Suprise.....

Yet another technique to share with you all. I have been doing this for over a year or so to add some pretty centers and to use as general embellishments. You all get a surprise as I just had a friend as my what she could do with some of her floss. I love this! Enjoy! hahah never mind the date on the pics.. I just did this in the last 10 minutes... hahah but my worst trait.... setting the date on my camera.. or my daughter gets it.. once it said pics were from 2033... lol

Do you have some of this???? Scrappers floss..... Wait till you see what you can do with it!

A general scrap dot... or zot or whatever brand you use! cut one out. Place some of the floss under it...

Begin at the bottom wrapping it around the dot.

Lots of options.. can do one color, or two colors or more! can add bling to the center too for added affect!

Here they are on some paper flowers! Not the best color combos... however i did this in 10 minutes and just wanted to give an example.

thanks for looking... I of course love these b/c their working with what you have.. note you can also do these with a hot glue gun. Just use super hot glue... start to let it cool... and then begin wrapping.. which takes no time at all. Their not as maluable as the dots but work well. Of course I just adore the texture these add.  hope you can use this on your future projects!

OOOOO What Fun....

Soooo, thought I would share some techniques with everyone! These are small pages from my art journal. None of these are complete.. as well I add to them over time. Hope you learn a bit and try these techniques out yourself. Their super fun!

I used this light molding paste for this first piece. i have fallen in love with the great dimension you can get form it.

Ok, so I sometimes have a hard time finding the right templates. I really wanted a flat brick template, however upon not finding one.. I did run across this texture cake tile. i was curious what I could do with it... this is what I came up with. This set also came with a woodgrain template! i hope to use soon as well on a layout I have in mind! They were super cheap too! 

I did this to show you what it looks like applied just own its own on white paper. All I did was take some of the paste onto the paper and spread it with a small putty knife. Then laid the tile over it and applied pressure. Then pulled it up. It's MESSY but I like it messy and unperfect. The possibilities are endless. You could spray this or ink this... be sure to wait abit for it to dry well before doing any of these things.

I did this one in my art journal. I added some red n black paint to the paste to acquire the red color I wanted and then avoided putting pressure on one edge to make it peak less.... see below why I did this. It's ubber messy, however i will state this was soo simple my daughter helped with it... lol.. hence the messier aspect of it...  lol 

This is it when dried and I added a quote I just adored. It still needs a bit more but on its start. I'm good at starting and finishing them later when i run across something great.

This is another type of paste.. only it feels like sand.. love it!!!

This is a normal template sheet. I used this with the sand textured medium. I painted the background black.. and then mixed some of the texture with pink paint.

I then spread it over the template where I wanted it. Use nice thick amounts. This way you ensure no stroke marks.  

Lift it gently. Let it dry and then have your way with it. I love the texture it brings. LOVE LOVE IT. I added a quote I like as well and then well it still need some more done to it.. but I love a nice background to work from ready for me whenever I come up with something great.

I gave this background a nice splash of green paint and then laid down some painted tape carelessly torn. Spread the putty, and then to add more peaks I took a paint brush and dabbed it to get the look I wanted.

Pull up the tape when done.. there's a smudge here where I got under the tape.. simply take your finger and wipe it away.

Let it dry all the way and then I added some goodies to spice it up.

Sneak Peak....

SNEAK PEAK!!!!! If your savy with your brands.. this is from a great collection from Prima. A lovely collection for Spring!

  In May I'll have a giveaway each week! YAY!!!! Nothing is better than free goodies!!! So, be sure to check back regularly! And invite other to follow as well to have a chance to WIN!

Here's a sneak peak as to which line it is. See if you can guess it.

 A hint: the answer is in the flowers!

It's my recent project! I'll share it soon! And one lucky winner is going to be winning an amazing selection of this Prima Collection! Including papers, flowers, chipboards, cardstock stickers, journaling cards and MORE!!!

Remember SUNDAY!!! I'll be announcing a winner to one of the great altered vintage books!!! So be sure to stay tuned to claim your prize!

Must Make Flowers!!!

One of the most growing trends over the last year have been creating your own flowers!!! We all love to try new ones and add a personal flair and touch to our pages! There's sooo many tutorials out there. Some more complicated then others.

