Creating a Faux Tile Background!

Good morning!

  I am up on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog today with a photo tutorial on how to create this faux tiled background.

I had so much fun with this technique that I made 3 cards!

I hope you will stop by the SBby3L blog today for all of the information! 

Thanks so much for popping in!

Celebrate!

Good morning my friends!  I have a card that is featured on the SRM blog using one of my favorite stamp sets by Jane's Doodles.  It is called, Tea Time..  It was stamped in a light brown ink and colored with Zig Clean Color Markers.  Once the image was dry, I brushed on a bit of gold Stickles and added liquid applique for the coffee and steam.  I left it "wet" looking and chose not to heat it. 

The background was created with a stencil, Tim Holtz new distress crayons, and a baby wipe.  I will have more cards soon where you will be able to see the background a bit more.  I tied an orange strip of fabric left over from a bulletin board I altered for my daughter's room.  Waste not, want not.....right? Lastly, I added a the celebrate sentiment from SRM's, We've Got Your Border-Birthday. 
Thank you as always for stopping by! I so enjoy your visits! 

Blog Hop Between Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Little Darlings Rubber Stamps!

Good morning!  I am up on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog today for a fun blog hop with Little Darlings Rubber Stamps! I hope you will head on over there for all of the details of my card and to enter your name for a chance to win some fun prizes! 

I will post some prom pictures later this week...

Thank you for stopping by today! :)

Celebrate Prom!

Good morning!  Tonight is Cort's very last prom.....I know I will be crying a bucket of tears.  Her journey has taken a new direction and all that she has known has changed.  The change has been good, but nevertheless, a change.  It is definitely bitter sweet.  

In honor of Cort's last prom, how about a pretty lil' dress box today?  

The dress was cut out using my Silhouette.  

I stamped the dress with JustRite's new, Create a Flower Garden     stamp.  It was stamped with Versamark and embossed in white.  I sponged Tim Holtz inks around the dress panel in pink, orange, and yellow.  I splattered a bit of water over it and colored in the flowers with my Zig Watercolor Markers. I added a sentiment from SRM Stickers, and tied twine from the Stamp Simply Store.   

Even though prom is actually tonight, I always take Cortney's individual pictures a couple of weeks in advance.  This allows me to concentrate on taking pictures of her with her friends. 

My sweet happy girl...... 

Prom 2016!

Thank you for stopping by today! 

:)

Water Colors and Stickers!

Good morning my friends! I am up on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog today! I love Donna Salazar's Oak Tissue tape and that became the inspiration for the rest of the card.

I water colored this flower stamp by Stampendous in shades of brown, red, and gold. I added pearls to the centers using SBby3L's DODZ™ Mini. The sentiment is by SRM Stickers.

The flower was adhered to some Girlie Grunge twine and then layered over the background created with the Oak tissue tape. The rest of  the layers were given depth with SBby3L's Crafty Foam tape. I added a few sequins and again attached them with the new DODZ™ Mini . Much easier than glue!

And now for my continue home improvement saga......

Dum, dum, dum.........

I had left a can of brand new white enamel paint on my kitchen table because I have been painting all of the baseboard on the main floor.  My dog must have been scratching at the table looking for food when her paw caught the edge of the handle.  She managed to pull the entire can down.  An ENTIRE gallon of white paint spilled on my brand new hardwood floors.  I was hysterical calling for Brian.  He grabbed the dog and threw her in the shower. (She couldn't get out and track more paint throughout the house)  We spent 3 1/2 hours cleaning up paint.  I ruined my clothes, 7 beach towels, and entire can of paint, (obviously), and 2 packs of new washcloths.  We got the paint up, but due to the amount of scrubbing we did, we managed to take off the varnish.

I was in tears.

I called my floor guy and he is going to come out this week to buff it and put another coat of polyurethane on the floor.  Unfortunately that means I have to empty out my kitchen.

Again.

*sigh*

Keep your fingers crossed that he can match the other side of the floor which is my living room.

My life is never dull

ever.

Some day we will laugh about this right? 

Oh, and the dog?

Don't worry, she lived to see another day. ;) 

Have a great one! 

JustRite's New Release- Multi-step Pine Trees!

Good morning friends!  I know I've been doing a poor job keeping up with this blog of mine!  This house has just been such a time consuming task!  And in a way, I am really enjoying it!  We ordered new counter tops yesterday and picked out tile for our kitchen's back splash. It won't be installed for a few weeks, but I am excited nonetheless.  ;)

My crafty time has been quite limited, but I did manage to squeak out a few cards for JustRite's new release.  Today's set is the Multi-step Pine Trees with coordinating dies. I stamped the trees in varying shades of green, from light to dark.  I love the depth it creates!

The background was done with water colors.  Once my shades of blue were dry I splattered some white paint to represent my stars.  The moon comes with the set and it was stamped, cut out, and given a coat of glossy accents and glitter. I hand cut some rolling hills and added glitter to those as well. The sentiment is part of JustRite's Best Wishes Sentiment Dies. I added glossy accents and glitter to it.  I added a strip of rainbow rhinestones to help ground my sentiment.  As a finishing touch I tied coordinating silk ribbon from the Stamp Simply store.  

Thank you for putting up with my neglectfulness! ;)

I am hoping very soon to get back on a more regular schedule.

Stampendous and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop!

Today I'm delighted to be taking part in a blog hop with Stampendous

and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

I had the pleasure of working with Stampendous' lovely stamp and die set called, Lovely Garden.  The flowers and leaves were stamped with Versamark and embossed in white.  It was colored using my Zig Clean water color markers. 

I used some of my favorite Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L products.  Crafty Foam Tape was used to create depth among the flowers as well as the shaker element. 

I used the DODZ™ Mini  to adhere the sequins and pearls to my project. 

Be sure to stop by the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog for your chance to win one of three prizes!

Winners will be announced on April 25th!

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And just in case you were wondering if I had left town or something, I hadn't! LOL! We had all of the carpeting ripped up on our main floor and had the wood floors refinished. Everything on the main floor was moved to my basement while we renovated.  That included my computer.  I am happy to say that the floors are done and we are slowly starting to move our furniture back up.

(Including my computer!)

So this gal is back in action!

Have a great day!