Steampunk on retreat

As some of you know I got to go on a crafting retreat with my crafty friends this last weekend!

I worked on a number of projects, but this is by far my favorite!

We stopped into the only scrapbook store in Payson, az

And when we were leaving a very nice lady outside snapped this picture of all of us.

So I sent the picture to walgreens.com, and went to pick the pictures up the next day.

Yep, I had it printed up 8 times,

Then I gave one copy to each of the girls, and I challenged them to use it in some sort of project.

We had a lot of fun getting our craft on!

Here is a fab close-up of the upper corner with som metal gear fabulousness! 

I also stamped in the film strip with staz-on ink.

I obtained thus fun birdcage from one of the other girls,

I colored it with my metallic ink pen, and then distressed it,

Added the dangling metal pieces, and added it to the page with some butterflies in the cage. 

I also borrowed a cogs and gears die cut, 

And used some of my stash of color coredinations black paper

Then I distressed those too. Now looking at them I think they would have been really awesome 

with a little perfect pearls on them! 

I got this great little ruler at an estate sale while we were up in Payson. 

I love what it added to the page. 

Finally, here is a little close up of the butterflies

That I punched out of some metallic looking paper.

Plus you can see a close up of the metal bits and bobs at the bottom of the birdcage.

I'll be entering this into the 

SanDee & Amelie's steampunk challenge: heavy metal

Day 3 challenge at citrus twist: use your embellishments

Anything but a card color challenge

Happy Sunday!

I have been away all weekend at a crafting retreat.

Ahhh it's been a fun filled weekend of crafting and giggling.

We also got out for a few estate sales as well.

There is a brand new challenge at Anything but a Card.

It's a color challenge, here's my interpretation. 

And here's the inspiration photo.

Mine has a little more blue, but it was ohhhh so fun! 

I will add it to my other art journal loose pages, and eventually I'll bind them all up. 

Thanks for playing along with the challenge, it's open til the end of the month!

So get creating! 

Flowers at just some lines

Happy national scrapbook day!

What crafty/ scrappy things are you getting done today?

There is a FABULOUS new challenge at just somesoineslines

Flowers!

Yep, it may y'all! 

May is for flowers! 

Did you ever celebrate May Day?

Where you would put flowers on the porch of your neighbors houses? 

Maybe that was just me??

Well I hope you enjoy your May flowers! 

Come join the challenge! 

Fussy and fancy spring colors blog hop

Hello and welcome to my blog!

As you may have read on the

Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog

our Spring Colours Challenge

is being hosted by our lovely

Katharina

and sponsored by the

FUSSY AND FANCY GIRLS!

That would include me!

If you are arriving here from the talented millizans blog

then you are hopping in the correct order.

If not, please go back to the

Fussy and Fancy Blog Challenge

to hop in

the correct order.

Here is the card that I created for

this fun Spring challenge

As a special bonus for my followers old and new

I am offering a 5.00 gift certificate to my new etsy shop, and a surprise prize

Think stamps my friends! 

To qualify, you must be a follower and leave

a comment.

Thank you for visiting! 

Now if you can please continue hopping over

to our very talented, beth's blog you will

continue to keep hopping in order. 

I have listed the correct blog hop order below

for your hopping convenience.

Happy hopping!

 Here is the blog hop order

Katharina

Judy

Laila

Annie

Vanessa 

Norma

Celine

Ivonne

Nathalie

Jo Rice

Yvonne

Mary Lou

Millazin

Diana

Beth

Sheryl

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Wicked step mother

 Soooooo

I got my Etsy Shop open on Friday!

I know how exciting, if you'd like to check it out go HERE

And YES, you can find this card there

(hopefully for a limited time only!)

And if you'd like to use the coupon code (cause who doesn't like to save a bit along the way!)

grandopen will get you 15% off!

So anyways, my very first sale in the new store also asked for a custom card.

She wanted a "mothers day card for my step mother"

Well ok!

So I came up with this fun card. 

I just ADORE the glittery letters, and I'm starting to run a little short in my stash, so I might have to run out and get some tomorrow!  

You can see the letters are thick chipboard, and the apple is popped up off the card. 

Ahhh it felt good to be in the studio, and I'll be there again tomorrow,

as all my work peeps are asking for mothers day cards!

 

Please hop over to the shop and check out all my goodies! 

They are selling like hotcakes!

Well some of them are! 

 

Hope you had a crafty weekend, and are back in work mode!

 

Linking up with:

Pile it on: Rubber Stamping (all my letters are stamped)

Hiding In My Craft Room: Mothers Day

Jsl

 Happy Saturday

I'm now on the downward slope to my vacation next week!

Yeah!

Today I am sharing this fun mothers day card.

The challenge is still up at Just Some Lines for Spring

I had an order come in for a couple of mothers days cards, and so I figured

two birds, one stone right?

I just love this little image, and it's perfect for mothers day as well as Valentines,

or really just for any occassion!  

I found the sketch at  Craft Hoarders Annonymous

where there is a twist to use something new (the digi!) and something old (the ribbon and the button are both from my stash and pretty old)

I hope you are having a wonderful and crafty weekend!

Also linking up with:

Creative Inspirations: Cute characters

Craft Hoarders Annonymous: Sketch with a twist

Using stamps

 Ok, so I've been on card making overload!

I made this card for a friend at work that wanted a mothers day card for her mother and

mother in law.

I made the "watercolor" paper using my distress inks, and then

splattering it with water.

 

It's definitely a technique to try!

The colors for the card I found on the Color Q challenge,

and I especially love that I finally got to use one of these great bow's from Freckled Fawn!

And I also got to use the Kraft cardstock for the card base!

Yeah!

 

The stamp is from Unity Stamps,

and the bow is brand new, and the ribbon is extremely old!!! As in I got it at an estate sale old!

 

Linking up with:

Make my Monday: Distress it

The Pink Elephant: Water colour

Color Q: #238

Blog Named Hero: Layer Cake

Crafty Catz: Anything Goes