Hi everyone! I was messing around with the "stash" box again and threw together this little card. I bet you have wondered "what in the world does she do with all those cards?". Well, I've been donating most of them to the Crohn's Group here in Cincinnati. My friend's son has this disease, and she is very active in the foundation and in the fund raiser they put on once a year. The group has door prizes and other give-aways and I thought why not donate my cards to a wonderful cause. If you would be interested in doing something like that send me an email and I'll give you her information . Have a great day and please remember all those who fought for our freedom!
Good Morning everyone! I wanted to say thanks again for all of you that helped me win the contest! Thanks!
The "Tweet" box won the first place prize.. A GYPSY!!!!
I used the Create a Critter cartridge to make the bird and the "tweet" tag.
The third place entry was this blue jean/sticky back canvas necklace or belt. I used the gel pens to draw the flowers on the Claudine Hellmuth's sticky back canvas and then painted them with her Studio paints. I just love it when you can use so many elements.
So, I also get to spend $50 at Cri-Kits. I have a list of goodies I want now I have to narrow it down to $50 LOL.
I want to send out the biggest THANK YOU I can possibly send to ALL of you that took the time to vote for my projects! It really means a lot to know so many of you support my "art hobby". thank you thank you.
Have a great Memorial Weekend! and thanks again!!! Peggy
I'm feeling like a double post today... I tried this techique that Tim Holtz did on his blog probably over a year ago. I didn't have the same stamps he used except for these birds, I just love those birds. I mixed several Distress Ink colors, stamped the tree then used the paint daubers to stamp the birds.I don't' know who made the tree, it was a unmounted stamp I bought at a sale. I wish I had left off the little music paper, but the glue dried really quick. Oh well, it's art. Just something a little different from the Cricut and Cuttlebug cards I do. Hope you enjoy your day!
I haven't messed with my alcohol inks for a while so I pulled them out squirted them on glossy paper ad used the heat tool to push them around a little. Once dry I stamped it with stazon ink and Tim Holtz stamp. It's fun to play with stuff and have no real plan. I did a card like this once before and thought why not just do it again. I really do need to get those inks out more often and see if I can come up with something new to use them for.
Isn't this owl too stinkin' cute? He is from CHF and comes in a set that you can give him different hats and several verses. I did this a long time back as well trying to mix and match papers to see what I could come up with. I make up these cards and use them for gift packs and sell them at local craft shows. Not a bad way to get my monies worth out of scraps Right?! Tonight I'll be at my local stamp store doing a demo showing how to "paint emboss" using several different embossing powders. It's a technique that takes some practice if you want to get it to a perfect science and color in small areas. I like the Picasso look my self. It reminds me of the Verre et pichet. I'll share my samples tomorrow. You can also look at Stampendous and watch a video on there. She sure makes it look easy. Have a great day!
I know it's no ways near the New Year! Again another card in the pile. How easy is this stamped different colors of circle and stamp the words and clock inside in black. The stamps are old SU but of course you could use anything. Wait until you see the all new stamps Cropstop has from Heartfelt. They are companion stamps to go along with your Nestabilities! Take a look at www.cropstop.com I'll have a video for you in a week or so, I can hardly wait to get my hands on them!
I did this one a very long time ago. I think I saw this sketch at HeroArts, but not really sure. Can you tell I'm cleaning and organizing the studio again? coming across all these cards and decided I'd share. I will announce who won the Cri-kits contest on Wednesday. If you haven't voted yet they extended the voting until the 25th If you do go and vote #7 would be a good choice. LOL have a great day wait till' you see what I'm doing tomorrow. have a great day!!
Yeap! another "stash" card. It's not that uneven!! bad scan.. LOL I stamped this image so long ago I can't remember who made it. If anyone can remember let me know so I can post it. I looked for 30 minutes going through tons of "people" stamps and couldn't find it. So sorry. The paper is just a scrap from the pile. Have a great Sunday!
This is a card I did for a card class I did in my home about a year ago. The stamps are My Favorite Things except for the flower stamp on the edge and that is a Penny Black. It was a fun and easy card. Hope you enjoyed seeing it.
