My weekend with Shianne

My niece came over Saturday and we spent just about the whole day in the craft room and this is the book she came up with. she did it all by herself all I did was show her how to use the tools and things like that I think she really enjoyed working with her hands and now she has a beautiful journal to talk to her child to be a lovely gift that will keep on giving when that child is old enough to read he/she can sit down and read all about mommy's adventures while they were still in her belly I just love it

this is little miss Shianne and me holding her book. we really must do that again. and when the day was over and she was getting ready to leave I blessed her with my cricut expression and she was in love I hope she has many happy times with it. It is really a great machine I just don't use it like I should I'm in love with my Silhouette. the Cricut really has nothing on my silhouette so why not find the Cricut a home where someone will use it and take care of it. I do believe that Shianne will take good care if it and use it to its fullest  and create many projects with it.

Hello all I'm back again and again I have soooo much to tell you let me start by saying HSN had a 24 hour craft day back in March  I really had a great time watching seeing that HSN has not done this in a long long time.  I started this post a while ago and never finished it so I will post it now.

                                        

So here is the box that arrived and it took me and Ashley to drag it into the house it was big and it was heave I was so excited I couldn't wait to open it up and dig inside.

Lets start with this, its Martha Stewart glitter, I got this for Ashley she is the glitter queen in the house and she really makes some beautiful things with it I think it has 12 tubes of some of the prettiest glitter you've ever seen I just love Martha's glitter if I hadn't used my Michaels coupon a few weeks before this show I would have got me one, I have the 20 bottle pack.

 

 

This I thought I was getting for Kristy but when it arrived she told me that it was not self adhesive and she couldn't use it but its not going to waste I got big plans for this glitter paper I used some of it on the wedding mini that I'm making for my nephew it cuts very well on my new Cameo, (OH I didn't tell you about that did I ok that will be my next post) 

 

Really getting into Project life with Becky Higgins so I ordered her Plum core Kit and I love love it love the colors and the patterns, I already have I think 2 core kits of hers, (Amber and Turquoise but not happy with them) and when I seen this one on HSN and heard Lisa say that this was exclusive to HSN I had to jump right on it

 

With the core kit I got the matching papers and the cards this kit is perfect for the summer months that you document and I also got the markers, I have a boat load of markers and a lot of them I just wore out the tips journaling so I had to start a new set, I just have to remember to get rid of the old ones. lol

Now this is something I have been wanting FOR EVER I just couldn't afford it and HSN had it for a price I could not pass up, my sister has one of these and she lives  by it. I have 3 the X and the 5" and I also have the that's a little larger mouth but every time I go to use them they were just not big enough no with this one I can get corner to corner glue coverage. I love it  

this here is the beginning of a washie tape addition I think I love this stuff its just great you can put it any where, and do anything with it. so when this came up on the screen I had to jump on it I love this stuff. well this is the stuff I got from HSN a while ago a lot of this stuff I have used already and had a good time playing with it. I will say ta-ta for now and will be back soon with a couple of projects.

This Weekend

 

Ok this weekend my beautiful  grand daughter graduated from Jr High into High School I am so proud the road here was rough sometimes but she made it

 

Now that was Friday, so Saturday I tried to spend the day crafting and it was just to hot in that room I'm goanna have to get me some AC back there, I'm trying my hand at collages now and saw a video on you tube with Yolie doing a collage on a mailing envelope, I just had to try it and so I did I like the way its turning out wish I could have spent more time on it but the heat was getting to me and had to leave it.  

Went to Wal-Mart the other day and came across this paper trimmer and I couldn't believe the price on it. the thing was $15.00 and I grabbed it up I've always wanted one of these it cuts 6 sheets of paper at one time Love it I found out that it needs another blade and now I have to go search out a blade for the darn thing but that's ok

I'm working on a book for my nephew who is getting married in June I am loving this book and I'm putting everything I got into it I get the feeling it wont be ready for the wedding date but I will mail it to him and his new bride.

This is the paper I'm using for the book got it at Wal-Mart and it really came in handy its all black and white and silver I have a lot of black and white paper pads but this one really works on this book

here's a picture of the naked book before any paper, I made the whole thing from chipboard and paper

well for now that's it will be back soon with another post

project life weeks 1-5

Soooo I've been working on this project life, been wanting to try it since Beckey Higgins came out with it a few years ago, but was afraid that I would not keep up with it so I didnt give it a shot, well this year Pam talked me into it, and so far its going along pretty good,
This is my title page I cut the tree and the title out with my trusty Silhouette and I just love it, the title card came from a core kit from Becky that I was not to happy with the name of the kit is Turquoise, I chose it because I love the color turquoise but not the case with this kit, I just dont like the designs on the back of the cards, but I tryed to find a way to get them into my book anyway. The paper I used is from jelly bean soup 6x6 pad, cant remember which one but I thought the trees on the one page was just right for my title page (what do you think????)

Now this is week 1 and I just love it more papers from jellybean soup and a few embellies as the pages come along you will see I get the hang of adding the embellies and picking out the papers I think I will add a quote or a saying to that blank box next to my daughter, it just looks so lost out there all by itself.

