Altered Blue Bucket

Good morning fellow crafters!

Loving the cooler temperature we are having these days.

Mid seventies work for me. Hope everyone is doing well

and enjoying the fall weather like I am.

Here is another bucket that I altered. I will be giving this

bucket to my friend that does some beautiful floral work.

This same friend and I will be doing a few shows together.

Once she does the floral work I will make sure to get some

photos of the finished product. 

I used Gesso to cover what was a red bucket with white

snowflakes. I used a sea sponge to dab on some blue

paint. I cut out the Bird image from the Kaiser Craft True

Romance Collection. Used Mod podge to adhere it to the

bucket. Cut out the floral stems with my Cricut using the

Potpourri Basket cartridge on white cardstock. I used ink

to give them a soft green color. The picture doesn't do it

justice. I like how it turned out. Hope you like it too. Kind

of a quick post today I know but I have so much to do

and I didn't want to skip a day blogging. I'll share some

of the other things I have been busy doing that are not

craft related soon.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

 

Blue Happy B-day Card and some news

Good Morning fellow crafters!

Hope to find you all doing well and staying dry. It's been

a real wet day here. The rain started early yesterday morning

and continued late into the night. We really needed the rain

to help put out some of the wild firers that are still burning

around here. The rain should be tapering off today we'll see

if that really happens. Enough of the weather lets move on.

My card for today is another box card. This one was a special

order.

I'm not going to bore you with this box card and how it

was made. Instead I'm going to tell you about some thing

new that I'm doing. Well I decided to bite the bullet and

and jump on the video making wagon so to speak. I made 

my first haul video and posted it on Youtube.  I have been

putting this off because well I don't like to be in front of a

camera and I really hate my voice. My daughter and son have

been urging me to do videos but I kept making excuses. I

finally gave in. If you would like to check out my video it's

under Tuesday Morning Haul by PaperSewnVisions. 

This is one of the changes that I talked about in one of my

other posts. There will be more changes happening and

soon I will be able to talk about them. So stay tuned.

Hope you like my card. Until my next post Have A Splendid

Day!!!!! 

Jack O' Lantern Card

 Good Morning fellow crafters!

Hope you are all enjoying the weather. We are looking to

get some real needed rain. I hope that we do and that it is

enough to help with the wild fires that are still burning.

My card for today is a Halloween card of sorts. Below is

the inside of the card.

Yesterday I told you about working on my husbands

family tree and told you about the dilemma trying to

find out what tribe he belongs to. Well on the other

side of his family tree we found out that Daniel Boone

is his great, great, great, great, great  grandfather. Yes

thee Daniel Boone. That was neat to find out. This is

probably not all that exciting to you so I'll move on to

my card and what I used to make it. 

The image and sentiment are  Graphic 45 Place In Time

Collection. The image is placed on a simple mat from

Colorbok Rust shiny specialty paper. The maple leaves

were cut out with the Cricut and I used stickles on them.

The acorn is from my floral stash.

This was a quick and simple card. Hope you like it.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!

 

 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges

 

Paperminutes:  Color of Autumn

HERE

Through the Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes

HERE 

Autumn Box Card

Good morning fellow crafters!

Hope you are all doing well. I am keeping my days full

crafting and doing some preparation for winter especially

since today marks the first day of Fall.

I thought that it would be fitting to post my box card that

reminds me of fall because of the colors.

I  continue to add a tag to these cards. I know you are

probably getting tired of seeing these style of cards so instead

of talking about my card I will tell you about another project

I have been working on.

I have been trying to research my husbands family tree. He is

part Indian and he would like to know what tribe he belongs to.

Right now we are at a road block because his great, great, great,

great grandfather is registered as one tribe along with his son but

not the daughter which is the link to my husband and until we

know what tribe she is registered under we can't say what tribe

my husband belongs to. I spend my days researching and making

a lot of phone calls. Thankfully yesterday my husbands 4 great

grandfathers tribe agreed to help us. Now I have to gather all the

paperwork that we have and send them copies and they will be

able to get into other tribes records without needing an act of

congress like we do. So wish us luck.

I hope you enjoyed my story and that you like my card, until my

next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by.

A Tag Fail

Hello fellow crafters!

Hope you all had a great weekend. My weekend seemed

to filled with many fails. Oh where do I begin.

I did some canning and not all my jars sealed so extra work

had to be done to save all the hard work already done. Did

that make any sense? It does to me. Can you tell my brain

is mush?

I did some crafting. This tag was one of the projects. I had

a vision of what I wanted it to look like. You know me I

try and use every scrap left from other projects.

Well it didn't turn out like I had envisioned. I won't toss

it. Maybe some time down the road a bolt of lightening

will hit me and I will do something else to it to make the

tag beautiful.

The cardstock is Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet Collection.

I used some Gesso to tone it down. I added some Glossy

accents to the gingerbread man and some of the candies.

I made the boarder with a punch out of paper bag. The

sentiment came from the collection I just cut out a mat

to match.

