Penny Black 'For you' - a birthday card for my Godfather

Hi and welcome to my little Blog :-)  This is a scheduled post because I won't have access to my computer for 2 weeks - it will be very strange to not use it - eek - I think I will feel naked!! Anyway, onto the card.......

I made this quick and simple birthday card for my Godfather's birthday.  Hope you're not tired of looking at dog cards!  We have so many male birthdays in August in my family - I feel like it's a production line!   I have used one of my favourite sketches from Splitcoaststampers SC278 - it's a great sketch because you can have lots of layers or very few.  This time I used a circle for the centre image instead of a square.

Not much to explain really.  I stamped the image with Versafine Vintage Sepia and coloured it with OMS and Prismacolor pencils, then lightly chalked around the image.  I stamped the image again and cut out just the present, added some fine blue glitter with AI glue just to add a little "zing" to the card, then popped it up on 1mm mounts (dimensionals).

I used a Horizontal Slot Punch to punch the hole for threading the ribbon thru just for something a little different but not too fancy for a guy's card.

Easy peasy!

I'm also popping this card into the Splitcoaststampers 'Free for All' Challenge F4A17 of "Man's Best Friend" which can be a dog, cat, goldfish, reptile - any pet you like.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black 'For you' 3446E

Ink:  Versafine Vintage Sepia

Designer paper:  Digital by NitWit Collections Fat Quarter Bundle Series "Me-Wow" ©2009 by Mary Fran of www.nitwitcollections.com

Accessories:  Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Square Nestabilities, Circle Nestabilities, Petite Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Art Institute blue glitter (from Shabby Chic set), Art Institute Designer Dries Clear adhesive, 1mm mounts (dimensionals), grosgrain ribbon, OMS, Prismacolor pencils, Kaisercolour chalks, Stampin' Up Horizontal Slot punch, paw pad button by Buttons Galore: Pet - Little Paws, Cardstock:  chocolate, mustard, KW Doggetts Knight (white)

Personality

Accessories shine through with unique creations that reflect

 PERSONALITY!

I think Kids Rooms are the funnest rooms to decorate since they portray

 a lot of

PERSONALITY!

 

A nursery is always filled with sweetness!

Little girls room are filled with Pink!

The psychology of color always amazes me.

  PINK ..... 

charming, tender, playful, delicate, sugar and spice, femine and sweet!

Here's a fun PINK craft made from clothespins that bring a lot of

Sparkle, Wimsical fun and Personality to your little girls room!

Ingredients:

wood clothes pins, tulle, ribbon, black and pink permanent marker, yarn for hair, paper for crown, pipe cleaners for arms.

Paint the body top pink, ballet shoes and cheeks pink.

add gathered tulle with a glue gun.

Attach hair with yarn to the top of the wooden clothespin.

Make crown by cutting triangles with circle on top.

Embellish with tiny pink ribbon.

You can attach your adorable creations around your child's room. 

We have also attached them to hair barrettes!

You can also hang them from the ceiling with fish line.

Tiny friends find a home in tulip pockets on a pillow sham.

Sew polka-dot fabric pockets to a plain sham. 

Embellish with ribbons, buttons, cute trims and bows!

Enjoy!

Fill your day with sweetness, let your personality shine!

Children's Artwork

Welcome to a fun Mother/ Daughter craft!

Turn your Vintage Doll and Barbie clothes into artwork! I still have a few barbie clothes from my childhood.
How about you?

Tips:

1.  Use shadow box's or a frame with some depth.
2.  The scrapbook paper works well with the card stock weight.
3.  Adhere the Barbie clothes with double stick tape.
4.  For a retro style, you can paint polka dots onto the frames.
5. Be sure to date your frames for your daughter.
6. It is also fun to include the latest fashions of today. (A keepsake for the future)

Enjoy!

Pepperminty Goodness

Just a quick note to let everyone know about my autumn special!
From Now, Aug 29th, Through October 12th, For every dollar you spend in my shop, you will receive a free foot of bakers twine. Fun fun!

Sweet Treats for Baby!

I heart handmade, baby gifts! 

Today is the day of a baby shower for one special little baby girl who will be arriving soon!

This sweet little baby girl is going to receive a dozen cupcakes filled with "sweet treats"!

Ingredients:  Six adorable little baby socks wrapped in 12 colorful washcloths, three onesies, three handmade burpcloths made with sweet little polka dots and ric rac!

