Oh boy do I have a little bit of this and that to share. lol.
First off, some kiddo pics:
This is Ella pretending to drive the new golf cart Tom got. We had been one of the only ones at the Campground that did not have a golf cart. We are about a mile walk from the showers so this will definitely be nice to use when carrying all the shower goodies to the shower building . Plus it will be fun! It's a Harley Davidson! Tom has since made improvements to it like taking off the stickers that were on the front in this pic. I'll need to update the pic.
Debbie enjoying a Shamrock shake at McDonalds.
Ella tired out from a van ride to the store.
Ella said "Look Mom! I'm a snowman!"
Excited for snow!
Dylan wearing his Harley shirt! Thanks Joyce!
Tom and Dylan got these sweatshirts that you can plug your phone or ipod into and have the music playing through the strings. Thought that was interesting!
I have been busy crafting but I seem slow to share the pics of it! haha! Here's an Easter project for the kids (tags). It's my share on The Scrappy Tree blog today.
I made a bunch for our kids as well as the daycare kiddos.
Hi! For today's post at The Scrappy Tree, I wanted to work alittle in my much neglected, yet loved, art journal. Art journals are fun because you just do whatever and make a mess! Sounds like fun right?
The above video is just a start of my journal page. Love the gelatos to make some gorgeous color.
Unfortunately I was a dummy and deleted the second part of my video from my phone before I got it onto my individual YouTube Channel. I did get it on to The Scrappy Tree though so check it out there!
Hi! Seems like I have a lot to post today. It's Sunday afternoon and I've had a really great weekend of crafting with the girls and making a mess. lol. I had a video to do for The Scrappy Tree that I'd like to share with you. It's about stamping with my Faber-Castell Pitt big brush artist pens (which I LOVE!).
I also have a few photos to share. Ella decided to pick out her own Valentine's Day outfit. :)
Cute huh?? :)
We also needed a new washing machine that was just hooked up yesterday! I have not been so happy to do laundry again in my life!!! I really had a pile up happening!
I am in love with this washer! :)
Ella loves the box!
She has been sleeping in it since Saturday night! :)
Hello! Boy, it's hard to believe Valentine's Day is right around the corner. I will need to get busy making some things!! I had a bit of time to make a video of a quick, easy card that I shared with The Scrappy Tree today on the blog. I'd like to share it here too.
I've been working on some coloring images that I hope to share this week yet. I've been using my Pitt big brush artist pens and I've had fun blending them.
Hi! Today I have a video to share over on The Scrappy Tree on how to use your Faber-Castell Gelatos to stamp watercolor images as a card background. The Gelatos are such a fun product to use and stamping watercolor images is just one way to use them.
I have a full set of gelatos in a nice box. They can be purchased in individual color families as well.
These are the gelatos I used in my project.
They give a creamy color when applied.
Final project (watercolored stamping).
Here's the video link on how to achieve the effect:
Please excuse my poor filming! Debbie was in school and couldn't be my camera girl. :)
Ok, I love ordering new stuff when I get some holiday money or save up for some crafting goodies so when I placed an order on the first of the year with SimonSaysStamps.com, I was super excited to get it. They are quick shippers and my order was shipped Jan. 2nd with the estimated arrival date of the 5th. It just got here today (no fault of SSS)!! The postal service shipped it to the wrong town on a few occasions causing it to be late! Agh!! Anyway, I finally got my goodies so I can do a video on inks for The Scrappy Tree this week!!
Here's my order video:
I have never tried the Hero Arts Shadow Inks so I'm looking forward to trying them tonight! Thanks for stopping by!
Hello! I have a post over at The Scrappy Tree today that is the first in a video series on some stamping basics. The video addresses the different kinds of stamps that are out there and what their benefits are, etc. The next video is on the different kinds of inks. I'm excited to bring them to the blog. So check it out here or below.
Now, on to some fun stuff.................Christmas! We had a wonderful Christmas here and I thought I'd share some pictures!
The girls and I were making Santa Cookies!!!! YUMMY!!!
