Creative Belli Challenge 123 - Non-paper Materials

Hi there. Today we have a new challenge for you at the Creative Belli Challenge. This time the challenge is to dig in your stash, and find something non-paper to work with. You can grab that piece of fabric you saved and always said you were going to use, but haven't yet. Or maybe some burlap, I have seen some lovely things with dryer sheets too. You get the idea. I decided to grab this candle that has been sitting in my craftroom for a year or so now...and sitting in my hutch for about 8 years before that...lol. I stamped the image on tissue, and used my heat tool to "melt" it onto the wax. The image is from Eureka Stamps, and is called Lg. Manger Circle. I really like the way the image "crinkled" too. I think it gives it a different look. I felt it needed something else, so I started digging. I found these snowflake eyelets (not paper, but metal!), and used my eyelet hammer to get them in the wax. They added just enough to make me happy...lol. Well that is all from me. Head on over to the Creative Belli Challenge Blog, and see what the rest of the ladies have come up with. Then play along, and link up your project to the link at the bottom of today's challenge post. Thanks for stopping by!

Gardening Layout

Hi there. Today I decided to play along with this month's Imaginisce Challenge. I really liked this sketch, and had the perfect photo to go along with it.Here is my take on the sketch using all Imaginisce products.

This is a photo of my girls helping their daddy in the veggie garden this year. I felt the Berrylicious line went perfect with this. So...I ran to my LSS today, and picked up a couple more full sheets of this paper. Since all I had left was pieces, and the embellishments. Then I got right to work. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I used some of the die cuts for my titles, and embellishments. The journaling square is a sticker from the line.

Now I am off to make some dinner, then get to work on another cool project I am starting using these... Curious?????

Well stop back again soon to see what I did with these little 1" wooden blocks.

The Lord's Prayer

Happy Tuesday. I hope your week has started off well so far. We are doing well here even though it has been yucky muggy. Not a fan of the heat...lol. Well, today I wanted to share a bookmark with you. Biblical Impressions Stamps actually has a whole section of stamps just for bookmarks! They are the perfect size to just stamp on for a bookmark. There are lots of options to choose from in this section...65 of them actually. There range from cutesie to "serious", childlike to adults. I had a hard time choosing which ones I wanted to work with this month. But...I ended up with the Our Father. I tried to make the photo a little bigger, but it got too distorted. I just love this prayer. Jesus taught us to pray to Him using this prayer. There have been many times in my life that I have relied on this prayer to help me when I just didn't know what to say. So that is why I picked it. I think something like this would make a great bookmark for your Bible, devotional, or really any book. I stamped the image off, on kraft CS, and trimmed it down. The PP is from my stash. It is a pretty blue with olive colored roses. Last, I used some Maya Road fibers for the "string" of the bookmark.

Well that is all for now. Thanks for stopping by, and have a fabulous day!

Morgan's Messy's Mini Missions Card

Here is my 8 year old DD's card for her DT. She is part of the Messy's Mini Missions children's challenge DT. The challenge this month is "Anything Goes". So she decided to do back to school. She made this card to give to her new teacher on the first day of school. She used the adorable Back to school Rhubarb image from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. She colored him with markers, and layered him onto the PP from CM. She used mom's Cricut to cut the letters, and used a gel pen to "highlight" the letters. Last, she picked some brads and put those along the top corner.

Morgan is also entering this in the Simon Says Stamps Children's Challenge.

Natalie's Card

This is a card my 6 year old DD made for a birthday she is going to this weekend. She used one of the adorable Rhubarb digi images from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. She is going to a roller skating party, so if you look close, you can see she added "wheels" to Rhubarb's feet. Then she cut him out, and layered onto the paper from SEI. She said the paper looking like the glowing lights at the roller skating rink. The heart brads are supposed to be the lights at the rink too. The sentiment is also from SNSS.

She is entering this card in the Simon Says Stamps Kids Challenge.

Dinosaur Birthday

Hi there. Today I wanted to share a fun birthday card with you. Seems like the only mail we have gotten lately is birthday party invitations...better then bills I guess. So...we need some cards to go with the girls for all these parties. I just love this Birthday Dinosaur image from Eureka Stamps. Isn't it cute???!!! This dinosaur image actually comes in 3 sizes. The one I used for my card is the Largest of the 3. I stamped him off, and colored with markers. I added some smootch to his eyes and on the candle flames. The PP is from SEI, and the ribbon was in my stash. He is such a fun image, and personally I think he can go either for a boy card or a girl card. In this case, this card will be going to a little girl.

Well thanks for stopping by!

Wedding Gift - Lots of photos

Hi there. Today we are going to a wedding for my DH's uncle. I thought it would be fun to make an album for them as a gift. So I purchased a wedding album kit at a LCS...actually I got it on sale...because it was open and missing over 1/2 the stuff from the kit. Then I purchased another wedding album kit. Got home, and started working on it, only to realize the kit I purchased was for an 8" x 8" album, and I have a 12" x 12" album to work with....ugggggg! So back to the store to try again. This time I picked up a 12 x 12 pack of PP, and 2 sets of solid color 12x12 papers. The one set was even metallic papers. Then I got to work. I used various ribbons, stickers (which I bought for the album, and ones from my stash), ribbon slides, brads, flowers, etc...you get the idea...lots of embellishments. I just love the way it turned out, and I hope the happy couple does too. I am going to offer to put the photos in for them later if they want me to. I did label each "matt" as to what size photo is supposed to go there. So here is the pages I made...minus 1 (I didn't get a shot of the very first page of the album). I did not included company names for papers, but if you want to know, just leave me a comment, and I will get back to you. Thanks!

Well that is it! What did you think? Off to celebrate, and "Dance the night away!" Thanks for stopping by!