Inspiration!

My honey and I went up to the
mountains this morning, an adventure
we haven't done in quite some time.
It's monsoon season here in AZ
and Justin's schedule hasn't
allowed much time for play.
We actually drove all the way to the top today!
We've never done that.
Dogs were not invited on this
adventure so it could alone time :0).
We took quite a few photos like this one:

and I took this one of Justin's SUV.

The color stuck with me and tada use
of a new stamp and the color
inspiration means a full project!
Now this a definite feat since the last real
project I did took me nearly 2 weeks to complete.
(I'll take photos of it and post later this week.)


Tiles are from Lowes and are Tumble Marble.
The Stamp is from KaiserCraft "Tea at Elsie's."
Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Challenge Info & More!

Hello Friends.

A new Craftastic Challenge
will be up starting September 1st.
This will be the new schedule for Challenges.
Challenges will run from the first of the month
to the last day of the month at midnight.
Hopefully this challenge will allow me to catch up a bit.

I've been quite a rut lately and it seems my
Mojo has run off, but I have accomplished a few
projects which I'll be post over the next week.
For now I'd like to share with you my latest LO.

LO was for Tally Scapper's
"So you think you can scrap" challenge.
The beautiful woman in the photo is my aunt in 1969.
She's going through a rough patch and I thought
the song Smile sung by Nat King Cole was a
beautiful song to help her through.
I'll be putting the LO in a shadow box to give to her.




Thank you for visiting!

Craft Tips!

Tips are from U Create & U Create Readers!

I thought it would be fun to share little ways that make our crafty lives easier! Here are some of my very favorite craft tips...

Use a cookie sheet w/ newspaper or wax paper for a portable craft surface…super easy cleanup!

Sharpen your scissors by cutting sand paper.

Place a little bit of Vaseline to the end of your glue gun to get rid of those long glue strings.
Soak your paint brushes in fabric softener or hair conditioner for 10 min…cleans right off!

Recycle large plastic lids by using them for a painter’s pallette or cutting them up for stencils.

Need to create a large pattern? Use newspapers!

Keeping a magnet close by makes picking up those sewing pins a sinch!

Store those pipe cleaners for kid’s crafts inside of a paper towel tubes.

Break up some styrofoam to create snow for craft projects.

Keep those cardboard boxes! Cut & cover with patterned paper to make a mini album, cover with art paper and use as a canvas, and I always use them to eliminate a mess while spraypainting!

Re-use old containers such as Pringles chips tube or Clorox wipes container for storage of paint brushes or other art utensils.

Re-use prescription bottles for tiny craft goods-needles, beads,jewelry parts etc.

Whenever you paint a room, put a small amount of the leftover paint in a small, airtight jar (baby-food jar etc) and store it somewhere in that room-then you can instantly paint over nicks or scuffs on the wall when they happen!

Make sandpaper last 3x as long by putting duct tape on the back of it. Makes it stronger!

Tiny "scrunchies" or ponytail holders are great for keeping bobbin/spool thread from unwinding when not in use.

Empty dental floss containers (and empty pill bottles)make great little emergency sewing kit containers. Put in a needle, a small cardboard square with some plain black,white, and tan thread wrapped around it, a couple of safety pins and put one in your purse, your car, your diaper bag.

A few of my favorites:

• For less fraying on the ends of ribbon use No Fray from the fabric section at the craft store, or use clear nail polish.
• To remove stamps or ink texts on plastic or glass items use nail polish remover.
• To use tattoos on projects follow regular instructions, however instead of a damp cloth use a baby wipe.
• Pigment ink is easily cleaned with a baby wipe.Goo Gone is a Crafters Dream when it comes to gooey situations.
• Warm/Hot water removes modge podge and rub-ons from glass. (I came across this with the flower vase tutorial.)

Do you have any craft tips you'd like to share? I would love to hear them!

Dahlia Flower Card

Day 5 of projects!

This flower is so pretty in person.
This is Tommorrow's Make & Take for crop!

You can see the original tutorial at Tallyscrapper.com
by one fantastic lady, valerie.

A. Cut 8 circles at 2" and one larger circle at 2.5".
B. Fold each circle in half.
C. Fold each circle in half again to create quarters.
D. Unfold each circle to reveal folds.
E. Fold back two edges of the circles to the form a point
F. Flip all circles back over.
G. Fold the edges over so the meet in the middle.
H. Fold Large circle in quarts (B & C.) to give you a center point, cover circle in adhesive and adhere first folded circle.
I. Continue with the remaining small circles until the large circle in no longer visable.
Once flower is complete embellish with a button or brad center.

In our case the ladies at the crop will be make a brad using the I-Top!
Flower is perfect for cards, scrapbooks, and more.

The ladies at the crop will have the choice of
one of the three color schemes below for thier card.

Thank you for stopping by & Happy Craftin'!

Make & Takes!

Day 4 of Projects!
Our Croppin Friends are spoiled and are
used to getting a Make & Take at crop,
so it's been up to me to make sure they get one.

So far we've made bottle caps,
Bra & Panty Cards and the projects below!

This adorable little brag book was
for our very first evening crop.



Last evening crop we made this cards.
Cricut Cart Home Decor was used.



Make sure to stop by tomorrow for
the next make & take and a Tutorial!