Showing posts with label 3 D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 3 D. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2011

I made 18 of these snowman candy wrappers today.  It was a fun project.  It is hard to tell in this picture but the scarves are green and are made of fleece.  The hats were made out of a blazer that I recycled.
I had my mini card carrier class tonight and it was a lot of fun.  We had a great time visiting while everyone was working.
I am a tired camper so I am going to scoot to bed.  Have a great day and thank you to everyone that has been leaving comments.  It makes my day when I get one.  Sometimes when you are doing a blog, and you don't receive any comments, you feel like you are talking to yourself!  LOL

Friday, October 28, 2011

If You're Feeling blue - try painting yourself a different color

More book marks with another cute saying.  It is always fun to have cool book marks when you are reading.

I am back home after being gone for a week.  I left for Milwaukee a week ago Thursday and I stayed with Jenna and her family until Monday.  I had a great time with them as usual, and it was so fun to see all of Mason's new tricks!  On Monday I started back this way and stayed at Sarah's until this Thursday.  Tuesday was bring Mom to work day (as Sarah called it) and we went to Madison with Vicki (Sarah's mother-in-law) to shop for scarecrow supplies and other things.  On the way home we went to Tanger Outlet Mall in WI Dells and I got to see all the cute fall displays they have set up at the mall.  Absolutely adorable pumpkin patches with scarecrows, gourd towers, etc. JerryD's Landscaping, Sarah's in laws do all the landscaping, decorating, and snow plowing for Tanger and the Wilderness.  On Wednesday, Sarah went to work and I stayed at the house and baked three loaves of banana bread for her, finished crocheting a cowl for her I started on Monday when I arrived, and a dish cloth for her.  She looks adorable with the cowl on.....she is suppose to send me a picture for the blog, and I will be able to show it to you then.  Thursday was bring your mom to work day (again) as it was cold out and they were going to be working indoors.  They have been making and redoing there scare crows and will soon be changing things over to Christmas.  Next week they will start decorating for Christmas.  They are now making ice skaters and we worked on the very first one.  When we left, Vicki was finishing the ice skates.  She was absolutely adorable.  Too cute.  In between things, I worked on cutting and sewing bodies.  I got nine finished so they will haves some ahead which Sarah said would be really nice for them as they could just grab one and start decorating her.  I saw some of the outfits they had for future skaters and they were very cute!  I showed them how to make a loopy flower out of felt and they used it to embellish the skaters hat.  Hopefully I will get a picture of the finished skater so I can show you what they look like.
I have been unpacking, doing laundry and putting away stuff today.  Plus I made a trip to the library and to Practical Cents.  I found a great office chair, amongst other things, and I am so tickled about that.  I have been looking for one for quite some time.....probably over a year.  It was really a blessing to find a like new one for a reasonable price!  My other project today was to switch my clothes over from wire hangers to plastic ones, and I sorted an organized it all while I was at it.  It is nice to have that project done!
I started reading the book The Secrets of the FBI during rest time.  I finished reading the first chapter and it is pretty interesting so far.  I had a looonnnnng nap and just woke up around 9pm, and had a late supper!  I have had a great week but it is good to be home!  Elaine

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Fall colors

When I started decorating this note pad, I wasn't too thrilled with this background paper, but thought I would "use it up".  But after I got it finished and pulling all the colors together...it ended up being my favorite one out of the batch!  :-D  So it pays to get out of your comfort zone and work with some color combinations that you wouldn't normally choose!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Creativity is rarely Tidy

Creativity is rarely Tidy!  That's my motto....LOL   Another cute saying from the Darcies sewing set stamp set that I used for these book marks.

I went to church this morning with Jenna, Antonio, and Mason this morning.  Mason fell asleep on the way there so I stayed in the van with him and let him sleep.  We went in right after the sermon was over.

We just finished having some pizza for lunch, and I think Jenna is going to lay down and take a nap.  Mason is running around chattering at the moment.  He has a full belly and is a happy camper!  Elaine

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Notepad

My husband lets me buy all the fabric I can hide....

