You guessed it......another tin!

Yes I have got one more tin finished! This little image is the third bear off the Bildmalarna stamp that I cut apart. I am having so much fun making these tins that I think I may try to sell a few once I get the ones I need done. Not too sure if they will sell or not or what price anyone would pay, but will see what happens when and if that time comes. lol

Challenges:

Stamp with Fun- sketch

Spoon Full of Sugar- die cuts and punches...the oval is from a die and the leaves are from a punch

Creative Card Crew- Punches

Papertake Weekly- sparkle

Simon Says- punch em'

Stampavie and More- Christmas

ABC Challenge-G is for glitter


Thanks so much for stopping by. God Bless!

Another altered tin

Well, I managed to get one more done tonight! I am having fun with these tins......so much fun, I have ordered more and more of them from my good "shopping buddy". lol I used a sketch from "Just Cute Bears and Friends" forgetting that I had to use an animal! So won't be entering there this week. lol I also am using this for a private challenge between some good friends where we need to use at least one snowflake and have a Christmas theme. I inked the edges for an antique look. I love these tiny Tilda's and cannot wait until more are available!

Challenges I am entering:

Delightful Challenges- Christmas

Frosted Designs- Die cut

Mark's Finest Papers Speedy the Cat -Die cut or punch

The Ribbon Girl- use green and red

Other Lovelies- H is for Happy Hollidays

Crafty Pad- Christmas

Tuesday Throwdown- Anything goes

Winter Wonderland- recipe....2papers, one snowflake one ribbon and one charm.

Christmas Stamping all Year Long- metal....not only the tin to start with but also the charm

Thank you so much for stopping by. May God bless you all!

Lil' Magnolia angel tin.

WOW! I am so impressed with me! lol I had the entire day to play and had little interuptions! I actually got a couple things done. Hubby is off to California visiting his mama so didn't even have to take a break to cook. Of course it may be back to my mama's in the am but at least I played and played and played today. lol Here is another gift card tin I altered. I used two embossing folders....I have had forever but seldom use! I roughed up the edges with the help of my handy dandy TH tool. I also inked around them and added stickles. I do think this one is a bit on the gaudy side with all the gold stickles but think it will show nicely on the tree. ( am trying to convince myself anyway!) I also sprayed the tin (just before adding the image) with glimmer mist. So this ornament is all shiny. Now only 14 more to go before Christmas.

I am entering the following challenges:

ABC Christmas- got the sketch from here but we also need to use three V's.......I am doing vertical, vintage, and very sparkly.

MelJen's- anything goes

Creatalicious- Mostly white

Sarah Hurley- Christmas with NO green or red

Stamp Scrap and Doodle- Christmas with NO green or red

Totally Gorgeous- Sparkle

Stamping and Scrapping- ribbon

Artful Inkables-Embossing and flower

Penny's- as long as it can fly.

Aly's Sunday- distressed


Thanks so much for stopping by. God Bless!!!

Twin's ornaments

My nephew is having twin boys! I made the gift card tins into ornaments and made the inside a place to add a couple photos depicting their first Christmas. I thought that these little keepsake tins might be a nice gift......anyway I am hoping. I didn't want to make them exactly the same but did want them to be alike. I used the little bear stocking stamp from Bildmalarna and cut the little fellows apart. They were the perfect size for working with these tins. I hope the parents will like this attempt at making a keepsake ornament for their new little ones.

Challenges I am entering them in:

OSAAT- Celebrations.....new baby....twins.....first Christmas......lots to celebrate here!

Quixotic Inspirations- Christmas

Aud Sentiments- baby sentiment

Southern Girls- glitter

Peachy Keen- wrap it up (gift card holder)

Sweet Stamping -anything but a card

2 Sisters- anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by. God Bless!

"Jesus is the Reason" tin

When I saw the challenge this week from Winter Wonderland for "Jesus is the Reason", I wanted to make my next tin to fit. I then searched for just the right sketch and found it at The Sweet Stop! I do love their sketches! So far I am having fun trying to alter these tiny tins and make them into Christmas ornaments the grandkids will like. I have 15 to go tho so not sure how much longer the fun will last. lol

Other challenges I am entering are:

Penny's Paper-Crafty- Round

Glitterbabe's- anything goes

Allsorts- song "Jesus is the Reason"

Secret Crafter- distressed....ink

One Stop Craft Challenge- alter it

Other Lovelies- "F" I chose flowers

Crafty Ho's- colors red, green and brown

Thank you so much for stopping by! God bless you!!!

