A happy start to a Vintage Spring....

Hi bloggers, well it has been some time since my last post.  Time gets by me so quickly and I don't even realize how much time has gone by so I'm going to share with you a few cards that I've created using some outdated Webster's Pages papers and using some die cuts and some little trinkets here and there.  So the first card I used some kraft cardstock and just brushed the edges with some off white acrylic paint and then inked over the top of that to give it a little more of a distressed look.  I then cut out a butterfly using a die cut and layered that with a piece of vellum.

Added some twine and a little tag with a sweet sentiment that can be used for so many different occasions and then just added some pearls and some sweet little buttons to finish it off.  The next card I created I used  some more Webster's Pages paper and again painted and dsitressed the edges of the cardstock first.  I used a scalloped edge punch to create the decorative edge on the cards and then using a Martha Stewart punch made the crown for the cherub and covered it with glitter.

Added some pearls to the flowers on the paper and then dressed it up with a little seam binding, some sequin trim, flowers and another little tag to complete the card. The leaf was created by using a CuttleBug leaf die cut.  The next card is done by using the same techniques as before on the cardstock.  Covered the cardstock with some newsprint paper and then cutting two strips of different patterned paper from the Webster's Pages paper.  I took a doily and tucked that underneath the two strips of paper and distressed that by using some ink.

I then used a scalloped edge punch once again and placed that atop of the two strips of paper.  I created the flower by using some burlap for the base of it and then added some silk flowers on top of that to finish it off.  I then punched out a tag and stamped the word Mother on that and finished it off with a bow made out of twine and again some little pearls.   The next card is again using some kraft cardstock, painted and inked.  Then I added some different patterend papers on top of the cardstock and embellished it with several different heart punches and die cuts.

I again used some seam binding and the sequin trim (which I just love) and used some pop dots to give some of the hearts a dimensional look.  And used a couple of Maya Road trinket heart pins in the flower and another little tag that says "hello".   The last card is probably one of my favorites and it is made using the same distressing techniques and some different patterened papers.  Along with a little scalloped edges here and there and using a dress form die cut.

The dress form is cut out of newsprint paper and pop dotted to give it a dimensional look.  I then took some sweet little Webster's Pages trim and just cut little pieces to go along the bottom half of the dress form.  I then finished it off with some pearls for a necklace and then another little tag tucked into the flower with a Maya Road pearl pin. Thanks for stopping by.  And I hope that all you Mothere's out there have a wonderful and special day! Happy Mother's Day!

A rose isn't just any rose...

Hi there all, well, I have gone and decided to try and create some coffee filter roses.  There are many tutorials on how to do these but I played around and figured out what worked for me.  So I've done my own little take on them and I hope you enjoy them. 

This was the first rose I made with using some food coloring for the color.  Then after the rose was complete I then went and glittered the petals of the rose.  I wrapped the stem of the rose in some coffe stained muslin strips and wrapped the top of the rose with some vintage lace and seam binding.  Considering this was my first one I think it came out pretty good after many attempts.  haha

This next one was colored by using some (believe it or not) dark brown Rit dye.  Don't ask me how it came out to be a deep rich plum color but it did.  And I think it was a happy mistake overall.  :)  This was the second rose that I made.  And the stem of this one is just wrapped up in some old vintage book paper. 

The last rose I created I just ended up using coffee to stain these and I think this is probably my favorite one thus far. 

This was the third rose I had made and hope to make many more.  They are really a lot of fun to create and I think they come out pretty beautiful.  I think they would really make a nice gift for someone or just to make and handful of them and display them around the house. 

I hope you will try to make some of these because they are very fun to do.  Enjoy!

So lastly here is something I make for my family every Sunday morning and the kids have called it "Special Breakfast"!  I apologize for the bad picture, I am not very good at taking food photos but I wanted to share this with you since it is a pretty yummy breakfast (if u can call it that).  It's more like a dessert.  :)  It is called "Apple Pancake Puff".  When you remove it from the oven it is very puffy and then quickly deflates afterwards.  But you sprinkle it with some powdered sugar and some whip cream on top and you have something very tasty.  You could also drizzle some warm caramel sauce over it and that would also be pretty good.  Anyways, the picture doesn't do it much justice but I am happy to know that my family enjoys it and that it is just another little something I can make for them.  This is so not a low cal breakfast by any means but it sure tastes good!!

