CAS True Friend...

Additional Info
Stamps: Simple Friendship
Paper: StudioG
Ink: stazon
Accessories: primas, bling, butterfly embosslit

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER SAP ART & ACTIVITES...

Here is a peek at some of the fun we had in the months of September and October.
Dinosaurs make really cool tracks in the playdoh. They are also fun to hide in the playdoh.

All aboard the shape train. This activity helped to intoduce for some and reinforce for others the basic shapes.

In September we spent some time on Nursery Rhymes. We used egg shells to create our Humpty Dumpty, and then fixed his boo-boo with a band-aide.

More fun with dinosaurs. This time with finger paint and triangles.

Black sponge painted bats with orange beads. (colors of the month).

Itsy Bitsy spider(s) in the spider web. More color reinforcement here.

We read one of our favorite Halloween stories, 'Woo! The Not-So-Scary Ghost,' then created our own ghost handprints with a mixture of half glue, half shaving cream. Makes a nice puffy ghost and is great for sensory integration.

5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate. This is a great fine motor activity. Believe or not, tearing paper is not so easy for two year olds. They tend to want to pull it apart.

Thanks for looking!

JF BOX...

I made several of these for a lady who saw me working on the beehive boxes. I worked on them while two of my kiddos were at their gymnastics class. I think they turned out fantastic! I just love the fuzzy zebra paper (great texture) and the pink glitter paper (more like chipboard). I bought them off the rack from Michael's. The ribbon adds just the right touch. I'm sure she will have fun filling these.
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: serif alphabet
Paper: basic black, zebra print dp, pink glitter by Reflections
Ink: stazon
Accessories: nestabilities, ribbon

WITCHY HALLOWEEN TREAT BAGS...

A friend of mine ordered these from me. I made 6 of each color. I just love how they turned out. The witch is a digital image by Tiddly Inks. I used my aquapainter to watercolor them, then added some ribbon. The mouse on the bag is from the Changito Halloween set.
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Tiddly Inks
Paper: basic black, whisper white
Ink: SU!
Accessories: aquapainter, ribbon, nestabilities, paper lunch bag"

GO BEES!!

I made these for the teachers at school at the beginning of the school year.... and didn't take a photo.... after 77 of them, I just wanted them out of my house. And quite frankly, I didn't care if I ever made another one of them. I'm just that way. I'll make a couple of the same thing, but then want to do something new. Well, a teacher requested I make some for the Varsity cheerleaders... so, of course I did.. after all, I am the beestamper!!! haha!
Our mascot is the bee. The hive is from a Hambo stamp. I stamped it, whited out the tree, then enlarged it on my printer. I adjusted the size of the box, so that I could get 2 out of an 8.5 x 11 sheet.

I was working on these the other night at the gym where my youngest daughter and son take gymnastics. One of the moms came up to me and asked if I sold them.. long story longer... I will be making some for some cheerleaders of another school.. eek.. rivals even!! shhh.. don't tell my bee friends!! HA!
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Keywords: box bees beehive
Stamps: Hambo for the hive, Inkadinkado for the bee
Paper: SU!
Ink: stazon

LIGHTHOUSE SHADOWBOX

I made this for my friend Linda. She bought this lighthouse stamp for me because she knows how much I love the beach and lighthouses. I stamped the image twice onto watercolor paper, then used my aqua painter to paint the image with SU! inks. I cut the main image out and popped it up then added sand from Muddpuddles onto the image. The shadow box, sand, shells, seagull and ribbon came from Mikes.. Thanks for looking.

Additional Info
Stamps: lighthouse from stamps happen
Paper: watercolor, not quite navy
Ink: craft black, SU! in-colors
Accessories: clear ep, aquapainter, muddpuddles malibu beach sand, loose sand, shells, 3-d seagull, ribbon, twine, stickles

THE LITTLEST LEPRECHAUN

I made this for Monday's Technique challenge and for Tuesday's Color Challenge: old olive, rose red, more mustard.

What a fun box!

Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Studio G
Paper: old olive, rose red, leprechaun and pot o' gold cut outs from an old pack of dp
Ink: kiwi kiss, stazon
Accessories: green stickles

VALENTINE FLOWER POT SUCKER

I made this for today's WT Challenge - to use patterned paper. I have been wanting to make one of these cute little flower pot suckers since I saw them around the gallery last summer. This will be the Valentine that I make for my kids to give their classmates. They are fairly simple to make, and I think they can be easily mass produced. I used two different pieces of patterned paper called Berry Sweet by K&Company. I followed the flower pot directions from Dawn Olchefske's blog. Instead of using a puched out flower, I made a scalloped flower from dsp using directions I found on Chat's blog. I bought the Valentine suckers at the Dollar Tree - sweet!Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: none
Paper: Berry Sweet by K&Company
Ink: none
Accessories: Berry Sweet 3-d sticker by K&Company, scallop edge punch, brads, circle punch, floss

SATURDAY...

My friend Linda came over today and we stamped, stamped, stamped. We decided to give the Stationary Box a try that I had seen over on Dannie Graves blog. She has a fabulous video tutorial and print out. You can see it here. It was so easy to follow! Now I just have to make some matching cards to go inside!Thanks for looking....

Additional Info
Stamps: none
Paper: DCWV glitterstack
Ink: none
Accessories: none

I made this for today's IC. What a bunch of cool looking glass pendants. WOW! Of course, I loooooved the bee one, and it is the one I chose for my inspiration. You can see it here, it has 3 little bees on it, just like my siggy that I put on my cardbacks. Anyway, I used the colors and came up with this birthday card. Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: party hearty
Paper: gpwhite, basic black, HL1 print pack
Ink: read red, ballet blue
Accessories: silver bling, black marker

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

I have been painting a couple of birdhouses.. Remember that huge box of birdhouses my Mom brought to me back in the summer? Well, when she was here, she and I attempted to paint a few of them. This one was inspired by a dish that I saw in a craft catalog. I just love the rich, vibrant colors.. albeit, it is not finished - yet! I still want to add some dimension to the little houses that I painted along the sides, I think I need to shade them a little as they are looking "flat".
Thanks for looking!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!

Today is my anniversary. David and I have been married for 16 years. Almost seems like yesterday....


Here is the card that I made for him.

...cased this card by strappystamper
Additional Info
Stamps: kind thoughts
Paper: gp white, elegant eggplant, almost amytyst, certainly celery
Ink: elegant eggplant (craft & classic)
Accessories: SU! markers, brads, rub-ons, stardust ep, circle punch, paper piercer
Techniques: embossing

And some other projects I've been working on...

This is for Cindy aka Mothermark's Teapot Tuesday Challenge.

I made this for Cindy's (mothermark) Teapot Tuesday challenge. I love that pretty little teapot (tho' we (true Southerners) only drink iced cold sweet tea)... I use my one and only teapot to boil water for hot chocolate in the winter - tee hee!Thanks for another pretty challenge Cindy! This card is a case of rascal's.

Additional Info
Stamps: freshcuts
Paper: whisper white, not quite navy, certainly celery
Ink: not quite navy
Accessories: ribbon, siral punch, circle punch, brad, SU! marker, scor-pal
Techniques: grid

And this is just something I've been wanting to try...

I've seen these little bag-in-a-boxes all over the gallery, and just had to try one. They are super easy. HERE is the tutorial I followed by Inking Addict.

Additional Info
Stamps: define life
Paper: tempting turquoise dsp, basic black, whisper white
Ink: tempting turquoise
Accessories: round tab punch, circle punch, ribbon, corner rounder (for scalloped edge)

Target 1$ Spot Pail for Mom

Well, I am a sucker for the Target $1 spot... I sometimes go there just to look at the dollar spot stuff which is right by the front door, then head out to take care of other stuff.. I just can't help myself.... So, I found these cute little pails when my neighbor and I were out one day doing "girl-stuff!" Now Toni, my neighbor, wasn't so sure about my idea of fixing these up for Mother's Day.. and I sometimes lovingly refer to her as the "anti-craft".. 'cause she says she isn't crafty, doesn't like crafts, has no desire, yada, yada, yada.. and well, whadda ya know.. lookie, lookie at the pretty little pails we made! Yaye for Toni.. I knew she could craft! There is a craftin' diva just dying to come outta that girl! She made he sewing notions pail and will put sewing notions in for her MIL.. and I made the fru-fru one with the yummies from The Farmbasket for my dear MIL..thanks for looking... and if you see a crazy lady going nuts over the $1 Spot junk at Target, then it is problaby me!

MY SWAP JAR from Edith and a few AWARDS!

