ATC using Happy Birthday and Bear images...Martha punches, Stickles glitter glue and Ranger inks used...
Happy Birthday Bear Girl Card...Martha punches, Ranger inks, ribbon, pattern paper, silk flower...
Happy Birthday Bear Boy...Buttons, Zutter corner rounder, Ranger inks, pattern paper...
Be sure and check out the images from The Paper Hollow, Xpreshons Clear Stamps...Very nice selection of clear stamps at great prices... http://www.thepaperhollow.com
I am just loving these bird nesties from Spellbinders...The card base is from a piece of embossed cardstock I have had for years, so not a clue on it...The pattern paper, same thing, except it was a 8.5 x 11 sheet at one time, now I just have a few random scraps of it left...I used my Martha border punch, I love those punches...and added a piece of the pattern paper to begin my color scheme, I cut the large and medium bird from white cardstock, colored with Stonewashed blue Adirondack ink, then embossed with my Cuttlebug embossing folders, and rubbed more ink over the embossed areas...I added a piece of beautiful ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and some silk flowers...I then punched that Martha punch using two colors of cardstock, that coordinated for my foliage behind the flower, I used some flower buttons and gold brads to embellish the flower and ribbon...
I love each stamp that Betsy creates...I wanted to ink up some of the new images I have gotten and made this card...This scene actually looks like the woods across from my home...there is an old road and its lined with trees...Check out all Betsy images at
I just had to ink something...gees, its been so long since I got to play any at all...One more day...LOL...then I am off for 5 days...yeah...Tax season is tough...and I am pooped...
This is a magnet made from a chipboard inchie and one of the beautiful inchie collage pieces from Lisa's Altered Art images...I sealed the entire piece with Glossy Accents and added a piece of magnet strip to the back...I am going to make a few of these and give them as a Christmas gift to a friend...
This will be a charm, it was too wet to drill the hole for the jump ring...so that will have to wait, but I may decide to make a pin out of it...I have not decided yet...this is mine...my hubby collects wolf stuff and I like to use the magazine clippings to make altered art of the wolves...
This is a charm for a necklace...I may sell this one...I am going to make a few more of these...
Granny square blanket, this was a use of scraps to make the squares and put together for a quilted effect...
Moma made a whole bunch of these blankets for me to give to my friends one year...mine of course had to have the dark green background...I used to use it as a throw on my bed...I had my friend choose their favorite color for the background of their blankets...
she line the blanket with flannel for a quilted effect...
Moma made this rug for me years ago...I had a bedroom that was all done in green, peach and cream...this was a rug, but I used it as a throw over a bench at the end of the bed...I could not have it ruined by walking on it...LOL...
This was another crocheted rug, but I used it as a throw across the foot of my bed...
This is a baby blanket moma made for Kelsey, my first granddaughter...it only got used a couple times...I didn't want it to get messed up...
These are some fun fur scarves I made a couple years ago...I gave lots of them away that year as gifts...
These are a couple of the doilies I made years ago...most of my other crocheted stuff is still packed in boxes in the studio storage room...I will locate them later...the brown doily was actually part of a set, they were coasters for my living room tables way back when...most of the crocheted pieces I did were from vintage patterns, and I gave most of it away as gifts...
I have spent the last few studio visits rearranging and organizing my ISC stamps...I have over 65 sheets of Betsy's images...and even have the first single images she ever made...Yeah...I would say I am an Innovative Stamp Creations addict...I have sorted my stamps into various groupings, based on the way and projects I use them in...I am going to catalog all the verses and word stamps tho...as it will make them easier to find and use...I hope to start on that this weekend...I was using 3 times this much space before I started this reorganizing...I used my empty Sizzix dies clear acrylic boxes to organize most of them...and then used some various sizes of clear plastic containers for the others...I am going to organize my other unmounteds too...but with so many from ISC I had to work on these first...Now, if I could just find a way to have more that 12 inches of work space on my table...gees...where does this stuff come from and how does it get on my table to clutter it so quickly...
This is my friend Barb and her "Pop"...
I just love the new leaf images from http://www.innovativestampcreations.com Betsy has some of the prettiest leaf images yet...I bought some of those Mini mister bottles from her and decided to make my own color wash type sprays...I filled the bottles with water, added some drops of reinker to make a red, blue, yellow and green shade...I spritzed the cardstock lightly with the various colors, I stamped the leaf image with black document ink, same as black memories ink...after the black images dried, I colored each leaf using ink directly from the Adirondack ink pads to color the leaves...I coated each leaf with versa mark ink, then clear embossed each image...I added another layer of spritzed color, then layered the card...
