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I created this blog to have a place to share some of my crafting creations. It is a work in progress that I will add to as I complete new projects. Comments welcome!

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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Green Goulash Swap


I decided to add a few of the LOs I did for TMarie's swap that was earlier this fall. It was a challenge for me to do these without any pictures but I was quite happy with the way they turned out.




Friday, November 6, 2009

Christmas Cookie Recipe Swap

Here is a picture of the 20 6x6 recipe LOs for JeanP's 2nd Annual Cookie Recipe Swap!!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Another Sneak Peek--Christmas/Holiday Tags

I was in a Christmas/Holiday tag swap hosted by Caitlynsmommy aka Crystal. I participated in eight groups--several of my tags are pictured below. Some of the pics are before I glued them down when I was getting an opinion from JeanP.  Some had additional elements added but I never took pictures of the finished tags. The ones that follow from top to bottom are child's tag, two for green, red and white, other than Christmas [I chose birthday] and  blue, silver and white.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Altered Picture Frame

This was the first time I altered a wooden frame and I am quite pleased with the results.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Decorative Tile


Here is a tile I made using a picture printed on tissue paper.  I added the date after the modpodge was dry.

This one is meant to be decorative but with several coats of modpodge or a spray sealer, it could be used as a coaster but the absorbtion properties of the tile would be lost. Here is the link to the directions:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/photo_tiles/

I did find out that it worked better to cut the tissue paper smaller then the full size of the cardstock I was using to put through the printer and tape it securely on all sides.  I left it attached to the cardstock to trim it as well.

Sneak Preview of an ATC for the Mix and Match Swap


I mixed weather with an advertising slogan, "When it rains it pours!"
I printed two for each ATC and carefully cut out the little girl with her umbrella
and stuck her on with pop dots.

Two Christmas Cards for Texas Tam's Swap


These cards were made following Capadia's directions--thanks Diane!!

Scrapbook Title Page

This is the title page of the scrapbook I am working on for my younger son. He has been in the US Army for almost 15 years.

Christmas Card Fronts


These I made this fall for JeanP's Christmas card front swap.

Some more ATCs


Two more ATCs --these were for the Heritage swap I hosted last winter.

50 States ATC Swap


Two of the five I made for this swap!