Gift Card Holder for Craftalicious

My good friend was so kind to think of me while she was shopping one day. She knew I would love to have these gift card tins so purchased me enough to use for the ornaments. Each year I make the grandkids a special ornament and hang it on the tree. They all seem to get excited to find theirs and even more excited to see what's inside. lol Thank you so much good buddy! This same good friend sent me this cute little stamp (along with three others in a set) for my birthday!!! This is the first one I tried and think it turned out pretty cute. You can see I used lots of stickles and even coated the candy cane he is holding with shimmerz. Just hope my littlest grandson likes it! Also, at Craftalicious this week it is "Anything Goes" so this is my anything. Hope to see you all join us for a chance to win the prize sponsered by MelJens!

Challenges I am entering:

The Pixie Cottage- sketch

ABC Challenge- X is for Christmas

City Crafter- Holiday

Bah! Humbug!- cuties

Delightful challenges- Red Green and white

Anything Goes- Christmas

Sweet Stampin'-bling

Ellephantastic- Anything Goes

Ooh la la- nothing floral

Die Cut Dreams- recipe: 3 papers, 2 embellies and one image

Thank you so much for stopping by! God Bless!

Altered Caddy

A friend and I decided to take a shopping trip this past weekend just to have a little get-away. She had not been out of town for over a year so figured it was about time. We went to Boise for a weekend of shopping and I came across two of these ugly caddies and thought I would try my hand at altering. I have never altered too much and it is something I have wanted to try. Besides, I have a ton of cards now after a year of creating them, I figure it is time I move on to something else. So, here is the beginning object.

I had a hard time trying to decide just what to do with it but started by removing the plate off the front. I wanted this to be for someone other than a mom. lol I then decided to go with a more distressed feel instead of bright and cheery. Several years ago I purchased a tote full of paper from Costco. While at Costco, I thought they were just gorgeous and such a great bargain. Upon bringing them home, I decided they were not all that great and have not used hardly any. Once again I am trying to use things out of my stash so out comes this unused pile of neglected papers. I am still not too fond of them but chose three to use anyway. I thought this little Hanglar stamp was perfect for such a caddy. I also used some "melted" flowers along with some newly purchased ones. I did buy the Tim Holtz bookplates while in Boise but that is the only new things I used so mostly keeping to my "use stash" vow. With all that said, here is the finished caddy.



Challenges I hope this qualifies for are:

The Sisterhood of Crafters-color combo brown, blue and cream

ABC Christmas- U- under the tree

Moving Along with the Times-anything but a card

Pollycraft Monday- Anything goes

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle-Open theme

Flourishes-Beauty of the gift

Creatalicious- colors-pink, brown and green

Lots to Do- vintage

Other Lovelies-Embellishments

Sarah Hurley- flowers.....Thanks so much Lisa for the reference! Hugs to you.

Thank you so much for stopping by. God bless you!

Halloween at Lexi's!

Lexi has some wonderful new Halloween stamps and we all got to play with the new ones! I chose little Vampire bear for my card. I had a lot of fun thinking of ways to use stash up on this one. All the paper is at least a year old. The bat stickers and spider are even older. As I was rummaging thru everything, I found some Halloween rubons so decided to add a web to the lower corner. This is the first time I think I used a rubon on a card. The little candy corn charms are a couple years old as well as the bread tie "Happy". Then to top it all off I cut out the "Halloween" from the confetti package label. And as most always, I had to add a little stickles here and there as well as a few pearls. Please come over and join our "Spooky" challenge at Lexi's Creations!

