Eye Glass Case/Mothers Day

I had a really great Mothers Day weekend with Landi & family, always so much fun at her house! Her boys are always doing something fun! On Sat. we took Bridger to Chuck E. Cheese's while Landi & Caidin helped with a garage sale. We made the mistake of asking Bridger where he wanted to have lunch, Chuck E. Cheese's he says, we tried & tried to get him to go somewhere else but he would say NO Chuck E. Cheese's! He didn't throw a fit or anything, would just smile and say it, so who can resist right!! So we went and had a lot of fun! We thought the Pizza was pretty bad but he liked it. He even got his picture taken with Chuck E. Cheese, he wouldn't look at the camera just stared at Chuck E. Cheese! So Cute!!

Sunday was finally nice enough to go outside and the boys got to jump on their trampoline, they have so much fun!

Potted flowers with the boys for mothers day gift. Bridger was so funny, he tried to put the whole container of flowers in the flower pot!

And did I mention dirt, little boys are attracted to it!!!!

Bob has been looking for a pop up camper to leave at the lake so he can have a place to stay and try get out fishing more often this summer. So Bob & Chad went to look at one and yep, it came home with them! The boys loved it, I didn't think we were going to get them to come out of it!

Fun over, had to come home and get busy and finish this eye glass case for a class I'm doing on Thurs. along with the wallet/coupon holder.

Reading glasses fit perfectly in the case. I used Studio 490 stamps to stamp the book page, grunge rose & leaves. Love Wendy's stamps!!!

Have a good one!

Donna

Tim Holtz Die Cuts/Studio 490 Stamps

Woo! Hoo! Scored big time over the weekend!! Need TIME to PLAY!!!!

Have a good one!
Donna

Grungepaper Rose Magnet

I've been making grungepaper roses again, oh how I love grungepaper!!!!
I have been making the roses and adhering them to magnets, I plan on giving a few of these at Christmas time. Try them, very easy and inexpensive! Enjoy!


Have a good one!
Donna

Fall Decor

I needed a break from the Christmas album I have been working on so while watching my grandson Jackson (after he went to sleep) I created this fall decor. The pumpkin is so fun to do! Thanks for the inspiration Wendy Vecchi!

Have a good one!
Donna

Christmas Album

When I got home from our trip I started a travel album, got the cover almost done when this Christmas album that I started about two months ago kept staring me in the face. I decided I better get that project done before I moved on to another. I don't know why but I kept starting this album then putting it aside, maybe because Christmas was so far away, now it is right around the corner! Yikes! Another inspiration to get it done might be that I finally found some Distress Stickles Rock Candy, oh my gosh is this stuff addicting! Worked perfect for some of the embellishments for the pages!! I'm determined now to get it done so I can move on to other things!

Here is the cover.....

Here is a couple of pages I used the Distress Stickles Rock Candy on.....


I might still add some lace to the bottom of the snow man one if I can find some that will match. Already started on another page so I'm on a roll!!!!!
Have a good one!
Donna

Tim Holtz Inspiration-Christmas Creativity Curio

Getting to go to Shad's after all, I have a busy day ahead of me today getting ready! It is a long awaited visit!!! So looking forward to seeing him! He has been really enjoying his time off spending a lot of time with his little boy since returning from Iraq. I do feel bad I had to cancel a class I had scheduled there! But there should be a lot more visits to Kansas as they bought a house there.

Here is a little more inspiration from Tim Holtz, my Christmas Creativity Curio.

Have a good one everyone!
Donna

A little bit of Tim Holtz-A little bit of Wendy Vecchi

Monday October 5th already! Wow, where has the time gone! Very cold here, talking of snow this week, yuk!!!! Had a pretty quiet weekend, about the only thing I did was go visit Joey's family on Sat. Joey was making salsa, Heidi says they have enough now to last at least a year! lol.. They only planted two plants and got so many nice tomatoes off of them. We played a lot with Jackson, he tryed on his halloween costume for us, he looked so cute! He is going to be a puppy and says trick or treat when he wants to! He has a new saying now when something drops or doesn't go right, ohhh man! So cute!

I did get a chance to finish this project inspired by Tim Holtz.

I also was inspired by Wendy Vecchi's blog and just had to try Wendy's technique of gluing patterned paper onto grunge paper and making the rose. My first attempt was a disaster! I had glued patterned paper on the front and back and it would not do anything!!! So went back and read how she did it and found out she didn't put it on the back, so tryed again and it worked so much better! I will have to make some more of these!! Love those roses!!!

They were so much fun to make, those two are the best!

