Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Felties

To help out my sister who has recently started making beautiful handmade hair clips, I made these cute little felt pieces.  Check out her stuff here!






Materials Used:

  • Cuttlebug and various Cuttlebug flower dies
  • Random assortment of felt, thread, buttons, gems, beads and sequins

Friday, February 24, 2012

Mini Card Sets

A couple card sets.  Each set contains 4 cards, measuring 3x3 inches.




Materials Used:

  • Random assortment of stamps, ribbon and gems
  • Recollections 65lb cardstock
  • Various designer paper scraps
  • Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
  • StazOn Ink - Saddle Brown
  • EK Success border punch
  • Cricut "Live Simply" (mushroom), "Simply Charmed" (bird), and  "Wild Card" (card box) cartridges

Rosette Cards

Very simple cards that put the focus on the paper.


 

Materials Used:

  • Recollections 65lb cardstock
  • Recollections Mosaic Memories paper (MME's Stella and Rose)
  • Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
  • Fiskars border punch - Scallop
  • Buttons and twine

Fish Bowl Card

A cute little tri-fold card.




Materials Used:

  • Recollections 65lb cardstock
  • Acetate
  • Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Broken China, Shabby Shutters and Victorian Velvet
  • StazOn Ink - Saddle Brown
  • Stickels - Diamond and Lime
  • Cuttlebug embossing folder - D'Vine Swirls and Tiny Bubbles
  • Fiskars Texture Plate - Scales (?)
  • Cricut "Create a Critter" cartridge
  • Pearls and twine

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Cakepops

Chocolate cake, mixed with chocolate icing, dipped in chocolate, and rolled in sprinkles - how can you go wrong?

My first successful cakepop!



Now, picture 120 of them...

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Rolled Rose Wreath

It took a week, but I finally finished the rolled rose wreath.





Materials Used:

  • 15 sheets of 12x12 papers from  K&Company "Poppy Seed" specialty stack (9 flowers/sheet)
  • 12" foam wreath form painted with black acrylic paint
  • 48" of 4" sheer green ribbon
  • Hot glue to attach all pieces together

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Valentine Banner

To cheer up the grey walls at the office, I'm going to be hanging 4 of these Valentine banners!






Materials Used:
  • Various K&Company papers (mainly from Valentine Sweetheart) for the rosettes
  • 1 sheet of K&Company "Sweet Talk Postage Stamp" paper for the rosette centers
  • Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
  • 24 red and pink glittered foam hearts
  • 4 7ft pieces of twine, 6 hearts strung on each
  • Hot glue to attach all pieces together

Random Cards

A small collection of random cards created in Jan 2012.  My goal was to focus more on stamping and  patterned paper.









Materials Used:
  • Random assortment of stamps, ribbon and pearls
  • Recollections 65lb cardstock
  • Recollections Mosaic Memories paper (MME's Stella and Rose)
  • Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Broken China and Shabby Shutters
  • StazOn Ink - Jet Black, Dove Grey, Timber Brown, Saddle Brown and Cherry Pink
  • Glimmer Mist - Dazzling Diamonds
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Recollections Embossing Powder - Clear Bark
  • Flower and circle punches by Recollections and EK Success


Friday, February 3, 2012

Mad Hatter "UnBirthday" Card

This is a card that I made some time ago.  I think it turned out pretty well, so it gets to be my first creation post! 




Materials Used:
  • Disney Classics Cricut cartridge
  • Recollections 65lb cardstock
  • My Mind's Eye "It's my Party" paper stack
  • Stickles - Diamond
  • Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
...and so it begins...