BEE Mine w/ Avocado Arts And Krylon

Good morning friends, 

Have I mentioned how happy I am to be back with Avocado Arts? 

I have another card today I created with some cute bees flying around. 

 This is a Bendi Card shape for my Silhouette and I used some Little B 

flowers on it. The stamps are of course Avocado Arts!

And the card stock? Guess what? It's all the same color, 

but I spray painted it to coordinate with KRYLON! Love that stuff. 

Makes me crafting so much easier if I don't have the exact color I need

I just go paint it and add texture too. 

Check out the awesome stamps:

Avocado Arts stamps called A Latte Love.

Thanks A Latte Shaped Card AA TIME!

Hey friends, 

Hope your week is going well, I have a shaped card today

using the newest Avocado Arts stamps called A Latte Love.

 I am back with AA, very happy to be back home. 

This set is simply adorable. 

I used new Little B Goodness for this card, the sticky Kraft Corrugate is very cool. 

Here is the newest stamp set:

Very cool, grab yours while its available!

http://www.avocadoarts.com/

Gingerbread Fun With Deco Art And Clear Scraps

Merry Christmas friends, 

I have one last Christmas project to share for the year.

I have been slacking between sick kids and Christmas but this one is cute. 

 I created a Gingerbread card using a Clear Scraps acrylic banner piece and 

a Deco Art Snow Writer, isn;t it cute how much it looks like frosting?

Head over to Clear Scraps to see the tutorial and get an idea on making your own!

Merry Christmas from me and my two boys to you. 

Thanks for being a part of my life all year long. 

Handmade Burlap Ornament Gift Set

Hello again friends, it's time for the monthly Samantha Walker

Creative Team Blog Hop and the theme this month is Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas.

I always love making ornaments as gifts, one year I created a full

set of cupcake ornaments, and I usually do an exchange as well. This year

I decided to make some vintage style burlap ornaments using the 

Samantha Walker 8 Piece Tag SVG Set. 

Take heavy duty overstock paper I used metallic paper. 

"Ungroup" tags and choose style you want with open area in the middle. 

Trim out 2 of each. 

 Using the middle cuts you will throw out or save, use as template

and cut burlap slightly larger to fit into frame. 

 Adhere both sides of tags to each other with burlap in the center. 

 Add snowflake or flowers, then add gemstones to each side. 

You can use leftover burlap strands to hang ornaments,

 I folded it over 4 times and tied it. 

I also hot glued a burlap bow to the bottom. 

They have a very soft vintage style perfect for any tree really. 

The nest stop on the blog hop is Diane:

Diana Fisher

This month the  hop the prize will be the $10 gift card to digiplayground.com.  

They will announce the Blog Hop Winner on Monday, 12/15 on Samantha's Facebook Page.

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. 

Set Of Clear Handmade Christmas Cards

 Hey friends, it's FINALLY FRIDAY!

Hope your holiday season is good as it begins. Today I have a set of three

Christmas cards I created from the December Kit.

You know sometimes cards don't have to be layered and fancy to be 

simply beautiful. Sometimes have an acrylic front or something really

unique just makes it gorgeous from the start. 

There was acrylic in the December Kit so I cut it down and created these cards. 

 Each one has a different image from the Simple Stories line in the kit. 

 I added ribbon and glitter from my stash but the rest was the kit. 

Can't wait to give these out this year, if I get around to mailing!

Happy Friday friends. 

Merry Christmas Acrylic Bell Card

It's that time of year, time to have fun creating. 

I have so many projects to share this week!

I have been busy with holiday photo shoots as well, so stay tuned. 

But today I wanted to share a Clear Scraps Send It Clear Bell Card I 

created for Christmas. 

I used Krylon gold spray paint on the acrylic bell and added a Clear Scraps

frame to paint as well. 

I LOVE using glitter in the winter for snow I think I should have

been born in a snow state LOL

The clear card is so much fun, and they come pre-cut all you have to
to is decorate and assemble!

Merry Christmas friends....Love to all. 

Snow Falling Ornament Plus Instructions

Hey there friends, 

How crafty do you feel around the holidays? 

It's like asking if a polar bear is white right? LOL 

I created this handmade ornament using a Samantha Walker SVG

file and  CutCardStock paired with Clear Scraps acrylic. 

1. Using heavy duty card stock and SW SVG Oval Frame file- cut 2 in 2 colors. 

2. Trim out Clear Scraps acrylic to fit in between (trim 2 CS acrylic pieces). 

3. Adhere glitter to oner side of the acrylic piece.
4. After glue dries, adhere acrylic sheets together creating sealed glitter snow.
5. Adhere oval frame together alternating frame colors.

6. Adhere two frames together with acrylic in between.
7. Punch hole into top.

8. Add snowflakes and gemstones.
9. Thread ribbon through.

It's actually a heavy duty ornament! :) 

Fall Theme Luminaries Instructions Included!

 Happy Monday friends, 

Most of you know my son has Autism, this weekend was so cool because he competed
in an archery tournament. You know he quit baseball because the coaches
were s intense with him, he had nightmares and was picked on by
the "cool" kids...so archery has been a BLESSING in so many ways.
A sport that he not only seems to be starting well at but also
no one bullies him or YELLS at him to do better or HIT THE BALL!
I love that the sport is coached by officers who care so much.

Anyways he won the "Spirit Award" this weekend. great weekend for him.

Anyways he is so scared of the dark, and lately we have had power outages 

in our area, so I decided to make him these little luminary bags to set

on his dresser when the power goes out. 

Inside they contain a battery operated flameless candle, completely 

safe and perfect to keep him feeling comforted. 

If you go to the Samantha Walker Blog you will find a set of step

by step instructions to make your own using Krylon paint paired with SW cut files!

These would also make wonderful holiday table decor, or even

on your TV stand etc....they are so easy to make and pretty to boot!

http://samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com

Christmas Card Making Time!!

This is one of my favorite crafting times of year- Christmas Card

Crafting time and snowy fun crafting. 

This is a card I created using an SVG file and CutCardStock then I

pie their glitter card stock behind it and added some punched snowflakes.

I also added gemstones and studs for more dimension.

I love how simple and elegant it looks.

It's just the beginning! Here we come Christmas season!!!

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

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