Glitz Paper

When I saw the new Glitz line French Kiss and Pretty in Pink, I just couldn't stop myself. I love this stuff.  So I made a couple of cards yesterday.

This is some of the Glitz paper and one of the Whatnot bird images. I added some fine silver glitter around the image. Ribbon, sentiments and rhinestones are from Stampin' Up.

The little fleur-de-lis trinket is from Urban Scrapbook and the lace is just from my pile.

I loved the French Kiss stamp set. This crown stamp was the finishing touch for the inside and envelope.

The next is using the Glitz paper and stamp set as well.

A little bit of fussy cutting.  The sentiment stamps and vanilla rosettes are from Stampin' Up. I daubed them with Chocolate Chip and Pink Pirouette Stampin' Up inks. Love the Eiffel Tower stamp.

On to more things tomorrow. Have a happy day.

Almost Easter

Easter is only 4 days away and I am busy preparing for it.  Family dinner on Sunday, preparing all the kidlets Easter surprises, everything fresh and light. Mind you, it's not green outside yet, we are in fact expecting a spring snow storm later today and through tomorrow. It should be nice and sloppy on Friday for our neighborhood egg hunt!

Just a few things created that I would like to share.

I made this Easter card for my Mother-in-Law. I was inspired by a card I saw on Splitccoaststampers. I can't find it now, but if the person that inspired were to stumble on it and say "Hey, that's my card darn you!" I will give credit where credit is due.

I used the Stampin' Up Apothecary Art stamp set and the new framelits dies that are in the current Occasions Mini. So soft and spring like. I made another one for my Mom.

Next was spring wreath for my front door. I used some flowers I had laying around. The pink "peonies" are actually made with coffee filters sprayed with colored water. Super easy tutorial I found on Little Birdie Secrets. I bought some jute when I went on my linen buying spree and used that for a bow.  The inspiration I used was from the Domestic Fashionista . Hers is much nicer, but I used what I had on hand.

I loved the coffee filter flowers so much I made a small bouquet of them to sit on my little curio table.

Going to go and do some ironing before the kiddies get home. Need to clean up the laundry/sewing area to take some pics of the new curtains I made for in there. I don't know why I went so long without. Till then, have an inspiring day!

Two blogs in one day???

I needed to make a new cushion for the old chair that I have for my old desk.  This chair has been in my family for as long as I can remember.

I was inspired by a pattern for this chair cushion at FreeSewing.com.

Seeing how I just went crazy last month and bought meters and meters of linen for $1.25 - 2.50 per, I decided to use some of that and this is how it turned out.

I like it so much that now I would like to make some more for my dining room chairs. Love the pleats. It only took a couple of hours to make and was very simple. It's a great pattern. And it was for free!!!

Making

I finally got around to making my versions of Petite Michelle Louise's beautiful door knob ephemera holders.  Her blog is so inspiring.  It was a challenge to learn how to get the wire into the required shape and is still a work in progress.  Most of the embellishment came from vintage jewelery trinkets I found at Michaels, but some is just from my stash. I was quite pleased with the results, they were a joy to make finally and I love having them placed around the house to gaze at.

I used pictures of my Mother and her cousins that I have had for ages. I adore the one of her laying in the grass reading. The post card was a vintage find from an antique store on Bowen Island that I found about 16 years ago. (That wasn't yesterday! Obviously vintage has been a part of me for a very long time)

Thanks again and credit to Petite Michelle Louise. Love, love, love her!

I have a camera again!!!!!

After an ill-fated Girl Guide journey to West Edmonton Mall, for the camera, not the Girl Guides, I once again have a camera. I have also seemed to have recovered from a creative slump and am once again back in the saddle of adaptive plagiarism.  I shouldn't short change myself, I did this out of the tickle trunk of my brain.

I had found these pretty little cloches at Homesense at Christmas and decided to bling them up. Using a paper flower tutorial from Pinterest (OMG! Addictive thing, now a part of my daily existence) that I found and pages from an old book, spray with a little log cabin Smooch Spritz and voila! I also added stamped images using Stampin' Up stamps, kraft seam binding, leaf ribbon from Papertrey Ink, vintage key from Tim Holtz and a key hole from Melissa Francis.

I tried to make it look appealing from the rear as well.

I am not very camera capable, so there is quite a bit of reflection in these pictures, it's hard to see the detail.  I took the cloche off to get a bit less reflection.

Have a pleasant and creative day!

Just for Fun

These little paper shoes are just for fun. They are a good way to use up a lot of the little bits and pieces that we all hoard in little jars and tins, or at least I do.

I think that they will be good to stuff with little gifts to give.

I used one of the crystal pendants from an old chandelier that was in my dining room at one time.

The top of the shoe is a little bright to see the detail well, but it gives you a better look at the vintage paper I used to make the shoe lining.

You can find the template for the shoes and inspiration at Chocolate Baroque.

Get inspired and have fun!

Another New Year & Another Attempt

Well, the holidays are over, the tree is put away, the kids go back to school tomorrow and then everything can get back to normal.

I haven't posted anything FOR A VERY LONG TIME, so let's take another kick at the cat, shall we?

I had some fabulous neighbors across the street from me that moved to Qualicum Beach, B.C. during the summer. The husband (Dave) is an extremely creative person. I felt very privileged to have been given so many wonderful artful objects made by him, pieces of furniture and unfinished projects.

I felt extremely fortunate to have been given this wonderful old desk. He had refinished it himself and put a new top on it.  It is a little large and grand for my little house, but I love it's heavy warmth, with the emphasis on "heavy".

Now that this desk has become the place where I spend a majority of my time, I have been making a selection of cards to have on hand and hope to send out more. (Really, what is the point of making them, if I don't send them out?)


Here are a few that have made it to their new handy location.

The first two I give credit to creative gals from Splitcoaststampers.

Credit for this card is due to a card found here.

Credit for this one goes to the stamper found here.

Thank you ladies.

The third is a simple masculine thank you card.

 Thanks for looking.