Vinyl Wall Art

This is a phrase I found in the Current catalog. I wanted to make it for my sister above her breakfast bar. I cut it with Lyrical Letters at 3 1/4", 3 3/4", and 4 3/4". The chocolate vinyl looks perfect on her goldenrod walls. She absolutely LOVES it! Like I had any doubts!!!

Etched Mirror

I had some left over vinyl from another project I'm working on and have been wanting to try etching glass or a mirror or just something..... So I cut my best friend's name out of the vinyl. The tricky part was adhering it to the mirror without it sticking to itself. After that, you just put the etching cream on nice and thick and wait about 25 minutes. I realize now that I should have left a little more space between the letters - I can see where it tried to run under the vinyl. And I thought I had that vinyl stuck down really good! Guess not! Well, it was my first time and I've definitely learned a few things from this. Practice makes perfect, right?! It was fun to see how it turned out in the end!!!!

Magnolia Stamped Images Blog Candy

I am brand new to Magnolias, stamping and Copics and I think the Magnolias are just so darling! Vivi is giving away some AWESOME blog candy. Click HERE to check it out!!! Boy would I just love to win!!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

T'was the month before Christmas

When all through our land,

Not a Christian was praying

Nor taking a stand.

See the PC Police had taken away,

The reason for Christmas - no one could say.

The children were told by their schools not to sing,

About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.

It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say

December 25th is just a 'Holiday'.

Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit

Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!

CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod

Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa

In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.

As Targets were hanging their trees upside down

At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.

At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears

You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.

Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty

Are words that were used to intimidate me.

Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen

On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!

At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter

To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith

Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace

The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded

The reason for the season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'

Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.

Choose your words carefully, choose what you say

Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS ,

not Happy Holiday!

Please, all Christians join together and

wish everyone you meet

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christ is The Reason for the Christ-mas Season!

GREAT GIVE AWAY - TODAY'S MAMA

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?

*Copic markers

*A craft room of my own

*Workbox

*A clean house

*More House Mouse stamps

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

*A quilt my mother made for me

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?
*Sewing - anything! I don't know how to sew.

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

*Barbie blow-up furniture - for a whole house

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?
*Nerf dart guns

*iPod Shuffle

*Wii games

*Nintendo DSi games

6. What is your favorite holiday food?
*My mom's homemade peanut brittle

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

*Decorating clear pails and filling with Magic Reindeer Food

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?
*A Charlie Brown Christmas

9. Favorite holiday song?

*Carol of the Bells

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

*Sitting around the fire watching Christmas shows.

Send TodaysMama a link to your post to info@todaysmama.com with “Wish List Meme” in the subject line. You can even tag a few friends to participate in the meme. (Spread that holiday cheer!)

Thanks to all of our generous sponsors that helped make Mama’s Holiday Wishlist possible!


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The deadline to post and send us an email is Sunday, December 13th. We’ll annouce the winner on Monday, December 14th. Good luck!

I'm still here.....

I realize tonight that it's been a while since I've last posted to my blog. I hope you don't think I've given up on crafting or blogging for that matter! Unfortunately life has gotten in the way of things lately plus I've been battling bronchitis for about a week. So, please don't give up on me. I will be back at it - hopefully very soon!

Crayola Art

I got this idea online (sorry I don't remember where) and I had to try it. I made this for my 4th Grade son's teacher. This will be her Christmas gift. The toughest part of it all was finding a frame the crayons would fit in. You need something deeper than just a regular frame, but I didn't want something as deep as a shadow box. If you make one, please be sure to show me!

One-Word Answers

Answer the following questions...with just 1 word....

1. Where is your cell phone? table

2. Your hair? messy

3. Your mother? Heaven

4. Your father? Heaven

5. Your favorite food? CHOCOLATE

6. Your dream last night? strange

7. Your favorite drink? Pibb

8. Your dream/goal? Lottery

9. What room are you in? family

10. Your hobby? cardmaking

11. Your fear? cancer

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here :D

13. Where were you last night? Chauferring

14. Something that you aren’t? thin

15. Muffins? chocolate

16. Wish list item? Copics

17. Where did you grow up? Nebraska

18. Last thing you did? hugged

19. What are you wearing? jammies

20. Your TV? Mythbusters

21. Your pets? five

22. Friends? Fabulous

23. Your life? insane

24. Your mood? Thoughtful

25. Missing someone? Parents

26. Vehicle? Impala

27. Something you’re not wearing? bathrobe

28. Your favorite store? Archivers

29. Your favorite color? Red

30. When was the last time you laughed? morning

31. Last time you cried? unsure

32. Your best friend? Kym

33. One place that I go to over and over? Walmart

34. One person who emails me regularly? Heather

35. Favorite place to eat? Out!

I am passing this along to:

Heather and Diane

Hi Peanut!

