WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Hello bloggers, yes it has been a very long time since I have blogged anything and it just seems that no matter how hard I tried I just did not have enough time in my day to get this done. I have been crafting but, just no time for the rest.

Today with Valentine's day just around the corner I have several items that I made for the occasion. A mini album, a card and a picture frame.

I will start with the card first, I used the Recollections corrugated card base and the paper is from Prima (Romance Novel). The bling is from K and Company, I used 2 different spellbinders dies, the bling is recollection and the hearts that say love is from a set of boarders from K and Company that I bought on clearance 3 years ago. The very shiny foil paper is from recollections also as is the strip of bling on the piece of ribbon. The stamp is from Inkadinkado. I papered the inside of the card with the same papers from Prima.

The mini album was made using the Zutter cover and my Cinch. The papers are from the same collection as the card. The Love is from Michaels. I used the same double strip of bling as on the card and the swirled bling is from Prima. the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Michaels and the little red roses are from Prima. The album has a total of  8 pages and you can see it in my video on   YT.
The frame is a $1 frame that I bought at Michaels, it was white and I painted red using paint from Folk-art. The stamp that I used for the sentiment was from Michaels $1.50 bin and the roses are prima. After painting the frame red, I rubbed on some Inka gold.

Crafty Sentiments Include a Heart

Fab and Funky Challenges Hearts and flowers
Creative Inspirations Love is in the Air
Cute Card Thursday Crazy in Love
Brown Sugar Challenge Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Hearts
Allsorts Challenge Love is All Around
Crafts 4 Eternity With Love


 

SHABBY CHIC PENNANT

Wow, I can't believe that it has been a week and I have not done anything creative. I can only be glad that I have quite a few projects finished that I have never shown. The project that I am going to show tonight is a pennant that I made for a friend and she is going to add it to some others to make a banner for her craft room. She loves shabby chic and this is what I came up with.

The papers are Tim Holtz shabby chic pad, and I used 3 layers to make the pennant. The flowers are a variety, some Wild orchid crafts others are prima and still others are recollections. The flat back pearls are from Hobby Lobby.  The bling is recollections. The trim is Tim Holtz and I sprayed it with dylusions spray bubble gum pink. The stamped postcard is from Prima Paris set.

 

Top Tip Tuesday No Cards Please

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner Pink and Girly Sparkle

One Stop Craft anything Goes

Simply Create Too Anything Goes

Milk Coffee Challenge Shabby Chic/Vintage

ABC Challenge Not Just One

Charisma Cardz Challenge No Digis Allowed

 

 

 

 

SHABBY CHIC

Here is a project that I made for a friend and since I haven't posted in a while, I decided that I needed something pretty. I don't do Shabby Chic often even though I like the look of it. But, this is what she likes so here it is.

The papers are from a really old Tim Holtz pad (Shabby Chic),  The images are from a Hampton Arts one of a set of Graphic 45 designs. I stamped them on a Tim Holtz ticket and colored with copics  and then used glossy accents over them. I inked the edges with distress ink. The flowers are from my stash and are from Wild orchid crafts and the bling is from Recollections. I really like how this turned out and will be using the scraps to make another card for my bosses birthday.

Milk Coffee Challenge Shabby Chic
Crafty Catz Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge Blog G for Glitter and Gems
Our Creative Corner Anything Goes (monthly)
One Stop Craft  Challenge Add some Glitter
Cupcake Crafts Challenges Lots of Layers
Love to Create Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

 

RETIREMENT (TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN)

Good evening, it seems like a long time since I posted anything new here, but life has been really busy. I don't seem to get much time for blogging although I have been really busy with my DT duties and creating new things. I recently started remaking my office/craft room and will show it off once I have my storage all set up. The painting is done, the furniture has been moved around and I have removed a couple of pieces and replaced them with a more functional storage system. So very soon it will be finished.

Today I am going to show a retirment card that I recently made for a friends aunt. She loves cream and lavender and you know that was right up my alley. Two of my favorite colors with bling. The image that I used is from Bugaboo Stamps her name is Scarlett and I think she is very much a diva.

The image was colored with copics E11, E13, E15, E23, E25, E51, E50, E53, V15, V20, spica glitter pen lavender, wild orchid roses, Sissx floral die, the sentiment was typed on the computer. the bling was from my stash and I used my Cuttlebug and embossed the inside with one of the art deco embossing folders. So as you can see, I really have been busy. I have about 7 more cards yet to preview. I have played with clay and started a real art journal. I have played with dragons and magicians and I will be showing all of these things over time. So don't give up on me. I am still around and working hard. There are a few challenges that I want to post this card for.

Fab N' Funky Challenges Purple Haze

Charisma Cardz Challenges All about the flowers

Allsorts challenges Free and Easy July

One Stitch at A time Challenge Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Summer fun (warm colors)
Creative Craft challenges Pretty Blossoms

Well, I have come to the end of my post. I hope that you have enjoyed your visit and would love to read your comments.