Creative Crap

Birthday cards

2012-02-06T00:26:00.000-08:00

12 Tags of christmas day 12

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12 Tags of christmas day 11

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background made using Distress inks.

12 Tags of christmas day 10

2011-12-31T22:18:00.001-08:00

I had fun making this one!

12 Tags of christmas day 9

2011-12-31T22:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks again goes to Shirley R. for sending me the lamppost and "25" diecuts I used for this tag.

12 Tags of christmas day 8

2011-12-31T22:13:00.001-08:00

I loved this tag and loved the way mine turned out. Thanks goes to Shirley R. for the winter ink set I won on her blog!

12 Tags of christmas day 7

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12 Tags of christmas day 6

2011-12-31T22:11:00.001-08:00

12 Tags of christmas day 5

2011-12-31T22:10:00.001-08:00

Not a fan of how this one turned out for me.

12 Tags of christmas day 4

2011-12-31T22:08:00.001-08:00

Tim used his snowman die for his tag but because I didn't have that die I used the embossing folder with the same image and embossed it on grunge paper and cut out the image and painted it.

12 Tags of christmas day 3

2011-12-31T22:07:00.000-08:00

12 Tags of christmas day 2

2011-12-31T22:04:00.001-08:00

For Tim's tag, he used his resist Kraft paper but since I didn't have any I made my own by stamping the word on Kraft colored chipboard with clear embossing ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. After I did that, then I proceeded in coloring the tag's back ground.

12 Tags of Christmas day 1

2011-12-31T22:03:00.000-08:00

12 Tags of Christmas days 1-6

2011-12-13T00:42:00.000-08:00

I am part of the AllThingsTim yahoo group and we are doing his 12 tags of Christmas challenge. This is Tim uses. Not as good as his but I guess they turned out okay.

12 Tags of Christmas days 7-12

2011-12-13T00:34:00.000-08:00

Birthday Card

2011-12-08T23:58:00.001-08:00

I made this for my mom's birthday

Rosette Snowmen

2011-12-03T17:00:00.001-08:00

These little guys were kind of difficult to make not to mention a lot of work. For my first 2, I think they turned out okay.

A thanks goes to Karen for her tutorial! Thanks Karen :-)

Tag and atc

2011-12-03T16:58:00.001-08:00

Pumpkin and Turkey

2011-11-23T21:42:00.000-08:00

These were made using the Tim Holtz Rosette die

Steampunk tag

2011-11-23T21:39:00.000-08:00

This was for a swap in the AllthingsTim yahoo group

Baby cards

2011-11-23T21:31:00.000-08:00

I scraplifted this design from another blog (although I can't remember which) so this isn't an original idea of mine but I liked how they turned out and wanted to share.

New stamps in a spooky theme

2011-09-11T02:54:00.000-07:00

I made these 2 cards using my new stamps from Cherry Pie. I am good at making scenes, just not coloring them but I think they turned out okay.

Birthday Card

2011-06-27T23:59:00.000-07:00

This card is for my Brother whose birthday is in July.
The 77 is the year he was born and on the bingo card I highlighted the number 34 with Diamond Glaze because that is how old he is going to be. I love how this turned out. All Tim Holtz items used here (except for the paper that was used for the banner, it was a piece of scrap paper from DCWV).

Tim Holtz Swaps

2011-06-27T23:51:00.000-07:00

JOURNEY tag swap

Papillon stamp set tag swap

< 6x6 swap using at least 1 Tim stamp and 1 embossing folder

These are from 3 swaps I was in from the AllThingsTim Yahoo group

Mother's day and Father's day cards

2011-06-27T23:48:00.000-07:00

Even More Dominoes

2011-03-27T21:20:00.000-07:00

Stamped and painted

This group is made using Cherry Pie Stamps

I was asked the share the techniques and supplies I used to make these dominoes so here it goes :-)

First I soak the dominoes in bleach overnight to get the shine off of them (I have tried sanding but didn’t like the finish it left when I stamped and painted.)

The ink I used was Stazon

Paints used:

-Jacquard Lumiere

-Car model paints (I used these the most and you can get them at places like Wal-Mart where they have the car models you can build.) They sell 2 different kinds of this paint and one being enamel which I didn’t use much because it did a number on my paint brushes.

I also have used Prisma Markers and even colored pencils but you need to spray the domino after you have stamped it with a workable fixative so the stamped image doesn’t smear when you color it with the markers or pencils.

