Crafting ~ yep!

Hi guys!!
I have been crafting and making small gifts for my 

mom to give to friends.  I started with this mess~

 Just pulled out a bunch of pretties and began putting them together
to create a festive pin.   I ended up making about seven or eight pins!!
So fun and so fun to be crafting again~

This is just cute stuff I grab when I find it at good prices.  The birds
are so cool. Wish I had grabbed more~

Love this green color~

I used buttons, paper flowers ~ tons of old embellishments
 but still so pretty!!

Hope you enjoyed this post ~ hoping moms friend love them
 and wear them!!

Merry Christmas!!!
Have a great day and happy holidays!!!!

Try It Tuesday~ Mixed Media Canvas Apron!

Hi guys!
 I have a really fun project to share. Mixed Media and with lots of paint!
Our insurance agent gave hubby a canvas apron to use when he grills. 
I got a hold of it before hubby did and did "my thing" on it.

I started with all these fun colors, stencils and one stamp!
I started by adding color to the apron using Tumble Dye's by S.E.I.

I then added stencils with modeling paste. More stencils with acrylic paint
Brush work with acrylic paint.  Just kept adding until I got
the look I was wanting.  I still think I could of added stronger color to
the apron before I started applying stencil work.

The stencils were applied in random spots using different colors of paint. A sponge
was used to apply the color.

Products used:
S.E.I. Tumble Dye
DecoArt/acrylic paint and modeling paste
StazOn ink
Clear Scraps/stencils
Darkroom Door/stencils
Dylusions/stencils
Jenni Bowlin Studio/stencils
Canvas Corp.
Blue Knight Rubber Stamps/cowboy and dad image

Thanks for stopping by~

{{{{This isn't a sponsored post just me creating with some
awesome products}}}}

Pumpkin love~

Hi, guys!!!

I love this time of year and I love a good "old fashion" Pumpkin.

I created a card using Lawn Fawn and Darkroom Door stamps.

I'm funny about my Pumpkins~I like them small and simply looking.  The one by Lawn Fawn is a favorite of mine.  The "post card" stamp is by Darkroom Door. 

 Love it too!! So perfect for this card.

The leaves and the sentiment are on the same set as the Pumpkin by Lawn Fawn.  

I colored the Pumpkin with Distress Oxides using a paint pen.  The ones you use water with.  Love the look so much!  The images were stamped on watercolor paper also.

Finished the card off by layering pattern papers and cardstock to create the card front.  Speckled with ink , added twine and a small orange button.  

Thanks for stopping by~

Fun Stampers Journey~ new stamps!!!

Hi guys!

I recently purchased some stamps by Fun Stampers Journey and loved them~no

 I'm not selling just creating:)

I had a fun, vintage inspired label and added it to the card for that eclectic look. The watermelon pops are paper pieced.  I didn't get to fussy with this, just had fun creating with new stamps. Not sure about the paper but I think it is Canvas Corp. 

I also tried some of the inks. Loved them too!!
If you need a Journey Coach I want to recommend
Alex Gomez. She has been really helpful:) and really GREAT!!!
Thanks for stopping by~
See ya soon.
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Try It Tuesday~ creating with vintage wool!

Hi guys~thanks for stopping in for Try It Tuesday. 

 Remember that piece of vintage wool I showed you a few days ago, it made a beautiful pin along with a few other added supplies~

I wondered how the steel dies would cut the wool and it worked great. 

I ran the wool through the Big Shot back and forth, one time. The flower and leaves

 dropped right off the wool,  a clean cut.  

I clustered the wool flowers and leaves in the center of the burlap flower

and embellished with vintage

  buttons, new buttons and twine.  The die I used to make 

the rolled flower is by Maya Road. The leaf die is by Richard Garay.  The back, 

of the burlap flower, has a clasp to pin it to a jacket or sweater.

Very fun to put together and it will look great on my beige sweater.

Supplies used:

Canvas Corp / burlap flower

Maya Road/ Rolled Flower steel die

Richard Garay/Amazing Blooms steel die

Buttons Galore & More/vintage buttons

Maya Road/resin bird

Divine Twine

This is not a sponsored post just me creating with some awesome products:)

Thanks for stopping by~

Try It Tuesday~ just make it pretty !

Hi guys!

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday.  I was just messing around with my gel plate

  adding some green and blue tones to print on a square piece of canvas.  I ended up with six different colors, of paint, on my canvas piece.

Not only did I get the canvas pieces painted, I also got a couple of pages in my

 art journal prepared by cleaning the brayer on the journal pages

  I have a couple of pages ready for stencils and stamps, just need to do it.

