~Just Relax & Accept The Crazy~

hahaha- Good morning my crafty friends, and all my 

amazing cyber friends! :) 

I have a fun little card I created yesterday to share....

it is called "Just Relax & Accept The Crazy" LOL It is definitely a card

I made for a girlfriend of mine. 

One who really gets my sense of humor LOL 

The stamped sentiment is from the Pink By Design set ATTITUDE!

You have to check them out, they are PERFECT!

http://www.pinkbydesignstore.com/stamps/new-releases/attitude.html

100% Pinky approved LOL Plus the owner is a doll. 

They sold out right away the first print. 

And the card itself is 100% from the Scraptastic Kit Club

the most amazing kit club, I love them!

http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/all-available

 I thought the "Two Best Friends" tag and the wooden potty people 

tied in the "Accept The Crazy" with friendship...just a fun cute card! :) 

I used the add-on kit with the fun tape, I love that tape. 

Ok I know I sound like an advertisement today, but this one I just made on my own

I wanted to and I love those companies :) 

I am off to see a sweet friend's daughter in gymnastics today!

Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! MUAH!!! :) 

~Ombre Fun~

Good morning my crafty friends,

I hope you had an amazingly fun weekend just as I did. 

Packed full of wonderful friends and family. 

I have a fun technique to share today....

head over to the Globecraft Blog to check out the tutorial!

http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com/2012/09/do-you-hombre.html

 I used the Enamel Powders to create an OMBRE effect on this card. 

 I used Bo Bunny papers, and the Piccolo chipboard and Enamel Powders,

Unity Stamp, with a Stickle edge, Clearsnap inks too, 

then I added a gold enamel edge and beautiful bow. 

Fun little technique, go check it out! :) 

http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com/2012/09/do-you-hombre.html

I am off to finish up my Online Holiday Card Class today!

So stay tuned~

Happy Monday everyone! MUAH!!!

~Love & Friends~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

No crafts today, as I am busy finishing up the prep work for my new 

Holiday Card class coming this week. 

But I have had a fun weekend with friends. :) 

I found this online-

a real friend is patient and kind. she does not envy, she does not boast, she is not proud. a real friend does not dishonor others, and she is not self-seeking. she certainly is not easily angered by your blumbering words and she just doesn’t keep a record of wrongs. a real friend does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. she always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

who are your real friends?

So what is a friend to me?

Someone takes my son driving (risking her own life) because it terrifies me! 

Someone who explains before 10am what WTP is and know exactly why I asked.

Someone who volunteers to take my very muddy boys home from baseball because I have a new car. 

Someone who listens to a 15 page text when they just ask "How are you?". 

Someone who laughs about you throwing up and reminds you of it months later!

Someone who thinks it's funny when you flip them the bird. 

Someone who understands the need for profanity on those "days". 

Someone who understands when you are having a bad day and excuses your grumpiness. They don't take it personally because they know not every day is peaches and rainbows with fairies. 

Someone who sits with you while you whine and offers an ear every time. 

Someone who loves your kids almost as much as you do, even though all kids can be a handful. 

Someone who points out your unique specialness when you are the hardest on yourself. And they aren’t patronizing you. They mean it.

Someone who you can trust to have your back no matter what. 

And you know they expect the same from you and that's why it works. :) 

This Sunday I am especially thankful for those tried and true friends who are amazing and fun. 

I am a lucky gal to have not only friends like that but a hubs like that too. 

It's a good day~

~Dress Forms In Acrylic!~

Good morning  my crafty friends,

Fall is in the air and Salted Caramel Mochas are back at Starbucks! LOL

I found out yesterday and YEA! :) I am not even a Starbucks fan but

I do love that, so fun times. 

Ok anyways

I have a Clear Scraps project to share today but first I 

wanted to share their BRAND NEW Expressions....

this is what I will be working on this week! 

I am SO excited to see COURAGE and BLESSINGS especially. 

But I love them all of course. 

Ok I have a beautiful card to share today, that I created using the Clear Scraps

Clearly Accent Embellishments (Dress Form) and the Momenta Paper Pad and

the new Momenta Metals (love those!).

I also used the Clearsnap Glitter (love that too). 

 If you head to the Clear Scraps blog I made a tutorial on embossing the

acrylic and creating this card. 

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/09/acrylic-card-w-embossingdecorating-tutorial.html

I love the rich papers and the beautiful acrylic. 

Now I am off to create with the fun new Expressions today, and

finish my new Online Holiday Card Class for My Creative Classroom! :) 

Happy Thursday my friends. 

~Butterflies & Crafting~

Good morning my friends, 

I had to share a couple photos of my very gentle giant of a son

Justice, who found a "butterfly" I suspect it might be a moth. 

With a broken wing, he was screaming for me to get my camera. 

It was simply adorable. 

He was just enamored and so gentle, it was sweet.

I was thankful for my new camera. 

Fun stuff!

