crafty goodies

Try It Tuesday~more flowers!!!

2012-01-31T00:01:00.000-06:00

I warned you Monday, a week full of flowers~the handmade kind.

The first one {green material} I used a cardboard circle about 2" and put Helmar 450 on it and twisted my material all around. I tucked the end under and put felt on the back of the cardboard. The leaves are from Prima, the center is Jenni Bowlin and Prima {resin flowers}. The ones the the right were done like this~

Kind of a knock off the Jillibean Soup ones. I really like these and they were quick and easy using the Glubers by Cosmo Cricket. Then I thought~what about painting them~

I did beige so I could try the Twinkling H2O's by Lumin Arte on them.

Painting them worked great and so easy and quick!!

And here you can see I added them on top of felt flowers I cut using my Sizzix dies. The centers are Epiphany Crafts round 14 bubble cap, Jenni Bowlin's buttons and some felt leaves that I had. Let me know what you think about these flowers!!!! See ya soon!!

Satin flowers with a twist~

2012-01-30T00:35:00.002-06:00

Hi everyone ~ had a great weekend, did a little junkin' and that is always good for the soul. I have been making flowers ~ all kinds so just so your not surprised that is what this weeks blog post will be on. Lets start with these~

I used satin material and cut circles with my Sizzix die, then I cut into the circle about an 1/8" . This made a four petal flower.

You can't tell in this photo but when you put the petal on top of the flame to curl the edges {of the satin } it burns a bit to give it a cool shading effect.

After I curled all four petals I used my Tim Holtz tiny attacher and stapled the center and put a pearl in the middle of the flower. Here are some more pictures of the finished flowers. I added some leaves by Prima also.

Beautiful but important than that they were fun to make!!!! Have a great Monday and I'll see ya soon!!

Vintage Street Market~

2012-01-28T09:06:00.002-06:00

Hi everyone!! The weekend is here~I'm going to go have lunch with a special friend and hoping to get some junkin' in too!!! This one I did using Vintage Street Market products. I love the Tinted Tape{ numbers}~so many things you can do with it!!!

Here is a close up ~ love the Tim Holtz rosette die with the Vintage Street Market red shiny paper ~ so retro looking!!! The old milk cap worked well as a center. CHA{Craft and Hobby Association} starts tomorrow so I have been staying close to the computor. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed that some of my work will be displayed in Epiphany Crafts Booth!!! Helmar USA is there too.

Have a wonderful weekend and if you are on Face Book I will post updates to my wall on "new products"!!

See ya soon!!

Vintage Street Market tags~

2012-01-25T15:38:00.001-06:00

Greetings~Hope everyone is doing great!!!! These are the tags I did for Vintage Street Market design team call. The tags are on two cardstock so you lift up the overlay and there is a lined tag underneath for you to write your sentiments on. These would look cool tied on a gift of given as the gift with a gift card attached underneath. I used Helmar Craft glue to adhere all the goodies together!!!

Today I was over on Epiphany Craft's Blog and tomorrow over on Scrap Street. Hope to see you pop in. See ya soon!!!

Try It Tuesday~a must see!!!

2012-01-24T06:25:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~I had this cute little chest { by Kaiser} in my stash for a couple of years and thought it was time to do something with it. I used Helmar Decoupage, Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Helmar Zapdots and Authentique/Uncommon. The hardest part of this project was getting the little chest put together and aligned properly but after that was done, it went together quickly.

I covered the chipboard with Helmar's Decoupage and Authentique. I sanded the edges and inked them very lightly. This stage took some time. Be sure to let each drawer dry completely.

This is a back view. I used the book text for this and loved how it looked with my "made by" stamp.

Inside the little drawers view~

The embellishments from Authentique are adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry and Helmar Zapdots! The shiny buttons are by Bazzill Basics and the crocheted flower by my mother in law { a handmade original}!!

This was a fun project to watch it come together ~ but it did take a couple of days to complete. I let it dry really good after each use of the decoupage. Hope you enjoyed this and have a great day!

See ya soon!!

melon~water anyone.....

2012-01-23T09:18:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~hoping you had an awesome weekend. We did a little shopping and got to spend time with two of our "grands"!!! The crafty files are a bit empty but I did find this layout I did for ScrapStreet two issues back. My call { as a street writer} was to use empemera on a layout. I used Jillibean Soup, Jenni Bowlin, American Crafts, Helmar 450 Quick Dry and empemera {old green check}. I love adding vintage to my layouts!!! You can check out the new call for the April issue of ScrapStreet HERE. My call is ~ Deceived. Make a LO that deceives the eye - for example, the layout shows two photos but it really has eight. Send two photos so we can see both views. Send to submissions@scrapstreet.com by February 18th. Try It Tuesday will be up tomorrow ~ hope you plan on stopping in!!!!

See ya soon!!!

Jenni Style note pads~

2012-01-21T12:28:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~as you know I have been out of town. The first thing I wanted to do was make something and get a new blog post up. These are quick and I have gotten a great response from them so I thought I would show you some BTS shots!

This is how your legal size tablet looks all cut up. You will get 12 salvage and 36 of about 2 1/4" size. I you want bigger just adjust your size of cut. I got these done at Office Max. They are on sale for $6 for a pack of twelve. Pretty good deal!!!

I glued {Helmar Craft glue} the paper to the back of the note pad { 2 3/4" x 12" }. Then I cut another piece { 2 3/4" x 3 1/4" }~fold it over and glue. You are ready to decorate the topper.

I used Jenni Bowlin/Haven paper line. It is cardstock thickness. The trim is by Graphic45 and some Tim Holtz label stickers are used, everything else is Jenni Bowlin.

Like I have said these are quick, fun and great little gifts!!! have a great weekend and it is good to be home.

See ya soon!

and PS~I won't do another blog post on these~promise!!!

So many pages~

2012-01-19T11:58:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~anyone in the same shape as me. I need to put all of my {4 piles of layouts} in albums~it is one one of my least favorite things to do. I love to create and don't wan to stop and put these in sleeves! I know that is terrible~

This isn't even all of them~I have some in the store { Craft Crossing} and I have 13 hanging in sleeves above my window ~my "scrappy" curtains. I am estimating over a hundred but not sure until I gather them all up and count them.

I use the American Crafts albums~green and brown and attach a year on the side and front. I have 10 of these and over 40 Creative Memories albums. I love looking back {and so do the grands}at the photos and remembering the moments!!! Would love for you to cheer me on in this endeavor and I will cheer you on~let me know when you have your albums full of your fantastic scrapbooking layouts!!

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Tomorrow {Jan 20th} I will be up over on Helmar's blog with a project using Authentique and Kaiser, along with my Helmar!! Hope you will stop in~

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Wanted to also share with you~I have been out of pocket, my dad has been in the hospital and I have been at my parents home helping out where ever I can. My dad is doing much better but a good friend of mine died Monday with cancer and I just found out about another close family friends death last night~ Blessing to you all!! See ya soon!!

Try It Tuesday~cards!!!!

2012-01-16T20:35:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~just in time for Try It Tuesday!! I have been working with Authentique and Helmar and I made these two cards using my scraps! I love using every bit of paper up. The trim is by Maya Road ( several years back) and some bakers twine.

I don't really call myself a card maker but I do enjoy making them especially when I do it right!!!

I have one more project coming up on the Helmar blog this coming Friday using Authentique~I hope you will stop by and check it out.

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Thanks for stopping in today and have a great Tuesday!!! See ya soon!

Another way to make those note pads~

2012-01-15T00:00:00.000-06:00

Remember these? This is the salvage side of the 3" notepads I made in December. You can find that post Here and Here. (this is Helmar's Blog) . I missed posting them here :(. They are 1 1/2" in size~just perfect for the list maker in your house!

I used Helmar Acid Free Glue, May Arts trims and Authentique/Uncommon pattern paper.

I love doing this kind of work and happy it is so well recieved!!!! Have a great day and I'll see ya soon!!!

Sketch of the month with Helmar~

2012-01-13T00:00:00.000-06:00

Here it is the sketch of the month over at Helmar!!!!!!!!

I finally got mine done ~I must say this is one of my favorite sketches~

I made my own die cut paper by punching circles out with my circle punch and gluing them around the round paper. I used Helmar Acid Free for this.

The paper is by Authentique and the ribbons are by May Arts!! There is still plenty of time if you want to try the sketch and load it up HERE. Tracy loves giving glue away!!!!!

Here is a close~up of those beautiful ribbons!!!!Have a great Friday and I'll see ya soon!!!

What a day~

2012-01-12T07:54:00.003-06:00

First there was this~

Believe me when I say, this was an EXTREMELY hard decision, but we are so excited to welcome these super talented ladies to our already fun and creative team:
1.Jennie McGarvey
2.Connie Mercer ****eek*****
3.Andrea Budjack
4.Sheila Rumney
5.Shellye McDaniel
6.Victoria Warren-Mears
7.Amy Duff
8.Keri Babbitt
9.Diane Payne
10.Sarah Mullanix
We can’t wait to get get started! You will start seeing these ladies’ projects next month!!!

Thank you to everyone who applied. We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to share your creativity with us!
Vintage Street Market Design Team Member

and then this~

I was on Face Book and saw this on Epiphany Crafts fan page * hey, that's my layout* was my reaction~

and it just keeps getting better~I lost some sleep.........but that was ok , too!!!

I lost some sleep getting these pictures but that is OK~

and here we go~ photograph taken of the TV~so pic is blurry but ~do you see what I see?