Challenges:

Stamping and Scrapping- Halloween and I used Shimmerz that I bought from Cindy

Paper Sundaes- something from your stash....this card is almost completely from old stash! lol

Stamp Something- celebrate

Aud Sentiments- Halloween sentiment

Stamping for the Weekend- Autumn inspiration

Stamptacular Sunday- Layer it on (at least 5 layers)

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle- anything goes

Cowgirl's Sunday- Anything goes

One Stitch at a Time- Spooky Halloween

Creative Cottage- bling it on

Sarah Hurley- All sewn up

Thank you so much for stopping by. God bless!

Craftalicious Autumn color challenge

The challenge from Craftalicious for this fortnight is Autumn. I chose to use this darling little clown from CC Designs. I thought he needed a little paint on his face so gave him a little makeup. lol I also vowed to dig deep into my stash and get a few things used so out came the sequin pumpkins, metal BOO and the web and spider stickers. (not to mention the beads that were from way back over 20 years ago when I was into jewelry making. lol) Of course I had to add a little stickles and a few pearls to finish it off.

The challenges I am entering are:

Bunny Zoe's- sketch

Stamping Scrapping- anything

Delightful Challenges- Sparkle

Sundays With Crissy- sparkle and shine (not eligible to win)

Crazy 4 Challenges- Bring on the bling....used glitter, sequins, beads, pearls and shiny ribbon.

Creative Belli-B themed embellies....Boo, beads, black...

Stamps R Us- Halloween

Gingerloft-Happy Haunting

Sarah Hurley- Autumn

Stamp Something-Fall colors


Thank you so much for stopping by. God Bless each and everyone one of you!

Happy Halloween boys!

Another challenge from Bev! We picked the sketch from 7 kids College Fund, which I turned sideways. Again we chose a fall/Halloween theme. I made this for my son's boys. The little ghost tags pull out of the pocket with a little surprise for each grandson. The front of the card has a mixture of embellishments....from homemade flowers to ghost and bat ribbons cut apart. I even doodled a few extra vines on the pumpkins. I used my new stamp from CC Designs which I think is absolutely adorable. I also challenged myself to dig deep into my stash and use the ever forgotten stickers. lol I hope my grandsons enjoy receiving my card. Thank you so much for stopping by.

Other challenges:

Let's Ink It Up-favorite stamp along with a charm (not sure he is my very favorite stamp but love CC Designs so he is close to the top! lol)

CYDA- Autumn colors

Cutie Sunday- Fall colors

Corrosive-get the dust off-unused stash

Sweet Stamin- Sewing

Quixotic Inspirations-Spooky

Practical Scrappers-ribbon

Tuesday Taggers- It Takes All Sorts

Flutter By Wednesdays- anything with wings....bats

Stamping Scrapping- anything goes (I used a CC Design stamp)

Stamping for the Weekend-tag

Anything Goes-cute and I think this stamp is just too cute!

Picture challenge for Lexi's

Our challenge at Lexi's Creations this time is to incorporate a photograph on your project. I used her digi sentiment stamp "Happy Birthday". I chose to make a card for my husbands upcoming birthday. He will be 60 next month so wanted to make a card a little more special by adding his baby picture. I found a tutorial on how to make this slider peek-a-boo card and knew it would be perfect for this project. I love how his baby photo is showing thru the window but when you open the card it is a recent picture. My husband is absolutely not into frills and bling so made this card a little plain. His favorite colors are blue and brown so chose those for this project also. I hope he likes this. Please come and join us at Lexi's! Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon!

Challenges I am entering:

I Did It Creations- keep it simple. I love lots and lots of embellies and this looks so plain to me!

Secret Saturday- anything

Wild Flower Patch- stripes

Creative Cottage- birthday boy

Crafty Calendar- blue with option of flowers

Corrosive- unused stash.....never used the flourish stamp which I have had forever and also dug deep for the blue striped paper.

Alphabet challenge is also for unused stash

Stampin' Royalty and Sweet Stamping-stitching (sentiment is a digi stamp)

Southern Girls- anything goes

Stamping Vacation- no no sparkle

God Bless!

