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

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!!!

Try It Tuesday~some Jenni & Tim

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~

Try It Tuesday~Altered Cloths Pins

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!!

I made more cards~

 

Yes more cards~ using more Kraft cardstock and that fabulous butterfly by Jenni Bowlin. I spritzed it with Shimmerz red.  I glued everything with Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  Here is another one~

These cards are about 6 1/2" X 8 1/2"  {then fold and score at 4 1/4"}.  Hope you are inspired to get that scrap bag out and make some cards~when I do this I feel like I got free cards, because you use pieces of your favorite pattern paper!!! Thanks for stopping in and see ya soon!!

I made cards~really?

I have been making cards all day today~ and it was fun!!! I got my scrap bag of Jenni Bowlin out with some Kraft cardstock , my Helmar 450 Quick Dry and started !!! I have a couple of Jenni Bowlin stamps that I had not used and I'm sure liking them.  The bottom frame label is one ~ it comes in three sizes!!!

This one, the girl holding the star wand ~ love it!!!! I just keep using it** sigh*** !!! So vintage!!

I saw a blog post over on ScrapStreet and it inspired me to use Kraft cardstock for cards.  Here is the post on ScrapStreet~these fabulous cards are made by Dora!!!  Have a great Thursday~see ya soon!!

two more CHA projects for Epiphany Crafts~

OK ~ here we go , these are the last two of my projects that went to CHA {Craft and Hobby Association} with Epiphany Crafts.  This one is using the EC square bubble cap.   The paper is by October Afternoon.  Very cool making your own embellishments to match your layout!!

On this one, I used the EC square to make a mini banner across the journal spot. I used Cosmo Cricket / Mister Campy an older line but a favorite! The embellishments were glued on with Helmar 450 Quick Dry~ added some trim and some Jenni Bowlin and one last thing~

vintage milk caps!! After all, to do boy poses, you need your milk to get strong:)  Thank you Epiphany Crafts~ never in my wildest dreams would I have thought, this time last year, my creations would be in your booth at CHA!! You made my week~ See ya soon!

Try it Tuesday~how about a wreath~

Hi guys!! Glad your here for Try it Tuesday!!! This wreath project has been in my head for sometime and ended up driving me CRAZY!!! It just never seemed right~ so I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say~ so here we go ~ the original wreath

I used Helmar's 450 Quick Dry {no wires~all glue}~worked awesome!!! The chipboard houses are no name from my stash.  I painted one with Jenni Bowlin {stick candy green}, covered one with old dictionary paper and the other old music paper.  Then the magic began ~ I used Helmar's Crackle Medium ~ all I can say is ~awesome!!!

This is a close~up of the one I covered in old dictionary paper and then added buttons on using Helmar's Acrylic Sealer ~I glued the buttons with this too!! Super cool stuff!!!

The funky zipper flowers are by Maya Road~the canvas ones too!  I used Glubers by Cosmo Cricket to make the zipper flowers!! Out of one pack of zippers I made these three flowers.  If I had rolled tighter, I would have gotten another one!!!

I did a couple of changes on this ~still not happy!!! and another change.....

This is how I left it~but I think I like the original the best!!! Crazy after all the million photos, I went back to my first creation.  If you would like to see more of the original wreath, head on over the Helmar's blog and you'll will see my blog post.  Thanks for staying with me on this and I look forward to your comments on this!!! *** Breaking news***  I will be creating for a new kit club called  The Paper Bakery ~ stop by and say hi to Sarah  and my very first post is up over at ScrapStreet Blog ~ would love for you to stop in.  Have a great day and i'll  see ya soon!

Fabulous odds and ends~

Hi everyone~I have been super busy being crafty and unfortunately I can not share yet ~ but I can't wait!!!

I do have some projects that I did for Ready, Set, Create that I have not posted ~This is sweet little bird house set~the paper is by Cosmo Cricket.

This is a journal I did using Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz and the ink is by Clearsnap.  I added trim and the bird is embossed ~ hard to see that though.  Fun project, almost ready to use it!!

This one a gave away as a birthday gift to one of my favorite peeps!! The flower is stamped out {Wendy Vecchi) and painted with Clearsnaps Smooches ~very fun!!!  The paper is  by g.c.d./Melody Ross.  The butterfly is by Jenni Bowlin.  Thanks for stopping in today~I'm looking forward to seeing the "grands" this weekend and my kids.  Much to do ~ but I'm taking a rest! See Ya Soon , friends!!

