So i just love this paper from stampin up. It is called nursery nest. I used a stamp set called Aviary also from stampin up. Honestly they have some of the best coordinating products I have ever seen.
The embellishments are also from stampin up, the flowers are a 3 flower punch from several years ago and the brads are a current stampin up product which my demonstrator gave me as a gift. She has an awesome blog - procrastistamper.com her name is Kimberly Morris. You should check out her blog if you get the chance.
happy stamping :)
SO!! I have been having so much fun making cards again. I thought i had lost my mojo, but it seems to have come back LOL.
So these cards are a combo of my stampin up stuff and my big shot embossing folders. and I LOVE THEM, WOOHOOO!!!!!
enjoy :)
So my camera broke and I was so bummed. it is not like anyone really reads my blog anyway, but I like taking pics of my work and posting them so that I can review them later.
Fortunately for me my girls have left all of their old cameras around and my sd card fits perfectly into one of the older cameras.
This stamp set is from stampin up, it is called Kindness Matters. It is one of their clear stamp sets. I love those because I can never get anything straight but with the clear sets I can see exactly where I want to place them. Works perfect for twisted people like me :)
Happy crafting everyone!
So with a renewed sense of purpose I made a new set of cards with some of my stampin up stuff. I have to say I am pretty pleased with the results!
So this was my dog allie. I got her when we had been in colorado about a year. I hated it, I was homesick and lonely. So my poor husband in quiet desperation took me to find a dog.
As it turned out I did not find the puppy, my family did....and they were the ones to name her. But my little family knew me. Her feisty and loyal personality were exactly what I needed.
That little ball of fur was six weeks old when we brought her home. All we knew was that she was a border collie/australian shepherd mix. We had no idea what we were in for. We sure found out.
Plastic was her favorite thing to chew, she had a special liking for barbie doll heads, my girls were not pleased. Allie delighted in chewing everyones "favorite" thing. She dug hole after hole after hole. One year when we were out of town our neighbors were watching her and they brought her a bone for thanksgiving She dug up my two HUGE planters in the front room to bury them. You have to give her kudos for creativity.
After 16 years she was old and sick and it was time to let her go. It broke my heart, but she needed it. She would have stayed by my side until the day i died. Her life was me. She didn't know she was a dog, she knew she was mine if that makes any sense. Somehow for both of us life was better knowing the other was there.
I still do not understand the connection between making cards and my dog. It's not like I have her paw prints and she helped me stamp or anything. But for some reason since she died seeing pictures of her here or there sparks something in my heart and I need to create something.
There is just something about a dogs love that makes life different. Allie was a constant reminder of unfailing, unconditional love often to an owner who did not always earn it or deserve it.
So happy crafting everyone. Every one has something in them that is God given and it is pure and beautiful and creative. Whether you can sew or mop floors until they shine, make a card, build a home or make a bathroom look like a place someone wants to sit a while. I encourage you to experiment and find what you love and do it. Even if nobody else cares.
I found some K&Company printed paper that just happened to go with my stampin up stamp set nature walk and a butterfly from a tim holtz stamp set that I own. I loved making these cards and I am not sure I will be able to part from them.
the larger butterfly and the sentiment is from a tim holtz stamp set.
The bird and the bird cage on these cards is from stampin up nature walk. The patterned paper is K&Company, the cardstock is all stampin up which is my favorite cardstock to work with.
I had so much fun making these, my heart is to create and make things that I love. This set of cards fits the bill for me.
So i strayed from my usual cards and got creative with some other stuff i found around the house. Let me tell you that pinterest is my new best friend!
So the first pic is tea tins wrapped with yarn. The flowers on the green tin and the brown tin I made myself.
These are trader joe spice jars. For both projects I used mod podge on the base and then wrapped the yarn around. On the jars I also used mod podge on top of the yarn and then partially dried them with a heat tool.
the upcycled tiles were super simple and fun. I used the back side of these tiles because I knew it would hold the ink better. For two of them I used ranger ink walnut stain on the base and then I mixed a little of my stampin up ink refill mixed with mod podge and a little white tempura paint over the brown. To finish it off I framed the corners with a stamp from tim holtz.
And this is the end result! On underside of my tiles I used some adhesive foam so that the tiles wouldn't scratch the furniture. I'm in love!
So these little quails from stampin up are some of my fave right now to work with. and I am also loving close to my heart treetops. It is good to be back in the swing of things and so rewarding to feel creative again. Happy stamping :)
