It's All About The Journey

You're My Cup Of Tea

Very late last night, I was able to make a card using a stamp that I purchased a few weeks ago. I love this little stamp! But enough about that here is my card.

   

This chair reminds me of a chair that my mother had in her sitting room. It was quite elegant looking and quite comfortable to sit in. Her chair was not pink and brown it was a lovely blue and brown and she was the only one who was allowed to drink tea while sitting in it.:)

Here is what I used to make my card.

Stamps: Cozy Chair & Cup Of tea both from Memory Box and purchased at Ats Plus.

Inks: Versafine Vintage Sepia. I used a pink Prisma coloring pencil to color the little teacup.

Card-stock: Very Vanilla, Chocoalate Chip and Pink Pirouette all from Stampin' UP!. The designer paper is from Memory Box and called is called Sugardrop.

Embellishments:  Ribbon from May Arts and a mini pink brad from Queen & Co.

Tools: Scor-Pal, Large Labels from Nestabilities and the  UHU  glue roller.

Technique:Paper Piecing.

Finished size of card is : 4 1/4 x 5 1/2

 The last few days have been in the high 30's here.  It has been delightful. Spring is just around the corner and I can hardly wait. Any snow that we may get will not stay very long and that is always wonderful. Oh and by the way UHU Glue still has some free non-permanent glue-dot rollers to give away.  Just check out the UHU Blog.

Now, I am off to continue on with my very busy day. I hope that you all have a wonderful Friday and I will be back when I have something else to share with you. Smile.:)

A Wooden Stool and a Smilebox

I have been slowly working on making something for the end of my hall in my home. It's a project that could have been finished in one day but last week when I began my project things came up and I would have to put it aside. Finally, I finished it and I took a few photos to show you what I made. This is not a tutorial because I feel that what I made speaks for itself in the way that it was made.  After I share my little stool and candle I have a Smile box that I quickly put together tonight. The photos were taken of the snow that we received on Sunday and Monday.

Okay here is how I made a piece of home deco for my home. Only two rooms  in my home are decorated in Primitive Art. I love Primitive things and would have my whole house decorated in that style. However, I live in a small ranch and it would not really look very good. But making a small item for the end of my hall was needed. :)

 

I bought this wooden stool back in December. I saw it at Jo-Ann fabrics and as soon as I saw it I knew that I could make something  cool. The original cost for this 14" stool was 24.95. I bought it on sale for 7.49 . What a steal!

 

Here is the wooden stool all sanded and painted. I used Olde Mustard paint that I purchased at my local Primitive store. I wish that I had taken better photos of this but it was a last minute thing and I did not have lots of time.

 

I found this neat unfinished wooden candlestick holder at Michael's for 1.99. All I had to do is sand it a little.

 

I love to paint. It relaxes me and I always feel a sense of accomplishment. When I was able to paint walls , I painted them often. :) Now I paint smaller objects and it makes me just as happy. When I am painting smaller areas on wooden items I uses a very thin paint brush.

   

Most people use a larger paint brush to paint wood. Not me, I use foam brushes. Unless the wooden item I am painting is lots bigger then a candlestick holder. :) I use a foam brush because I feel like I get a more even finish and I also feel like that I have more control. The color paint that I used on my candlestick holder is Olde Pewter also purchased from my local Primitive store.

I did not think to take a photo of mycandle stick holder all painted. So here are two photos of  my entire finished project.

 To finish off my project I added a sage green, cranberry and cream colored wreath with rustic stars. I also added a primitive candle that lights up by using batteries. I would love to tell you that I made both the wreath and the candle but I didn't. However, I intend to start making the wreaths.

I know that this is not a card, a scrap page or a paper craft project but I wanted to share another craft with you that I love. I hope that you enjoyed looking at the photos and seeing how finding just one item can get your imagination going and before you know it something neat can be made for your home.

Next up I have a Smile Box to share with you. I did not have the time that I needed to take awesome photos of the beautiful snow and ice that I was able to see today. I also had no time to edit any of my photos. I will explain why in my personal ramblings. We had snow that began at around 6 PM Sunday night and went right into Monday morning. When I woke up this morning all of the trees had lots of snow and ice on them so I took a bunch of photos and decided to share them.  I hope that you enjoy them.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

 

Personal Ramblings

I have not been blogging for a few days due to some things that have come up. But I will be back as soon as possible.

If you receive my newsletter then you will know when I have new things to share with all of you. I hope to be back very soon. :) Once again, thank you very much for all of the wonderful comments that all of you left for my last card. I appreciate all of you for taking time out to  not only read my blog but to also leave me such kind comments. I hope you all have a very safe week and have lots to smile about. :) Smile.

Seize The Day

The card that I made tonight is  for the second challenge of the CHF Thomas Kinkade Blitz. Have you stopped by Cornish Heritage Farms to check it out ? There are chats, challenges and prizes. :) If you have time stop by and join in the fun.

There are 2 reasons why the heading of this post is called Seize the day. First of all the image that I used reminded me a little like my driveway today. Okay not as pretty but lots of snow and truck tracks. Secondly, I recently received the stamp set Scene It! from CHF and the sentiment is in the set. I love that saying because I believe  very strongly in seizing the day, each and every day. So despite the fact that my driveway was a mess and it was cold and not all of the roads were very nice,  I had lots to do. So I seized the day. :)

So here is my card and although it is simply done I hope that you like it.

   

Here is a close up of the spotlight on my card.

 

Here is what I used to make my card.

Stamps: Village Christmas, Paisley Backgrounder and sentiment from Scene It! All stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms.

Inks:  Versamagic,Versafine Crimson Red and Creamy Caramel from Stampin UP!

Card-stock: True Thyme, Whisper White, Kraft and Cranberry Crisp all from SU.

Embellishments: Ribbon.

Tools:Marvy Uchida oval punch,UHU  permanent roller and pop dots for the 3 dimensional look.

Finished card size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"

So there you have it. I know that the stamp I used is called Village Christmas but aside from the red ribbon on the lamp post it certainly looks like our winter this year. I can use this stamp pretty much all winter where I live.  It would make a very nice thinking of you, or a hello card. Imagine sending it to Florida? Just kidding about that. Ha-ha.I have a few friends who live in Florida and they might think I had lost my mind if I sent them a card with the image of  lots of snow on it in February. :)   Tomorrow Wayne and I are going shopping for a new snow blower.  Now that is not my idea of a good time but I'm sure he feels that way any time he takes me shopping for stamps. So I will be a good sport about it. 

Thank you to all of you who take took the time to leave me comments yesterday. I loved reading everyone of them. The comments on my card are sweet but I love hearing about what your up to. Thanks for sharing some of your day with me. I really appreciate it. I hope that all of you have lots of fun and enjoy the weekend. I will be back when I have something to share with you. Smile. :)