Have a good one!
Donna

Fall Festival/Layout of Wendy V. & me

I have been busy, busy, busy! I had a garage sale Fri. & Sat. so that kept me pretty busy for a while. Glad it is over, they are a lot of work! On Sat. after the sale we went to Landi's and on Sun. we went to a fall festival, had so much fun! Of course the beautiful weather we had been having had to turn and it was cold, windy & rainy! But we had a good time, so fun watching the kids!

Here is a layout I did with a picture of Wendy V. & myself at CHA Orlando. I used the tags Wendy was demoing and gave to me, one was from CHA Anaheim & the other from CHA Orlando. Added a lot of grunge paper embellishments using Wendy's stamps. Love her stamps!!! I took a copy of the back where she signed it and made a little tag out of it.

FALL FESTIVAL

Christmas Tag & Calendar

Had a great weekend, babysat Jackson on Fri. night, then back over to Joey's for supper on Sat. night, he makes some awesome BBQ sauce! Canned salsa on Sun. and cleaned and went through stuff getting ready for a garage sale. I even managed to squeeze in some play time, made this christmas tag. So hard to believe it is right around the corner!

And here is a calendar that I started over a month ago and just finished it!  Made with grunge board, grunge paper and Wendy Vecchi's awesome stamps!  I've been loving the color combination of blue & orange lately!

Hoping to start a travel album tonight while watching Dancing with the Stars, woo hoo!  Love that show! 
Headed to Shad's next month so thought I would get a jump start on a travel album. 

Landi & family might come up this weekend, really looking forward to that!  Seems like I can only go a couple of weeks without seeing all of them!  Poor Bridger got stung by a bee on Sat. right on the nose, poor little guys eye is all swollen, I feel so bad for him!  Hope it gets better soon!
Have a good one!
Donna

Altered Art

Beautiful Mon. morning here. I'm so grateful that Shad is now home from Iraq and back with his wife & son! I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet as it was late last night when he got home, but looking forward to his phone call today!

I had a productive weekend working on some altered art projects for classes. I guess it pays to babysit grandson until 2:00 in the morning! I love fall with all it's beautiful colors and Halloween is right around the corner. How about a little Boo holiday accordian decor for the season, full of bats, spiders, witches and even a vulture, display on a mantel, end table etc. Again my photography isn't the greatest, I really do need to contact my professional photographer neighbor to take pictures of my projects!




Altered frame with grunge paper rose and a ornate frame with grunge paper rose. Learn how to make these grunge paper rose's, as Wendy would say they are addicting!
These make wonderful gifts for any occasion and Christmas is right around the corner!


If you are interested in doing any of these projects for a class, contact me for info.
Have a good one!
Donna

9/11 & Pumpkin Layout

Remembering 9/11/01 today.

Bless those affected by 9/11. And a big thank you to all the soldiers for keeping us safe EVERYDAY and bless you and your families for the sacrifices you endure so we can be safe and FREE! As a mom of a soldier I know about these all to well!

I do have good news though, I just found out yesterday that my son who has been in Iraq for the last year is on his way back to the states and should be back with his wife & son on Sun.! What a relief!!! This is his second time over there so I am so thankful he has made it through it twice! Wish I could be there for the welcome home ceremony on his base but he needs his time alone with his family, I will get to go see him in Oct. can't wait!! It is one thing to know he is safe but it doesn't become real until you see them!

I have been busy working on to many projects at one time!!! I got the Christmas Curio done and have been working on a Christmas album & Halloween album for classes. I need to concentrate on one or the other as I'm not getting either one done!

Here is a layout I did, I made the pumpkin out of grunge paper using Studio 490 stamps! They turn out so cute! Love grunge paper!

Have a good one!
Donna

Chipboard Album w/grunge flowers

Here is the completed album. I will be teaching this album class in Grand Forks, ND if interested please email me.

Winner

WOW! I have had a fun, exciting, exhausting last couple of weeks! First CHA then grandsons here. Finally getting it back together I think! lol
A few have commented on the deserts in previous post, let me tell you they were huge!
There was 3 of us and we ordered the carrot cake in the lower right hand side of picture and brought it home & shared it later, it was awesome! Best carrot cake I've ever had!

Here is a few things we did/happened while the grandsons were here, cake making, frog scare, little brother bitting older brother on cheek! Ouch!! And a pic of the cute little face who did the scareing & bitting. Aren't they sweet! Love having them around! Keeps me on my toes for sure!












Got a little time last night to finish another page of the album I'm working on. Absolutely loving Studio 490 stamps by Wendy Vechhi!!!!!!


And finally the winner of some blog candy is Elaine, congratulations! Please email me with your address and I will get the blog candy out to you. Thank you to all of you for stopping by my blog and leaving comments! Keep stopping by as I will be doing more blog candy give aways.

Have a good one!

Donna