I saved my sons cake box from his Birthday!

I Wrapped the clear cake container in tulle, add a baby tag!

Welcome Sweet BABY GIRL!

Enjoy!

I am going to make more!  You will see more baby boy and baby girl creations, and other magical creations for baby coming soon to my etsy shop!

I will use a lot of my handmade burp cloths, diaper buddy bags, and other handmade baby accessories!

                                                            

                                                               Have a "SWEET" day!

You Are Special Today!

                 
We are celebrating a Birthday at our house! It's fun to see the tradition of the "red plate" carried forward even when your child is growing older (teenager).  If you don't have a red plate or wondering what's up with the red plate--read below.

       The Red Plate  is the perfect way to acknowledge a family member's special triumphs...celebrate a birthday...praise a job well done...reward a goal achieved...or simply say "You Are Special Today." When the Red Plate is used, any meal becomes a celebration honoring that special person, event or deed.

  My plate is actually a Mary Englebrite plate.  The purpose works the same with any special plate!

The secret and success of the plate is to only use it for special occasions!  Praise the recipient and make it a big deal!

I'm a big fan of the "red plate".
When my kids get married, I am going to give them a "special plate".
 (I've tried to purchase the Mary Engelbrite plate for gifts.  I can't find it any longer).

I smile at how our plate has carried forward from toddler years into the teenage years!

Celebrate!

You are Special Today!

Enjoy!
Share your "red plate" celebrations! 

Come Along- Fall Inspiration Ahead!

This Fall wreath is from my Home!  A favorite wreath for the Holidays!  You can easily make one!

Materials needed:  A circular Styrofoam wreath with added fruits and vegetable picks found at any craft store.   Secure your picks with glue gun, add ribbon, green ivy and grapevine.  I found my favorite picks at Michael's Craft Store! I've also hung this wreath from a mirror  with wide brown ribbon in my Dining Room. 

More pictures to come!

You can see the simple, quick and easy directions at:

http://www.hgtv.com/holidays-occasions/lentil-banded-pumpkins-and-candles/index.html

Votive Candles inside hurricane lamps with floral picks.

A great addition to welcome Fall!

Enjoy!

(bhg)

Penny Black Feeding Frenzy - birthday card for my BIL

Hello and welcome to my Blog!

I made this little birthday card for my BIL's birthday - he loves dogs so it wasn't a hard choice to pick a stamp with a Penny Black dog on it! I only bought this cute little stamp the other day and couldn't wait to ink it up - it's so adorable - and I love how their little tails are furiously wagging.

I stamped the image onto Watercolour paper and watercoloured it with acrylic paints. The main image panel and sentiment are up on mounts (dimensionals), The bone is a button and the designer paper is digital.

The sentiment stamp originally had a present in the centre, but I masked it out so I could put the paw pad button there instead.

I am popping this card into the Splitcoaststampers 'Free for All' F4A17 Challenge of 'Man's Best Friend' eg: dog, cats, fish, reptiles etc.

Plus I am also entering the card into the 'Stampin' for the Weekend' Challenge 45 of 'Anything Goes' which can be anything as long as it has a stamped or digi image on it. Makes it a nice and easy challenge :-)

Thanks again for stopping by! Back in a few days with another card.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Penny Black 'Feeding Frenzy' 1701H, Sentiment - Stampin' Up 'Riveting' set

Ink: Stazon Jet black, Colorbox Chestnut Roan chalk

Designer paper: NitWit Collections Fat Quarter Bundle Series "Me-Wow" ©2009 by Mary Fran of www.nitwitcollections.com

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss dots embossing folder, Spellbinder, Circle Nestabilities, 140lb Watercolour paper, JoSonya acrylic paints, paintbrushes, Shelly's buttons & more - Tiny Dogs, chocolate grosgrain ribbon, 1mm/1.5mm mounts (dimensionals), paper piercer, Bazzill InStitchz mat (used for piercing), Cardstock: mustard, chocolate

Fall Inspiration

Fall is coming!  It's a new renewed spirit of excitement!  Cooler temperatures in the southwest, football, pumpkins and beautiful COLORS of Fall! I'm counting down to Septmeber!

HOME is where you make your nest! Time to create a Fall Nest!

I haven't officially started to decorate for Fall.  I like to start on September 1st!