I've got to tell you ... I'm in love with this Create a Critter Cricut cartridge. I've just about made every little critter on there. I love the way they did this cartridge, they did each layer right in order. In other words layer one is the base, layer two is the highlighted area and the little face pieces are the third layer. And the eyes and noses are cut out so you really don't have to color them in or add googlies eyes. Anyway they all are TOO STINKIN' CUTE.
Just thought I'd share this "stash" card. I embossed this card at my friend's house for another card, but didn't like it so I brought it home and threw it in the stash. I cut the pup from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge. I believe the embossing folder is a Sizzix and I ran it through the Cuttlebug.
Well here is another Cri-kits gel pen card. I used my Cricut to cut and draw the lines in this butterfly, then used Martha Stewart's fluff and puff to fill in the drawn areas. I also used my Cuttlebug border embossing folder and the Swiss Dots folder on the circle. The circle was cut using the Nestabilities circle die. I also used the gel pens to write the word "FLY". I'm going to send this to www.Cri-kits.com to add to their gallery.
I was messing around with the nestabilities and then didn't want to waste the green piece. I just got this funny little stamp at Archivers and had to use it. I colored with Copics, not happy with how it turned out but there you are one of those ideas that just didn't turn out they way you wanted. I'll stick it in a box and maybe use it sometime. Have a great week! I'll be busy finishing up on my Gypsy Handbook for the Gypsy class. Lots of info but an easy way to understand. I have my June class all designed and ready for assembly, so that should keep Steve and I busy. He helps me put the pieces in baggies. He promised to proof my instructions this time. I always seem to leave something off. My brain knows but the fingers don't cooperate LOL See ya!
This is another project I did for www.cri-kits.com. It is just a simple gable box and printed paper. I used the Cricut cartridge: Create a Critter for the Bird and "tweet", and of course the Gel pens from Cri-kits. Please hop over there between today and the 22nd and vote for me. I really would appreciate it! Have a blessed Sunday.
There's a new video up on You-tube. I show 3 different techniques using sticky back canvas and Studio paints. This is the one where I used rub-ons on the canvas and then painted with the paint. Oh yeah! I also ran it through the Cuttlebug embossing folder. The sentiment is from Papertrey Mega Message set. Hope you enjoy the video!
Still going through lots of stash and made this card. I used my Accucut machine and die for the card base. Used Nestabilities die for the sentiment. The stamp is a SU.
Here's a sample of the technique I call the "missing embossing". I just loved this owl stamp. I'm not usually to crazy about owls but there have been several introduced over the past year that I really like. 
I know Easter was a long time ago... or could it too early for an Easter card? LOL ... Anyway this is the most adorable Easter card ever. My dear friend Pam sent this and I told her I would post it but filed it and forgot. Bummer... Anyway here it is and it was worth the wait don't you think? 
Well it's "hump day". I've finally got the studio back in shape. My granddaughters used one of the studios for a bedroom for 3 months while my son and daughter-in-law were having a home built. Oh brother! I have a lot of stuff!! LOL I've re-organized a few things and have 21 bags of embellishments I'm going to sell at a friends yard sale for 5o cents a bag. That took care of 2 storage boxes.
Haven't shared a Cuttlebug embossed card for a day or so LOL. Here's a cute idea where you use the same folder and some scraps of different colors card stock. Then I went through some old SU stamps for the "thank you". I decided to pull out all the sentiments and put in one box so they're easier to get to. I have a picture of what each set includes, so if I ever decide to sell them I can make sure all pieces are there. Oh! can't wait to show you what Steve did for me for my birthday and Mother's Day. New cabinets in my studio!
