My...umm...new chair.....

Hi there everyone! 

For a while now I have been saying I need a new desk chair.

The cushion was flattening 

and

 the leather seat can be a bit sweaty at times & who needs sweaty buns!

Since the new chair wasn't going to happen I took matters in my own hands!

This is what I started with.....

Some extra cushioning,

a piece of material and 

some staples brought me to this.....

Add a cosy turtleneck sweater that I got at Goodwill and.....

I used the sleeves to make a snowman and a lamp cozy this winter.

I stitched the sleeve holes closed 

as well as

 the top edges of the turtleneck, making that a little pocket.

I don't know that I'll use the pocket but it's an option, 

I can turn the sweater around and have the pocket in the back of the chair.

Below is a picture of the side of the chair where you can see the sleeves are stitched closed.

So much more comfier than it was before!

And prettier too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Baby Boy tag

Good afternoon everyone!

Today I have a tag to show off!

I am having a good time with Heather's new Onesies collections!

Here is my tag.....



The first thing I did was add antique linen distress ink then glitter to all the collage elements. 

I started my layering with one of the green traditional tags and using pop dots I topped that with the blue onesie pieces that I layered together.

My daughter suggested, since it was a boys onesie maybe a set of suspenders would be cute and I agree! 

I used a bit of blue & brown ribbon that I added the antique linen distress ink to and topped that with a couple of buttons, that I was hoarding!

I threaded a bit of brown and white bakers twine in the button.

Below is a close up of the suspenders and buttons.....

Over the ends of the suspenders I added the banner piece then topped that with a couple of embellishment pieces from the green onesie collage set.

Love that cute little lamb and his glittery bow!

After many different arrangement trials I added the sentiment boxes, also from the green onesie collage set.

I finished this tag off with a couple bits of lace trim and bows that I made with my bow-it-all.

Here is another look at the tag.....

The collage sets I used from Heather's Etsy.....

Vintage Baby Blue Boy Girl Twins Onesies,

Vintage Baby Green Boy Girl Twins Onesies,

Spring Green Traditional Fancy Tags

and

Romantic Victorian Vintage Banner Bases

Thank you for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!

Baby Girl Card.....

Hi everyone!

I don't usually post at night but I couldn't wait with this one...

 I have a cute little baby girl card to show you! 

I used a couple of new collage sheets from Heather's Etsy Store.....

Vintage Baby Girl/Boy Twin Pink Onesies

&

Vintage Baby Girl/Boy Twin Green Onesies Card Bases

I also used the 

Romantic Victorian Vintage Banner Bases collage sheet.

Here is my card.....

I cut the collage sheets on my Cameo.

I added worn lipstick distress ink on all of the elements, 

then I started with the green onesie card base and layered the pink onesies on top.

I'm in a liquid pearls mood lately so there are dots of pearl liquid pearls all over the front, back and inside of the card.

There is diamond stickles all over the cute little lamb and waterfall stickles on the lambs ribbon.

I added the "Sweet" text box to a banner and put a pop dot underneath to give it a lift in the center, then glued the edges down and added a couple of cute little roses.

I made the bows with pretty pink seam binding, using my bow-it-all.

On the front of the card I added a couple pieces of lace trim that I cut to tuck under the bow.

Below, 

I don't normally decorate the backs of my cards but.....

I had to add ruffles!

It is a little girls onesie after all!

How cute it that?

I love the double bow added to the top of the ruffles too!

And finally,

the inside of the card.....

Such a sweet little image!

I love that Heather thinks of everything like the flap on the bottom of the onesies and the text boxes!

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I will be linking this up to 

The Shabby Tea Room - Baby Shower Party

Creative Cutting Challenge - #28 For Baby

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Be sure to stop by Heather's blog My Artistic Adventures to check out her latest challenge!

The theme is...

The Second Day of Christmas

To see more of Heather's wonderful collage sets her Etsy is HERE.

Check out Heather's blog too, she has a cute baby card that she did over there too!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Valentine Fry Boxes...

Good morning everyone!

I know Valentine's Day is done but I have a couple of fry boxes that I made to give to my grandkids that I'd like to show you!

