Gypsy Blue

Hi there! I wanted to share this gypsy fairy vase I created for Liza. She had seen the Fairy in a Vase I had created for Eileen Hull's booth and wanted to know if I could created one for her but with a gypsy. Of course I said yes and after much searching on the internet I realized I already had in a gypsy image in my stash. I fussy cut this little gal from the Gypsy Moments: 12x12 Poses and Reflections Cardstock and laid her off to the side to work on the vase.

I cut the Vase from a piece of mat board and spritzed with Dragonfly Glimmer Mist and let dry.

Once dry I put the vase together according to directions and weighted the bottom of the vase with four of the flat back marbles that are used as filler in vases. I put the marbles in a small plastic baggy and glued to the bottom and crumpled tissue paper and adhered to the inside.

I printed butterfly wings from the computer, fussy cut out and glued to the back of the gypsy image. Next I adhered the gypsy to the tissue paper inside the vase and added moss around the gypsy.

I punched flowers and leaves from the following cardstocks: Yellow and Ivory Mini Dot Reverse, Pink and Ivory Ribbon Stripe and 7G Gypsy Moments: Take Our Breath Away, shaped, added dew drops and sequins to the center of the flowers. I adhered the leaves and flowers around the gypsy.

I finished off with a touch of Lace, pearl sprays and thread and sequins and Dew Drops to the vase.

I am pleased to say that Liza was happy with her little gypsy which I am so glad. I kinda stress out when I am making something for someone that they might not like it. So that was one big wheew from me when she messaged me! :-)

If you have any questions about this project please let me know. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope your day is awesome and enjoy creating!

Whimsical Mushroom Jar Hut

Hi everyone! Today Eileen Hull's and Stampendous's design teams have teamed up to do Along the Garden Path blog hop! My project is a combination of Eileen Hull's Make it 3D and Button Jars and Labels dies and Stampendous's Mushroom Home stamps and Dies. I thought the shorter jar looked like a mushroom stem and would be perfect since I could cut it from matboard.

I started by cutting two of the jars and one of the make it 3D boxes from Matboard, four jars and one of the make it 3D boxes from patterned cardstock. The mushroom top I used the Stampendous's die and cut four tops from patterned cardstock.

I inked the jars with a tan chalk ink and adhered the patterned cardstock to all of the mat board pieces. I measured a half of an inch up from the bottom on the backside of each jar and made pencil marks. 

I adhered each jar piece to the make it 3D box.

I sandwiched the top of the jars between two of the mushroom top dies and adhered together.

I stamped the circles, door and window on varies pieces of patterned cardstock.

 I fussy cut and adhered the individual pieces together and then added to the mushroom.

I added sequins to the mushroom top, a cord bow, paper flowers and Dew Drops to finish it off. 

Now its ready to store my pencils. :-) If you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Also be sure to check back each day to see what each team member creates from Eileen Hull and Stampendous design teams!

Thanks for stopping by, hope your day is awesome and enjoy creating!

Flowers and Lace

Hi everyone! I created this card for a magazine call but it wasn't selected so I thought why not share? :-) The base of the card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded. I cut a piece of patterned cardstock slightly smaller than the base and I embossed with the Floral Tapestry embossing folder and crumpled the edges of a 2" x 5 1/2"  of cardstock. I also lightly inked the edges and over the embossed image with gold ink.

From the vellum I cut an Ornate Frame Diecut and glued it off center of the 2 inch strip of cardstock and I also added three paper banners and a bit of trim on top of the ornate frame diecut. I cut a 2 inch piece of vintage lace and gathered it in the center and tied off to create a bow. Next I made bows in cording and gold metallic thread and glued it along with the lace bow to the vellum diecut. I then layered two cream colored flowers, added leaves I had in my stash, button, Dew Drops and to two pearlized pins to finish off the frame.

I printed from the computer the Happy Mother's Day sentiment, inked the edges and adhered to the upper corner of the card. The card still looked "off balance" to me so I added a bit of lace, button and dew drops to the bottom corner to finally finish off this card. 
The bright side of this card not being selected for the magazine call is I now have a card ready to give when Mother's Day rolls around. :-)
If you have any questions about this project please let me know.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Wednesday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Crafty Card Gallery: Always and Forever

Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day. The hubby and I went to Bluegrass Underground for a concert in Cumberland Caverns. Yep, music in a cave. The acoustics are incredible and the temperature inside is 56 degrees year round which I still think it is cold but yesterday the temps where 32 degrees and it actually felt warm once we got inside the cave. That was my Valentine's Day gift along with a trip to Sonic afterwards for a Butterfingers Blast...yum! 
Anyway this month's theme over at the Crafty Card Gallery blog is Valentine's Day and I want to share the card I created. For more info and photos you can find my blog post HERE.