This next tip is what really makes a lot of the dominoes look awesome. Say you have a stamp image that is of a person as the main focal point or if the main focal has a lot of details (i.e the Alfred Hitchcock domino) before you stamp the domino, paint the domino in a skin tone color and after the paint is dried stamp your image and viola! This helps keep the great details of the stamped image and then just paint around the rest of the image with another color to cover up the skin tone that doesn’t belong. I also did this with the Africa Postoid stamp with the elephants in another post; I painted the domino with grey paint and then stamped the image and painted in the other areas for the sky, grass, etc with the appropriate colors.

When you are done then just spray the dominoes with a clear coat. I hope this helps and if anyone has any more questions please feel free to ask.

More Dominoes

2011-03-27T21:16:00.001-07:00

All stamped and painted

More dominoes I made several years ago

Dominoes

2011-03-27T21:12:00.000-07:00

Stamped and painted dominoes

Non stamped dominoes

I made these dominoes several years ago and thought it was time to get them out and on my blog.

Tag

2011-03-18T22:58:00.000-07:00

I made this tag for my mom of her father. I love how it turned out. I made the rosette using Tim Holtz Rosette die. I wish I knew who made the brad I used for the center of it because I love the way they look. (I have had them for several years and just now using them.)

Bracelet

2011-03-18T22:55:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law asks me to make her a bracelet for her new sister-in-laws birthday using flowers from her SIL's wedding. The brown beads are handmade out of clay and in person you can really see the crushed flowers in them.

Altered Pocket Watches

2011-03-18T22:53:00.001-07:00

I made these 2 pocket watches a few years ago.

Egyptian Shadow Box

2011-03-18T22:49:00.001-07:00

I made this shadow box a few years ago. It looks much better in person.

Diaper Cake

2011-03-18T22:44:00.000-07:00

A Diaper Cake for my cousin-in-law's baby shower.

Baby Shower Card

2011-03-18T22:41:00.001-07:00

This card was made with the Wild Card cart from Cricut. My cousin and his wife Jen are expecting a girl and plan on nicknaming her Georgie Girl (George after Jen's father who passed away a couple years ago.)

Cards

2011-03-18T22:31:00.000-07:00

These cards were made using a Tim Holtz decorative edge Sizzix die. The first card was made for my niece who just turned 2 and was born on St. Patricks day.

Birthday Card

2011-01-30T00:07:00.001-08:00

Here is a birthday card I made for my dad.

Bird Cages

2011-01-29T23:57:00.001-08:00

I made the following bird cages using the Tim Holtz Caged Bird die and heavy chipboard. They are decorated using paints, patterned papers, and Cherry Pie stamps. The White ones have a crackle look to them thanks to the cool crackle stamp from Cherry Pie. I hope you like them because I have been having fun making them.

One World One Heart 2011

2011-01-29T23:34:00.000-08:00

http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/2010/12/annoucning-the-fifth-and-final-one-world-one-heart-event-.html

Hello all, it is the 5th and final year for One World One Heart and this will be my third year Participating. Thank you for stopping by my blog and feel free to follow me if you would like. This years winner will receive the following pictured below which is a bird cage I made using the Tim Holtz Cage Bird die painted and decorated with stamps from Cherry Pie Art Stamps. Along with the bird cage, the winner will get 3 brand new unmounted rubber stamps from my favorite stamp company Cherry Pie. All you have to do is leave a comment with your email address and a winner will be announced February 17th.

UPDATE: a winner has been chosen and it was commenter NEEDLEWINGS Thanks to all of you who stopped by and left such great comments! I loved reading each one of them.

Christmas Cards 2010

2010-12-11T01:51:00.001-08:00

Here are my Christmas cards for this year. I used my new stamps from Artistic Outpost that were from the Snowy Woods plate.

Birthday card

2010-12-11T01:45:00.000-08:00

This is a simple card I made for my mom. I also used a Cherry Pie Flourish stamp for the background of the place card that says Happy Birthday.

Scrapbook I made for my mom

2010-11-16T01:47:00.000-08:00

I made this scrapbook for my mom about her mom (my grandma) who passed away in May of this year. I was going to wait until Christmas to give it to her, but I was too excited and gave it to her early (which she loved). The pages are 8 1/2x 8 1/2 Sorry the pics aren't the best, my scanner doesn't work and had to use my camera.

