Monday, September 17, 2012

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


Sunday, September 2, 2012

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


Thursday, August 9, 2012

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
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
LEJ Designs  Shabby Chic





Thursday, June 28, 2012

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:




Thursday, June 14, 2012

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:


Thursday, June 7, 2012

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



Sunday, April 15, 2012

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

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