Ikea trip!

Pardon the background mess but I had to share 2 of my 3 ikea finds!

Let's get the kinda boring one out of the way first.....This is Alex:

Its functional, not the prettiest (a bit plain for my taste) but that is something I plan on fixing down the road...So this little fella is holding a ton of stuff which is giving me more room on my desk and that makes me a happy girl. Its also holding my drawing supplies that my Hubby got me this past Christmas, see those canvases? He got me those too, talk about intimidating...I'm barely learning to draw and paint and he got me those giant things but he said he knows I have the talent in me tackle them. I love that he has such faith in my talent when even I don't.

Anyway lets keep this rolling right along. Here was the piece I just fell in love with....meet Raskog!

This thing is my favorite color, its easy to organize and keep the things I use most at my fingertips.
Top tier holds my inks, glitter mists, stamp cleaners. Second tier hold all my fun cling stamps, all of my liquid pearls are now in the little side caddy and the bottom is a bit of a catch all at the moment.

Once the rest of this loft gets squared away then I can put up my new Expedit and get started on my Thanksgiving help.

Thanks for checking in,

Workin' my way back!

I hope some of you are still with me....

This year has brought some changes and a few almost changes with it. The biggest almost change was that we almost moved to Idaho so we did quite a bit of remodeling on the house but alas it is not meant to be just yet. So after we packed half the house and were on the market for a couple of months we decided to stay for a little while longer...maybe till next summer, we shall see but now I am in the middle of unpacking it all again!!!!

We painted the kitchen but the counters were still in too good of shape to scrap just yet.

I have done quite a bit of purging in the process and boy that felt good, the creativity is starting to bubble up again, oh how I've missed that feeling.

I'll do another blog post soon to show some additions I've made last week to help get my scrappy goodness under control, a little hint...I went to IKEA! I just need to do a little more organizing to make it look presentable, sadly my hubby has yet to finish the lower part of my desk, maybe next year :)

Talk soon,

I redid my cabinets!

So I had wanted to whit wash my cabinets but that took waaaaaay too much work so after a few months we have abandoned the staining method.
So the method we completed these with was giving them a very light sanding and then painting them with a Cottage White by Behr.
After this dried we used Annie Sloan Clear Wax to seal them. After this was on I went back over them with the Dark walnut colored wax. I went over the whole cabinet lightly and then went back to darken areas and even add this lines in.

The place we purchased the wax from said to use the Chalk paint but that is just too expensive to I just did a regular primer and the paint. All seems well to me, now I just have to find the right kind of hardware to finish off the new look.

This only took me 3 years to figure out what I wanted exactly but it was well worth the wait.

2 more pages for my Mini Album

So today I got my eyes checked and dilated after I was able to stand light again I thought now would be the perfect time to do a little crafting! 

Products Used:

*Paper:

DCWC- Ciao Bella.

*Ink: Distress Ink: 

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Milled Lavender

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Antique Linen
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Walnut Stain

*Stamp:

Hero Arts Cling Set, Flying Air Ships

Other Products:
Ranger Liquid Pearls Glue .5 Oz Lavender Lace LPL-01980; 6 Items/Order

Silver Glass Glitter
Sanford Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil Set, 48/Tin
Gold Champagne - Stampin' Up.

Thanks for reading!

Page 3- Good day Sir!

So page 2 will have to come later as I've had to wait to start it because the Glossy Accents had to dry so here is page 3! Don't you just love Hot Air Balloons....I know I sure do!

Products Used:

~I used the hats from the Creative Imaginations Nostalgia Shapes pack.
~Paper is DCWV Ciao Bella
Hero Art Art of the Card Paris, France Cling Stamp Set

Thanks for looking,

Back to the table

I put new floors in upstairs and I barely unpacked the craft table a couple of days ago.... Can't say the same for my office desk but whatever lol.

I'm still feeling a bit of a block but I decided to try to push through it by making a mini album. So here is the cover of the album to come.

For Martha

I've created this card for my cousin Tony, he just lost his wife and I wanted to create a card that was as sweet and loving as she was.

A little late but better late then never

So I just picked up some die-cuts from K&Co. I just love vintage Christmas images, my absolute favorite style of art.

On this card I used:
~Stamps: Christmas Cling stamps by Recollections.
~Tinsle embossing powder by Recollections
~Liquid Pearl in Bisque by Ranger

Thanks for looking,

Modified frames

Boy its been a pretty busy summer so far. I've barely been able to do anything artsy or crafty so last night the crafting itch got too strong and so I just set everything aside to focus in my room.

So one sat we (Dh & I) stumbled upon a cool tiny town called Franklin, its actually still part of our city but not at the same time. Anyways, there is a guy there with a pretty awesome shop and I've managed to pick up some cool little things. Two of those things are what today's post is about.

I took a before picture with my phone but this morning all the pictures magically disappeared so I found the frame style from the makers. 

The frame is a 4x6 - 3 series from the Aaron Brother's Adel line of frames. The one on the right looks pretty similar but those look smaller then 4x6 pictures...you get the look though.

These are totally cute frames but just a bit plane for my taste so I had to go and make them extra special.

Here is my pretty little creations, now I just need to find the right photos to add in.

Here is a close up of one of my new fav. stamp sets. I just love how rich the Bravo Burgundy came out.

