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!

This is how I spent my weekend

On Saturday I worked on this atc swap I'm in. It's a watermelon theme. These two stamps were sent to me by a friend(who is also hosting the swap) and I they just worked out perfect for this swap! I used dimensional glaze on the seeds then sprinkled black glitter. For the edges of the paper I just sprayed it with water then messed it up with my fingers.


On Sunday I decided I wanted to make my flower bed larger. There was a small in this spot when we moved in and it was really little. I measures and went and bought the bricks and soil and flowers. It took me about 4 hours but I'm very happy with it!

Altered Beer Bottle

A friend of ours brought over beer and it was in this cool bottle. I had to save them because I thought they were so neat. I used old vintage sewing patterns sent me by a friend to alter the bottle. The strange thing is when I put the glue on it kinda made the paper transparent. I thought when it dried it would lighten up some but it didn't. It looks kinda vintage in real life.

I'm all shook up!

This is a cigar box I altered. My friend Sherri from The Stamp Shack sent me this Elvis image and I just knew he needed to be a box! I printed I'm all shook up on my computer and put it on the inside of the lid.

Amaryllis in bloom!!!

I just love walking outside and seeing the giant beautiful flowers in bloom. I only wished they bloomed all summer. It's a once a year event and I guess that's part of the reason I love them so much! I never get tired of looking at them. I have some more on the other side of the tree that will be blooming any day now. They are red, I'm not sure which I like more the red or the pink and white ones. The other day on a walk I saw some in someone elses yard that were orange! I've never seen orange before. I might have to go in the night and digs hers up! LOL!! Only kidding!

Baby Boy Book

I made this little scrapbook. It's 4"X4". I used a total of 8 coaster's to make this book. Then used my Bind it all to bind it together.

Baskets For The Cure

Just wanted to pass this link along to all those in blog land. This wonderful lady has set up a site to help fight cancer. Please stop by Baskets For the Cure and see how you can help!

Mini Scrapbook

I made this mini scrapbook out of 4"X4" coasters. Covered them with pattern paper, punched wholes with my cropodile, tied with lace and embellished. It was fast and easy!

Mini Mickey Scarpbook

I made this scrapbook out of coasters that are 4"X4" . It has a total of eight coasters. I've included a few of the pages here.

CD Scrapbook

I made this scrapbook out of old Cd's. It's for my mom to give to a lady at work who is crazy about Mickey Mouse. Thanks to a couple RAKS I got some awesome pattern paper and stickers to use!!

Bra and Undie Cards

The inside of the thong one says: In every older person is a yonger person wondering what the heck happened.



I need to work on cutting more slowly but I think it's still pretty cute. The inside of the card says Hang In There.

Jiggs sleeping.......

He loves sleeping under the covers! He got hot and poked his little head out and I just had to take a picture of him!

Wecome Spring..........

This is a card I made for a contest over at The Paper Quilter. I stamped the image and then used prima flowers instead of coloring it. I colored the pot then used glitter glue over it give it a nice shine!!

Pretty In Pink Cigar Box

I bought this paper to make this box. I then made the card first and liked it so much that I decided it would make a pretty box too.

Woof!

I made a dog themed box today. This is the top of it.

On the inside I used a metal embellishment with a dog phrase on it.

This is the outside of the box.

This is my dog. He has a spot on my craft table. He loves looking out the window while I craft. I thought it was appropriate in this post since I was making a woof box! :D

Here he is after I'm all done and ready to get down!

Pretty In Pink

I got the layout for this card from My Paper World I loved the way it turned out. I did paper piecing on the flower and used twinkling h2o's to splatter across the image. It gives the image a nice effect.