The previous three pictures are from my home last fall. I'm feeling inspired!

Simply Sweet In the land of Make-Believe!

Welcome to the land of Make Believe!

Oh, how I miss my little darling, the caboose of the family, who has started First Grade!

  She would dress up in her finest and off she would go to a magical place, inviting me to come along!

How I miss attending the Princess Ball!

In honor of all  little girls who love to play in a magical world of make-believe. 

 Welcome  "simply sweet"creations!

Enjoy!

Fabrics by "Simply Sweet"by Barbara Jones of Quiltsoup for Henry Glass Fabrics

  Hall or Nothing Creations

Enjoy!

Vintage Holiday Wishes from the NEW Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD

Hi there - thanks for popping into my little world :-)

I made another Design Team card for Fat Cat's Card Corner using one of the many images on the Debbi Moore 'Vintage Christmas' CD that they sent me.  I think this image is my favourite - I LOVE the colours!  I enlarged the image a little then printed it onto buttermilk-coloured textured cardstock instead of white cardstock, and oh my gosh - it looks like an oil painting IRL - like it was painted onto canvas!  See my other photo below for a close-up and you will see what I mean - and you can even click on the photo for a bigger looky!

I added some tiny dots of AI adhesive to the holly berries on Santa's garland, then sprinkled on fine red glitter.  Each layer on the card has had Antique Linen ink sponged around the edges; the main image panel and sentiment are up on mounts (dimensionals).

It was SO HARD to cut into the 'Jolly by Golly' designer paper.  I bought it last season, but hadn't used it yet - I love it so much - I think I'll have to buy some more "just to look at" LOL!

The gorgeous sentiment is from a beautiful stamp set called "Very Vintage Christmas" by Waltzingmouse Stamps which is based in Ireland, but they post worldwide.  This is one of my favourite Christmas stamp sets and the fonts are so perfect for Vintage style cards.  The sentiment was heat-embossed with gold embossing powder.

Here is a close-up of the red glitter and textured buttermilk cardstock:

I'm popping this card in the Splitcoaststampers 'Ways to use it' Challenge WT274 of 'Sweet child' where you are to incorporate an image with a 'sweet child image'.  What can be sweeter than a child at Christmas who believes in the magic of Santa?  Santa even left a little piece of his red suit and white fur at our home last year when he sat down at our dining room table to eat his milk and cookies!  Amazing!

I am also popping this card into 2 other Challenges:

One is the Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge Blog where this week's Challenge #37 is to use your border punches.  I used the Arch Lattice edge punch on mine - one of my favourite punches to use on Christmas cards.

And the other Challenge is A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge blog where this week's Challenge #117 is 'Christmas in August'.

Thanks again for stopping by - hope to see you again soon!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Waltingmouse 'Very Vintage Christmas' clear stamp set

Ink:  Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress ink, Versacolor gold pigment ink

Designer paper:  Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly 6 x 6 Mini Deck

Punches:  Martha Stewart Arch Lattice edge

Accessories:  Debbi Moore Vintage Christmas CD, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities, sea sponge, mounts (dimensionals), .008 fine red glitter, Art Institute Designer Dries clear adhesive, Ribbon by Bella Ribbonz, Bow Easy, gold embossing powder, heat gun, cardstock: duck-egg blue, strawberry, buttermilk textured

Sew What's Cooking?

I'm a fan of aprons, especially handmade!  I love big pockets for crafting and cooking essentials.  How about you?  There are so many great apron patterns!  I have created my own pattern, since I'm guilty of never following a pattern, which I love patterns!  I love them for inspiration! 

 I am so excited about the new Halloween fabrics! 

I  found an adorable retro apron that is easy to make and FREE!

(Better Homes and Garden has great apron patterns).

You can find the apron directions HERE!

Let The Magic Begin!

Enjoy!

Happy Crafting and Cooking to you!

Have A "BOO"TIFUL DAY!

(New Halloween Aprons in my Etsy shop!)

Thanks for visiting!

Polka Dots in the Pumpkin Patch!

Hello Friends!

New Pumpkins in the Pumpkin Patch!

New Halloween/Fall Fabrics from "Boo To You"-Riley Blake, Harvest Town, Maywood, Timeless Treasures and  "Halloween Night" from Moda!

My Pumpkin Friends will soon be making their journey to new homes!

So long my pumpkin friends!