. The drink cattys I got came from this site, but you could always use one you pick up form the drive through or even use a 6 pack case.
Here are the measurement for this specific box (in case you order them form the same place)
Small panels-2 3/8 "(you need a total of 4)
Large panels-4 3/4" (you need a total of 2)
The width of the strips are 2 1/4" keep in mind that I used a border punch so it started out larger.

{Thanksgiving Gift Pack Supplies}
Cardstock: Sunset, Colonial White,Bamboo (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Olivia (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Harvest Home, The present (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Desert Sand, Barn Red (Close to My Heart)
Other: foam tape, water color pencils, blending pen(Close to My Heart) border punch (other)

Some other ideas to pack in these caddies
Cupcake decorating supplies
Hot cocoa supplies
Bath and Body supplies
Coffee Supplies
and the list goes on.


All of the items I used in today's show came from World Market-(I bought one bag of pumpkin seeds and re-packaged it in smaller bags)

Live Show Today!

Location: My Usteam Channel
Use the link above and RSVP!!
Time: 2pm Central (12 pacific, 1 pm mountain, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern)

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Key Holder

I have been working on my display boards, class projects and samples for the month of November and this is one of My Stamp of the Month Projects. I used one of the Mix and Mingle mini album pages to create a fun wall hanging and key holder. I also used the pretty pins to create the key hooks.
{Key Holder Supplies}
Cardstock: Colonial White (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Olivia (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Sunset (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: A Little Thanks (Close to My Heart)
Other: Mix and Mingle album, Pretty pins, hemp, foam tape, just blooms paper flower, bamboo button (Close to My Heart) clothes pin (other)
Mark your calendar for this Sunday at 2 pm.
(2 pm central time.)

Friday, October 22, 2010

Crafting Kits added to Etsy Store


These two kits are the same except for the cigar labels. One kit has a Cuban cigar label and the other has a Kinky Freedman label. You can find all the details or purchase the kits over at my
Etsy Store.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Operation Smile All Day Crop.

Those of you in the Lubbock area, please join us for a day of fun and fellowship. Spend the day crafting, scrapbooking or cardmaking to support an awesome charity-Operation Smile.
Sign up deadline is Friday Oct 22nd.

Embossing Challenge and Live Show preview

This week the challenge over at the Heart 2 Heart blog is to use some sort of embossing~~dry or heat. Well I got creative and used both! For the back ground of my card I used clear embossing powder and the emboss resist technique. I also heat embossed the large brown leaf on some vintage dictionary paper (Hint: Vintage paper will catch fire*wink* wink*)
I also used some dry embossing on the strip of cardstock.

{Embossed Leaf Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Desert Sand, cocoa, Colonial White (Close to My Heart)
pattern paper: vintage children's dictionary
Ink: Desert Sand, Cocoa Marker (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Leaf pettie perks, Many Thanks (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Twill ribbon, cocoa embossing powder, clear detail embossing powder, cocoa button (Close to My Heart) nestiblities die cut (Spellbinders)


Also-Coming this Sunday-Live Ustream Show - 2pm central time.
Making a wonderful Thanksgiving/Fall Gift set.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Queen for a Day

I found the color combo from Jeanette Lynton this week to be a bit of a challenge. The first time around on this combo had a too much of each of the colors. I went back and removed most of the Gypsy purple and it helped.
*Insert story here*
A good friend's daughter called and spoke of an event where if she raised enough money she would get to be the "Queen of the Sock Hop". I couldn't pass up this stamp set and the sentiment "Queen for a Day". The funny part of the story is that she said " a sock hop is kinda like a dance. I think they had them back in the old days, the 80's or something."
I guess to a 9 year old the 80's are vintage.......


{ Queen for a Day crown card Supplies}
Cardstock: Lagoon, Pear, Cotton Candy, Colonial White (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Lagoon, Gypsy (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Royal-birth (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: foam tape, purple sparkles, prisma glitter, sanding kit (Close to My Heart) nestiblities die cut (Spellbinders)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Close to My Heart Contest Project

Check out this link to see my winning project, and all of the product info.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Quick and Easy Folded Flowers

If you missed the Live show, you can find the video recording here.
Large flowers measurements:4 x 1.5" and the small flower measurement is 1 x 3"
{Fall Wreath Supplies}
Pattern Paper: Olivia Collection(Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Bamboo buttons, twill ribbon (Close to My Heart) raffia, acorns

Live Show Today!

Location: My Usteam Channel
Use the link above and RSVP!!
Time: 2pm Central (12 pacific, 1 pm mountain, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern)
Find more details below!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Flower Folding-Live Show this Sunday!



