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I stumbled across a little inspiration that I couldn't resist. In searching amongst the tons of free images available on Microsoft Clip Art on-line, I found this little dragon that would make for a perfect Valentine for family and Hudson's little daycare friends.I created a simple layout in Word and cut the card down to fit a business size envelope. In just a few minutes, I had this done...and

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My sister met a woman who's hobby is going to flea markets and yard sales. The woman gave her a bag of old prints she bought because it was too good of deal not to buy it. For a bag of about 15 or so very large old prints she paid $0.50 for the entire bunch!My sister saw them and immediately thought of me knowing I would think of some creative touches to add. I saw so much artistic potential in

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While on vacation we crafted this year's Halloween card.Though my 1-1/2 year old took over the stamps and ran around the condo stamping himself. But I managed to get him to focus for 2 seconds to "wham bam" crank out some cards.

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For this baby shower card, toss together a chipboard letter embellished with rhinestones and mini pom poms.Add some flocked alphabet letter stickers to spell out the rest of the name. With a fine point black pen, outline and dot around the letters. I love sketching around stickers for added effect.

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Hudson is actually not quite big enough to use a step stool but I think in a matter of months those little hands will reach the running water.It has been a long time since I stenciled and after getting started it was a quick reminder of what an easy way to get a design down quickly. Really, in a matter of 5 minutes or less I had stenciled the lattice pattern and the vines. Use a "dry brush"

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Okay as promised I here's my little Prince wearing the "Look Hoo's One" romper outfit that I put together and explained in an earlier post. I do have a thing for owls.And here's the matching bib just before the big cake "smashing" event is about to happen.I also decided to do "take home" favors - chocolate chip cookies for late-night munching. Simply put in a cello bag with a round sticker that

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Well, I survived the party for my one-year-old. This weekend I'm finally catching up on all the chores I had neglected leading up to the party but it was well worth it. The party was great, the cake turned out cute and the guest of honor was in the perfect mood.I wanted a small double-layer cake for Hudson to dig into and decided to do it myself with help from Betty Crocker...why not???? I

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Sometimes to get exactly what you want you have to make it yourself. That's what I did when I went on the search for a birthday outfit for Hudson's 1 year party. This Little Owl Ensemble was simple to do.The hardest part was finding a plain or simply printed outfit to transfer the image on. I found this romper at Carter's and detached the little applique that was sewn on the front. I designed the

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My little Prince is turning ONE!!!The big event is 3 weekends away, so the invitations HAD to go in the mail yesterday. To keep it simple (so I have time to obsess over other birthday preparations) I took some help from some $1 product at Michaels. A pack of 8 note cards with some type of design already printed on it, throw on a couple personal touches and POOF! You have a handmade invitation!

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This little fellow just hopped on into our home. He has such a shy little sweetness about him.This completes Hudson's year of baby prints since birth - my resolution I made over a year ago and I did pretty good in sticking to it. I must say I've had many craft challenges about what to do each time and with each one I've been so thrilled at how it turned out.Of course, this will not be the end

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Stay tuned as the next baby footprint is coming this week in time for Easter. Even little Hudson thinks it will look pretty awesome.

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Okay, I found out there's some people who feel that I should be displined and only use the footprint. Then, there's the other side where a print is a print no matter what. I tend to go with the latter. I tried and tried to use the baby's foot for the St. Patty's card, but it just turned out awful! So deep breath...don't fight the instinct and...voila! I'm in a happy place.You'll need a little "

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I made this card for a friend's birthday and held off on posting it for fear she would see it on my blog before I gave it to her. I wish I really had more time to craft!!!Simply made with silk flowers that I cut apart and re-layered on top of each other. I used a punch for the center and then layered a paper flower and crystal stone on top of it.The rest of the card was trimmed with stashed

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This was inspired by the Valentine '09 issue of Martha Stewart magazine - all you really need is paper and a pigment ink pad...and a wet wipe nearby. Since my 9 month old doesn't have much of a fingerprint, I decided to use his chubby little thumb instead.The best time to do it was when he was still waking up from his nap. I stamped his thumb on an ink pad and created as many hearts as I could

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Happy New Year! Finally I have finished my framed baby footprints. It took me a while to find a frame that had only 4"x6" openings and even then I had the urge to "Doodle" on the mat. I'm so thankful that a friend recommended that I frame these little cards instead of sticking them in a box to one day appear in my "not-yet-started" baby scrapbook album.Of course you know I had to add some

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Here is the December baby footprint card. Hudson's foot is just growing and I'm really running out of room, so it is going to be harder and harder to be creative in this small space. Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you!