 

here it is again with the journaling and the quote now isnt that better lol

 

 

Week 2 is starting to look up, I'm getting the hang of this and it feels good and I'm gonna try to keep it up as long as I can, I like the fact that it only takes a short time to bring the week together and your done, its as easy as pulling out the photos, journaling on the cards and sticking them in the pockets and on to the next week, Its only as hard and complacated as you want to make it

 

 

I'm cooking with gas now I really like this page and when I look back on it a year or two from now I will be so glad that I put this book together. I received some core cards from Pam, (she got the amber kit and I love them so much better than mine. love them so much I had to purchase a set for myself.

 

 

week 4 I'm really getting into my stylenow and this is still fun, I used a lot of embellies , arrows and journaling this is comming along just great.

 

 

now last but not least this is week 5 and I really reached deep into the embellies I found some wood pieces at michaels, used up my grung board arrows pulled out some stickers I forgot I had and went to work.

Some time down the line I'm gonna get back to using my silhouette and cut out some of the phrases that I downloaded but right now I'm gonna try and us up as many stickers and chipboard that I can

But for now all the weeks and numbers are cut out using my silhouette 

 

Ok thats it for now, be back in a few with some more scrappy goodness. lol

I know I know-- I have not posted anything in a long long time, (lol) but I'm here now, and boy do I have a lot to say, (what I think I will do is just make a different post for all the different things I've got to say, first off let me start by saying that this weekend is all about the crafting and getting my eat on. Ashley has to go to work at 2 so I'll be here all by my self just me and the crafting: so I got my crock pot going with some beef and broccoli and in the frig marinating is something called ham and cheese shooters, I guess I should tell you that I got all these recipes from pintrest so I guess you can say that its another craft that I've got going on today lol.

ham and cheese sliders

beef and broccoli

I also want to mix up a pan of oven baked chicken fajitas, they are SO good, I don't want to have to worry about food at all this weekend, this weekend is for crafting.

Next: when I got home Friday from work this is what I saw

 

Yep I had a package, I bet you cant guess what it is, here's a hint, I have been wanting one of these every since I seen it hit the market, and now that dream has finally come true

 

 

ITS MY CAMEO yeahhhhhhhh

I love this thing, so today I'm gonna play get acquainted with it and try a couple of things so I will be posting all day long. so let me go play a little and I will be back soon.

                                                         

Ok let me start off by saying that I have found a new place to call internet home and I love love love it. No I'm not just saying this to be saying it I'm in love with this site, and the name of this site you ask it's called PINTEREST and it is crazy, its like having your own personal bullentin board where you can pin anything and everything you can find on the internet, I have over 100 boards and I'm there every day adding something to some of my boards, if you have not been there you have got to check it out here are some of the things I have recreated from pinterest gonna try to give the original owners their props so you can go over to their blogs and see where my inspritation came from

this one was a little trying,you can find the original post here  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2135293?&si=birthday   it was kinda hard to get the branches right but once I did it really popped love the embossing on all the cards, I  have a nice collection of embossing folders and NEVER used them for anything, but once I found pinterest it was over I've been on that big shot with those folders every chance I get I love this card, I made them all in two's because sooner or later I'm gonna have to give one away lol

this one came together quick,here is the original post I came pretty close didnt I  http://craftymomentscardmaking.blogspot.com/2011/04/inspired-by-butternutsage.html      had to open my silhouette and get to cutting because I for now I have no foilage dies but that will change when I find me some

 

this one came together fast to  here is the original  http://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com/2012/03/simple-elegance.html   I tell you that embossing is great and I'm using my stamps to there is nothing like pinterest NOTHING

 

 

this is sooo cute here is the original card  http://oliviasloveletters.blogspot.com/search/label/Kort it was so simple just punch and add bling is'nt it sooooo cute.  I also made some tags to here is some of them

now for the tags I did'nt have any of the things I saw in the pictures but I gave it my best shot and I really like mine all these flowers I hand made myself wow I never thought I would use them (thanks pinterest) here is the post to these tags mine looks nothiing like the one on the blog but I tryed  http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/2012/02/imagine.html 

I love this one love the colors love the layout just love everything about it now the layout is the same as the one I saw in the picture but everything is different (flowers, butterfly, leaves ect....) here is the blog but you will have to hunt around to find the tag http://chaiteanme.blogspot.com/

this is the first on I made and when it was finished I knew I had to do more it really got me to using my stash I mean little things I couldnt see a use for anywhere else the perfect place was the tagshere is the post for the original http://killamcreative.blogspot.com/2011/02/birdsong-tag.html

ok thats it for now got to go pin a few thingsand try and recreate them have a great day everyone

 

Love my Silhouette

I spent today playing with my silhouette and making cards and here are some of the ones I came up with

just love this chair and this was the first one I did had to find a way to use this chair its a thinking of you card

well I dont have to tell you what this one is for it speaks for itself lol

this one just said christmas to me so I cut the reindeers and holiday saying and added some snow

this one looked like a little to much after I finished but when I look at the picture its kinda cute what do you think. well thats all for right now I did three post tonight hopefully I will be able to post something again tomorrow nitey nite.