Tulle and Burlap Sunflower Wreath

September 1st,

Summer is winding down.

I am looking forward to the cool

and colorful fall days to come:)

Kids are going back to school, too,

maybe that means more time for you to be crafty!

Unless of course you work for a school and 

are going back to work yourself ;) 

No matter, we have a month long 

anything crafty goes challenge at 

Love To Craft Challenge Blog,

plenty of time for you to create something

to show us !

Using yellow tulle, burlap, and an old metal

embroidery hoop from a grab bag of craft supplies I bought 

at a church fundraiser yard sale earlier this year,

plus some paper crafting supplies of my own,

I created a sunflower wreath. 

Just cut strips of tulle and loop them in half,

placing the loops on one side of the embroidery hoop

and the tails on the other. Bring the tails up and over

 the hoop then run them through the tulle loop.

Pull snugly to hold it in place on the hoop.

I added hot glue to make sure mine didn't come undone,

the tulle seemed to want to loosen itself up. 

Trim the ends as needed to your liking.

Wrap burlap over batting and thick cardboard

cut to fit the inside of the embroidery hoop.

Hot glue the edges in place to the back of the cardboard.

Push the wrapped cardboard piece into the hoop and hot glue

in place. Hot glue a piece of tulle to the back to hang the wreath.
Twine, ribbon or wire would work as a hanger, too. 

Decorate the front as you wish.

I die cut letters and a word.
A hand stamped a bumble bee onto card stock, trimming it out with scissors.
 I added yellow with a marker and glittered the wings.

They are all hot glued in place.

I was going to hot glue buttons on the burlap before adding the die cuts, 

but I didn't have enough brown buttons to cover it to my liking.

This is a simple technique to make a wreath

(even ornaments!)

and has so many possibilites.

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Almost Fall !

Although there is only one stamp image on my project,
it is an oldie (18 years old to be exact.
Watercolor Garden from Stampin' Up!)
so I'm entering my project in the current
Anything Goes challenge at Retro Rubber.
I've not played along with this challenge for a while,
not that I have a lack of old stamps to use.
I think the majority of my stamps are nearing the two decade mark,
if not already there ;)

Also, because there is a bumble bee on my project,
I'm entering my wreath into the current
Quit Bugging Me Challenge at Shopping Our Stash
(another challenge I've not played along with in too long)

Lastly,

I'm entering my wreath in the current

Anything Goes challenge at

Love To Scrap

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/ltscb-113-anything-goes.html

You're A Classic - Mustang CARd

I've made cards similar to this one several times in the past,
but this one is different since I am using the new to me
1966 Mustang fastback rubber stamp image (Rubbernecker stamps, currently available) .
My husband even commented that he thought it was a neat stamp
(he recently purchased a '66 fastback Mustang to be restored).

Other stamp images, all by Stampin' Up!:
Highways and Byways 2003
Antique Autos 2001
Classic Pickups 2005

Images were colored with Prismacolor pencils

White smooth and black textured card stocks

Black Memento ink

I have one more card made with this stamp to share, but it has to wait a bit to be posted.
I've plenty more recent projects to post in the meantime, including several cards made
with the DIY alcohol ink I made.

Thanks for looking =)

Wishing You A Speedy Recovery - Mustang CARd

I was recently gifted this neat rubber stamp and die set

of a 1966 Mustang fastback and had to immediately ink it up !

I also received this super shiny "chrome" card stock ,

 diamond plate embossing folder and sweet card. Fun ! 

(Thanks so much again, M!)

I've made three cards so far, I'll share them over the next few days. 

I tried to make it look like the car was "moving" on this card.

I stamped then drug the image a few times.
I then stamped a grunge line art stamp over that.

The car image was colored with Prismacolors

that I added crystal effects to the glass areas to.

I cut chipboard to back the car to pop it up a bit.

I sponged a bit of ink around the car for sky and ground.

The flag was fun to make, using part of a 

Stampin' Around wheel from Stampin' Up.

I trimmed and glued it to a toothpick

that had been cut down then painted silver.
I gave it some more dimension by slightly bending it.

