Saturday, December 6, 2008







This is one of tbose Doodebug Design chipboard houses. I added glitter to match my other holiday decorations. The white doo dads are Melissa Francis and I made the window trim with nestabilities. Very fun {and very messy} project!



Tuesday, December 2, 2008

AMuse Tag

When I spotted this stamp I had to have it. She is colored with copics. I added some flower soft to give her coat some fuzzy dimension.

Scratch & Dent Ikea find

I needed a very small table to set my sewing machine on. I don't usually leave it out. Therefore, I don't use it as much as I would because I always have to set it up. My mom had the idea of putting it in my spare bedroom walk-in closet (which doubles as a wrapping station and storage) and leaving it out. So off to Ikea I went. I found this and thought it was so strange, wondering what it was for. It looked pretty rough and the tag said $25.00 "as is". As I headed to my car I passed the restaurant part of the store and spotted more of the same table - it was one of their restaurant tables!I masked off the silver edging around the top and sprayed it with Rustoleum Sweet Pea and scrubbed it up. I was thinking if a person had a huge deck and did a lot of entertaining how fun it would be to have several of these.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Here is my entry for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop for November. And here is my non-paper floral embellishment! It has been years since I made a card with silk ribbon embroidery. I made a fun discovery: PTI cardstock is the perfect weight to embroider on. I used to have to embroider on fabric, then attach that to the card. This paper is strong enough, yet doesn't bend when the needle goes through. The leaves are cut from the leaf ribbon and attached with glue dots. See flower close-up below:

Supplies:
Patterned paper: PTI and Memory Box
Cardstock: Vintage Cream
Ink: Versamark
Cream embossing powder
Stamp sentiment: PTI Sweet Love
Ribbon: Lavender Moon
Tried to get a close-up to show the seed
beads but they don't show up so well.

Monday, November 24, 2008


Etha's ATC card. So beautiufl. The heart and the package are shimmery but it doesn't show up very well in the photo. The 3D garland is the perfect accent to this little scene.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Christmas Thank You Card

I made this card for my friend Elaine. She gave me a bag of goodies for decorating and getting in the holiday spirit. I really think her name should have been Noel or Holly.
This is the 'tis the season to be jolly abella' stamp. The tree and one of the packages is painted with shimmerz. The purple package in her hand is done with a purple spica glitter pen. The bling doesn't really show up in the photo. I used the Copic blender pen to make her jeans a little faded on her bottom.