Try It Tuesday~with Trudy:)

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~

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~

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****

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~

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........

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

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!!!