Love Wins - Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  Today I am here with the Love Wins blog hop with The Buckle Boutique.  All the designers were asked to come up with a wedding idea using The Buckle Boutique Rainbow Colored Rhinestone Sticker Sheet.  You should have arrived here from Patti Holder's blog.  If not, sneak back to The Buckle Boutique and start at the beginning.

 I used a beautiful cut file from SVGCuts Mistletoe Manner to create the lantern with my Core'dinations cardstock and my Cricut.  Be prepared...those panels take quite some time to cut.

I added the Rhinestone Sticker Sheets in the panels with a few flowers from my stash.  The lantern has a place to insert an LED candle to add a beautiful glow.

Next stop on our hop is Tammy Smith Santana, so head over there next.

Oh, and here is the entire line up...just in case.

The Buckle Boutique
Patti Hodder
Nancy Keslin-----ME
Tammy Smith Santana
Madge Gillen
Shawn Mosch


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Hop on the Love Mobile - Core'dinations

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a mobile I made for Core'dinations.  I love making these little mobiles as a way to display some of my favorite photos (this is my third).  I know that the project may look somewhat intimidating, but really, I probably doesn't take as much time to complete as a mini album.

Love Mobile Supplies:

• Coredinations Glitter Silk 
• Coredinations Chalk Core Colors
• Coredinations Spotted Collection
• Coredinations Polka Dot Pop
• Coredinations Sand it Set
• Darice Scalloped Heart Dies
• Heart Punch
• Circle Cutter
• Circle Punch
• Scallop Circle Punch
• Darice 8" Wooden Embroidery Hoop
• Darice Doily Tape
• Darice Hemp Twine
• Darice Craft Wire
• Sticky Rhinestone Heart Seals
• Assorted Beads and Gems
• Jolee's Boutique Cupids

Step 1:  Begin by cutting a variety of shapes in different sizes from the papers.  Remember that this project is multidimensional, so you will need fronts and backs.  Hearts, scalloped circles and regular circles work best for me as I can easily layer them.  I also embosssed the chalk core and spotted papers for added dimension and interest.

Step 2:  Sand the embossed shapes to reveal the shapes and add interest.

Step 3:  Layer shapes and embellishments to create mobile items.  Create strands of these embellishments mixing them with the photos.  I used a total of 7 strands for my 8 inch embroidery hoop and used photos cut into to inch squares.  Remember that your mobile doesn't have a front and back, so you will want to have your photos glued back to back.  I used 2 of these photo groupings and 3 of the layered embellishments for a total of 28 photos and 42 layered shapes.   I also chose to create the large flying heart shape to hang in the middle of the mobile.

Step 4:  To assemble strands you can sandwich wire between the shapes.  Be sure to leave enough wire at the top of the strand to wrap around the embroidery hoop.

Step 5:  Or you can poke holes in your shapes and photos and wrap the wires around and through to create a loop.  Add beads, pearls, and gems between the photos and embellishments for extra interest and sparkle.  Sequins are also fun to use.

Step 6:  To assemble the mobile simply wrap the wire at the top of each strand around the embroidery hoop.  Be sure to space your strands evenly.

Step 7:  I used twine, evenly spaced around the hoop, to create the hanger.  Simply tie a small knot in the twine and gather at the top.

Step 8:  Finally wrap the embroiderry hoop with lace.  

See, that wasn't so hard.  Hope you have a great day.

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Love is in the Air - Valentine's Crafts

Hi everyone!  I know it has been a week since Valentine's Day, but I wanted to share with you a few of the items I made (or helped with) last week.

Ainsley wanted to make something for her friends at swim, so we set about making peanut butter truffles.  Yum!  Luckily I had purchased a bunch of mini wrappers for us to place them in.   And Ainsley was willing to get her hands dirty...she did much of the work on these herself.

And of course the truffles needed a box.  Thank goodness for my Cricut and the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge.  Each of these boxes holds four truffles.  Ainsley cut, and I assembled.  She just couldn't seem to figure out how the boxes were supposed to come together.

 Well, with all this making for Ainsley's friends, I had to make a few cards...This one for dh.....

and these for the children.  Love that I was able to use up some of my scraps to assemble these...and my cricut for the glasses.

Did you have a good Valentine's Day?

Hugs.

Nancy

Things I Love - Your Memories Here

Hi everyone!  Today to share with you a project I made using the gorgeous papers from Prima Marketing's Romance Novel collection; Things I love...and I certainly do love some Prima.  hee hee

This is Mackenzie opening her presents on Christmas morning.  She got a new animal hat and a guitar...both things she really loves. 

This collection is full of beautiful flowers, bling, and stunning papers.  And I couldn't resist adding some older laces to the mix.  I have had such an obsession lately with banners and couldn't resist hand cutting this banner out of some old fabric I had in my stash.  It didn't turn out exactly how I had planned, but......

The new Prima collections are beginning to ship, be sure to pop into the Your Memories Here store to grab yours at a great price.

Hugs.

Nancy

Love Your Memories Here

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a new project I made using the gorgeous Declarations Collection from Pink Paislee.  When I first purchased this kit I thought I would use it for our Fourth of July photos.  Unfortunately, the boys were out of town and the girls and I went to a BBQ in the afternoon and then just hung low that night.  Not much in the way of patriotic photos.

Luckily, this collection is good for so much more!  This time, a photo of my love, Phil.  hee hee  Hard to believe we have been together for 22 years now.  We will actually celebrate our 20 wedding anniversary next year!

Of course there was lots of distressing with my Prima Distress Tool.  I changed the center of my flower using some Fired Brick Distress Stain and used a bit of doily I picked up from HSN.  A few Prima letters, a Paper Trey Ink Banner die and a bit of ball trim and my project was complete.

I am really happy with the way it turned out.  And so happy that my beloved paper is not going to waste because I didn't have any Patriotic photos.

OK, well.....gotta run.

Hugs.

Nancy