Altered Frame

Just wanted to share with you all my recent swap project that I made. It's an Altered Frame. It's my very first altered project, and I love the way it turned out.

So, here it's my handmade creation...

I got the frame from Michaels, then I painted it with 2 different layers of chocolate. After the paint dried, I added some metallic copper glimmer using my homemade glimmer mist. While it's still wet, I used my heat gun and heated the frame. Love the effects from the glimmer mist.

I also made the flowers. Actually, I had tons of fun making these :D

I used Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Die, McGill Punch, some Blings and Tattered Angel Glimmer Mists (Dragonfly and Candy Apple Red).

After putting this together...I want to keep this frame to myself. LOL. Just Joking. :D
I need to pack this now and send it to my partner.
I hope she likes it. What do you think???

I asked my hubby if he wanted me to make a frame like this for him...and he answered yes and no. Yes for Please make an altered frame for me, and No for Please don't be so girly. LOL.
Well, we'll see what I can come up with.

Thank you for stopping by.

We Belong Together Layout

Hi Scrappers,

It's a beautiful day today here in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a matter of fact, I'm typing and watching my children playing in our backyard. I can feel the Spring is in the air. OOohhh I can't wait. It's been a weird and awful Winter this year, but I always look forward to gorgeous Spring days.

Well, this morning I finally finished a scrapbook layout that I made for a challenge over at Cosmo Cricket Blog. And the exciting part is, the winner will get published on Scrapbook Trends Magazine. So, without further a do..let me show you my layout.

I used Cosmo Cricket Togetherness collection for this project. I bought this paper pack last fall and hadn't had a chance to use it. Never found the right picture or time to play with this. So, when I read about the challenge...I knew right away it's time to brake the collection { =D} And by the way, LOVE Cosmo Cricket Togetherness collection!!!

About 90% of the embellishments came from the collection. I added some blings to the center of the flowers. And I made the burlap rosette flower.

I had tons of fun making this layout, and every time I look at this...{again} it reminds me of spring.

Ok...the day before I made this layout, I heard the song from Toy Story 3 titled We Belong Together {at the end of the movie} and I love it. I decided to used it as a title for this project.
I really love how this layout turned out, and I hope you do too.

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a blessed weekend and hope you can feel the Spring in the air.

A Star was Born Layout

I have a dirty little secret that I'd like to admit to all of you. I'm not sure if I should...but I think after admitting this..I hope to become a better scrapbooker. Ok...are you ready...???

I just started an album for my children. Seriously...I just started making pages about the days they were born. My son is 4 and my daughter is 2.  I'm so late and behind. Will I ever get this album done..? I hope so. A few days ago, I decided to take a challenge to finish 100 LOs by the end of the year. That's a lot!!!
I'm a crafter, meaning I do other crafty things, not just scrapbooking...So, I'm crossing my fingers that I will be able to make 100 layouts.

Anyway, today I'm going to share a layout that I just finished. It's about the day my son was born.
I called this layout "A Star Was Born". Of course, he's a star in our family :D
I used a sketch from Sketchy Thursday Challenge blog.

A little bit about this artwork -- The paper collection I used is from Close To My Heart called You Rock {Too bad it's already expired  retired}. I used a multi-colored emboss technique on the big star image and added Stardust Stickles. The Chipboard letters are from Making Memories and I dabbed multi-color inks, also added stickles. Letter stickers are Tiny Type from Cosmo Cricket.  Laces are from Hobby Lobby. And the blings -- the circle one is from Close To My Heart, and the big ones are from Michaels' dollar bin.

Well...I have 99 more layouts to go. Wish me luck :D
I hope to see you all soon. Be sure to come back often...and check out more layouts.
Take Care.

Happy "Choo Choo" Birthday

Today, four years ago, my dearest son, Dustin was born. Oh my goodness, time really goes by so fast. He means the world to all of us in the family. He's grown to be a cute and loving brother, son and train fanatic.

My husband and I spoiled him "a bit" with toy trains ever since he was very little. Since then, all he ever wanted just trains and more trains. I'm not even sure how many trains we have at home. Lets just say...my house is a house of trains :D

So, last week...my husband and I had a discussion about his birthday presents. And we came to a conclusion that we're going to get him another set of train. Then I told my husband that I'm going to make him a birthday card with train image.

Here's the card. I called it Happy "Choo Choo" Birthday Card.
The image I used on this project is from Pink Cat Studio  and Digi Stamp is called Billy Rides a Train. Isn't the stamp so cute..???!! {I LOVE PCS stamps SO MUCH.} I also used a sketch from Card Pattern # 101 Challenge.

Pardon my unprofessional coloring technique. I don't own that many Copic markers yet, so I used regular colored pencils. It was fun... :D

Tonight, we took him to Applebee's for a family celebration. And, the weird thing was...he didn't want to order any cake/dessert. Oh well...he's going to have a real birthday cake on Sunday when we celebrate his birthday with friends.

Well, thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope to see you soon.

Snowfall Card

The past two weeks have been really cold here in Lincoln, Nebraska. We had some snow and snow days too. Can't wait until Winter is over...I'm not a big fan of cold weather.

