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"Scrapbooking is your own personal holiday"~~Sara

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Easter Luminary






Cricut Imagine Cartridge:
Enjoy The Seasons - Bunny and Duck Image
Cricut Cartridges:
Create A Critter - Grass and word Spring
Simply Charmed - For the word Happy.
George And Basic Shapes - Frame
Candle - Is the Flame-less Tealights - purchased at Walmart.
Then I used Ink Jet Transparency for the windows. Shiny side out and matte side in.
It add extra stability to the framework.

Happy Crafting!!
Mary

Spring Luminary

I have always been fascinated with the luminaries people have been making.
So I thought I would give it a try. Here's my first Spring Luminary designed on my Gypsy.
I had a lot of fun designing it and putting it together. I think I'm going to try some more. :)







Cricut Cartridges:
Create A Critter - Grass, Chick and word Spring
Simply Charmed - For the word Happy.
George And Basic Shapes - Frame
Candle - Is the Flame less Tealights - purchased at Walmart.
Then I used Ink Jet Transparency for the windows. Shiny side out and matte side in.
It add extra stability to the framework.



Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Where's Spring????

I'm sitting here in the middle of a blizzard wondering what happened to Spring? I had to take the pictures through the screen on the door. Because the door is frozen shut. Ugh! Oh well, I guess Mother Nature had other ideas for us today. In the mean time I'm going to craft. Hopefully we won't lose power too.






I've Been Given The Stylish Blog Award!!

I received a Stylish Blog Award from Kimberly at Krafts~By~Kimberly
Thanks Kimberly for giving me this award! I Love Your Blog!


Here's the list to accept this award.
  • Thank The person you gave it to you.
  • Share 8 things about yourself
  • Pass the award on to 8 individuals I've recently discoverd.
  • Make a post so they may pass along the recognition.
8 Things about me.

I was a wood crafter of home decor items starting out in the crafting world
I love to have flower gardens
I love the outdoors
I love reading
I love being at home
I digital scrapbooked before started paper crafting.
I've been paper crafting for 8 yrs.
I enjoy spending time with family and friends.

Now 8 individuals to pass this award onto:

Mandy -  Mandy Scraps 
Charity - Meaningful Menagerie 
Caprice - My Crafty Corner 
Ohhh Snap - http://ohhhsnapper.blogspot.com/
Brigitte - http://pinkpapercricut.blogspot.com/
Liza - http://ratherbecraftin.blogspot.com/
Rose - http://glitternglow.blogspot.com/
Say Anything Crafts - http://sayanythingcrafts.blogspot.com/


Thursday, February 24, 2011

Play Time - Play Date Card

I'm work-in-progress with learning coloring techniques. I am finding that I Love working with watercolor crayons when coloring images. I will be getting watercolor pencils to see how I like them as well. I think they will give me some new techniques to try. I loved watercolor painting  back when I was 13yrs. old. I at the time was getting pretty good for that age. The teacher featured several pieces I had done in the classroom. Which gave me all the more encouragement to get even better. I do make my own watercolor background papers also and will post some of my scrapbook pages I did before I ever owned a Cricut.
 I'm not competely new to working with watercolors. But coloring stamped images is new territory for me.
I intentionally went outside the lines in coloring this image to create shadows and interest for the image.
When I create I like to create freely. I don't always follow the expected rules. I want my art or coloring to stretch the rules by working outside the constrictions of the lines of stamped images. I think it adds character, personal style and interest to the stamped images.
Your ideas on coloring may differ from mine. Thats ok! That is what defines our own personal styles when creating our Art for our projects.
Below is a Play Time - Play Date Card.
I think it is a neat way to send out a card to get children together for playdates.



Card Size - 5"x5"
Yellow Card mat - 3-3/4" x 4-38"
White Paper - 3-3/8" x 4"
Stamp set - Close To My Heart - Play Time stamp set - D1294
(I love this stampset)
Ribbon


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Warm Winter Wishes Card

This is my first time Ever to color in a Stamped Image! Well, maybe the 2nd I'm not sure. LOL
 This isn't something I have really been into. But I do collect stamps. So How did I do? 
Inlight of our Newly fallen snow here I got that warm fuzzy wintery feeling.


Card - A2 - 4-1/4 x 5-1/2
Stamp Set: Close To My Heart - Merry Pursuits - B1313
Studio G - Warm Winter Wishes Stamp - VC5744 Series 22
Stampin Up - Watercolor Wonder Crayons
Felt Snowflakes
Ribbon

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Greeting Cards

Visit  Mary's Crafting Spot to see my other project. 







These are A2 sized cards - Cut at 4-1/4"x5-1/2"
Cricut Imagine Cartridge - Lori's Garden
Colored background paper - Cut at 5"x3-3/4"
The punched white paper - Cut at 3-1/4"x5"
Bird - Cut at 1"
Floral border - Cut at 4-1/2"
Mushroom - Cut at 1-1/2"
Martha Stewart Border Punch - Scroll Lace Punch
Greeting was designed in Photoshop