I wasn't going to post this tag but decided that I would

just so that everyone understands that crafters and artists

some times have fails. We are not perfect. Life is lessons

either we make the best of them or we continue to make them

over and over. I choose to learn from them.

Sorry for the late post today. Have A Splendid Day!!!

Vintage Christmas card

Good morning fellow crafters.

Hope you are all doing well this Friday morning. We

made it to another weekend. Today I decided I would

share a simple Christmas card.

For this card I used Graphic 45 cardstock from the

Place In Time Collection. I cut out image from the

January page. I used some vintage lace from a stash

that I have. The foliage is punched out using the Martha

Stewart punch. The berries are from a stash of when I use

to do floral arrangements. 

The inside of the card I used more foliage and berries and

added a mat that I cut out with a Spellbinders die. I also used

the snow writer on the foliage to give it that snowy look.

I'm in love with this card.  I hope all of you like it as much

as I do.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

 

Fireman Card

Good morning fellow crafters.

Hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to the

weekend. I hope that you have something fun and exciting

planned. As for me I will be crafting, canning and maybe

stacking some firewood to keep us warm this winter.

Speaking about heat...LOL... here is another card that I

made for Beths Challenge to thank a firer fighter.

For this card the cardstock used is from Graphic 45 the

Communique collection. The Fireman is a Stampin Up

stamp called Fire Brigade. The sentiment stamp is old

and not sure who the maker is. A very simple card to make.

Hope you like the card. Until my next post Have A Splendid

Day!!!!

 

Snowman box card

Good morning fellow crafters!

Well it's hump day just a couple of more days and we

make it to another weekend. Can you believe that we

are half way through this month? It soon will be getting

cold outside. So here is my Snowman box card to remind

everyone what may be coming our way soon.

I have started to add a pocket to all my box cards so

that a tag will fit in it and the person who gives this card

to someone can add some special words to the recipient.

The tag has a blank writing area and on the opposite side

is coordinating cardstock.

The Snowman came from a stash that I bought at a garage

sale. The Snowflakes were left over from other projects.

I used some snow writers on the swirl cardstock that was cut

out with my Cricut. This isn't one of my favorite cards. I was

trying to create a winter wonderland and this is as good as it

gets. Thank you for stopping by. Until my next post Have A

Splendid Day!!!!! 

Poinsettia Tag

Good morning fellow crafters.

Hope to find you all doing well and doing a little creating.

I know you are all thinking really Christmas already? What

happened to Halloween and Thanksgiving?

I have been working on things and I create whatever season

or holiday calls me that day. It may sound crazy to some but

that is how I roll. As you see today I am posting a Christmas

tag.

 

The tag was cut out with my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook

cartridge. The tag measures 3" x 7". The pattern paper is from

the My Minds Eye Santa Claus stack.

The poinsettia is a Tim Holtz die cut and I also embossed

it with the embossing folder. I used Smooches to color it.

The banner I cut out with my Scan N Cut. The stamp is

from Cloud 9 Design Christmas Joy collection. A very

simple tag to make.

Hope you like this tag. Until my next Have A Splendid

Day!!!!!!

I would like to enter this tag in the following challenges

 

My Craft Creations

Anything Goes

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.com/p/new-challenge.html

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog

Tags

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/09/challenge-228-tag-youre-it.html

Christmas mini mini

Good morning fellow crafters.

Hope you all had a great and productive weekend. I had

a full weekend. Did some baking, cleaning and canning. I

also got a little bit of crafting time in.

Here is another one of the minis that is made with the base

being a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock. I know you have seen

them before. Below are the pictures of the rest of the pages.

The pictures pretty much talk for themselves so I won't

bore you with a lot of chatter.

Very simple pages. Not much embellishing.

The only thing that I don't like about this mini is that

the words are upside down on the back cover.

My advise is to not use card stock that has very bold

images or with words.

Last picture is one of the three mats that go in this mini.

Hope you like my mini. Thank you for stopping in.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

 

A Little Playful Penguin

 

Good Morning fellow crafters.

We have almost made it to the weekend again. Do you

have plans? Will you be crafting? What ever it may be

I hope that you just enjoy your weekend.

My card today is a little on the cute side. A little friend

of mine had some fun coloring this image and I put  the card

together for her.

 

A side view of the card.

The border of penguins is a Martha Stewart punch called

Playful Penguins. The snowflake paper is from my stash

it is a couple of years old. The mats were cut out with Scan

N Cut. The image is a rubber stamp that I have had for a

few years.

I am really trying to use up a lot of the old paper that has been

hanging around for a while and has moved with me from one

state to another. I don't know if any of you are like me. I

buy when things are on sale and just keep piling it up telling

myself that I need to use what I already have and not add

more to the three foot pile. I am also trying to use every

punch that I own at least once before the end of the year. I

am also trying to use my stamps a little more.

Well I hope that all of you are a little better than I am at using

what you own. So until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!

