Envelopes should be pretty too...

I love to put goodies in pretty envelopes and I simply love love love the glassine envelopes that are out on the market right now.  They can hold a lot more then the regular paper envelope and I love the way they look all altered up.

Today I have a 3x3 glassine envelope that I altered up with some left overs I had on my desk from a few projects I created over the weekend.

Products Used:

Glassine Envelope

Prima Flowers (left and middle)

Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin It and Butterfly Pin

Purple Cows Punch It Autumn Punch for decorative Corner

Cosmo Cricket Evangeline Pattern paper (decorative corner)

Websters big leaves

green wire

random white rose (right) colored with "Spun Sugar" Distress Marker

K12 Studio "Thanks" Mothers day stamp set

Distress Ink

Here is a close up

I used the Purple Cows CraftGeek Wind It to wind my wire into the "heart" or leaf shape. 

Thanks so much for looking and I will be back soon with another project.  Till then... Happy Crafting.

Thank you's and a little love...

The house hunting in Texas is still in full swing.  A little harder to do from Washington, but we are making some progress.  Not looking forward to packing things up since I finally got my scrap room the way I wanted it...  Although being able to paint my new room any color I want is a plus.. We just need to find the house first...lol With that said lets get on to today's projects.

First I would like to share with you a card I created with the amazing tools from Purple Cows.

 I created this card using the Purple Cows CraftGeek Punch It Autumn Punch and the Pin It with the Solstice Pins.  For a full supply list and how to visit the Purple Cows blog.

Next are a couple tags I created for my daughter.  She is giving thank you's to all her teachers this year as she is graduating from high school and wanted a special thank you for all of them..  I posted the ones for her female teachers last week.  These are for her male teachers.

Products used:

File Folder (for tags)

Tim Holtz Tag Die

Tim Holtz Tea Dye ink

K12 Studio "Fathers day stamp set"

7 Gypsies Washi Tape

Tim Holtz Clock faces, gears, Game Pieces, spinners and Stamp

Bo Bunny Etc. Pattern paper

Here is a video I created for the tag... 

Thanks for visiting my blog and checking out my creations.  I will be back soon with another project.  Till then... Happy Crafting.

Shabby Chic Gift Tags...

I have made a series of Shabby Gift Tags and I wanted to share some photos of them with you all today...

Since we will be moving in a few short months I am no longer teaching classes, but at the request of some of the ladies I am now going to be putting up YouTube videos of my projects so they can see what I'm up to and how I assemble some of my projects.. So with that said here are a few videos that I did over the weekend. 

Shabby Chic Gift Tags Video...

How I colored my flowers...  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  It means a lot to me... 

I will be back tomorrow with another project.  Till then... Happy Crafting

Gift Tags

I can't believe it's been 10 days since I last posted on my blog.  Where does the time go???  The weather has been so nice here in the Pacific Northwest and we have been taking full advantage of it.  I tell ya what this nice 70 degree weather I am sure going to miss when we move.  Hubby is getting ready to retire from the Navy after 21 years. We are sure looking forward to our next great adventure that will begin in the great state of Texas.  Not looking forward to packing etc but a fresh start is always nice.  The house hunting is in full swing and not easy being far away.  Thank god for Facetime as we have done a few facetime showings with a couple realitors and it is so much better then looking at countless photos etc. lol  Anyway enough of that.

Today I wanted to share with you a couple more tags I created using the Purple Cows CraftGeek Wind It and Punch It...  These are for my youngest sons 2 teachers.  All I have to do is add the Starbucks gift cards to them.

Products used:

Purple Cows CraftGeek Wind It and Wire

Purple Cows CraftGeek Punch It Autumn Punch

DCWV Pattern Paper

I am Roses (your the best tag)

Prima Cabbage Rose (butterfly tag)

K12 Studio sentiment (You're the best)

Websters Pages Sparklers

Vellum

Sizzix Mini Envelope Die

Tim Holtz Tag Dies

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye

Ranger Archival Ink

The Girls Paperie Brad

Lace, Dangle Trim, Ribbon, Yarn, Sparkle yarn, Hemp

Glossy Accents

File Folder (for tags)

For more photos of tags and complete instructions on creating the tags visit the Purple Cows Blog.  

I will be back tomorrow with another project.  Till then... Happy Crafting and thanks for looking.

Happy Monday and a couple tags...

Happy Monday...  Man the weekends sure seem to fly by.  The weather was amazing and I managed to get the kids together for a photo.  It's always hard to get them in one place as they are busy with sports, working, friends etc. It all worked out and we got a couple good ones.  Hubby took the boys to see The Avengers.. they loved it and talked about it for the rest of the day. hehe   I spent the weekend in my scrap room whipping up some much needed Mothers day tags.. So today I would like to share them with you... These were created for my mother in law and my mom.  We don't live close to any family so I had to get these done up so I could put them in the mail today with there gifts.  I used a lot of odds and ends on these and really love how they turned out.

Products used:

File Folder for tags

Tim Holtz Tag Die

Sizzix Mini Envelope Die

Purple Cows CraftGeek Wind It and Aqua Wire

Stampin Up Chicken wire stamps

Chair Stamp from Michaels

I am Roses Small Mixed Pink Gardenia Curly Petals GP2 - 0 (the pink rose)

I am Roses White Medium Poinsettia  ZQP41 - 15 

Websters Pages Sparklers (pink, green and champagne)

K12 Studio Sentiment (happy mothers day)

Paper Trey Ink buttons

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (vintage photo)
Archival Ink Black

Leaves from Michaels wedding section

Vintage lace and ribbon (bottom of tag)

Yarn, pink hemp, sparkling fibers and pink seam binding (top of tag)

Doodlebug Pink Twine

May Arts Natural twine

Starbucks gift cards

Here is a close up of the tags. 

Here are a few photos I got this weekend of the kids together.. 

There not the greatest photos but they will do till I can get them to stand still for another 5 min. lol

Thanks so much for looking.. I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then... Happy Crafting.

For Baby...

I have had several friends announce they are expecting so I had to make sure I picked up some of the Little Darlings Graphic 45 paper and got busy on some cards... I simply love every bit of this collection.  Here is one of my cards I created...

Products used:

Graphic 45 Little Darlings pattern paper

Bazzill cardstock

Grey Seam Binding

Twine

Button

Thanks for looking and I will be back soon with another project. Till then... Happy Crafting.

A Happy Hello...

Today I would like to share with you a card I created with the cutest little cow stamp I just got. Totally cute plus I had just received my order of Pro Markers and had to put them to the test... can I just say I simply love them...  They blend so nice and effortlessly... Have you tried them??  Ok so enough of the chit chat and lets get to the card...

Products I used:

Stampendous Cow Stamp

Pro Markers

Crate Paper "Pretty Party" Pattern Paper

KinderStampO "Everyday Sentiments" 

Flourishes White Cardstock

May Arts ribbon

Prima Flowers

Momentos Ink 

MS border Punch

Twine

So what do you think?  Isn't the cow so cute..  I just fell in love with it when I saw it and had to use it right away.

Thanks for looking and I'll be back soon with another project. Till then... Happy Crafting.