Creating with Marie

Hello crafters!

Of course I'm a big supporter of arts and crafts 

for children.  This little one is my granddaughter, Marie

and at this writing she is 2 yrs and 4 months old,

but she is already very crafty.
Last week I was lucky enough to have her 

to myself for the whole day.

I wanted to do a project with her,

so I cut an egg carton in half and pulled out

the paints.
She was happy to be able to paint and do crafts

with G-Ma.

I covered her tray and a plate with plastic wrap,

this sure helps with the clean up.
She got to choose the colors and chose

a light and dark blue and black.

Then she got to work making her 

caterpillar.

She took it very seriously and wanted

to do a nice job, which of course she did

and got high praise from G-Ma.

Spreading the paint over the entire plate

was also very nicely done.

A little bit of paint on the face never hurt either.

After her nap, she picked some eyes from my stash and

we glued them on and drew a smile with a crayon together.

We talked about the fact that a caterpillar makes it's own 

house, called a chrysalis and grows into a beautiful

butterfly.

She was very excited to show Mommy and Daddy

what we made together.

Maybe next time we'll make some butterflies. 

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you'll come again

soon.  Until then,

craft with a child.

 

Journal and Note Pad

Welcome!

I'm glad you've stopped by today.

I have a hand made journal and note pad to show you today.

Our scrapbooking and crafting group at 
My Happy Place usually have a 

Christmas Crop every year.

This year, again we had to put it off, due to Covid.

But finally on March 5th a group of us got together

to have our Christmas Crop.
I decided to make my gifts for the exchange.

I love how these turned out!

I made them myself from the cover, to printing the pages

on different colors and weights of paper, to hand sewing the

signatures into the journal.
I really enjoyed the entire process.

I made the entire note pad also, including

cutting the paper and gluing it into a tear off

note pad.

Here you can see that I have different colors of paper

for the pages.

If you look closely you can see the hand 

stitching that holds each signature into the

book.

I put the notepad on a chipboard 

backing, so it could slide in under the

belly band.

This way the pad can be removed and a new one

put in, when this one is gone.

I loved making these gifts for the gift exchange and

hope the person that received it will enjoy using them.

I also made some Salted Caramel Sauce to go along with

these, but that's for another post some time.

I hope you have enjoyed this post and will come again soon.

If you are interested in learning more about making 

journals of different kinds, my favorite videos are

from Nik the Booksmith on YouTube.
Check her out, she is very knowledgeable and

does some great videos.

Until I see you again,

make a gift for someone!

 

Easter Cards

Hello and happy spring!

With spring comes Easter

Easter isn't for another month, but if you're making

cards, now is the time to give them a little thought.

Here are a couple Easter cards that I'd like to share

with you.

I made this card for my sweet great niece and 

Goddaughter.  The egg was cut from a piece of 

paper that I colored with my Granddaughter, Marie.

We used food coloring and shaving cream, swirled it

a bit then laid the card stock on the shaving cream.

Once you wipe off the shaving cream you have a 

lovely, marbled look.

We had a lot of fun doing this.

The bunny was hand drawn and cut from another piece 

of the hand colored paper.

Here's a closer picture of my sweet little

bunny.

This bunny and eggs were also made from the

same type of paper as the card above.  

I printed the sentiment inside with my 

ink jet printer before adding the front panel.

This card was made for my great nephew.

I love to try to make him laugh with 

my cards.

Thanks for stopping in today for a visit,

I hope you are having beautiful spring weather

where ever you are.

Come again soon,

until then,

get started on those Easter cards.

 

Tags

Hello crafters!

A couple weeks ago, I wanted to do something

a little different and thought I'd try some 

tags.  I just pulled out a tag and started playing around

with what I had close by.

I tore a page from an old book and stuck some of

that down then covered it with some vellum.

Then I pulled out some glitter paste and colored it with

some Distress Ink and applied it here and there over a 

stencil that was close by.

I liked how it was going and found the stamped flowers

in my stash of scraps and stuff, I fussy cut it and added that.

