A Little Gift - Your Memories Here

Hi everyone!  Today I had just a quick little project that I wanted to share with you.  I love all the opportunities purchasing a grab bag from Your Memories Here offers.  With just a few of the items from my box, some cardstock, and a scrap from last weeks project made with Glitz papers I was quickly able to come up with this.

Bits of gorgeous Prima lace, a few flowers, and just a bit of distressing make this the sweetest shabby chic post-it holder.  I love having pretty little things in my work space.

Well, that is it for me today....busy, busy.

Hugs.

Nancy


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Grumpy - The Sampler

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you my final project made with the November kit, Home Sweet Home.  While I still have quite a bit of goodies to play with, the December kit, Good Tidings is just calling out to me.  hee hee  So, you can look forward to seeing that.

While you wait, what about a few photos from Ainsley on Halloween?  She decided to dress as a Care Bear...I think she just wanted the hat...which she has been wearing quite a bit.  lol

Anyway, inspired by yet another fabulous sketch I found over at Page Drafts, this time from release 15.....

Don't forget to check out this month's sketch and card challenges at the Sampler for your chance at some fabulous prizes.

Hugs.

Nancy

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Friday

Hi everyone!  Well, it is the end of November and that means the holidays are upon us.  Eeek!  After being sick for a week I just feel like I am so far behind and can't believe that so much still needs to be done.

I wanted to share with you a few projects I made for a call that didn't get picked up....sigh.  I did have one...so now I have two pubs under my belt.  woo hoo, me!

These are both based on sketches from Northridge Publishing.  The first is the family sitting around the fire in the back yard when my dad and step mother were here.  Gorgeous Simple Stories papers with bits of Prima bling and Petaloo flowers.  I added a bit of machine stitching and of course lots of pop dots.

 And here my little (eh, eh) darlings on the beach in Hawaii.  They grow up so quickly.  Authentique Genuine papers with a few ZVA crystals, Prima flowers, and Webster's Pages trim.

Well, it is a cold, wet, rainy day here.  And Mackenzie is swimming at the Junior Olympics all weekend, so I best get moving.

Hugs.

Nancy

That Barbie - She Really Does Have Everything

Hi everyone!  Today to share with you a project I made for my Ainsley and her Barbie collection.

If you are like me and have a girl that loves Barbie, you are probably always finding shoes, purses, and jewelry lying around.  It seems there is no "good" way to organize these items.  So, I decided to create a little "dresser" for Barbie to hold some of her accessories in;  you know, those shoes, brushes, and other accessories that always seem to be getting misplaced.  And besides...what girl doesn't need a little shabby goodness to help with her organization.

I used the Candy Box Sizzix die (don't forget to ask Kristina from Your Memories Here to pick one up for you if you don't have it) to create three separate boxes.  I painted the boxes and then covered them using the gorgeous Cashmere Dame collection from Glitz papers.

After painting the top with a coat of Rock Candy Crackle Paint I added some beautiful Prima blooms and bling 

And finally a few buttons to the drawer fronts to complete the look.  These drawers are actually quite large and will easily hold dozens of Barbie shoes in each compartment.

What girl wouldn't love holding some little treasures in these sweet boxes?  And, I have more boxes planned in the coming weeks.  I know you are going to want this die.  hee hee

Hugs.

Nancy

Hello Beautiful - The Sampler

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a project I made using this month's Home Sweet Home kit from the Sampler.  I have really been enjoying the wonderful textures and colors in this month's kit and think this might be my favorite project yet with this kit.

I am still learning about my light box, so forgive the funky shadows.  I think I may need more lights.  The three I have just don't seem to be enough and if I move them...well, you can see the funky glare coming from the left.  sigh....

I used a sketch from Page Drafts to help create this project.  If you haven't had a chance to check out their sketches, you totally should.

And speaking of sketches....You should definitely check out the sketch and card challenges over at the Sampler blog!  Lots of cool prizes to be won.

Hugs.

Nancy

And We're Back...

Hi everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine, as usual, was crazy busy...this time, not with swim, but with decorating for the holidays.  It seems I may go a bit overboard around here with setting up 5 trees...but I so love them...and each has a theme and all.  And, believe it or not...even with 5 trees I still had ornaments that didn't make it onto the tree because there just wasn't room.  I promise to come back and show you pictures of them all.

Well, the flu is still somewhat lingering around here...what's a girl to do.  Overall though we are feeling much better and hope to catch up on goings on soon.

For today I wanted to share with you this layout I did of my three lovelies using some older Basic Grey paper and a sketch from My Creative Sketches.

 

Lots of grungy Distress Inks, Gorgeous Petaloo flowers and ZVA bling. 

Well, it is Monday so I guess I should get back to work.

Hugs.

Nancy

My Girl - Your Memories Here

Hi everyone!  Happy almost Thanksgiving to those of you in the US, and Happy Wednesday to those outside.  It is a cold, rainy day here...and I still have a touch of whatever it is that is making me miserable so this is going to be short and sweet.

Today I have a project made with the gorgeous Zephyr collection and other items from Prima.

I made the bricks on the page using a Prima brick mask, some fiber paste and a bit of Distress ink in Brushed Corduroy.   I then cut each individual brick out and placed it on my page.  Such a fun technique that I think I will definitely use again.

Of course I couldn't resist lots of gorgeous Prima blooms and butterflies , a few bits of Prima bling that I cut to stretch a bit further, and some gorgeous Alecon Lace.

Hugs.

Nancy