Road Trip, a Project and a Card

Well, I'm back from another little trip to Chetwynd and thought I'd share a couple of pics with you and at the end....there's always a card  :)

Heading toward the Pine Pass.

In the Pass, lots of snow, but the roads were just slushy. 

Getting very close to Chetwynd, much nicer up there  :) 

Hardly any snow and even tho we did get a couple of inches, it was quite nice most of the time.  I had a great time with the two families!



Forgot to take pics of this little Valentines project that I made for the kids, so did it while there. 

I used the heart pattern from my Heart Journal, 'podged' it, put paper on it, edged in acrylic, dry embossed some metal tape and added alcohol inks. The little initial square is a pocket, the letter is on a piece of transparency, the little window frame is sprayed with gimmer mist and finally I added the chain to hang it on the door handle.

Also, I'm back to teaching classes and here is one of the cards we are making.  I love something that is a bit out of the ordinary.  This card is 5" x 6".

It folds flat for mailing.  I made the little fimo squares.

A lovely little tag for the pocket.

And heaven forbid I throw anything away.  I just had to save the cute little cut-outs, lol.

Have a great weekend and please come back for a visit another day  :)

A Card With Chocolates?

Yes, that's what it is  :)  I made this little card and box from the tutorial found on the Stamps and Me Blog.  

This little gifty is for the Door Prize at the Craft Fair tomorrow. Yikes  :)  already!

I almost put tealights in it, but changed my mind  :)  however, with candy, it should have clear plastic over the opening to keep them tucked inside.  Well, let me tell you something....do this before you build the box---not fun after it's on the card, lol. 

The card size is 4" x 4" x 1"  when closed.

Thanks for coming to look  :)

Post it Note Easel Cards with wings and things

I am still in love with Once Upon A Springtime papers!  That one paper pad is never ending  :)

All the cardstock on these cards is Stampin Up--I like the sturdiness of it.

The mushrooms, butterflies and dragonfly on the fairy cards are made by me, using wire, paper and crystal effects by SU.  Fiddly little things, but I love them.

This is all you need to make them, plus a little patience  :)

I've coloured the pearls and this beautiful horse image with copics--thanks to Janet for letting me use her stamp  :)

Thanks for coming by and leaving such nice comments---I apparently thrive on them, lol.

Triple Easel Card

Hello Everyone  :)  here is a really nice idea from Crafts and Me.  There is a tutorial on their site for this Triple Easel card.  ** Here is where to go for this tutorial   http://www.craftsandme.co.uk/index.php  check the right hand side for 'online classes'.

I'm going to use this as a side table Christmas decoration  :)  Very quick and easy to make.  A 12x12 piece of cardstock-CM Night of Navy, score and fold in half.  Mark and cut one side into three equal sections, score and fold to stand up---see photo or even better, go the Crafts and Me site (check my side bar) for the instructions.

Decorate for whatever theme you like :)  I've gone the easy route and used stickers (CM I think), dp-CM too, I think,  a bit of lace and ribbon, some flowers-I added a pearl in center, coloured them blue with copics, used a fiskar border punch and a Nestie.

Thanks for coming to have a look, have a great day  :)

I have some more post it note holders ready, will add those later today/this evening  :)

 

Tea on Tuesday

Good Morning Everyone  :)
What I've been working on:   more cards and projects for the craft sales coming up next month! Coming up way too fast too, I might add  :)

So I thought I'd share two of my efforts.  The first one is a 'ruffled' card, that I found on a lovely blog called Forgotten Scraps.  There is a tutorial for the card on the Whiff of Joy blog.

For the embellishment, I used shrinky plastic and stamped them--love this die set!

This second card is an easel card with a post-it note pad.  This, I saw somewhere in blogland too.  I really like the idea and might make another with a little calendar---not sure if the card would hold up for a whole year  :)

I hope you will head on over to Kim's blog to see what everyone is up to this lovely Tuesday  :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving comments, I appreciate them all so much  :)
Please drop in anytime.

Tea and Poppy Seed Puff Pastry

First time for making this pastry and it is absolutely delicious!  Goes very nicely with my Earl Grey tea  :)

The poppy seed mix is from a can, called Krakus, product of Poland. Ingredients are: poppy seeds, sugar, honey, candied orange peel and golden raisons.  The puff pastry is Tenderflake.  Couldn't be easier to put together!  Brush with a beaten egg---holds it together and bakes it to a beautiful golden brown. 

The paper craft pile is smaller, but just spread out.   

Someone gave me the wooden key holder, so I've painted it white, modge podged and added paper--still needs more done to it. 

Paper projects are laid out and ready to sponge, stamp and generally add stuff to make look pretty  :) 

 

That's what's in store for this week as far as projects go.  Wrapped up in the white bag is the acrylic album but, the other projects have to get done first!

If you would like to see what other tea drinkers are up to, check out Kimmies site, http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/