Frosted Ornament and Flower

Hi Folks!  I hope you are all enjoying the Fall weather.  Here in Florida there is not too much of a weather fluctuation but we can tell by our cooler mornings that Fall is here. And of course, if we go into any store and the Christmas decorations are out, it must be Fall.

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I created using the Frosted paper from Close to my Heart.  I am still in love with those beautiful muted blues and grays.

 This beautiful card uses a treat cup, half back pearls, ribbon and my trusty Cricut.  Isn't it adorable!?

 Here's a close up of the pearls ~ you can see that I used two half back pearls and put them together to create the look of a whole pearl. 
Next up is a card for a new friend who, the first time I met her, wore a scarf that exactly matched the zig zag pattern of the Frosted paper.

 The verse comes from ole faithful Pinterest.  Come to think of it, the ornament card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  That Pinterest just sucks me in.  argggg 

Close up of the flower that I created using my Tim Holtz tattered flowers die.
Thank you for stopping in today. :-)

If you are visiting here from the Don't Get Yourself In A Tangle Blog Hop.  At the bottom of my post are the rest of blogs for your hopping leisure. Here are the rest of the ladies.   

I hope you enjoy your hopping!!

Up next is Carol Loftus
CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up
1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley >>>You are here.
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny 
13.Mary Schwimer(Ida's Attic)  

Cleaning Up

Hello my friends.  I hope you don't mind a non-holiday post. 

I have been busy cleaning off pictures that are on my camera. Long over-do.

This first card was done in May!  

Aurora was not the easiest to put together but the end results came out great. 

 I think I'll be doing more Princess's in the near future.

 I love this card!  The colors are so bright and vivid oh.....

I just recalled that this is the first attempt at using the Cricut pens.  Not too bad, ehh?

This little cutie was so much fun to create.  First came the cage, I tried all sorts of products on it.  Wish I remembered what, but it came out looking like metal.  Very cool.  I love the addition of the music notes.

 Close up of the bird and faux metal.

This pretty card was created using some fabulous ribbon from the Stamp Simply Store.  

You would not believe how light and airy this ribbon is!  It's like holding air. 

 

 Love.

Next up is a fun card using Close to my Heart products.  

Oh my gosh what a great stamp set and the paper is fabulous as well!

 

 Isn't it cute!?
Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have a great day!
Michelle

Prima Post-it

 Here's something a little different that I had a whole lot of fun creating.  A post-it note holder!  How glamorous and shabby chic!  I love how beautiful it came out, because of the small size,  it was sort of like making an ATC. Fun!

 The beautiful paper is from Prima, the eyelets and lace are from Michael's and that cute little flower ~ I created it using more of the Prima paper with Martha Stewart's Hydrangea punch.

Thank you so very much for stopping in to visit.
Hugs,
Michelle

Card Pattern Sketch #166

Hello again.  Thanks for checking in on me. Today's card is my take on the sketch from Card Patterns 166.  It is actually quite easy to create great cards when given the option to follow a sketch.
For this card I used paper from the Dotty For You collection by Close to my Heart. I layered all the pieces with Stampin' Up! basic grey card stock. Then drew faux stitching along all the edges I then added the flowers.

The flowers are made using Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals die with newspaper. Yup, newspaper, then I painted the petals using Delphinium Turquoise starburst stain from Lindy's Stamp Gang. Aren't they beautiful!?  If anyone out there would like to have some of their own set of flowers, I have even put some up for sale at my Etsy Shop.

The shimmer on these flowers is fabulous and  of course the pictures do not do it justice. The small flowers were created with a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch and phone book paper. I love up-cycling!

Thanks again for visiting.
m


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Turquoise Newspaper Flowers

Hello my friends.  I hope all is well with you all.  I've had a bit of a health issue..lesson learned...do not stop taking medication until your doctor says it's ok.  I ran out of one my prescriptions and had trouble reaching the doctor for a renewal so I just stopped taking it.  Bad move.  uggg I was in pretty bad shape for almost a week before I realized what I had - had not - done.  Like I said..lesson has been learned.

So on to these gorgeous flowers!  Aren't they beautiful!!   I used Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals die with newspaper.  I then painted them with some Delphinium Turquoise starburst stain from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

 Here's a close up.  I used two of each of the flower cuts to create the blossom then added a rhinestone to the center.

The flowers are attached to a textured tag and are now ready to find a new home.  You can purchase them at my Etsy Shop. http://etsy.me/
Thanks for checking in with me today :-)

Pineapple Drink Card

Here's a fun card, for a fun friend, to brighten up her day.  I created this Pineapple shaped card using my Cricut Expression with Cricut's Life is a Beach cartridge. And here's a bonus for those that are interested!  I have the step by step directions below!

I love how this little card came together.  I may have to make a few more and put them up on my Etsy shop.  Anyone interested ?  :-)

As to why Adhesive Squares are in the picture above, Glue Arts is having a challenge on their blog;  Glue Arts: Make something for Mother's Day.  The challenge was to create something for Mother's Day using one of their products and take a picture showing how you used it.  Well the package does not actually hold squares, but a nice long line of adhesive that was perfect for gluing the designer paper to the straw and umbrella pole.  This adhesive is awesome for use with ribbon (probably why it's called Ribbon Adhesive)  It will stick ribbon down and not show through with those ugly blotches.
thanks for stopping in and I hope you all have a fabulous Mother's Day,
Michelle
other challenges;
fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com -mothers day

March and April Calendars

 I'm a little behind but also ahead!  I'm behind in posting my March calendar.. but just by a few days.  Again I have used the Cricut cartridge called A Child's Year. Here in Florida it's spring so I decided to have the March kids playing outside in the sunshine.

