Hello, Stranger!!

Sorry!! It's been so long since I last posted... Here are some of the things I've been up to...

I made this card. Um, I was trying to make a quilt card, but this turned out more like a really pretty window!! Oh well... At least it still looks pretty :)

I added some things to my Joker card for the Art Haven swap. hehe- I thought I was being clever by adding a "silver lining" to the cloud :)

These are pictures of my latest jewelry box. It's painted white and distressed for that weathered look. Then I added cream and white flocked vintage wallpaper to the drawers. I love, love, Love(!!) flocked paper! Cream felt lines the inside of all the drawers and a white pearly knob sits in the center of each one. But the cutest things are the two german glass glittered cherubs on each side of the box! Even though I love this, it's in my Etsy store.

I have been into tag making lately... Here are my latest tags. The first one I made for my friend, Jan. I thought she might like the style since she liked the last tag I had done. The second one I made for Jan's friend who just found out she has colon cancer. Jan is awesome and is making a tag gate for her! You can read more about that HERE. I have also made duplicates of these and put them in my Etsy store.

And last, but not least, I recently bought this shabby chic mirror. And it came with 2 matching sconces that hold taper candles. It's 3' long!! And now proudly hanging in my craft room. And it was only $30!!!! I couldn't believe it. I felt like such a thief coming out of the thrift store!

I also bought a white armoire from a garage sale for only $40! No pics of that yet, though, because it's not here yet. Also, we are moving soon! Into a 4 bed, 1.5 bath house. Woohoo!

Tomorrow we are supposed to go to the World's Largest Yard sale at the fairgrounds. Now it's Jello time and then probably off to bed soon. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Busy Weekend!

Hello! :) The last few days of this week, I had off, so I was busy making things for swaps!! (And trying to get further on some projects that still aren't finished!)

Here's a card I made for David- his last day is today, but my last day working with him was Wednesday. It's kind of a neat card-- I have problems trying to make masculine things!! I went with cream and black for this and then added hardware stamp cutouts to give it a more rustic feel.
Inside, the card was bright blue!! With a crying Hello Kitty! Nothing like a personal touch, right :) Here is the card I made for the Fall card swap in my ArtHaven group. I don't know why I signed up for this swap!!! I don't really like fall colors, and didn't have any! Lol :) I had to run out and get black cardstock, even. I kind of lifted this design from a card I saw at Buffalo Stamps. That one was just black with the gold embossed tree, but I, of course, had to add more things to mine!! The tree stamp I got at Michaels for a dollar. When I went to use it, I found out just why it was a dollar- it was mounted crooked!! Lol- so it took a while to get it straight!

This is my Joker card I made for the Deck of Cards swap for the ArtHaven group. I think the little bunny look soo cute!! The only thing is that the right side looks a little plain... Hmm... I might have to add something over there... This was the first time I got to use a paint sample in something, and I used the grass sticker Deloris gave me in her package of goodies she brought for me when we met last week! Thank you Deloris!!

And finally, my favorite, is my Lady ATC for the ArtHaven swap. Um, I love this so much that I don't even want to give it away!! LOL How terrible is that?!?! I will have to make a double so I can keep one. It is funny, too, because the lady is holding a flower in the original graphic, but I cut it out because it looked too much like the other ATC I had done. Well, I didn't even notice when I went to put her on the paper, but the vine from the flowers on the paper ended up right in her hand!! Lol :) I sparkled up her dress and gave her some perfect pearl eyeshadow. Vintage lace and millinery flowers that matched the colors of the flowers on the paper completed the look.

Ok... now I must go get ready to go to Matt's parents' house for a yummy pork dinner! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Lazy Summer Days...

The time is just flying by... I feel like I haven't done much lately, although I have a few projects going at once... I've actually been busy making cards. I've made 3 cards over the last week or so, but I forgot to take pictures of 2 of them. Oops!! Fortunately, I was able to get this picture of David and the card I made for him for getting his PhD.

Something you don't see too often... David actually smiling in lab! Lol :) He's been working his butt off for the last few years, so it's really great to have this picture. It's been a hard, long road. I guess most research is!

My boss called me up about 2 hours before the event and wanted me to pick up a card. I made one instead, but only had an hour to do it!! And you know me... it takes hours of thinking for me to even begin to create something... lol :) This card was pretty simple- except for I am really particular about using the embossing as a background. I have to have exactly the same number of dots (I used the swiss dot folder) on each side of the text!! I think I almost annoy myself sometimes! And I was super lucky that I picked up that ribbon along the edge at Michael's earlier that morning because that's the only navy ribbon I had!

Last night I finish this fouffy shelf.

As you can tell, I love mirabou! And pearls. And rhinestones. And shimmer.

Here it is holding some of my supply jars and vintage lace.

Pretty flowers!

It almost looks Christmas-y, don't you think? I want to make one in pink, but there is no pearl pink paint. Well, I haven't seen any at the stores... I might just have to make my own. I love the pearl paints- they really cute-n things up. Hehe, yes, I am making up my own words today. This is what happens when you don't blog for a while! lol! Have a wonderful day :)

First Birthday Card

It's my first first birthday card! Lol :) And my second card ever...

And inside...

Um... yes, I realize the inside part is supposed to go on the outside....

And I realized tonight how badly I need a tape runner if I'm going to make cards!!! I Mod Podged this card together and realizes it doesn't dry totally clear on colored cardstock... However, I forgot about making a card until about 8pm tonight...

But I thought it looked cute enough to give :)