tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8316409649043932102024-03-06T15:02:50.739-05:00RUSTIC DAISY STUDIOhosted by Crystal RoodCrystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.comBlogger771125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-50306136013164253172015-03-08T15:51:00.000-04:002015-03-08T15:51:01.062-04:00Making a spectacle with Spectrum Noir!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm having way too much fun with these markers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I would love to start teaching classes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have loved coloring my whole life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Who didn't love that new box of Crayola's...the smell, the sharp point...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so pristine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I digress......now I've graduated into a whole new world of coloring and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">its a wonderful world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The image is from Saturated Canary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a lot of cute ones just like the one below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a LOT of markers to create this one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just keep on grabbin' them out of the holder and adding more and more color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope you enjoy this world of color as much as I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, other worldly beings......Gotta <strike>color</strike> split........TFL!!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-51274370677841001052015-03-06T11:39:00.001-05:002015-03-07T22:04:00.714-05:00Where are your FLYING MONKEYS when you need them????<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey look.....there's one right there!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not sure how tough this one actually is....'or maybe the halo is just a disguise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bwahahahahahahahaah!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created this for a challenge on the<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://www.spectrumnoir.com/new-challenge-march-winners-february-2015/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Spectrum Noir blog</span></a></span></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once a month they post a themed challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month (March) the theme is "Use a sentiment" on the front of the card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this saying....I say it to the hubs when I get upset with him......Bwahahahahahahaha!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The image is from Melonheads. Her stuff is so cute. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sentiment is from Impressions Obsessions clear stamp set. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is SOOOOO me!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to enter it into the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/spectrumnoir/"> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Spectrum Noir Connosseurs FB group</span></b></a> that I belong to also.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The theme for the challenge on the group is "Anything Goes".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, freakin' colorists......Gotta <strike>split</strike> color .......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-44109431588637269552015-03-04T11:21:00.002-05:002015-03-04T11:22:23.844-05:00A wee bit of Irish luck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created this beauty for two different challenge blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First up is <a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2015/03/national-old-stuff-day-use-cartridge.html"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>BBTB2</b></span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their challenge this week is National Old Stuff Day.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to use a cartridge that you haven't used in a while. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose 3 birds on Parade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This bird cage already had the vine....I just added a four leaf clover image in several places </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and added it on top of the existing vine and welded it together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next blog is <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2015/03/challenge-246-stpatricks-day.html"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Fantabulous Cricut Challenge</b></span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their challenge theme was, can you guess???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, it was St. Paddy's day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Sour Apple Cricut pen to write the sentiment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I had it all together I thought that it needed something extra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I used a MS heart punch and created the large 4-leaf clover to put in the corner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Added some jewels and call it done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, Paddys and Lasses..........Gotta split.......TFL!!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-76718187499416540772015-03-01T06:46:00.001-05:002015-03-01T06:46:31.037-05:00Exploring my signature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw a lot of people were decorating their Cricut Explores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I waited and looked at a lot of different designs and just could not come up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with anything that suited me personally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you know me....I not only 'think' outside of the box......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I create the box to think outside of....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bwaahhahahahahahahahahahaa!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to give it a name...but the best name for it was mine......CRYSTAL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like to think that I'm as smart as this machine/program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what better name than my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here she is.........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I use a large sharpie and signed my signature on a piece of paper and then scanned it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uploaded it into Inkscape and created a SVG to upload into Design Space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The eyes are from Photo Booth Props and glasses are from Bits and Pieces cart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AND cut it all out of vinyl and adhered it to the top. </span></div>
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After visiting the Scrapbook Expo last year in Duluth, GA. </div>
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I decided I could try to make my own. They actually sold the sheets that you applied the microfine glitter to....to create more glitter sheets. That was the easy part. </div>
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I had some Stick 'n Hold for Crafts sheets. Its a paper that has the adhesive in between two release paper. I peeled off one side and applied it to some white card stock. </div>
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Then I peeled off the other release paper to reveal the adhesive, I applied diamond color microfine glitter to the adhesive rubbing it in really well with my fingertips. <br />
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Now, the stickers that they had were just outlines of various images. </div>
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How was I going to create some fine line detail and then actually stick it on the glitter paper???</div>
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My Cricut Explore!!!!!! </div>
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YAY!!!!!</div>
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I found a free coloring page online and downloaded to my computer. It happened to be a .png. </div>
