Give it a try...

This weeks Card Sketch Challenge #16 at PaperPopcicles is a fun one...join the fun!

Here is my take on this weeks sketch, using Martha Stewart Halloween paper.

I've been dying to make some holiday goodies.

Here is the original sketch...

Starting with a BANG!

It's gonna be a fantastic day I can already tell!!!
I went to my local Micheals this morning...snagged the new Martha Stewart loopy boarder. My friend (and Micheals employee) said the other location had the corner punch to match it...so off I ran to the next store. I found the ever-coveted DRIPPY GOO border punch I'd been dying for since it's debut last Halloween. Each store only received 6 this year

No wonder nobody can find it...Nobody but ME!!! {insert evil laugh}

I also picked up a 3rd punch that I'd been wanting too, as it was only $9.99.

The best part...I got to use a 50% off coupon on EACH and EVERY one of them!!! On my way home, I got a call from the store manager...she found the loopy corner punch I originally went there for...So I'm heading back after lunch to pick that baby up!

drowning...

DROWNING in swaps that is...are you surprised?
I spent most my weekend wrapping up lil details on swaps.

• finished my P for Happy Birthday Rag Banner
• packed up Katie and I's twilight charms for that swap
• finished my lollipop flowers (six spots) that's 144 flowers
• finished my recipe swap layouts for Carmel Apple Salad - YUM!

It was a productive weekend!!!

Adornit Blog Hop

I just love swapping and on the great people I've met and wonderful projects I have gotten from all over the world. I'm currently in a swap over at 2peas that is Lollipop Flowers, based on the recent Prima style that everyone loves.

Making these embellishment are much more rewarding in my opinion, as you can make them to match whatever project your working on.

I've used the Prima design, but replaced the paper with fabric. By cutting 3 circles, 3 sizes it makes for a really full and fun flower. I use alternating fabrics/colors and each layer is 2 of that size to make them nice and thick.

I begin by sewing each pair approximately 1/4inch from the edge around the circle. I do this for the large and medium circles. Then I stack those and top with the smallest set of circles and sew thru all 3 sets in a small X in the middle to hold them all together.

After I'm done, I wash them in my washing machine and run then thru the dryer to fray the edges, allowing them to look really full.

You can also add buttons or other embellishments to the centers after the washing and drying.

Hope you like them...I see many layouts and cards with these fun flowers in my future!!!


**If you have not had the opportunity to start the blog hop from the beginning, please be sure to go to this site, so you don't miss any of the AWESOME goodies we have for you all.**

Next on the BLOG HOP is Charlotte Dixon!!!

Queen of Hearts

I finished my Disney art dolls today! Can't wait to see all the little dolls I get in return. This was a time consuming project since each and every piece was hand formed - one at a time! I expect the rewards will be well worth it, as the group of ladies I am swapping with these are all 1st class gals!

That's MY girl

My oldest daughter, Katie has been trying out different styles of weaving and braiding. Making bracelets and other jewelry and charms. these hemp bracelets are her newest project and I love how they've turned out. The lil charms she is weaving in have turned out super cute! I think I may list a couple in my etsy store for her.

Manic Monday

Well, another weekend has come and gone. I have some fun projects I'm wrapping up this week. Disney art dolls are at the top of my list. I'm doing the Queen of hearts...8 of them. I'm more than half done and will post the finish product later today. Here is what they looked like last night....

Dotee Dolls

Wrapping up my last doll, a Fairy dotee spot I am angeling for our swap. I finished all the lil details and thought I'd post some pictures before I mail them on in a few days!

special order

After a couple weeks of looking for the perfect fabric. I finished making my girls their own coin purses like I made for a recent swap. It was important to find fabric that matched something they loved or kinda fit their personality. They both are very happy with their new items!Penguins for Katie
Rocker style for Ivy!!

Cool Mini Album

I can't take credit for this AWESOME idea. I got the idea/inspiration from Jhopkins. I've been working on my own for a short while. I recently joined an online group of scrappers on 2peas who are all working on loosing weight. I thought it would be fun to use this project for that album. I love how it turned out so far. I still need a charm for the outside and to decorate the front...but so far so good!

Inchie fun

This week I finished up my most recent swap...INCHIES! A one square inch of some type of art, they can be used on cards, as embellishments on scrapbooking pages or tags...very versatile lil babies. My scrapbooking group does a swap with them every quarter.