I think I'm scared I'll like it :) 

I decided I would make a cover for my pocket dictionary, that is used frequently. 

I just folded over the ends, to make a flap, and then glued it together.

Products used:

Stencils: Clear Scraps, Faber Castell

Acrylic paint: Deco Art

Canvas: Canvas Corp

Buttons: Buttons Galore & More

Other: Gelli Arts, brayer

Thanks for stopping by, now go make something pretty :)

Try It Tuesday~Mixed Media with Cheryl Boglioli!!

Hi guys!!

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday!

If you keep up with me at all you know I had Cheryl Boglioli at my house for a few days.

  She taught a mixed media class at Craft Crossing.

I want to share with you the two projects I did.

I could really get hooked on this mix media mess :)

Front of  zippered bag.  The background was done using  a Gel Press and Deco Arts paints.

Stencils were involved too:) .  

Back of the bag. 

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The next class was a canvas Portfolio.   

Front view~

Stencils, molding paste, Deco Arts paints ~ no Gel Press on this one.

The paints are in spray bottles. Easy to make a background.

Back view~

This is a small tribute to my amazing "6".

Check out Cheryl Boglioli HERE~

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If you would like to see the tour of my studio Cheryl did while staying with me~

you can find it on my Studio Page.

Thanks for stopping by~

See ya soon.

(You'll be hearing more about this mixed media stuff)

Try It Tuesday~ Burlap pins!

Hi guys!

Time for Try It Tuesday~

I have made these burlap pins before, but I really love arranging embellishments into

 something pretty:) so I made them again.  This time they were for a school fundraiser.

BTW~ they look awesome on a denim shirt !

The burlap flower is by Canvas Corp.  Other embellishments are by

 Maya Road and Prima.  

Mostly Maya Road and Prima on these two.  I think they make the 

best embellishments for this type of project.

Hot Glue to put them together!

When you make these, just use what you have~all of those bits & pieces

 work great for this. Just tuck them in to make a cluster!

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I'm working on a really fun project, so see ya

 next Tuesday~should be ready by then:)

I also did some scrapbooking, really!!!

See ya soon~

Clear Scraps and Snowflakes!!

Hi guys!

I have a fun project to share with you using the large 12 x 12 Nordic Snowflake 

stencil from Clear Scraps.

The pillow blank is by Canvas Corp.  I used acrylic white paint with a round 

small sponge brush to apply the paint to the pillow.  The paint dried fast so it was easy to keep moving with the stencil.

I sewed a vintage button in the center on the Snowflakes.  The burlap bow is removable. 

The Clear Scraps stencil washes up great.  Just soak it, for a few minutes, in soapy water and the paint peels right off.

Clear Scraps has a bunch of brand new stencils released at CHA 2015~

you can find them in the store.

Thanks for stopping by~
Linked at~ Paper Issues 
       Say it Ain't Snow Cold Outside 

Patriotic Pin with Canvas Corp and Epiphany Crafts!

Hi guys!!!

My friend came over and she wanted to make a pin for  the 4th of July~got me to thinking, out of all of the pins I have made, I don't have a red, white and blue one so,  I do now:):)

I also made stick pins from the Star tool by Epiphany Crafts.

The blue burlap flower is by Canvas Corp.  I used bits and pieces of this and that:):) and 

came up with this.  It will look great on a denim or white shirt for the 4th of July!!!

The stick pins were really easy to make and I will have them for future projects.  I used the Star tool from Epiphany Crafts and glued the star button to a long stick pin. 

Thanks for stopping by~

see ya tomorrow!
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Try It Tuesday~another Canvas Corp project!

Hi guys!!

Thanks for stopping in for

 

This is a fun project to do.  I made this celebration mum for one of my grands for their birthday.

I used a pink Canvas Corp material flower and built around that.

Then center is the Tim Holtz rosette die and then added buttons.  The paper is by The Paper Studio.

I used one sheet of 12 x 12 pattern paper and cut it into strips and then layered it down the center.

I added stickers, brads and ribbon to finish it off.

Very FUN!!!

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See ya soon~

Try It Tuesday~flower pins!!

Hi guys!!!
I love the new burlap flower's by Canvas Corp.  Craft Crossing has them in stock and I have bought my share:):). I sure did have fun creating these for Christmas presents.

 This one is black canvas with some Maya Road, Prima and May Arts.

 The one on the left, has Tim Holtz beads dangling, sis owns this one!

 

 The one on the right is made with a flower by The Curtsey Boutique.  I added

gathered ribbon around it to make it larger. More Prima and Maya Road.

This one I gave to my mom. It has an antique shell ( gold script) pin in the center.  I bought it junkin but not at a junkin' price:):)

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