Wedding card

2010-11-16T01:44:00.001-08:00

I made this card using the "Summer in Paris" Cricut cart along with the Design Studio where I welded two of the wine and glass images together to make a card.

Bracelet

2010-11-16T01:42:00.000-08:00

My sister in law wanted me to make her a bracelet to give to her mom on her birthday and this is what I came up with. Like the others, they look better in person.

Simple Birthday Card

2010-08-03T21:39:00.001-07:00

This card I made for my brother.

Memorial Bracelets

2010-08-02T21:15:00.000-07:00

My cousin's wife Jen and I made these bracelets and some of the beads. The tan, orange, white, and cream colored beads are handmade using clay and rolled in the beads are dried flowers from my grandmother's funeral (she passed away on May 30, 2010 from colon cancer). Jen made memorial bracelets using dried flowers from her fathers funeral so she helped me with mine. I love the way they turned out and they are much prettier in person. The little bracelet in the picture is for my niece Abby.

Mother's day and Father's day cards

2010-08-02T21:06:00.000-07:00

The lattice design on the second card was made using the Cricut Wild Card cart

Another card

2010-05-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

Made using my Cricut and the Design Studio

New stamps = New art

2010-05-05T21:46:00.000-07:00

A couple things I made using my new Cherry Pie stamps. Just some simple cards.

Birthday/ St. Patty's day card

2010-05-05T21:45:00.001-07:00

A card for my niece Abby's 1st birthday. She was born on St. Patty's day

Another Light Block

2010-05-05T21:42:00.001-07:00

This is a light block I made for my niece Abby's 1st birthday.

On the back I etched an "A" inside a Shamrock because she was born on St. Patty's day

One World One Heart 2010

2010-01-30T22:13:00.000-08:00

http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/one-world-one-heart.html

This is my second year participating in OWOH and this year I decided to have 2 winners, yes you read correctly 2! :-) Please feel free to follow my blog :-) Hope you all enjoy my give a way. Just leave a comment and your email so I have a way of notifying the winners which will be announced on Feb 15th.

The first prize is a postcard size book I made using my Bind It All and post card of one of my favorite movies The Mummy Returns. The winner will also recieve 2 extra postcards to collect or use in there own art along with 2 EgyptAir iron ons.

The second prize is of 2 trading card size notebooks I made using trading cards from 2 of my other favorite movies Goonies and Back to the Future. The winner will also receive trading cards from both movies.

The winners have been chosen and they are:
40- Lori- Mummy book
26- Morgan- Goonies

I wish I could give everyone something. Thank you all for stopping by and leaving me a comment which I enjoyed reading!

2009 Christmas Cards

2010-01-30T22:09:00.000-08:00

I know I am late on posting these but here are the 2009 xmas cards I made using my Cricut and the Christmas Cart.

Light Box

2009-10-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

I made this for my cousin's daughter for her first birthday. I am happy with how it turned out. I used my Cricult and vinyl. The font of her name was one I had on SureCutsALot. Also, on the back of the block I etched a Letter D inside of a circle using glass etching cream and vinyl.

Birthday card

2009-10-27T20:39:00.000-07:00

This card I made for my cousin's daughter, Darian. It was her first birthday. Used the Cricut cart Wild Card.

FrankenWheeler

2009-10-27T20:32:00.000-07:00

I decorated my parents 4 wheeler with my Cricut using vinyl. The plastic on the 4 wheeler was cracked and zip ties were used to hold it together and it looked like stitches, hence the name FrankenWheeler. :-)

ATCs

2009-06-25T00:34:00.000-07:00

Here are three atcs using Cherry pie stamps.

Formica Tags

2009-06-25T00:27:00.000-07:00

Cherry Pie stamps, Que Sera Sera paper, formica sample, and acrylic paint

Framed art

2009-06-25T00:25:00.001-07:00

This was created using my new Cherry Pie stamp and the Que Sera Sera paper from K&CO. I stamped the image on a piece of the printed paper and then painted the face in with acrylic paints.

Fathers Day Card

2009-06-25T00:20:00.000-07:00

This is a card I made for my dad who likes old gas pumps. A nice person from a Sure Cuts a lot yahoo group converted the image for me so I could cut it in SCAL. (Thanks Paulo). The saying is from the Wild Card Cartridge.

