Spring Card Idea

Over at Angelosity you can get the complete directions for this lovely Spring Card. She used it with Congratulations but it would be equally beautiful as an Easter card with Happy Easter rubbed on! Make sure you scoll down a bit when you check out her site there's another adorable card down the page a bit.

 

Altered Paint Cans

I love the look of altered paint cans and they have so many uses. Here's just a few: 1. Spa Bucket: Fill with bath and shower stuff 2. Manicure Bucket: Fill with manicure set, polish, etc 3. Birthday in a Bucket: Fill with balloons, candles, card, hat, etc 4. Over the Hill Bucket: Fill with all sorts of over the hill goodies 5. Wedding Pail: Can be used for cards at the reception This picture shows several pails that were created in a class I took at a local scrapbook store.












This is a photo of the pail I made at the class!!

Lerpechaun House: Step Two and Three

Sorry, got a little off track and neglected to put up information on the little leprechaun house. Step one of course was to find a chip board house to your liking.
Step Two is to paint the house. I decided to paint mine a deep green but really any other would do. Since it was for St. Pat's though I decided shades of green and orange would be nice.

Step Three: Is to start decorating your house. I found a nice striped piece of scrapping paper to use as part of the roof and added some lace trim. I also created mini curtains and a door. This is only the beginning....still more to add.

Leprechaun House

Inspired by Vicki Chrisman's Valentine's house, I was on the lookout for a chipboard house. I found one at Hobby Lobby. It is not the same type that she used but I think I will give it a whirl. I am going to share with you the process along the way here at MCS. So here's Step One: Buy or make a house!

Altered Altoid Tin

I love trinket boxes. They are easy to make, almost always turn out super cute, and make great little gifts. You can tuck a gift card inside one for an extra special presentation. This little cutie was made with an altoid tin and some left over paper from a Stampin Up scrapbook kit. I made it in a little over an hour and it's now sitting on my dresser. It was just too sweet to part with. That's the trouble with creativity, sometimes it's hard to part with the items you so lovingly create. I also have some I made from little plastic boxes found at Target dollar spot...two for a dollar. Being creative doesn't have to be expensvie. I'll post some pictures of them in a bit.

Valentine's Card

 

 

Over at Angelosity there's a challenge to write something about yourself for 100 days and then scrap a page!!! I love the idea but may have to do it a little later when I have more time available...I guess it would equate to a little over three months to complete it!!! She also has up some really fun card ideas. This is one that she created for her husband and it is cute as a button. I continue to be amazed at the wonderful creativity of people.

The Colors of Life

I love this little artistic graphic. It reminds me of how many wonderful colors are found in everyday objects like fruit, flowers, and other masterpieces of nature. I'm pondering how to use this idea in my photography since playing with photos and different uses is on my list of things to do this year! ..and would be a fun project either to frame or create in my art journal or scrapbook. I think 2 x 2 or 3 x 3 pictures might keep the size manageable. I think I would have to work at it awhile finding and shooting the right colors of objects...perhaps saving them in a file on the computer until I had quite an arrary to choose from.