A couple cute ones~ and a **winner****

Happy Monday everyone~hope you had a fabulous "all about dad weekend"~ I talked to my dad on the phone ~so sweet!!!  Love him so much!! The layouts I'm sharing today were published in Ready, Set, Create a while back~so I thought Iwould share them.

I use this design when I have two pictures to showcase~it is prefect!  The paper on this one is My Mind's Eye and it is several years old.  The vintage feel of the paper is so soothing!!

This one is using some kraft cardstock and some vintage Jenni Bowlin!  I sprayed it with some smooch spritz  by Clearsnap, added some Prima's for a cluster along with the journaling~

I love using Kraft cardstock!!!  *** and the winner*** from Saturday's blog hop is:

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Pam Wendt said~

I love what you did with these colors - boy, talk about rocking a challenge! This is a great layout, and those ric rac flowers are just too cute for words!
                                                                            

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Drop me an email with your address and I will get your goodies in the mail!! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see ya soon for Try It Tuesday!!

Try it Tuesday~with gluebers and a *****winner*****

Hi everyone~thanks for stopping in for Try it Tuesday.  Several of you asked how I made the flowers using the gluebers~so I did a few tutorials on them.  This flower uses antique lace.  I started on the outside and went around the glueber~sticking the lace down as I went.  When I got to the center I just clipped the lace and tucked it in the center.

On this one I used flat ribbon and twisted it as I placed it on the glueber.  I started in the center and worked around, twisting the ribbon as I went.  When I ran out of glueber ~ I cut my ribbon and picked the backside of the glueber and tucked the end underneath the flower.

For this one I used gathered trim on both sides. I started going around the glueber on the outside doing a up and down pattern.  I kept doing that ~ when I reached the center I cut the trim and tucked it in the center.

For all the flowers I used Prima flower centers.  So many ideas for what to use for the centers~buttons,rhinestones or plain. I glued the centers in with Helmar's 450 Quick Drying adhesive.

I placed them out on some tags, with some Jenni Bowlin Journal spots to show you how pretty they are!!

Gluebers are manufactured by Cosmo Cricket!! Wish I had thought of these!! These are super fun!!!

and now the***** winner******** from the "Color Combo Blog Hop" is

Rachel B said...
These cards are stunning Connie, I love the ric-rac flower...so beautiful :)

Have a great day !! See ya soon!!

A vintage cutie~

My project yesterday!!  I hope it does what it is intended to do INSPIRE you to be creative!!!  I used the Jenni Bowlin tart tins that I picked up at CraftCrossing ~ our awesome craft store!!! No kidding it rocks!!

I found this saucer in the shop~yes, really and glued an old thread spool to the saucer, using Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I covered the inside of the spool with some vintage material, that just happened to match my saucer ~ I was really happy about that!!!

I repeated the process on the other two spools~I used Helmar's Professional Acid Free Glue to hold the material in place~it took just a few seconds to grab and hold.  Then I glued them to the base of the tart tins and stacked them.  I am almost out of Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive but was able to get enough out of the bottle with a pop-sickle stick to complete this vintage cutie! 

It is going to hold my Jenni Bowlin buttons ***sigh*** love those buttons!!!  All of these super products are at CraftCrossing!!!  Give Pam a call and I'm sure she will save it for you~ Hope to see you this weekend for NSD at CraftCrossing~all day fun planned!! Thanks for stopping in ~

enjoy~

Try it Tuesday~just for fun!

Try it Tuesday is here!!!  I had these awesome pictures of the grands showing me their secret place~talk about a proud moment, for them and me.  I would rather scrap a feeling, a moment any day, because I remember how it made me feel when they said ~Nini, want to see our secret place?

 

The pattern paper used is Cosmo Cricket/Mr. Campy . The stitching is put on with a Wendy Vecchi stitch stamp~awesome, no needle!!! I also used Jenni Bowlin chipboard buttons and real buttons!! The title is by Amercan Crafts.  Love my thickers!!!

and last~ look at that "welcoming gesture" ~ so sweet!!!  If you find yourself with some extra time today~scrap a moment ~ it is the BEST!!! Tommorw I'll be giving a tour~hope you stop by!!!