New baby card I just made. I bought the cutest paper pack this weekend at JoAnn Fabrics. This is from Debbie Mumm and it came with a chipboard set. It was so simple to make and I think it turned out pretty cute! I thought the elephant needed the water droplets (rain drops) and the ribbon is from Target's $1 bins! BARGAIN!

MORE BLOG CANDY!!!!

Twinkles Glow is giving away HUGE amounts of blog candy! Go HERE to check it out and join in for a chance or two to win. This picture is just ONE set of the prizes she's giving away!!! Can you believe it? How fabulous would that be to win?!?!?!

Blog Candy from Amanda!!!

Check it out!!! Amanda is giving away blog candy - better check it out now cuz it will be gone by 10/22/09!!! HERE is the link to her blog!!! It's totally awesome, absolutely fabulous blog candy!!! Oooooh I hope I win!!!!!!!!!

Funky Owl Card

I was able to download some freebie fonts and .jpgs lately and the Funky Owl is one I chose. You can print them out in black on white or in color. I chose the black on white so I could color it in with my prisma pens. Then I tore white cardstock and colored it with my gray prisma, and tore a branch as well. I am pleased with how it turned out and am ready to tackle more. Just wish I had more of a variety in colors!

Stitched Pumpkin

The Character Cafe is having a challenge this week to use stitching in a layout or card. I got this pattern online and this is my take on the pattern and the stitching challenge.

Sign for the craft show

Here's the sign I made to go along with all the owls I have. I plan to use this at the next craft show that I'm in (10/31). It's not perfect, but it will work.

My Business Cards

Here's my new business cards........ I love how they turned out except they are tiny and almost a little difficult to read......... but they're sooooooo dang cute!!!!!!!!

Character Cafe Blog Hop!

What a blast! This was the FIRST time I've done a Blog Hop! It was great seeing all the different creations.

You need to start HERE. You'll get the chance to win all the stamps featured and there's a freebie at the end of it all too.

Have fun and enjoy!

Thank You Card

A friend of mine runs a pre-school. She asked me to make a special Thank You card for her kids to give for a donation that was made. This is what I came up with outside and inside..... I hope she likes it! I think it turned out pretty cute!

GYPSY Give Away

Check it out!!! Another Gypsy is being given away. Click HERE for more information.

Card Challenge #1

I participated in a card challenge on a Yahoo group I belong to. The challenge was to make a card for a young girl who had an arm amputated and send it to her at the hospital. I decided it needed to be cheery and bright. I think I accomplished that with this Swing Card!

2009 Christmas Card

Wow this card was soooo simple, fast and easy to make! I got the idea from Heart Prints. You can go HERE to see what inspired me. This is one of those cards that could be easily done assembly line style if you need to create a whole bunch. I also went back and added Pearl Glimmer Mist to the cards - doesn't it just make them pop?

Another Halloween Card

Here's another Halloween card cut from that same cute paper.

I love the grin on this cat - reminds me of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

Halloween Cards the easy way!

I bought the cutest paper at Hobby Lobby the other day and decided to cut it apart to use pieces of it for card fronts. I added some stickles to a few, buttons to others, and oh, some dripping goo! Hope you like them and are a little inspired to create, too!

Ribbon Card

I got this idea from my friend Diane. She posted a Christmas card using ribbon. I found this cute ribbon at Walmart and just had to try making one of these, too! Now, I think I'll make some more. That was pretty easy! And it really turned out neat - very different too!!!

Count Dracula

Here's another of the candy wrappers. I had to try out the Dracula. Boy was that ever easy to make! And aren't they adorable?!?!?

Meet My Mummy!!!!

Aren't these just adorable??? I got these great candy wrapper ideas from ChicnScratch. I am hoping to make a bunch of these for my son's class as Halloween treats. ChicnScratch wraps mini candy bars, where I am wrapping a full size Kit Kat. YUM!!! I just love how each little mummy has his own face and expression!!!

One more boy card

Don't ya just LOVE this giraffe??? He's another of the fuzzy stickers I received (Little Yellow Bicycle) and again, he goes perfectly with this paper!!!

New Baby Boy card

Here's a totally different take on - yes, you guessed it.... the color block cards. I received these darling fuzzy stickers from a friend of mine and this was the perfect place to use one!!! Hope you like it!