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I opened Design Space and uploaded it and then added it to my mat. </div>
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Cleaned up all the negative spaces and then cut it using black card</div>
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I had an outline sticker.</div>
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I used a small wallpaper seam roller to make sure that it was adhered really well to the glitter paper and then pulled out my Spectrum Noir markers and went to town coloring. </div>
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Now, don't freak out if you get some specks of glitter on your marker.<br />
I just took a paper town and wiped them right off.<br />
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It looks just like the product I was drooling over at the Scrapbook Expo.</div>
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Why not buy it while I was there? Well, I knew I had the adhesive sheets already and microfine glitter is so readily available. I knew I could create the sheets at home. The stickers were the issue, but that is solved now. I can create ANY image I wish with my Explore.<br />
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Until later, fellow coloring explorers.......Gotta <strike>split</strike> color......TFL!!!!!!<br />
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I just received the email that I passed the test to become</div>
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Yipppppeee!!!!</div>
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I can't contain my excitement!!!!!</div>
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There will be lots of coloring in my near future!!!!</div>
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Until later, colorists..........Gotta <strike>split</strike> color........TFL!!!!!</div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-67013740951401910932015-02-09T09:29:00.000-05:002015-02-09T09:29:01.122-05:00Hubs RED card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently received some Spectrum Noir markers as a gift and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, all the 24 pack marker sets are on my wish list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You hear that hubs........that would make a great </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Valentine's giftie for me!!!(teehee)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This months challenge is <b><span style="color: #990000;">RED</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I colored the truck image (from a retired Stampin' Up! set). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used DR5 & DR7 for the truck. IG8 & True Black for the tires.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TB1 for the window highlight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PP3 & PP5 for the 'load' of hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, colorists.....Gotta <strike>split</strike> drive........TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-80852856553780396312015-01-14T06:35:00.003-05:002015-01-14T06:35:45.928-05:00Exploring the EXPLORE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love how it turned out. </div>
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The colors of vinyl I used are a metallic bronze and yellow.</div>
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It looks way more impressive IRL!!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut the words "hello" & "you" 3 times each out of Blushing Bride card stock</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then glued two together using multipurpose liquid glue </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(which gives you a little </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">play time in order to get them lined up perfectly). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let that layer dry for just a small amount of time and then add the third layer the same way. It makes an instant chip board look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I masked off the smaller stamp of 3 tiny flowers to have just one showing and I stamped it just above the end of 'hello' then I added a basic pearl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its withing the next week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to order one from me....you can click on the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and it will take you to my website so you can order both of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, youzzzz.....Gotta split......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I get so excited when I get time to play in my studio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The year 2015 will be a year of more playing!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to share our mantle for this year.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a winner.....according to my 5 grandbabies (aged 2 yrs to 12yrs). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They all loved it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They knew immediately that it was Charlie Brown themed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created most of the items with my Explore. (teehee)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I painted a sign from a stencil I created using stencil material. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(which I attached using a strip of acetate) for Schroeders piano. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I purchased a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">football </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dog toy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ventured out in the woods and cut down a pine sapling to create the tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snoopy's house is a birdhouse I painted and bought the miniature lights from the doll house section of Hobby Lobby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Woodstock's house was a miniature wooden decor piece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope you enjoyed seeing it at much as my grands did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-17436578848534767892014-12-05T09:35:00.002-05:002014-12-05T15:18:29.195-05:00Aluminum trees..... !!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was younger aluminum trees were all the rage; of course, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We still had the traditional tree and when I would go over to friends houses that contained aluminum trees I was in awe. I loved the brilliance of the lights twinkling on the large metal needles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never got to have one myself, so I created some on my card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are not quite as bright as the real thing, but I think they look almost as shiny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got the tree images from Celebrate with Flourish cartridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I trimmed off the bottom of the silver trees to make them flat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this weeks challenge (Christmas beyond red & green)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this weeks challenge (Christmas Tree Challenge)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope you join in the fun!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, elves.......Gotta split.......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-86021624016997546282014-11-11T12:37:00.001-05:002014-11-11T12:37:35.402-05:00Hey Good Lookin' !!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have a weekly themed challenge....the only stipulation is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week its a sketch challenge ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'pop' on over to see the sketch and get started </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">creating something that's 'better than bread'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and they have a giveaway too!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Couldn't get much better than that, right????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before you 'pop' outta here....check out my creation below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love retro looking stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'm almost old enough to remember things like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The toaster and saying are from the cartridge <b>Nifty Fifties</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slide on outta here and get your gig on!