Music Is A Gift From God!

This is a card that I made for my piano teacher.  My daughter has been taking piano lessons for 4 years.  I decided about 2 years ago that I wanted to attempt to learn piano.  I had never played an instrument before, and had no clue how to read music.  I just wanted to do something for myself.  It has gone very well.  My piano teacher has been very patient and kind.  I wanted to tell her thank you!

The yellow paper is from DCWV Citrus Stack.  I found an old hymnal at a second hand book store and used a page out of it to make the flower and used it for the strip at the top of the card.  I inked the edges of the yellow paper with charcoal cat eye chalk ink.  I distressed the sheet music with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.  I used a stamp that I found at a resale shop in my area for the music notes.  I couldn't get a good pic of the inside of the card, but it has musical notes and says The gift of music is a gift from God.  I added a yellow button with twine to the flower and ribbon.

As always, thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit my blog.  Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Robyn :o)

Butteryfly's--Snails--and--Flowers....Oh My!

Hi Everyone!

Happy Tuesday...Well, it is snowing here in Texas.  Living in central Texas, we do not see snow very often.  However, people here just FREAK OUT when it gets cold and icy.  I stopped to get gas this morning and you should have seen these people carrying water jugs, milk and things out of the store in bulk.  It was crazy.  It's not like we are going to be snowed in for days people :o).

Anyway, it's good weather to get some major crafting done.  I have been so busy lately that I haven't been able to get into my craft room.  I finally sat down last night and made some cards for my Garden Expo booth next month.  Tell me what you guys think.  I always love hearing from you. 

This first card is one that I made with my scraps.  I am trying to use up all of the scraps in my drawer(sss.)  I have become over run with them.

The butterfly and love are cut from Home Decor cartridge.  The black & white paper is from a K&Company pack.  I inked the edges, added bling and ribbon

I'm not too sure about this card.  I decided to go ahead and post it, but it didn't turn out like I had pictured it in my head.  I got two of these really cute bottle cap embellies as a gift and wanted to use them.  I used my Paisley cutllebug folder on the top layer.  I inked the edges in purple, added a flower, ribbon and the bottlecap.  I got a cute chat-im-text stamp at M's that I stamped it with.

 I just LOVE this little guy!  My friend let me use her Walk In My Garden cart.  This cart has some of the cutest cuts on it, and is just perfect for the Garden Expo booth.  This snail was cut at 2 inches.  his shell is from a DCVW paper pack called Pink Armadillo.  I added some orange buttons to his antenaes (is that what you call them on snails? and did I spell it correctly :o)  I added ribbon, a strip of pink and a Stampology stamp.  I stickled a little eye on him...or her...  Did I mention that I love this cartridge!

This last card is also from the Walk In My Garden cartridge.  The background paper (top layer) is from a stack that I received as a gift.  I'm not sure where it is from, but I love it.  I cut the flower pot at 2" and the tulips at 2" (I think.)  I used a strip of green and cut it with my shredding scissors to make grass.  I ran the pot thru my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder.  I added the pink top layer to the tulips and inked them, and my edges.  I zig 2 way glued the tulips and then pop dotted the flower pot.  I used the hello stamp from a Stampology set and added pink ribbon.  When I was done, I realized that my flower pot wasn't centered on the card.  Now, a normal person wouldn't worry about it...but because I am a bit freaky, it was bothering me.  I'm sure I need therapy or something.  I found a little snail (I am into snails now) and added him to the flower pot.  I think that helped my flower pot look a bit more centered.  I think it looks like he is crawling up the pot??  What do you think?

Thanks so much for atking the time to visit my blog.  I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! - Robyn-

Valentine Lollipop Flower Tutorial

Hi everyone!

I hope you are having a fantastic week.  I am so glad it is Friday...Just a quick post to show you some projects that I made for our church MDO kids and teachers.  I made the Lollipop Flowers for the teachers.  For the kiddo's, I wanted something simple because all of these kids are under 5.  I wanted them to be cute, but I knew that whatever I made was going to be thrown away.  Here is what I decided on.  What do you think?

I punched a pink scallop and then punched 2 holes in it.  I used my CM heart punch and put it on top of the scallop.  I wrote Love on the heart with a white gel pen.  I stuck the Tootsie Roll Pop in the holes and this is the end result.  I was going to tie some ribbon on, but I figured that the little fingers might have a hard time getting it undone.  I know this is super simple, but I think they are cute.

TOOTSIE POP FLOWER TUTORIAL

Cut two flowers of your choice.  The petals all need to be the same size for this to work well.
I cut mine from PS at 2 1/2 in. using the shadow feature.

Take one of your flowers and cut a petal off.  This is so that you will be able to make a cone with it, as shown below.

Next you use either adhesive, or a hot glue gun ( I found that this works best)  and fold one petal over the other to create this cone shape.

You will have 4 petals as shown.

Turn the 4 petal flower over and snip off the bottom....appx. 1/8 to 1/2 an inch.  This will allow you to slide your flower onto the lollipop.

Slide the flower up onto your lollipop.  As you get to the top, you may need to turn it so that you can get it above the lollipop paper.  Make sure it fits snug up to the top.

Now you take your other flower and fold it in half.  Cut a small slit in the bottom.  Then fold it in half the other way and cut another small slit.  (This creates the hole.)  Before I slide this flower on my lollipop, I ink my edges.  This would be the time to run it through your Cuttlebug or like machine.

