playing with paper day

Hey yall!!  So are ya goin out and celebrating tomorrow night?  WE are doing exactly what we love to do and what we have done for the past several years!!! ..............stayin home with the boys!!  since neither one of us can stay up til midnight anyway it works great to lay around at home.  And I am just not feeling quite back to myself yet still have a stinkin nasty cold but alot better than last week I tell ya!! 
I worked in my studio today, finished painting the large standing sign that is gonna sit on the sidwalk infront of the shop and also a small one to put above the door.  Plus I also finished up a paper banner that spells out handmades and I so ooooooooooo love it!!

I had left over large chipboard letters from a previous project and it just worked out that I had all but one for this banner.  I had to cut a couple apart to make a second a but you really cant tell. 

Vintage seam binding in white and brown are gathered on the bottom edge of each tag, oh and the backround is just old pages from a book added to file folder tags. 

I also added some silver glass glitter along the edges of tags for some paper "bling" ya know, ;) wink wink!!  buttons and some little white flowers I inked with pink. 

  When I put it up at shop I will take a pic of it all together, it is pouring outside so I couldnt hang it on the outside anywhere. 

This is another banner I am putting together but not sure if I am happy with the embellishments so glad I didnt glue anything yet.  My Minds Eye lost and found papers are just my favo favo!!  I bought a bunch of them last week and the 3 oversized tags have one sheet on them.  The back side of this cardstock page is a nice dark red and white polka dot so I cut the hearts from them, have a couple more hearts to put on this.  Edges have been inked with distressing ink by Tim Holtz (another favo favo product) and K&CO paper pack with various ephemera and images.  I am gonna finish this up later. 

it doesnt show too good but the swirls and letters have red glitter on them. 

love the flourishes and also the little red sparkly banner

After inking the edges with antiquing gel I outlined the cut outs in black then also stamped various images on with chestnut brown. 

so that was all I got done today, and plan on a productive weekend.  Painting and playing with more papers!! GLORIOUS!!!  

So hope yall have a very safe and happy new years!! 2012 here we come!! 

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

An altered organizer day

I have to say yesterday was just a wonderfully perfect day!! It was my birthday and  started out with my sweet mom and brother taking me out for breakfast, then came home and putzed around the house and did a few things in my little studio and then took the "boys" for a walk and then a ride bye bye, hubby came home after work and we watched tv and had supper and played outside with the "boys".  What a perfect day!!
Our little Bruno is so well fitted for our family he is a blessing from above that is for sure. 

A friend was talkin bout using foam core board and it reminded me of pins I made using it last year.   This one i made using foam core as the base, it is nice an lightweight and easily cut with an exacto knife.  I adhered the cut out fairy ontop of some sheet music paper, then stamped some flourishes on it and added those beautiful wings.  Using my JUST RITE stamps I stamped the words believe and dream on it.  The sides I just painted with some metallic silver paint, added a few layers of triple thick glaze and a pin back and that was it.  easy peasy!

Had to put a pic of my favo flower on today, Sunflowers have been a long time favo of mine and with all these dark, grey glooomy days I wanted something a bit bright to look at!! they just make ya smile and think of long sunny summer days laying in the grass looking up in the blue sky and watching the clouds lazily roll by.  OH cant wait for summer!!

Ok I posted the start of this book awhile ago and finally finished all the embellishements on it.  It is used for my orders for markets.  I MUST be organized this year!!  Once market season opens and the farm is in full swing things get crazy and busy and I get .................gulp..................yes a bit absent minded! well maybe just a bit forgetful sounds better ????  Anyway I figured I needed something fun to help me be more ontop of things this year.  

Each page has the day of the week on the end tab and inside there is a pocket that I have paperclipped papers to, to write the requested item in. 

Using lots of emphemera and my altered chipboard and ribbons and bakers twine this will be perfect. 

I just love the blue frame around this bunch of forget me not flowers.    Lots of stamping and altering was done to make this.  And I had this old vintagey label in my stash Miss Muffets fine teas and cakes!  Fit rather perfect for my bakery organizer. 

Even though I am a primitive kind of distressed gal I love pinks and browns together.   Love my flourish stamps and these were stamped with TIM HOLTZ distressing inks.  I dry brushed almost every detail with black paint for my prim look. 

Ticket stubs, hearts, postage stamps, words, and well just about any and everything is in here.  

This is what I started out with.  Just some pretty folders from a local dollar store.     I cut each one in 1/2 and I think you get 3-4 in a pkg.  They had a couple of different ones but since I am a pink fan this was best for me.

So now run out to your nearest dollar store and make one for yourself.   I am finding a bit of organizing doesnt hurt at all!! LOL I must admit I have good intentions and start the year off with high hopes of letting that organizing part of me show but it does get pushed to the wayside so hopefully this will help me out!! 

I am off to start baking for market so hope yall have a wonderful glorious wed. and I will be back soon!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

HUGS

Darlene

 ~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Another photo frame done

I did this photo frame/sign  today for a 25th wedding anniversary.   But first here are my precious boys next to me on the couch.  Buster Brown loves his down filled blankie!!  He will lay like this for a couple of hours. 