Biddy Buddies challenge!

A couple of wonderful friends along with a couple of wonderful relatives joined me (now known as the Biddy Buddies) in a joint challenge. It was so fun. We chose the theme of a Thanksgiving card. Then we drew names to see what each would send to the other four......Bev sent the sketch, April sent paper, Barb and Tauna sent embellishments. I was chosen to send a stamped image. No one really knew what the others would chose other than the subject. We were then required to use what they sent. We were allowed to add whatever else we would like to. I hope the others enjoyed this as much as I did. It was so fun to see just how each made such fabulous creations with the exact items. We are hoping to make it a monthly challenge just for our own amusement. lol Thanks to each of you beautiful ladies for the fun! Hugs to you all.

I am entering these challenges:

Stamping Vacation- use a leaf

My time to Craft- Jeweled...Barb sent the leaves with rhinestones

Creative Belli- "B" embellishments.......Barb sent a tiny star brad that I added to her necklace

Incy Wincy- Fall colors

Creative Card Crew-Autumn

Paper Sundaes-Fall colors

Stamping Sisters in Christ-Autumn colors

Creative stamp- Autumn

A Spoon Full of Sugar- Autumn colors

Stamp Magic - Autumn colors

Noel

Bev and I yet again challenged each other with the wonderful sketch from Secret Crafter Saturday. I chose to make another Christmas card in hopes of getting a little jump start but so far it is a very very very little start. lol I just love magnolia stamps so it was fun to work on this card. At first it was just going to be a vintage effect but in the end I just had to add stickles. lol I also used liquic pearls on her cap and cuffs.

Other challenges I am entering:

Cutie Stampers-glitter

Totally Gorjuss-flowers

Paper Sundaes-use at least 3 embellishments....ribbon, flowers, stickles, sewing, inking, distressing

Craft Your Days Away- girly and glitter

Fussy and Fancy-Christmas colors

Aly's Sunday- sparkle and glitter

ABC-distressing

The Stamp Man-distressing

Stamping Sisters in Christ-sewing

Scrappekammeret- anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by. Please come again anytime. God Bless.

Monkeying around at Fairy Dust Crafts

Lexi is very busy getting her store set up as well as very busy making new stamps for us to play with! When I saw this fun little fellow I knew I just had to get him made up. I think you should all hurry over and see what all she has to offer at Fairy Dust Crafts! I made the flowers by using my embossing gun to melt them. I had fun making this card and just love the monkey! I chose the green with gold and a little orange as seems to fit the season! Thanks so much Lexi.

I am entering this little guy in a few challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room-tags

Beary Scrap Design-sketch

Anything Goes-Autumn colors

Allsorts- Autumn colors

Stamp Magic- Autumn colors

Catch the Bug- Autumn colors and sewing

A Spoon Full of Sugar-animal

Paper Cutz-tags

Everybody Art- handmade flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by and may God richly bless you all!

New Challenge for Craftalicious-Thank You

Today I got to choose the theme for out challenge at Craftalicious and I chose "Thank You". Stitchy Bear Stamps is our sponsor again this time. I had printer problems last time they sponsored and could not use the digi stamp they so generously provided, so I have use her this time....Little Miss Wings. I saw a card on someones blog and cannot now remember where, so am sorry to not be able to say thanks for the tutorial on making a "flip" card. I really like how the card turned out and will probably make more.

Challenges I am entering are:

Totally Stampalicious- flowers

Craft Your Passion- recipe of lace and at least one flower

Stamptacular Sunday- distressed

Fab N Funky-" What'eva"

A Pocket Full of Posies- floral fantasy

Your Next Challenge-anything goes

Creative Stamp Friends-distressing

CES-Floral frenzy

Gingersnap- punches

Creatalicious- vintage

Now, I know we all have at least someone special in out lives that could use a "thank you" so please come join us for another wonderful Craftalicious challenge! We love seeing all the wonderful creations you make!