Well, this month I joined a card swap. A brand new swap hosted by lovely Miss Shen.
Right away...I knew what theme I was going to use on my cards...Winter theme. So...here it's my creation for January Card Swap

I tried to make it as simple as possible, and I Love it!!! What do you think?....
I hope the ladies in my group will love it too.

Now...I need to come up with an idea for next month card. I was thinking about Valentine theme..but the swap isn't due till February 20th which is few days after the Holiday. HHhhmm...so confused...
Oh well..I'll come up with something. :D

If you're interesting in joining this swap...let me know, and I will hook you up with Miss Shen.

Thank you for visiting..Until next time.
Take Care.

Happy New Year 2011

dear Friends and Readers,

It's better late than never. So...
I'd like to wish you a Happy and Prosperous and Creative NEW YEAR. I wish all the best in the 2011.
May the good God richly Bless you!! And, I'm looking forward to getting to know you and sharing more artworks and creations with you.

Take Care!

 

Scrappy Christmas Gifts

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Mine was pretty good and fun.
Just in case you're wondering...what did I wish for Christmas? OOhh..I'd be happy to share with you :D
I'd never received Scrapping/Crafting stuff for Christmas. So, this Christmas...I wish I got more and more Scrapping/Crafting things. My husband knew about it..and he took me to Michaels and Archiver's  for a shopping spree...Yay :D

However, I didn't stop there....I signed up to 2 Christmas Swaps (Secret Santa Swaps) on Scrapbook.com
I want more Scrapping stuff this Christmas......
And later, I hosted a Christmas Swap on The (Scrap) Beach. I was very excited!!!

So now....I'm going to share with you my swap goodies.

The first one is from my secret Santa from Scrapbook.com and her name is Lisa. Look what she got me!

Awesome right? Lisa is AMAZING. She picked great stuff and most of them were from my wish list. She also made me great handmade items. THANKS LISA.
If you want to see me opened these gifts....please visit my YouTube Channel.

The second swap on Scrapbook.com was disaster. I'd sent mine to my pal, but I've never gotten mine until today. She told me that she's mailed the package out 3 weeks ago...but BUMMER....nothing. T-T

And my third swap, the one that I hosted at The Scrap beach, is still on its way. I know...It's supposed to be Christmas Swap. Well, my partner is from The Philippines...so it takes a while longer to get the package.

Anyway....packages or no packages. I had a blast and am blessed this Christmas.

Well, Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll see you all soon.

Special Stitches

Today, I'd like to share with you a very special Scrapbook Layout that I made for a challenge. I came across this awesome blog challenge site called ABC DT Challenge, and this month theme is SEW SIMPLE. Basically, I have to use some kinds of stitching on my project.

I was pretty excited about this....because I knew right away what I was going to do. I have this Bazzill stitch'z 8x8 round template that I bought awhile ago and had never used it before. So, this template and the pictures of my children taken last Summer were the two inspirations.

Ok...without further ado -- here's my creation.

A little bit about this layout -- I made it pretty simple and clean. I wanted to use only 4 primary colors, blue, red, green and yellow, through out the layout. And I DID :D

See those circles..Yup those I made using the bazzill template and hand stitched them. It was so much fun.

The spiral roses/flowers and the leaves were made from felts. And the alphabets were white thicker alpha foam stickers and I sprayed them with Apple Candy Red glimmer mist.

Well...I just LOVE LOVE this layout :D and I hope you do too.
If you'd like to see this layout live and find out more about the products I used, CLICK HERE.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

A Swap in A Bottle

Katrice, a beach babe at the Scrap Beach, hosted a very fun swap that I have never heard or joined before. It's a bottle swap. It's basically just a regular swap...instead of you putting the stuff in a box, you put them in a bottle. I signed up for this swap right away. I started to LOVE and ENJOY the unusual scrapping swaps.

My partner, Allyson, was a wonderful and very talented scrapper. We exchanged info and found out that both of us had the same scrapping style, and I think it's awesome.

So, here it is --- my bottle swap from Allyson.

And now...are you ready to see what's inside -- the great goodies Allyson sent me.

I was so speechless when I opened the bottle and went through the goodies one by one. I felt that I was so spoiled. :D LOL -- I LOVE it ALL!
Another thing that made this swap was so special -- Allyson's handmade creations are just GORGEOUS! She made stick pins, flower and Tim Holtz charm. THANK YOU so so much Allyson.

Well..if you have a chance to join a bottle swap like I did, I suggest that you sign up for the fun. You never know what you might receive. To me, this swap is like finding Janie in a bottle.

Have a great weekend.

Handmade Burlap Flower

I've been hanging out at The Scrap Beach a lot lately, and while I was there...I signed up for a few different swaps.

Ok..I'm not new to the swap world, but the swaps that I joined there...were basically something that I've never done before. The first one I joined was handmade flowers swap hosted by Miss Lyla. The challenge was simple -- used the color chocolate. It took me about 2 weeks to come up with an idea.

I made burlap flowers. 

This wasn't my original idea. I watched Lorinda from youtube and her adorable burlap flowers. So, I gave it a try on my own way.  I really LOVE the way it turned out.

I had a blast making these flowers....and definitely will make more. 

I went out of my comfort zone...trying something new....making something that I've never thought I would use -- burlap. And the result was AMAZING :D

Until next time with another swap.