Cookie Transportation

"There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found."

For me, the magic is in an Oatmeal container! I love oatmeal, I eat it every morning for breakfast. And I LOVE oatmeal containers. While I'm eating my oatmeal, I often stare at that fun cylinder receptacle and think of things I can make out of it. Here is a simple ribbon organizer I made awhile back.

My grandmother use to bring us sugar cookies whenever she visited. Her way of transportation was on old coffee can lined with wax paper. That is where I came up with this idea for the oatmeal container.

I was pretty happy with the way they turned out. 

They were fast and easy to create.

Some will be delivered to neighbors, filled with my Grandma's Sugar Cookies!

And I will use one to transport cookies when I head back to KC for Christmas!

Have a great day my friends!

♥

Snowman Jar

Awhile back I found a blog that I just fell in love with, Creative Breathing. All vintage, all beautiful colors, all over the top cute--go check it out!

In that particular link that I directed you to, I was inspired by the snowmen she made with Styrofoam balls and glass jars. Here is what I came up with!

I created the hat with a toilet paper roll and covered it with black cardstock.

The eyes and mouth pieces are just made from a hole punch. After I glued them on the Styrofoam, I added liquid glass to them. The nose is a brad.

 They are filled with white peppermint candy. (Life Savers)

Thanks for stopping by today!

♥

More Fun with Scrap Wood

 

There are a lot of triangle pieces of scrap wood in the scrap pile, so I couldn't resist making a house with them! On these I used scrapbook paper, acrylic paint Sharpie markers, CTMH My Legacy Writer pens and Mod Podge. 

 

 Just a side view of the purple house-minus the glare from the first picture and showing the side of the house.

Now a sneak peak of another project I've got in the works!

 

What in the world is this going to be?

That's it for me today. Going to go fix dinner now. 

Thanks for looking in.

♥

Lisa

A Use for Everything!

There is a building boom in my neighborhood. I see all this scrap wood destined for the dump and I just know I can do something with it all! 

I came up with these.

I painted with acrylic paints. Got out all my papers (boy was that a huge mess!), wrote and cut out the letters of the words, Mod Podged everything on the wood, added a little something with bling to the top, wha-la~ something was created from wood destined for the dump!

Home 

Sweet

Home

a little bit loud,

a little bit crazy,

a lot of love.

a little bit wild,

a little bit hectic,

a  lot of fun.

 Read, Write, Learn

Teaching is a Work of Heart.

I'm heading out to go pick up more scrap wood!
Thanks for looking in today!

This and That

OK--it has been awhile since I have posted anything artsy so I thought I would share a few things with you today.

First,  WIP--Work In Progress!

A mixed media piece on canvas. This is the beginning of the background color.

 And this----- Ohhhhhh----I'm having funnnnn! Not showing the whole thing yet because it's not done. I couldn't wait to share a sneak peak though--look the Mod Podge glue is still wet!

Does anyone else love the smell of Mod Podge as much as me?

This doodled bird was done a few months ago but I never took his picture.

He makes me very happy when I look at him!

I got my doodle on by taking a class from Sandi Tygar from My Brave Soul.

That's it for now!

Thanks for looking in today.

Cheerio

December Madness!

December madness--but I love every day of it!!

Hasn't the month just flown by?

It has been way too long since I have been able to sit here and compose for my blog. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I made a bunch of things to put in a craft boutique. (Cherry-Lime Boutique, they keep their facebook page updated just about daily--lots more pictures of the shop there! It is such a cute store.)
Here are pictures of a few of the items:
Some decorated notepads.















The Tic-Tac Snowmen were a big seller!

I made a few mini-albums, that I forgot to take pictures of, but they were the mini made with the 5x7 craft envelope. You can see a picture of one I made here.

I also made a few of what I call, "The Coffee Table Photo Display", that is made with a Laughing Cow cheese box. See a picture here of one.




