Prim bird card

I think this is my FAVO of my cards today!! I tore a piece of an old old book out and aged it quite a bit then actually dry brushed some of the same blue paint that is on the bird on it..  the bird is stamped with my stamping up thanks definition stamp then aged.  I really like the colors on this card too.  That big of green ribbon is just what makes it pop!! I am heading back into my little studio to finish up a few more cards then out to do chores. 

Thanks for looking and have a blessed night!

~HUGS~

Darlene

~~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~~

Pics now

Here's the front of the cat book I had to make for 2 special kitties~

These are the yummo cranberry sandwich cookies I told yall about last night.

So today I have baking to do for orders to take to Allegan and then finish up a few signs for the show this weekend.

Christmas Thru Lowell sounds like a great time!!

Have a great day !

~~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

FABO FRIDAY

This is my hubby favo bread that i came up with. The glaze has a bit of a hint of almond and is topped off with some chopped pistachio nuts.

Homemade glazed pistachio bread!! for sale in mysweetserendipity etsy shoppe http://mysweetserendipity.etsy.com/

I made this quick banner for one of the front windows on my new shoppe!! I love it!! love the pink of cource but it has a vintagey/retro feel with the embellishes!!! I took white crepe paper and sewed it on my machine gathering along, made all the accordian flowers on the bottoms and then handcut the letters out of paper added some "BLING" pink glitter to each one and then put them on white pieces, to stand out I added foam pop dots to each letter.

Old recycled pieces of ribbons are added and a couple buttons. Each triangle is distressed a bit using Tim Holtz distressing ink in black.

What do yall think??

Have you been on flikr?? OH My gosh I have been putting pics there of some of my altered stuff and scrappy stuff and all I can say is WOW! there are so many cool pics and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many talented paper artists out there it is truly amazing. chick em out if ya get a chance!!! I could spend ALL day in there believe me!! BUT i have to get off here as my mom,brother and I are goin out to lunch today and also doin a bit of grocery shopping then back home to play for the weekend!! AND sunday it my birthday!! YEPPER BUT NOT another year older i might add!! ROFL~~in my 30's and lovin it so much will stay here awhile longer!! LOL!! AGE IS JUST A NUMBER ANYWAY!! Well i hope yall have a super wonderful blessed weekend just in case i dont get back on here.

~HUGS~~

thanks again for visiting my blog~~