Valentine Cards for 2009

The first card is for my husband. I used a Stampin'Up heart stamp and embossed it on red cardstock with white embossing powder. The word stamp is from Rebecca Sower's Nostalgia stamp set. The 2nd card was whipped up in about 10 minutes with the help of a heart die set from Sizzix. A little hand doodling and some confetti make it a fun card for my godson. The inside reads, "Barker says I woof you".

Woven Copper Necklace

I found this great book in the library called Fabulous Woven Jewelry by Mary Hettmansperger. Being fascinated by so many projects in it, I chose one to try. This piece is made from copper wire, copper craft metal sheet, and an unused abstract piece from Nancy Curry's class that I did last week (1/09). It's amazing how the two compliment each other. I wish my pictures could capture the shine.

Kaleidoscope

I took a class at Rock Paper Scissors in St. Charles with Nancy Curry. She taught how to make an abstract piece using watermedias. I love how simple the process was and how complicated the final outcome looks.

These are some thank you cards I just created with Spellbinders dies. The butterfly is from a set called Flying Beauties. I love how you can die cut, emboss and stencil with these dies. I highly recommend using Cut'NDry foam for blending your ink colors. They help to keep your Spellbinders dies a little cleaner (and your fingers too!)

Baby Quilt for Malinda

This quilt was made from batiks and was an adaptation

of the mini quilt I had made years ago.

More ATCs

I found a great book that teaches inking techniques. What better

way to practice them than some simple ATCs. I made these

for an email chain ATC group.

8/2007

Until We Meet

This is a handmade album created from premade envelopes. Bought the envelopes first and created the covers to size by wrapping chipboard with scrapbook papers. The spine is heavy cardstock folded into an accordion with the envelopes glued to each valley fold. Punched holes through the binding and cover, then used elastic cording for stability. Each envelope holds more artwork.

February, 2007

Sweet Benjamin ---
This tiny charm was made using microscope
slides cut in half. A simple ribbon adds
a touch of Christmas red.
Dec. 12, 2006

Little Matthew

Another quick charm whipped up for a birthday gift. It could be used

as an ornament, a charm for a bracelet, or added to a necklace.

Measures 1 inch square and made from a cut microscope slide.

December 7, 2006

Friend - Made this from scratch "just because" I met a really sweet person who shares my interests in scrapbooking. Bought tiny coin envelopes from Red Lead Paperworks for the pages and wrapped plain chipboard with paper for the covers. Measures 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". November, 2006

Basic Grey's Lunchbox

Gather some paint, a few scraps of decorative paper, mod podge, and some wood letters. Add them to the lunchbox and you've got a great project. October, 2006

A little ink, a few stamps...

add some cardstock and a transparency and it's ready for my submission to the chunky book. Sept. 2006

Day of the Domino

Tim Holtz... LOVE your techniques! Thanks Red Lead for teaching me how cool a domino could be. Just need to add the embellishments and they're done.

August, 2006

Guest Album
Contemporary in style, this guest album has clean lines. The simplicity in it's design makes it perfect for an elegant gift. I love Heidi Swapp rub-on lettering - easy and stylish! July 15, 2006

Paper Bag Album Swap

This is one of 4 albums made for a swap. The plan was to make one for each season. This one was kind of my favorite because I used my Sizzix machine for all the page tabs. Don't own a Sizzix machine? They're fabulous - buy one!!

Soldered Charm - Grandma Astroth, circa 1914

My printer was running out of ink as I printed this photo but I loved the distressed look it added. This piece is made from 2 microscope slides. March 2006

ABC Heritage Flipbook - inspired by Sue Kelemen's class. I used Basic Grey's line of paper and bits and pieces of whatever I had onhand. March, 2006

Thanks to my cousin Linda for another opportunity to create a shadow box. I tried a simple, but new technique, to make the photos of the house look old. Using Printmaster, I sized the photos to what I needed, converted them to black & white, and then added tiny text (month/date) on the right edge like photos once were printed. The finishing touch was inking the edges black and adding photo corners. March, 2006

You've gotta check her out! Fabulous designer!
http://mykeepsakesandscraps.blogspot.com

This is the latest shadow box I have created. It's a thank you gift for my cousin's clients who purchased their first home.

Feb. 18, 2006