I used

  Vintage Shabby Chic Cream Heart Fry Box,

Vintage Shabby Chic Pink Heart Fry Box,

Conversation Hearts Image card bases

and

Romantic Focals Cupid Text boxes

all from 

My Artistic Adventures Etsy

Here they are.....

Cute aren't they?

I was so excited when Heather told me she was making fry boxes!

I couldn't wait to play with them!

They do come with a heart to fit into the spot on the front and one on the back but I used a couple of the Conversation Hearts that I already had cut with the images on them.

The fry boxes also come in several different colors...

pink, cream, natural, blue, green & red!

I added glitter to the edges of my granddaughters boxes and ribbon on the edges of my grandsons.

The girls also got a bit of lace trim 

and they all have a little sentiment added with the text boxes.

I was also in a little bit of a doodling mood so I doodled, 

along the top edges & around the hearts, 

of the boxes inside and out.

Inside the boxes I gave them all a cup of hot cocoa, a piece of chocolate and a banner I made for them.

Below are pictures of the individual boxes.....

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My Artistic Adventures 4th Challenge is under way!

This one is 

The Second Day of Christmas...

For more info my post is HERE

and 

Heather's post at My Artistic Adventures is HERE

Hope to see you all there!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week!

Challenge #4 at My Artistic Adventures

Good Morning everyone!

Are you ready for a Christmas challenge?

Over at My Artistic Adventures we have one for you!

The theme is - The Second Day of Christmas!

We would like to see two of something in this challenge...
two buttons, two bows, two flowers, etc...

You must use at least one element from

  Heather's Digital Collage sheets,

the rest is up to you!

(If you use the coupon code CHALLENGE 10 at Heather's Etsy and you will recieve 10% off of a $5 purchase)

Make any project using the theme...

card, atc, tag, box, layout...

(sorry no digital entries please)

whatever tangible project you desire.

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So.....

 What does the Second Day of Christmas make you think?

How does the Second Day of Christmas inspire you?

I can't wait to see!

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On the Second Day of Christmas my true love gave to me a set of mini canvas's to play with!

I love to make new ornaments for my Christmas tree every year and these canvas's are so small and cute I thought they'd work great as ornaments! 

The collage sets I used is the

Victorian Vintage Christmas Angels
&
the Shabby Vintage Victorian Christmas Tag

I started with gesso on the canvas's...once dried I added mod podge.
On top of the mod podge I layed the angel tags upside down, rubbing them into the mod podge with my fingers.
When they were set I used a wet wipe and started wiping the paper off leaving the image on the canvas.
(If you are using an image with writing on it you may want to flip it so it is right side when you are done...I didn't do that so the writing on the little blue images book was backward but since I wanted the Merry Christmas text box there it worked out fine for me)

I used broken china & scattered straw distress stains on the edges of the canvas's.

There is goldenrod glitter on the yellow canvas and dreams glitter on the blue.
(glitters are from Art Glitter)

Below you can see the roses and ribbon that I added to the tops.

The gold ribbon was wrapped around the whole canvas & tied on the bottom 

and the silver ribbon was just added to the top.

Now I just have to wait for Christmas to come around so I can hang these on my tree!

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I hope you will join us in this challenge!
Think about how much easier Christmas will be if we could get some of the work done now!
I don't know about you but I'm always in a last minute rush before Christmas!

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As I said above,
Heather is offering a discount at her Etsy...
use the coupon code CHALLENGE 10
and
receive 10% off on a $5 purchase

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I linked this up to
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - What's your Style?

Valentine tickets tag...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I have a cute little tag to show you!

Using three of Heather's collage sets,

Vintage Music Large Tags,

Romantic Focals Cupid Text boxes

&

Victorian Vintage Valentine's Day Pink & Chocolate Tickets.

Here is my tag...

I cut the tag smaller with my Cameo, 

I recut the heart to make it shorter to fit on the little tag, 

then I added glitter to them both.

I glued the heart onto the tag leaving an opening in the top to stick the little tickets in.

