Altered art from a recycled frame.....and a few layouts

The Sweet talk journaling challenges over at Log Your Memory have really stretched me this month! We have covered just about every type of journaling imaginable and i have gotten some really meaningful layouts done.

 

  

  

  

  

I also created this cute wall hanging to give to a friend we were visiting. So simple to make and I even reused an old frame.  

I have a few more sweet talk challenges to finish up and then I will be done......with all the snow I hope there is lots of time to scrap!!!

It's party time!!

Warning! Picture heavy post coming up!! I have been really busy this week getting stuff together for Emily's sweet 16 party this Saturday!! And of course that included creating some hybrid items and altered items!! If your coming to the party on Sat. don't look!!!

First I put together this really cool Birthday Bouquet! I copied  this from a baby shower one that was made and shared over at the digichick!! Real cute and super easy!! You can find the directions here .

Next I made these center pieces for the tables! They are also the thank you favors we will be giving out! All I did was take the clear icing bags and fill them with skittles....one of Emily's fav candies! Tied them up with ribbon and a cute tag that says Thanks for sharing my special day! then I placed about 6 of them in a clear jar I picked up at the dollar store....I put black tissue paper in the botom. They will look like candy bouquets on the tables!

This is a journal I altered and it will sit on the gift table. We want everyone that attends to write Emily some words of wisdom in it.....then she will have a bit of wisdom from everyone at her party!

I am so excited to get to the hall and get it decorated and all ready......I'll take lots of pictures and come back and share all about it!!

Baby Shower Gifts!!

I was so excited to get to create some things for our friends baby shower....She works at the stable with my girls and so we decided to make her some cute onsies with a rocking horse on them....I just created the picture and text in word and we used inkjet t-shirt transfer paper to get it onto the onsies! Sooo easy and they are absolutely adorable!! I altered a box I had to put them in and made a matching hanging tag!

I also altered a wooden door hanger and then I followed a tutorial over at the Hybrid Chick for this name banner.

 

 

 

There is a lot of detail that is hard to see in the banner, I took 2 close up shots to try to show some of it. I used the tutorial over at the hybrid chick but put my own twist on it. They used jump rings to put their's together but I did not have any and so I used ribbon on mine. I actually used all things I had on hand and did not buy anything extra...(I was proud of myself!!)
I finished it off with a card and bag and it came together really well!!

So it was a really crafty weekend over here....and I'm still working on my new venture so by the middle of this week I should be able to spill the beans!!!

I'll add this quick layout in that I just finished up for one of the October Mega Challenges over at the Digichick!

Triple the Sketch....some news sketches!

I just returned from an awesome weekend reconnecting with an old friend and scrapping the weekend away!! What fun!! And I did get alot of scrappin done!! Here are my last two projects for triple the sketch....enjoy!! I'll try to post my stuff from the weekend later!!

Sketch 56 is a digi take on the sketch.


And for sketch 57 I did an altered canvas. This was alot of fun!! I took pics of my 3 girls all at 6 months of age...I have another canvas the same size and I plan to do one for my 4 boys as well! I can't wait to hang these!

Altered Notebook...A Prayer Journal

I had such an awesome day today!!!! I got to go shopping at my very favorite scrapbooking store...Memory Lane in Quakertown, Pa!! OHHHH!! It is huge and they have all the newest stuff!!! I am not going to tell you how much money I spent...hehe!! So I need to get my room cleaned up so I can work with my new stuff!!
I just completed this cute altered notebook....I love altering notebooks...so cheap and easy!! And this one is special because I am going to use it to keep track of the scriptures I am praying over the children. Every week I am concentrating on one scripture and praying that over my children. The idea came from this wonderful site.....check it out.. Lifting hands


A short tutorial on how I altered the notebook.....take any cheap notebook (I like the ones I find at walmart and sometimes the dollar store) Carefully take the cover and back off. (you can also do it with the cover on....the paper just won't cover the entire cover.
Use strong adhesive to attatch your paper, I love my ATG gun for this or spray adhesive.
Then decorate as you want.....anything goes.
Now you have a one of a kind notebook to use or gift away!!

Altered CD case and other projects finished up

I made this frame for Brians desk at work..... a little present I just finished up! This was fun to do and sooo easy! I used my Scarlet Lime November kit....I really am enjoying their kits!! I like the way it turned out!!
This is the card I made for him for Christmas...he usually does not read my blog so I think it is safe to post these!!



And these cute note holders I made for the girls....I saw this somewhere on the web and I can't remember where. I cut chipboard to size and painted one side and put paper on the other. I used mod podge to seal it. I then decorated a clip with ribbon and clipped the post it note to the chipboard. Fast, Fun, and soo cute!