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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

More Projects...

Here are some more of my projects for the holidays.  I am not sure where I got the first file, but after that one I used a lot of Kim Bright's files (you can find her files here:  http://blingology.blogspot.com)  that I purchased a while ago and just have never used.  I am sure glad that I finally did!  They are gorgeous files!  It takes a long time to cut them, and an even longer time to weed them, but it is SOOOO worth it!





In these first five projects I used vinyl using my wonderful Black Cat Lynx.  On this last one with the tile, I should have used a darker green, but I really liked the light and wanted to see how it would work.  Oh well, lesson learned!  On the glass block, I am not certain whether I like the ribbon or not.  I will have to see if I can come up with something else.  Then I think I will like it better!

This is just a paper project.  No vinyl here.  On the snowflake in "snow" I covered it in Stickles to make it sparkly.  It is really very pretty when you actually see it.


And finally, I made these sets of coasters by using 4x4 tiles and scrapbook paper.  However, I forgot to take pictures of them when they were all lying loose on the table.  The top left and middle ones are identical patterns on all four.  The right one has two with the top pattern, and two with a larger swirl pattern.  The bottom left has the words "Family", "Home", "Love" and "Life".  The middle ones are identical and the right ones all have a different picture of a butterfly with a different saying on it.  It has been a lot of fun to get a lot of crafts made.  I haven't crafted like this in a very long time!

I hope you enjoy my projects!  There will be still more coming very soon so keep checking!  Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing my projects!  Have a wonderful day!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Been Busy.....


I found a couple of patterns on the internet that I liked, pixel-traced them into MTC, did shadow layers, cut them with my Black Cat Lynx and made these cute pictures.  I placed the leaves and pumpkins on a burlap backing, then used different colors of Stickles to make the vines.  A simple project with nice results.  I needed something for fall, not just Halloween.  These are perfect!



Next I wanted to do some simple Christmas decorations.  I adore the word "Joy" so decided to make a couple of frame sets.  I think they both turned out wonderfully!  I really like the wreath for the "o" in the top picture and LOVE the glitter vinyl in the second photo.  All the letters, wreath and snowflake are done in vinyl.  I just used Christmas scrapbook paper for the backgrounds.  All made with MTC and cut on my Lynx!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  There will be more projects coming soon!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Wooden Rocking Horse


My husband has been busy again!  The wood-turning group that he belongs to makes a tree for the Festival of Trees every year.  They all turn ornaments to hang on the tree and make it just beautiful.  This year they asked my husband to make a little rocking horse to place beneath the tree.  Isn't she beautiful?!  She stands about 21 inches tall.  I did the mane and tail.  It is a very soft yarn.  I love the way she turned out.  I may be prejudiced but I think my husband does beautiful work!  He asked me what I was going to name her.  With my uber creative mind I responded "Horse".  :0

Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by my blog to have a peak at our little creative world!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Love Frame......



I saw this idea on Pinterest, which led me here:  http://simplystoked.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-heart-art.html.  It is such a lovely, simple project.  I changed it up a bit but like it just as much!  I used a different saying and instead of cutting all of the hearts the same size, I cut two of three different sizes.  I used my trusty MTC to design and print the saying.  We have two of the same book of poetry in our library and I used the one that looked the worst and cut out the hearts.  I chose love poems from which to cut the words for the hearts.  Then I just glued the center of each one to the other and glued the entire stack to the picture.  I folded up the edges slightly so they would fan out a bit.  Very easy.  Very pretty.

I hope you enjoyed my post today!  Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week!