Thank you so much for stopping by. God Bless!

Stampavie Lil Mouse Christmas card

I am trying to get a few Christmas cards done early so here is another one. I chose the little sleeping mouse from Stampavie because I think he is just too cute! I chose the sketch from Sketch Saturday. I thought it would be fun to make a hinged card out of the sketch and I am happy with the outcome.

Other challenges I am entering are:

Pile it On- layers

Paper Sundaes-mixed mediums....I colored with copics, water color pencils and plain colored pencils then added shimmerz to areas

Cowgirl's Sunday- anything goes

Stamp Scrap and Doodle- Christmas

Totally Stampalicious- Paper flowers.....gotta love the roses! lol

Whoopsi Daisy- pile on the flowers

Totally Paper Crafts-charms

ABC- charms

Stamp Something- cute

Thanks for stopping! God Bless!

Flower Power for Lexi's

Our challenge this time if Flower Power! Craft Brulee was kind enough to send us flowers from her Etsy store to use. I think you should go over and see her beautiful creations! Lexi has created some wonderful sentiments also and we were to use the flowers and a sentiment for this challenge. Please come play with us at Lexi's and join in all the flower fun!

Challenges I entered:

Stamptacular Sunday-distressed

Stamping for the Weekend-shabby or vintage

Bunny Zoe's-vintage

Creatalicious-vintage

Dutch Dare-vintage summer

WhoopsiDaisy- flowers

Thank you so much for stopping by. Hugs to each one of you!

Happy Bird-day

Bev and I finally got a little play time today so we challenged each other starting with the sketch from Flutter By Wednesday. I just love this image from Karen's Doodles and had a lot of fun making this card.

Other challenges I am entering it it are:

PaperPlay-stitches

Stamp Something-something cute.....I think this image is just adorable!

Penny's- birthday

Stamp Insanity- birthday

Challenge up Your Life- birthday

Fab'n'Funky-Material (ribbon)

Creative Cottage- celebrations

ABC- C is for charm.....butterfly

Pocket Full of Posies- winged things

Cupcake Craft - digi image

S2G- animals with flock or feathers....my little birdy has feathers!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog.
God Bless!

Purple, Green and Some Odd Girl!

The challenge at Craftalicious this time is a color challenge brought to you by our very talented Tasha! Some Odd Girl is our sponsor this time and they were so nice to let us choose an image to use. I chose Kody since I have 9 grandsons and not too many boy stamps! I think this little fellow really has some attitude and just loved working with him. Could not really think of a good sentiment that I could use until I found this celebrate stamp hiding in my stash. The crocheted flower was given to me by my good scrapping buddy in Indiana! I added the metal flower along with a crystal in the center.

The challenges I am entering him in are:

Paper Sundaes-sketch

Stampalicious- textures I figure with ribbon, embossed papers, crocheted flower with metal center as well as wire additions and charms, I have used at least two textures.

City Crafter- I see stars

The Shabby Tea Room- Metal and photo.....went with stripes and a little green. Charms, center of flower and little black squiggles are metal.

One Stitch at a Time- say it with shapes

Stampin' for the Weekend- anything goes

Aud Sentiments- anything goes

CRAFT- Milestones, Birthdays-anything goes

Papertake Weekly- 3-2-1..... I used 3 pieces of ribbon, 2 charms, and one flower

Thank you so much for stopping by. Please come join the fun at Craftalicious!

hugs and God bless you all!

Hannah's card

My two granddaughters are here spending some creative time with me for a couple days. Hannah is 9 years old and this is the first card she has made. She chose to use frogs the same as Ruth did also because she really likes them. She chose to decorate her cards with roses. She stamped her dragonfly and colored him with Shimmerz. She loves glitter so had lots of fun with Stickles.



Sketch Saturday- sketch

Stamp and Create- flowers

By the Cute and Girly-animals

Cowgirl's Sunday and Paper Pretties- summer time

Cupcake- Blue and Green

Little Hands do Crafts- anything goes

Thank you again for stopping by and supporting my talented granddaugters.