This little mini-album was a new one for me. I found a very talented blogger at Just a Few Designs. Elsa has YouTube videos and is so much fun to watch. Anyway, bulk of this mini is made with just two sheets of 12x12 paper! Visit her Youtube video, here, to learn how to do it.
I used paper from the retired Mistletoe Level 1 paper pack, which is not double sided, so I had to cover some white pages with B&T paper. I can't wait to make one with Close To My Heart's double sided cardstock!









This album has lots of pockets, tags and surprises with every turn of the page. It was lots of fun to make!



Believe it or not, it has 28 spaces for pictures and journaling!

Click on each picture to try to see some more detail.
Like I said, it was tons of fun to make, and really easy!

So--I got all of that to the Boutique on December 5th. Then I had to get the house and me ready for a visit from my sister.

She came in from Minnesota on the 8th. We spent that night in Boulder, and had a wonderful time eating, drinking and pampering ourselves. (so sad that I don't have any pictures of us there)

On Friday the 9th, we went to see a play that my son was in. He was the narrator of the play and did an awesome job!

THEN--on Saturday, December 10th, we had a big birthday to celebrate-- my 50th! We had a party here at the house with about 20 people! This was the reason my sister came to town--I had also invited my brother, who lives in Michigan, hoping he could come help celebrate too, but he said he had too much going on that weekend. Guess what--He and my sister-in-law surprised me
and showed up. It was such a good night!

From left to right in this picture: my husband, me, my (little) sister, my brother, and then my sister-in-law.

OK--after that huge weekend--I had to get busy and make my Christmas cards! Well--I did already have some done, because on December 4th, a friend came over and we had some fun creating-I got 20 done that night. I needed about 40 more though! I was going to post pictures of some of my favorites, but I must have put those in the wrong file on my computer, because I can't find them. lol!!

Last night we visited this awesome Christmas display. It is one of those displays that is set to music. It was incredible.
Click on the picture to see a Youtube video. We didn't take the video, I just searched for a video to show you.
They also have a website, The Greeley Grizwalds!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my blogging friends! Wishing you love, happiness and abundant joy in the new year!

Merry, Merry,
Lisa

Grateful

I made this little gift for a few friends of mine; we get together for coffee most Friday mornings. I am so grateful for those few hours each week. I homeschool my son; on Fridays he goes to a "homeschool enrichment program", after dropping the kids off at "school", 3 of the moms and I go to coffee for some much needed girl time!

With the help of Close to My Heart's, Art Philosophy cartridge for the Cricut this was super easy and fast to make.
The -tag3- was cut at 5 1/2" twice. One of the tags was cut down to 2 3/4", then stamped on with The Present stamp set and Say it in Style stamp set (a must have stamp!!). Then the bottom and sides pf this small piece were glued to the full size tag, this created the pocket. The border is found on page 66 and the leaves are -leaf2- cut at 2" and stamped with the coordinating stamp set that comes with the Art Philosophy package. I have a small heart punch that I used and brown embroidery floss. The hearts are trimmed with dots from a gold gel pen and a marker was used for the faux stitching around the top of the tag.
Colors of cardstock and inks are Goldrush and Barn Red.

It just so happens that this week's Challenge on the Heart 2 Heart blog was to create something for someone you are grateful for. I had already created these and was planning on posting to my blog today, then I saw the challenge! Perfect timing--I'm certainly grateful for that too!


Added info: I left out one step in the instructions of the pocket tag. I wasn't sure if just gluing the shorter piece to the back piece would be a deep enough pocket for the instant coffee packets. So I cut 2 pieces of Goldrush cardstock 2 3/4" x 1/2" and scored it at 1/4" to fold it in half lengthwise. I then glued this to each side of the short piece with the fold on the edge, then glued it to the large piece--and trimmed around the bottom corners of the tag, this gives it just a tad more depth. Clear as mud? I should have taken pictures while doing it. I'd be happy to make another with pictures if needed. Just let me know!

Thanks for looking stopping by my blog! Have a blessed day.

Coffee Table Photo Display

Hello everyone! How is it in your part of the world today? We are expecting a record high today of 79 degrees—but the cold is on its way. Tomorrow’s high is suppose to be 54 then Wednesday SNOW! I have to get myself mentally prepared for the cold!