Isn't this fantastic! I just loooove Edith, she is so incredibly talented. I wish I could show you some of the other projects she is working on. I am working on some 3-d art for a local Fire & Rescue fundraiser. Will post pictures later! Happy crafting!

My friend Julia Aston has bestowed another award on me. Thank you Julia. I think I am supposed to post them here. I'm not so techno savvy, so I hope this works.




This is the Arte Y Pico Award which is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogging world.













This is the "You Make my Day Award"





This is the most recent, Bloggin with a Purpose award.
Please check out Julia's blog... she has made some AMAZING origami Father's Day cards.. and leave her a comment!

A Good Thing for Edith

This is for my crafty friend Edith. She and I give each other stuff to alter, then swap. She gave this cute little glass jar to me last week and today it finally recieved some attention. I thought at first that I would just use rub-ons.. but I really wanted to play with some vibrant colors today, so I used bali breeze dp coupled with time well spent stamps. I will fill it with some yummy skittles.. on the opposite side is the sentiment "too much of a good this is a good thing" I hope she likes it.. and I will post her jar on my blog when I get it! Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: time well spent
Paper: bali breeze dp, whisper white
Ink: jet black stazon
Accessories: various SU! marker, gemstone brads, yar

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS MAY?

...and with May comes lots of birthdays.. So, I have two completed cards to share with you.. Both of them I just love and enjoyed making!

This first one is for Papa Don
...and also for TLC166.. Two-way open.. I am so excited that I actually made a "man-card".. hooray! This is for Papa Don... he is celebrating his birthday this weekend.. and what better gift than a handcrafted card with a gift card holder on the front. That's right.. I love the gift card holders.. but they are so small, so I just mounted mine onto a card front.. and that way the kids have the inside to sign (since they are K and 1st and write REALLY BIG!) And the entire thing was made from scraps.. I didn't even use the first full sheet of anything.. yep, I have a huge scrap pile.. need to work on that!

Additional Info

Stamps: birthday whimsey
Paper: very vanilla, river rock, not quite navy, always artichoke, non-SU! dp
Ink: not quite navy
Accessories: ribbon, brads
Techniques: 2-way open gc holder

Here is the next one...

I just LOVE this image!! It take me forevah to color it.. but in the end, it is sooo worth the effort.. even if I don't have any copics *sigh*pout*.. I needed a birthday card and loved the Limited Supply Challenge for today, which was to use circles.. so, there are lots of circles and dot on my card.... The sentiment is computer generated - in a circle - woo hoo!! and, I just had to post the inside.. that is the best part!Thanks for looking and have a Happy Friday!

Additional Info
Stamps: art impressions birthday gang
Paper: whisper white, basic black, pink passion, various dp
Ink: jet black stazon
Accessories: SU! markers, various circle punches and cutters, brads, corner rounder

Oh... and I wanted to also share this..

My upline had a class showing her ladies how to makes these fun and funky name frames.. I loved it so much, I tried my hand at it! How easy and fun, especially with the cutie-pie dp.. and I know.. I should have some bees on it.. I may go back and add some.. thanks Tabitha for pointing that out to me *wink*....

Additional Info
Stamps: alphabet
Paper: whisper white, purely pomegranate, wild wasabi, cutie pie dp
Ink: purely pomegranate
Accessories: hph, flower punch
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

MOM.. DON'T LOOK AT THE NEXT TWO!!!

So, I can't take credit for this.. I actually cased it from the Stampin' Success magazine that demos get every month.. As soon as I saw this I knew I had to make one for my mother (who has everything, but this!) Next came the weekly challenge from Fran for the DDC that I participate in with a couple of fabulous stampers.. and the challenge was to use a bird or other animal on a mother's day card.. we this is not a card so I hope I'm not disqualified.. btw.. the MOM is computer-generated as I don't have an alphabet set.. crazy right?! what demo doesn't own at least one of those!

Additional Info
Stamps: define life, fun & fast notes
Paper: blue bayou, soft sky, river rock, porcelain prints dp, very vanilla
Ink: jet black stazon, blue bayou
Accessories: SU! markers, square punch, ticket corner punch, corner rounder, brads, primas, ribbon

Additional Info
Stamps: all-year cheer II, fun & fast notes, kind thoughts
Paper: handsome hunter, very vanilla, blue bayou, soft sky, river rock. porcelain prints dp
Ink: jet black stazon, not quite navy
Accessories: punch, oval templates, ribbon, brads, ep
Techniques: heat embossing