Patriotic Fun

This is my most recent project, Cross Stitch. I have never done it before and so I am a little slower but I wanted it done for the 4th but I will take it with me this week on our family trip and hopefully it will get finished. Surprisingly it isn't as hard as I have always thought it would be, infact it is fun. I might have to do some more.
This is what it will hopefully look like when I am done. Yeah! I am learning something new.

Something fun for the the patriotic weekend or just for the summer, decorate your water bottle. It is easy to spot yours and even let the kids decorate their own so you can reuse it and they know which one is theirs!

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!

Cards

Here are a couple of cards that I have recently made that I wanted to put on but just haven't had the chance. This one I really loved the stamp set with silloettes of women. It was a great Mother's Day card but would work with any occasion.
This is a Birthday card we used a couple of ways to texturize the pieces. The brown piece we crumpled into a ball and then flattened it out and sanded the top. We ripped the stripped piece. On the little blue square piece we took a razor or edger and ran it across the edge to distress it. Then the final was running your ink on the edges of the card to scuff it up or distress it also.

This was an easy Father's Day Card. If you had all the pieces cut out you could even let your kids glue them all on the paper and do it themselves. They turned out really cute.

Face Lift

This is my new face lift thanks to Shels Scraps she made it for me. I hope you all love it like I do!

Home Decor

This is what I did with my clipboards. I had a shadow box with the boys pictures in them but I hated changing the picture because it was a hassel. I love this though cuz I can change the pic easily just clip it in.

So I remodeled my kitchen but never finished this one wall I have to decorate. I have been buying things little by little and was just waiting on the hubby to build my shelf. Which he did! I painted it and glazed it to match all my cabinets. You can't tell but I also distressed it or in other words beat the heck out of the shelf so the glaze took to all the dings. It turned out very cute! The metal square thing I got at, All That Stuff In The Barn which is in Midway Utah. I love it cuz I can put up a pic or recipe with cute magnets. The rooster I got at Tai Pan, what more do you have to say about that other than we love Tai Pan! My clock was oak color and I spray painted it, then took sand paper to the edges for a distressed look. This one wall adds so much to my little kitchen. I love it!

Just a Couple of Things

Here is a graduation card that I recently made that turned out really cute. I like the black and white ink cuz it gives it the affect of a chalk board and the little rolled up paper like a certification of graduation. The stamp if you can't read it says, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their Dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt

So I have seen these cute sandals and I decided to try them. They are really easy to make it just takes time. I did it with water balloons which were really small and my fingers hurt after a while but it adds some color to the outfit. I kind of feel like a little girl wearing them so they would probably be better for them but since I made them, I am going to wear them!

This is a fun idea that is easy. We did it for our Scrapbook Club and will probably do it in our ward too. Just mod podge paper to a clipboard. Any pattern turns out really cute. We added buttons and ribbon. Also add one long piece of ribbon and tie on a pen, comes in handy. These are a couple that Jen and Alison made. Thanks a lot for your help!