I did stars and glitter stripes, a Tim Holtz eclectic style stamp with watercolor background and some clear dimensional glossy accents and rainbow squares (Roy G. Biv) topped with dictionary punched flowers and jewel centers. These were alot of fun.

Party Girl

Tonight was my sister-n-law's birthday party. We had a house full of people and a great time. I made her a card. I am often guilty of buying cards because I wait to the last minute...but not this year!

I made 2 cards because a friend from water aerobic has a birthday this week also and I thought I'd at least make her a card. She's an older gal, but oh so sweet and I don't think she has much family around.

I used Cosmo Crickets "Girl Friday" line for both cards and the inspiration was from a card a gal at My Next Thirty Years made.

Non-Stop

That is how I'd describe our summer thus far. Seems there is never a dull moment and I have been a bad blogger.

I recently finished my pages for the cupcake 6x6 layout swap group. I made a new type cupcake embellishment for them using polymer clay. They turned out good and were pretty easy to make.

Cupcake LUV

I'm hosting a swap on two peas and trying to get all my items completed early. These are twinchies for the "anything goes" category. They were made using Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday line. I never get tired of glitter, so of course I added some on the cherry! I may go back and add a bow or something to the middle one...I just haven't decided what yet!

Mixed Media Swap

That's the name of the newest swap I'm working on. You make 5 felt or fabric items and you get 5 back! I'm making lil coin purses. I'd never tried this patter before, but it turned out to be a great one. Really simple and fast, totally lined and easy to adjust the size smaller or larger.

So here's a peek at mine...

I'm wrapping up my current swap commitments and moving on to my own to-do lists for awhile. I've gotten so side tracked swapping, I've let me own scrapping kinda pile up.

My new Fav!

Anyone who knows me WELL, knows I am NOT a jewelry fan!

Men hate it...lol...no easy gifts! I have my ears pierced twice, yet both remain empty except for family pictures or holidays (LOL) I seldom wear even my wedding rings, my hubby even bought me an anniversary band a few years ago...as a lure to get me to wear it more. I do put it on to leave the house, but it comes off before my shoes even when I return home!


Last year, a friend gave me this sweet charm and necklace, to fill with a picture of my daughter and the other side she made an insert saying "guard mom" (for Colorguard). I'd thought about it, but just never found the right photo. Today I finally got around to putting in a picture and I LOVE IT!!! I will wear it ALWAYS....(ok to every football game this season is more realistic) but that's an improvement!

There may be hope for me after all!

Girl Monday?

NOPE....It's Girl FRIDAY, one of my favorite new lines by Cosmo Cricket! I made this lil flip book album in a convention workshop at GASC last weekend. The class was alot of fun and taught by none other than STACI ETHERIDGE, fellow Texan and scrapbooker extraordinaire! She was a great teacher, very upbeat, but kept the instructions good from all levels of scrappers. (ok, except the ones behind us who decided about 5minutes in there were gonna "watch" instead of create"....what's up with that? I think they might have been "pretend scrapbookers").

Everyone who has seen the book LOVES it...My #1 fan on this creation was my daughter who gets to keep it, as I used it to record her Band Banquet event photos!

Swap on!

The local scrapbooking group I organize is doing a recipe swap for "Summer Recipes".
I finished mine early, thankfully! I'm typically an early bird...but lately been getting bogged down. I did a favorite recipe "Veggie Stuffed Peppers"....only 4 WW points for 2 halves...I can literally make a meal out of it! Hopefully the girls in the group will love it too.

Super Saturday!

Wow, today will be a busy day for us. We're heading out to a party with friends, to watch one of our favorite bands "The Will Callers"!!! It should be tons of fun, but I fear it will be oh so HOT also!

...And now my latest charm swap project..HAHA!.... It's a July 4th charm swap, and below is a couple photos of my charm. 52 for this swap...I've made that many before...but it's been awhile and it seemed like SO MANY!!!

Friday already?

Wow...this week has FLOWN by for me. My girls left Tuesday for a few days with my parents on a trip to Fredericksburg. With all the excitement of GASC last weekend, and being so tired, I've been a BAD BLOGGER this week.

Here is a look at one of the projects I made at the convention in a class I took. The front and back covers are made with embossed metal...as technique I am now IN LOVE with! It also has several metal embossed elements as accents.