I put one tag on top of the heart, 

added a flower and a pretty (seam binding) bow that I made with my bow-it-all.

Below is a look at the tag with the tickets out...

how cute are those tickets?

I love them!

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My Artistic Adventures - collage sheets

Really Reasonable Ribbon - seam binding

Art Glitter - #142 Coral Reef, # 215 Wild Rose

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I hope your day, today & every day, is filled with love!

Happy Valentines Day!

Pretty little bottle

Good morning everyone! 

I wanted to do something a little different then my norm this weekend so I decided to alter a couple of bottles.

Today I'm sharing one that I think is pretty in a simple way! 

I used old scraps from dress pattern tissue paper.

I stamped it with a couple different stamps, tore it in pieces then mod podged it all over the bottle.

I then went hunting through my piles of lace, trim, and ribbons. 

I glued a few different trims/ribbons on the bottle,

added pearl trim to the top of the bottom trim.

The flower spray is from Prima.

The bow's I made with my Bow-it-All

What do you think..was I right..."Pretty in a simple way"?

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I've linked up to
Craft Hoarders Anonymous - What's your Style?

Thanks for dropping by!

Happy Crafting!

Spring Green card

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a quick card to show you.

This is one of my DT projects for Gecko Galz.

I started with a couple pieces of paper from the 

It isn't Easy Being Green paper pkg from Gecko Galz.

Very pretty paper pkg!

I colored one of the Arora Wings Stamps with my Spectrum Noir markers and added some liquid pearls.

I fussy cut the stamp and used pop dots to add it to the mat.

Below the mat,

 that I pop dotted,

 is a bit of fringy ribbon along the seam of the two papers.

Along the right side of the card I added a bow, with long tails,

 that I made with my bow-it-all.

I dotted the top of the card with liquid pearls.

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You could win a set of the Arora Wings Stamps as well as a $25 shopping spree at Gecko Galz by joining the Spring Fling Customer challenge! 

Just grab your Gecko Galz products and make a project with them! 

Showing us what inspires you about Spring!

Send a picture of your project to LeeAnne at geckogalz2014@gmail.com before Feb 28,

Winner will be chosen Mar 1st.

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Have a great week!

Thank You card.....

Good morning everyone!

Today I am back with a card I made with more of the Graphic45 Once Upon a Springtime paper collection.

I found this paper at Tuesday Mornings a while ago and have been hoarding it.....

no more!

Hope you like it...lot's of scraps to use up!

Not only is this paper too pretty to hoard but it goes so well with My Artistic Adventures collage sets so I'm having fun putting them together in my projects!

Here is the easle card I put together.....

I distress the edges of all the papers used with my Ingvild Bolme distresser.

The tag on the cover and  the fancy tag inside are from 

Romantic Roses Shabby White Music Note tag set 

and 

the red polka dot banner is part of the 

Romantic Victorian Vintage Banner Bases set,

from My Artistic Adventures Etsy.

I cut the leave sprays and the shape I stamped "thank you" on

 with my Cameo and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers.

The tags were added with pop dots.

I used my oval punch for the sentiment pieces that I stamped with worn lipstick distress ink.

The lace is from my stash.

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Just a reminder...

Challenge #3 - Anything Goes is still open over at 

My Artistic Adventures.

and
Spring Fling Customer Challenge is open over at
Gecko Galz

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I'm linking up to...
Suzy Bee'z Bloomin' Challenge blog - #15 Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Sentiments Only
Totally Gorjuss - Sentiment as main focus

My Diet Journal

Hi friends!

Today I have a mini journal to show you.

I have been trying for a while now to lose a little bit of weight and I have tried writing a food journal before. 

Unfortunately I was unsuccessful with that.

I found a new plan that seems to fit me, so I decided to make another journal.

I used a scrap piece of a paper from Graphic45's Once Upon a Springtime collection.

I ripped the edges and distressed it and all the other papers with vintage photo distress ink.

I also tore a piece of corregated box.

The seed pkg is from Gecko Galz, the Pretty Seed Pack collage set and the pocket watch is from the Tic Tac & Cameo collage set.