Here are some more book marks made with the PTI book mark die, and that cute Darcie sewing stamp set.  Quilters are known to "hide" fabric...not me...as I don't/won't hide my fabric from any one, but I have read that women hide it from their spouses.  They hide it in the trunk of the car, under beds, closets, where ever they can find a good hiding spot.  So this will be a fun book mark for the quilters, especially the fabric hiders!

I had supper tonight with Mom and Dad.  Sarah was suppose to come too, but she got half way here, and Zach called her to tell her that he could not find their cat Whiskey.  He had called and looked for Whiskey all around the house and he did not come out.  They are having a new furnace installed and he was afraid that the cat had got out of the house.  Zach was headed to school, he is taking an IV Tech course right now, his final exam is on Wednesday, so he had to leave.  So Sarah turned around to head home and called us to let us know that she wouldn't be able to come for dinner.  Sarah was very upset....Whiskey and Hunter (the dog) are her babies, and she was pretty frantic that she wouldn't be able to find him in the dark.  I was going to go help her look for him, but my bearing on the van won't be fixed till Thursday, so I didn't dare risk it, but I told Sarah that I really thought he was hiding and was scared from them banging on the metal, etc. installing the furnace.  My cats were terrified when my new roof was being put on.  She didn't think this was the case as they have had workers in the house before and it didn't bother Whiskey.  But fortunately, I was right, Sarah's mother-in-law found Whiskey under the bed.  Sarah said that she had been in the bedroom before this calling for him and he didn't come out.  I told Sarah that he probably could tell by her voice that she was upset.  She said to me, "You are probably right Mom", as Vicki was very calm and had been walking around, looking under things calling his name.  Whiskey stuck his head out from under the bed when she called his name and she got a hold of him.  Sarah said that he was so upset.  His little heart was just racing, and that he did not want to go downstairs to the main level, nor did he want to go in the basement where his littler box and food are, and that he got really squirmy when she took him down there so that he could see everything was okay in the basement.  As soon as she set him down on the basement floor, he ran back up the steps.  She said that most of the night that he was upstairs.  When I was talking to her later in the evening, he was on the main floor but was still fearful, and would keep looking around.  I told Sarah that he didn't like "his space" being changed, nor the noise, and perhaps one of the workers didn't like cats either, who knows.   But I am guessing that he was really upset about the noise and them tearing his space apart.   She said that he does consider that his space, and that one of the workers said he was running around nuts on the canning jar shelves in the basement.  Poor baby, he is normally such a laid back cat.  I know my cats do not like things moved around, especially in the bathroom where their food and litter box is.  Any whoo...I suggested and she said that she was going to do this....to lock him up in their bedroom upstairs with his food and litter box, so he would feel safe (hopefully) and they wouldn't have to worry about someone letting him out by accident.  So keep Whiskey in your prayers while this furnace is being installed!  :-D  Elaine

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Still slaving away...

I can tell the temperature must be dropping...the furnace is running.  I have one more lawn chair to drag to the garage and I will have everything put away for winter.
I have been crocheting away and catching up on my recorded programs.  I now have 90 hours free (out of 100) that can be recorded on which is rare for me.  Normally I have 10 to 20 hours free as I am usually "behind".  The pile of stuff that I have finished keeps getting larger which is great!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

A Fat Quarter is not a body part

These are some sewing book marks that I made last week.  For those of you who do not sew and do not know.....A Fat Quarter is not a body part!  Fat Quarters are pieces of fabric that are a quarter of a yard of fabric but are not cut in a "traditional" quarter of a yard.  Instead of being 9" x 44/45", they are cut "fat".  They are 18" x 22" and sewers love to collect them to have lots of different colors in their sewing stash.  You know...who ever dies with the most fabric wins! LOL   They are also sold in bundles of matching colors which makes for fun projects.  So now you have had your "sewing" lesson for today!  :-D

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Fun book marks

Today I finished up packing the flea market stall for the season, and went to the library.  I still need to unload stuff out of the van, and take care of the stuff that is in the kitchen.  Always something to do around here.  I finished 50 book marks today and now am working on a different style.
Here is another picture of my big pile of them!  I was telling my mom tonight, between notebooks, and book marks, it will probably take me a whole day to get them all packed and marked in there sleeves!  I guess I will be staying out of trouble for awhile!