 Thanks for stopping by, hope your Monday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Mini Valentine's Day Cards

Hi everyone! I am back with another 10 minutes or less project (that is per card) to share with you. If you remember yesterday I made planner paper clips with one of Eileen Hull's diecuts. You can find that blog post HERE. Well, today I am using the Needle Book Scoreboard Diecut to make little Valentine's Day cards. I started by cutting from Pink and Ivory Dot Reverse and Navy and Kraft Mini Dot Reverse Cardstocks.

I folded all three of the pieces in half. The first two cards I used scraps from the 7 Gypsies Maritime 6"x6" pad. The fish and the ship I had fussy cut out before hand and was in with my stash of punch outs and diecuts that I keep handy. The fish is cut from the General Store on Ivory Cardstock. I used one of the banner diecuts from the Banners and Pennants Diecuts to make a little hat for the fish and placed a little punched out heart under its fin. The fish wasn't complete until I added a googlie eye to it. :-)

The ship cut out is from Bon Voyage on Ivory Cardstock and I tore a piece of cardstock and adhered over the bottom of the ship to create the look of water and  I adhered a punched out a heart to the front along with a sentiment. I forgot to add that all the sentiments are printed from the computer.

The basket of flowers is a printable that I had cut out and didn't use. I added it to the front of the card along with a scrap of Tan and Ivory French Script Cardstock and felt heart ribbon. I also added sequins, Dew Drops and a bit of lace and twine.

I plan on added these cards to packages that will be going out in the mail soon and think each card only took 10 minutes to create.

For more inspiration please check out Eileen Hull's blog HERE. If you have any questions please let me know.

Supplies Used: Eileen Hull: Needle Book Scoreboard Diecut, Pink and Ivory Dot Reverse Cardstock, Navy and Kraft Mini Dot Reverse Cardstock, 7 Gypsies Maritime 6"x6" pad, General Store on Ivory Cardstock, Eileen Hull: Banners and Pennants Diecuts, Bon Voyage on Ivory Cardstock, Tan and Ivory French Script Cardstock, Dew Drops, Sequins, Lace, Twine, Googlie Eye, Beacon Zip Dry Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Saturday is wonderful and enjoy creating!

Easy Peasy Flower Planner Paper Clips

Hi everyone!  This month on Eileen Hull's inspiration team we where each challenged to create a project in 10 minutes or less using one of Eileen's diecut. Well, let me say I never create something in 10 minutes let a lone in an hour. I am notorious for arranging and rearranging cardstock and embellishments for what seems like hours until I get the look I want.

After thinking and looking at all of my wonderful Eileen Hull diecuts I decided that I would create something useful for my planner and this is what I came up with. I started with Buttons, Border and Trim diecut and different colors of scraps of felt I had on hand.

After cutting out several flowers and leaves I added a little Beacon Adhesives Fabri-Tac to the back of each flower, layering two to three flowers together and adhering to the paper clip and the leaves/lace and Ric Rac to the back of the paper clips.

I finished off with sequins, buttons and Dew Drops and now I can "pretty up" my planner! These where so quick and under 10 minutes to do. I know I will be making more of these.

For more inspiration check out Eileen Hull's blog HERE.  If you have any questions please let me know.

Supplies Used: Eileen Hull: Buttons, Border and Trim diecut, Felt, Sequins, Buttons, Lace, Ric Rac, Paper Clips, Thread, Dew Drops, Beacon Adhesives Fabri-Tac

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Friday is awesome and enjoy creating!

The Robin's Nest: Pink and Frilly Valentine

Hi everyone! I am back as a guest designer today for the Robin's Nest! I want to share a project I created for a Valentine's Day card swap I am in on Instagram. The thing is my swap partner doesn't know (I hope) that this little gift box will be traveling with the card I created for her. :-)
For more photos and info on this project please click HERE.  :-)

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Wednesday is awesome and enjoy creating!