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, dudes and dudettes.......Gotta split........TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-76580589154922335192014-10-14T06:21:00.002-04:002014-10-14T06:21:47.448-04:00I 'bang'ed another one out !!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created mine with Everyday Paper Dolls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used 3 different hairstyles with bangs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I LOVE IT!!!! It made me giggle!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hand wrote the sentiment to give it a more funky edge(using a sharpie).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The frame is a Sizzix die. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little gold cording and I call it done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, stylists........Gotta split(end)........TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-37292549553587172332014-10-01T13:28:00.001-04:002014-10-01T13:28:27.105-04:00Fantabulous night on the town......hopefully!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe...maybe not....but I know one fantabulous thing is the challenge over </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">@ <a href="http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/09/fccb-challenge-230-shape-up.html"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Fantabulous Cricut Challenge</b></span></a> #230</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its for shaped cards....any shape but a square or rectangle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know I know, mine is almost a rectangle ....but its NOT...its a bucket 'ol paint.</span></div>
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Check out that sparkly paper....woop woop!!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got the image from Handy Man cartridge. Hope you join in the fun!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe I'll give this cutesy to my hubs.....she what he thinks....Hmmmmmm!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, painters........Gotta <strike>paint</strike> split.......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-77525426900061549752014-09-17T07:14:00.001-04:002014-09-17T07:14:36.979-04:00Tag...you're it!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">use a tag on your creation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, my creation is a card that is shaped like a tag, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and another tag (velum) on top of that. </span></div>
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I would hug this cutie....even if it hurt just a wee bit!!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We moved last September and my studio was in such a disarray it was hard to focus </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I have NO excuses......Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is facing the front of our house.....so I can see if anyone arrives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I purchased those at Dollar Tree. They are plastic and <span style="color: #741b47;"><b>purple</b></span>. I hot glue the blades in back so they won't move and also a hanger. Then I spray painted them white. Hung them at the angle I wanted and then just draped the fabric strip in the blades and waa lllaaa I have a window treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, I can now enjoy my somewhat clutter free room and find my schtuff!!!</span></div>
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I hope this egg hatches in time for the big Easter egg hunt. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it still means a lot!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always peruse the clearance rack to see what I can use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut a dark pink base at 3-1/4" X 4-1/4" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the hearts are from George and Basic Shapes Cricut cart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adhered the heart in the palm and folded the two fingers down to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then adhered the hands to the base layer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aren't they adorable.....love 'em.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, lovlies.......Gotta split......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BBTB2's challenge was to make something 'beach' inspired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this one works well!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basic folded card stock base of a light blue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used Suburbia cartridge to cut the woman silhouette image; once with black card stock and once with a patterned yellow DSP. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut away most of the image to leave just a swimsuit to layer on top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then cut out the chair and umbrella from Life's a Beach cart. and made them large enough to layer the woman onto them. It was very easy using my Gypsy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had this clear stamp set that is for different types of flower petal, but to me they looked like surfboards. After stamping them with black staz-on I colored them using my Bic markers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then sentiment is from another stamp set. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used a few dimensionals for some texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All in all....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it turned out quite brilliantly!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, beach dwellers......Gotta split.....TFL!!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-55590940717034599662013-06-18T13:31:00.001-04:002013-06-18T13:35:11.869-04:00How sweet it is.........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">....fresh strawberries in the summer time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My hubs planted some strawberry plants this year and we have picked a few already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saved enough to make him some homemade strawberry ice cream....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is sweeeti-licious!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created this card for two different challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One is @ <a href="http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/2013/06/love-in-jar-cardz-tv-dt-challenge-31.html">Cardz TV</a> blog....its called "Love in a Jar"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the second one is @ <a href="http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/">BBTB2</a>...its called "Summer Foods"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this card works for both of them really well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Kate's ABC's for the jar cut and then adhered it to some acetate for the illusion of real glass and I then fussy cut around the edges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a heart punch for the strawberries and Boho blossom punch for the green hulls and a MS leaf punch to fill some empty space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The "SWEET" sentiment is from Michael's dollar spot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background is embossed with a folder from my Oriental Weave set of folders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought it looked a little like a basket weave. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, sweetsies.......Gotta split......TFL!!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-33639962964365121012013-05-17T13:06:00.001-04:002013-05-17T13:06:19.553-04:00Again!!!!! Yep.....again!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just can't leave well enough alone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The backs of the ladder back chairs in the dining room looked like </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they needed something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So.....they got SOMETHING!