Have A Blessed Easter...

Everyone have a "blessed" Easter...

I will see you next week...

taking some time off to be with my hubby!!

 

 

Will leave you with one of  my last years bouquet of Daffodils from my gardens

Picture Perfect

I am addicted...

to these new Prima Julie Nutting paperdoll stamps...

there are 6 in all...I managed to get my hands on 4....

these are "big" girls...7 1/2" to be exact

the tags are also from Prima.....

BIG fat tags, in a package of 48

the stamps....$6.99.....the tags....$6.99

You probably won't find them right now....

sold out everywhere....

but a "little birdie" told me they will start shipping April 9th...

if you want/need these just ask and I can give you a few hints :>)

 

 

As soon as I saw the challenge at City Crafter I knew it was for me...

make a tag using Washi tape somewhere on your tag....

I immediately thought of a Washi Tape Dress on one of these dolls.....

So here she is, in all her glory.....

what do you think?

I like her....alot....

 

 

I have another one that will "debut" on April 4th when I do my guest design spot

can't show her to you yet....and she is entirely different from this one...

 

 

Want to see some more??

a couple of my creative friends have done some as well...

go visit Mary at Primitive Seasons

AND

 visit Lisa at A Mermaids Crafts and see what fun these are to work with

 

Products used are:

Washi...from Prima and S.M.A.S.H and others I had

Papers....from Amy Tangerine Sketchbook ~ American Crafts

Stickles....Black Diamond and Glam Pink

Websters....Resin Flower

Stampabilities....Vintage Camera

Michael's....picture perfect $1 stamp

Unity....Oh Snap stamp from Kit Of The Month

*****************Birds On A Wire*****************

I think I am in the "clean and simple" mode.....

I know these little birds are suspose to be "chickadee's....

 

but since our Robins have returned, I just couldn't resist

 

turning them into Robins....

I used a new die I just recieved for the clouds

they come in one piece, and a little "tip" to get them apart easily

is I put them on my padded ironing board, placed a flat head screwdriver

on the little metal piece holding them together and tap them with a hammer

they popped apart easily and made the fluffy clouds you see here...

 

I am entering this in the challenge at Impression Obsession "It's All  About The Dies"

 

Products used are

Card Stock....Bashful Blue SU

Bird Dies....Die003A Impression Obsession

Bird Stamps.... C8589 Impression Obsession

Cloud Dies.... Die068A Impression Obsession

 

the sentiment is computered generated, the flower I hand made

 

Also wanted to mention that IO has a PDF tutorial on their website of how to use the

dies and stamps together....it works perfect everytime, if you follow the tutorial!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Little Black Dress~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Every girl should have a little black dress in her closet.....

isn't this the cutest little die???

it is called "Princess Dress" by Memory Box....

the little hanger cuts a separate piece.....

and the little die is so reasonable, around $5.....

I think I see some Easter dresses coming to town!!

 

 

I ran across a "new to me" challenge blog called "Runway Inspired"

using the inspiration photo below is how my clean and simple card came about...

Salt & Pepper

Just had to share these pics my awesome photographer daughter "Lori"

took in her studio on Thursday...

 

 

First one is of my great granddaughter "Paislie" with Pepper

 

 

second is my grandson Caiden goofing off with Salt...

 

 and had to add these two of my granddaughter Kendall
 

Her friend had baby lamb twins 2 weeks ago named Salt & Pepper 

just had to share, as they are so adorable!!

Altered Gift Tags

This is a heavy picture overload...lol

 

 

I purchased two or three little boxes of "note cards" a few years back

in the $1 bins at Michaels....

I thought they would be cute to alter into little gift tags

perfect for a birthday, wedding shower or Mother's Day

when I saw the Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection

and the challenge at Joan's Gardens this week,

 I thought the two would "mesh" together perfectly!!

I LOVE Graphic 45...all of it....but this has to be my favorite collection so far!!

 

This is the box I made to store them in.....

and the following pictures are the little tags,

they are approx. 3" square each

 

All four cards have matching envelopes, I have only shown the front

but on the backs of each I have covered the flap with matching paper

Some of the cards have "pop ups" which the pictures don't show too well

 

 

I wish you could see them in person, as they are a beautiful little set!!

Here is how they fit inside the box....

 

 

The challenge was to :

use a square

alter it

use flower paper

and use a product sold at Joan's Gardens

 

Product used that can be purchased/ordered from Joan's Gardens are:

Graphic 45 Secret Garden paper ( I used paper from the 8 x 8 pad)

Cheery Lynn BAF set #3 Embellishments

Marianne L0157

Kaiser Craft Pearls

 

One of the things I want to mention that I LOVE when ordering from

Joan's Gardens, is that she charges you actual shipping...
I love that as I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to purchase 1 or 2 things

only to have the shipping be higher then the purchase...

my budget can't always "stand" to place a large order to make the shipping worth while

so this is great, as, if I need/want a certain thing, I can email or call, and know

it will be reasonable...oh and she is usually a bit less on her products, too!!

First Days of Spring

Okay, whomever forgot to tell Mother Nature its Spring, is fired!!

Lovely day isn't it??

 

 

Poor Mr Robin Redbreast...he looks cold and hungry!!