Below is a wonderful link. It has a simple and very good tutorial on making the adorable little roses! I've made them a time or two on my own but love that she made them from coordination's cardstock... the colored core is just soo pretty! Take a look!

http://helmarusa.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/a-layout-and-some-cardstock-roses.html


Here are some wonderful flowers as well!!!! Maya Road is absolutely wonderful!!!!! And their blog is just as great!!!  Remember you can make them from any zippers (like from a local craft store) or ribbons for that matter!!! Try them out! Adorable! The tutorial is super easy and a video!

http://mayaroad.typepad.com/mayaroad/2011/04/zipper-flower-video-tutorial.html

Trash to Treasure... one of my faves

We all have these! trash from all your packages. I use alot of my "trash" therefore most of these are Prima package leftovers and I'm hopelessly addicted to flowers. There's also so sticker "trash" packets. What to do, what to do with all this trash! Sooo pretty you don't want to throw it all away!

Some of the "trash" has patterns on the pack of the packaging. The other side is some sort of patterned paper! Great four journaling and little embellishments!

This is it thus far!!!!! I created an entire album from trash ruminants! Look through the pictures and I'll share all the different "trash" I made my own little treasure!

This flower and wings were created from chocolate overlay waxy paper (the stuff that comes on top of a box of chocolates), I didn't even use a circle cutter, I used a pill bottle to trace and cut out the circles then i took a paint brush and applied some tattered angels mist to the edges, allowing them to just absorb it. The center of the flower is circles punched from a prima crystals kisses packaging. The wings.. soo pretty!! Love yellow.. hee hee were die cut from yellow duct tape! 

All words shown here are more packaging. Some packages by Prima have them on the packaging! U selected some and inked them up and used them throughout the book. The twine there.. also trash it comes on the 7-Gypsies fabric tapes! The flower there is acetate from packaging and the center another hole punched!

I did some reaching and actually looked in my trash in my nook after cleaning it up last night and found some blue tulle in it from some other projects. i created a bow with some of it. Also created a bow with some plastic that covered most acrylic albums you buy these days to protect them from scratches and such before your ready to use it! Note: the page in the middle... it was scratched from adhesive and such from when I pulled the bling off of it. I simply took a pair of scissors and scratched it more!

Here... I did a few things. The words again.. only this time used as separates. Now for most of the packaging I had duplicates. When I had two of the same I backed them together. When I did not I did one of two things. I either used some white paint to cover bar codes and words or I placed two pieces together and tore them to be the same size. Also here is a flower I die cut from packaging and then just dripped some Tim Holtz die on them! (couldn't not use dear Tim's things.. hee hee)

Just an up close of it. The paint was just a thin layer as well covers well. You can write on it super well if you wanted to as well.

Who doesn't love the those flowers.. so easy just to twirl n wrap! I used some of the left over tulle from my trash for this as well. I also used it to tie in knots just to add some depth. The stars paper is an example of one of the papers i just tore to make them the same size.

This is a super cute way to also use one you do not have more than one of or just on a layout. Tri-fold it. make it your own little card within it. I painted over the product brand info and put some words on it.

Another flower here cut from some plastic from the packaging. Then I tore cardboard for the center.



OK, so note about this project! Shout out to Helmar adhesives Scrap Dots! As it is the only adhesive I used on this project!!!! Also anything that POPS off the page is done with the Helmar Scrap Dots wonderful for deminision) or with cardboard from a shoe box!!!

One of my GREATEST loves!!!

OK, I love allot about crafting. Far too many things to name. However, one of my greatest loves are Rolodex card holders. I just adore them. Everything about them! these are some I worked on and loved. I'm currently working on a carousel Rolodex... can't wait to share it with you all. Do you love a pretty Rolodex? So many options. You can alter as much or as little as you like and so many possibilities for what to do with the cards. I have done some with covers and some without. I love love love all of it. Just thought I'd share one of my greatest loves. I adore altering anything but these little things by far make me smile the most. If you haven't attempted one I def. recommend it. Use these as motivation and be sure to share your work. I love seeing what others have come up with. Gets my juices flowing.

GET THE WORD OUT

Ok ladies. I am hoping fo ra little help from all of you. I'd like all of you to share my blog with anyone you think maybe interested in crafting! At the end of the month I'll be drawing some names for some great giveaway for becoming a follower!!!

So share the news with everyone.. the more people that follow the more prizes I'll giveaway. All will be some newly released items. L:ike some Tim Holtz hanger clips, Prima flowers and so on!!!

In progress

For easter for my preschool children I am making some paper cake slices. Here are some pics of them. Their not done yet.. but thought I'd post the in progress pics. I'm going to be adding some fake baset grass around the eggs!

15 Minute Project

Here's a little project I did the other night. Took me only 15 minutes. A few pieces of paper, few pics, a little ink, some hot glue, and a few embellishments. Pretty darn simple. I also added some legs to it on the bottom to sit on just to add a bit of affect. I used some papers and embellishments on this I bought maybe 2 years ago but have yet to ever use for anything. They fit quite well with the lake pictures I used on this.

Thanks for looking ladies.