Last post of 2007!

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful holiday season - Merry Christmas, Happy Haunnakah, Happy Kwaanza, Happy Winter Solstice, and Merry Every-Other-Holiday-I-Might-Have-Forgotten, lol! I wanted to end the year by thanking everyone for joining me for my random creative excursions and hope you'll join me again in 2008! I'm honored that you have all stopped by and amazed at all the different visitors I've had from all over the US and different spots all over the world!


I've spent the past week doing a lot more organizing than actual creating (I actually found my tabletop in my craft room!) and what creating I've done has mostly still been Christmas and I've promised to stop subjecting you to Christmas projects for a while, lol, so I don't have much new to share for the moment. I DID want to share this quick and easy project though! There was a post on 2Peas linking to this clock with some ideas to make one. Well, I went the super quick and easy route so it's definitely not the same project, but was still a lot of fun - I hung it up in my son's room so we'll see what he thinks when he comes home later this afternon. This is a $3 clock from Walgreens (they had them in a huge dump bin at one point and still have them occasionally in little endcap displays). And ONE set of foam Thickers from American Crafts. I'm really glad I used the foam instead of the chipboard because it "gives" enough to really tweak the placement. In hindsight, I wish I'd used a less "curvy" font. I think it would look better with a more defined font. But still, it's a 15 minute project - can't beat that!




And also, for this last post of 2007, I'll leave you with MY favorite layout (I admit, there really haven't been as many as I'd hoped to accomplish!) of the year. Paper from My Mind's Eye, everything else from the Making Memories Noteworthy line. It's a picture I love and a story that just makes me happy!



I wish you all happiness and creativity in 2008!!!

A few published pieces

I wanted to post these since they are able to be shared again. Both were in the October/November issue of Ready Set Create E-Zine.

This clock was a wedding gift for a co-worker. The papers are from Bo Bunny. Flowers from Prima. Plaque and clockworks are from Walnut Hollow. The rubons for the name and date are from EK Success. The beads are blackstone from Cousins. I used the pearly glaze from Making Memories over an off-white paint from Plaid. The Mod Podge is also from Plaid.



For this candle holder I started with an inespensive glass vase from Hobby Lobby. Using Mod Podge, I covered it with paper from Zsiage's Confuscious Say What? line. The Peace cutout is from another piece of paper from that line. The flowers are from Prima. The coin is from Tsukineko.

Basic Grey Transparency Clock

This was another really fun clock to make but hard to capture in a photo. I actually have this hanging in a window and it looks great with the sun shining through it. I used a window frame from Walnut Hollow (clock mechanism too) and backed it with an old BG transparency. I had to drill the hole for the clock hands and also had to use the circle of cardstock for two reasons - one, to hide the clock mechanism in the back, and two, to make the hands visible when the sun's shining! The flowers are from Prima and the flower centers are actually flat beads from Halcraft. Another thing you can't tell from the photograph is that I mixed in a gel medium and sponged the paint on - it has a pretty dimensional look to it in person.

Girly Clock

This clock is one I custom made for one of my son's teachers. She requested something to go in her living room and this was the color scheme. I used my usual clock base and mechanism from Walnut Hollow. The papers are from Paper Adventures' Fanciful Flowers collection designed by Connie Haley. It's a gorgeous line, with embossing and glitter on many of the papers. The flowers were from Prima and the center of the flowers as well as all the edgings are a pearly dimensional glue from PSX.

Family Clock

This was another clock I had originally made to be used in the Herr's booth but ended up not being able to use because the paper line ended up getting canceled (a shame, because I LOVED this line - 7gypsies - so these samples I had are just a few of a handful actually printed). Clock base and kit from Walnut Hollow. The green paint I used (from Making Memories) ended up not being quite right, so I sponged over it with a creamy color to lighten it up a bit. The flowers are from Making Memories. The photo was one my dad took of my mom, my sisters and I at Thanksgiving 2006 (with the glare on the photo you can't see my youngest sister). I gave my mom this clock for her birthday or Mother's Day (can't remember which - they're within weeks of each other).

Vintered Clock

Another clock that was used in the Herr's booth at CHA-Winter 2007. This was in the scrapbooking section. The base and clock mechanism were from Walnut Hollow. The paper used for the face was Fountain Blu from Zsiage's Vintered collection. I used 7gypsies clear buttons and backed them with Altered Ego from Zsiage's Vintered collection and tied them with threads from my stash. The paint for the edge and over the chipboard shapes (from Zsiage) was a pearly paint from Making Memories. The trim around the edge is also from Making Memories. Finished with a rubon quote.

Boa Yarn Clock

This was another clock I did for the Herr's CHA-Winter 2007 booth. I got a lot of skepticism when I said I could do a clock for each department and this one (soft crafts) everyone really wondered how I'd pull this off. Took some thinking, but turned out to be a really fun project! I used a Walnut Hollow clock base and put strips of Provo Craft's Teriffically Tacky Tape (the kind with the red liner) all the way across it and trimmed around. Then staring at the outside, I just started pressing on Boa yarn from Lion around the clock. It was a really simple process, but time consuming. However it's do-able in front of the TV because it doesn't require much attention. Attaching the rhinestone gems (from Cousin Beads) required a little more thought since the fluffy Boa yarn "moves". So I used a good liquid gemstone glue and kind of glued through all the yarn at each spot to make it sit still and form a "base" for the gems. I thought this would be a fun project for younger girls and would be a fun thing to have in their room!

Mosaic Tile Clock - AKA Look! No Mod Podge!

Yes, I can create without Mod Podge! This clock was for the Herr's Pacific CHA-Winter 2007 booth. I created different clocks for different sections of the booth. This one used mosaic pieces and grout from Milestones and a clock base and kit from Walnut Hollow. This takes several days, but I was excited about the results! The main tip for doing this is for placement of the numbers. Those particular tiles need to be set into place FIRST (without actually gluing the numbers down until after you're all finished grouting etc.) so you know you have a place to put the numbers, THEN place all the other tile pieces.

Flower Clock

This was something I whipped up on breaks at work one day (yes, working for a craft distributor does have its perks in access to things to work with!). The clock base and clock works are from Walnut Hollow. For the patterned paper, I used Pure from Around the Block's Uber Luxe line. The clear clock face is actually just a circle cut from a sheet protector and the circles for the hours are punched from the flip side of the patterned paper.