Craft Show 2012

Hello Everyone!

 

I know I have been MIA again, story of my life any more LOL.

Sorry!!!
Hopefully all these pictures will make up for it.
So grab a cup of your favorite beverage and sit back and relax.
 

Today I want to share with you some pictures

 from the Craft Show I was part of here in N.E.Ohio,

thanks to Darlene aka Dar's Crafty Creations !!!

She told me a few years ago about this Craft Show and

that she was a vendor there, so I went each year and browsed

around and purchased items, never havng the nerve to try

to get in as a vendor. I finally got up nerve enough

 to try and I was accepted which surprised me
 since there is usually a waiting list. I had a

great day and sold over 30 items! WOW was I shocked!

 Another good friend of mine helped me that

day her name is Wendy and she was a fabulous helper!!

 THANK YOU Wendy, I couldn't have done it without you!

Without these two ladies I wouldn't have been able to do

 this so a BIG shout out to them both, thank you ladies!!!
 

Here is a picture of my table that Darlene took for me

since I was still half asleep when I left

home and I forgot my camera LOL!

 

Here is a picture of Darlene's table

 

Click here to go to Darlene's Blog for lots of great inspiration!

 

Here is a close up of the banner I made using words

 that Darlene thought up for me. For the life of me

I couldn't come up with  clever words to tell people

 that some of the items I had for sale were used and made into

 something new ! So once again I dialed 911 Darlene LOL

 really I emailed her LOL and she came up with the perfect

 words at the drop of a hat. Once again Dar to the rescue!!!

She is good I tell ya!!

So here is what I made using those words to

make my banner for my table display.

 

 

 Here are some before and after views
 of some of the treasures I re-did.

 

The button was mounted on a magnet
so it could be moved around or removed altogether. 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oops some how I forgot to get a before picture of this one yikes,

 well it was a plain cream colored box with a place for a baby picture

and it's a music box.

Well that's more then enough for now LOL

 Hope I have made up for being MIA lately.

Hugs

Lana

 

Wedding Card

Hi Everyone !

 

I sure hope your staying dry and warm. You

 can sure tell it's fall time here in Northeastern Ohio!

 

Today I want to share with you a very

unusual wedding card I made for a dear friends

daughter who is getting married this week.

They are having a very unique wedding. The theme

is Vintage with Vintage Airplanes !!!

Yep very unique and just up my alley!

I have been told the table decorations are going to be

FauxVintage books, real antique items and old family photos of

Grandparents and Great Grandparents. So in keeping with that

theme, I made this "book type" wedding card using photos

 of the happy couple on the day he proposed and

when she accepted. Hope you like it and as usual it's much

better looking in real life. I still haven't mastered

taking great photo's at all LOL!

 

 

Can you see the airplane label from the JustRite stamp set

has a hint of stickles around the frame to match

 the inside paper. I used Distress

 markers and ink to color the image with.

 

In this shot I folded back the ribbon I used as a book marker.

Hard to see but I frayed the end of the ribbon with the TH

scratcher tool to make it look old

.

 

Well there you have it my vintage "book" wedding card.

It sure was fun to make and the Happy Couple loved it !!!

 Made my day to hear they were pleased with it.

AND to top it off I had showed it to my group of church

ladies and one lady asked me to make another one only this one is to be

 a western theme but using the same inside papers hummmm time

 to put my thinking cap on!! LOL

Well again I hope I have inspired you to think

 outside the box, get inky and have fun.

God bless you all!

Hugs

Lana

 

 



Flip Flop

Hello Everyone!

Hope your all having a wonderful day today.

I want to share with you a fabulous little project I did

using the new template I got  in Zoar, Ohio.

 It is the cutest template and so easy to make and the ideas are endless.

June Knaack the owner of store

 designed this and it's adorable you have to go to her site

and see all the ideas she has for it !! But before you do

 here is the project I made.

I made this card for my neighbor's little girl Lilly it was for

 her third birthday. She has a pair of flip flops and loves them

so I thought it would be a cute card for her . Her mother tells me

she is still carrying it around and playing with it

 all the time ahhhhh!!!

Here is another one I did as a little ballet slipper shoe

Well I hope this inspires you to get busy making some fun projects

 and to go to The Stamp Pad and check out all the GREAT

 stuff she has there to sell AND she teaches you how to use

 lots of great things! Tell her I sent ya !!!

Hugs

Lana



Wedding Card

Happy Sunday Everyone!

 

I pray your having a wonderful relaxing day!

I am under the weather again but in time this too shall pass.

 I thought I would take a minute today and share

 a wedding card I made a while back for our

 neighbors, they are such a sweet young couple.

Her attedants wore charcoal gray dresses

and carried red and pink flowers all of which

I knew ahead of time so I tried to use that in my card.

