Just playing around...

Hellllloooo, last day of the year, wow....

I WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL, HEALTHY, AND CREATIVE 2012....

Tired today, so just played around with a new stamp for an envelope....

micas, rub and buff and color wash....

Linking to :

Craft Room; anything goes....

Lets Craft and Create; Anything Goes...

Your Kindness Brightens My World...

I received an incredible gift from a blogging friend for Christmas; it completely took me off guard , and deeply touched me. I have to take pictures to show you...soon, I promise....

Meanwhile, here is a Thank you Card I made for her; such a humble little thing compared to what she offered me, but we give what we can...

I was inspired by the challenge going on at Gingersnap Creations to use soft Yellows and White; i love yellow and I find it does not get used often enough...

The very talented Heather Hudson over at Bella Creations has a sketch challenge going on...

The Craft Room and Let's Craft and create have a Anything goes challenge...

So I am entering this card in all 4 challenges.

The inside :

The back...

Thanks so much for peeking and  A Happy, Healthy and Creative 2012 to you all..xoxooxo

Christmas wrapping has started...

This post is really just an opportunity to wish you all 

                     A magical Holiday Season 

WITH  A CREATIVE, HEALTHY & PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!

A big thank you for leaving me such lovely comments throughout the year, they really do mean so much to me...

And for inspiring me with all your incredible talent...

Kisses.... G.

Alter it Monthly Challenge

Hi peeps, busy , busy, busy ? So this month, I am entering the challenge over at Alter it Monthly; the theme is celestial .


I had this box which had a very ugly Santa image ( sorry Santa), and was a unappealing shade of red, but I loved the star shape. So , I have something I want to alter, in a shape of a star.....ummm, that's a good start for this challenge.


Painted the box silver, glittered some areas in white, altered a ornament...

My letters were cheap and ugly, so I painted white, heated till they bubbled, added blue mica, silver glitter..

Glittered stars, snowflakes, ornament...Gold embossed my metal stars...

Painted my ornament with blue mica, added a Prima chipboard...

Wow, that's a lot of altering...And the finished project...

I am also joining The Flying Unicorn, which is to combine 5 of their challenges...

Enjoy the x-mas preps, don't stress...thanks for peeking....xoxoox

The Ocean is her home...

I was so honored when my niece's friend asked me to make a card for her friend. I always ask about the person so I can make something personal. She told me she loved the ocean and mermaids; and was in the process of getting a mermaid tattoo done on her thigh. I asked it there was any way she could get me an image of it; she got one and e-mailed it to me....

This is the card I made ( she did not want a greeting in the front)...

Took some gold x-mas branches and glittered them; painted the shells; used glimmer glam and micas on the mermaid; rhinestones for her bubbles; textured paper for sand, driftwood etc.

Inside left; G45paper  fairies on shell...

Double embossed shell , stamped with My Friend...

I hope they both love it; thanks for peeking...xooxoxox

You're barking up the right tree !!!

Hello there, how is everyone ? I made another ornament for my niece using a piece of bark from her dad's land.. I thought that was kind of cool...So easy, peasy...used my border punch, made the rosette, added some trim, a reef made a lace flower , glued it to my bark, made a hook, and voila.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me some love; it makes me feel so good...

I am linking to :

Let's Craft and Create ; Circles
Happy Daze; x-mas
Flying Unicorn; Rosette

New hairdo for Mr. Penguin...

Hi, are we all in a festive spirit ? I rarely do cute, but it is x-mas and there are kids involved, sooooo, I made a pompom for my little penguin guy, and made a gift tag ....hee hee hee.....

Thanks for looking...xooxoxox


Linking to Lets Craft and Create, circles
Flying Unicorn, make pompoms

My niece just bought her first condo !!!

I am so proud of her...I am going to make some ornaments for her. Here is the first one. Started with this...

Glittered, added a few flowers,,,

Added some sparkle to the ribbon, some beading...Et Voila !!!

I am linking to :

Happy Daze, x-mas gift, tags or cards

Let's Craft and Create, circles

Flying Unicorn; snowflakes

Nothing is safe around me...

Hello there, how is everybody today?....I am so enjoying seeing all the wonderful Christmas creations on blog land...

I was rummaging through a closet looking for something for s-mas, and I found a tablecloth I had completely forgotten I had. It's beautiful, but I know I will never use it....so , what do you think I did with it ???

Yep, cut it out and made this flower....and turned it into a x-mas tag....hee hee hee....

I am linking to these two challenge sites....

The Craft Room, make your own flowers...
Happy Daze, gifts, tags, cards


Thanks for peeking,  

Baby Blue Ice...

Hello, how is everyone ? I love wrapping presents; I took an old box, made the paper using snowflakes as masks, inking, then glimmer misting. Glittered some snowflakes and the sides of the box , added  bling, a pretty blue ribbon and made a loose flower.

Linking to :

Happy Daze Designs, Gifts, cards and tags
Lessology, Christmas bag, box or envelope and upcycling (box and plastic snowflakes)
Flying Unicorn, Technique

She Adores Him...

