A Friendship Gift~Darkroom Door, Maya Road and 7gypsies!!

Hi guys!!

I made a couple friend gifts (that's what I'm calling them anyway)!!!

I love doing crafty and fun projects!

I started with these supplies~

Darkroom Door, Maya Road (Stars), 7gypsies ~ it's all good:):):)

The stars are resting on the mini rulers by Maya Road~just a little

 something for a special friend:).

The ceramic knobs by 7gypsies are used as a stand to balance the Star.

I love the photo booth pictures by Darkroom Door to help me tell the story of how special friendship is.

Every girl should have bestie's:):)

So Important!!!!
linked at: Paper Issues: In The Navy

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See ya soon~

Try It Tuesday~Scrap Around The World

Hi guys!!!

I had the awesome opportunity to play along with Scrap Around The World  

for their Epic Anniversary Event, this month.  Darkroom Door is one of the, very generous, sponsors of this event.  The mood board for May has so many different ways you can drawl inspiration from.

I came away with the teal color and the very girlie appeal the mood board gave me, must have been the heels:):)

Here's my interpretation~

I used some of my favorite stamps by Darkroom Door too!!! The paper is by Jenni Bowlin Studio.

You still have until the end of the month to play along.  The prizes are fabulous!!!

It is so worth checking into.

See ya soon~
Linked at~Paper Issues: Say Cheese

Darkroom Door ~ Brush Strokes and Paint Splats!

Hi guys!!

Hope you had a great weekend!!!

Darkroom Door has a new set out called Brush Strokes.  Such a fun set and so many ideas for this one.

Here is a couple of cards I came up with. I'm sure I'll be working with this set again:):):).

I also used the Paint Splats set, another one that I love using.  

These two sets just complement each other so well.

The ink is by Ranger/Wendy Vecchi.

The sentiment set is All Occasions by Darkroom Door.

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I got six projects done this last week, can't wait to share them:):)

See ya soon for 

Freedom Is Not Free~

I watched the flag pass by one day.

It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,

and then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform

So young, so tall, so proud,

He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him

Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign soil?

How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?

How many died at sea?

How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?

No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,

When everything was still

I listened to the bugler play

And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times

That TAPS had meant "Amen,"

When a flag had draped a coffin

Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,

Of the mothers and the wives,

Of fathers, sons and husbands

With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard

At the bottom of the sea

Of unmarked graves in Arlington.

No, freedom isn't free.

by: Kelly Strong

Stamp Carving~ the "6" !!

Hi guys!!!

Here is the other stamp that I carved~

**** the 6****

I mounted it on a wood block and added a fancy glass knob.  I love how it stamped, kinda of messy, with the edges catching ink.

The other day I was scrapbooking and wanted the hash tag symbol~no where in all of my"stuff" did I have one, so I carved one.  It is really two stamps in one, with or with out the label border:):)

Fits really good in my hand:):)  

Below are a couple of pictures how I attached the rubber.

This is what I used~

I glued the rubber to mounting foam and then glued it to the block.

I used 3and1 by Beacon and then wrapped a rubber band around it and let it dry.

Then I attached the knob.  The hardest part was waiting to try it out.

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Stamp Carving~words!!!

Hi guys!!

I tried carving some words~easy ones:):)

HOME * SWEET * HOME

for starters

and a star and the number sign or hash tag sign~

I love the "label" look~

More to come~

Check out that "6" !!!

I did something really special with that one, cause it is special!

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More to come~

Try It Tuesday~more Wow!!!!

Hi guys!!!

I have been playing around with the Wow embossing products, so fun!!!! 

 Sis gave me a new mold to use and that was fun too:):)

I've been making more rings too.  This time I added a pearl to the center (Sis suggested that:))

She is very crafty!!

She even thought I needed this~

Hello melting pot!!!!!

All I can say is this is so much easier than a small pie tin.  Less mess and less waste:)

This is the new mold by Mod Podge (Sis thought me and a certain"grand girls" needed)

 She was so right:):)

I used Wow!!!!!!

Love the pearl added!!!!  I have about 10 rings now, all different colors!!!!

The "grand girls" have that many or more:)

Thanks Sis!!!!!!