Another colorblock - bday

I really like the way this one turned out and think the buttons really add the finishing touches.

My coloring neeeeeds improvement!!!

So tonight I'm sitting here making a ton of cards and tried my hand at coloring - again. I used my marker and a blender pen to pick up the ink. It doesn't look so pretty. Oh well.... practice makes perfect. I added a few buttons and some googly eyes to this card to try to dress it up a bit. It needed all thehelp it could get.

Different take on the colorblock look

Had to vary it up a bit and try something a little different. I think I like this look as well as the others. Made this one into a baby girl card.

Puppy Colorblock Card

Yes, I am addicted to these cards! They are so easy to make! And I love how easily I can vary each card by style, color and design. How fun!!! This one is a thank you from my puppy dog to my BFFs daughter for caring for her while we were on vacation. Hence the pawprints rather than words.

Butterfly Colorblock Card

Here's yet another variation of the colorblock card - and I will say, I love how this one turned out, too!!!! (Shhh...... don't tell..... it's for my BFF for her Bday!)

Friends Colorblock Card

I just love these colorblock cards! They are soooo simple to make, so fast to make and look cute when done - and I can vary them in soooooooo many ways!!!!!!!

Colorblock Thank You Card

These colorblock cards are soooo simple! And I love how they turn out! The first one (below) was made into a birthday card and this one is a Thank You card. I love this dragonfly, too!!!

Colorblock Card

I had to try out this new tutorial (actually I didn't even watch the video). I just looked at the picture of the card, made my own measurements and my own rendition. Here is the link to the you tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hodWT_BpKJ8 if you want to watch it and give it a go yourself. I just bought this new set of stamps from TPC Studio called "Woodland Whimsy Clear Stamps". Don't ya just love this little bird? It's sooo cute!!!

Cutting Vinyl

Well, I finally tried my hand at cutting vinyl - well, Wall Pops. I bought this roll at Walmart - it's the kind you can use a dry-erase marker with to write on and wipe off. It really went a lot smoother than I was expecting and am thrilled it turned out so great. I cut my niece's name using Mickey Font at 6". I know...... the letters are HUGE, but I wanted her to be able to doodle on them if she wants. I can't wait to see it on her bedroom wall!!!

Card for my niece

I just love these little bugs! They are soooo adorable. I made this card for my niece Taylor who turned 16 this month (hence the RWB). Perfect for a July Bday! I also cut her name in Wall Pops which you'll see in the above post.

Bday card for Kadi

Kadi is my birthday twin. She's going to be 5! I had to make her a very special card. I think she'll like this one! I know I do!!! I just love these House Mouse stamps!!!

Birthday card - Balloon Journey

I just love the House Mouse stamps! Don't you? I thought this little one called Balloon Journey would make for a good birthday card. I hope my niece likes it, too!

Lovely Blog Award

I received this blog award from Sheena. Thanks Sheena for choosing me! And I received this same blog award from Heather in Canada! Wow - to be given two awards in one week!!! I feel sooo honored!!!

Here are the rules:
1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. These are the 15 blogs that are new to me that I am passing the award to.

1. Alejandra

2. Cheryl

3. Maria

4. Liz

5. Heather

6. Jackie

7. Kendra

8. Crystal

9. Mindy

10. Heather

11. Heather

12. Tina

13. Chris

14. Lisa

15. Karen

Coloring with Prismas

Everyone has been coloring with their Copics and Prismas lately. I have some Prismas and had to try them out - see what the fuss is all about. I just bought this darling Stampendous Biker Bee stamp and think it turned out pretty cute!

Swing card

I recently saw a post with instructions showing how to make a Swing card. It looked a little confusing, but after I got through it, I realized it is very simple!!! Here's my first try! I think it turned out pretty cute!

RWB Waterfall Card

A friend of mine asked me if I would make a birthday card for her dad whose birthday happens to be on July 3rd. She asked for a patriotic-type card. I whipped this up last night and got it to her today - she LOVED IT!!!!!

Baby Girl Joy Fold card

Well, I figure since I've done a few baby boy cards, I better make a baby girl one or two also. This also came from the DCWV Nana's Nursery mat stack. I just love the DCWV paper stacks!!!!

Thinking of you "Joy Fold" card

You can't tell I love this style of card, can you? I used the mat stack from DCWV "Nana's Nursery - Baby Girl" for this card. I decided this would be a perfect "Thinking of You" card.

Another Joy Fold card

Oh I just love how easy these are to make and how pretty they look when done! I especially love how delicate this one looks. Don't you???