I was cleaning out some of my stash and found this partically finished card. I pulled out the Create a Critter cartridge, just love this cartridge, made this cute little puppy and here you go a finished card. I plan to spend all day re-organizing my studio. Steve got me 2 wall units for Mother's Day and even hung them up right away, so now it's clean and re-do the whole room. I plan to get rid of a lot of stuff! Honest! LOL 
Oh my goodness! I am loving my Crikit pens, sticky back canvas and Studio Paints. Hallie Jo from www.cropstop.com sent me some of the Studio Paints by Claudine Hellmuth to try and WOW!!!!!! I think I'm going to have to donate all my other acyrlic paints to the Girl Scouts and replace them with hers. There are only 15 colors, but she gives you a chart to mix up to 51 different colors. Want a deal! Anyway, I wanted to see if my Crikit pens would draw on the sticky back canvas and YES YES YES!! they do and really well. I painted the flowers with the Studio paints and made this cute little necklace. I'm sending it in as part of my submissions for the Crikits contest. Please remember to go there May 15th-22 I'll have to check the cut off date, to vote for my projects (only one vote per person please otherwise it will be thrown out). If I'm chosen I'll have a chance to be on their DT. www.cri-kits.com Okay off to create more!! Have a great day!
My friend called this morning and need 4 thank you right away.... So, here is one I threw together. They are for the sixth grade teachers at New Richmond School. I'll post the others later on this weekend. I have a Kids Klub class this morning and a Cricut 101 this afternoon. I really enjoy teaching these classes! I will cut back a bit this summer, it's a busy time for everyone. I'm anxious to get the new Cuttlebug folders that go along with the Cricut Cartridges.... looks like a class in the making. Have a great Saturday.
WOW!!! I'm a lucky girl! check out this birthday card I received yesterday from one of my Cropstop friends, Celticrafter. THANKS!!! This is such an awesome card! Oh yeah! and she packed some goodies in it. I just love getting surprises in the mail. Hope you have a great Friday, I get to play in the studio all day! I told you I'm a lucky girl!
Hi everyone! busy in the studio today.. watching a lot of videos on different ways to use the Claudine Hellmuth Sticky back canvas and her AWESOME! paints. I played around last night with stamping on the canvas with Momento ink, heat set it then "water-colored" the background with the Studio paints. After it dried a bit I colored in the flowers and accented them with Stickles. This morning I sewed it to the cardstock and used the cuttlebug to do a rick rack emboss on the top and bottom. The canvas is a bit uneven but I thought that just make it look more like fabric sewn on a card and not just cardstock. Hey that sounded really "artsy" didn't it. Good explanation for I torn it uneven. LOL I'll have a video ready next week at www.cropstop.com showing different ways to use these really awesome products. Have a great day!
Just wanted to share a quick card I put together last tonight. I just completed the video for www.cropstop.com showing how to use the Hana'Ami flower loom and decided to make this card to share. If you get a chance hop over and watch and check out the scrapbook page I did using the flowers. It's so easy! I used raffia for this little flower, but you can use ribbon, yarn or fabric and there are 6 different flower looms in this kit. Pretty good deal. The stamp I used is from www.versesrubberstamps.com. Have a great day! Tomorrow I plan to show what I've been making using the Lost Coast Designs stamps. www.lost-coast-designs.com
Going through my #2 studio I came across my rack of ATC cards. I use to do lots of swaps and probably have about 500 or more cards in albums. I decided to pull some and share with you. You may ask "what on earth do you do with these?" Well, I use them for inspiration and card ideas. I'll pull one of these tonight and make a card using the layout of this card, just so you can see how I get my ideas. Have a great day! Make sure to check out the video this week at http://www.cropstop.com/ , I'm showing different ways to use Claudine Hellmuth's AWESOME paints, and sticky back canvas.
Hello to a new week! I have soooo many projects to do this week I'm not quite sure where to start. First, I wanted to share a project I did using Claudine Hellmuth's sticky back canvas. I'll be doing a video tomorrow night using her canvas and AWESOME paints. I used her canvas for the flower and colored it with Studio paint. I have several other projects you'll see on the video. For now this is a quick card I wanted to share. Have a great week.
This is a new techique I'm trying, called Paint Emboss. This is about the fifth time I tried. It's not as easy as I thought it was going to be. It is more of an art mixing the embossing powders. I'll do a video on it as soon as I get it down really good. In the meantime, Have a great weekend.