Try as we might, we couldn't find Ella's stocking!!! Of course we didn't look until Christmas Eve night so we couldn't get another one at the store quickly. We improvised with another stocking we had around that Ella labeled with her name so Santa would know it was hers! :)
Just a few photos of the kids opening gifts. These photos are all from my phone. I have better ones on my regular camera that I will add soon.
It was a great holiday season!
Tomorrow marks the Minnesota Vikings first trip to the playoffs in a few years and I'm excited!! Love the Vikings! Here's a few pics from a tour I took of the Stadium! The first is outside of the stadium.
Hello! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! Today I have a video to share of some things I just got today from Dick Blick Art Supply that I have eagerly waited for! I am a big fan of the Faber Castell Pitt Big Brush Artist Pens and I pretty much completed my collection of them. I believe the only ones I don't have are gold and silver which I don't really care to get as I don't think I'd use them much. Most places sell them for $5 a marker, but Dick Blick sells them for $2.55 each so if you are looking to pick any up, that is where I suggest. They are also quick on shipping! (Good for impatient people like me when I order things). I also give them an A+ on customer service. Once I got dry markers (the tops had come off in the shipping process) and they sent replacements Fed Ex overnight!!! Wow!
I also got some Inktense watercolor pencils, which according to Jennifer McQuire (crafter and Hero Arts designer), are the best things ever because they are more like ink when wet and get a vibrant color. I will try them out tonight.
Hello! Christmas season is here and I always find that the time surrounding it can be so filled with things to do, that things go by in a blur. I started shimelle.com's Journal Your Christmas to help me stay aware of all the great things in our family during this time.
I am sharing the day 1 prompt 4x6 piece that has my Christmas manifesto on it. It is why I'm doing the journal Finally, I am sharing the start of my cover page. Have a wonderful night!
I am currently preparing for a craft sale at our church on December 8th and at every sale I've been in in the past, bookmarks have been a quick seller. I am making a variety for this sale. Today I'm showing you a set of 4 vintage corner bookmarks using papers and stickers all from Cosmo Cricket.
The second picture I'm showing you today is the four cards I made last night at card class. I loved the Christmas tree stamp so much that I bought it. :)
I was posting a coordinating project over at The Scrappy Tree's blog and I'd like to just pass along the photos if projects. Please head over to TST's blog for more info!
Hi there everyone. I am working on trying to add video to my blog so here's my first attempt. :)
I think I figured out how to do this! haha! Slowly but surely, my technological knowledge is increasing. :)
This video just shows a little of what I've been working on lately. I always make the daycare kiddos holiday cards and this is what I've been coloring for their Halloween cards. Hope you enjoy the video! :)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Hello! Sweeping off the dust on the ole' blog here. I have a project that I shared over at The Scrappy Tree that I'd like to share here.
I just love altering paper bag pockets! This one was so much fun. Head on over to The Scrappy Tree to see the post about the details!
I got some new goodies from 2peasinabucket and I had to play around already today. Crate paper makes this adorable baby paper so I went right to work with that. The wooden word is also from Crate Paper. Hope you enjoy the card today.
The first thing I'd like to share are some dance pictures from the girls' recital. I just love watching them dance and have fun.
I hope the girls keep with it for many more years to come.
The next thing I have to share are pictures of some recent crafty work. The first is a wall hanging using a wood frame that I got from a garage sale for 25 cents. It just needed me to add some dark brown paint and paper from Crate paper. I hope to have this for sale at the Arts and More Festival in September.
The next picture is a batch of cards that I am also making for the sale. Most of these cards are blank fronts at the moment. I am putting together the cards here and there (like at naptime) so I don't have all my supplies on hand to make them up completely. I will complete them at a later date.
So basically, this is what I've been up to lately. I hope to share more pictures tomorrow!
Jeez! I'm not even going to focus on how long I was away from the blog and just dive on in to my post! :)
I made a post over at The Scrappy Tree today with a few cards that I made last night using scraps. Here are the pics. Please check The Scrappy Tree for more information!
