Penny Black Card

                              
  Happy Friday to all my stamping friends!

I hope your looking forward to a nice weekend,

 I am planning on playing in my stamp room if at all possible.

 Today was a shopping day with some stamping friends to

one of my favorite little stamp stores called,
 Stoltzfus Stamp Shack, out in Amish country,

in West Farmington, Ohio. Owned by my good friend

Mary Ann Stoltzfus. We had just a delightful day.

 Well enough about my day, I wanted to share with you
 a Penny Black card I made. Such a cute image!!!

I used SU cardstock and designer paper. Martha Stewart

punch, some old buttons from my stash.I colored it all

with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. Love those pencils,

so easy to work with! As I said the cute girl stamp is from

Penny Black, the saying stamps, one is unknown,

 the other is Art Impression. Well that it is for now,

 I am worn out from all that shopping LOL

So for now God bless you all and hope to see you soon !

Another Graphic 45

   Happy Monday!

It's been a busy day today doing the normal household tasks,

like laundry and cleaning. Phew glad it's done for now.

Well it's time for another Graphic's 45 card I made, again

this one is out of scraps I had left from another project.

Hope you like it.

The colors did not photograph good for some reason,

probably due to my lack of skill with a camera LOL

I used a great stamp from Hampton Art that I got at

Michael's. I used Prismacolor pencils for a touch

of color. The beautiful paper is from Graphic's 45,

 the CS is SU and the background stamp is also SU and

 I used black embossing for it. The ribbon is from

Walmart. The flower I made using the Core D' ination

 CS, then used the Nestibilities to cut it out and then

 used the Cuttlebug embossing folder, then lightly sanded it.

The flower looks pink but in real life it isn't that bright.

The brad in the center of the flower I made using

the Graphic's 45 paper and the I-Top brad maker.

That is a cool tool to play with. And there you have

it another easy peasy card.

Bless you for stopping by and taking a look.

I would love if you would leave a comment

and let me know what you think of my art work

good or bad.

Graphic 45

Hello Everyone,

Hope your enjoying your weekend. Did you

notice I changed my blog background ? This is the

 first time I have done it by myself and I am sooo happy

 I was able to do it. But I won't tell you how long it took

me LOL. Of course I had a fabulous teacher,Darlene

 thank you!!!  Please let me know what you think of it.

Well on to my project for today.

This card was made out of scraps I had left over

 from the scissor wall art I did in a previous posting.

I used Graphic 45 paper, SU cardstock and Stamp,

a Martha Stewart punch, Tim Holtz Distress ink

and ribbon from Michaels. A very fast and easy

card to make and I love how it turned

out very Vintage looking. That's it for right

now have to run, hope to post more later today.

My Friends Wooden Book.

Happy Monday to all my friends!

Phew is it ever humid out today. I just got back

from walking my dog and its waaaaaaay too

 hot out there for me LOL. Hope your all staying

nice and cool. I have been busy doing house

 work and laundry today, but I wanted to take a

minute and share my friend Kris's wooden book

project. We worked on them together the other day,

you can see mine below in a previous posting. She

 finished hers recently and I wanted to share it

 with you. Isn't it lovely!! 

The paper used, was one from the wonderful Webster's

paper collection. Miscellaneous lace pieces, a

bookmark tassle, unknown flower with a brad in the

center, labels one nestie and sewing notions were

 all used on this. She also used Tim Holtz crackle

 paint on the wooden box prior to adding all

the pretties. This project was made for her

 friend who is moving out of state, she filled

the hidden drawer with inspirational notes.

 What a wonderful gift from her heart.

So delicate and lovely.

Really great job Kris!

Well that's it for now, hope you

all come back again soon.

 

Wall Art

                                  Happy Friday Everyone!

Today I have another unusual project to share with you.

Its an unfinshed wooden item, infact it's

two unfinished wooden items.

close ups of each stamp

Name of the Beauty Shop added
"Abby Gale's"

The Scissors are from Hobby Lobby and I painted them with

black acrylic paint.The frame is from Michaels, I covered it in

Graphic 45 paper both the sides and the background. I

then stamped four images from Hampton Arts stamps, that

 I also got at Michaels. Oh do I love those stamps! I used

 Distress inks and black EP. The ribbon and brads are from SU.

The beads and buttons are unknown from my stash. The

black pearls on the Scissors are from Archivers,I hand drew

flourishes to fit in the space and then used crystal

effects to glue them on. The picture sure does not do

 it justice. I took several photos in several different settings

and only this one came even remotely close to what

 it really looks like. LOL A photographer I am not!!!

 But hope you get the idea. I am hoping to sell this

 to the beauty shop where I get my hair done.

Hope you have been inspired by my art work

to try another medium to work with. I have several

more wooden items to play with so stay tuned LOL.

Vintage Wooden Book

Hi Friends,

Sure hope your enjoying this beautiful weather, atleast it's

beautiful here in NE Ohio. Humid but still great.

I have a different type project to share with you today.

I found this great unfinished wooden book at Hobby Lobby.

The spine part of the book is a drawer. How neat is that!

As I said the wooden book is from Hobby Lobby. The fabulous

 paper is, "Once upon a time"DCWV at JoAnne's. I used glossy

white CS, for the image which my dear friend Kris gave me (Thanks Kris!!)

I used alot of Tim Holtz's products listed here:

Grunge Board, Alterations Dies, Elegant Flourishes,

 Tattered Florals,Caged Bird, Distress Stickles,

Findings, Distress Inks, Stamps from Stampers Anonymous.

 Ribbon from S.U. and Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.

 Can you tell I am hooked on Tim Holtz products LOL.

 I think they are fabulous!!!!!

I sprayed the box first with Glimmer Mist then used watered

 down Distress Ink refill and painted the box then wiped it off

as you would stain and Wow it turned out great, it's 

 hard to see how sparkly and pretty it is in the

 pictures but as usual IRL its better! 

I truly loved making this project. Infact I purchased several

more types of wooden pieces to play with so in the future 

I will be sharing those as I get them done.

Hope this has inspired you to step out of your comfort

zone and try something different.

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!!!!

Graduation Card

Hello to all of you out in blogland!

 I pray your enjoying your weekend.

I have a Graduation Card to share today

 that I made for a friends daughter.

 She loves pink and black, hopefully she will like this one.

Front of card

Inside of Card

Front of Envelope

Card front and Back of  Envelope

I used Stampin Up Cardstock, unknown scrapbook paper from Michaels, MS punch, Flowers from Hobby Lobby, Liquid Pearls, Retired Stampin Up stamp set, and the inside saying is a Northwoods Stamp.

Well that's it for today, thanks for stopping by.

May God richly bless you all !!

Hugs

Lana