Hi Everyone,
Thank you so much for sticking with me,visiting and the best wishes. As some of you know I am currently fighting Cyanic nerve damage on my lower back. I gotta tell you this pain is worse than giving birth.
A huge thank you to Kristi for keeping the site going with amazing projects from Jewelry to cards.
Thank you to Chris Wooten and Jennifer for checking on me. This is what this amazing hobby is about the friendship you make from all over the world.
Speaking of friendship I receive this email from Chris on an awesome giveaway she is doing on her blog turnedGypsy, so please take a moment to visit her.
Today I want to go over an awesome way you can create your layouts by visiting older Cricut Cartridges, you know what they say about those oldies they get better with age right.
Last October we visited one of my favorite city in Georgia Savannah! Every October we go to Maggie Valley and Gatlinburg, but due to back pain I couldn’t sit long enough for that. Anywhoo here’s my fav 5 top things to do.
1.Forsyth Park you gotta visit it in the am and pm to capture this gorgeous landmark of the city.
2.Paula Dean store not the restaurant cause the few times we ate there the food is always awful and bland. Not what I expected at all from her amazing show.
3.Tours, I’m not a fan of those drive thru tours, so I suggest a walking tour they are very informative.
4.Savannah Candy company and salt water taffy, omg the peanut brittle is too die for literally.
5.Bay street, bring comfortable shoes with you the street is uneven cobblestone.
Here’s my lo! we are going old school using our stash and tools.
Who knew Plantin School book had such a treasure of a city Landscape to fit perfectly for my lo :)
Instructions:
Assemble
Supplies
voila done!
Thank you so much for stopping by. I plan to resume our regular posting next week with meal plans.
Maggie
Here’s some more pics for you!
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Hello Everyone,
Chances are you have a friend or co-worker still wondering what to get them? here’s a simple quick idea. Desktop or wall Calendar.
Desktop or wall Calendar 2011
Supplies:
Remove the glass from the frame and mix a bit of the iridescent medium with Pearl ex. With a brush cover the mat with your chosen color. I chose a light gold. Let dry 5 min.
Use distress ink to edge the mat insert.
Cut Graphic45 paper of choice by using the mat as your guide.
Print calendar and reduce the size to fit the glass frame. Use distress ink on the printed calendar too. Adhere to the bottom of the paper right under the mat.
Cut a strip of coordinating Graphic45 paper using the scallop punch. Distress the edge and adhere to the top of the calendar to cover the cut line.
Cut a strip of ribbon and adhere to the top of the scallop strip.
Replace glass top and insert into the frame.
Now for decorating the glass portion!
Follow Miss Tracy's directions to make a rosette from yesterday’s post .
Add rhinestones from Want2srap to the center of the flowers on the glass.
Add flourish rhinestones and add more rhinestones to create visual interest.
TIP:
I cut the flourish to fit the size I needed and added more rhinestones to match the rose centers.
Adhere rosettes with Glue Dots. Adhere embellished tag from Graphic 45 Debutante collection then add buttons.
TIP:
I ran out of the medium sized buttons so instead I colored a white button with E79 to fit the color scheme I needed.
I added another circle to the tag and rhinestones to complete the look.
The frame was too shiny for me so I used Rub n Buff to add more of a patina.
Voila you are done!
Here is the final Calendar!
Happy Monday just 5 days away from Christmas are you ready?
Here’s a 4 day menu I plan on doing before Xmas..
Here are your coupons for the week
Term: 1 Yr 15 Issues
Cover Price: $47.43
Consumer pays a total of: $4.69
have a great day,
Maggie
PS be sure to visit tomorrow as I share another tutorial
Hi Everyone,
Thank you so much for all the well wishes, I am feeling so much better and ready to get into crafting full on!
I have several Christmas gift ideas, I’ve shared on Passionately Artistic site, I hope you had a chance to visit.
Here’s a fun idea I shared on the Want2scrap blog, that you can do with kids very easily…
Chocolate Covered Spoons
If you have to create gifts for a large number of people such as teachers or church admin then this is a quick and easy gift idea you can make in less than 5 min.
Ready???
Supplies:
Isn’t that the cutest??? I could think of a ton of people to give these to. What a great little gift idea!
Have a great day everyone,
See you tomorrow as I resume the weekly menus.
Maggie
I decided to share a couple of my wire wrapped creations today. I love the top stone. It was also the one of the first pieces that I did a solid wrapped bail.
This is just a fun piece that I first added a bit of embossing paste to on the small rose stencil. If you like the look of wire wrapped jewelry then check out your local beading store. Most offer classes in wire wrapping and you will be amazed at how quickly you become addicted!
This is a page I did for a challenge. This is an older photo of me and I just love it. I NEVER like photos of me! I started with some basic card stock and then layered! I added some paper ribbon and some real lace and fun Prima flowers. It is a fun and easy layout and hope you enjoy...below is a variation on the theme.
Hope you all are having a great and creative Holiday Season!Kristi
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