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December's Craft Shack was with my family. It has been several years since I had my mom and sister over to spend the night and craft. We got into our pjs and stayed up until midnight making the jolly elves (see my previous post). Then Saturday afternoon we each painted and glittered ornaments.Mom spent hours painting her church. It must have 4 coats of paint plus 3 coats of glitter! I must say,

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I found this super cute ornament idea in one of my parent magazine. Well, actually I have to give credit to the hubby in pointing this out to me....does he know me or what?! Anyway, I was so excited about making these for the baby's Christmas tree I put up in the nursery, so I whisk away to Michael's to buy supplies. It took no time to whip these little guys up.Supplies: chenille stems- 1 whole

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Gobble Gobble! Have you ever had an idea in your mind and you never know if it will really turn out? Well, I had one of those moments and I think this turned out better than expected. I randomly cut feathers from scrapbook papers and FINALLY used these skeleton leaves that I've had in my stash for about 9 years! It feels really good to use up what's been hanging around for so long. I mounted the

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It has been since July that I've had another opportunity to create the next baby footprint idea. It's funny how you plan to do one thing and then it ends up being something else. I had always planned on creating a ghost, but when I stamped the little foot it didn't impress me. But I could see something else and that was a Frankenstein face. So I wiped off his foot, changed my ink pad colors and

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A freind at work shared this cake bite recipe with me. So I whipped out the apron and went to work on a Saturday afternoon. The inside of the ball contains a crumbled yellow cake mixed with cream cheese frosting. After rolling out the balls and freezing them it was time to dip them into chocolate. It took some time to figure out how to keep them from falling off the sticks!Some bites were made

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Whip up some quick Halloween onesies for your baby! I thought it would be fun to celebrate every Friday in October with a fun outfit and then wear these again the week of Halloween. I know the baby won't notice the difference, but his daycare teachers will get a kick out of it.Make your own iron-on appliques by purchasing some Halloween fabric on the bolt. Select a fabric that has lots of

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Recycle glass from old picture frames by decoupaging magazine clippings on to it. Just be very careful not to cut your fingers on the edge of the glass. It takes careful planning and positioning to glue backwards! But reverse decoupaging is so cool! I just love having the smooth glass on top and then all the glue, paper and paint on the back. After gluing down all the peices I sprinkled some

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When I carried the baby down to the kitchen at 6:00 this morning, I found an old friend sitting at my kitchen table. I think Brent let her in last night. I have not seen Gillian in a long time!But the baby was hungry and I didn’t have time to visit right away, so I waited until he went down for a nap. I made a pot of coffee and took my friend out on the porch to see what she brought with her.The

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Last Sunday I transformed my basement craft haven into the CRAFT SHACK and had some friends over to share in some communal creativity and munchies. After talking about getting together for over a year, we finally did it and had so much fun.I showed some friends how to alter fashion magazine ads (you do NOT need to be a painter to do this). I keep forgetting to take before and after pictures of

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Viva Elvis! I made this for the Plaid Summer CHA booth in the Mod Podge display. I just think this little ode to Elvis turned out fantastic. Simply decoupage on some Elvis prints and load the inside with stickers, bottle caps, glitter, rhinestones, etc. The purple sparkle ribbon was a wonderful find during one of my shopping adventures. The cross is an iron-on applique - but who says you have to

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I have my very own autographed picture of me when I was 6 years old taken with Spiderman. You can't see it but it says "To Cathy from Spidey". This Polaroid was in one of those cheap old silver aluminum frames and as I was hanging some pictures in my craft room, I just had to change out the frame. So I found a wood shadowbox and decorated it with spiderman papers and images that I found on the

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Happy 4th of July everyone! I'll be doing the typical American way of celebrating this holiday...spending it with family, cooking out, maybe catching some fireworks. Of course, watermelon will fit into this senario somewhere.I'm continuing my baby print challenge by trying to think of ways to celebrate the holidays or special occasion with Hudson. This rocket idea just hit me last night and I

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Okay, okay...enough of the baby crafts you say. Since I don't have a ton of time to craft, I thought I would share a paper garland project I made last summer. This is easy to do. Remember when as a child you would accordion fold paper to make a fan, well you would use the same technique for this project.Take some fun tie dye paper and fold it up. Then gently tear the edge of the paper. Fold

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With Father's Day coming this weekend, I had to continue my footprint cards for the family. This one uses the footprints as leaves for the flowers.This is a birthday card for my sister-in-law. After I stamped it I looked again and could see a little caterpiller crawling around .