Etched Glasses Egyptian style

2009-06-25T00:17:00.001-07:00

Here are a set of glasses that I etched using my cricut and my new Sure Cuts a lot program.

tag

2009-06-07T23:23:00.000-07:00

Yet another tag :-)

Spooky Scene

2009-06-06T21:59:00.000-07:00

This spooky scene was made using my new Cherry Pie stamps and watercolors.

ATC

2009-05-28T16:02:00.000-07:00

Here is an atc I made using 3 of my new Cherry Pie stamps and acrylic paints. For those of you who are not familiar with Cherry Pie stamps, make sure you check them out because Marina who is an amazing artist and the owner just added some awesome new images to the site recently.

Mother's Day card

2009-04-27T22:40:00.000-07:00

I made this mother's day card for my mom using the Wild Card cricut cart. I can't take credit for the bow/ribbon and brad idea because I scraplifted the idea from another Cricut member's card.

Wine bottle card

2009-04-27T22:37:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my cousin Scotty who got married last month. I used this cool cut file that a fellow Cricut message board member made.

Anniversary card

2009-04-27T22:35:00.000-07:00

My dad asked me to make him an anniversary card for my mom which is in May. I used the Cricut Wild Card Cart.

Birthday card

2009-04-27T22:32:00.000-07:00

My grandma asked me to make her a card for my uncle's 60th birthday which is in May and here is what I came up with. I used my cricut with this card and used cartridges Plantin Schoolbook, George, and Accents E. I am happy with how the card turned out.

Glass Etching

2009-04-27T22:18:00.000-07:00

These are two wine glasses that I etched using my cricut to cut out the templates. It was a first attempt at glass etching and I am happy with how they turned out.

Bookmarks

2009-03-10T17:39:00.001-07:00

Here are some bookmarks I made with my Cherry Pie stamps and watercolors. Sorry for the blurry picture, it was the only one that didn’t have glare on the bookmarks because I laminated them with my Xyron.

Cricut Cards

2009-03-10T17:31:00.000-07:00

These cards were made with my Cricut and the Wild Card cart.

Baby Shower treat bags and card

2009-03-10T17:26:00.000-07:00

These are some of the treat bags I made for my sister in law’s baby shower. I cut them out with my Cricut using the Wild Card cart and Design Studio. The baby carriage card was also made using the Wild Card cart and on the inside it says Baby Blessings

Diaper Cake

2009-03-10T17:24:00.001-07:00

This is a diaper cake I made for my sister in law who is due at the end of March. I had to make a neutral cake because my brother and his wife did not want to know the sex of the baby. I needed to get two sets of receiving blankets because on the bottom layers the blankets wouldn’t reach all the way around so I had to overlap them. Because I had a lot of diapers left and two receiving blankets I made the mini diaper cake to go with it.

Award Winner

2009-02-17T17:06:00.000-08:00

I received an award today from Bibi who is a friend from the Cherry Pie stamp group. Her blog with awesome artwork can be found here http://bibisitt.blogspot.com/

Now it is my turn to spread the love

Here are the rules:

1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.

2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.

3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to their blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees.

I am giving the award to the following people. Go check out their blogs!:

Pam (who makes awesome beads) http://bluebetween.blogspot.com/

Diane (who is awesome with the Cricut Design Studio) http://capadiadesigns.blogspot.com/

Mellisa (makes beautiful ceramic beads and pendants) http://chinookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Cindy (A sweet shop owner who makes pretty cards) http://mystampinscrapin.blogspot.com/

Teese (makes beautiful cards) http://paperpatchcrafts.blogspot.com/

Altered Glass Slides

2009-02-16T23:24:00.000-08:00

I dug out some of my Tim Holtz stash and created some glass slides and here is what I came up with.

One World One Heart 2009

2009-01-22T18:49:00.000-08:00

http://oneworldoneheart.typepad.com/

I recently found out about this great idea known as One World One Heart where bloggers from around the world can meet new crafty people and offer a giveaway. I thought this was a great idea and wanted to join in on the fun as well. I will be giving away the little book pictured that I made using a Goonies trading card along with 10 Goonies trading cards to collect or create something with yourself. In order to have a chance at winning this little book depicting one of my favorite movies please do the following:

1. Comment to this thread with a little message and your email address so I can get a hold of you if you win.

2. The giveaway ends on Feb 12, 2009

3. This is open to both U.S. and international posters

It is that simple to get a chance win a little something

********The winner has been chosen by using the random number generator and the winning number was #22 which was poster inventivesoul I want to thank everyone who stopped by my blog and it was so much fun reading every ones comments. Congrats to the winner!

