Just Roll with it Babe!

Had fun making this for a friend who

 is slated for surgery.

Hopefully this will bring a smile on her face.

Steampunk Tag Swap

Over at Creating the Craft Life Ning group.

I participated in the Girly Steampunk tag swap.

The pink one is the one I sent 

to my swap partner. 

 I resized some of the Graphic 45 paper

used some left over numbers 

from a clock project.

 Added a decorative watch face,

actual watch parts and hex nuts.

 Prima flower and sparkles, button, lace,

cool paper clip, sheer ribbon, ribbon trim, 

beaded trim and feathers.

 Brass grommets and some chain.

 Didn't think this one was girly 

enough... so I kept this one.

 Love the G 45 papers

Both the front and backs were 

to be finished.

I enjoyed making these. I look forward to see 

what my partner came up with. 

Lavender Sachet

Yesterday, I received my parcel from

Caroline, who lives in the UK. 

We did a lavender sachet swap.

Inside was this lovely card (We love our cats)

and this package....

All wrapped up with a tag 

and on it....printed info about lavender.
Very classy.
And here is the sachet that she made for me...

We both dyed our own fabric and then stamped on 

what ever image we wanted. I had requested the shell.
Since I had seen it on her blog.

And then we could embellish it anyway we wanted.

She has hand stitched some of the outline of the 

nautilus and accented it with seed beads.

on both sides.

 Caroline posses a talent I have not wanted to acquire.

That of Crochet. But after doing this project I wish 

I had that in my talent bag to draw on when needed.

After sewing up my little sachet for Caroline, I was reduced to 

gluing on my trims...pretty enough...

 but not like this.

She hand crocheted the edges, then wove in a teal ribbon.

Simply Gorgeous!

The smell is just divine and I just love it!!!

Thank You So Much!!!

Cigar Box Purse

I recently decided to participate in an 

Altered cigar box swap over at 

Creating a Craft Life ning site.

My Swap Partner was Leslie.

The color theme was Lavender and Cream.

We were to stuff the box with laces and trims.

This is what I created for Leslie.

She likes shabby chic. 

I  just hope she likes what I created for her.

 The piece of ephemera says Spring Opening.

Which I thought was perfect for this month of May 

Spring swap.

 Love this illustrated image of the lady!

Decided to add a beaded dangle charm 

from the handle.

And then tied on a bow with 

sheer cream ribbon.

The back or bottom (depending how she stores it) 

was left smooth.

I found this pretty lavender and cream paper at Joann's.

As well as the faux pearl handle.

And then I made this little 

Thank You for being my swap partner card 

from the left overs that I didn't use on the box.

Hope she likes it!

And thanks for stopping by.

Hope Tag

Using one of the

  Winter Children ATC Collage 

sheet from Moonlight Journey, 

I created this Winter Tag.

It was fun to use all sorts of punches and dies.

Diamond, gold and tinsel glitter, Lace 

 and beaded trim.

For me, my Hope is that the 

winter goes by quickly.

Winter Tea

Planning a Winter Tea Party for January.

for some of the elderly ladies

 in our congregation.

We have 18 including ourselves.

My friend Katherine and I decided on 

a Snowflake theme.

Thought I would share some of the projects 

we have been working on for the party.

 A simple snowflake embossed  invitation.

Sizzix embossing folder, Martha Stewart snowflake punch,

Pink glitter paper from DCWV, star brad & sheer white ribbon.

A tea cup made out of recycled mat board.

Sizzix tea cup XL die, DCWV Luxury stack papers,

misc. trims & embellishment.

Katherine is going to crochet scarves for the ladies.

 I was going to do earrings. 

But some of the ladies either don't wear them 

or wear clip-ons.

So I'm gifting the ladies with this style of scarf pin.

See a Need

Fill a need. 

Friends of mine had transformed 

a small shipping box with shipping tape to close it up

 into a donation box.

While it would fill the need for which it was intended.
I thought to myself...we can do a little better.

I will be surprising them with this box.

I hope they like it.

Altered Frame

Altered wood frame that holds a 4" x 6" photo.

 Started by painting the whole frame 

with a sky blue paint.

Then I selected a sheet of decorative blue paper 

from the 

Ella Blue paper collection by 

GCD Studios.

Added lace trims, buttons and paper flowers 

by Reflections,

Kaiser Craft pearl flourishes,

Accented the side and center with blue trim. 

Used pretty blue velvet ribbon around the outer edge,

EK Success - Remnants collection - 

Cream ribbon with metal plaque that says "joy"

Added a vintage photo.

Frame is decorated in such away
that you can still use photos that are either 
portrait or landscape

Creative Friday

Well most of you know blogger ran into a big 

snag doing some maintenance.

I have lost some of my comments on the 

two previous post.

But at least the posts are back up. 

So on to this post....

Played with the new 

Tim Holtz Artful dwelling Sizzix die. 

I was in a "grungy" mood. 