 

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi there!  Just stopping in real quick to post these since I meant to do this a little while back.  Ugh!! Anyways, here are a few more Valentine's day cards that I created for the scrapbooking store using the KI Memories, Inc. paper line.  I believe it is their Valentine's line but nevertheless I had fun with these papers as well.  It's a little out of my comfort zone but I still put in my vintage flair on it.

On this card I used some Prima lace at the bottom, the KI papers, and stitched around some lined notebook paper.  The butterfly is from Tattered Angels, painted with some Ivory colored paint, and then I used a script stamp on top of that.  Did some distressing and then covered it with a light coat of glitter.

On this next card I again used the same paper line, added a heart doily with some fun little trinkets. Some vintage seam binding, and of course some Prima flowers and some Maya Road pom pom trim.  :)

Here I used some Maya Road chipboard wings, again painted them with some off white acrylic paint, distressed and then glittered.

The heart in the middle is also from Maya Road and just covered with the KI papers and distressed.  I made this sweet little flower out of my seam binding and used some twine around the bottom of the card.  The stamp at the top is from Pink Paislee.

This cute little envelope is also from the paper line and I just simply cut it out and stamped on it at the bottom as well as the little jewelry tag I used to tuck inside.

 

On this last card I used the same paper line and downloaded the digital image that is on the card.  I then took a Tattered Angels chipboard frame and just Glimmer Misted it, tied some seam binding around the top and the little ticket inside is also another digital image I downloaded.  Thanks for stopping by!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

Happy Heart's Day is coming...

So here are some fun cards I created for the scrapbooking store for the most wonderful and romantic day of the year....Valentine's Day!!  I was given the new Kaiser Craft line called "Sweet Nothings".  Such beatiful papers and die cuts to work with.  Love, love, love these papers.

On this card I used some Prima lace, and some old vintage ribbon.  I then used one of the Tattered Angels frames on the front and sprayed it with Vintage Pink Glimmer mist and then used some Crafty Secrets mini scraps and some stamps from the Crafty Secrets "French Mail" collection.

On this next card I used another one of the Crafty Secrets images with some vintage seam binding, some old vintage lace I tea stained and some little embellishments from Prima.  The little lace vintage heart and wings I had found on line.

This card was made using the Kaiser Craft papers, some of there die cuts, and a Maya Road little frame that I painted an antique white color, distressed the edges and covered it with glitter.  And of course some vintage ribbon at the top with a few little trinkets added here and there.

The stamp set used was from Crafty Secrets "French Mail" set.

The last card I made using all the same papers and die cuts with some more vintage seam binding, a Maya Road pearl stick pin and some trinkets that I found at a local jewelry store.  The gray little rose is from Prima.

Lastly, I made these sweet little nothings from some glassine bags, and tucked some little tags inside each one of them with a sweet little sentiment on them.

The first little envelope on the left is using the Kaiser Craft papers, and the top is just using one of the die cuts folded in half and used on the top of the envelope.  The angel is also one of the die cuts that I just took and put some glue on the wings and then glittered. 

The next envelope is using yet another one of the die cuts from the collection and just the same I took some glue and glittered the wings of the bird.  And the same technique was used at the top of this envelope as well.

The last little envelope was using all the same techniques and inside each of the envelopes I took some old vintage sheet music distressed the edges and tucked them inside wach of the envelopes.  Hope you try making some of these little goodies.  Enjoy!

A completed creative workspace...finally

Well, I just had to tell you all that my scrapboking room is finally complete.  I have so diligently been working on getting this done and I am so excited to say that my creative workspace is finished.  It is such an accomplishment for me.  So I had to share it just because I am so happy its done. 