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Preserve and share those precious little footprints! Hudson and I made our own Mother's Day cards for the grandmothers, but this would be perfect for a birthday card as well. Time flies and those little feet will never be this small again. Also this is a great way to share the moment with family.I stamped the prints onto a 4"x6" card so that it can easily slip into a sleeve of a photo album. Of

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My own "Little One" finally arrived at the end of April. So I've been busy in the world of diapers, feedings, naps, etc. But around me all my friends are having their own little ones. Here's a quick rubber stamped card I whipped up in between having my baby in tow.I love using a bit of feather on projects, it adds some soft texture to the overall look. And of course if there's room for a

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I couldn't sleep one night, so about 3:30 am I got up and assembled some thank you gifts for an upcoming baby shower. I went into my craft room, which I haven't had time to enter since my pregnancy and whipped up these quick little tags to attach to the gift bag of goodies for my friends.So quick and easy, just use a circle cutter on scrapbook paper. Stamp and emboss the saying "Delight in the

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Well, I only have a few more weeks to go before the little one gets here. In the meantime I wanted to share a special present my friend, Sandra Evertson, sent me as a baby gift. It is one of her very cute Egglettes! I was so excited when I opened the box and found this little gem sitting there waiting for me.He looks so perfect in the nursery. You have to checkout Sandra's blog for some very

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As another project for the nursery I created these very, very simple wall art pieces. Once I decide on a name I'll do a third one with his initial and hang these vertically over the crib. On the Chinese Zodiac calendar this is the year of the mouse, so what a perfect image to use in the nursery.The square plastic frames came cheaply from IKEA. It comes in a pack of 4 and is double sided if you

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Here's a decoupage plate that I created to complete a set from last year (see previous post). Wouldn't it be lovely to have a wall covered in plates that you made yourself and then mix in some finds from antique stores? I can see myself adding to this wall, there are so many papers and colors to use!On this plate I cut the clocks, flowers and bed out of my magazines. What a great way to recycle

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My little nephew is getting ready to celebrate his very 1st birthday! I can't beleive a year has already flown by and leaves me to think how quickly my own little boy will grow up after he arrives.I bought a circle cutter some time ago and love it as much as my large, tabletop paper cutter. You can easily cut perfect circles of different sizes and place them on your project. You also don't

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Here's a special card I made for a special friend. Two tag shapes were cut out of cardstock and held at the top with a rhinestone grommet and flower punched out of glitter paper.Slide the two apart to reveal the inside message.Now how about a special tip for envelopes. Why not take a basic envelope, seal it shut and slice one of the short sides off. Punch with a circle punch, but only halfway.

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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat:They took some honey, and plenty of moneyWrapped up in a five-pound note.The Owl looked up to the stars above,And sang to a small guitar,"Oh, lovely Pussy, oh, Pussy, my love,What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are,You are!What a beautiful Pussy you are!"My hubby had never heard of this rhyme (which I find hard to believe), but I

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I'm already 6 months along now and the time is flying. So I'm trying to get the nursery together this month. My bedding arrived yesterday and I love it. Now I just have to pick a wall color and order the crib. It will come together soon. I plan to make some of the wall art pieces from some of my vintage wall paper books and once I have those I'll share some easy ideas with you all.

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I thought I would have lots of time to work on some Christmas project ideas, but about a week after I was let go I landed another job. Everything is going great - just staying busy learning the new ropes, traveling for business and, like you, preparing for the holidays.So, I'm sharing an ornament idea I created a couple of years ago that I still love today. These were 6" Glittery wood letters! I

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I actually have had some life changing events going on. I was laid off from my job right before Halloween. But I'm totally fine and have just been busy with other things right now.But not to worry. I'll be back with some Christmas ideas. I'm already thinking of some fun, easy ornaments to share with you. I love Christmas, so it will be here before we know it!

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"At the witching hour hang a bell of gold around a cat's neck and he'll do what he's told."This simple black cat hanging was done a piece of thick 6"x6"cardboard and leftover scrapbook papers. After adhering the papers down I dripped some Dimensional Magic or Diamond Glaze down the right side of the project. This is a special paint that dries to a clear shiny glass-like finish, but while the

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This is probably my favorite Halloween project I did this year. I just love the texture and detail on the lid. Just turned an old photo into Witchy Hazel by adding a black paper hat on her head and attaching the photo to the inside of the jar. The handle of the jar was wrapped in purple yarn and finished off with a computer generated "Aunt Hazel" nameplate.Now for the fun part...the lid. I

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Wow, October is finally here and that means the official launch of my Halloween Craft Showcase. You've seen some of these projects as they came to be, but I thought I would post a slideshow for some Halloween inspiration. I'll come back from time to time this month to share some instructions on these crafts. I had fun playing around for this holiday and I hope you all enjoy! Hopefully this

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I just wanted to thank everyone that has been by my blog to visit and comment. This is encouragement to keep sharing these craft ideas with you all. And if you have something new you want to share with me, just let me know. I love visiting other creative blogs too.I'm getting ready to head out of town for a few days and wanted to post another fun Halloween project! Here's a Garland for a