Anyways on to crafts... :) 

I made this tri-fold frame using my Bind-It-All and the beautiful

"Noted" kit from the Scraptastic Club, you can find a tutorial for it on the 

Bind-It-All blog. HERE

I just used Chipboard and my Bind-It-All to create the pages. 

Fun little project! :) 

I had so much fun making it and this is the kit I used. 

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It was a fun kit! You can find the kit here. 

http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/all-available

That's all for me today, I had such a busy day, I need a nap! LOL

~Tag Mini Album~

Good morning my friends!!

I hope your Labor Day weekend was amazing! :) 

We had the most fun this weekend with friends, and heading into Nashville. 

Anyways...first of all I want to share this mini album, then I will 

tell about Nashville. I made this fun Tag Mini Album using the new 

September "Noted" Kit from the Scraptastic Kit Club.

Basically I took some chipboard I got from my friend Jennifer Priest,

and I trimmed it out into tag shapes (just using my scissors)

After I covered each page using the kit. 

 I used my Zutter Bind-It-All to create the album.

I had so much fun making it and this is the kit I used. 

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It was a fun kit! You can find the kit here. 

http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/all-available

Now onto the weekend, we went into Nashville (which is rare) and

went to a restaurant called "Dick's" which is where basically you pay

to be insulted LOL It was inappropriate for me to post on my blog

very adult. The food was so so but it was a fun experience none-the-less. 

Cannot post the photos because they were a little graphic, but

The waiters did say Strawberry Shortcake pooped on my head...

that was funny LOL

Then (since it was next door) we went to Coyote Ugly...

totally not NEARLY as nice as the movie LOL

Very ghetto and run down, but hey, when your next door you gotta go!

It was a fun time and I had a great time with friends. 

Monday we headed for a long lunch with friends, 

it was a great weekend, nice and refreshing. 

Now back to reality!

~Artsy "Grateful For You" Card~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

I am excited to share an "Artsy" card today I made this week. 

"Grateful For You" is definitely how I feel about my friends

so I thought a fun artsy card would be a great way to show it. 

I used the beautiful Grateful Season Stamp set from Avocado Arts

today is there showcase for the September set. :) 

And the papers are Pink Paislee She-Art.

I found the perfect matching gray ink with Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink. 

I almost want to make a canvas with these now! :) 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the amazing chickitas-

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Ashley Harris

Becky Oehlers

AJ Otto

Vera Yates

Latisha Yoast

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Have a beautiful 3 day weekend my friends~

I have a fun weekend planned with friends and a double date!! WOOHOO!

~Halloween Fun- CLASS!~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

This is what I am working on right now....

Halloween projects! :) 

For the Fall Semester at My Creative Classroom.

This class I am joining with Jennifer Priest and Kim Parkinson

and we will teach a 6 week ONLINE class all about Halloween. 

These two are my projects.  and they have many more in the class! :) 

You can find the class here

http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=560

I think it's going to be alot of fun, we will play with alcohol inks, 

paper, scrapbook pages, albums, and cards! 

Good stuff!!! :) 

~Stamping On Fabric- Fabric Card Tutorial~

Good morning my crafty friends! :) 

I have a fun post today, you know I am designing with Avocado Arts

and I thought it would be fund to do something a little funky this time around

and just dive in and make a fabric card. 

You might recognize the fabric from yesterday's Rice Bag Tutorial post,

I really thought it was perfect for the Grateful Season- 

Avocado Arts Stamp set I am using.

So here is what I did:

Step 1. Using creamy ink (not a dryer ink it needs to have liquid) & Grateful Season

stamps from Avocado Arts- lay fabric onto hard surface, and stamp directly onto fabric. 

Press firmly.

*tip* make sure plenty of ink is applied to stamp*

 I used the Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink. 

 Step 2. After it dries for 5 minutes, using very sharp and micro tipped sheers

cut stamped images out. IF you use fabric bond you could cut on machine using

SVG/cut files from Avocado Arts. I prefer to hand cut fabric. 

 Step 3. Trim out 4.5X6" paper for card base. 

Step 4. Trim out 5.5X4" paper.

Step 5. Adhere fabric to paper from step 4. 

Step 6. Trim adhered fabric using paper as cutting guide to get it nice and even. 

 Step 7. Using sewing machine stick around adhered fabric from step 6. 

The paper gives it stability. 

Step 8. Adhere stitched paper onto paper from step 3. 

Step 9. Using Beacon 3N1 or strong versatile glue, adhere stamped images onto

card as shown below. 

Step 10. For the sentiment I followed steps 1 through 8 using the sentiment stamp.

Revising size of cuts to match sentiment. 

Step 11. Adhere sentiment to card. 

Step 12. Take leftover strip of fabric, run through fingers to fray and create bow. 

Step 13. Adhere bow to card. 

Step 14. Apply lace to card and stitch. 

Step 15. Adhere card to full size card base. 

That's it! A beautiful fabric card! :) 

Don't forget to visit the rest of the crew! 

THE PIT CREW (DT)

Ashley Harris

Becky Oehlers

AJ Otto

Vera Yates

Latisha Yoast

Avocado Arts