Formica Tags

2008-12-31T20:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some more Formica tags. I will try to post something different next time besides the formica but they are pretty addicting. Cherry Pie stamps were used again.

Cricut Christmas Cards 2008

2008-12-12T17:29:00.000-08:00

These are the Christmas cards I made this year using my Cricut, Cricut design studio, and the trifold cut file a fellow Cricut member designed.

Even more formica tags

2008-11-29T17:08:00.000-08:00

These little things are fun to make. I used Cherry Pie stamps, distress inks, and patterned papers.

Formica Tags

2008-10-27T21:29:00.001-07:00

Here are some more formica tags. These are a lot of fun to make. I used paper from the Once Upon Time paper stack by DCWV and then stamped the background using my Cherry Pie stamps and Tim Holtz distress ink.

Gothic Skull ATCs

2008-09-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

These were of course made with CP stamps. I am happy with how they turned out.

ATCs

2008-09-23T22:03:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple more ATCs using my Cherry Pie Stamps.

Stampbord square

2008-09-23T21:57:00.000-07:00

I used Stampbord for this and colored it with alcohol inks and then added a layer of diamond glaze topped off with some glitter. The stamp image is from Cherry Pie Art stamps.

Formica Tags

2008-08-19T01:51:00.001-07:00

These were made using the formica samples you see in place like Lowes and Home Depot. Of course I used my favorite stamps. I covered them with paper and stamped the crackle design on for the background.

Gothic Arches

2008-08-19T01:46:00.000-07:00

Here are some more Gothic Arches I made using my Cherry Pie stamps. The second one was made using inchies.

Onesie Card

2008-08-19T01:40:00.000-07:00

This is a card in the shape of a onesie that went with the diaper cake I made. I made it on my Cricut and the cut file was made by a fellow Cricut member.

Diaper Cake

2008-08-19T01:35:00.000-07:00

This is the first Diaper Cake I made and it was for my Cousin's baby shower. In the diaper cake there are:

116 Diapers

4 Receiving Blankets

2 Bottles

1 Bib

1 Hat

I love the way this turned out.

Cards made with Cricut

2008-08-19T01:21:00.000-07:00

These are cards to fit money or checks in. They were really simple to make and just used patterned paper, folded and glued. The cut file can be found here http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2130913&mpage=1&key=&#2130913

Gothic Arch

2008-07-24T02:49:00.000-07:00

Here is a Gothic Arch I made for kicks. I had the template from a swap I was in a few months ago.

Early Halloween Card and ATC

2008-07-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

I know it is a little early for Halloween but I had to try out my new Cherry Pie Stamps.

Another Card

2008-07-24T02:45:00.001-07:00

Another card made with my Cricut. The cut file can be found here http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2144523&mpage=1&key=&#2144523

Wedding Card

2008-07-24T02:28:00.000-07:00

Here is a wedding card (looks better in person) I made with my Cricut using a cut file made by a Cricut community member found here: http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2253632&mpage=1&key=&#2253632

ATCS

2008-07-21T01:11:00.000-07:00

Here are two atcs I made using my new Cherry Pie stamp.

Dollhouse made for contest

2008-07-07T01:45:00.001-07:00

This is a dollhouse I made for a contest. I didn't win but I am happy with how it turned out. Here is a link to the original dollhouse structure:http://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/Miniature-Workshop.html#

Another Tag

2008-07-07T01:35:00.001-07:00

ATCS

2008-07-07T01:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent ATCs I made with my Cherry Pie Stamps

Cards made with Cricut

2008-07-07T01:20:00.000-07:00

These cards are made using a cut file that a fellow Cricut member made. The cut file can be found here http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2057170&mpage=1

Egyptian stampbord

2008-07-05T03:17:00.000-07:00

Using Cherry Pie Stamps

Stampbord inchies

2008-07-05T03:14:00.000-07:00

Here I have stampbord inchies that were colored with alcohol inks and markers and then I added a layer of diamond glaze on top of them.

DaVinci

2008-07-05T03:11:00.000-07:00

I stamped these images (from Cherry Pie Stamps of course!) on Stampbord after I colored them with alcohol inks.