It is an exciting day! Many of you may not know yet that I have been selected to join the MayMay made it design team. I am very excited about this new venture.
I will be adding new Accucut Craft dies to my collection this coming Monday. Be on the look out for fun projects and kits you will be able to order.
If you would like to send me cards, letters or other materials, please send them to my PO Box. Loretta Rodger PO Box 3708 Laurel, MD 20724. I will answer your pen-pal letters.
I now have about 714 You Tube subscribers! You may comment any where on my You tube channel or here on the blog for a chance to win $100.00 (a gift card or pay pal gift) as well as a small package of handmade goodies.
Thank you for supporting my artistic endeavors and good luck to you all. Give away is from 9/7/2012 until 9/28/2013 with the winner being announced with 5 days of the closing.
Stamp Happy, be a blessing and please be kind to one another!
Recently I attended a class in July for ShaaDeLa with the Queens Ink. We made some super fun altered bottles. We also learned some fun new techniques, and how to find and even clean bottles.
I had ordered some bottles from Ebay before the class and they have still not arrived. Unfortunately, I have now filed a claim against the seller. I hate when that happens. I tried to contact this person for resolution more than 3 times before I resorted to the complaint.
Onto the more fun part of this post, 700 Subscribers on my Youtube channel! Super wow! So glad you guys like me. Here is the catch, I still need FOUR more people to sign up to my channel.
When I reach the 700 mark I will be doing a Subscriber give away. Details will be on a post I will be making as a tutorial for a potential design team spot as well as give away details. So go check it out. If you have questions, please contact me!
Isabella at PetSmart in Laurel,MD patiently awaiting in the buggy while momma takes her picture. She had just gotten groomed!
This will be a short post as I feel that the pictures are pretty self – explanatory. I have had a really great time with the swaps I have been involved in these last few months. The only one that I have taken pictures of is the puzzle piece swap.
I altered a small wooden puzzle piece and the display is the puzzle piece die from www.accucutcraft.com. I used papers from my collection and wild orchid craft flowers.
The altered bottles are from a class at The Queens Ink. I had a really great time learning some new techniques and creating these really cute bottles.
The cork board was made by combining a thick piece of cork I purchased from a big box store and a frame, I painted and distressed both pieces, the back of the piece is also finished with paint and decorative scrap paper. I spelled out the recipient’s name with the small wooden letters I also purchased at the craft store.
I used Aileen’s E6000 glue to keep everything together. I also purchased some small embellishments from the markdown bin. The push pins are made using push pins from the office supply store, you can see the video on how to do them here:
I did not get enough participants to actually do this as a swap, but it is a quick overview of how I made the push pins. There are more things that will go in my box for my swap partner, however, I don’t want to show them off just yet.
Now for Ms. Isabella. I took her for her first “Puppy” cut yesterday at the PetSmart groomer in Laurel, MD. Ms. Isabella did fantastic. She got a good “sanitary” trim as well as a trimmed face and her over-all coat and ears where also cleaned up. She walked out knowing she was a princess.
Yes she is being very patient and still in the cart, She was not left alone so there was no danger of her falling from the buggy. She was very still and patient as her mommy took pictures. She is such a joy in my life.
The picture above was taken in Reisenberg, Germany.
On Saturday the 13 of July, Mike and I planned a whirlwind trip to Germany. I flew to London, England and met him there. Folks, after not seeing my husband for five months, he was a sight for sore eyes and aching arms.
We had a blast. We spent some of our time in Munich, Reisenberg, we even visited the Dachau Concentration camp, the castle that was the model for the Disney castle. We enjoyed good food, great wine and beer and we just loved it.
I have been working on this simple yet very elegant card for my Senior Angel friend “Ms. J” . She is an elderly lady. The Senior Angel program can be found here. It is a worth while activity when you would like to give back and minister to others.
Today’s card is 6 X 6″ finished. There are graduated layers of black and white card stock. The top layer is embossed with a floral embossing folder by Darcie’s. It is called flower frenzy. I used my dies by both Spellbinder’s and I’m unsure who manufacturer’s the flourish.
The 3D butterfly (center) is from Martha Stewart. Stamped onto shrink plastic and layered. Click here for a video tutorial on how they are made. To keep the lines and colors simple, I used black ink and coordinating black and white poke-a-dot ribbon.
The smaller butterflies are from a recollections butterfly set.
Our new fur edition, Isabella is doing well. The first picture, above was taken this morning. She is learning quickly. She is a precious addition to our family.
I hope you are all doing well and staying cool in this hot weather.
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