MLCCB #60: Christmas Lights

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year of 2025 !!  In this new year make sure you make time for yourself, everyone needs "me" time.  Mindfulness and Meditation equals a calm soul.

Here's my post for MLCCB Anything Christmas Goes.

A couple years ago I did a svg file of these Christmas lights for a project, these were left over staring at me.  They were a perfect fit to make a card. Stamped a sentiment that seemed fitting to the design.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

·         stamps: Simon Says Stamp: Winter Birds

·         paper:  Brazzill, Recollections, the Paper Studio: Frosted Cranberries

·         die-cuts:

·         embellishments:

LTSCB #171 Anything Goes: Cute Pets Bookmark

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year!! These years are going by so fast... Just breathe and always remember to make time for yourself.  

Here's my post for for LTSCB Anything Goes.

This cute stamp set is from Sugar Pea Designs called Sprout Bloom Grow. Each layer of the animals were stamped and fussy cut out, or course I had to color them a little to add even more dimension. A little sewing, because the sewing machine needs some use.  

The bookmark die cut is from My Favorite Things.  Which makes it very easy to make bookmarks.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

·         stamps: Sugar Pea Designs: Sprout Bloom Grow

·         paper:  scraps

·         die-cuts: Sugar Pea Designs: Card Front Element Builder III, MFT: Bookmark Duo and Stamps

·         embellishments:

MIUCB #75: Monochrome: Sunflower Box

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year!!! Hard to believe we are already in another year. Hopefully some of fulfilled dreams in 2024 and will continue with making yourself a priority in 2025.  Everyone needs to breathe and time some "me" time.

Here is my post for MIUCB : Anything Goes with the option to play in the challenge of Monochrome.

I know it's not Spring or Summer, but I love Sunflowers.  Here's a cute little box from Lori Whitlocks SVG cutting files.  Simple and easy, makes any gift cute.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

·         stamps: SU: Itty Bitty

·         paper:  brazzill, the Paper Studio: Sunflower on Wood

·         die-cuts: Lori Whitlock:svg file box with handle, MFT: tags

·         embellishments: sunflower

LTCCB #84: Felt Knitted Gnome

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year !!  Another fabulous year to make happy changes in our lives.  

Here's my post for LTCCB Anything Crafty Goes.

My son was working on a project for his girlfriend and needed a little felt needle work for some details.  There are a lot of crafts out there, but I never heard of Felt Needle Knitting.  While at the store, I bought a little kit to try this new craft out.  I didn't like the colors in the kit, so I picked up a package a wool with many colors to choose from. I made my gnome friend.

Now I'm addicted to this new little hobby.  I don't know if it's the stabbing or challenge of taking some wool and making a creation out of it, but I'm enjoying.  My kids bought me a advent calendar of a scene to build ... all felt knitting.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Kit: Felt Works by Dimensions (I bought my kit at Hobby Lobby)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #58: Cozy Mouse in the House?

 Hello crafty freinds :o)  We are approaching the Holiday Season very fast, don't blink or you will miss it ... might not be a bad idea.  This post is for MLCCB, Anything Christmas is wanted.

Another Christmas card ready to send. If a mouse could be this cute, maybe it could stay cozy next to the fireplace in the house.  The image is Festival Mouse from Kit and Clowder, part of the bonus image for the month of September of 2023 coloring class.  Alyce usually has many of the older classes online, so you can still learn how to color and learn new techniques.  

This image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils following the class techniques.

 

Here is the inside.

Some crystals were place to give the card a little bling.

·         stamps: Kit and Clowder:  Festival Mouse (Sept 2023)    Simon Says Stamp: Winter Birds

·         paper:  Cardstock Warehouse: kraft, Recollections:  red, the Paper Studio: Merry Everything Happy Always

·         die-cuts: MFT: Oval Stax 1&2

·         embellishments: Recollections: snowflake brad, Bead Landing: Austrian Crystals

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #72: Smooshing

 Hello crafty friends :o)  Welcome to another fun challenge at MIUCB, this month is about smooshing.

Silly me didn't take a pic of how I smooshed. It's a very easy technique.  I have the special mat for distress inks, sprays and paints, everything wipes off very easily.  I stamped with distress ink pads and used some spray ink directly on my mat, wet with some water "smoosh" my paper.  Then you can "smoosh" on some clean paper and get another design.

I made this tag to go in a card slot in my junk journal.  I used some of the papers and stickers from the kit.  

thanks for looking and reading.

