Leather And Crystals Feature

There was a Leather & Crystals Bracelet feature in April...

and it just happened to be by me! LOL 

It was in the Scrap N' Art Online Magazine. 

Just look for April, fun project! :)

Favorite Chick Handmade Card!

Hey there friends, I have so many projects happening lately

I wanted to take a moment to share my latest Avocado Arts

stamping project with you.  

I love the quote "You're one of my favorite Chicks" how cute

is it on this very PINK card?

I decided to keep it classy and simple, I was going 

to ass a little stamped chick to the but this was so pretty. 

Have you ever done that? Added less to a card? :)

Hit up AA!

http://www.avocadoarts.com

Snowflake Ornament

Hey friends, hello Monday....

I was included in an ornament exchange this weekend and I decided

to make mine, thankfully I had a friend who wanted it! hahaha

 It's similar to a style I created last year using a snowflake SVG from SW

with some heavy duty Cutcardstock and a crystal angel at the bottom

from Connie Crystal. 

 I also spritzed it with glitter...I mean DUH hahaha

It was a fun ornament to make. 

Blog Hop + Place Setting Holders

Welcome to the Samantha Walker Creative Team Hop...

My project is Place Setting Holders using the Bendy Card file from SW. 

Take Bendy Card with Fence file and scale each one down to 8.5X11 size. 

(thats a good size or the place holders). Trim them out in 2 colors. 

Making fence in white or cream. 

Punch out maple leaf shapes from leftover scraps of card stock. 

Take gold krylon paint and lightly spritz leaves and fences. 

Assemble cards. 

Add burlap strips, then spray paint names in gold. 

Add embellishments and leaves using hot glue. 

I also added frosted crystals to accent it all. 

The giveaway this month is....this cool cut file:

This free file will only go out to those who sign up for the newsletter by Sunday night 

(November 16, 2014).  After that, you can find the design in the Silhouette store.

If you are already subscribed to our newsletter, be sure to leave your name in the Rafflecopter field. 

We also have a fabulous giveaway!

Giveaway Info:

This month we are excited to give away my 

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Expandable Patterns Die Fancy Lattice

The next stop on the blog hop is the amazing Diana

http://designbydiana.blogspot.com

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Holiday Tri-Fold Frame Acrylic IS Fun!

Morning friends, it's been a crazy week so far. 

With the boys sick last week and mom sick this weekend I still managed to

squeeze in some crafty time. 

Actually this is my favorite time of year to craft because I love the holiday

glitter and shine that happens!

For this project I used Gold Krylon paint, along with Clear Scraps Mascils, 

Tri-Fold Frame, and Flower Mixers. 

And some beautiful ribbon from  Ribbons Unlimited along with some 

Connie Crystal crystals, and CutCardStock. 

I am happy with how it turned out. 

What gifts are you making this year??

Affirmation Frame: I Am Beautiful....

There are so many things that are special to my heart, from 

crafting to Autism, abuse advocacy, kindness and also empowerment of

others. Including not feeling ashamed of being who you are, plus size, skinny, abused,

Christian, pink haired, tattooed, anything that is true to you. 

On my mind this week was a conversation with a few friends that I love

and my journey to become truly happy with myself which included

putting away the scale and not telling myself how ugly I was when I look in the mirror. 

That's a hard thing to teach yourself after year of abuse. 

 But I feel like the journey I have taken has enabled me to have true compassion for

others who might have walked my journey and have pain. 

 I was touched by a friend who didn't want to compare her pain to mine

when I firmly believe that all pain is pain and it's all relevant and shapes us so

your pain might be less then or more than mine but I still respect that pain. 

I decided to make her this frame- as I created it, I felt the love in my hands and

as I kept adding more embellishments the more happy it made me.

I used a Clear Scraps Clearly Framed XL Rectangle Deco Top Frame

which is 18" LONG! I love it!!

I wanted her to see this every day and remember that she is incredibly 

beautiful and others see it.

This is how I created it, I would love to know if you decide to make one!

1. Separate XL Rectangle Deco Top Frame and using Krylon Coral paint, spray paint chipboard base.
2. Using Clear Scraps 12" Heart Arrow Mascil/Stencil and Krylon metallic paint (Brushed Nickel) spray paint edges and stencil onto base. 
3. Take white paper flowers of all sizes and the 2 Krylon paints, paint them using both.
4. Using lace- adhere lace around edges onto chipboard (not on acrylic top frame) and trim off excess. 
5. Take acrylic top layer of frame and remove protective film. 
6. Using paper lace tape- add accents to top and bottom of acrylic as shown in the photo. 
7. Where you are placing flowers and accents use hot glue to adhere acrylic top layer to chipboard layer. (remember you will cover the hot glue with flowers and other accents so no glue will be seen)
8. Hot glue gold sequin strand around inside edges. 
9. Layer flowers using buttons and pearls, I used foam pop dots to lift them up. 
10. Adhere to frame as shown using hot glue. 
11. Add crystals and keys. 
12. On the back add picture hanger. 
13. Take Thickers fabric letters, spray paint using BOTH paints. 
14. HOT glue the letters to base- I don't use only the adhesive on the letters for any him decor I always add hot glue or adhesive. 

That's it! Put your empowerment message inside and give to a friend.

A Bible verse if you are inclined or a prayer, anything that adds encouragement. 

Happy Tuesday friends. :)

Spooky Halloween Mobile!

Hey there, So I kept looking at the new Samantha Walker cuts and

it just kept popping out at me...I need to do something different with it. 

I ended up taking an old tape roll, painting it and making

the SPOOKY cut file into a Halloween Mobile with crystals so

technically it's a sun catcher too!

You can check out the full instructions on the Samantha Walker blog today

http://samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com

Classroom Popcorn Treat Boxes For Halloween!

Hey there crafty friends, I am up on the Samantha Walker Blog today

with this new project, they are Popcorn Treat Boxes for the classroom and

a card for the teach of course!!

Such fun projects you have to head over and say hello!

These were so easy and fun to make. 

My kids begged me to make them some, so that's today's project!
http://samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com

Surf Rider Window Decor

Here's a fun summery window hanging,

using the Clear Scraps Creating Made Easy July Kit and a 

Connie Crystal Suncatchers. 

Trim out patterned paper to coordinate with acrylic circle, 

Adhere to circle.

 Punch top and bottom holes. 

 Thread Sun Catcher using clear line- then cover with bow using 

ribbon from your stash.

 Thread ribbon through top and hang. 

 The colors are perfect for summer!

LOVE this kit!
http://www.clearscraps.com/product_p/july2014main.htm
Love the whole idea of the summery projects...so fun. 

Life's A Beach Acrylic Card Tutorial

Hey there friends, 

It's the middle of the month and that means a NEW stamp set from 

Avocado Arts and this time I decided to create a tutorial for my feature. 

I decided to share how I created this card style and post photos like these

You can check out the tutorial right here:

http://avocadoarts.blogspot.com/2014/06/lifes-beach-tutorial-with-pinky.html

 I used CutCardStock, Clear Scraps, Connie Crystal and my Xyron of course. 

 Every step is explained. :) 

 Here is the end result of the actual tutorial card- same techniques 

two different cards with a fun water theme. :) 

http://avocadoarts.blogspot.com/2014/06/lifes-beach-tutorial-with-pinky.html

I am loving this "Life's A Beach" stamp set!