 

 

 

The wedding was so beautiful !

 I pray they have a very long and happy marriage.

I have been married for forty years to my wonderful husband.

Some have asked how did you make it forty years

 my answer is, to keep God first,

 have a forgiving heart and a good sense of humor.

It's a "daily" decision you make to love someone and its hard work.

But its so worth it!

 

Well I hope I have inspired you to get inky.

Hugs and Blessings to you all!

Lana



Jewelry Box Challenge

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Well  my friend Darlene  aka "Dars Crafty Creations" and I
 are at it again and this time we have
another lady Nan G.  aka "Froggy Designs"

who joined us for our friendly little challenge. Welcome Nan G! 

This time we altered a jewelry box that we got at our 

local thrift store. Incase this is your first time visiting

 here I will explain that Darlene and I go shopping for

 treasures that we can alter and we get items that are

identical or as close as possible then we pick an item

 and alter it then tell each other when we are done

 then set a date to post it and excitedly wait to see what each has

 done with their item. It's so much fun to see how different

we each redo our item. We never know what the other

 person has done until we are finished.

This time we also stipulated ahead of time that we had

to use the Graphic 45 paper called "A Ladies Diary".

 So here now is my jewelry box before I did anything to it.

Now here is the finished piece,

 it has a battery flicker candle in it

to use as a nightlight.

top view

close up

view of the back

with flicker candle lite

(hard to photograph to show the light)

Well there you have it my repurposed jewelry box.

I hope you stop over to Darlene and Nan G blogs and see

what they have done with their jewelry boxes and please let us

each know what you think of our projects we would love to know!

 Thank you for taking the time to stop and visit !!

Hope you have a wonderful day May God bless you all.

Hugs

Lana

P.S. If you have any questions about my project please feel free to ask.

I didn't use the lid I kept it for another project I hope

 to make in the near future.

 Submitting this to the following challenges

Sarah Hurley Challenge Alter something

Pixie Dust Studio  Vintage

Sugar Creek Hollow  Something old ( jewelry box)

 something new ( graphic 45 paper)

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge  Anything but a card

Craft Your Passion  Anything goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge  Anything goes

LEJ Designs  Shabby Chic



Hi Friends

I hope you are having a wonderful day.

Its in the 90's here today in NE Ohio

 phew very warm, so glad I have AC.

Well today I finally finished a project I have

 had in the works for almost two years YIKEES!!

 Did I just say two years LOL ?? Yep it's one I kept

putting back for another day. Ever have one of those

projects???? Well I decided the other day to just get r done!!

So here it is!

There you have it.

I took a card I had made

and added it to a 12 x 12 canvas that I covered in Graphics 45

scrapbook paper. I used lots of TH Distress inks and some Glimmer mist

 which doesn't show in the photo but in real life it shows quite well.

I would love to know what you think of my creation,

 so leave me a comment I would surely appreciate it .

Hugs and God bless you all!!

Lana

I am entering this in the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge-depth-of-distress

Charisma cardz "Anything Goes"

Crimbo Crackers "Anything Christmas"

Clock Challenge

Hello Friends,

It's time for another Challenge reveal!

Darlene and I have been at it again , if your

new to my blog here is what we do.

My friend Darlene and I go shopping together

at Goodwill and get two of the same items or nearly

the same and then we challenge each other to

 repurpose it in some way, then we surprise each

other and reveal it on our blogs on the same day.

You can click on Darlene's name to go to her

 blog to see what she has done with her project.

Here is a before picture of my project, its an old plastic clock.

Here is what it looks like now!

If you look in the center the purple butterfly it is attached

 to the clock mechanism and moves around as if it is flying

granted its in circles but it is moving all the time

 just like the second hand of a clock.

Wow was that tricky to do!!! But it looks fabulous in real life

 as it's floating around! Way cool challenge again,

 Thank you Darlene it's been alot of fun !!!

 You should go check out Darlene's to see what she has done

with her clock, I am going there now to see for

 myself, the suspense is killing me LOL LOL.

 Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and God bless you all.

Lana

                                                  Entering this in the following challenges:

Southern Girls, "Things with wings"

Simon Says Stamp and Show, "Anything Goes"

Bib Card

Hello everyone!!

Today I want to share a cute card I made.

 I made this card for my friend Judy she is going to be

 a Grandma for the first time. Some other friends and I 

wanted to celebrate this great event with her so we went

 out to lunch and held a "Grandma" shower giving her

gifts she would keep at her home to share with

the baby when she baby sits!!

So here is my card, I saw one online a while back

but changed it up in my own style, sorry

can't remember where it was.

