Try It Tuesday~ more carpenter's aprons!!

 

Hi guys~I thought for Try It Tuesday I would tell you how to make these craft aprons using the carpenters aprons you can find at Home Depot, Lowe's etc.

  

Trim by Bo Bunny, on this one. The flowers are by Prima.  The skirt is from antique trim, I think it is some kind of bed shirt material.

 This one has more Prima, and trims.

 

This one has a Canvas Corp flower on it . It can be left on or on.  More Prima.

These are what they look like~If you notice the one from Home Depot is orange in the center of the apron.  

*I used beige ( off white) acrylic paint and painted over that area so it would not show through.

*Find you some vintage material or what you like .  *You will need twice the width to make the skirt part. * Stitch a running stitch ( loose stitch, so you can gather the fabric)  at the top of the skirt.

  *Hot glue the skirt to the bottom of the apron.

*Use flowers, trim, buttons, flair ~ to decorate.

*You can use stamps, mists, acrylic paint to add color to the apron itself.

*I used Staz-On ink when I stamped. *The stamp I used is by Dyan Reaveley

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If you make one I would love to see it. You can link it up when I do Gone Junkin' Friday (first friday of the month) in October:):)

I can't believe I'm going to say this~if you like the vintage material I used, I'm willing to share.  I'll send you enough to make the skirt and do a square in the middle.  I'll start with 5 peeps. Email me~Re: material

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See ya soon~

Clear Scraps and Bo Bunny~

 Hi guys~this is a quick post using Clear Scraps and Bo Bunny.

This was one of my submissions to the Design Team call for Clear Scraps.

I loved the Bo Bunny and only had pieces left to work with.  Just goes to show you can make something from small pieces of paper:):) 

The acrylic pieces are the star, the 3 frames and the border.  To add color to the acrylic I used alcohol inks by Ranger.

 

I loved how the award badge turned out, using the Tim Holtz Sizzix die and { just for fun} the milk cap.  I also added some ,cool, ephemera to the badge.

Stay tuned~

You won't want to miss it!!!

See ya soon!!!!

The Curtsey Boutique~check it out!!!!!!

Hi guys!!! A new team, new friends and a new adventure, one I'm looking forward to.  This is an awesome Etsy shop~she got me at hand made.  Her items are truly beautiful and I can't wait to create with them.

The Curtsey Boutique Blog~

The Curtsey Boutique Etsy Shop~

The Curtsey Boutique FB Page~

Check out the team, I'm in great company!!!

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Have a wonderful weekend!!

See ya soon~

Clear Scraps ~ sprucing up an acrylic border!

 Hi guys~this is my second project for Clear Scraps.  I have a tutorial up on the Clear Scraps blog on sprucing up the acrylic border.  I also used the "brick wall" stencil to add a pattern to the upper L corner and lower R corner.  The  paper used is by Graphic 45.

Zip Dry by Beacon was used to adhere the border to the punched out squares and the cardstock.

 

 There are tons of ideas for the acrylic embellishments~most of the time you can treat it just like a paper embellishment:):)  

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One more thing~

happy 39 years to my hubby ~

you're still the one

Craft Crossing Class~ using Bo Bunny paper!!!

 

Hi guys~

Saturday is my class at Craft Crossing ( 10:00 am)

I'm using Bo Bunny and some cool embellishments from Queen and Co.

I also found out today, the store has tons of new stuff:):)

Makes me so happy~Jenni Bowlin, Clear Scraps, Maya Road, Bo Bunny, Sizzix just to name a very few!  She is putting together a Darkroom Door order and will be happy to snail mail you:)~

just let her know~

Give Pam a call and save your seat.  I have a bonus page that you will only get at the class and it is adorable~just say'in!!

Hope to see you~

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Avocado Arts~Stuck On You!!!

Hi stampers~how about some pop-up cards using this months super, fabulous stamp set called Stuck On You!  You are going to love it!!

Look at all of those cute images and the detail, just want you need, for pop-up cards. 

For my first card I used the bicycle and built the card around that.   With a pop-up card it is what is on the inside that counts the most:):)

I used "enjoy the ride" for the sentiment.  It is on the inside and  the front of the card.

My second card~ I used the pin wheels, and made a banner from the bottom of the ice cream cone. I loved working with the washi tape image.  It looks so real~

 The sentiment used " you BLOW me away" ~

My third pop-up card used the ice cream cones. I stamped them on white cardstock and colored the cone with Copic markers.

The sentiment on this card says " Thanks for being so SWEET "~

Loved this set.  So many great details that are perfect for this.  Great job Avocado Arts!!! Another winner!!  Thanks for stopping by!! cm

Eclectic Stamps~ Butterfly and Lamp Post

Hi, Connie here with a couple of cards using the new Eclectic Stamp/Butterfly.

I love that the, extra large, Butterfly will fit right in with the other two Butterfly sets, Wings and Butterflies.

I used some mists and inks by Ranger and the background stamp is called Numbers by Darkroom Door.

I made a scrapbooking page using this, very cool, Lamp Post stamp.  

 

 I stamped the lamp post out on Kraft cardstock several times, cut it out and pop dotted it to my page. Love how it came out and look it gives the page. Thanks for stopping by!! 

by: C. Mercer

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 remembering~9/11