I was really in a hurry trying to get this card finished, I needed to mail it today...so I used a clear vellum sticker for the sentiment...it looks kinda funky in the photo, but I think its because the way the flash hit it...It really looked nice in person...I attached the stamped layer to the black layer with double stick tape and dark green eyelets in the corners, then layered that onto a piece of pattern paper, then onto the white card base...I used a sticker inside that said Faith...
This technique is an original created by me... I had a few questions lately about exactly how I made this project...so I thought I would look it up and repost it here again...I used a coaster, punched holes in the top corners, rubbed it with an ink pad to add some color, then used a sponge and inked the edges...I threaded the ribbon thru the holes and tied little knots...
Now, for the embossed photo frame...I used a small frame die and a photo...I recommend practicing this using random photos, that you can afford to mess up...or you can even use magazine picture to practice...Decide which part of the photo is going to be your centerpiece...Run this thru your die cutting machine with your photo in place...remove the center...you do not emboss it...then decide which embossing folder you want to use and emboss the frame part of your photo...Add a layer of foam tape, or pop dots to the back of the frame...Place your frame in place on the coaster, then replace the center piece photo, by adhering it flat to the coaster...This is a neat project to make with those otherwise, not quite good enough for a layout photos...but do this to them...and they take on a whole new creative appeal...
This close up shows the detail a little better...You can also adhere the frame flat and raise the center piece with pop dots...I have used various frames to do this technique and all the results have been excellent...You can add this technique to a variety of projects, card fronts, handmade calendars and more...remember,
Baby shower favors...boy...
what about those cute little decorative wrapped chocolates...these santas are so neat...
these little candies were perfect...the little package wrappings are great for this gift box...
these are some of those new Russell Stover candies...this one is vanilla creme brulee...Oh my gosh...but, for the idea...I used a pattern paper, covered the candy bar, added a die cut heart that I colored to match the flowers in the print...this will be great for Valentines...
I had to make one that was more boy themed...and this little pebble background paper, was too perfect to pass up...I added the punched frog shape...he kinda looks like he is sunning on those pebbles...my grandson will love this one...
but, the nice thing about those candies...they are so pretty, you dont even have to wrap them...
yeah, i kinda went crazy with the candy today...I bought four bags, but had coupons...so i only had to pay for two...yeah...these are going to be for those extra special folks over the next few weeks...
I am doing this for my nephew and nieces...they will get chocolate money and under it will be some real money...they will get a kick outta this...
The individual wrapped lifesavers are so good...I always buy them to share at work, etc...so I just had to try a box with them...its very pretty and festive looking...and will great for kids too...
now, i love to make teacher stuff...i have made stuff for teachers since I was 15 and still in school...this pattern paper with the little tiny apples was just begging to be used...and this apple punch fit perfect on the little hershey miniature bars...i punch a branch that has leaves on it to make my leaves for the apples...
I also had kit kat mini bars in the studio...yeah, I know...I am a chocolate junkie as well...I wrapped each bar with a green text weight paper, added a layer of the apple paper, just to the top side and then a punched apple with leaf...my grand daughter has two teachers this year, so they will be getting these...
This shows some of the candies I did and how they look outta the boxes...I have more in the works, but ran outta day light...LOL...which basically means, it was time to come home and fix the pot of chili I promised hubby...yum, chili dogs for supper, perfect for this cold weather we are having...be sure and check out my studio blog http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com 
Oh my...did I have fun in the studio today...We had a scrap and stamp day...and this is some of what I did...I now have clear sleeves to make the matchbox die cuts even more fun...I used my ginger colored ink and stipple brush to color the white die cut box part, wrapped my mini candy bars with pattern paper, added the punched leaves from rust colored cardstock and a clear acetate sleeve...I added some gold elastic just for looks...
This box was fun to make...I had this really neat snowflake paper, I covered the candy bars with...added some cute little glittery snowflakes, like for mini Christmas trees...and red elastic...
This is one of my favorites to make...I use the small peppermint patties and my small nestie scallop to cut the covers, I used my 1 1/4 inch round punch and a pattern paper with a small heart design for the layer and then a heart punch...I used a green elastic on this box...
I will have kits for sale on my studio blog http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com give me time to get it loaded and posted...
I had to make a road trip to the dentist today...my dentist is a little over an hour from my home...and on the way, we pass this old grist mill area...I have never had my camera with me before...and just happened to grab it this morning when I left out...Its called Fickling Mill and its outside of Butler, GA...its a beautiful place and I had wanted a photo of it for a few years now, well, I finally got photos...so I wanted to share them with y'all...