·         paper:  Soto Studio: Brewtiful Coffee Bundle

·         die-cuts:

·         embellishments: Soto Studio: Stickers

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #82: Fall is for Apples

 Hello crafty friends :o)  Welcome to new inspiration with a new challenge at LTCCB, Anything Crafty is Welcome.

This cute image is from All Dressed Up, called Apple Picker; colored with my Prismacolor pencils. The images are very cute from this artist.  I had to have the checker paper with this card, little picnic thought was going through my mind. For the most part, I kept this card very simple.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading.

·         stamps:  All Dressed Up: Apple Picker

·         paper:  Recollections:  Sans Acide double sided, red,

·         die-cuts:

·         embellishments: 3 Girl Jam: ribbon and lace, Stampin Up: Hodge Podge Hardware

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog #169: Coffee Junk Journal

 Hello crafty friends :o)  It's September ... pretty much Fall is here, at least close.  This year is just flying by without my permission.

This post is for LTSCB, where Anything Goes. 

I really didn't understand this "Junk Journal" phase that everyone is going through or why it was needed in the crafty world.  Until I got this kit from Soto Studios, it came with this leather book and everything needed to get started, just add your own inks, paints and creativity.

With stickers, papers and some stamps from the kit, junk journaling is about just playing with your crafty items.  Seeing what works and just having fun without pressure of perfection or rules. Playing with inks, paints and embossing to create new things. I will be creating more in this book.  It has lined pages too....maybe a good place to put some of my favorite quotes.

It has places for tags, which I created one in another post and will slowly fill these pockets up.

It also has storage for some of the stamps.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

·         stamps: Unity:    Soto Studios: coffee bundle

·         paper:  Soto Studios: coffee bundle

·         embellishments: Stampin Up: Hodge Podge Hardware, Soto Studios: Stickers, washi tape, ribbon, embossing powder

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #57: Wooden Snowmen Fun

 Hello Crafty Freinds :o)   I very aware of Christmas in July, but I was just in Illinois visiting my parents and a store (craft store...won't mention any names), already had Christmas up in their aisles in June.  I'm sorry, this is too soon. That's my rant ... let's move to the challenge.  This post is for MLCCB, anything Christmas is wanted.

As a crafter, we all collect good finds and tend to make the craft ASAP.  Okay, I bought this kit in 1998, I have moved twice since I have bought it and the original paint that came with the kit was completely dried up. I meant to do it much sooner.  Going through some crafts, deciding what so good and what should stay, it was time to get some crafts done. This is the pic the was sent with the kit on how to finish the project. 

All the pieces were wooden and I primed all pieces with white primer.

They give you outlines that you have to trace on tracing paper and cut out.  Then try to line it up with the rubbing paper and trace again on the wood piece. (I had to buy the tracing paper and rubbing paper.)  You can see in this picture how it transferred to the wood.  It's great until you start painting and cover up the lines, so free hand painting to finish each one.  As you can it's easy to make your own lines of where everything should be.

Here is each piece after painting them.  My youngest son help me paint some of the smaller pieces that just needed one color.

The center piece finished.

The left side finished and in place.

The right side finished.

Here is the tri-fold completed.  The sticks came from our yard and a little bit of drilling for the holes was needed, but overall, it was a great project to do.  With painting and time allowed, it took me a month to complete this, with a few projects between drying and thinking about what colors I wanted to paint each piece.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

· Snowman Tri-Fold Kit: Wooden kit to paint and assemble by Laurie Speltz

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #71: Playing With Food

 Hello Crafty Friends :o)   Time for another challenge at MIUCB, this challenge we want you to play with your veggies.  Okay, so when I wrote down the challenge in my calendar, I put play with food.  I do eat veggies and love them, but I did this challenge with pasta. Playing with your Veggies is just an option to join the challenge, we will accept all creations.

Here is the pasta design.  I tried two different types, but the penne pasta did much better than the rotini.  Maybe if I used paint instead of inks, I might have had a better outcome with the rotini. Playing some more might be an option for the future.

Wanted to make sure the design was seen, so keep the design simple.  

Here is the inside, which I kept very light in order to stamp or write a message over the design.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

·         stamps: Cas-ual Fridays: Calm & Gentle

·         paper:  scraps

·         die-cuts: Craftin Desert Divas: Fancy Frames

·         embellishments: Celebrate It: ribbon, Bead Landing: crystals