Golf Birthday Card

Here is that second card I promised you made with the same materials plus a few more. Here's the list again:
MOXXIE in the bag
MOXXIE hole in one
Spellbinders Standard Large Circles
Spellbinders Standard Large Ovals
Spellbinders Lacey Nested Pennants
Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder
Dienamics Fresh Cut Grass die
Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink
Pick with loop end

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PS
I realized that I have some Christmas cards that I CAN share with you soon!

Stop back soon to see them!

Happy Belated Birthday John

     Yesterday was my older brother's birthday. I didn't get around to making him a card until today even though I've had the supplies to make it for a couple of weeks. Its been a busy couple of weeks for me though.

    I've been working at the store in the morning and then at the hospital in the evening. Plus I participated in the Dirty Girl Mud Run in Milwaukee this past Sunday. It was tons of fun. I've been working a lot of weekends as well and we've had work done on our bathroom. Now we're getting a new road so the construction around here is going to last for a while. I'm not very excited about this since we have no driveway or cul de sac so I've been parking down the street on a hill. And I tell ya its hot out around here so  not having a garage is making me sweat as soon as I get into my car-it gets so hot sitting in the sun.

   I finally have had some time to create, however I can't share most of my projects with you until the end of September after Picture This's Christmas Extravaganza because the projects I've had time to work on have all been for that event. But don't worry I will post them! I have 11 cards so far so you'll have a lot of posts to look through. :)

   I'm going to try and get caught up with more projects so that I don't have another 4 month hiatus from blogging. Then I can keep the blog up to date for you guys.

   I'll stop blabbering now and tell you about the card I made for my brother's birthday (now for next year). 

The background paper is Moxxie "hole in one". The grass is the back of that paper cut out with Dienamics Fresh Cut Grass die. The happy birthday stamp is no longer available but is stamped on Spellbinders Nested Lacey Pennants in Walnut Stain distress ink by Tim Holtz on Worldwin Medium Coffee Brown cardstock. The golf ball is cut out of white cardstock with Spellbinders Standard Large Circles and embossed with Cuttlebug's Polka Dots embossing folder. Everything is adhered onto Worldwin Deep Creamy Cocoa cardstock.

   Stop by again soon to see another card made with these materials!

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Another Journal

Here is another journal made from MME paper.
The craft fair wasn't very busy for us but I did manage to sell almost 30 cards!

Manz Craft Fair

Today is the Manz School Craft Fair from 9-2. My mom is selling Watkins and I've got some cards, journals, and scrapbooks for sale. Come out and support us and the PTA today!

So Sophie Journal

Today I went on a rampage making books out of these binders I acquired a while ago that I contimyually mention. One of the ones I made I used MME So Sophie line. I really like how this one turned out. I hope it sells tomorrow at the craft fair. 

Oh, Bob

Bob is my girl cat if you all remember. Her favorite past time is chasing her tail, sleeping, and looking out the window atop her ottoman. Today, though it snowed, there were still birds outside playing in front of the window. The one that Bob loves to look out of. She looked very angry that they were in her line of sight.

And then she noticed that I was taking pictures of her...

So she wanted to play.

Ain't she cute??

Have a great day!

Shane's Birthday

So I am FINALLY posting pictures from Shane's birthday. 

Bob was helping me decorate with balloons.

This is my first attempt at frosting the cupcakes that I made. Reminder, do not cut hole too big to fit a frosting tip in, it will be pushed out by the weight of the frosting. 

Second attempt! Much better.

But I did run out of frosting because I wasted a bunch from that first cupcake.

And these are my Cupcake Tags that I made a while back in March for these cupcakes.

Wine Bottle Tags 2

So do you remember when I posted my wine bottle tags a few weeks ago ? Well here is the finished product for display!! I'm so excited I think I'll be saving every glass container I empty and  will be wrapping hemp/twine around it! Love the look and it's pretty cheap (especially if you're drinking cheap wine like I do). 

So I went to town with the spray adhesive ( <= my new best friend! Between these wine bottles and those binders I'm sure I will be needing a new can very soon.) 

Anyway, back to the point. I went to town with the spray adhesive spraying about 3" of my bottle as I went. Spray, wrap twine tightly until you get to the end of your adhesive spray/or if it begins to loose tackiness. Per the directions you're supposed to apply within 15 seconds to have a permanent bond but I can't wrap that much twine that fast. I felt that like a minute and a half gives you enough time to wrap a 3" section with the adhesive remaining tacky. 

Now, keep spraying and wrapping from top to bottom (as I did) or until you like the look of your bottle. 

Your fingers may get a little sticky doing this project. Make sure that when you're spraying your adhesive you protect the surrounding area!!! Not with a craft mat either. I use a shoe box. This adhesive does not wipe off. At least not without a TON of effort, soap, Clorox wipes, and warm water (and REPEAT several times). Almost ruined a brand new craft mat the first time I used this stuff, because like you're supposed to be able to just wipe adhesive off of the may rightttttttt? I guess spray adhesive is not included in that.

But I ramble!! 

Just scroll down and look at the pretty finished product!!

I think that I'll be reusing these for my wedding reception as the flower in that "vase" is one for the reception decorations. Yay! A double reuse of an item. I feel so eco-friendly!

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Journal Book

Here's another item I recently made for the craft fair from the many binders I saved from the garbage a couple of weeks ago.
Front and back cover:
Jillibean Soup- Watermelon Gazpacho Soup-Seedless Cucumber
MME Ooh La La "Over the Top"
The inside is full of patterned paper from a variety of companies including MME, Authentique, my little shoebox, and IOD. They all have a notebook paper pattern that I thought looked very cool for a journal or day planner.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!

Beach Mini Album 2

Okay, I know the picture is sideways but I took it on my phone so I can't fix it. This is the cover for my beach mini album.