Challenge Between Friends

Hello My Stamping Friends!

Today is a fun day for my friend Darlene and I,

we are sharing with you an altered project we did.

To set the stage for this reveal let me back track a

couple of months ago when Darlene and I went treasuring

 hunting at a Goodwill store together. We spotted these

 matching wooden books that actually had clocks inside them.

So we decided to buy them and challenged each other

 to redo them secretly and see what we came up with.

So here is what we each came up with ,

you can get more info on hers by clicking here to go to her blog!!

First is the before pictures of the clock.

Front

opened

Darlene's wonderful Christmas project !

Isn't it awesome!!!!

 I just love the Graphics 45 paper she used, and

of course it had to be in purple her favorite color!

Way to go Darlene!



Here is the one I made, since I couldn't find a battery

 small enough I removed mine and made it

 a shadow box.

I used Crafty Secrets paper,Prima flowers, and some other

 flowers, lace,& buttons in my stash.The paint,needle and spool

are from Michaels.

So there you have it our "Friends Challenge",

hope you enjoyed it and that it inspired you to

 challenge a friend too!

Please take time to go see Darlene's blog she is very

 talented and will definitely inspire you!

Until next time big {{{ HUGS}}} to all, and

May God bless you!!!

Lana

 

ABC Primer Graphics 45

Hello and Happy Tuesday to You All!

I have not shared here yet about my newest

crafting addiction until now, I have gotten hooked on going

 garage sale hopping and to used stores in search of

 treasures to alter. Yeppers I am HOOKED, you should see my

craft room closet and cupboards LOL they are sooo full of

 stuff to alter. Hey at least I am all set for winter.

Or should I say several winters LOL.

 Well anyways here is one item I just finished.

I found this Rooster chalk board and the board was

all scratched up got it for little of nothing and totally redid it.

So tell me what you think.

 Here is the before picture.

Now on to the new version

As you can see I used the fabulous Graphics 45

 "An ABC Primer" paper, that I got from Joan's Garden.

 I just love their papers.

I cut out and popped up the books and the ABC

 sign and used a real pin in it. The pencil I got from Walmart

and cut it down and sanded it then added ink to color it lightly.

I bought the eraser at Hobby Lobby and added

Graphics paper there too. The other little distressed box is chalk

and I recovered the box to match. I also added

 little wooden knobs to the sides of the board for more interest.

So there you have it my refurbished treasure.

 I would love to hear what you think of it.

I plan on selling it at an up coming craft show.

 I have more to share so stayed tuned LOL.

Hugs

Lana

Circus Wagon

Happy Friday Evening Everyone!!

Hope you all are enjoying your evening.

I am starting to feel better finally but not

top par yet. These sinus,lung problems really hang

on with me for some reason.

Tonight I want to share with you a cute project I made to go

with this frame I did in this posting a while back.

Here is the before picture of the wagon.

Here is the after picture.

 

Did you notice the wheels have an elephant riding a tricycle.

                                                             inside view from the top

I saw a wagon on-line like this some where but can

not remember where sorry.
(Just found her name, it's Sandy Diller)

I used all Graphics 45 paper from their Circus paper set.

The wagon and tiger cub I got at Michaels, the flourish

die cut is Tim Holtz. I prepainted everything before

adhereing the paper. It took alot of time but it sure was fun.

I hope to sell this as a set at the craft sale in November.

Well that is it for tonight hope this inspired you in some way.

Stay healthy

Hugs

Lana

Altered Tin "Set"

Happy Thursday Everyone!!

Burr its cool and crisp here in NE Ohio, what a change this is.

You can sure tell Fall is coming very soon!

This evening I want to refresh your memory on a project

 I did a while back because I just made a tissue
 box and matching frame to go with it,

 here is the link to the tin if you want more specific

 information, no sense in me rewriting it all LOL.

Here is a picture of the Tin I did and below it is what I have been

adding to it to make a set that I hope to sell at an up coming

craft show.

 So there is the projects I have been working on lately,

a tissue box, round tin, and an oval wooden frame wall hanging.

I just love all the flowers and how the DP looks like

fabric in real life.

I am entering the tissue box and frame wall art in the
Crafty Ribbons Challenge- Anything goes

I would love to hear how much you think I should charge

 for the indiviual items and also priced as a set. I have the hardest

time priceing my items. Thanks for any help you can give me on that!

Well I am sick with a bad sinus infection so I am going to go for now.

Hugs to all of you!

Stay well

Lana

Christmas Ornament

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today I am sharing with you a Christmas Ornament I made.

 

I made this using an extra large bottle cap from Archiver's,

that I ran through my Big Shot machine to flatten it.

The image is a Stampin Up one. I glued dew drop beads

 to the edge using crystal effects. I also put Stickles

on the edge. I colored the image with my Copics. The wine

 glass charm is covered with beads and pearls I had in my stash.

 Then I tied an organdy bow on it and used

 some stickles to fancy it up some. I also used some

 dimensionals to pop the image out. It was so hard trying to

 get the shimmer and colors to show up in the pictures

 but you all know how hard it is to photograph things

 as they really look or wait maybe

 its just me that has trouble with it LOL LOL.

Until next time Happy Stampin!!!

Hugs

Lana

Wooden Frames

Good morning everyone!!!

This morning I would like to show you three

 frames that were made using unfinished oval wooden

 frames from Michaels. I made one of these frames can you

 guess which one LOL. My new friends Wendy and Judy who

are fairly new to stamping wanted to learn how to do them,

 so we had a class of sorts. I think they all came out

really good what do you think?

The above one is mine, did you guess right LOL.

This one was made by Judy, she loves the ocean and

had some shells she had collected that she wanted to use.

This one Wendy made to match her newly

decorated bedroom.

Here is a list of items used in all of them

Stamps- Our Daily Bread Designs & Heartfelt creations

Various scrapbook papers

TH die and Distress inks

Cheery Lynn dies

EP

Shells and shell buttons

Flowers mini roses Michaels

Brads unknown

Wood oval frames Michaels

Well there you have it. I think these ladies did a fabulous

 job on their first project what do you think? They are just the

sweetest ladies and I am so blessed to have met them. They

are both so eagar to learn all about stamping its fun

to watch their excitement.

I pray you have a wonderful weekend !!

Hugs

Lana

Frame Pincushion & Writing Tablet

Hi Everyone!!

 I pray your staying cool, it has been so hot

and humid here in NE Ohio, but at least there

 is no snow, that will be soon enough LOL

Today I want to share with you a fun project I

 learned from the fabulous Becca Feeken,

for her instruction video click here

This is my take on it.

I sure hope you try this project out, it's fun and a great

way to hold and display your embellished stick pins,

which I just realized I didn't photograph in mine LOL !!

So please pretend they are beautifully

displayed in mine LOL LOL.

 Oh it's been a very long day LOL

I used fabric & trim I had in my stash forever LOL.

The frames are from Micheal's bridal area

they come two in a pack. The flowers are Prima's.

I ended up putting mine together a little differently then

 Becca did but the results are about the same.

Now I also want to share a cool writing tablet

my friend Darlene (click on her name to go to her blog)
showed me how to make

and this is how mine turned out.

Thank you Darlene!!

The tablet is from Staples. I used my scalloped nesties ,

CS and punch from SU.The embellishments were

from my stash. The flourish die is a Cheery Lynn

die I got from Joan's Garden. The silhouette

sticker is from Archiver's.

Well that is all for today, hope you enjoyed these

 so now get busy and create something!!!

                                               So until next time {{{Big Hugs}}} to all

Lana