Layering all the stamps worked really well for these frames. I think I used a total of  7 stamps for the background alone. 2 sets were used for the burgundy stamping.

What I used:

• Stamps: Butterfly Garden**(*New fav. Set. PinkPaislee), Happiness Shared, French Fillagre (SU!), French Script (Le Blanche)
• Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Old Olive (SU! Classics), Walnut Stain & Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz)
• Frames: Adel (Aaron Brothers)

Till next time,

PSC: Bee-utiful Wish

A fun little card with a few of my favorite stamps. I heat embossed "Wish" in 


What I used on this card: 

• Paper: Scraps, Kraft (generic)
• Ink: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze (SU! Classics)
• Stamps: Natures Walk, Script stamp (unknown), Wish (Studio G)
• Stickles: Shabby Shutters

Grapevine Wreath for Spring and Summer

I've finally made my first wreath ever and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. It was pretty low on the cost scale since I got the Grapevine Wreath for free from a friend who didn't think she could put it to good use. I must say this thing was a bit intimidating at first (it actually lived in my crafting chest for about 4 months before I dared to touch it)because I had no clue what to do with it. One day I was at J's and came across these cute little Lavender bundles that were $1 so I thought maybe this would be cool. I hunted down those other picks which had a 40% off sign above, score right? Wrong, it turns out that discount marker was put in the wrong spot but luckily I had coupons so I still got em on sale. 

Don't you just hate it when that happens?  Personally I can't stand to pay retail, even when its tiny things like these too.

Typically something so asymmetric doesn't appeal to me
 but for whatever reason this does in a very nice way.

I used my Slice to cut out all the butterflies and gave them fake bodies with the help of some Stickles.

This was a fun little project to make so I think I might start making more of these for each season from now on.




I'm on a roll this week, maybe my mojo is back :D

PSC: Everything and the Kitchen Sink

I just went a little nuts on all the embellishments here. I made 2 tags, topped it with a metal rose that I picked up in the clearance jewelry section at M's. I also managed to sneak in real little pearls onto this too...I was also playing with my new Cuttlebug too, love that thing.


Thanks for checkin in with me,

PSC: Birthday Card

"The Moment may be temporary but the memory is forever."

A client of mine had a birthday last week so I made this card for her. I hope that all of the temporary moments of her birthday will be a beautiful memory that can last forever.


I managed to use my new set of Spellbinders as well as a Cuttlebug folder and I must say I'm really loving that little machine. Until we decide how we're going to change up the loft I've decided to be a space conscience as possible and the Cuttlebug fits in just right.


What I used on this Card:

• Prima Flowers
• Spellbinders Die
• Bling (no brand)
• Diamond Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)
• Paper: All random bits from the stash
• Stickles Distress in Shabby Shutters
• Snaps: Creative Memories
• Clear Expression (unknown)
• Stamps: Nature Walk (SU!)
• Ink: Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Old Olive (SU! Classics)

Thanks for lookin,

I have busted out my new set of Spellbinders and holy moly they are soooooo COOL!!!

They are like the greatest thing since....ice cream! Now I get why everyone is into them and I must say I need to get more. 

I might make this card again and do something different in place of the flower as I'm not totally loving it but my MIL loved it so I thought maybe I was being my own worst critic and decided to post this anyway. I will keep playing with this card layout since I like how the banner looks against the die cut thingie.

What I used:

• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso (SU!), Metallic Purple from a Cats Eye set and Walnut Stain (TH DI)
• Paper: Scraps from my drawer
• Stamps: Notably Ornate and Nature Walk (SU!)

Thanks for lookin,

PSC: Since its been a touch windy...

I thought I'd make Pinwheels!....for my garden. 

I recently potted a fern and placed it by my front door but it was a bit bland.

I think a few of these will do the trick to liven up that plain little fern.

Its rather late so instillation with happen some time tomorrow. I'll also need to rotate my sprinkler head as well as it completely soaked attempt #1's sassy pinwheel that I had make a week or so ago but forgot to photograph until it was too late.

In the center of my pinwheel is 2 decorative buttons glued together.
I made this from a 6x6 scrap piece of paper from my pile.

I got a few cards done so those posts will fallow along soon,

Long time no talk...

Hi everyone,


I've been in a bit of a funk lately. My mojo is hanging on by a tread and I think its because I've been so busy with work. I sit down to create and I'm just not feelin' too much but the past couple of days I've been trying to do little things to bring it back. I did a little bit of drawing and I also picked up my very first Spellbinders set too so I'm pretty excited to get crafty with those. 


So the cards I'll share with you today were some I made a month ago for a friend of mine who's Mother passed very unexpectedly. I didn't know how to help so I offered up my creativity for her and made her these Thank You cards. Her mom loved the ocean so they had a lot of ocean colors for her Memorial and I've carried it through to the cards. 

What I used for these cads:

• Ink: Early Espresso, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake (SU! Classics)
• Ribbon: Early Espresso (SU!), Blue shade is unknown
• Stamps: Four Frames (clear), French Foliage(wood mount) and Friends 24-7
• Punch: Frame punch (SU!)
• Glue: Sticky Strip (SU!), Dimensionals (SU!)

Off to create something new, wish me luck!