I finished it off with the little "discover" tag and some

stick on bling.
I like how this turned out, I'm not sure if I'll use it on a gift

or if I might add it to a card base.

Then I went in a totally different direction.
I pulled out a piece from my backgrounds stash

and adhered them to the tag in opposite corners and trimmed them

out.  I then added some foil tape and sequins.

It needed something more and I added the little beads in the center

of the sequins.  Now just a little bit more and I'd be done.

I stuck some foil tape to a piece of card stock and punched out the

little hearts.  They added just the right touch and my tag was finished.

This was a good exercise in creativity for me.

It made me think out side the box and come up with

something totally different than my usual style.
I definitely enjoyed making these tags and love

how they turned out.

I'm glad you stopped to spend a little time with me

today and hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

think outside the box, you might be surprised what

you come up with.

 

Pop Out Birthday Card

Hello crafters!

Today I'm showing you a card I made recently.

I had seen this video from Jennifer McGuire

making a pop up card and thought I'd give it a try.

The card folds flat to fit into an envelope.

When it's taken out of the envelope it pops out

giving great dimension to the card.
I made the background with a stencil, VersaMark ink

and silver embossing powder.

I stamped and cut the stars and adhered them to 

a piece of plain white card stock, the fussy cut around

the entire grouping.

I adhered the star arrangement onto the 

front of the pop out piece.

I love how it turned out.

 I stamped this greeting and colored it on plain white

card stock and cut it out with a die.  

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

try something new.
(maybe this kind of card)

 

2-22-22 is Taco Twos-day

I wrote this post out and never put it up on the blog.
I know it's really late, but wanted to share it anyway. 

Hello everyone!
Today is 2-22-22 and it's
Taco Twos-day at our house.
My daughter, Kelsie, has been waiting for this day
for years!  It's her birthday and she is so excited that
it's 2-22-22.
We have our family dinner every Tuesday and today,
we are having tacos, which she loves and we are
celebrating her.  She is 32 years old today and this
year is special, because she is getting married.
Today I'm just showing you my beautiful daughter
that I created with the help of my hubby.
Here are some pictures of her through the years.

Kelsie with me

Kelsie with baby brother Jaryd

8th grade

Kelsie with Dad in Germany

Having fun with hats

Kelsie in Disney

With brother, Jaryd at Disney.

With Fiance at engagement party on

New Year's Eve

Engagement picture with Brad

Thanks for stopping in for a visit.

I'm so blessed and always have something to celebrate,

I hope you do too.

Hope you'll visit again soon.

Until then,

Celebrate!

Small Journal with Leather

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a crafty day.

Today I'm sharing a little journal I made

with y'all.

This little gem measures 3.5"x5.5"

and I'm just loving it.

I have some pieces of leather in my stash and

thought I'd give embossing them a try.
I ran the leather through my Cuttlebug

in an embossing folder and it worked

beautifully.  I will be doing more of this

for future projects.  I love this technique.

All the signatures are hand sewn and

then glued into the cover, which is also 

hand made.

For the pages, I have a file that I created

that prints lines on paper, I used different

colors of paper, printed them and cut them

to the size I needed.

The leather piece was glued to the front

of the journal with 

Beacon 3 in 1 glue.

Here is the back of the journal.

This coloring is actually closest to the 

real color of the paper I used.

I'm very pleased with how this journal

turned out.  Now my only problem is,

who will I gift it to?

 

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

try a new technique. 

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Quinn the Queen Bee

Hello All!

Do you crochet?

I love crocheting and received this book as a gift.

I've made 2 other animals from this book and 

this is number 3.

This is Quinn the Queen Bee.

I gave it to Marie when it was time for her nap,

and she hugged it right away.

When she was ready to go home, she had to

take it with her.

We've been surprised at how big these

animals are, this bee is at least 12" tall.

I'm thinking I might try a lighter yarn and

a smaller hook to see how they turn out.

I'll post when I do that, but

for now I'm not going to crochet for a bit

this old lady is having a problem with

the arthritis from so much crocheting.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I appreciate your time and hope

you are inspired in some way.

Come again soon,

until then,

enjoy creating something.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.