Black and red~rock!!!

Good morning~what a fabulous weekend I had!! I had VIPs visit this weekend and loved every minute!! I  just wished it had been longer!!!  I can't wait to get started today on some crafty goodies!!!!

This is a layout I did for Ready, Set, Create~I used Jenni Bowlin, American Crafts, Core'dinations cardstock.  The stamp is by Lemonade Sun!  One of my favorite color combinations is black and red~it is a winner every time!!!

These are little mini valentines made from small paper bags using the stamp from Lemonade Sun!  So easy to add a little treat in the bag for your favorite valentine!  I printed the images from a free site that specializes in vintage art work.  You can google and find many places to get vintage images.  I had my class at CraftCrossing this past weekend and enjoyed it so much.  They are very talented and learn fast!!

Have a great day and see you tomorrow for Try it Tuesday!

Maya Road goodness~

This mini album is by Maya Road and is misted with their new Maya Mist/Elderberry Blue! It was a past assignment for Ready, Set, Create. The stick pin and chipboard are Maya Road also.  I attached the flower {Tim Holtz die} with Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  The pattern paper is graphic45:) Love that paper!

The pictures are from one of my classes at CraftCrossing ~ speaking of classes, I will be at CraftCrossing this Saturday at 10:00am.  I will be teaching a fabulous "rolled border" ~hope to see you local girls and some of you not local girls!!!  Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find a hour or two to be "crafty"!!!

The sweetest girls ever~

I need to be feeding chickens but here I am updating my blog~so this will be a short post!  This is another layout I have done for Ready,Set, Create magazine.  I used G.C.D./Melody Ross pattern paper *** sigh*** love this paper~wish I had got more~reminds me of her"old" Chatter Box line!!

Did I tell you I'm taking her Soul Restoration Class~it just started!! She really has got the Modge Podge thing down Lol!!! Love her art journals!!

This one I used Crate paper/Restoration on~another favorite line of mine.  Love the vintage feel of the design images and the paper~reminds me of "old" wall paper!!!  The Primas are wonderful **sigh** ~the new ones are amazing!!! Thanks for stopping in ~off to feed the chickens and get ready for the weekend!! Have a good one!!!

Be there or be square~

This Saturday be there or be square~boy, that took me back, right!!!  I'm talking about my scrapbooking class at CraftCrossing~hope you can come!!!  We will be doing two layouts with the fabulous Crate Paper~Pam has four different lines to choose from.  I'm using Toy Box but all of them are super cute!!!

The class will come with two sketches so you have the means to repeat, repeat and repeat!!!! Always fun!!

Here is the second layout we will do.  Make your plans to attend, line up the baby sitter and get your tool kit packed ~I'll be waiting at CraftCrossing this Saturday 10:00am~see you there!!!  Have a great day!!!

Try it Tuesday~

Hi everyone~I know I have shown these before {eek, I have three}but they are tons of fun to make!! This one I did for a past issue of Ready, Set, Create Magazine.  The pattern paper is by Crate Paper~a favorite of mine.  This line is Restoration and it is pure vintage goodness!!!

The carton is a four pack of Starbucks~oh yeah!!! Bring it on~I'll drink some cold coffee to make this!!!

The embellies that come with the Restoration line~rock!!! Pure vintage goodies, that is for sure!!! I used Helmar 450 to adhere these lovelies, added some Kaiser pearls and got my scissors out and fussy cut the flowers from the pattern paper!!  I added Rock Candy by Ranger to the flowers~for a little sparkle!!

The lids are decorated with some of the die cuts from the paper line.  I used the Crackle Accents by Ranger to seal the top of the caps.  Like I said I have done three of these and they are all full of buttons and beads!!!  Have a great Tuesday and drink some coffee and SAVE the bottle!!!

Altered Keys~

This was a fun project to tackle~as I have said before I love primitive country and my art reflects that. These aren't blinged out with rhinestone but with buttons, pearl tops, vintage finds, glass beads and some Tim Holtz, 7gypsies  and Making Memories goodies. I painted the keys with acrylic paint (dabber) by Adirondack several times~alternating between black and gold. The finding were glued on with Helmar 450, only took a few minutes  to adhere.

I tied on the hemp and added glass beads~the vintage photo's are by Darkroom Door.

I'm going to try some using the Tim Holtz alcohol inks and see how that works ~ so many possibilities!!

I used bits and pieces of items that I had on hand ~ an in house project!!!  I love that!!!

Would love to hear your ideas on how you would use these~ I was inspired by this post

and this blog{Snips of Ink and Shades of paper}.  Here is a couple of ways I used the keys I altered~

This one is hard to see the key~it is the {25}!  This is an old "Polly Anna" book cover that I bought for a few bucks at an antique store~thought the key was perfect for this!!

I store my Tim Holtz scissors in this old 7 Up bottle { found it on the ranch when we moved here}so I dressed it up a bit with the keys.  I should have taken a pic with the scissors {{{sigh}}} sorry about that!!!

Hope you enjoy this post ~ and check out the other 2 sites~very different from mine!!!  Have a good one!!!

Ready, Set, Create Magazine ~ is ready today!!!!

Hi peeps!!!!  I wanted to share with you some of my work I have done for past issue's of Ready, Set, Create Digital Magazine.  This one I used October Afternoon and Scrapping Art {little green butterfly~etsy shop}.  The banner was made using  a scallop punch {Stampin' Up!} and cutting the scallop in half and gluing {Helmar's Acid Free Glue} it to the bakers twine.  Sweet, sweet photos!!!

Here is another one~using almost the same supplies~I love making the banners!! It really adds FUN to your page!!!  I love the vintage feel of this paper line~looks like old wall paper!!!  Today the April/May Issue of Ready, Set, Create released ~ it is full of inspiration,  folks!!! You can go here to purcahse! Thanks for stopping in today and have a great day!! Altered keys are coming up this week-end, so stop back by!!!