Sunflowers That Brighten the Day

Good morning! Hope everyone had a wonderful 4Th of July. Being in the transportation industry I had to work yesterday, so my 4Th of July celebration will start on Monday. We are going to Salt Lake for a couple of days, Billy has to have some tests run.

Just a quick post and pictures of a couple of projects that I completed last week. We went to dinner at Gayle's (Billy's sister) and I wanted to take the ladies a little gift, hence the jar candle and note cards. This was such a fun and easy project, but the ladies loved them, even guessed right on the fragrances for the candles.

The flowers were made by making using 4 of the Scalloped Circles from Spellbinder, layering and the center is a 3/4 circle. The lace border punch was used for the band around the jar. The stamp used for the sentiment is from K & Company.

The note cards were inspired by Dannie's Designs, she has a video on the instructions, it is easy to follow click here to see all of her wonderful ideas, am sure you will be inspired. The candle decorations were inspired by Treasure Oiler Designz you can see her work here. The stamped flower is from the same set of stamps from K & Company. Used 1/4 ribbon for the ties to complete the holder. Thanks to these two creative women for sharing there ideas, hope these two projects brighten you day.

Have a great day of crafting!

The Color Purple

Okay, I really wanted to do something for this weeks challenge at Crafty Creations, we are suppose to use the color purple. While trying to come up with an idea, of course the first thing was a card, but wanted to think out of box and try something a little different. Talked with my daughter about the challenge and her first thing was "One Eyed, Flying, Purple People Eater," not my style.

While driving to work yesterday the "Color Purple" popped into my mind with all the beautiful flowers, (I wasn't really a flower person, until recently, having lived in the desert my whole life, you really couldn't grow flowers, especially me with a brown thumb). LOL! Last year I had made candle covers for the holidays and had taken them to work, to give the office a little more Holiday spirit.

Well this is my finished project, I was going to emboss the background, but had added the lace trim, so I couldn't put the paper in the Big Shot, with out the possibility of tearing the paper as I had already adhered the lace border, also if I had embossed the paper with a white liner that it would have been much more dramatic and the 3 dimentional flowers would even looked better. Oh well, next time, we learn from our mistakes.

The flowers were made by using vellum paper and I sponged it with purple ink. The petals were cut using by cutting system from Creative Memories, love this product. Then to add the glitter, (which was too big, thought it was finer) used a glue pen and sprinkled it on each petal. When the glue and glitter was added, the vellum rolled naturally and the petals became even more realistic. That was a bonus! The stems and leaves were cut, sponged the edges to give a more shaded effect.

Used white eyelets on the edges and laced the cover with picot 1/4" ribbon. Billy liked this project, it is fun and you don't have to go out and buy a new candle for every season. Punched a lace border to add to the top and bottom, also used a brush pen and added the color in each hole and add color to the edge, made the lace design "pop."

Hope that this inspires you to create, Deena at A Necessary Creativity is where I go for inspiration. She has a candy blog right now, check it out here.

Thanks for coming by today, now it's time to work on new projects. Happy crafting!

Happy Mother's Day

A very special wish to everyone out there, have a wonderful Mother's Day. Unfortunately I will be at work, thought it would be nice to give the ladies that work with me something special. Went to Home Depot, bought some plants, made a special pot out of DP, added a pick with "Happy Mother's Day." Mostly work with men that are limo drivers and shuttle bus drivers so this was a perfect opportunity to treat the ladies, know that it will put a smile on their faces. I saw the pattern for the little pots, or boxes along time ago and don't remember whose website had the tutorial, sorry. This is an easy project here are the steps:

l. Cut 2 strips of DP 3" x 11"

2. Score at 1" , 4" , 7" and 10"

3. Fold all score lines.

4. Lay one strip on top of the other so you have an X, use tape to adhere.

5. Use decorative border punch for flaps. The border can also be punched before putting them together.

6. Punch a small hole on each corner, use ribbon or raffia to tie corners and you have a pot for a 3" plant.

7. Spellbinders classic scallop oval #3 and classic oval #2 were used for the sentiment, there was computer generated.

8. Used floral wire for picks.

The hardest part of this project was to make sure the plants didn't die, should have bought them on Sunday, I have a brown thumb, LOL!

Happy Mother's Day!!

If friends were flowers....

While checking out some of my favorite sites, I landed at Winnies Whims and My Crafts where she had made a waterfall card, love it! This is my finished card, and I can't wait to make more, thought it was going to be hard, but it was really easy, click here for instructions for this great card.

Check out the cards Winnie has made, they are so creative and just plain cute.

This is really a fun card and can be used from any ocassion. The words "waterfall card" seems a little intimiating, but it was really easy to do and I can't wait to make more, know this is a card I will do often.

The stamps I used were Inkadinkado, and markers were used to color in the stamp, very simple but with a great result. The eyelets were added to the edge of the card using a Crop-A-Dile, am learning how to use this tool in different ways each day. The inside sentiment was computer generated. A small piece of ribbon was added for the pull. Hope this inspires you to try a waterfall card, it truly is fun.