SEPTEMBER BLOGHOP

Just a warning those pillow boxes were so much fun to make, once you start you wont want to stop!! I have to admit the Christmas paper from Papertrey I wasn't thrilled about. I know how dare I doubt them, that is until I made these boxes and added Pure Poppy satin ribbon and I was hooked. It looks soooo elegant together. The ornament is actually a chipboard so I made a frig magnet to hold up Christmas cards. I know I should have something beautiful crafted to hold all my Christmas cards, but I am too busy reading all of your blogs to get anything done!!! A couple of years ago I got, as a joke, these thong underwear from Victoria Secret in a pillow box like these. I decided to make the box and am going to put a pair of super small, dental floss-like thong underwear and send them back to the girlfriend who gave me the first pair!!! Also wouldn't the tweens or teens in your life like a pair of pretty panties at Christmas in these little boxes!!! I hope I have not offended any of you thong lovers out there, just not for me!!!! I am soo excited to see everything tonight.

I am such a Papertrey fan, I am having a hard time buying other products because I love their stuff so much. Nicole and the DT never fail to inspire and empty my pocket book. Just when I think I have enough, then they reel me back in!!! Keep up the great work gals!!!

ALL THAT GLITTERS

Well this is what happens when you are busy working on your bloghop
projects and not paying attention to your 7-year-old, who knows better. My office chair is now super glittery. As we all know, this stuff doesn't exactly clean up easy. I have a feeling my rear will be quite sparkly!!!

SEPTEMBER BLOGHOP

Welcome! This is my first Papertrey Bloghop, however, I have been stalking forever. Since this is my first hop, I decided to keep it simple. I am having a hard time getting into the Christmas mode quite yet, but I'm sure after all the inspiration from tonight it will put me in the mood quickly! I am always amazed month after month at all the talent out there. Both of the above projects I feel personally look better IRL, they both shimmer nicely and perfect for the holidays. The Peace is a wood plaque measuring about 6 inches, but I think for the future I would make it in ornament size. Not exactly thrilled with how it turned out, never seems to match what I have in my mind! Practice makes perfect my mother always told me! The card is done in the new shimmery white and I love that stuff. Papertrey never lets me down!!! I tried the faux embossing technique and really like the way the Peace looks with that technique. Aqua mist was used for the layering and some new stickles, cant remember the color name. I notice too that I smudged it taking the pic! Well thanks everybody for stopping by. Can't wait to check everyones creations out. Have a great night.

Beaded Valance

I sometimes wonder if I dabble in too many things and master none!! I made this valance for my kitchen. I tried editing the first picture in Photoshop Elements 5. I am trying to learn the program, but it is going slow. If I was well versed in it I could have edited out the waves in the valance!! Someday maybe. The bottom picture is a detail of the beads, aren't they cool!! One of these days I will get it on my window!!

September Papertrey Guest Star Stamper Contest

Usually I am too intimidated by all of the talent at Papertrey, but I decided what the heck, I'll give it a try. I created a box with my Scor-Pal (which I don't know how I lived without it for so long). I used their Spooky Sweets, which is an adorable Halloween set for the box top and faux ribbon for the bottom of the box. I created a witches hat and used my rectangular nestability to create the hat band, added some glitter, and their plum pudding ribbon. My kids love bug juice (basically Koolaid in a bottle), so I thought it was a cute idea to add some bugs to it. While it turned out okay, I always have trouble completing the finished product. It always needs a little something, but can never put my finger on it. Would love any critiques (just don't be too hard on me!!). Thanks for looking!!

Fall is in the air!

Wecome! My "first" post as a blogger. I love candles during fall and winter. I was playing with my Justrite Stamper and decided to dress up my candle jar. I used some of my favorite supplies, anything from Papertrey Ink. Basically I have been soo inspired by all of the talented DT ladies at Papertrey that I decided to try this blog thing. I used their Spiral Bouquet stamp set in Summer Sunrise and Dark Chocolate and Spring Moss ink for the stems. Look at their ribbon, it is sooo luxurious, but my bows. I am bow challenged. My mom had a floral shop for 10 years and she tried and tried to teach me bows, still struggling all these years later!!


I am fairly new to stamping, so my supplies are fairly limited, but growing by the minute. I hope you will join me as I "grow" as a stamper.

Welcome to Creations and My Life in Progress

Well I did it, decided to enter blogland. I wanted to join all the fun. Here I plan on sharing my stamping and scrapping creations, recipes, and sewing projects I am working on. So thank you for stopping by and checking on "Creations in Progress."