I will be back in the next couple of days to share those cards with you all that I promised.  Have a blessed and wonderful rest of the day!  :)

A Vintage Christmas

I had the opportunity to create some Shabby Christmas cards using the new October Afternoon "Good Cheer" paper.  These cards were made for the local scrapbooking store that I am happy to be a part of by designing such yummy goodies for.  And I cannot tell you enough just how much fun these papers were to create with. 

There were 5 cards that I made in all and on my next post I will show you the individualized photos of each card and what I used to make them.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and that you are looking forward to the most wonderful one of all (that's just my opinion).  :)  I love them all but Christmas is my utmost favorite.  I will try not to be gone so long, so until next time I hope you enjoy the goodies.  Thank you also for your sweet comments!  They truly bring a smile to my face each and every time.  :)

So here are the pictures of the cards I promised to show you...only a little too late.  Sorry I did not get back to before Christmas but here they are anyways!

All these cards were used with the October Afternoon "Good Cheer" paper line.  The letters used are the Thickers stickers and just inked with some creamy brown chalk ink.  The leaves and the star tag are all just punches that were used with the paper.

The little bow up in the top left hand side was used by just cutting small strips of paper and folded in the middle to create a loop on each side.  And then from there just adhereing one atop of the other.

On this card I just punched out six squares of different patterend paper and used pinking shears on the sides to create a decorative edge.  I used some bakers twine, a little star stick pin and some ribbon that I used to  create the flower at the top of the card.

To make the tree on this card I just punced out some squares and then cut them in half and layered them atop of each other to create the little Christmas tree.  Hope you liked them.  Sorry they are late.  :(

Lastly, I am going to share with you a little something that I had made using some paper mache houses.  I had made 3 of these happy little houses, one for each grandparent that I have in my family.  Instead of using Christmas themed papers I used papers that I knew would coordinate with each of their homes.  So from there this is how it came out.

I first started out by painting the paper house with some ivory colored acrylic paint.  I then distressed it after it was dry.  From there I started applying the papers and then of course throwing in some old vintage sheet music seems to go with just about anything.

Once everything was distressed and inked I then started to assemble my little house with all the papers I had chosen.  I also used stamps from Paper Trey ink that were used for the front door and the windows as well as the little curtains you see outside the windows!  :)

From there I went ahead and glued a bunch of vintage buttons to the roof of my house.  When that was finished I then took some more glue and applied it all over the buttons and then took some Doodle Bug glitter and sprinkled that atop of the whole thing.  I then tied some vintage seem binding around the top with an old vintage key inside the bow. I only have pictures of one house for some reason.  But this is how one turned out and I have to say that the grandma's were happy to have recieved a little something they could tuk some treasures inside of.  :)

A little bit of this and that....

Hi there bloggers!  Well it has been some time since my last blog and so I have a few things here I would like to post.  First off are some little "thank you" tags that I had made for a couple of friends of mine who have been so sweet and generous to me and I just wanted to show them a little thanks by making a little something for them.  The tags are from Spellbinders and from there I just decorated them with some of my all time favorite papers, flowers and embellishments.

I then took some little glassine bags and decorated the outsides of those using some paper doilies that I sprayed with some Glimmer Mist. I then just folded down the tops and closed them using some Prima embellishments that I have been anxiously waiting to use, and this worked out just perfect.  I also used some Paper Trey die cuts and of course some more Prima lace and some vintage papers from Crafty Secrets.

And here is a little "thank you" card that I made for another very dear, and sweet friend of mine.  I ended up taking another one of my glassine bags and tucking it away inside the card and making it into a little gift card holder.

On the inside of the galssine bag I just cut out a piece of old vintage sheet music and put that inside of the bag.  I then just tied some jute twine to the top of the envelope and then puched out and glittered a little baby cupcake at the bottom.  The reason for the cupcake is because she so sweetly had made 60 cupcakes for all the parents and children at my son's birthday party so I felt it would be appropriate to add a little cupcake at the bottom.  Thank you again so much my sweet friend!  :)