Owl fridge magnet

Today I'm going to show you a little felt magnet I made using the Halloween Hootenannies Owl pattern.  I wanted to make something out of felt for a while now but I only had 1 white sheet so I was holding off till I could get more colours.  Well it turns out I'm not that patient so I looked around my craft room for something I could use to dye the felt.  I found my Copic refills and as I crossed my fingers hoping it would work I set out to dye the felt with the marker ink.  Well it worked!!  It took a while for the ink to dry and made the felt a little stiff but I managed to make a little Owl magnet.

Here's a card I made using the same image

If you want to see the full tutorial on how I made this owl stop by the Whimsie Doodles blog for all the details.

Mother's Day mini hat

I saw this hat on Splitcoast Stampers and I just had to try one for myself.  I saved all my empty ribbon spools and brought them out to decorate.
Now I have a mini storage hat for a little gift for Mom.

1. start with the empty ribbon spool.

2. peel off the top of the ribbon spool. (hat base)

 

3. Take a smaller ribbon spool and remove the bottom (make sure it fits inside the bottom spool)  then  trim the top edge along the spool center. (hat top)

 

4. Decorate the spool pieces. Attach the middle to the bottom with hot glue.

5. Wrap ribbon around the middle tie with a bow and decorate.

 

Materials

Pattern Paper-Campfire-My Mind's Eye

Rose-Prima

Baker's Twine-Martha Stewart

Ribbon-May Arts

Spellbinders labels 18

Accordian Baby Girl Album

Warning today's post contains a lot of photos. Today I want to show you a baby girl album I made for a Secret Sister swap I'm at at SCS. My SS has a baby girl and hasn't found the time to start an album so I thought I'd make her an accordian travel album. The whole 5 page album fits inside a DVD. And I decorated the cover. I hope she likes it.

Have you noticed some of the baby stamps and sentiments are from the new stamp set "Oh Baby" by The Greeting Farm!

The Greeting Farm June Releases now available

Well it's new release day at The Greeting Farm!! So now I can show you somthing things I made with their new stamp sets. The stamps are being sold on The Greeting Farm blog due to some server issues, but that will be fixed soon.

I think I'll start with an altered tin using my new favorite TGF stamp set called OH BABY!!

The DP I used is actually from a digial kit I just printed and cut out. And of course I used my Oval Nesties! I can't tell you how excited I am about these new stamps!! They are soooooo CUTE!!


Supplies
Oh Baby stamps-The Greeting Farm
Tooth tin-Effectuality
Oval, scallop oval and star-Spellbinders Nesties

Interactive get well card

Have you ever visited someone's blog and saw something that made you say to yourself "now why didn't I think of that"? Well I visited Liegh O'Brien's blog and said just that. She altered a children's toy and put it on a card. So I just had to try one for myself. And just incase you want to make one I've included a tutorial on how I put one together.

Supplies:Stamps-Love Bear-The Greeting Farm, Paper-Quick Quotes Paper, Pantone Markers, Scallop circle Nesties, "Get well soon"stamp-Just Rite

Altered Holiday Wooden Ornament

So I was in Wal Mart the other day looking for sales on Christmas crafts when I came across a little box of Wooden ornament shapes. And I thought boy they might be cute decorated with paper instead of painted. So I picked them up (along with some other items) and brought them home. I really liked the shape of the sleigh so I started with that. It was easy to glue paper onto the wooden shape. Glue your paper to the front of the ornament. Then turn the shape over and with an exacto knife cut along the edge. Flip over and decorate.The box contains 36 pieces, 6 Santas, 6 Reindeer, 6 Sleds, 6 Ornaments and 6 tags.

The snowflake was inspired by Sweet Miss Daisy, she makes the best snowflakes!! Here's her blog so you can see for yourself. http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com/

Supplies
Wood Shapes-Plaid
Pattern Paper-K& Company Christmas Pack
White Hemp
Happy Holidays Stamp-imaginisce
Liquid Applique-white
Bling-CTMH
Buttons-unknown
Snowflake and Branch punch-Martha Stewart

Notice the shiny silver rails of the sled, I used furnace tape!! Yep it comes in shiny silver and SUPER sticky! My husband brought it home and couldn't figure out what I was so excited

about LOL!!

Mini Tutorial on how to make a Slide Ornament

I just love this little snowman! I originally was going to use him on a card and thought, nah I'll make a slide ornament and takes pics for a tutorial...oh did I mention this was by request. Yep some asked me to show how I made them. Hope the tutorial is clearer than mud!!

Supplies

Lizzie Anne Designs-Christmas in the City

Pattern Paper-K&Company-christmas pack

Cardstock & ink-CTMH

Punch-Martha Stewart

Ribbon-Michaels

Glitter & String-Martha Stewart
Double sided tape-Wal Mart

An oldie but goodie!

I thought I'd dust off the ol microscope slides and give'em another try. Being christmas and all I naturally found myself making chirstmas slides. I think these make cute tree ornaments or you could slip one on a gift attached to a tag. Hope you like them!


(sorry about the photos)


Supplies
Microscope slides
Stamps-Stampendous-Merry Muffins
Pantone Markers
Black and Cranberry ink-CTMH
Stanined glass tape-the copper edge (it is adhesive on one side so it is holding the cardstock to the slide)
another way to do this is to use double sided clear tape and sprinkle beads or glitter on the tape.

A Rocking Christmas

Rocking chair pattern by http://www.petrinacase.com/

As soon as I saw this rocking chair template I just had to have it. The trouble is what to do with it when you have it..LOL It would make a really cute christmas ornament. There are so many things you could put in the seat. Pumpkins, real treats (like Kisses), a heart or heart box, flowers....oh I could go on and on. Hahaha.

Supplies

Clear stamps-Teddy bear by Rachelle Anne Miller and CTMH's December word puzzle and Shining Star

Inks-CTMH Tulip and Creme Brulee

Snowflake punch and glitter-Martha Stewart

Christmas Boxy Bag

A little christmas Luminary, pattern "Boxy Bag" by Jody Morrow she has a tutorial for this template http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/
If you noticed I cut a circle in the mat and box to help the light shine through, plus it gives it the look of the moon behind the house. I used a LED tea light, DO NOT use a real flame candle!!

Supplies
Stamps-Lizzie Anne Designs-Holiday Lane
Papers-Debbie Mumm, Karen Foster
Cardstock-CTMHInks-CTMH-black, desert sand
Treading water punch-Fiskars
Watercolour pencils, ribbon and machine stitching.

A Little Something

This little bootie is so fun to make, see the halloween bootie for the pattern used to make this. It would make a very cute and unique gift for someone.

Supplies

Stamps: Lovely Lace, Special Days-CTMH

Flowers:Prima

Ribbon: unknown

Cardstock: Colonial White-CTMH

Pink Paper: Chatterbox

Love Notes Mason Jar

Supplies
Stamps: Soul Mates Word Puzzle, Playful Flourishes-CTMH
Inks: Desert sand, Blush-CTMH
Cardstock: Bamboo, Colonial White, Baby Pink-CTMH
Rub Ons-CTMH
Punch-Treading Water-Fiskars
Ribbon, machine stitching