Recipe: Paper Trey Inc Stamps: All Booked Up and Flower Fushion 1, Assorted Stampin' UP! Card Stocks and DSP, SU Always Artichoke Ink, Memento Black Ink, SU Two Tags Die, Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Last of the mini note books





Yeah!!!! They are all finished.  Plus I cut out 50 book marks with the Big Shot today, and made homemade Cauliflower Soup.  Yum Yum!!!  They were fun working on but I am glad that project is over and I can move on to something else!





Scrap books



Bible Verse Notepads

Here are some more bible verse notepads.  I love my little Plain Jane stamp sets from Verve!
























Monday, October 3, 2011

Mini Scrapbook

This is a mini scrap book that I altered.  I love that cute little owl!

Work at the Sweat Shop continues...


Well, the flea market is officially over.  I packed up my craft items yesterday and brought them home.  I still need to pack up the card rack and my Tastefully Simple items.  I ran out of boxes or I would have done that yesterday.  I am working on sorting and repacking things together as I have the crafts from the Dells home too.
Today, I finished 14 notebooks, and worked on running more scraps through the Sidekick.  I am hoping to finish the notebooks up tomorrow and move on to something else.  We will see how it goes!  Enjoy this beautiful weather!  Elaine


































Saturday, October 1, 2011

A BURRRR....day!

It was a little bit nippy at the flea market this morning.  It got better in the afternoon.  I was bundled up with a turtle neck, sweatshirt, 2 pair of pants, 2 pair of socks, and a winter jacket on.  Tomorrow is the last "official" day of being open.  Stop down and say "hi!"!  Elaine

Thursday, September 29, 2011

And the beat goes on...

Day 4 of not going out of the house and working on notebooks.  This is a much larger size than the previous ones, and it is the first time I have done one this size.  This one measures 53/4" x 9".  As in scrap booking, the larger the layout, the harder it is to make the page flow and look complete.  I feel in is much easier to work on a "smaller" canvas.  But I am happy with the end results on this project.
This second picture shows the true colors of this project better.  I find with shooting at night, and indoors that sometimes the color doesn't show up correctly.  I should be shooting pictures in the daytime, but this is kind of my routine, so you will have to bear with me, and I will try hard to get a good photograph.
Elaine

The second half of Wednesday's work.

This is the other half of notepads that I finished on Wednesday.  Each one is a little bit different.






















Button card from the stamp set Sew Suite.  Remember stamping gals when I showed you how to make your own chipboard buttons?  I used my samples on these notebooks.








More fun with doilies.

When she works...she works!

I finished 20 of these little notebooks yesterday, and I am going to show you half of them in this post.  So much fun to play and be mixy/matchy!




I love being able to make elements with my punches and Big Shot.  Isn't Mr. Owl cute sitting on his leafy branch!?!?




I am also working on punching and running scraps through the die cutting machine.  It doesn't seem like I have made a dent till I look in the trash can!
I have watched a zillion "Days of Our Lives" while working.  One of the new "soaps" I have been watching now that "All My Children" is gone.  :-(  Can you see the dimension on the flowers!?!?  Good ole' pop up dots, one of my favorite friends.



I am very thankful to have this burst of energy.  Perhaps it is the cooler weather!?!?!?  Who knows.  One of the ups and downs of living with a chronic illness.



But whatever it is...we will run with it while it lasts, and be thankful!  So which one is your favorite?  Drop me a note or leave me a comment!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Medium Notebook

This is one of the many notebooks I worked on today.  This one is larger than the other ones that I have posted.  It is a 5" x 5" notebook that I found new at the thrift shop one day, all wrapped up in cellophane.  It had a plain brown cover that looked like a paper bag.  I guess you could call it kraft card stock.  I should have shot a "before" and "after" shot.  I used the Fancy Flower Folds die to cut out all the layers of flowers.  The center was cut out from a Cuttle bug Die and I topped it with a vintage button, tied with my homemade Baker's Twine.  The flower was ran through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wall Paper embossing folder to give it texture and is mounted on a paper doily.  Retired pink ribbon that "looks" doilyish, finishes off the project.
This photo gives you a better look at all the texture on the project.  Happy hump day!  Elaine