Been a while hey....I love giving and receiving x-mas ornaments; when I put my tree up, I will show you two that were made by my niece and nephew 25 years ago....I made this one for a 15 month old girl...
I recycled a plastic CD, put paper, silver and gold embossing, Image from Crafty Individuals, inka-gold etc...

Linking up to Bella Creations and Flying Unicorn...

Thanks for popping in !

My last Christmas Card ???

Hi all, I love making x-mas cards, but I get tired of it rather quickly. Anyone else like that ? Anyhow, this may be my last x-mas card for this year ; looking forward to moving on to other things...

The Flying Unicorn blog is honoring and thanking their CT, and asking us members to lift one of their projects. I choose to lift Hélène, 2amscrapper who's work I love....

I am linking this to The ribbon Girl blog, who's challenge is simply to make a x-mas themed project.

Thanks for looking...have a fabulous week-end !!!

Purple Snow....

This started as a card, but turned into a wall hanging for a x-mas gift...I am linking to Flying Unicorn.

Beautiful Mica powders on the chipboard

Homemade Flower

Gorgeous Velour border...

Thanks for looking...off to make more x-mas cards !!!   xoxooxo

White on White...

Hi all, another Bella Challenge; use the colour white, and only white, on any project. I have long wanted to do this, but never had the courage, so when I saw this challenge, I knew right away this was the moment !!!
Yikes, I knew it would be hard, but it was really hard; probably the hardest challenge ever for me, but oh so satisfying !!!
And you know how I love to recycle, so I did and am doing my last entry for the Let's Craft and Create challenge...

I created my background using a recycled cereal box; glued some japanese paper , a bit of paint, and some embossing. Then lace and feathers...

Recycled a poinsettia from a card by fussy cutting, added different size pearls in the middle, popped it up on fabric, recycled an embossed frame from another card ( I am usually happy with the few supplies I have, but I must admit for this project I would have loved an embossing and or cutting machine).
I don't know why there are red spots in my pics ???

Used the reverse of a K and Co. border and applied glitter; added a bit of white paint to my off white flowers...painted the curly cues...

Weaved a strand of pearls through my lace, made a bow, added my button...finished it off with some lace...

And there you have it !!! xoxooxoxox

Chiming in the Holidays

Hi friends, Lets Craft and Create has a challenge called Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Bella Creations asks us to take something in our home, alter it for use in our home during the holidays.

I kept this wooden porto crate for ever, knowing I would one day alter it. Well, the day has come !
Here is the pic of it before I got my dirty little hands on it :

And this is how it looks today:

I rubbed it with inka-gold, added some gold glitter here and there, music paper to cover the old labels...

X-mas cluster, x-mas ball, made a big double bow...

And these ( they are straight IRL, they were just dangling from me moving it) are glass ornaments that chime when gently clicked...Cool huh !!!

I will put candles around it come x-mas time; I think it will look beautiful

TFL...xoxoxooxox

Flying Unicorn gives back...

A very special time at Flying Unicorn

Many of us know women who have had to live with the fear and reality of abuse. Flying Unicorn needs your help to empower these women to find the courage to take control of their lives and leave the nightmares they are living.

You can help and here’s how. For each purchase that you make during the month of November, Flying Unicorn will donate 5% of the sales proceeds to Women in Distress. In addition, you can help by uploading your projects to the Flying Unicorn gallery. A donation of $1 will go to Women in Distress for each and every project that you upload to a maximum of $1,000.

If you would like to make a cash contribution to Women in Distress, Flying Unicorn is collecting donations on behalf of Women in Distress from November 1 through November 30, 2011. Your PAYPAL donation can be made by simply sending money to cs@flyingunicornllc.com. Please add WID In the note section. You can also mail a check, made payable to WOMAN IN DISTRESS, to:

Flying Unicorn

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Please help Flying Unicorn empower these women to change their lives. We can all help our sisters by offering our prayers and financial support.

Fabric ornament...

Hello there bloggers, today I made a fabric christmas tree ornament. I don't sew, so it's out of my range of comfort, but I wanted to enter Starr's challenge over at Bella Creations which is to make something out of fabric for the holidays, and also Let's craft and create, which it to recycle.

 The fabric is from an old shoe bag (not sure why, but we have about 8 shoe bags;I don't even have that many shoes..), the gold edging is from an old dress, and the ribbon is from a chocolate box....

It is the same of both sides, and it is stuffed to give it a 3D dimension...

Thanks for stopping by ....xoxooxo

Tye-Die Grooviness...

Hi there, my SIL is turning 50, a child of the 60's. I altered this bag; applied this really cool tye-die tissue paper, made a big bold flower from various flower parts, weaved some ribbon, a few bows and buttons, name tag, and it's done !!! Do you find it groovy man    LOL....

I am linking this into these challenges..

The pretty little ribbon ; use bows and buttons
Bella Creations ; creat in any style; I choose Funky
Flying Unicorn; lift something from the artist of the week; I choose her love of colors

Thanks for peeking...

Christmas Fashion...

Would'nt it be fun to have a red feather dress for Christmas time ?

Linking to Flying Unicorn Red, Green and Yellow challenge...