Most of you know my news but just wanted to say Thank You for all the kind words!!!

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I'm up over on Helmar's Blog today~would love a visit!!!!

See ya soon!!

Portfolio with Epiphany Crafts~

2012-01-11T12:05:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~I did this portfolio for Epiphany Crafts and love the way it came out!! I can't wait to fill it up and start using it. I have done a little tutorial on how to fold the file folder{the kind with pockets}so you can get started!!!

Fold like an accordion~ and glue the two centers together. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry.

I adhered my papers to the folder~you can use one strip, all the same kind of paper or break it up like I did. I used Authentique{which is a partnering ccompany with Helmar in a couple of weeks}and October Afternoon.. You can add a calendar, note pad, list pad, stamps refills etc.

This is the opening pages one and two. The pockets are so good for stuff you don't know what do to with or you want to file later.

Close up of the awesome October Afternoon embellishments!!!!!

Pages three and four~sticky note pad, clips for tickets etc.

and the back~ the embellishments I used are Epiphany Crafts bubble cap Oval { my personal fave} and Epiphany Crafts bubble cap Round 25. Also Jillibean Soup twine rounds on the front, Graphic45 trim and the magnet clip is by Basic Grey. I adhered Tim Holtz tissue tape to the fold and it really made a difference keeping the front and the back from getting caught on things. Hope you enjoy this and let me know if you make one!!!! I'm up over at Helmar's blog tomorrow~would a visit!! See ya soon!

Try It Tuesday~with Trudy:)

2012-01-10T00:01:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~glad to be blogging today. Had a big scare yesterday but all is good thanks to Julie Tucker Wolek. I won't go into it, but just to say, if Google asks for your cell phone numbe ~give it to them or they will disable your blog until you do:):):). I learned the hard way!!!

These are pins I made using egg shells and I learned this over at True's Gifts From The Heart!! This girl is on Helmar's design team { Trudy Sjolander} and is pretty crafty!! She posted these on her blog and I asked her if I could share the technique on my blog. She has an amazing tutorial on her blog that will walk you through step by step.

These are the two pins I did ~a heart and butterfly using these~EGG SHELLS{yep, from a chicken}!!

I did mine a little different~I used Claudine Hellmuth's sticky back canvas to cover my Tim Holtz's grunge paper. I used things I had and they worked fine. I used Helmar's decoupage to adhere the egg shell and then put a coat of sealer over it to give it a glossy shine. I hope you will go see the video up on her blog~HERE is the direct link. Please tell her I sent you!!!

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and my news~I'm a Vintage Street Market Design Team!!! Have a great day~ I'm sure gonna try to have one!! See ya soon!!

Junkin' finds~

2012-01-09T12:07:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~it is rainy and cold here but we never turn rain down. I did get a short junkin' trip this past Saturday and this is what I found and what I did with some of my finds!!! First up this amazing old spool of factory yarn. Makes a great pin cushion~old photos would look great!!!

Next~old flash cards and another fold up and out yard stick!!! I have two of these but just couldn't walk past it!!!

I'm not sure what this is but I'm sure it would make a great storage piece~so this what I did with it. It is about a 12"x12".

I put Jenni Bowlin product cards{cause I save everything Jenni} in the bottom, just to clean it up a bit!!!

By doing this I could free up some valuable space on my work table!!!

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I'm up over on Epiphany Craft's blog today and have some wonderful "scrappy" news to share~just not sure if I can share so maybe I better wait a day or two until I know!!! Be sure and stop over for Try It Tuesday~I something really cool to show you!! Have a great day and see ya soon!!!

a little Epiphany Crafts~

2012-01-07T09:37:00.000-06:00

Good morning!!!! Hope you are up and at it ~ what ever that maybe!!! This is a camera pin { as I call it} because I love the way it looks on my camera bag. I used a Canvas Corp. flower and added a flower by Pink Paislee to the center and then made a dangle from Epiphany Crafts square charm and square bubble cap. The resin flowers are by Prima and I added a vintage key.

Here it is again~would look great on a denim jacket too!! I used Helmar's Gemstone glue on this one and Helmar's 450 Quick Dry on the card below!!

Also did this simple little card using the Epiphany Crafts bubble cap oval~my favorite shape!!! I find myself reaching for the oval more and more. Hope to get some junkin' in this weekend{I must be well if I want to go junkin'} Have a great weekend and see ya soon!!!

Crafty news and a winner

2012-01-06T09:53:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone!!! I have three things to share today, one is the Winter issue of ScrapStreet is live and WOW it is crazy GOOD!!! If you are looking for cards, scrapbooking layouts and more check THIS out~tons of inspiration in this issue!!

If you want to get a jump on submitting check out the calls HERE. This is mine ~ Deceived. Make a LO that deceives the eye - for example, the layout shows two photos but it really has eight. Send two photos so we can see both views. Send to : connie@scrapstreet.com

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The other thing I have to share is Helmar's sketch for the month is out. I'm going to be working on mine today ~ maybe I'll do it twice. It is by Helmar designer Lydell Quin

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And the third thing ***is our winner***of the "crafty goodies"~

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Loveeeeeeeeee all of these!! WOW!! You have totally rocked the crafty world this
year! :):):):):):):):):):):)

Thanks everyone who commented on my top 12 post~see ya soon!!

Remember this~

2012-01-05T08:43:00.000-06:00

Remember this~hi everyone, thought I would show what I did with this awesome card file~

It holds all of my Epiphany Crafts tools, re-fills and flowers all in one handy dandy place.

Here's another one ~remember this~

The one on the left was my grandma's glue and the one on the right is my glue~this is one time I will take new over vintage. Helmar's 450 Quick Dry is my "go to glue"!!!!

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I'm up ove on ScrapStreet's Blog and the Winter Issue was out on the first~hope you have a great day and if you are blog hopping check this out~cool stuff {check out Jan 3rd post} **wink, wink**

See ya soon!!!

Try It Tuesday~remember this........

2012-01-03T12:24:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~do you remember these? I found them on one of my junkin' trips~today for Try It Tuesday I'm going to show you what I did with them!!!! Most of the time I have an idea what direction I'm going to take with my layout but not this time. I knew I wanted to use Jenni Bowlin the new {new to me} line Haven so I started there.

This has some Elle's Studio on it too. Love the little banner and date box pieces!! The title is Jillibean Soup and I sprayed it with a red mist to color it.

A close-up of the bits & pieces and the "grands"~I just want to STOP the clock, they are growing so fast and fabulous!!!!

Then I got an idea to make some journal tags{to use on my layouts} with the clock flash cards~keeping with the TIME theme. The embellishments are mostly Jenni Bowlin~

Here is another take on using the flash cards as journal tags~Did you notice also the bolt of yarn~it makes a great display piece, just get a stick pin and your project to the yarn to photograph!!! Love the look~

On all the projects I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry {my go to glue} and Helmar Zap Dots!!!

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There is still time if you want in on the "crafty goodies" RAK~be a follower, leave a comment on THIS thread. I'm up over at Epiphany Crafts Blog and would love for you to stop in~they are always giving away stuff !!!!! ScrapStreet Winter issue is up ~ you can view it here. Have a wonderful day and see ya soon!!!

First post for 2012

2012-01-02T10:14:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~welcome to 2012!!!!!! We have been traveling and I have been sick { so when I posted I was trying to get sick~I did!!!} We had a great time at my parents { even though I was in bed for two days}. I'm glad to be home , I'm even glad for the ton of work piled on my desk~counting my blessings!!!!

This is a layout using a no longer in business line of paper~Foo-Fa-la { by Autumn Leaves}. I always liked the vintage look this paper line had.

The journal space is a rub-on!! I rarely use rub-ons, don't have good luck with them but this turned out great!! Maybe my luck is changing LOL!!!!

Here is another using some older papers~it is by Fancy Pants!! Both of these layout's were for Ready, Set, Create e-zine. The beautiful flowers are by Tammy Bonifcio. She has a Etsy shop but I don't have a link.

All of the embellishments, on both layouts, were glued with Helmar 450 Quick Dry!! I want again to thank you all, who visit my blog and leave me such awesome comments~I have some "crafty goodies" to give away HERE so leave a comment on this thread to be entered. I ended up posting 228 blog posts for 2011~a big increase from last year!!!!! See ya soon!!!

Happy New Year~Top Twelve of 2011!!!

2011-12-30T01:45:00.001-06:00

Happy New Year to all of my blog buddies and readers!!!!!!! I have looked through all of my work for 2011 and compiled My faves for the year~ so here we go:

The Paper Bakery ~1st kit

Cosmo Cricket/Helmar ~this LO got the most comments in my gallery.

Jenni Bowlin/Helmar~this was pinned on Pinterest numerous times!

Jenni Bowlin/Helmar ~I did this one for Scrap Fest on the JBS site!

Nikki Sivils/Helmar/Lawn Fawn~this one ended up being the COVER for Ginger ScrapStreet!! Made my day!!

Helmar/Jenni Bowlin~vintage all the way!!! Love the look!!!

Darkroom Door/Helmar ~ I was asked to guest design a second time. This is one of my projects!!!Thrilled to do this!!!

Helmar/Jenni Bowlin~Jenni Bowlin put this one on their FB fan page~sweet!!!

Helmar/Fab Scraps~love how this came together!!!

The Paper Bakery/Helmar~love how it came out!!!!

Epiphany Crafts/Jenni Bowlin/Helmar~one of my favorites!!!!

Epiphany Crafts, Jillibean Soup, Helmar~another LO that got great comments in my gallery!!!

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The company's that I worked for in 2011 were Helmar, Epiphany Crafts, The Paper Bakery and Darkroom Door!!!! I could easily pick another twelve~I love working and being creative and using the product in a different way. Adding ephemera to my layout's is extra fun!!!

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Leave me a comment, be a follower and tell me your fave~I have some "crafty goodies" to give-away!!!!!

See ya soon!!!!

The Paper Bakery~Dry Eraser Board!

2011-12-29T01:21:00.006-06:00

Hi everyone~this is my last project for The Paper Bakery. I love making these Dry Eraser Boards and this December add on kit had great embellishments in it for this type of project. They take some time but so worth it in the end. I decoupaged tissue paper, that was in the kit, to the inside cardboard~giving me my background that will be seen through the frame.

You are ready to add paper to the outside frame and decorate it as you like. The products I used were the The Paper Bakery's December add on kit and Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Helmar Decoupage and Helmar Acid Free Glue. You can go HERE to find out how to get your name on the list for future and up coming kits from The Paper Bakery. If you have questions about the kit club and how it works THIS is a great place to start looking for answers.

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See ya soon for my TOP ~~TEN~~ Twelve projects of 2011!!!!

Try It Tuesday ~ The Paper Bakery!!!

2011-12-27T00:01:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~hoping you had an awesome Christmas and/or Holiday. We did and we still have more coming. My dad's birthday is on New Years Eye so we will be celebrating with him!!!!! I'm trying to get sick~so I'm resting up!!! This is work I did for The Paper Bakery using the December kit.

The pattern paper is by Studio Calico, the title letters are by Jillibean Soup and some really cute handmade embellishments!! One of the reasons I love these kits!!! They are unique and different!!!

Here is another one done with the December kit. You can see some of the handmade embellishments I was talking about earlier. Super cute!!!! I use Helmar 450 to glue the embellishments on. This kit comes with a clear acrylic stamp by Jenni Bowlin~I used it on this layout.

If you are interested in getting future up and coming kits ~ all the information is HERE. The December kit is sold out so now is the time to sign up and make sure you are in on the next kits from The Paper Bakery!!

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My last blog post will run tomorrow on The Paper Bakery ~ I would love for you all to stop by!!! The new team { which are awesome} start January 15th!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!

2011-12-24T22:54:00.000-06:00

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the peeps that make up Crafty Goodies!!!!!

See ya soon!!!

Dear Santa with Darkroom Door!!!!

2011-12-24T00:01:00.000-06:00

One more day until Christmas!!!! Looking forward to seeing all of our family!!! This is a layout I did for Darkroom Door using the Dear Santa word strips and the Dear Santa Photo Chips. The block style design is perfect for the Photo Chips~just the right size!!!! The journal round is by Jenni Bowlin.

I used Kraft cardstock and some bakers twine and buttons!!!! The title is by American Crafts. The X marks added the stitched look to the layout. You can either do it with a rubber stamp or a marker. I used the Darkroom Door Stamp set for this.

Here is close-up of the banner. I loved the word strips and thought they would make a cute banner.Thanks for stopping in~I know everyone is so busy with baking and family stuff!!! Have a wonderful Holiday !!!!

See ya tomorrow~Christmas Day!!!!

Christmas note pads~

2011-12-23T10:04:00.001-06:00

Good morning!!!!! Christmas is almost here!!! I have a couple more Christmas projects to show you then on to January 2012!! These are Christmas note pads that take no time to make so if you need some small gift items to hand out to family and friends here you go. These are a perfect choice. You will need 2 sheets of double side paper, matching embellies, Helmar 450 Quick Dry and 12 X 12 note pad cut into thirds. I used the Tops Brand from Office Depot~they will even cut them for a small fee. I had a twelve pack cut~so you could see some more of these***wink, wink***

Two sheets of double side pattern paper will make three of these note pads. Cut the paper into thirds and glue to the back of the note pad. Take a 4 X 4 piece of the pattern paper and fold it over the top ~making a flap, this is the part you will decorate. I used Bella Blvd as my pattern paper and embellies!!! I added a little Rock Candy also to sparkle things up!! Here are some more examples~

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I have another project up over on Darkroom's Door blog would love the support!!!!

Dear Santa~another tag idea!!!!

2011-12-21T19:43:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~this is a sweet little gift idea that uses Darkroom Door's tag stamp set and the Dear Santa montage images. Pretty simple and so cute!!! Stamp out your tags~I used the small ones and decorate them with festive images. Easy enough~

I then made a card out of decorating an envelope by Maya Road. I decorated the outside with the Dear Santa montage by Darkroom Door. I put the tags inside the envelope. When all the tags are used on gifts~then the envelope can be used to wrap a gift in also!!! Bakers twine is excellent for the tie~on. I'm up over on Darkroom Room today~would love for you to pop in !!!

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Tomorrow I'm up over on Helmar's blog ~ another version of a quick, cute Christmas gift using my favorite glue Helmar 450 Quick Dry!! I know everyone is busy and I thank you for stopping in~ see ya soon!!!!

Try It Tuesday~Epiphany Crafts & Crate Paper

2011-12-20T06:08:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~we are getting close to the five day count down!! I wanted to share a Christmas layout and some ornaments with you, using Epiphany Crafts and Crate Paper/Peppermint Collection. On this one I used Epiphany Crafts Star bubble cap with the Crate Paper Collection.

I machine sewed the string, the stars are dangling from~love that look!!!! The great thing about the Epiphany Crafts bubble caps is you can decide for yourself which paper you want to use and make your stars custom to your layout. Very cool!!! I love options and with Epiphany Crafts you get that!!

These are some Christmas ornaments I made using the Crate Paper Collection and Epiphany Crafts Stars!!! Love the funky trims that come with the Crate Paper Collection!!! So festive looking and fun~

The embellishments were adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue!!!

See ya soon!!!!

Authentique gift card holder~

2011-12-19T05:46:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~I have two of my grands for a couple of days so I'm up early to make my blog post. This is a gift card holder that I did for a bonus project at Craft Crossing {carries the full line of Authentique}. It is done in Authentique pattern paper. The pumpkin is from a Tim Holtz die, stickers from Authentique, bakers twine and buttons.

First you will need two strips of double side paper cut into 3"X12". Score at 4" and 8" on both strips of pattern paper.

You will need to attach them at the seem. I used Tim Holtz tissue tape~you can reinforce with paper or double sided tape and then cover with tissue tape~that method works best.

So this is what it will look like.

Glue your envelopes on the little pages~I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry (Authentique is one of the partnering Company's with Helmar} To turn it into the little book~glue pages 2 and 3 together and pages 4 and 5 together~back to back. You should have 4 sections in your little book. I then wrapped bakers twine around it, decorated the front and it was ready to add the gift cards. I labeled my little envelopes with~Pizza, Burgers, Tacos, Deli.

Hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you tomorrow for Try It Tuesday!!! see ya soon!

A family of deer~

2011-12-16T09:58:00.000-06:00

It is cold and misty here~ugh and I need to run some errands but before I do that I wanted to share this super cute layout with you. I sent it in for publication and they said it made it and then they said it didn't sooooooooooo~you get to see it!!!! I used Paper Studio, the Tim Holtz rosette die, American Crafts and bakers twine.

Here is a closeup of the embellishments! The journaling was done on the computer, printed out and cut into strips. One of my favorite journaling techniques. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry to adhere the embellishments~hasn't let me down yet!!! Got to get those errands~see ya soon!!!

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I'm up over on Epiphany Crafts blog~would love for you to stop in!!! Have a good one today~

The Paper Bakery~December kit release!!!

2011-12-15T05:41:00.001-06:00

Good morning!!! Today is the release of The Paper Bakery's December kit. It is full of Studio Calico pattern paper's and those handmade tags, that we all love, trims, material, and a Jenni Bowlin rubber stamp. The kit is selling quickly so go HERE to reserve your kit.

I made these extra large flowers for my camera bag~using the material that comes in the December add on kit and Canvas Corp. flowers { that I had}. Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhered them together. I sewed Jenni Bowlin buttons in the center of the flowers.

This one is my favorite!! The material is so different and unique~I just love it!!!!! Go check it out~what a great Christmas present this kit would make~all the details are on The Paper Bakery blog. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day~see ya soon!!

Dear Santa tags with Darkroom Door~

2011-12-14T11:54:00.000-06:00

Happy Wednesday ~How's the Holiday preparations coming along!!! I still have a few things to do and then I want to get busy in my studio. I'm trying to get sick ~ so that is slowing me down. I wanted to share these tags with you that I did a few months back for Darkroom Door. They were so generous with me!! I love the Dear Santa line, made up of vintage Santa's from the past!!! If you would like to see these individually go HERE . The base of the tag is Manila cardstock by Ranger. I also inked the tags with the Tim Holtz inks. The tag stamp is by Darkroom Door.

I striped {tore} some material and wrapped it around the stamped tag and clustered embellishments from the Dear Santa montage at the bottom. The words are from the Dear Santa words collection by Darkroom Door. All the embellishments were glued with Helmar 450 Quick Dry. Have a great day and see ya soon!!!

Try It Tuesday~with Epiphany Crafts

2011-12-13T01:03:00.003-06:00

Hi everyone~time for Try It Tuesday!!! Today I'm using Crate Paper/Peppermint Collection and Epiphany Crafts Oval bubble cap to create my layout. I am using pictures from last year. Love these pic's of the grands deciding which ornament they can take home. Taking one off inspecting it, putting it back on and the process begins again until one speaks to them and they yell~I want this one!!!!

The embellishments are by Crate Paper, from the same collection. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry to adhere the Epiphany Crafts Oval bubble caps to the Christmas tree. The small round journal circle is by Jillibean Soup. Hope you had a great weekend~we sure did. See ya soon!!!

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I'm up over at Darkroom Door with my Dear Santa Christmas tags I did for them a few months back~ You can see them Here.

10 things~more junk'n finds!

2011-12-10T00:01:00.001-06:00

Time for 10-things on the tenth of the month. You can start the blog hop at Shimelle's blog ~ hope you enjoy the hop as much as I enjoy looking for cool stuff!!

Vintage Christmas cards ~ given to me.

wool thread $8 each

Card file **sigh******

milk carton caps ~love these!!

Old marriage license 1937 Ohio in a leather envelope~beautiful!

This is the REAL deal folks!!!! ~$8

enamel pans $3 each

little creamer with a vintage crackle~$3

old tea pot ~my favorite vintage green $6

Old metal sign, rusted on both sides~bought this as a reminder!!

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Thanks for stopping in~if you have any questions about the junk'n finds just let me know and I will get back with you. Enjoy the rest of the hop and I'll see ya soon!!! Have a great weekend!

Epiphany Crafts and Crate Paper celebrating Christmas~

2011-12-09T06:25:00.001-06:00

Good morning !!! I wanted to show you these Christmas note pads that will make perfect teacher gifts and take very little time to whip up. I used Crate Paper/Peppermint Collection along with Epiphany Crafts Oval shape bubble cap. This is my favorite shape in the collection along with the Star, Square, Round, Scallop ~ yes, I have more than one favorite!!!

You will also need a Letter size note pad cut in 3rds~ 3 1/2″ X 12 ~ you will have a 1 1/2″ strip left. One pad will make 3 of these. I used the Tops Brand ( Office Depot). They will cut them for you also. Sweet, right! Cut a strip of paper for your note pad to sit on and then a flap for the top and decorate away.

I used bakers twine and chipboard stickers from the Crate Paper Collection to decorate mine. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry for the chipboard embellishments.

This post is up on Epiphany Crafts blog ~ leave a comment on the EC Blog and you will in the running for a great prize package full of Epiphany Crafts and Crate Paper goodies. It is open until next monday ~so go comment away and we have a new blog!!!!!! So I hope you check it out!!! Back to wrapping presents ~ see ya soon!!! Almost forgot~ check this out HERE. Let me know if you leave a comment on DRD or Craft Gossip and we will have some Crafty Goodies prize!!

Happy Helmar Holiday Sketch Challenge~

2011-12-08T11:10:00.001-06:00

It is that time again~Helmar has the December sketch posted! The Design Team did an out standing job with this sketch~awesome work ladies!! This is my take on the sketch by Lydell Quin. You have all month to get your posted on Helmar's Blog.

I used Bella Blvd. and Buttons Galore and More, Faber-Castell Big Brush { for out lining} ~all of these manufactures have partnered with Helmar. Love thes fun products! The Helmar products I used were Helmar Zap Dots, Helmar 450 Quick Dry and Helmar Acid Free.

I stayed pretty close to the sketch~but invite you to go take a look at all the LO's and projects posted~they will blow you away!!! Week-end is almost here~see ya soon!!!!

Dear Santa~this is cool!!

2011-12-07T11:06:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone~How's the shopping coming? Mine is coming along. I plan to finish by the week. I have had some projects in the works that needed to be completed~I got those done yesterday. All I have left to do is put decals on a car {wink, wink} for a super cute three year old. This is another Dear Santa post. I have more picture's on Helmar's Blog and I would love for you stop in .

This project came to me while I was laying on the couch~trying to over come a headache. All you need is some tart pans. Make the rosette's using Tim Holtz's die and for the cupcake papers. I used some Basic Grey Christmas paper. Darkroom Door's Dear Santa images , Helmar 450 Quick Dry, and glitter, buttons!!! The leaves are from the Tim Holtz's Holly and branch die. I used Lumin Arte to paint them.

I am up over on Helmar today and I have more picture's post of this project. Would love for you all to stop in. On a side note~ I have been junk'n this weekend and if you love to re-purpose I will send the first TWO peeps that send me an email with your address today a little sample bag of way cool items!!! Dreaming of a white Christmas!!! See ya soon!

Try It Tuesday~some Jenni & Tim

2011-12-05T23:00:00.001-06:00

Hi~Happy Tuesday!!!! I did these tag cards or tags~tonight while listening to Helmar's Ustream show. Tracy or Jessica is on every Monday . So I was well entertained. I used mostly Jenni Bowlin supplies and Tim Holtz. The top of the tag is covered with tissue tape about two strips is all you need. the bingo card will cover the rest of the tag.

I used Jenni Bowlin's chipboard buttons for the centers and decorated around them with the Holly leaves from the Tim Holtz die. I painted them H2O's by Lumin Arte. I used a paper bag to cut the leaves from. Once painted they dry fast.

I used Helmar's Craft glue to glue everything to the bingo card. I speckled with acrylic paint finishing them up. These will look super cute tied to some homemade bread {wonder who I can get to make the bread}:):):) It is a problem~

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Tomorrow I'm up over at The Paper Bakery and Scrap Street. Would love for you stop in. I wanted to Thank all of you that visited during the Helmar Holiday Blog Hop~we had a great time putting it together for our Helmar fans!!! See ya soon~

Dear Santa~

2011-12-05T07:37:00.000-06:00

Good Morning, peeps!!! I had my class yesterday at Craft Crossing teaching the Muffin tin I did for Darkroom Door, using the fabulous Dear Santa Collection of old time Santa images!! Here is mine~

The ladies in the class did a fabulous job and I loved the old tin pans they came up with!!!! Future junk'in peeps, for sure!!! So here we go, there muffin tins~

Love how this one came out and I LOVE her tin!!!!!

Super adorable!!! Love it!!! This was another unusual muffin tin!!!!

And this one~ another super cute tin ~Love how these came out!!! I might have a few more to share with you if I can get pic's from the ladies!!! Have a great day and see ya tomorrow for Try It Tuesday~I will have blog post on The Paper Bakery { the new sketch is up also} and ScrapStreet also. Hope you will stop in!!! See ya soon!

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Helmar Holiday Blog Hop

2011-12-03T02:00:00.001-06:00

It’s that time of year where we all start thinking of the holidays and what better way to get your Holiday spirit than a great Helmar Holiday Hop, filled with so much Holiday cheer and some amazing projects featuring all the different Helmar Adhesives.

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Hello everyone and welcome to my stop on the Helmar Holiday Hop. If you have been following along, you should have hopped here from Rae’s blog. If not, you just have to stop at the Helmar Blog and start from the beginning. There are goodies along the way and we don’t want you to miss a thing.

So here we go~

The Helmar products I worked with are the Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid and the Premium
Craft Glue.

First I wanted to share a little about each Helmar product. The Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid is very easy to use. It is a fast way to stiffen or color ribbon, lace, crocheted items or material. This comes in concentrate form and may be thinned up to 50% with water. Instructions are on the bottle. The Premium Craft Glue bonds with almost all types of fabrics, paper, soft woods, and most other hand crafted materials. Dries clear and sets quickly! So with all of that great glue this is what I made~

My 2011 Christmas Wreath, with all my favorite "little peeps" on it. I cut tags out of Basic Grey Christmas paper and attached my photos to them. I adhered them, all around the wreath, with Helmar Craft Glue. Other supplies used were Tim Holtz's Rosette die and Holly leaf, Darkroom Door's Dear Santa Collection.

The number cards are by 7gypsies and the holly leaves were cut out of a brown paper bag and painted with Twinkling H2O's by Lumin Arte. I added some red buttons and pearls by Kaiser to the holly leaves.

The next part is the garland { made with Darkroom Door's Dear Santa Montage set} and the bow {May Arts ribbon} that was stiffened using Helmar's Fabric Stiffener & Draping Liquid.

I used 1/8 of a cup and 1/8 of a cup of water. Soaked my ribbon in it and squeesed it out. Held it up in front of a fan and it was dry and ready to tie on my wreath in 10 minutes. I loved that. no mess and no wait!!! It acually looks like Kraft paper after it dried. I made the garland by adhering the montage pieces to the bakers twine and then draping it in the center of the wreath~

I ended up with it here~love my "little peeps"!!!

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Make sure you leave a comment at every stop because the elves of Helmar will be giving away prizes to some lucky Helmar fans. Now hop on over to Grace’s blog to see another amazing Helmar Holiday project. The Holiday Hop will be open for comments until 11:59P.S.T December 4^th , so take a look and enjoy a little holiday spirit from all of us on the Helmar Team. Thanks again for stopping by today and Happy Holidays.

See ya soon!!!!

Sweet surprise~

2011-12-01T23:25:00.000-06:00

I received this beauty in the mail today and wanted to share it with my blog viewers!! The glass ornament is covered in bead work so sparkly and beautiful ~and look at the card it matches the ornament!!! Thank You Dee!!!! What an awesome gift!!!

If you want to see more of Dee's work go HERE. Just a side note~I have never met Dee in person but I consider myself blessed to have her in my life. She is my biggest supporter and understands my journey and she knows when to call , she just knows!!! She is a crafty buddy I met while on another team and we have stayed in touch with each other but we will meet one of these days!!!! Love ya , girl!!!!

Dear Santa~

2011-12-01T00:01:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~wow, December 1st ~this year has gone by so fast { I say that every year} !!!! I told many of you I did an extra guest spot for Darkroom Door a few months back. Most of the work was Christmas using their super cool Dear Santa Collection. I had the best time and I'm still creating!!! So every week I will have a Dear Santa Post { or until I run out of projects} to show you. This is a decorated frame using the Dear Santa photo Chips {6 to choose from}!!!

The frame it self has a story~it was my paternal grandmother's that was in some need of some serious love~well over 60 years.

Here they are again used to make Christmas ornaments. The possibilities are endless as to what to make with these cuties.

I used antique trims and ribbons, brads, flowers and the Darkroom Door word strips from the Dear Santa Collection. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry to adhere these cuties!!! For local peeps Craft Crossing has an awesome supply of Darkroom Door products. I'm sure she would ship to those not local also.

See ya next week or sooner with more of the Dear Santa Collection !!!!

Helmar and FabScraps and December news!!!

2011-11-30T10:12:00.000-06:00

This week Helmar is partnering with FabScraps from South Africa!!!! The black circle flowers are by FabScraps as is the chipboard focal piece and the pattern paper. The flowers came as a border and I cut then off to make them separate. I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry to glue the flowers and chipboard to the paper. The buttons are sewed on.

The alphas are by American Crafts. The journal round is by Elle's Studio {love their goodies} I used Jenni Bowlin's acrylic paint for the chipboard. The buttons are by Buttons Galore and more. No sketch this time~just started with the chipboard piece.

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Lots of news to share~My class at Craft Crossing this Sunday Dec.4th @ 2:00~ hope to see you there. Helmar is having a Holiday Blog Hop{Dec. 3 & 4th} showcasing Helmar products. Rumor has it Tracy is giving out some glue prizes!!! The December issue of Ginger ScrapStreet is coming out December first and I have a tag card in the issue!! Epiphany Crafts will be showcasing Crate Paper and Pebbles along with the EC Star and Scallop shapes in December~did you know Epiphany always has give-aways on the blog? Just leave a comment in the comment section~

The Paper Bakery has their Limited Edition kit and the December kit debuting on the 15th. One more~Ready, Set, Create e-zine will be out December 1st. Tons of inspiration coming your way!!!

See ya soon~

Try It Tuesday~a journal and a sneak look!!!

2011-11-29T00:01:00.003-06:00

Hi everyone ~hope you had an awesome Thanksgiving and got your full of Turkey and trimmings!!!! I started out with The Paper Bakery's November add on kit and a composition notebook. I used the Echo Park papers and covered the front and back and inside covers. I then took Claudine Hellmuth's sticky back canvas and trimmed out the edges, so no raw paper edges were exposed.

I then started laying my design out on the front, deciding what will go where. The material in the kit is so fun and I knew I wanted to make a Gluber { by Cosmo Cricket} flower { I had enough material to get two flowers} I loved the trims in the kit~so vintage Christmas to me~the blue foil trim!!!

The inside of the composition notebook has a large pocket for receipts or notes. A great notebook for keeping track of all of those peeps you buy Christmas gifts for. I added some rubber stamps and inked all the edges. All of the embellishments were adhered with Helmar 450 Quick Dry!!!

Another view of the front~and the bottom photo, a view of the back.

Love how it came out and it will last for many years to come!! This kit is full of handmade embellishments that are sure to please!!! All the details on how to become a monthly subscriber are Here Remember the weekly sketch and the Design Team Call!! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

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Don't tell anyone {I mean tell everyone}Sarah sent me a sneak of the Limited Edition kit that is coming out December 3rd~and when she says limited ~that means twelve kits!!!!! Contact her through the blog and get one set aside for you!!! It looks crazy GOOD!!! The sneaks are HERE

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I don't know what got into her but she also sent me the sneaks for the December add on kit!!! So take a look~

So there you go~crazy GOOD!!!! You can contact her through The Paper Bakery Blog!!!! Have a wonderful day and see ya soon!!!

The Paper Bakery's October project kit scraps~looking fine!!!!!

2011-11-27T11:33:00.002-06:00

Hi everyone~hoping you had a GREAT Thanksgiving!!! I sure did. I missed seeing some VIP's but hoping I will see them soon. This is a card set I did for The Paper Bakery using the scraps from the October project kit. I love using scraps and making just one more thing~

I ended up splattering the karft cardstock with white acrylic paint~love how it came out!!! The chipboard is glued on with Helmar 450 Quick Dry. Sweet set!!!

Contact Sarah at The Paper Bakery to get your subscription to future fabulous kits. Her kit has handmade items in it ~that is what I love the most about The Paper Bakery's kit!!! So Unique!!!!

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Enjoy your Sunday~Try It Tuesday will kick off the Christmas holiday's with all kinds of Christmas crafts. December 3rd & 4th is Helmar's Holiday Blog Hop. I'm sure there will be blog candy. My muffin tin class using Darkroom Door's Dear Santa Collection is December 4th for you local peeps. Give Pam a call at Craft Crossing to save your spot!!!

See ya soon for Try It Tuesday!!!!

One last Fall post with Epiphany Crafts~

2011-11-25T19:55:00.001-06:00

Hi everyone~I'm full of turkey and Blessings!!!! Had a wonderful time with the kids~they are so fun {even the big kids}!!!! I have one last project for fall before we start on Christmas. This layout is done using Bo Bunny pattern paper and Epiphany Crafts oval bubble cap. I used the EC oval cap to make pumpkins for the layout. The leather flowers and leaves are by Prima!!! Here is a chart on how the oval bubble caps are laid out to form the pumpkins.

I glued them together using Helmar's 450 Quick Dry. I used a leaf punch by Creative Memories and added it around the stem of the pumpkin. Have a great weekend and I'll see ya soon!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving~

2011-11-23T21:08:00.001-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone~I'm hanging out with my sweet family. We are putting the Christmas tree up and just enjoying each others company~

I made these cutie's today. The idea of is from the Tim Holtz blog~take a look!!! He has a tutorial on making the Rosette's~very cool!!!

Here they look on a pie~

Have a great Thanksgiving!!! Count your many blessing name them one by one!!

See ya soon!!

Try It Tuesday~pumpkins and turkeys

2011-11-22T00:01:00.002-06:00

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday!!! I wanted to share with you this thankful card and how to make the pumpkins~all you need is a round shape or an oval shape. Either one will work. Use a punch or cut them out by hand.

Overlap one and two on three. Use Helmar Zap dots to add dimension. Cut a piece of brown cardstock for the stem and add some leaves. I didn't do this on these but you can also use bakers twine and make a vine by running your twine through Helmar's Acid free .

The inside of the card looks like this. I added a book mark to the corner of the card. The book mark is a 3" x3" square , the sides folded in to make a point~like a tent. Here is another example of the book marks are HERE~I know you all are just dying to see our turkey~living on a ranch and all. We actually have two turkey's that hang around this time of year.

The grands really like this guy but me I love this GUY~

This guy is going on 28 years!!! Have a great week and I'll see ya soon!!!

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December 3rd & 4th ~ Helmar is having a blog hop. The design team is ready to blow your socks off and we will be giving some glue prizes out!!!! Mark your calendars ladies!!!!!

The Paper Bakery ~ sneaks are up!

2011-11-21T06:23:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~hope you had a fabulous weekend. Hubby and I got our groceries for Thanksgiving and I got some work done on a big project for January. So happy about that!!!!

I was in contact with Sarah from The Paper Bakery and I talked her into sending me sneaks for that Special Edition kit she is putting together for the first part of December. Let me tell you ~ It's looking a lot like Christmas ~ fantastic kit!!!!!

One of my Favorite things that pulls Sarah's kit {The Paper Bakery} away from other kits is she hand makes some of the embellishments that are in the kit and she finds usual, one of kind embellishments! Love, love, love that!!!

I'm always looking to see what cool, different embellies she will put in the kit! Kit details are HERE.

These are just gorgeous!!!! If you are wanting this kit just shoot her an email {sarah.hill528@gmail.com} or leave a comment on the blog and I'm sure she will get you fixed up!!! This is my last month designing for The Paper Bakery~I have loved every minute of it and what a great perk~getting to know Sarah and the DT~amazing talented girls!!! Information for the Design Team call is on the blog.

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I'm up over on Darkroom Door's blog today with some Christmas goodies~would love for to check them out. Beautiful stamps!!! For you local peeps my muffin tin class {I did for Darkroom Door} is Dec.4 @ 2:00 at Craft Crossing. Check out Craft Crossing's blog ~she a ton of Darkroom Door's fabulous stamps sets in stock~ Call and save your seat!

Have a great day and I'll see ya soon for Try It Tuesday!!!

Re-purpose this~

2011-11-19T10:29:00.000-06:00

Just a quick post to show you a couple of re-purpose items~ I love finding something cool and finding a new purpse for it. I got this bullet at a show a couple of weeks ago ~

It now holds my "go to" brushes!!!! Here is another one ~

Love these~we collected so many of these for years, to put in our new home~this black set was not used on a door but look at how cool this is~

Tim Holtz tissue tape never looked so good!!!! Have a great weekend and see ya soon~

Sweets~

2011-11-18T09:38:00.001-06:00

Do you remember Foof-A-La? It was a paper brand out a few years ago. I always loved the color tones ~ the vintage feel it had. I had a few sheets left so I worked it up~

I also used Prima, October Afternoon, American Crafts and some loose buttons I had. I used Helmar Acid Free to adhere.

