New Cards

I used stickles in the center of the flowers for this card. I got the image from a friend of mine.

I wanted to play with my new TAC set and this is what I came up with. The matted image was given to me by a friend and I added alcohol inks to it.

I love Riley! He is so darn cute. This image was also sent to me by a friend.

My Grandpa

I was at my grandparent's house a couple weeks ago and I took this picture with my regular camera. I got the film developed today and decided I loved this picture and took a picture of the picture with my digital camera so I could share it. I thought he looked so sweet sitting there. It's a wonderful memory for me. My grandpa will be 90 July 10!! I have had so many great times with them and cherish them deeply.

Camping Trip

We went camping this weekend to Huntsville State Park. It's a pretty nice place to camp with lots of stuff to do. On Saturday we went hiking on what we thought was a 2 mile hike. Turns out we passed the spot we were suppose to turn and ended up walking a 7 mile hike instead! It took us about 3-4 hours to finish and we didn't have any water! We were all so tired and glad when we saw the road! LOL!! I'd do it again as long as I had water!


This is the long trail that we walked on Saturday. This was at the beginning of it.


Isn't this armadillo cute!! There were five of them but they were fast and we only managed to get a picture of one.

A beautiful flower!

Me and Jiggs at camp, this is before the hike! Jiggs did really well on the seven mile walk tough. He had is water and only stopped to rest a couple of times! Good boy!

This is on a trial I did on Sunday. It was just me and jiggs and we had a great time listening to the birds.

Jiggs cooling off from out hike!

Asian Theme ATC

I made this atc for a swap I'm hosting over at The Stamp-Shack. I made my own glimmer/shimmer mist paper and then heat embossed the love stamp onto it. I took gold vellum and ran it through my cuttlebug with a floral folder. I'm pretty happy with it, It's really shimmery in real life.

New cards

This is my new stamp set I got when I visited my LSS today. I got the set for 50% off! It was perfect because I already have the Oliver and Olivia sets so now my owl set is complete!

I made this for a Birthday Card. My fav color is purple so I thought I'd do a purple theme.

Hydroponic Garden

I decided to try a hydroponic garden this year. I took some seeds and planted them inside the foam you buy for fresh flowers that soak up water. I also bought a tomato plant and washed all the soil from it's roots, it's the one putting tomatoes on now. The others all germinated!! Can you believe it!!! I love that this is sooo easy! I did a small one this year to see if it would work and I think next year I'll do a big one!

Houston's Art Car Parade

We went to the art car parade today and I thought I'd share with ya some pictures of some of the cars! There were a ton of good ones!

Baby Blanket

One day I will have this finished. It will eventually turn into a baby blanket for a friend of mine. She is having a boy and I thought it would be fun to make it this green color. I wish you could feel it, it's super soft! I'll be sure to post a picture of it when it's all done too!

Playing around with new camera!

Here is a picture of my doggie. We were playing around with the new camera.

I think it's a funny picture!

Butterfly Cigar Box

Here's another cigar box. I wanted to make it really girly. I had to add the extra flower on the top because the box has deep engraving on it and you could see it through the paper. The flower helps to hide it. I made 4 cards to go inside too.

Yellow Rose

This is a rose that is bloom on my rose bush. It's a hybrid rose and is called Patio Rose Tree-Sunsprite. It sits on my back porch in a pot year round. It has the best smelling roses but they only last a day in the heat. It's a great thing to walk out and see this beautiful yellow rose. The bugs on it called Love Bugs. They fly around attached to each other. They are a pain when your driving out on the open road, they get splattered all over your windshield! Hope you enjoy the rose!

Altered Cigar Box

Here is a cigar box I altered today. The embellishments are chipboard pieces that I painted then glued and glittered up. This was the easiest box yet!!! I just love the shape of it.

The box opens by graping that little piece of wood on top.

5 1/2"x 5 1/2" Scrapbook

This is a scrapbook I've been working on. I had to make it 5 1/2" instead of 6" because I bought a kit that had paper and embellishments in it and the size of the paper weren't exactly 12x12. I think it turned out pretty cute though. These are just a few of the pages.

Sew much fun altered cigar box.

I altered this cigar box using old vintage sewing patterns. I cut out one of the ladies from the front and glued her down to chipboard then mounted her with mounting tape. The box opens in the center which makes it pretty cool!

Some Justjohanna cards

Here are some cards I've made the past few days. I haven't had a lot of time in my craft room lately, I've been out of town then catching up on housework and other things. I hope to play more over the weekend!

Tim Holtz here I come...........

Whoo Hoo!!! I can't believe I actually got in!!! He is teaching a few classes at my LSS and I got in! I can't wait!

Nail Polish Background

This is a card I made using the nail polish background



Supplies you need are a pan filled with water, white cardstock and nail polish.

After you've filled pan with water pour in your nail polish.

Lay your paper on top then take out.

This is what your paper looks like after you've removed it. You can more between sheets or you can just keep laying paper on top until all the color is picked up. This really is a fun technique to try. It makes very original paper for your projects!