(click on photo to enlarge it)

Sorry the photo isn't the best I was in a hurry to

 leave when I remembered I hadn't taken a picture.

Hope your all doing well and enjoying good weather!

Hugs and God bless

Lana

Challenge Time Again

Hi Everyone!

So sorry I have not been posting lately!!!

But today I am back to share with you another challenge

 I am doing with my friend Darlene.

(Just click on her name to go to her blog to see her project.)

Darlene and I go shopping together at the local

Goodwill occasionally to find some great projects

to alter. We try to get matching items

 or as close to matching as possible then challenge each other

 to see what we make them into. We do not share what

 we are doing to them. So when you see them we do also. LOL

Its great fun!!!

Here is what the item looked like when we got it.

It's a yellow wooden frame with a mirror in the center of it.

We each got one and they were identical.

So on with the unveiling of my project.

Here is what I did with mine.

 I removed the mirror then

 turned it around and used the back side of it as the front.

Can you see in the background the musical notes

 and the image of Jesus. I stamped them very lightly

in gold pigment ink.

If you look real close you can see that

 I added a real feather to the wing

Its so hard to get the glimmer mist to show up

in the photos but it's there LOL

I used twigs that I painted and I made a small bird nest

out of twigs too. I misted almost everything

 with glimmer mist. I also used TH Distress inks.

The bow is seam binding I dyed. The flower is from Archiver's.

A sizzix die was used to finish off the corners.

 The following stamps were used:

Our Dailey Bread Designs

Heart & Soul

Stampabilities.

Well there you have it my altered mirror !!

I would love to hear what you think of it.

Now go check out Darlene's blog and see her mirror makeover.

 I can't wait to see it too, see you there!!!

Hugs

Lana

I am also entering this into these other challenges:

365 Cards: Day 45 - I've Been Framed

Totally Paper Crafts - Things with Wings

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Touch of Vintage

Just Keep on Crafting - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything goes

P.S. I showed this project to a dear friend and she said "is

this piece for sale", I said yes and she bought it !!!!

I never got to show anyone else Wow LOL

Valentine Card

Well Folks, I am back and

 today I can finally show you a card I made for my friend

 for Valentine's Day. She asked me to hold on to it until

she came to visit so that is why I am posting it so late.

Hey better late then never I guess LOL.

( you can click on the picture to be able to read it)

There you have it. She was really pleased with it

so it was worth the wait. I am having a few Internet

problems tonight off and on so I guess I had best quit

 while I am ahead and post this LOL

If you have any questions feel free to ask me.

Hugs to all

Lana

Craft Room Light

Hi Everyone!

Today I wanted to share with you a project

I did for my craft room. Since getting my Vegabond

and making the cabinet for it to sit on I found I needed lighting for
 it and I was not able to find the right item in the right price

 so I ended up making one LOL. Let me just say it didn't

turn out the best BUT it sure does do the job A okay!!

I thought that it would be so darn easy

 well it might have been for someone who knows carpentry

 but that is not me LOL Any ways here it is!

Here it is with the light on.

 Ahhhh I can finally see what I am doing LOL!

Hopefully soon I can get back to my paper crafting,

 IF my mojo will return that is LOL
 I sure do hate these dry creative times that I go through,
any ideas how to get it going again?

Hugs
Lana

Treasure Chest Challenge

Hi Everyone!

Hope your enjoying your day today.

My good friend Darlene aka Dars Crafty Creations and I

went shopping together a while back and bought items to

 alter and this is one of the items we both got and challenged

 each other to alter, then post on our blogs at the same time.

Here is a snippet of hers

You need to go see her fabulous treasure chest, she is so talented!!!

 Its so much fun wondering what the other one

 is doing with theirs LOL and its all so hush hush LOL.

You know Top Secret LOL

What fun we have doing this!!!! Hope you like our creations and

 that they inspire you to try something different!

Here is what mine turned out like.

It's hard to see but the flowers all have stickles and rhinestones

to make them sparkle like the paper I used to cover the

Chest on the outside has in it's flowers which again

doesn't show up in the photograph.

Well what do you think of my Treasure Chest?

I would love to hear from you!

 Remember to go see Darlenes too!

(click on the pink name to go there)

Here is a list of what I used:

DCWV Sweet Stack paper

Handle from local hardware store

Flowers from my stash

Feathers from Hobby Lobby

Sizzix die

Stickles

Distress Ink

Gold Pilot Marker

Kids fun foam (I glued strips of left over paper to it

added the gold to match the outside and layed it

on the bottom of the inside. I did not glue it down

 incase whoever buys it decides they do not want it in there.

This sure was fun !!!

I am sending a big THANK YOU to Darlene

for being my partner in this fun filled secret adventure!!!

Hugs and blessings to all

Lana