And I wanted to use some of his 

Idea-ology embellishments and papers.

Plus my odds and ends.

Deb was in a Shabby Chic Mood.

You have to stop by and see what she

created using these house shapes.

Adorable!

And then for our second project we did a tag.

Using Banner dies that we had 

and the Tim Holtz Tag die.

Misc. trims, lace sequins and flowers.

It says," It takes a long time to grow 

an old friend."

 Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Tim Holtz Tag and Dress Form

Used: 

Ancestry paper,

Tim Holtz Pin, 

sanded Core'dinations hounds tooth paper, 

Mat board, Distress ink pad,

Designer trims, Tiny Silk flowers, Feathers,

 Ribbons, Brass Charms, 

Cloth covered button, & Lace.

Assorted Projects

More fun projects with Deb.

On out last creative Friday Deb brought over these clear 

Cupcake boxes that she has a die cut for. 

My top and insert piece she cut out of green card stock. 

Here is what I ended up doing to decorate the box.

Embossed the paper with a Cuttlebug folder

Recollection bling colored with alcohol inks.

Prima flowers and Irene's Gardina flowers.

Sequin trim and MS punches.

She also brought me one of the Michale's wood boxes 

(that we find in the dollar section) to alter.

 I worked on that today..I was trying to clean up 

for a class on Saturday..oh well. 

Clean up will now be tomorrow.

 Front

 Back

We also experimented with some different types of 

 fabrics to make more fabric flowers. 

We named some potato chip flowers.

Too much to explain.

Anyway we moved onto the more typical lollipop style.

Deb seemed happy playing with the fire.

I got around to playing with the fire too and did

 a couple that night.

 Then Monday I spent the afternoon making some more. 

I call these my Steampunk flowers.

They really go well with the 

Graphic 45 Steampunk Deputante papers.

(e-mail me if you are interested in a couple of these)

I have used one of them to decorate the above box.

And I've been making stick pins and charms and 

I finished my bead soup project which 

I will reveal on the 26th of this month.

Pink Winter Tag

Supplies used:

Mat Board

Mellisa Francis Paper

Martha Stewart Snowflake Punches

and Tinsel Glitter

SU! small Snowflake Punch

Tim Holtz Snowflake Edger

Rhinestones, Clear pebbles, 

Pearl trim and Accents.

Tim Holtz Ribbon and 

Distress Pad ~ Antique Linen 

and Velvet Ribbon

Epoxy Sentiment Sticker

Diamond Dust

Well, my artistic friend Debra Abel has these amazing tag dies she recently got on eBay.  I cut out a few when I was over visiting recently. They are 4" x 10". You'll have to go over and visit her blog to see the two winter tags she recently did. Gorgeous! I only got one of the two I had planned done today. Thanks for the nudge Deb.

More Altered Hearts

So I made an extra set of the 

Altered Hearts I swapped with Caroline

I had the hardest time photographing this one.

They turned out almost the same except I used a different 

7 Gypsies charm on the bottom of each of the hearts.

This was done in pink in honor of 

Breast Cancer Awareness.

Thanks for Looking!

Hanging Heart ~ Marie Themed

Recycled bits from here and there to create this

hanging Heart.

A Shabby Chic Tag

Queens Cache

I made this Queens Cache pouch for my PIF partner Mary Brookway in the Marie Antionette group. Branching off of Royal Purple I went with a Amethyst color theme. The bag was actually premade with the beaded trim at the bottom. I added even more beaded trim and then covered it with a pretty lace trim. Added a few ribbon flowers that I made and some other flowers, rhinestone and a butterfly accent.
Topped the front off with Pretty Pin.
On the back I put the initial "M" which was white. I then glimmer misted it for a pale lavander color. The "M" can be either for Marie or Mary which ever way she wants to look at it. I accented the letter with some sweet ribbon roses. Then filled the cache with some decorative and useful items.

Let Us All Eat Cake!

Here is what my pages look like for the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art group

6 x 6 Lacey Cake pages swap.

Cake Page Front

Background paper was clear embossed and

rubbed pink ink on and then wiped off.

Then stamped other images on in a Chocolate brown.

Laces, ribbons, rhinestones, flowers and pearls

were used for the cake layers.

Sample of the cake page backs

Embellished slightly different.

Personalized with each ladies first name initial.

Opens to reveal a yummy cake recipe I can't even begin to tell you the many hours I have spent making these.
And I could have spent even more adding more things
and more touches.
I had to stop myself and say okay your done.
It was a pleasure to make the 10 pages for the ladies.
Unfortunately one of the ladies wasn't able to continue.
So I have an extra page. Oh well.
Perhaps I'll use it for the cover of the book.
If I decide to make it into a book.
I could also hang them all together.
I have had some peaks of a few of the cakes that are already done.
But you have to wait until next year when I get all of them
to see what the rest of the ladies came up with.
No biggy it's just a few weeks away.