Hope you like my card.

Red Rose Box Card with a twist

Good Morning my fellow crafters.

Hope to find you all doing well and enjoying your day.

I have a full day ahead of me along with a full next week.

Things may be a changing around here again. Won't know

for sure until the 19th of September. Keep your fingers

crossed for me.

My box cards have taken a little twist which you'll get to see

and understand once you see the pictures below.

With a customer making a request that there be a place

where a little note can be put for the recipient I added a

pocket and a tag.

The tag is plain and blank for a special note to be written

on one side and on the other side is the red rose paper.

The pocket is attached and not removable.

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder and embossed on

white cardstock, then I used embossing ink and black

embossing powder heat embossed. The red rose paper

was some scraps left from a valentine card many moons

ago. The black cardstock came from Big Lots in one of those

value packs. The flowers are Prima called Fabric Fancies in

Garnet and Opal. I really love how this card turned out. It

is my favorite for now.

Hope you like my card too. Thank you for stopping by.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!

 

Card entered in the following Challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania

Anything embossed

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/we-are-back-and-ready-to-cuttlebuggle.html

Through The Craft Room Door

Anything Goes

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/2014/09/ttcrd-challenge-september-9-september-15.html

Try It On Tuesdays

How Does your Garden Grow

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-does-your-garden-grow-is-new.html

Thank a Firer Fighter

Good Morning fellow crafters!

Hope to find you all doing well and creating. Sorry for the

late post but I got a little occupied and almost forgot. Todays

card I made for a youtube challenge that Beths Scrapbook Room

is hosting. The challenge is to make cards to thank the firer

fighters for all the work they do to keep everyone safe.

For this card I used Fire Brigade Stampin Up set (the helmet). I

embossed the silver cardstock with Spellbinders Harlequin

embossing folder. EK Success boot print stickers. The blue

mats are a Spellbinder die and a Cricut cut out. The thank you

stamp is so old that I have no idea who the maker is.

I know this is a quick post but I wanted to get it up before I got

into some heavy work and forgot again.

Hope you all like the card. Until my next post Have A

Splendid Day!!!! 

Clean and Simple Christmas card

Good Morning fellow crafters!

Hope everyone is doing well and creating a little. As you all

can see I am keeping myself busy creating.

I created a simple Christmas card. I am trying really hard to

use a lot of my scrap paper. I have a pretty big pile of scraps.

 

For this card I used a sentiment from the Dazzles Christmas

Greetings Sticker collection. The green branches were cut with

a Martha Stewart Punch. The Poinsettia not sure who the maker

is but I got these last year, and the cardstock well it's a scrap so

not sure what collection its from. If you really need to know

what collection the cardstock is from I'm sure I could try and

find it and let you know.  

I am having fun trying to use all my scraps. Playing around

trying different combinations that I would have never even

thought of trying.  

I have entered this card in the challenge/ challenges listed

at the end of this post.

I love how clean and simple this card is. Hope you like it too.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!

 

Challenges

Dream Valley Challenges

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/09/challenge-90-no-stamps-allowed-no.html

 

The Crafty Bloggers Network

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/09/september-challenge-at-crafty-bloggers.html

Baby Boy Mini

Good Morning fellow crafters!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and made some time

to create.

I did a little creating in the kitchen this weekend. I helped my

husband make five summer sausages. I also made some zucchini

bread. Some may say that my kitchen crafting is not crafting

but I say it is. LOL. I did get a little time in my crafting corner too.

 

Sorry that this post is a little picture heavy, but I just had to

let you see every page of this mini.

I used a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock to create the base of

the mini. Some of the cardstock may look familiar as they

are scraps from other projects.

I created pockets, tags and photo mats with scraps.

The dinosaur border is an EK Success punch.

Yes the mini is a little plain but I didn't want to over

embellish it.  If that actually can be done ( over

embellishing) The mini is for a boy and not a frilly

kind of a girl

Well if you made it this far you've seen all the pages in

my mini. Hope you like my mini. Until my next post

Have A Splendid Day!

Altered Shabby Chic Bucket

Good Morning my fellow crafters!

Sorry I'm a little late in posting today, time got away from me.

Hope to find everyone doing well.

In the header picture is the finished product. A Shabby Chic

Bucket.

The bucket used to be red with snowflakes on it. I used some

Gesso to cover the red.

The picture above is what it looked like after the Gesso

was put on. It take two coats to cover up the red.

I then took some really light pink paint and with a sea

sponge dabbed it on. Really like how that looked on the

bucket.

I used Kaiser Craft True Romance Collection. The

12 x 12 sheet has embellishments, tags, and frames. Mod

podged one of the tags onto the bucket. Made one rose with

a punch. The stems I cut using my Cricut  and the Potpourri

Basket cartridge.  My bucket was done.

  

It was fun altering something to re-use instead of tossing it.

Hope you like my altered project. Until my next post Have

A Splendid Day!!!!!