Vintage Ladder

It's been awhile since I posted on my blog.  I've meant to decorate a ladder last year.  I had all the supplies. I used most of the things I had around the house.

I finally got it finished this year. I had so much fun making this. 

I have succulents - Hens and Chicks in the clay pots.

My sister Diane loved them and it is my way to remember her.

I only hope I can grow them as good as she could.

Supplies:

Rust-Oleum - Ivory Gloss Spray Paint

Rust-Oleum - Canyon Black Satin Spray Paint

Martha Stewart - Birds and Berries Stencils

Clay Pot - 4 - 6" clay pots

Succulents - Hens and Chicks

Vine Wreath - 16"

Bird House - Was a gift from my mom 18 years ago

Bird Feeder with stain glass - Was a gift from my mom 18 years ago

Ribbon - I had for many years now. I don't know the brand because it was off the roll.

Ladder

Valentines Card

Valentines for my husband. I have a poem I wrote on the back of the card.

Anna Griffin - Heart Easel Card Dies
Anna Griffin - Valentines Stickers And Sentiments - Flowers, Cupid
Anna Griffin - Smitten Dresden Foil Die Cuts
Anna Griffin - Pastel Blue Matt Foil Cardstock 
Anna Griffin - Blue Ice Foil Cardstock

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Anniversary Card

My wedding anniversary is in the fall. 
This is the card I made for my hubby. 
I'm trying to make cards ahead of time so I don't have to rush to get a card made.

Supplies:

Card Size 5-1/2" x 7-1/2"
Cardstock - Crafter's Companion
Watercolor Paper - Canson Mix Media 
Happy Anniversary - Crafter's Companion Dies
Leaf Punches - Martha Stewart
Tree Stamp - Crafter's Companion - Sheena Douglas - The Majestic Oak
Ink Pad - Crafter's Companion -  Friar Brown for distressing the edges of the leaves
Water-Reactive Dye Ink Pads - Crafter's Companion - Pumice, Pink Tulip, Plum Jam and Lemon Tonic

Butterfly Birthday Card

- Card Size - 6"x6"
- Floral Paper - Anna Griffin
- Green Pearlescent Card Stock - Crafter's Companion
- Butterfly Papillon Edgeable Die - Crafter's Companion
- White Pearls - Sara Signature Collection - Glamour - 
  Colored with Crafter's Companion  Alcohol Marker LV3.
- Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen - Used on Butterfly wings and purple flowers on cardstock.
- Bow - Stampin Up - Colored With Crafter's Companion LV3 Alcohol Marker

Happy Crafting
~Mary

Flowerpot Bunny Card

Supplies:

Card Size - 5-1/2"x8-1/2"
-Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers
-Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium Cardstock
-Crafter's Companion Die'sire - Dainty Daisies Corner Dies
-Crafter's Companion - Rabbit Garden Stamps
-Crafter's Companion - Pink Cardstock
-Offray White Ribbon colored with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Happy Crafting!

Mary

Be My Valentine

Be My Valentine 

 

 

 

Materials used:

- 8"x8" card

-Crafter's Companion Glamor Signature Collection - Dressed to Impress Metal Die

-Crafter's Companion - Only Love metal die

-Crafter's Companion - Only Words Alphabet metal dies.

- Crafter's Companion - Red Foil Cardstock

-Crafter's Companion - Shimmering Cardstock - Black Pearl

-Crafter's Companion - