Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

Today is the big day of the month for the Papertrey Blog Hop. It's always on the 25th of the month,
why not create something and join us!!

My inspiration came from the first Holiday Color Recipe card:

I just love these colors together and when I saw those beautiful ornaments,I knew

exactly what I wanted to create.  It was just a matter of when. I put it off until today and my

daughter had a swim meet. So, when I got home, I went to work.  Here's what I came

up with today. Pretty much how I had pictured it. What do you think?? I thought about embossing some circles around the image but I didn't want to take the chance that I wouldn't like it!

And a closer picture:

PTI Supplies: Stampers Select and Winter Wisteria CS, Aqua mist, hibiscus burst, hawaiian shores,

blueberry sky and winter wisteria inks. Wonderful Words :Holiday Stamps.

Other Supplies: Quickutz cookie cutter dies, Stamps Of Life "Merry" die,

MFT Die-namics Pierced Circles die, Hero Arts Grid Stamp,

Stampin' Up! Parlor Prints, water brush and some stickles.

Hope you enjoy!!

With Sympathy

I needed a quick sympathy card so I could get it off in the mail. A dear friend that I went to high school with lost her Dad and I needed one quick since I just kept putting it off!

So, here it is:

I used some Prima Patterned Paper(Nature Garden Collection).

A spellbinders die to cut a layer of vellum and cardstock. Tied on a little 

twine and addded my sentiment, I was done. Talk about a quickie!

Thanks for stopping by. Tomorrow is the  PTI Blog Hop. See you then!!

Make It Monday # 182: Mason Jar Stamping-Third and final

So, it seems like it's been FOREVER since I posted anything and, well....it has!  I have been caught up in one thing or another and just have not found the time to get crafty until this weekend.

I really wanted to try the Make It Monday this week over at Nichole's Blog.

Melissa shows us how to stamp on mason jars.  I've been wanting to try a few different things with this technique but have not gotten around to it before now. Thank you Melissa!!!!  You inspired me so, this week!!  Here is one of the jars she made:

I really wanted to try chalk paint but I was not about to pay the price because I wanted so many different colors. I did a little looking around the internet and found this post here on DIY chalk paint. I have lots of acrylics so I bought a tub of plaster of paris and now I can make my own. It was very simple and I am happy with the results. And so much more cost effective, especially when you already have the paint!!

I have a nephew that just got a teaching job this year and I wanted to make him something for his classroom.  I've been wanting to do this since I found out he got the job!  Thank you again to Melissa for getting my butt moving on this!

So, here are the finished results:

I sanded the paint on this one a bit and then stamped some Tim Holtz number stamps in Staz-on ink in black. Finished it off with a junk bow and a die cut apple from Apple Prints that was stamped with "Homemade just for YOU" from Teacher's Apple.

Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!!

Make It Monday # 182: Mason Jar Stamping-Take Two

So, it seems like it's been FOREVER since I posted anything and, well....it has!  I have been caught up in one thing or another and just have not found the time to get crafty until this weekend.

I really wanted to try the Make It Monday this week over at Nichole's Blog.

Melissa shows us how to stamp on mason jars.  I've been wanting to try a few different things with this technique but have not gotten around to it before now. Thank you Melissa!!!!  You inspired me so, this week!!  Here is one of the jars she made:

Here is my second take. I did things a bit differently and instead of painting the outside of the jar, I painted the inside. I just dripped black and white paint around the neck of the jar and let it do the work for me. 

 I then stamped the outside of the jar with the spider from the Fall Friendship Jar Fillers  with Staz-on ink in black. I found that I was able to control the stamp a bit more by sticking it to my finger and stamping it that way. It was small enough so. it worked very well.

Another shot

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  I really liked the way this came out. I think with the paint on the inside and the spiders on the outside, it gives it more dimension.

I originally planned to leave more unpainted areas and put some spiders and webbing inside the jar but I was having so much fun, I just kept going.

The last one:

Thanks for stopping and all your comments!!

Make It Monday # 182: Mason Jar Stamping

So, it seems like it's been FOREVER since I posted anything and, well....it has!  I have been caught up in one thing or another and just have not found the time to get crafty until this weekend.

I really wanted to try the Make It Monday this week over at Nichole's Blog.

Melissa shows us how to stamp on mason jars.  I've been wanting to try a few different things with this technique but have not gotten around to it before now. Thank you Melissa!!!!  You inspired me so, this week!!  Here is one of the jars she made:

And this is the first one I came up with:

 

I used plain old black acrylic paint and stamped my ghost(Fall Friendship Fillers) with Fresh Snow

Ink on a small jelly mason jar.  He slid around a little bit so I did get some blurry guys-all the more frightening, right?  I had a leather tag that I stamped with the" Boo to You" sentiment.  Junk bow and there you go, piece of candy cake!

Here's a close up of the tag :

Thanks for stopping!