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It's amazing what a can of spray paint can do!

Hey guys! I've got a couple of non-stamping projects from around my house to share with you today  I made a trip to a second hand store and picked up some goodies and then had my way with them, lol!  It's amazing what a can of spray paint can do! :) The first is a mirror that I got for $2.  It's definitely cute, but very bland and doesn't fit my house at all. (Thank you to my boys for being my "holding the mirror" helpers, lol! And the chair is from Crate and Barrel.)

The mirror screws into the back to I just unscrewed it and spray painted it RED!

 So much cuter, right? I love it!

The next thing is a clock that my friend gave me ages ago that has been sitting in my garage.  She got it from her husband's grandma.  Love the clock, hate the color. (The blue part is painters tape over the clock face.)

Some more spray paint...drumroll please....ORANGE!

LOVE IT!!!

And here's a shot of the wall all put together. The silver clock was already there and is from Z Gallery. Like I said, it's amazing what a couple of cans of spray paint can do!  Hhmmm, what else can I paint? :)

Swirly Flowers

Hiya! Happy Monday! Today's card features a new technique that I just learned and I'm calling it Swirly Smooch. I'm debating about whether or not to do a tutorial on it but more than likely, I won't get around to doing it so I'm just going to explain it. :)  What you do is take a small bowl of water, dip the tip of your Smooch ink into it several times close together (in this case I used pink and orange.)  The ink will sort of rest on top of the water almost like oil does.  Next you swirl it around a little bit using the top of the lid so it makes a sort of marbly, swirly pattern on top of the water.  Then you take a piece of paper smaller than the size of your bowl and lay it flat on top of the water and quickly pull it out.  The ink that is floating on top clings to the paper and dyes it in a swirly pattern.  Set it aside until it dries and you have custom made pattern paper! Soooo easy and fun! I did it with my boys and they loved it as well.   And since there are so many Smooch colors, the color-comb possibilities are endless! 

For my card, after my Swirly Smooch paper had dried, I punched it out using a Marvy flower punch.  For the stem of the flowers, I used a green Smooch ink and colored just the bottom part of the Bursting Blooms stamp. The rest of the card is super simple with just some ribbon, brads (for the flower centers) and a sentiment.  Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you like the card!

(Paper, stamps, ribbon - A Muse Artstamps)

A sketchy hello

I had a small amount of time to stamp today so I decided to whip up this little number to play along with Tracy's sketch.  My mojo is definitely on leave at the moment so this is the best I could get. :)  I made my own flower embellishment using some scrap fabric I had on hand and used some SU! paper that I've been hoarding.  It feels soooo good to get my craft on! ETA: Sentiment is from this set by My Cute Stamps. (Love their stuff!)

Here's the sketch - 

   

And my very literal take on it -

Be sure to check out Tracy's blog. She has LOTS of super cute cards on there as well as her weekly sketch challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by! Chat at ya later! :)

Bonjour

Why hello there! Long time no see!  Things have been super busy around here (as always) and I just haven't much time for crafting/blogging. I did make up some samples and finally got them photographed so I actually have a card to share today! But before I get to that, are you all having a good summer? It's been really great around here and I'm really not looking forward to school starting again, I like having my boys home! Having three little boys really is wonderful. :)  Oh! I got something fun in the mail today, my personalized license plates! Wanna see?

So, do you get it? Hee-hee! I've always wanted personalized plates and I love mine!  So fun!

Okay, enough chit-chat! I'm sure you're here to see a card so I'll get onto that! :)  I started by stamping the Chrysanthemum Open and then colored it with Copic markers and attached it to a slightly larger piece of Grass cardstock.  The background is the Solid Zinnia stamped with VersaMark ink on Kraft paper.  I ran a piece of Blackberry cardstock through my Cuttlebug using a Swiss Dots embossing folder and adhered a strip of scalloped white cardstock.  Then I attached it to the card and then attached the stamped panel using foam tape.  I stamped my sentiment, punched a butterfly from vellum and then added bling with twinkle stickers and glitter.  Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!