I machine sewed the little banner under the photo~ so cute! Sweets is really growing up fast, I love this picture of her. The stars were aligned ~ Thanks for stopping by things are really getting busy.

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I have the muffin tin class{I did this for Darkroom Door} at Craft Crossing December 4th at 2:00 ~ call the shop to save your spot. That same weekend Helmar is having a Holiday Blog Hop ~ from what I hear Tracy is giving away some glue!!!

Epiphany Craft's blog has great fall inspiration on it everyday and The Paper Bakery's November kit is sold out but Sarah is putting together a "Special Edition Kit" that will be out early December!!!!

I want to invite you to visit us over on the ScrapStreet Blog wonderful inspiration~all kinds of paper crafts! The next edition will be out January 1, 2012. Also in December, for Try It Tuesday I will be showcasing Christmas items and ornaments and I'm sure a "Crafty Goodie" give~away!!! That is my news !! Have a great weekend~see ya soon!!

Helmar, you blew me away~

2011-11-16T00:19:00.002-06:00

This past Friday I received my Helmar DT box~let me just say it was everything and some more!!! I had no idea we would get the kind of supplies we did. Just to name a few Maya Road, FabScraps, Authentique, Buttons Galore and More, Elle's Studio, Bella Blvd, Susie Bee Studios and tons of awesome Helmar glue!! But there is always a but**** also in the box was Faber-Castell art pens and pencils****such a surprise. OK the box~this is a stationary box my mom gave me a few years ago and I thought it would be perfect{hubby made some internal adjustments for me}to house all of my Faber-Castell art supplies.

I'm loving that they will all be in one place and easy for me to work out of {the box that is}. I still have room for more sets. The next thing we got a lot of was May Arts ribbon. So pretty!!!! I wanted all of my May Arts ribbon to stay together so I would know that was the manufacture of the ribbon so I did this~A great use for an old Sears and Roebucks cloths hanger!!!!

Several of the Helmar girls have done video's of their haul. You can find the Helmar DT blogs listed on the side bar of the Helmar USA blog here. If you want to see what we will be working with for the next 6 months take a look at the video's. Thank you to all of the Helmar partnering manufactures and to Tracy ~sending hugs and blowing kisses your way!!!!!! See ya soon!

Try It Tuesday~gift card holder

2011-11-15T00:05:00.002-06:00

This is that perfect gift for the teen in your life!!! A gift card holder that will hold 4 gift cards from their favorite fast food! So here we go ~

You will need 2 strips of pattern paper ( I used Authentique) cut 12"X3". You will score both of them at 4" and 8" making an accordion. The next thing you do is lay them side by side to attach them together.

I used double sided tape and then covered with Tim Holtz tissue tape. Makes a very nice hinge. Do both sides.

You will have 6 sections~glue section 2 and 3, back to back and section 4 and 5, back to back. I used Helmar's Craft glue to do this.

Side note: this picture does not show the two sections glued back to back ~ so don't get confused. Go ahead and glue on your Canvas Corp mini envelopes (that will hold your fast food gift cards). You are ready to decorate your envelopes and buy your gift cards.

I used the Marvy (pink) scallop punch and the Marvy (blue) oval punch to make my labels for the envelopes. I added mini letters to name the envelopes. I used Helmar's Craft glue for this project.

The Pumpkin on the front is the Tim Holtz die and the orange button is Jenni Bowlin. For you local girls Craft Crossing has these supplies!

If you want another version of this mini gift card holder go over to The Paper Bakery~I have a Christmas gift card holder up using Echo Park paper (from the November add on kit) Hope you stop by and say hi!!!

See ya soon!!

A pocket with Darkroom Door~

2011-11-13T10:48:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone I wanted to show a quick, cute way to make a pocket out of the Darkroom Door Tag Stamp set. I stamped out two large tags and cut them out. I took a pencil and marked my pattern paper with a line to mark where I wanted the tag to be placed. I then took my X-Acto knife and cut the pattern paper the length of the two tags together. I adhered my 11"X11" to the 12"X12" paper. I then formed a pocket for the kid art.

I then adhered the two tags on my pencil mark making my pocket. The art work is actually between the two papers and the tags are the front of the pocket. I then used twine and a Jenni Bowlin button to give the pocket a complete look. The paper is by Jillibean Soup. This is the tag set I used~You can find it here.

Thanks for stopping today and have a great day~see ya soon!!

A necklace~

2011-11-12T10:37:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone~I've been working with an old , large hotel key to make a necklace. It even has the room number, in large numbers, on the back of the key so I used the other side. I covered the flat top part of the key with Helmar's Gemstone glue. The key is brass **sigh** so it turned the key front green but don't the glue will dry clear.

I then attached my charms and cool stuff to my chain~the chain was found at an antique store ~it is so unique I had to have it!

The longest wait on this project was for the glue to setup up~I didn't rush it, a couple of hours and the buttons won't move around when you are attaching the charms!

The fabulous porcelain had is from Jenni Bowlin Studios!! This blog post is up Here if you want to view more details and a funny story. Thanks for stopping in today~{hubby's birthday ,too} Have a great weekend~ see ya soon!!!

10 things~my studio

2011-11-10T00:01:00.002-06:00

Time for 10-things on the tenth of the month. You can start the blog hop at Shimelle's blog ~ hope you enjoy!! Last month I had a poll on my blog and asked what you wanted to see and my studio got the most votes,so here we go~

I photograph most of my work here~

My work table~

My motto~

Jenni Bowlin taught me this! It's her fault~

Love jars for storage~the sampler another gift from a special friend!!

Supply closet and cardstock storage~

Special canvas and front door into studio~

My people and my computer~

My desk~

More inspiration~

If you want to see more , you can go here ~ Thanks for stopping by!!! See ya soon~

Helmar DT 2011/2012 and some favorite Helmar projects~

2011-11-09T09:42:00.001-06:00

We are pleased to announce our 2011-2012 Helmar Design Team!

•Tracy Weinzapfel (Design Team Coordinator)

•Erika Taylor

•Jessica Diedrich

•Jen Erickson

•L. Grace Lauer

•Connie Mercer

•Carisa Zglobicki

•Angie Blom

                                                                       •Karen Taylor

                                                                    •Martha Richardson

                                                                      •Cheryl Boglioli

                                                                       •Trudy Sjolander

                                                                       •Jennifer Evans

                                                                        •Carolyn King

                                                                   •Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

                                                                          •Lydell Quin

                                                                          •Beck Beattie

                                                                         •Michelle Wallace

                                                                         •Renee Aslette

                                                                          •Rae Cooper

                                                                          •Linda Baldock
Thank you to all who submitted. The selection process was a difficult one as there was such a great response wth so much amazing talent. We are beyond excited to see what you are doing with our products!

Congratulations to the new team and WELCOME. Stay tune for beautiful creations from the Helmar Design Team right here on our Blog!

Tracy Weinzapfel

President, Helmar USA, Inc.

Most of you have seen this annoucement but I just wanted to share my excitement with my blog buddies and take one more look at some of my favorite work I did for Helmar~I'm looking forward to the next six months of creating with the best glue on the market {my humble opinion} !!! So with that said let me show you again some of my favorite projects~

My #1 favorite~ I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry and some old dishes!

I loved how this came out~my goal was to test Helmar's 450 Quick Dry to see if it would hold this type of project and it did, I used 1 bottle of 450 Quick Dry~awesome performance of a glue!!!! I also used the Helmar Crackle meduim and the Helmar sealer.

These were so fun to make and again I used 450 Quick Dry!!!!

On this I used Helmar Scrap Dots, Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Helmar Zap Dots and Helmar Professional Acid free glue !!! This paper is by Best Creation's another partnering company with Helmar.

This was another favorite because I love these pictures and theses girls!! I used Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue, Helmar Zap Dots and Helmar's tape runner!!! The paper is by The Robin's Nest, a partnering company with Helmar.

This one I have a special fondness for ~ It was my*** second cover*** over on ScrapStreet , I got to work with the fabulous partnering products of Lawn Fawn and Nikki Sivils and , one more~super cute pic of one of my favorite little peeps!!! On this one I used Helamr Zap Dots, Helmar Professional Acid Free and the Helmar tape runner!! Thanks for stopping in today~my first November Helmar blog post is this Friday ~hope you can stop by~it is a beauty!!!! See ya soon!!!

Try It Tuesday~

2011-11-08T00:01:00.001-06:00

It is time for the sketch of the month over on Helmar's blog~

November we want to know about YOU our Helmar Fans! We are excited to ring in November with another great Sketch from Helmar Designer Lydell Quin to inspire YOU!!

What a clever sketch~I like it so much I going to do it twice. Loving the photo strip across the page. Here is my take on it~

For more examples go to Helmar's blog ~you have the rest of the month to do the sketch and load it up to the Helmar blog. One lucky winner will get some Helmar goodies.

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Tomorrow I will be over on ScrapStreet's Blog and over on The Paper Bakery's Blog~would love for you to stop by and say hi!!! This weeks sketch is up on The Paper Bakery's Blog. Grace did a fantastic job!! You have two weeks to do the sketch and load it up to the blog.

Here's the fine print....

**Make a page based on the sketch above. Be Creative!

**Challenge participants are not required to utilize Paper Bakery kits, but it is encouraged.

**Challenges will last 2 weeks (Monday to next Sunday) **Winners will be chosen a couple days after the challenge ends

**Sketch challenge winners will b posted on the blog and will receive a small prize package or gift certificate to the Paper Bakery store. Here is the sketch~

Gotta get busy and try this sketch~ have a great Tuesday and see ya soon!!!