Slide the 2nd flower up and repeat what you did for the first flower.  I take my hot glue gun and place a small amount of hot glue around where I cut the slits in the second flower.  This helps the second flower stick to the first one and stay in place.

 

Next take a ribbon, or your embellishment of choice and attach it at the base.  If you choose to add ribbon, you will want to tie it as close to your bottom flower as possible.  This is another measure to secure it.

Here is the finished product!!  I stickled the edges of this flower.  I have also used glitter.  As I was hot gluing these yesterday, it occured to me that you could drop some beads of hot glue on your petals and let it dry.  This looks like dew on your flower.  Just a thought.  I'm sure all of you have realized this already, but just a thought.

Thanks so much for taking your time to look.  As always your comments are welcome.  Oh, one last pic for you.  I covered a Hershey bar for a friend.  Here is a pic of the finished product.  Thanks,  I hope all of you have a lovely Valentine's Day!

Robyn

 

Valentine's Day Goodie Bags

Hi everyone,

I hope your Tuesday is going well.  Here is what I have been working on.  I wanted to make some Valentine's Day goodie bags for my Sunday school kiddo's.  I just purchased some red, clear and pink cello bags at Wal-Mart.  I also picked up a bag of various sized raised foam glittered sticker hearts.  (say that fast 3 times!) 

I filled the bags with 5 Hershey Kisses and a Tootsie Roll sucker.  I felt that they looked plain so I punched some hearts in various colors, creased them a bit and added them.  I didn't make all of the bags the same because I didn't have enough of the heart paper that I really wanted to use.  Oh well, I still think that they turned out really cute.  It's too bad that the kids will rip into them in a milli-second to get to the candy.  That is what it's about though.  They will have fun.   As always, thanks for taking the time to look.  Your comments are always welcome.  P.S.  Don't pay any attention to my scribbled on work surface.  I guess I should have put a clean sheet down :o)..

Robyn

Here are some close ups of the tops.

BIRTHDAY CARD AND ALTERED TIN!

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope you have exciting plans for Superbowl weekend.  Today I am posting a birthday card and an altered Valentine's Day tin.

I needed a masculine birthday card.  I am not typically drawn to making those.  They tend to be less exciting for me to make.  I started rummaging through my stash an found this beautiful map paper.  I just started putting things together and came up with this.  What do you guys think?

I used brown cardstock for the base.  The map paper (from M's) as the top layer and a strip of paper from my scraps.  I cut the globe from Graphically Speaking.  I embellished with ribbon, bling, a brad and inked all of the edges of the paper with Tim Holtz Distressed Tea Dye ink.  I also distressed the map paper a little bit.  Then I stamped Happy Birthday with a stamp from a Stampology set I have.

THINGS YOU LEARN WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR FIRST ALTERED TIN!

The next photos are of a tin that I altered to give my 13 yr. old DD for Valentine's Day.  Her favorite color is turquoise so I decided to use these bright papers that I got in a kit.  I covered the tin with the turquoise paper (and ran into a problem.)  My 12X12 paper wouldn't fit all the way around the tin.  Now, since this is the first tin I have altered, I didn't think about the diameter......Silly me!  So I went ahead and covered it, and added cute strips of paper at the top and bottom.  Now I was left with a gap where the red from the tin was showing through.  So, out of sheer frustration, and lack of any creative solution I just cut another strip of coordinating paper and added that on.

 I used coordinating stickers to decorate it.  I decorated the top with chipboard Valentine's Day stickers.  Then I cut strips of red paper and ran them through my crimper and put them inside the tin.  I took a deep sigh of relief that the project was done......UNTIL....I went to put the lid on!  Because I added the paper all the way to the top, the lid won't fit on properly without ripping the paper.  So, I just decided that she will have to deal with a lopsided lid.  Since I am filling it up with some candy and MAC makeup, I don't think that she will really care if the lid doesn't fit...  So the lessons that I learned from this project are:

Make sure you either buy a tin that will fit the paper you want to use...or buy paper to fit your tin.
Do not cover your tin all the way to the top.  If you do, your lid won't fit.
I need a bendable ruler.
I need more patience.
If I can't find more patience, I may need to invest in a blender to make margarita's.

Here are the pics.....finally.  If anyone has any suggestions for next time...PLEASE share.  As always, thanks for taking the time to look.  Your comments are always welcome.

Robyn

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.  I have been itching to get in my craft room, but I had to do all of my "chores" first.  Can someone please tell me how 2 people can have so much laundry and trash??  Either we are the dirtiest people or the cleanest people on the planet.  It seems like laundry is a never ending process.  Well, enough of that...I will be back in my craft room today working on Valentines Day projects.  YEAH!! 

Here is a cute simple card that I made for a friend.  Have a terriffic day.  Come back soon as I will be posting my V-Day crafts.  As always, thanks for taking time out of your day to visit.  Your comments are always welcome.

Robyn

It is obvious that I was in a pink mood.  I embossed with the Stylized Flowers cuttlebug folder, put ribbon, bling and a flower on and stamped the thank you sentiment. 

The flower is from a K&Company pack, the ribbon is from Hobby Lobby (they run 1/2 off sales a lot) and the sentiment is from a Stampology set that I got at M's.  I used a scrap that was in my drawer for the top paper layer.

Thanks for looking.