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made some monogrammed banners to hang on each chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each person has their initial of their first name on their chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is Jeff's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and finally...a "G" for a guest that might happen to eat with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started with a cardboard box that I received some crafting supplies in from Cricut.com....woop woop!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, back to the deets of this project. As I was saying, I started with a cardboard box. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I ripped it open and cut 4 triangles for the banners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I distressed the triangles by ripping some of the smooth paper off to reveal the corrugated paper underneath. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I then used white gesso and scrumbled some on hap-hazardly. Let it dry and meanwhile I used my Expression and the Old West cartridge and cut out the letters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used some dimensionals and placed them on the center of the triangles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I torn a piece of a patterned velum and adhered it with clear glue. Glued down a white button and also a small white clothes pin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then using a border punch and white card stock I made the scallop edges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then using a hot glue gun I adhered some pearl strings around the edges and left long tails at the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I ripped some fabric strips and used some white and black seam binding and tied it around the tails of the pearls to make a faux tassel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Added some more torn fabric to the top corners for hanging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tied them to the chairs and stepped back and clapped for joy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love them!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, sit a spellers.......Gotta <strike>sit</strike> split.....TFL!!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-44204512477222473952013-05-07T11:22:00.003-04:002013-05-07T11:22:50.228-04:00HEAL!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HEAL!!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> {putting my hands on my lovelies that aren't up to par right now}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a great nephew and a niece that are both under the weather right now. Both pretty serious. I won't get into the details, but they are on the mend...Thank goodness!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love ALL my family dearly and it hurts me to the core to see any of them not their normal selves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With that said.....I made a get well card for the both of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I forgot to take a picture of the first one I sent out to my g-nephew, but below is the one I just finished for my niece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of scraps, one with a border punch on the top and bottom...see the hearts <3 font=""></3></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then a rectangular peachy color was rounded on the corners and swiss dots embossed using the Sizzix Texture Boutique. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">{I love love love my Sizzix Texture Boutique!!!!!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then a square of the same color. Inked around both pieces </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with Cameo coral ink from SU!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used a dimensional on the smaller square to give it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> a little sumpin' sumpin'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I punch out a heart with a punch from CM and used only the center piece and glittered it up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also added a dimensional to the back of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stamped the sentiment using Thoughts and Prayers stamp set from SU!.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think my niece will like it!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, nurse maids.........Gotta split.......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-28453576643225715632013-05-05T09:26:00.001-04:002013-05-05T09:26:44.750-04:00Take a load off......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently moved our kitchen table out into the front room. It was originally my hubs office. But I moved our offices together. </div>
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This is part of the redecorating process.</div>
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I made a bench from our daughters old twin bed frame and it needed a seat cushion.</div>
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I went to Hobby Lobby and used a 40% off coupon and purchased the roll of 1" foam (pictured below). I will make chair pads for the dining room chairs with the remaining foam. The fabric was purchased at a local drapery warehouse that has some incredible deals. </div>
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I created an envelope style fold-over flap for the bottom of the cushion. That way I don't have to sew in a zipper and removing the cover to wash is super simple. </div>
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This is the finished bench after distressing and making pillow covers in the same manner as I made the seat cushion (with the flap part in the back). </div>
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More decor pieces. I wanted a pop of color as you can tell its the coral color. An old boot that I no longer wear, I painted and added some sheer fabric and flowers inside.</div>
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The picture frame I painted (yes the bird and the leaves were painted by me) and made a paper flower and hot glued to the front. </div>
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I painted this little end table like piece and distressed it to match the bench.</div>
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The lamp was from a local thrift store and I purchased the shade at HL and covered it using some fabric. I found those books at the thrift store as well just for the colors. Love the coral one. </div>
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Hope you like the small tour of my creating madness......</div>
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I love creating things from nothing (or something) and making it my own. </div>
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Until later, admirers.........Gotta split........TFL!!!!!</div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932004526060831969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831640964904393210.post-10428311000555099762013-04-20T06:00:00.000-04:002013-04-20T06:00:06.046-04:00Model figure.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I see a cage type dress form it reminds me of a skeleton. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I created my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Haunted Design House</b></span></a> has a challenge called Skeletal Remains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just as the title suggests....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stamped the dress form with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I sprinkled some red embossing powder on the piece after embossing the white and heated it from the bottom as to not blow it around. Kinda looks like blood splatters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using my Cricut I cut the skull and arms using October 31st cartridge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Punched out the flowers for her <strike>hair</strike> head. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inked the edges of the skeletal remains. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Layered onto a card base and added a white border punch along the edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hand cut a flag and wrote the word "DIVA".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is probably what most models would look like if they ate one less meal....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until later, designers.......Gotta split......TFL!!!!</span></div>
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