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The weather is changing with the Fall tingle in the air. I would love it if the weather was like this all the time. It's making me excited about cooking chili and baking pumpkin bread!Here's a little witchy project for you. The base is a sturdy paper cone that I wrapped with scrapbook paper and glittered. I threw together some crepe paper, feathers, toad charm and old photo to complete my little

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Okay, here's my grinning cat for Halloween. This is the partner to my owl trivet. I used a silver paint marker for the details on the whiskers, eye brows, nose and around the eyes. I just love that smiling black cat you see for Halloween particularly in paper mache figurines. Don't you get the strange feeling that she's was just up to something before being caught! You can use this same

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I've always wanted to try reverse painting on glass. What is this? Think of it as painting backwards - you have to paint the details in reverse order so that you don't cover up certain lines. For example on the owl's face, I painted the black areas first, then the eyes (green, white, then blue), then the beak before covering it with purple. If I didn't pay close attention I could have

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Well, I managed just fine with my cutie pie nephew! Other than not feeding him quick enough, I think it went well for my first time of babysitting. I couldn't get any crafting time with him...though he loved my jumbo spiders that I'm making for Halloween. However, here is the card I made for his dedication a few weeks ago. I rubber stamped with metallic inks and then used a brass stencil to

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I'm sooo excited with the anticipation of Halloween this year. Do you think it will be okay to decorate in September? Soon I'll be sharing several of my latest Halloween creations on this Blog. Unfortunately I get so wrapped up in crafting that I haven't taken step by step photos, but in the meantime I'll go through my archives to share some of my older Halloween crafts.I love to make cards for

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Continuing on with my obsession with decoupage and paper I found these unfinished wood magazine holders at IKEA to keep all sorts of magazine tear sheets, references and inspirations. So with lovely pink and blue papers, a splash of "leopard print", AND in keeping with my love of the "Polka Dot" I glued until my heart was content. I basecoated the wood and then decoupaged scrapbook papers on the

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My friend just celebrated her 40th birthday and being the crafty girl that I am, making her card was on my list. I'm in love with vintage circus-type lettering and searched on-line for a free font. Check out dafont.com for lots of choices. This one is called "Cast Iron". I just enlarged and printed out the "40", backed it to scrapbook paper and used Pop Dots (I live for Pop Dots!) to attach it

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I finally made it to the swimming pool after months of not being able to go. But after 2 hours it started to thunder! Just my luck! Am I ever going to be able to get a little tan before Fall gets here? After trying so many different ways to organize my rubber stamps I finally found a method that works for me. I took square wood trays, painted them white, lined the inside and the corner with polka

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I'm sure you all have held onto things for 10,000 years for that ONE day it will come in handy. I can't tell you how long this little ceramic box has been with me - calling out each time I looked at it to be dressed up. So, finally I picked it up and decided a little scattering of paper dots and Mod Podge would do the trick.Then, of course, I've had this antique beauty label paper for about 100

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"Pirates of the Caribbean" movies have really made some "seafaring-adventure souls" popular with kids and adults today. Skulls, haunted ships, ghost pirates are popping up in Halloween decorations this year. What a refreshing change from the traditional pumpkins and ghosts. I made these coasters with a 4"x4" cork base and some map paper decoupaged on top. Two circles were cut from some rough

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Have you ever been fascinated with the idea of capturing a fairy? I just love a little story told in a pickle jar. I finally captured my own little treasure this Spring. She was dancing among the blooming cherry blossom trees in my yard and I couldn't resist her charm. My favorite part are the bird eggs at the bottom of the jar. I scored some wood eggs at an after Easter sale at the local craft

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I love the shape of a takeout box. Imagine a wonderful treat in this cute container! I rubber stamped the bamboo design several times over scrapbook paper, punched out the hibiscus flower and backed the openings for a colorful POP! The pieces were glued to the box and the corners secured with silver brads. Oh, how darling!

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My guest room needed a little touch of whimsy on the walls, so I decided to make my own decorative plates. These are 8" clear, glass plates with cutouts from Better Homes & Garden magazine, scrapbook papers and paint. All was decoupaged and applied to the underside of the plate so that I still had the shiny glass surface on top. I think they turned out wonderful and added a bit of uniqueness

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Every year my excitement about Halloween grows and this year I have already started to think about ways to welcome Fall and celebrate the bewitching season. Some new art projects, fun recipes and even a costume for my kitty are all in the works. Here is a fun craft using catalog clippings decoupaged to the BACK of a discarded 8"x10" picture frame glass. After some magical touches it has become

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Hubby isn't going to be too happy to see that I used his pic to create this "Have a nice day" greeting to all of you. I created this blog just so I could send this out. (Do I really have time to blog???) Hit play, wait a few seconds for it to load and have a few giggles!

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