love frame

Tonite I felt the need to add one last post before I go to bed.  If I've written this post a little wonkie it's because my night time drugs must have kicked in.  This frame started out in Michael's $1 section.  I painted the wood frame with pink acrylic paint then added a light shade of crackle paint.  When it was dry the gloves came off and the ribbons rhinestones, pompoms and flowers came out to play.
I made it through!  I can go to bed now.
See you in the morning,
Michelle

2011 Thankful

 I realized today that I had totally forgotten to take any pictures, let alone post, my yearly "what I am thankful for" page.  This is my third year doing my own little tradition and I am so 'thankful' to be able to go back and read the notes that I had written for myself.

 Each layout has a hidden bit of journaling that does not need to be seen by everyone but not to be forgotten by me.  This years secrets are hiding in a pocket with a cute pull out tab made with a Stampin' Up! round tab punch, Webster's Pages lace and some home made flowers.  In fact I made most of the flowers on the layout.

The large flower (above) was made from a silk flower that I had picked up off the floor in Michael's.  I took out the hard middle pieces, glued the layers back together and then added a porcelain flower to the center.  Cute, huh?

 

I love this picture.  I tried the popular, take a picture of yourself in the mirror, pose and the flash went off perfectly in the center of my neck.  Worked for me.  Here you can see a close up of some of the flower clusters and the fun butterfly I created with a cameo and Recollections butterfly.
That's all I have for you today.  Thanks for checking in.
Michelle

Pretty Birds

 

Hello all, I'm just popping in to say hi and thank you for taking the time to visit.

 Tonight I've posted three cards using the same image. 

The stamp is from LaBlanche.

Isn't it a gorgeous stamp!?

The first two cards use paper from Michael's Recollection line and the bottom card uses some old Stampin' Up! paper. The two bottom cards use lace that I found at JoAnn's.

MPS Design Call

Robyn at My Pink Stamper, has recently announced her next design team call for the next six months so I thought I'd give it a shot.

The guidelines were~
*You will need to have a blog that you regularly post on for at least 3 months.
*You cannot already be serving on a DT that has product that is a conflict of interest (most DTs are just fine as long as they do not sell product that is similar to My Pink Stamper Original Cricut Stamps idea)*Your project must be made just for this challenge*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge*Only one entry per person, please*You do not need to be a professional but you must have a love for the craft.  Challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite Cricut cartridge using the following colors...... 
Orange  Turquoise  Green  and Brown  

  After looking through my designer papers to find something using those colors I came across some 'On The Boardwalk' by Graphic 45.  Perfect colors! 

 Here is my recipe: Cricut Summer Vacation Cartridge White Card Stock; Georgia Pacific  9" x 6 1/4"Green 4 1/2" x 6 1/4"Turquoise 4 1/4" x 6"Mustard 4 1/8" x 5 7/8"  Chocolate 4" x 5 3/4" card stock; RecollectionsDesigner Paper and tickets; Graphic 45Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger Rhinestone brad; Stampin' Up!Dimensionals; RecollectionsWhite Uniball penGlue Cut ferris wheel at 3" with mustard, cut again at 3 1/4" using green. Adhere together.  Cut beach arrow at 2" with mustard, cut again at 2 1/4" with green.  Adhere together. Fold white card stock in half to create card base. Sponge all pieces using distress ink.Layer in the following order.  Green, turquoise, mustard, chocolate then the designer paper.Attach the Ferris Wheel using the rhinestone brad, the Beach Arrow is attached with dimensionals and the tickets then glued.Add white dashes/dots.Sit back and admire. 

 Thanks for stopping in.Michelle