The tag is from My Artistic Adventures, the Romantic Roses Shabby White Music  fancy tag set.

I layered all these pieces together and added several flowers from my stash as well as a bit of lace trim, a little bling and a bow, with seam binding from 

Really Reasonable Ribbon, I made with my Bow-it-All.

I used my Bind-it-All to put the journal together.

I finished it all off with a little bit of gesso all over everything to blend the colors on all the pieces.

I'm linking up to 

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything but a card..and ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Spring card...

Good morning everyone!

The card I have to show you today I did for the Design Team challenge over at Gecko Galz.

The theme was Spring and we had to add an Arora Wings Stamp as well as Gecko Galz products.

The background paper is from my stash.

The green paper and the yellow polka dot banner papers are from the

  It's Not Easy Being Green paper pkg from Gecko Galz.

Also from Gecko Galz are the Pretty Seed Packs.

The little fairy stamp is from Arora Wings.

The larger flowers were made using a couple of flower punches and left over pieces from the 

Romantic Focals Cupid Text box collage set 

from My Artistic Adventures.

The center gems were added with my I-rock.

I used a bit of embroidery floss to do the stitching on the left side of the card. 

I also used that floss to string the banner.

The letters on the banner and the butterfly are from Prima.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

Sparkling little ATC...

Good morning my crafty buddies!

Today I have a cute little ATC I threw together.

I love the papers from Graphic45's Once Upon a Springtime Collection, so that is where I started.....

I layered the two G45 background papers that I had added some glitter to. 

I topped that with one of Heather's pretty hearts from her Conversation Hearts Image Medium collage set, also with glitter added to the edges, 

then pop dotted to the ATC.

The glittery rose on top 

(I love this rose)

 is from the Shabby Pink Tea Time collage set

and the text boxes are from the Romantic Focals Cupid Text boxes set!

The bit of lace that was tucked under the heart was white, 

I sprayed it with My Mojito Green Starburst spray from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

Below is a close up.....

Thanks for stopping by!  

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Challenge # 3 is underway over at My Artistic Adventures!

Anything Goes!

Grab any collage set from My Artistic Adventures Etsy and make any project you'd like...

card, atc, tag, layout, altered art, etc....

(sorry no digital entries)

Challenge Rules are HERE

Please stop by My Artistic Adventures to 

see all the wonderful projects that all the DT has done, 

check out the challenge details & what you can win 

and 

to see how you can become a Guest Designer

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Also if you go HERE 

you'll find out how you can get the collage set to make this gorgeous banner below FREE!

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My Artistic Adventures Etsy

Art Glitter

Lindy's Stamp Gang

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I've linked up to...

Shabby Tea Room - All that Glitters in Love

Thomas Love on the Road.....

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a couple cards to show you! 

I am no longer on the DT at Treasured Times but I am still playing with the stamps and I thought I would let you know that their next challenge is underway!

Here are my cards.....

I used the 

Thomas Love on the Road stamp by Erica Nicomedi.

Erica's stamps are so adorable and this one is so cute!

Above, the pinstripe background paper is from 

Graphic45 (A Proper Gentleman collection) 

and the blue & white printed paper is from 

one of my favorite Gecko Galz paper packs, Blue Willow.

Below the background paper is also from the same Graphic45 paper collection.

The little Valentine heart (Conversation Hearts) on the above card 

and the text boxes (Romantic Focals Cupid Text Boxes) on both cards,

 are from MyArtisticAdventures Etsy.

I went around the edges of these (text boxes and conversation heart), 

on the above card with the metalic gel pen

and 

on the bottom card with glitter (Dream) from Art Glitter.

All of them topped with Glossy Accents.

To color the stamp I used a combination of Spectrum Noir & Tim Holtz Distress markers as well as embossing and metalic gel pens.

I hope you can see the shine on the hearts above from the metalic gel pens...I love it! 

On the bottom card I added a couple of ribbons behind the stamp for a little more texture.

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Don't forget to stop by My Artistic Adventures  for 

Challenge #3 - Anything Goes!

Make any project...

card, tag, atc, altered art, banner, etc....

 using My Artistic Adventures Etsy products!