The sentiment is handwritten

(out of printer ink at the moment)

and the banners are hand cut.

Supplies:

White, teal, black and chrome card stocks
Black,  gray and light blue inks

Rubbernecker Mustang stamp and die (currently available)

Gorgeous Grunge, Stampin' Up! 2013

Easy Check Border wheel Stampin' Up!, 1999?

Darice Diamond Plate embossing folder
1/4"circle punch for faux brad
toothpick

I'm entering my card in the current

Anything Goes challenge at

Retro Rubber.

Thanks for looking,
have a great day =) 

Teal Die Cut Florals Birthday Card

Rain today with a slight cool down to come

after the past few days of being in a heat wave, ahhh!

Tomorrow would be the perfect day to pull weeds

from the flower beds, but since I've managed to 

hurt my ankle and am wearing a boot now,

that won't be happening. More time to craft I guess :) 

Card supplies:

Everything other than the paper flowers used

on this fun card came from Stampin' Up! 

but are no longer available.

Thanks for looking, have a great day  =)

Pinwheel Birthday Cards

Blech, the heat and humidity came roaring back yesterday

after a break the previous few.

In fact, it was so nice out, many of us were wanting

to dig out jackets or sweaters for the chilly early mornings ! 

It is August, so the high temps are to be expected here still.

It's tough to adjust from a high of 75 with low humidity

to 95 degrees, heat index 103, within 24 hours. 

I stayed indoors all day with the A/C on, working on projects.

I'll be sharing them at some point.

For now, I'm sharing a simple card I made last month.

Other than the embossing folder from Cuttlebug,

everything used on these CAS cards came from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

What Am I Working On

Originally I wanted to share this photo on Wednesday,

a "What Am I Working On Wednesday" post.

Time got away from me and I never did.

It's a peek at what I was working on last week:

nine fairy jars / fairy lanterns !

I had lots of die cuts leftover 

and several glass candle jars I'd saved,

so I decided to make more fairy jars.

I also put to use some of my old florals.

Gosh was that interesting to go through those

boxes, coming across some really old ones.

Some of them I clearly remembered 

using nearly 30 years ago,  talk about a craft supply hoarder !

I admit that I am because I just never know when I

might need something, no matter how outdated it might be, ha, ha!

I did get rid of lots of old things after the big flood in 2015,

and regret doing so because there have been several

times I wish I had something back. 

I'll share photos of the completed jars soon.
I still have many other projects completed last month
that I have yet to share ! I've been busy ;)

Why did I make nine fairy jar lanterns you ask ?
No reason in particular other than to use up some
of my supplies and be crafty !
As if I don't have more than enough other
projects I want to make for myself still -
and I really need to get back to my photo project.
Anyway, they'll probably end up being donated to
a local resale shop that raises funds for charity.

Thanks for looking =) 

White, Black, Pink Textures Card CAS

It feels like fall here today, a nice break

before the heat hits us again in a couple of days.

Ahhhh, so nice to have the windows open!

Simple card supplies:

black textured and white smooth card stock

stripes and gingham embossing folders

small paper flowers

rhinestones

polka dot grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for looking =) 

Let's Go Caroling Door Magnet Invitation

Today's fun, thinking ahead to the holidays project was created for  the current anything crafty goes challenge at Through The Craft Room Door and uses the Snowmen Selfie image from Sheepski Designs. It's an invitation made to hang on a door or it can be stuck magnetically (use up those advertising magnets you may recieve!) to a metal door.  More details about this project can be found in an upcoming issue of the Through The Craft Room Door magazine.

Sheepski Designs is our generous sponsor this week, awarding 3 digital images to our randomly chosen winner.  Share your anything crafty goes project with us for a chance to win !


I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,
Merry Little Christmas Challenge
https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/mlccb-1-august-anything-christmas-goes.html
and
the current anything crafty goes challenge at Creative Crafters
https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-7.html


Thanks for looking =)

greeting card

Butterfly Thanks Card

All supplies used to create this simple card were from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Butterfly Swing card

Butterfly dies, Stampin' Up!

Patterned card stock, unknown

Swing card die, Sizzix

thin wire and seed beads

Thanks for looking =)