 And look at this!  I have almost 4 weeks before I need my April calendar!  Yay me!  Like the rest of my calendars I used Tim Holtz paper from his Vintage Shabby paper pack and of course A Child's Year. If you are wondering where the grass silhouette came from,  I pieced together the grass from one of the other images on the cartridge. 
That's it for me today.
Tomorrow I will fill you in on how a nail trim for my dog turned into a 8 hour stay at Pet Smart for both of us.  I hate Pet Smart!!!

Happy February

Today's post is a picture of my February calendar page.  I am making a perpetual calendar using images from Cricut's A Child's Year and paper from the Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper pack collection.  Perpetual meaning I just need to make new month pages each year.
Today is a quick post, we are moving the office/craft room into the master bedroom.  I can't wait to see how it's going to turn out!!
thanks for stopping in ☺

Happy New Year

 Happy New Year Gremlins!  um, I mean friends.  I don't know where that came from!
Today's post shows my January calendar made with Cricut's cartridge A Child's Year, Martha's snowflake punch and Tim Holtz Shabby Chic paper stack.  I searched a couple of hours and couldn't find the calendar site that I used for my earlier pages.  So I decided to write it out...I just noticed that I need to add the 31st.  silly me.  I've also posted my September calendar that I never showed you.  I like this one.  It reminds me of my kids when we used to do arts and crafts together.

That's it for today.
Thanks again for stopping in and Happy New Year!

Yes, I'm still around

Hello Blogland,  I hope you haven't forgotten me.  As we all know, sometimes life just gets in the way. I've been taking care of myself by staying active in my craft room, just not actively taking pictures.  Today, I made a list of the things I wanted to accomplish before sitting at my desk and taking some pictures and posting them were at the top.  so here ya go...

 

I know this is a bit of a repeat, but I wanted a picture with a few of my birdhouses together.  I love playing with these inexpensive little guys.  I then go to the thrift store and find candlesticks to use as their bases.

Next up is my ongoing Cricut calendar, which I finally finished last night..only 2 weeks late.  I've been creating the calendar using Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper stack and A Child's Year by Cricut.

I have also started working on some Christmas cards.  I created this snowman and  even made an SVG file for him!  How about that! If you'd like to have it, just let me know and I'll send it right out to you.

The center step card above was created using Merry Christmas Home from Webster's Pages, MS glitter and a Christmas paper stack.

 Next up is a card I created while playing around with my Martha Stewart punch.  I ended up punching out quite a few branches and came up with this adorable wreath.  I then realized I even had a Martha bow punch.  Perfect :-)

 That's it for today.  Time to go have some dinner, feet up and tv time.
Thanks for stopping in to check on me.

Michelle

Happy Birthday Ci

 Today's card is for my baby who turns 25 today.  She came for a visit and while she was sleeping, I created this card.  It was so easy to put together once I decided on using my stash by The Girls Paperie.  In fact, the strips are some of my scraps.

First I edged all the strips with Tim Holt's Vintage Photo then adhered them onto the card base.  It was truly my lucky day, because I didn't have to do any trimming on the height of the strips. I trimmed the width, I then glued down the flower trim, figured out where to put the chandelier beads (from my stash) glued them down and topped it off with a five petal flower, edged the bird and glued it down and then the rhinestone trim. The rhinestones are from Michael's and the green flower ribbon from Webster's Pages was a perfect match.

Altered Box

 Hello all.  I'm still cleaning up my computer and came across more pictures of projects that I haven't shared.
Here's a real beauty.  I don't know why it never made it to my blog, cuz I think it's quite a beauty and I am quite proud of it.  The box started out as a plain white box that I covered using Graphic 45 papers and ribbons.

Here's a view of the top.  Isn't it gorgeous!!  I lined the inside with matching satin fabric (sorry no pics)  The hardware is from Tim Holtz.
Back to more cleaning.......

Cornucopia

Todays card features another digital image from McMahon Five Designs, aptly named Cornucopia.  I colored the image using my water pen and chalk inks from Stampin' Up! I then cut the image out with my Big Shot using Spellbinders Label 16 and inking the inside with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I then layered this on top of another die called Lattice Shapeabilities Pendant from Spellbinders.  The top background paper is from K & Company and the bottom is from Bazzill that was stamped using one of my favorite back ground stamps from Stampin' Up! with versamark.  The bow is from Celebrate It and for the last detail, three black dew drops.
That's it for now.
Thanks for stopping in :-)
Michelle

It's beginning to look a little spooky

Happy September...eeek that means it's getting close to some holidays, starting with Halloween.  It's so fun to use colors that you wouldn't normally put together.  Bright orange and purple, wowsers!

The base of the card is Perfect Plum by Stampin' Up! I stamped with Dream Text by Stampendous.  Then a layer of black distressed a bit and scalloped on one side.  The next layer, the bright orange, was toned down by using a stamp by Delta called Crackle Background.  I also used the Dream Text on the flower made with the Tattered Flowers die from Tim Holtz.  Finally the gorgeous image from McMahon Digital Designs was colored with watercolor pencils.  You can find the stamp here.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Michelle

Newspaper Flowers

Good evening!  

I have a special treat for you today! I recently made a shaped card using another SVG file from McMahon Five Design called Layered Frames
and a borrowed Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die. Isn't it pretty?!

Take a peak at that flower!  

You're going to be very surprised when I tell you that I created it 

using newspaper and paint.

  

Would you like to learn how I did it?

 It's your lucky day, because I created a video on how I made it 

along with a few other beauties.

If you have a chance to watch the video, I'd love to hear from you.

 Play YouTube Video

 Thanks for checking in and I hope you have a fabulous weekend,

Michelle

Beautiful Box