Location: My Usteam Channel
Use the link above and RSVP!!
Date: This Sunday Oct. 17th
Time: 2pm Central (12 pacific, 1 pm mountain, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern)

The show will be about 30-45 mins long. I will be making a home decor item and showing you how these folded flowers. If you miss out the show will be recorded for later viewing

Friday, October 15, 2010

It's all about the Leaves

This week the challenge over at the Heart 2 Heart blog was create a project using leaves. For my card I created a window that from the outside you can see the leaf stamp and the sentiment. I also used an acorn from my yard(these come from the Live Oak tree and I hot glued the seed into the cap so it will stay) Hint: I am going to be using the acorns again in my Sunday Usteam class
{Happy Fall Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Smoothie, Bamboo, Colonial White (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Olive, garden Green, cocoa (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Many Thanks (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Cocoa embossing powder, hemp, brown half back pearls (Close to My Heart) Other: Acorn

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Happy Haunting


I am starting to slow down on my Halloween creations for the year, but I couldn't resist this fun color combo from Jeanette Lyntons Color Me Monday this week. I wanted to give the burlap one more go round, and this card was the perfect spot. I stamped those dots right on it using CTMH ink--(Tip: I stamped twice using Pacifica ink and you need to let it dry for a while....my fingers were blue)
{Happy Haunting Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Black, Colonial White, Pacifica, Sunny Yellow (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Pacifica, Black (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Hit the Spot, Spellbound (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Liquid glass, Sunset button, hemp, stipple brush (Close to My Heart) Burlap, yellow ribbon (other)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Trick or Treat!

A few weeks ago, Angela Tutton posted a wonderful tutorial on how to make this really cute Halloween treats. I had so much fun making them, and I have been giving a few of them away and they are big hits. You can find all the info on how to make them here on her blog.
{Trick or Treat goodies supplies}
Cardstock: Pear, Black, White daisy (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Black, Gypsy, Pear, Sunset, Lagoon (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Thriller (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: black waxy flax, circle punch (Close to My Heart) black ribbon, skull sweet tarts and 1x8 bags (other)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Birthday Tree

This card is really simple, but give a big wow effect. For the back ground I stamped the tree and leaves on cloud pattern paper, then I cut a circle window out of cardstock. I attached the window to the front of the card using pop dots.
{Birthday Tree Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Topiary, Colonial White, Desert Sand Textured (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Splendor (Close to my Heart)
Ink: Chocolate, Topiary (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Grow with love (Close to My Heart) Just the ticket (Papertrey ink)
Embellishments: Topiary buttons (Close to My Heart) Circle cutter (Martha Stewart) ticket die cut (papertrey ink)

Monday, October 11, 2010

Skulls & Slime

Over the weekend I went to a craft fair a few towns away. I came across a bag of scull beads that I couldn't turn down. When I got home I created really fun Skull and Slime bracelet and earrings.
Since I had several skulls left over I created a few extra bracelets-you can find them for sale in my etsy store.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Peacock feather wall decor

If you missed the live show, you can watch the recorded video here.
I can't wait to add a picture to this project.
{Together We can do Anything wall art supplies}
Carstock: Chocolate, Colonial White, Pacifica (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Mangnifique (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Pacifica, Chocolate, Pear marker (close to My Heart)
Stamps: Unity, Circle of Love (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: chocolate ribbon, edge distresser, blue sparkles (Close to my Heart) nestiblities die cut(other) Iridescent Medium for Water color (Winsor & Newton at Michael's)

Tune in Today! Learn how to make these!

Tune in today at 2pm and learn how to make these super shinny peacock feathers
Click here. to be a part of all the fun!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Fall Banner

I had so much fun creating this F.A.L.L. banner for my kitchen. I used an assortment of products including an old pair of jeans (Shhhh! don't tell anyone in my house that I cut up their pants!)

Friday, October 8, 2010

Tune in this Sunday



Location: My Usteam Channel
Use the link above and RSVP!!
Date: This Sunday Oct. 10th
Time: 2pm Central (12 pacific, 1 pm mountain, 2 pm central, 3 pm eastern)

The show will be about 30-45 mins long. I will be making a home decor item and showing you how to make iridescent peacock feathers. If you miss out the show will be recorded for later viewing

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Too Cute to Spook

Over the past few weeks Jeanette Lynton has been featuring all of the new colors, and I haven't been doing the color combo challenge because I couldn't decide. This week she only featured one set of colors, and it's just wonderful!!! Be sure to go by her website and see what she made-really cute stuff)
I created this super fun card and I thought it would be cute to have a matching envelope!
{Too Cute to Spook Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Black, Pear, White Daisy(Close to my Heart)
Pattern Paper: Hooligans(Close to My Heart)
Ink: Pear, Gypsy, Black, Lagoon (Close to my Heart)
Stamps: Troublemaker (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Pear Button, edge distresser, white floss (close to my heart) wrinkle ribbon (etsy)




Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Birthday Card Challenge

This week the challenge over at the Heart 2 Heart blog was to create a Birthday inspired project. How easy is that? I can tell you that I always know someone having a birthday or some one is always asking me for a birthday card.
{Happy Birthday Ticket Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Twilight, Tulip,Creme brulee, Juniper, White daisy, Olive (Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Jingle (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Desert Sand, Twilight, Tulip (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Tag the occasion (Close to My Heart) Just the ticket (Papertrey ink)
Embellishments: Tulip floss, white pearls, edge distresser (Close to My Heart) Ticket die cut (Papertrey ink)

Monday, October 4, 2010

I did it!

and I lived to tell about it!! I will say that I am really sore-mostly from hauling my rear out of the creek 3 times. That being said--I will be doing this again, it was so much FUN!!!
There was over 1000 runners, and several thousands of dollars was raised for the Children of fallen Soldiers.
It really doesn't matter what skill level you are, there were runners, walkers and even kids! If you are interested in this kind of event- search for Mud Runs in your area(Facebook has lots of them). If you are in Texas start here
After being gone all weekend, I don't have a lot of extra artwork ready. So give me a few days to get the laundry done (even the muddy clothes), catch up at work and rest cause I am one tired girl!! See you in a few days!