Big Ole' Blog Post Today!

Good morning! Happy Monday! This weekend was crazy busy with the garage sale, but it was a good one, so the work paid off! I have quite a bit to share today so I'll just dive right in to it!


The first thing I am going to share with you is a card I made for the The Scrappy Tree's Monthly Inspiration Challenge. I just loved the inspirational image's yellow and white so I played off of that.
Supplies used: Webster's Pages, DCWV scalloped paper, misc. ribbons/lace, Hero Arts stamps, The Paper Studio brads.

This was the Inspirational image I got from http://www.anthropologie.com/.

Come check out The Scrappy Tree's site and join in on the Inspiration Challenge if you'd like to!

My friend Erica's blog, http://www.zunkychic.com/ is celebrating the 200th post with a fantastic giveaway. Erica's creations are always top notch, creative and so inpiring. Check out her blog for her vintage creations and leave some love!! If you'd like to enter her prize drawing, you can click on this link!

Look at all those goodies you can win! Okay, on second thought, don't enter, it will give me a better chance to win! LOL!!

Happy Crafting!!

A crafty dry spell

I feel so bad! I've been on a crafty dry spell lately and just doing projects that have NEEDED to get done (like 10 cards for a card exchange that I forgot to take a pic of!) and getting ready for our big garage sale this upcoming weekend. It's driving me nuts! Crafting for me is a very relaxing theraputic thing and something I couldn't live without. I currently have some garage sale boxes scattered in my crafty space, making navigation in that room difficult at best! I am hoping to be back to normal next week!


Here's a pic of Ella that I took this morning. We went to Walmart last night and they had these cute shirts that had Minnesota on them and hers says Little Miss Minnesota. I got one for Debbie too and hers says Minnesota Girls Rule. They were under $5 and I couldn't resist! Have a great day!

A little Inchie

I have showed a few inchies in the past and this one is also for a monthly inchie swap I participate in. This month's theme is recycled items. On this inchie, I used the plastic mesh from an orange bag and some blank space on a piece of graph paper that my son had used for his homework. I stamped this image from Inkadinkado onto the graph paper, adhered the mesh and adhered a plain kraft cardstock backing! Then it was done!
We are hoping not to blow away today and hopefully get some good playing time in outside. The past few days have been insanely windy! It's been hard to take a walk without dirt blowing in our eyes!

Mother's Day

I finally got back to my craft room and made a quick Mother's Day card tonight! I have to mail this out tomorrow so I can get it to my Stepmother in MD by the big day!
Supplies used in this card: Bazzill Basics cardstock, Kaiserkraft papers, Hero Arts stamps, stickles, Fiskars border punch.

Recital pics

The girls had their dance recital last night and I wanted to share a few pics. We had a wonderful time watching the girls!

A card challenge...

I have a card to share today that I made for a card challenge at the card store that I take card classes at. (R' Impressions in Blue Earth, MN). Each month, Helen, the store owner, gives out a packet with card materials that need to be used and then all cards created will be voted upon to see who wins. I think a pack of stickers is the prize.

I added the lace, Primas, Pattern boy and Websters card. One of the required pieces was the orange mesh that I made into flowers. I didn't like it on it's own.

Thanks for looking!

Steampunk atc???

The Scrappy Tree is having a Steampunk atc swap and this is my entry for it. I am not sure if my main image is Steampunky enough though. Otherwise, I really like it. The images are from a Graphic 45 paper that I cut.

I used Mod Podge on top of the image and then I sprinkled Perfect Pearls powder (copper I believe) on top and then I brushed on another layer of Mod Podge. I like the way it made the powder spread (unfortunately, it doesn't show well in the picture). I added a sprocket and gear to complete the atc!