Now he is layin in my recliner with one of Bubba's favo quilt blankies I got for him. 

And here's the baby!!  LOL My Mr. Boopie Woopie Boo!!

Little stinker!!  I got him that striped bear and he drags that thing all over, we take it with when we go bye bye too, and of cource he drags it to bed with us at night too.  It is bigger than him and I usually have to help him get up in the bed with it!!  LOL oh my babies!!  Just love em so!!

On to the sign I did,  Two hearts that beat as one is on the altered chipboard heart.   I cut out the vine and added some light pink flowers with a dab of TIM HOLTZ Stickles in the middle.   

I did one large layered flower on the bottom left corner.   I started out with a large sheet music paper rosette, then instead of leaving it whole I cut in between all the petals then added an old hymnal page flower, with the same pink glitter stickles on the edges, an aqua colored flower and then pink polka dotted flower then another small hymnal flower and topping the stack off is a recycled button with some light green bakers twine as a bow. 

So here is the finished sign.

And I also made a Mothers Day card.

I had to play with the little bug today "my cricut" so cut out the scalloped tag and used it as the center of the card.  Love love love that paper. 

I used my PAPER TREY INK mothers day stamp set on this.    "Words can never express how much I appreciate you" is the verse on the bottom. 

Not too much else done today,  I had to repaint 2 of the wine glasses I am painting for a friend as they werent quite up to par.   I dont think I care much for painting on glass!!  This has been quite an experience!! 

So I hope yall have a great night.  Tomorrow is baking day so will be playin in the flour and sugar and cream.   I am thinkin of maybe makin some Irish Soda bread, some olive bread, and lemon buttermilk cakes and maybe some of my Grandma Rose's pumpkin pie spice bread.

Ok have a blessed evening and thanks for visitin!!

HUGS

Darlene

 ~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

2nd CR84FN project today

I was so amazed at how nice these colors went together I was inspired to use them in another photo frame/sign.  This is all about LOVE!!  Once again the colors are:

Oh so pretty!! 

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Scrappin sunny friday

So I stayed home this am and played in my studio!! LOVE my scrappin time!!  This first lo is one a special girl we had, Whitney.  She was my hubbys grandmothers dog and when she passed away we took Ms. Whitney! what a sweetheart too!  We only had her a few years but she touched our hearts for sure.   she went to sleep at the age of 16 so we really were blessed to have her as long as we did and share her life.  So this layout using MY MINDS EYE patterened paper is from their Bohemian line which is one of my favos of all time, is a tribute to her.  The tag simply says "gone but not forgotten".  Miss ya girl!

Then there is my Buster Brown.  This page says Paw prints on my heart.  Buster has his mommy's heart!!  I love the papers some dog themed some not.

Jax is on this lo Play Time, I cut up some cute boy papers and also took the toys off another piece of paper and added pop dots to the backs to make them pop!!

ANDDDDDDDD I had to come up with a lo of me!! Never scrap myself!  But it was to be something about you or your personality.  I love pink so with lots of pinks around me and of  cource my Buster voila!  A page of me!

I have a couple of altered projects I am working on for submissions so I cannot post them yet but cant wait to share them with yall!  The sun is out and it is up to 46 degrees so my happy little self is out to work in the greenhouse!!

ENJOY your friday yall!!

HUGS!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Playin around Sunday

PAPER CLAY IS FUN TO PLAY WITH!!

LOVIN THIS BIRD I MADE~

A big cheery sunday hello!!!

Well I FINALLY played around with some paperclay today!! now I bought this pkg 2 years ago with the hopes of making something, put it in a drawer in my studio!! (i know big mistake when things are hidden away and out of sight we tend to forget about them) so while siftin thru some things I came across it and thought hmmmmmmmm wonder if it is still good. WELL it is really fun to use!! This is everything I cut out for the moment to see how they end up after painting. This stuff is just drying but I love the look. THE BIRD turned out just too cute cant wait to paint him up!!!! Maybe blue with a bit of red? It was fun to sit and play with this stuff, I also stamped a few words on the long pieces that I am goin to paint up and seal and hopefully make them into neckalces, the bracket is goin ontop of an altered journal book i am working on for a friend maybe the flowers too. The word love turned out so cool they are stamped on then I went over the letters with an embossing tool to make them a bit deeper and stand out more.

THEN I finished up a banner for the flower shop!! OK I AM NOT usually using such bright bold colors you know i am a true prim grubby kind of gal but we wanted something for in a big window at the shop that would STAND out!! well i think my mom and i picked out the perfect colors for this flower banner!~ I think it will look great as the shop outside is light grey too. I made all the accordian flowers on the bottoms and added some ribbons, a bit of distressing using Tim Holtz black distressing ink, and some great lime green crepe paper I found in a card/party store!! I ran it under my sewing machine to make it gather then cut the edges with some decorative scissors, I THINK IT SCREAMS BRIGHT AND BOLD!! LOL

Ok so I am off to finish up a couple of swap gifts for a dear friend Marla!! and hopefully will get all my paper clay things painted up.

HAVE A BLESSED SATURDAY YALL!!

~HUGS~~

Darlene