Todays junk'n finds~

2011-11-05T22:14:00.002-05:00

I had a great day today and found some very unique items. Couldn't wait to share them with you, so here we go~ this is really cool!!!!

A glove form~love it!! It is some kind of hard plastic, not sure what but it will look great as a display piece for my altered art projects~I just need to make something:)

These are more props for photos~the old spools and restaurant ware dish **sigh** love it!!! I was told by the sales lady that the big bullet the pic was picked up on some big ranch here in Texas. The guy had a bunch of them. It dates around the late 40's. Interesting right~I'm goning to put my FT paint brushes in it. And the Scrap Book another cool piece I bought for the name, but it is book of humor~date 1940.

I went and meet and special friend and she had these for me~the crocheted gloves are amazing and the tin full of buttons **I'm speechless**:)

These were in the button tin~a cool dress tag and a girl scout button!!! Had a blast and the barn sale was a hit~until next year!!!

****For you local peeps my scrapbooking class is next Sunday, if your interested call Pam and save your spot.*****

And I'm told some sweet news will be announced sometime this next week ~ so there you go. have a great Sunday and go junk'n ~ it is the best medicine for all your troubles!!! See ya soon!

Junk'n finds~

2011-11-04T22:56:00.000-05:00

I have been holding out on you~more junk'n goodies!!! Have I told you that this is a favorite of mine ~junk'n!!! Well it is!!:):)

Still looking for some frogs for some gals, I think they are on to me. There are no floral frogs in my neck of the woods but here is what I have found~old receipts, needle book, ice cream label, old button cards {love those} and the pic's ~ so cool!!!

Broom labels~I had no idea!!!

Another needle book, old post cards {that are so funny} and some very cool vintage German Scrap. This picture doesn't show then to well~they are almost like little Victorian art pieces ~ very lovely!!! What have you found lately? See ya soon ~ have a fantastic weekend!!!

A couple of cutie pie's~

2011-11-02T20:22:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone~hope you all are doing great and I'm glad you stopped in today. This is a layout I did for Epiphany Crafts and Clearsnap. It has the sweetest story to go along with that fabulous necklace in the picture. My granddaughter {6 years old} made that out of paper clips for her Nini:):) I love it!!!

The paper is by Basic Grey and the labels are by Jenni Bowlin {love those}!! I used Epiphany Crafts rd 14 bubble cap for the center of the Epiphany Crafts flowers and spritzed the project with Smooches by Clearsnap.

On this project {one of the sweetest boys, ever}I used American Crafts paper, grunge board by Tim Holtz, Epiphany Crafts button rd 14 and Smooch{pearlized accent ink} by Clearsnap. The sketch is by Shimelle~love her sketches!!!

And here I'm showing the forth picture under the folder~the journaling was done on the front of the folder. You could also reverse it and put the journaling on the inside and the forth picture on the front of the folder.I used Helmar 450 to do the glueing on both layouts!! Super awesome glue~

We are having a cold front blow in tonight and I can hardly wait~love when it cools down. I have a sore throat so I gotta be carefull but **** bring it on****!!! Have a great day tomorrow and I'll see ya soon!

Try It Tuesday~Sketches!

2011-11-01T00:08:00.001-05:00

I don't know about you but I love a good sketch! It is a great starting point for beginning a layout and your having trouble with what direction you want to go. Sketches are a good way you can easily find some direction. You might start out following the sketch and then there you go ~ off on your own. Sketches will do that to you~

This is the sketch from The Paper Bakery ~every week they will post a new sketch. Grace does the sketches for The Paper Bakery and they are fantastic!!! You can also share your creation with everyone~just add your link on the blog!!

Another great sketch is over on Helmar's blog~Lydell is in charge of the sketches and they are fabulous!!

So if your looking to get started in scrapbooking and you need a starting place ~you now have two places to check out!! Thanks for stopping by and see ya soon!!

Boo!!!!!

2011-10-31T07:07:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone~This is about as scary as I could find in my file~the cat is pretty cute, not scary!! The paper is by My Mind's Eye and the cute little wooden cat is by Pork Shop Show!! I spritzed with Tattered Angels and added a button and some orange baker's twine Pretty scary if you ask me:) Boo!!!!!

If you don't do Halloween ~ How about this layout celebrating the coming of fall and cute kids~

I used G.C.D. / Melody Ross paper on this and added some Prima. I used by my border punches and made the rosette flowers with the Tim Holtz die. I love orange and black together ~ just gives a "pop" to the layout!!! Wishing you all either/or ~ A great Halloween or a great fall day!! Be safe and I'll see ya soon for Try It Tuesday!

so she did~

2011-10-29T12:11:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone~this is a project that I did for Epiphany Crafts. It was on their blog a couple of days ago. I really enjoyed doing this. I love the saying~kinda of my motto right now. Another gift from The Soul Restoration class I took with Melody Ross. I used the EC 14 rd button on this project. Rumor has it some new shapes are coming soon from Epiphany Crafts~so cool!!!! The flowers are felt and I cut them out using a Sizzix die. The bird cage is Tim Holtz, bingo card Jenni Bowlin. I crackled the bingo card using Helmar's Crackle med. Great stuff!!! The lettering is by October Afternoon~Have a great weekend and I'll see ya on Monday!

She believed she could so she did......

Epiphany Goodness and X-Acto winners~

2011-10-28T16:15:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone~the weekend is here !!! Well almost~love the weekends, hubby usually cooks and that is a good thing!!!! This is a layout I did for Epiphany Crafts. I used October Afternoon paper and the EC rd 14 bubble cap on this. I loved scrapbooking the picture of our fall hayride~it was taken at my granddaughters birthday!!

The EC rd 14 bubble cap embellishment~

This paper is by October Afternoon also and I used the same EC rd 14 on this one. Love the photos and the Jenni Bowlin stamp in the bottom cluster~

I want to thank everyone that left a comment on the X-Acto post and a special thanks to those that re-posted on FB!!! You know who you are ~your name was entered twice. I assigned a number to the comments and the FB re-posts and these are the winners random. org came up with~

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The Gardener said...

                             You sure know your way around an X-acto knife! Lots of good ideas!

                                                                       Sandi said...great ideas once again..never thought of using it to set my alphas but makes great sense...i use mine to cut the foam boards all the time...works like a charm and i'd love to win one of those knives..put me in twice cuz i'm postin on FB...

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Please get me your mailing addresses ( my email is in the side bar of my blog) and I will forward your information to X-Acto. If I don't here back from these winners in a couple of days I will draw new names!!! Thanks again!! See ya soon!

The many uses of the X-Acto Knife ~

2011-10-26T00:01:00.000-05:00

I was contacted by X-Acto to use their knives and to post the ways I used them. I started by putting away my scissors and just pretending they did not exist. I treated the X-Acto knife like my scissors. What I found was the X-Acto knife does everything that scissors do and more. Let me show you~

This is a classic cut~using the outside of the image to get the shape of the paper.

Cutting all the way around the image with the X-Acto Retract-A-Blade knife gave me a perfect fit for the inside mat of this tin.

By doing this standard outside cut, made me wonder ~ how about an inside cut. Will the X-Acto knife cut better than scissors if I need to cut a mat or a frame for a scrapbook page. Let's see~

I started with a 12 X 12 piece of cardstock weight paper and cut in one inch, so it would make the paper a 11 X11 frame. I started an inch from the top and went all around the 4 sides.

What I found out were the corners were precise and clean~again prefect!!!! I used the X-Acto Designer Series Gripster craft knife for this demonstration.

This is my, over 20 years, X-Acto knife. You can see it has seen some, major crafty days. I took the new X-Acto retract-a-blade knife and scrapped my old knife and made it like new again. I even sharpened the blade with the new knife by scraping the two together.

Here she is all spit and polished!!!!

This was a fun project and the objective for me was ~ will an X-Acto knife cut duct tape in tight spots? It did~ I even tried the reverse of the chipboard letter. Cutting the shape from the empty chipboard space. The X-Acto knife did not disappoint me~ cut clean even in the tight spots!!!

I used the X-Acto knife to help me add some mini letter stickers to a scrapbook page. I lined the letters on the blade of the knife and put them down ~ when I didn't get it straight I used the blade to pick up the letter and re-position it.

X-Acto has also provided me with two prize packs to be given away on my blog~the packet includes:

* Retract-a-Blade knife

* Designer Series Gripster craft knife

* Self-healing mat

Leave me a comment on this thread and tell me what you use your X-Acto knife for. Re-post on FB or Twitter and I will add your name in twice. I will pick two winners in a few days!!! Please make sure I have a way to contact you.:):) Thanks for stopping by and see ya soon!!!

Try It Tuesday~JBS weekend crop and a winner

2011-10-25T06:32:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone~I'm going to show the rest of the projects I did this weekend for the Scrap Fest over at Jenni Bowlin Studios and then I will tell you WHO randon.org came up with for the box of goodies!!!

So here we go~

This was white space and a sketch was provided for the challenge~Most eveything I used is from Jenni Bowlin Studios.

On this challenge we were shown a picture of home decor and we were to use it as inspiration for a layout. If you want to see the sketch and the inspiration photo you can go over to JBS and get the scoop.

On this challenge we were to use three or more different product lines. I used four on this one.

A sketch was provided for this challenge.

On this challenge we were to use the colors red, black and turqouise~

I had such a fun time and it was good to break up my routine!!!

