Cool Stuff!!!!

Everyone has cool stuff or at least  what they think is cool.  Today I'm going to show my cool stuff that inspires me to be creative.  This  is an old door painted my favorite color , sage green, with Mercer platters on it. 

Buttons really speak to me. I love the different shapes and colors!!! and the jars, so cool!!!

I'm not sure about this piece but I sure loved it and new it would fit in perfect in my scrappy space.  It now houses all of my Jenni Bowlin goodies!!!

This old utility scale is the perfect shelf for these old salt and pepper shakers.  I have many more than this photo shows and they have glitter in them~all different colors!!!! So inspiring!!!!!

Old doors and hardware are at the top of my "way cool stuff" list.  I love to decorate with them and have them all over my home ~ painted green of course!!

This one lives in the pantry.  This was a regular size door and hubby cut it down the middle to make this wall hanging for kitchen stuff!! I just love it~

and last is this very cool toy dump truck!!!  I made a matching game and put it in the bed of the truck .  The "grands" enjoy playing with the cards!!!

Thanks for stopping by and leave me a comment and tell me about your cool stuff .

Try it Tuesday!

Hi everyone!!!! I have two cool things to show you today ~ hopefully inspire you to try them.  I have done these very cool tags for heART of Scrapbooking and I love them but they were getting messed up in my box and no one could see them either.   I had this decorative hanger that I found on sale in my scrappy room  and so I tied the tags on it and it is now hanging on a hook in my scrappy room.  I can enjoy the tags and they are staying "fabulous"!!!!

 

 

The second cool thing is this!!!! A friend was visiting me last week and she showed me how to do these with the Tim Holtz alcohol inks and corsage pins~

just by dipping the tips of the pins into the inks and then letting them dry, you will get this fabulous, vibrant color!!! So easy and a "wow" effect for your scrapbooking projects and crafts!  Hope will give this a try and much thanks for stopping by!!!

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Update~I have had a lot of inquires about how to make this pin cushion.  You can go HERE to find a tutorial on the one I made~cm

Shadow Box Cowboy Style

 

Hi everyone!!!! Glad you stopped in today.  This a custom shadow box I did for a client Sunday evening.  It's just like scrapbooking but on a bigger scale!!! I used some awesome Helmar 450 Stainless adhesive that I got at CraftCrossing.  This glue is so strong it didn't want to budge a bit.  It worked great on the paper elements.  I drilled holes in the backing and tied the buckle and horse hair to the backing.  Worked very well.  I had a great time designing this and look forward to doing more of these. 

use it as a decor piece.......

A new spin on a double layout!!! What I did here was frame the title page of a double layout , to make it a decor piece for my home.  I added some fabulous Primas, buttons and greenery to the corner of the frame after I covered the flat part of the frame with pattern paper.  Here is a close-up of the Prima cluster !!!

This is part of a double layout I will be teaching at CraftCrossing tomorrow!!!I have gotten away from doing two-pagers but with this idea I will be doing more of them!!   Hope to see you tomorrow ~ give Pam a call!!!  Her shop is full of crafty goodies ~ really!!!

happy fall!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!!! Got my scrap on this last few days and came up with this double layout!!!!I had all of these pictures and wanted to use them all~the gorgeous paper is by Anna Griffin.  For you local gals Craft Crossing has  these papers ( and more)!!! I also used some Jenni Bowlin, Making Memories, American Crafts ~  just to name a few.  I love fall and I love pumpkins!!! This will make a great decor piece to frame also!!  Have a wonderful day and enjoy the cool weather!!!  If you are local, my class at Craft Crossing is this Saturday at 2:00~hope to see you there!!

Try it Tuesday

I'm running late again!!!  I have been creating with a good friend and time just got away from me, but Tuesday is not over yet ~ so here we go.   I love using Picasa 3 photo editing free software.  I can change color to black and white and even highlight certain parts of the picture, like I did here with the pumpkin. I'm kinda of computer challenged when it comes to photo editing but I love playing around with this software.  It makes me feel so SMART!!!!!!   If you don't know about this ~ try it!!! You will have tons of fun and if you are like me learn a thing or two along the way!!!! Have a great Tuesday!!!!

A little "Artist"!!!!

I can see a future scrapbooker ~ my granddaughter loves to do crafts in fact she calls herself an "artist".  I was going to post this for her birthday yesterday and blogger wasn't cooperating so I'm posting it today!!!  The placment of everything is all her. She loves markers, pretty paper, glitter and anything elase she can talk me out of !!! ha, ha.  She turned six on the 30th of Oct. Happy Birthday  to my little "artist"!!!!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!!!