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Challenge #2, at My Artistic Adventures, "The First Day of Christmas" is also still open for entries. 

For those of you who are trying to get a jump on your Christmas projects this year,

Heather has a bunch of wonderful Christmas collage sets to help inspire you!

You can link up your projects for the Christmas challenge HERE

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Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Pretty green card.....

Hi there everyone!

Today I have a DT project from Gecko Galz.

Along with the wonderful Gecko Galz products, 

this month, 

we got to play with Arora Wings digital stamps!

Here is one of the cards I made.....

I thought this one was such a beautiful digi stamp!

The green background papers are from the It's Not Easy Being Green paper pkg from Gecko Galz.

I distressed the edges put them on a card blank.

I tore the edges around the stamp and inked them with vintage photo distress ink and added that to the card, on top of a doily

The lace trim is from my stash. 

I made the bow with my Bow-it-All and added a couple pieces of pearl trim and a couple flowers.

The seed pack is from the Pretty Seed Pack collage sheet at Gecko Galz.

Above you can see a little bit of the sparkle in her hair. 

I wanted to make her hair shimmer so I did that with some glitter glue.

And for the water beads I added bisque liquid pearls.

Below is a close up of the seed pack.

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This months customer contest, over at Gecko Galz, is to create a spring inspired project.

The one rule.....

you must use a product from Gecko Galz.

Show us what inspires you about spring...flowers, pastel colors, Easter, etc...

The winner will recieve the Arora Wings Stamp gift pack

and a $25 shopping spree from Gecko Galz

Send your entry to Gecko Galz at

geckogalz2014@gmail.com

by Feb 28th.

Winner will be announced on the Gecko Galz blog on

Mar 1st.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Anything Goes challenge - Love You box......

Good morning everyone! 

It's time for a new challenge over at 

My Artistic Adventures.

The challenge.....#3 Anything Goes!

Use any digi from My Artistic Adventures Etsy 

and create anything your heart desires...tags, boxes, cards, etc...

(sorry, no digital entries)

I made this mini matchbox.....

I started with a matchbox that I cut on my Silhouette Cameo.

To cover the matchbox I printed one of the Vintage Music Large Tags and cut it to fit the all the sides of the box then went around all the edges with some glitter (Challis) from Art Glitter 

To the top of the box I added mesh ribbon and a bit of crochet lace.

I then, printed a couple of the Romantic Focals Cupid Text box red hearts.

I trimmed one of the hearts to fit on top of the box, over the ribbons.

I added Wild Rose glitter, also from Art Glitter, around the edges of the heart.

Below you can see the box opened with a small tag I made using a small tag from the 

Shabby Chic Vintage Blue Bird Music Tags 

I added the same mesh and crochet ribbon to the tag and added one of the 

Conversation Hearts Image Card Bases hearts with Wild Rose glitter with a couple of little leaves tucked underneath. 

The bows on the top of the box and on the tag were made with my favorite new toy, my Bow-it-All.

Under the bows I added a couple of pearl trim pieces from my stash.

On top of the heart, the sentiment boxes are from the 

Romantic Roses Birds collage set 

and the little rose is from my stash.

I cut up a couple of the red hearts to cover the edges and inside of the drawer piece of the box.

Above you can see that I added a bit of ribbon for a little handle to open the box.

Below you can see I tucked that ribbon in under the paper that I laid inside the box.

Make sure to check out the challenge blog and see all the other wonderful DT projects!

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For those of you who are wanting to get a jump on Christmas this year be sure to check out our 2nd challenge, which is still running.

We are hoping to make this years Christmas season a little bit easier on everyone by having a Christmas challenge every month to help us out. 

With any luck the last minute rush won't be so crazy for the 2014's holidays.

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I also want to let you in on a giveaway over at 

My Artistic Adventures!

This little collage sheet is just one of the little cuties that Heather is giving away.....

Check out her blog HERE to see the whole set!

Super cute set!

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I am linking up to these challenges...

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything but a card & ribbon

Sugar Creek Hollow - Love & Adore

Creative Cutting challenge - #27 Love

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!