This little project was fast and easy. I’ve always wanted to do something with the cute, round boxes that Laughing Cow cheese comes in. I don’t know if you can call this a mini album-but I picture it sitting on my mom’s coffee table with lots of pictures of her kids and grandkids in it.

Here is how I made it. I painted the top rim and sides with brown acrylic paint. Using papers from the retired Grace paper pack, I cut 4 inch circles; tore a bit from one of the circles, then distressed all with Cocoa ink. Then I covered the top of the box with Mod Podge and also put a thin layer of Mod Podge on the back of full circle, and laid it on the box. I smoothed it out then put Mod Podge on the back of the torn circle and placed it down. The bottom of the box also has these two papers covering it. The “thinking of you” piece is made from the dimensional elements that come with the Art Philosophy cartridge. The paper covering it is also patterned paper from Grace. Love, love, love that you can just cut from Art Philosophy and it perfectly covers the dimensional element! I popped this up with foam tape, added flowers cut from Art Philosophy, used a small safety pin for beads and ribbon and the box is done.

I then cut a 29 – four inch circles in three different colors. One of the circles I punched a whole in the center, strung ribbon through it and secured that ribbon on the back. This first circle will be adhered to the inside bottom of the box, but leave that for the last step. I started adding the circles about 1 1/2” to 2” apart down the ribbon. (two circles adhered together with ribbon running through it). At the very end of the ribbon I strung a small charm. (click on pictures to see them larger) These circles now fold up accordion style inside the box. NOW comes the hard part, finding 28 pictures to go inside! Mom’s birthday isn’t until the end of November, I’ve actually given myself some time on this one!

If you make one of these, I’d love to see it, so let me know!

On a side note—now my back up camera looks like it has a problem. My pictures are looking washed out. OH bother—what is a scrapbooker to do? I have found a place to get my better camera fixed, it is about 40 miles away. I’ve GOT to find the time to get there.

Mixed Media Canvas

I just couldn't pass the cute, little, 3"x3" canvas I saw at the craft store. I just had to have them! So I created mixed media art with my favorite word!

Supplies used:
3"x3" Artist Canvas
Folk Art Acrylic Paint- Yellow Citron
Simply Art Watercolor Crayons
Close to My Heart Paper from the retired Daydream paper pack
Close to My Heart Opaques Adhesive Gems from the Mocha pack
Close to My Heart stamp set from the Wicked WOTG kit
Close to My Heart stamp pad in Black
Close to My Heart Cardstock in Colonial White
Fancy Pants Rub-Ons
Modge Podge
Computer font-Courier New.

Spooky

I had fun doing the bonus project with the Mischief Workshop on the Go Kit. I couldn't wait to hang it up!

Please remember, I'm using an older camera that takes horrible pictures inside. I took about 6 pictures, and this was the best I got!
Go ahead though, and click on the picture to see the detail in the banner.

This fun banner was made with the Mischief Paper Packet (X7144B) and the Midnight Felt Shapes-LOVE these! (Z1462). There are a couple stamped images on the banner that are only available in the Mishchief Workshop on the Go Kit and that kit includes the Mischief Paper Pack and the Midnight Felt Shapes along with and instructional brochure for a layout (G1029), also used on this banner was the All Hallows Eve stamp set (C1462). And of course for the banner shapes, I used the My Creations Banner (Z1318). All items can be found on my Close to My Heart website.
It has been awhile since I posted anything. I'm just so bummed about the camera situation. =-( But it felt good sharing tonight--thanks for stopping by!

Garden Journal

This is something I wanted to make last summer but never got around to. I have found that my problem with getting things DONE, is simply getting it STARTED! Once I got started on this garden journal, it hardly took me any time at all to finish. So many ideas, so little time.

The front and back covers are 5 x 7 pieces of cardboard. For the front, I tore off the top layer of paper, to show the corrugated inside of the cardboard. I then distressed with a cream color acrylic paint, let that dry then swiped it with my Chocolate ink pad.

