LESSology DT Application Project

I found the request for LESSology DT members on the Scrapbook Call Blog. I checked it out and decided I would give it a try!

I love making all kinds of repurposed projects.

So this is the project I put together. It is a canvas that I found at the Goodwill. I covered it with the Alice In Wonderland Halloween paper. Then I took an old costume and cut it up and made the fabric flowers that are along the edge. The centers of the flowers are old buttons cut off a dress. This project is a total Upcycle!!

The title I got from the Alice in Wonderland story. When Alice is at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, the Dormouse recites...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat,
How I wonder what you're at:
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea tray in the sky,
Up above the world you fly
Like at tea tray in the sky.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat,
How I wonder what you're at:
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea tray in the sky.

Use 3-5 pieces, put them together. Use a needle and thread and sew a button in the center. This will also help hold the flower together. These buttons are ones from an old dress!

To get the pieces of thin material to look all wrinkly, you melt it over a candle. Be very careful it doesn't catch on fire. It is very easy to make these flowers!

I cut up a skirt from an old Halloween costume. I cut it into squares and then a circle, then to look like little flowers. You don't have to be perfect because you can make them look like you want when you do the next step, with the melting.

SUPPLIES:

Viva Decor Pearl Pens and Glitter Liners- accents and to attach the vintage buttons

Vintage Buttons

Repurposed 12x12 Canvas

Repurposed black costume

Repurposed buttons from an old dress

Twinkle Twinkle- cut with Cricut using Nursery Rhyme Cart

Little - cut with the Cricut using Graphically Speaking

Bat- cut with the Cricut using Simply Charmed

Helmar 450 Adhesive was used to attach the flowers

Foam PopDots used to to attach the title

This canvas is also entered in the following challenges:

Dutch Dare

Paperminutes

Crafty Chicas Wedding Card

This month over at the Chicas Getting Crafty blog the assignment was wedding themed. I made this cute wedding card. Get more details over there, check it out!!

Don't forget to join in the fun with the follower challenge!! All you need to do is submit a wedding related layout.

Hoot Birthday Card-Challenge Entry

I made this adorable card for a friend. I think it came out so cute!

SUPPLIES:

Stampin' Up Owl Punch

DCWV Polka Dot Paper

Alphabet- Studio G Wooden

Zva Creative- Pearls

Tim Holtz- Distress Ink- Antique Linen

Faux Stitching- Zig Pen- Pure Brown

Scotch Tape Runner

Foam Pop Dots

LITTLE OWLS- paper is bazzill, they are a Stampin' Up punch

I am entering this card in several challenges this week:

Simply Create- Challenge #49 - Favorite Animal

Glitter Geeks- Week #9 - Furry and Feathery Friends

Stampin' For The Weekend-Challenge #14 -Spots & Dots

Delightful Challenges- Aug 3rd -Stitching- Real or Faux

Little Red Wagon- Challenge #92 -Put a Critter On It

Party Time Tuesdays- Birthday Blog Hop -Birthday card

You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

My Only Sunshine

You Make Me Happy When Skies Are Grey

You'll Never Know Dear How Much I Love You!

I thought it would be fun to try something really different...so I used an actual vinyl record album as the base for this project!!

Check out more details over at Chicas Gettin Crafty!!

I love this photo! This was taken in May when Geoffrey graduated from Daytona College. These three are my sunshines!

I entered this fun layout in the following challenges:

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times - Nothing Square

Amber's Crafts & Stuff - Glittery

Crafts & Me Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Belli Blog- Non-paper

Ruby's Rainbow- Gems

Club CK 1-Hour Layout Challenge

This was fun. I have never participated in a one-hour challenge. Over at the CKClub they have them regularly, but I have never done one. Today I thought it would be fun to give it a try. Here is my take.

It was a challenge to use horizontal stripped paper.

This photo is of my mother and I taken in 1969 at sunset on Padre Island. I love this photo.

SUPPLIES:

Paper- Chatterbox- Scrapbook Walls- Beach Stripe, Beach Dot and Large Frisbee Stripe

Shells- Jesse James Buttons

Flower- Prima Floral Embellishments

Tim Holtz- Distress Ink- Vintage Photo

Circle is cut using the Cricut Expressions and the Christmas Cheer Cartridge

Studio G Wooden Alphabet Stamps

Helmar Adhesives- Tape Runner, 450 and Acid Free Glue

Paper Patch Sketch Challenge

***HAD TO COME BACK AND LET EVERYONE KNOW I WON FOR THIS CONTEST!! SO COOL!!***

This is a layout I did for the Paper Patch Crafts Facebook July Sketch contest.

The photo is of Wesley. We had walked past this statue of Goofy probably 100 times and he never wants to sit and have his photo taken. One day he just decided...Hey mom--let's get my picture here. He and I used to go several times a month to Disney World because we had yearly passes. This is something I hope he will remember when he grows up, because this was some very special times with just him and me.

SUPPLIES:

PAPER- CTMH, Bazzill

Black Bling Stars- from Recollections

Red stars and blue star strip- cut with the Cricut Expressions using the Stand Salute Cartridge

Two grey stars- Grungeboard from Tim Holtz

Embellished with Viva Decor Pearl Pens- Gold

I used Helmar Craft Glue to attach the Red Stars and the Grungeboard.

I used Xyron 150 to attach the strip of blue stars.

I used Helmar Tape Runner to attach the paper and the photo.

Inspirational Journal

This is a journal that I have started. It was inspired by Tracy Weinzapfel over at Helmar. She is very into them and I need some inspiration in my life right now so I thought I would give it a try.

Throughout the next month or two I am going to be showing pages from the journal, as I create them.

You can get more details over on Lets Get Peachy blog!! Check out the blog and don't forget to enter the monthly follower challenge!!

B-Eautiful Wall Hanging

Hey everyone,

I thought my Cricut Imagine should get some use. Well, ok, actually I decided I should use my friend Carole's machine more! LOL! Hey..but that kind of counts as using mine doesn't it??

I created this really pretty wall hanging for my bedroom for the Lets Get Peachy blog today. Go over and check it out in more detail.

Birdie Birthday Card

Hey everyone,

Today I wanted to share a cute little Birdie Birthday card I created for Let's Get Peachy

Check out the blog!!

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE MONTHLY CHALLENGE!!

There are only few days left!!

Getting back into life

Well, it has been a long time since I have been here to share anything. My life has not been worth sharing over the past few months. As some of you know and the rest will now, I am in the process of getting a divorce after 20 years of marriage. It has been a long couple of months and this hasn't been easy for me. Just when I thought things were going to turn around, he asked for a divorce.

BUT...I am trying to take back my life now. I want to thank Laura at Let's Get Peachy blog. She and her blog have started me back on the road to getting crafty. My love for all things crafty left me for several months. Laura has asked me to help her with the blog. I have accepted and I am excited about being able to be useful again. The blog is getting a face-lift and there are some changes over there!! These changes won't actually take place until July 30th, but I just wanted to share because I am excited with what we are working on. So, if you are not already a follower over there, click on the big orange button on the right and become a follower!

This week is CHA and unfortunately I am unable to attend, but I hope to get to go back in the future. I have decided I am going to try my hand at being a traveling scrapbooking store. I will be going around to local crops. So, if anyone hears of a crop in Florida they think I should attend, please drop me a note and let me know!!

I want to thank all my friends that have stuck by me through this nightmare. I appreciate all of you greatly. I have found out who my real friends are and I am proud to say they are my friends!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. For some of you it will end in a few weeks, others still have a whole month! Get out there and enjoy what you have left!!