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I want to thank everyone again for celebrating with me~we will do it again when I reach fifty thousand:):). I assigned numbers to all of the qualifing comments~some of you got up to three entries, then I ran the total numbers in randon .org ~ the winner said this:

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S said...

Congrats, it should be no surprise that you've reached that milestone - your blog is a great place to visit.

I have more goodies to giveaway in the next few days ~ so hope you will back!!! Have a great Tuesday and see ya soon!

Great weekend crop with Jenni Bowlin Studios~

2011-10-24T05:37:00.001-05:00

Over the weekend I did an online crop over at Jenni Bowlin Studios. There is some serious talent over there!! The challenges the DT throw out are very unique and make me really try to up my game~there is nothing more I love than a good challenge that challenges me!!! The cards were a challenge to use scraps~just happens to be a favorite thing of mine to do.

This challenge was ~something with a quote on it. That was a big challenge just finding a quote:):) The one I settled on was from my Soul Restoration Class with Melody Ross!! The quote is ~

"Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing to do"

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I still have the Celebration thread going on until Wednesday when I will post a winner of the Crafty Goodies box!! If you haven't entered you still have time.!!! Have a great day and see ya soon for Try It Tuesday!!

Tags and ladies with Darkroom Door~

2011-10-22T10:14:00.000-05:00

Good Saturday morning to all~ I have been doing some work with Darkroom Door, this past month, and would like to share some of it with you!! I used two stamp set to make these tags~the tag set and just your style set. Great sets to have in your collection for sure!!

On these cards I used the just your style set, the tag set and some Canvas Corp cardstock. Also the Darkroom Door word strips ~ love those!! If you would like to see close-ups of theses sets you can go here Be sure to check out her stamp sets and paper products~they are very unique!!

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I still have the Celebration thread going on until Wednesday when I will post a winner of the Crafty Goodies box!! If you haven't entered you still have time.!!! Have a great weekend~I'll be over at JBS Scrap Fest doing a weekend crop ~ See ya soon!!!

The Paper Bakery ~October kit is almost sold out!!!

2011-10-21T07:02:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone~so glad it is Friday. I'm so looking forward to the weekend!! My plan is to get lost in my studio and get some serious scrapbooking done!! This is a layout I did for The Paper Bakery using the fabulous October kit which is almost sold out~ I love all the little goodies in this kit!

The paper is by Jillibean Soup and the cute little chipboard stickers are by Crate Paper.

Also in the kit is this crazy fun Halloween print material. I made a large flower, using the Glubers by Cosmo Cricket, for my purse! It would look so cute on a trick or treat bag also.

Here is a close up. Love the orange plaid ribbon ~perfect addition to the October kit! If you haven't signed up for The Paper Bakery's newsletter you can here and of course the kit too!!

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If you are visiting me today and comment on this post and you are a follower of Crafty Goodies I will add you in the Celebration give~away ~you can read all about it here. For some of you that will give you two entries and if you did not comment in the orginal post you still can and you will have two entries!! If you re-post and share my blog link ~let me know and you will get another entry:) Have a great day and see ya soon!

Celebrating over 25 thousand blog visits~

2011-10-19T13:28:00.000-05:00

Come celebrate with me~I'm really celebrating YOU!!! You guys have made that possible. I started blogging in 2008 . A really good friend encouraged me along and even set my blog up for me~she even helped out with the name, actually I think she said, " what about Crafty Goodies" ~ so this is for all my crafty friends, scrappy friends, scrappy family friends, my current followers and my followers to be~ you know who you are!!!

This box is full to the brim~I have even added more items since I took this picture. I have 3 Bugs in a Rug, Basic Grey, Daisyd's, American Crafts, Helmar, Crafter's Workshop, Simply Betty, Reminisce, Jillibean Soup, My Minds Eye, Pink Paislee and Clearsnap ~ to name a few!!

My goal is to break 300 followers~so here is the simple scoop ~If you enjoy my blog become a follower and tell your friends. If you are already a follower ~yeah!! You get to play too!!

In the comments section leave me a comment tellling me if you are a new follower or that you are following ~if you send someone my way tell me in the comments. I will plug in the count from the comments section into random .org ~

I enjoy getting to know YOU through the kind words you leave me in the comment section. Please let me know if you send peeps my way. Thank you~

and last ~ I will run this for a week and announce a winner next Wednesday. I will continue making blog post through out the week and will link back to this post at the end. This is the blog post that will be counted for the box of crafty goodies~ hmmm, this box needs a name and address!!!! See ya soon~

Try It Tuesday~Altered Cloths Pins

2011-10-18T00:01:00.002-05:00

Time for Try It Tuesday!!! These are some over sized cloths pins that I altered using Jenni Bowlin pattern papers and the fabulous Helmar adhesive products. I trimmed the papers and then sprayed V2 Vellum Adhesive on ~let it set a few minutes and then placed down on the cloths pins.

I followed the same steps when covering the large Jenni Bowlin stars. I also added some Prima flowers, Jillibean Soup canvas flower and Epiphany Crafts round 25 bubble cap. What is cool is you can have the cloths pin either hang or sit up ~just embellish with that in mind.

I have had some people ask me where I got these large cloths pins and I think it was Tuesday Morning. I know a couple of years ago Kaiser made some (not as big) but they were for altering. Thanks for stopping by ~I'm up over on Darkroom Door today and would love for you to stop in. I will be celebrating over 25,000 blog visits in the next couple of days~so I hope you will send your friends over. I have a large box of goodies going to some lucky winner. See ya soon!!

The Paper Bakery's fall banner~

2011-10-16T21:39:00.000-05:00

Monday{well almost} is here and I can't wait to show this canvas fall banner I made using The Paper Bakery's October project kit. Everything you need to make this banner~paint, spritz, canvas pieces, paper and so much more. This kit could easily be made into a mini album ~ so many cute little extras in the kit.

This is where I have mine on the hutch in my dinning area. The papers in the kit are by Crate Paper/Farm House Collection. The wood lettering is by Pink Paislee and they are adorable!!! Here are some closeups of the banner~

Run {yes run} over to The Paper Bakery and get your kit. This kit is very limited. So many of the embellishments are handmade so you will only get them in this kit. See ya soon for Try It Tuesday!!!

Award winning with Epiphany Crafts~

2011-10-15T15:05:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone~ we are having a great weekend and the weather is so perfect!!! I can't wait for the first cold snap~should be sometime this month~crossing fingers and toes!!! This is a layout I did for Epiphany Crafts. I used the EC scallop 25 bubble cap and Jillibean Soup pattern paper. I love how the scallop bubble cap makes the perfect award embellishment for the layout!!!

Here is a close up of the award embellishments. I used Helmar 450 to adhere the embellishments to the page. The lettering is by American Crafts. Thanks for stopping by today and had a fabulous weekend. See ya soon!!!

crafty goodies

Try It Tuesday~more flowers!!!

Satin flowers with a twist~

Vintage Street Market~

Vintage Street Market tags~

Try It Tuesday~a must see!!!

melon~water anyone.....

Jenni Style note pads~

So many pages~

Try It Tuesday~cards!!!!

Another way to make those note pads~

Sketch of the month with Helmar~

What a day~

Portfolio with Epiphany Crafts~

Try It Tuesday~with Trudy:)

Junkin' finds~

a little Epiphany Crafts~

Crafty news **** and a winner****

Remember this~

Try It Tuesday~remember this........

First post for 2012

Happy New Year~Top Twelve of 2011!!!

The Paper Bakery~Dry Eraser Board!

Try It Tuesday ~ The Paper Bakery!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!

Dear Santa with Darkroom Door!!!!

Christmas note pads~

Dear Santa~another tag idea!!!!

Try It Tuesday~Epiphany Crafts & Crate Paper

Authentique gift card holder~

A family of deer~

The Paper Bakery~December kit release!!!

Dear Santa tags with Darkroom Door~

Try It Tuesday~with Epiphany Crafts

10 things~more junk'n finds!

Epiphany Crafts and Crate Paper celebrating Christmas~

Happy Helmar Holiday Sketch Challenge~

Dear Santa~this is cool!!

Try It Tuesday~some Jenni & Tim

Dear Santa~

Helmar Holiday Blog Hop

Sweet surprise~

Dear Santa~

Helmar and FabScraps and December news!!!

Try It Tuesday~a journal and a sneak look!!!

The Paper Bakery's October project kit scraps~looking fine!!!!!

One last Fall post with Epiphany Crafts~

Happy Thanksgiving~

Try It Tuesday~pumpkins and turkeys

The Paper Bakery ~ sneaks are up!

Re-purpose this~

Sweets~

Helmar, you blew me away~

Try It Tuesday~gift card holder

A pocket with Darkroom Door~

A necklace~

10 things~my studio

Helmar DT 2011/2012 and some favorite Helmar projects~

Try It Tuesday~

Todays junk'n finds~

Junk'n finds~

A couple of cutie pie's~

Try It Tuesday~Sketches!

Boo!!!!!

so she did~

Epiphany Goodness and X-Acto winners~

The many uses of the X-Acto Knife ~

Try It Tuesday~JBS weekend crop and a ****winner****

Great weekend crop with Jenni Bowlin Studios~

Tags and ladies with Darkroom Door~

The Paper Bakery ~October kit is almost sold out!!!

Celebrating over 25 thousand blog visits~

Try It Tuesday~Altered Cloths Pins

The Paper Bakery's fall banner~

Award winning with Epiphany Crafts~

Crafty news and a winner

Try It Tuesday~JBS weekend crop and a winner