The piece that is stamped on is a piece of Colonial White cardstock. Direct to paper, I took the Honey ink pad and swiped it back and forth. I then sprayed Peach Delight Glimmer Mist over it and rubbed it in with a paper towel. Let that dry and stamped images from Treasure Life (still love that stamp set) in Chocolate ink. I distressed the edges with the handy dandy Close to My Heart Edge Distresser and then lightly sponged those edges with Chocolate ink. This piece is matted on Chocolate cardstock that also has it's edges distressed.

The flower is made from old Just Blooms paper flowers. I learned this technique from Connie McFarlane, check out her video tutorial here.

The word "garden" is stamped with the Hodge Podge Alphabet stamp. The butterfly is from the Celebrate Life stamp set.


For the inside pages, I just used an old (kid's) sketch book that my son only used a few pages out of. After all--that is what this journal if for; to sketch my garden layout, and record ideas or changes for the following year. I'm also planning on adding pictures of the garden and favorite flowers!

I also used a 6x9 kraft envelope for pockets to hold seed packets that were used. I trimmed the kraft envelope 4" from the bottom for one pocket, then closed and sealed the flap of the envelope and trimmed to 4" for another pocket. To keep with the rustic look, I used twine for the binding.
I have room for five years of garden notes in this journal!

Close to My Heart products:
My Acrylix Stamp Sets: Treasure Life, Hodge Podge Alphabet, Celebrate Life (retired)
Exclusive Inks: Chocolate, Black, Honey
Cardstock: Colonial White, Chocolate
Edge Distresser

Hoping you find some joy today!
Cheers,
Lisa

Happy Birthday America!!

I threw away a ribbon spool. A couple days later, I walked by the trash can in my craft room and it caught my eye--a wonderful spool nestled amongst a bunch of trash! Well, I rescued it then decorated it with paper from the Fanfare paper pack. I made paper medallions and decorated them with the stamp set, Jubliation. (June's stamp of the month) I also used stamps from July's stamp of the month, American celebration and with the help of some wooden skewers; TaDa--a fun decoration for Independence Day!
Click on the picture to see it larger!
For a tutorial on the paper medallions, go to Lisa's Creative Corner.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Banner

I finally decorated the My Creations Banner that I purchased months ago! Banners are the trendy thing right now, and Close to My Heart makes it easy to make your own custom banner with 8 white chipboard pennants and 7 jump rings. This banner was so fast and easy to make. It is now hanging in my crafty loft where the walls are only about 4 feet before the pitch of the ceiling begins. The colors in the Wings paper packet were perfect for the loft also. I'm just thrilled with the way it turned out.


Thanks for looking in today! Hope your day is filled with joy!!

ToDo Book

Wow--trying to get one more post in before I take my young baseball player to his 9:00 a.m. practice.
My BFF recently got engaged so I made her a little notebook to help her stay organized. Her things to do, before she says I do!!

The cover is actually a macaroni and cheese box! The actual size is 5 3/4 x 3 1/4. It is nice and sturdy and will hold up when tossed in a purse!

It is full with paper for her lists. I just cut some notebook paper and some old CTMH B&T down to size. Then made some divider pages with tabs that she can label.

There is also a place to save receipts.
This was so much fun to make AND so easy!

Now off to baseball practice, then home to work out, shower, then pickup from baseball practice, then fix lunches, then go into work THEN home to make Father's Day cards, which will now get in the mail too late to make it on time. Oh well--story of my life!

Baby's 1st Journal

I am having so much fun; using up old paper and blank coasters, getting out lots of stamps and creating different kinds of journals!

This little journal measures 4x4 and has 24 pages, 2 pages for each month of the year.

There are tags and pockets to record and store even more stories and items. Best of all, it is bound with book rings, so you can rearrange the book starting with the year your baby was born!


Nope--I'm not expecting! I'm thinking about starting an etsy shop. I just love making this little things!

Thanks for looking in today!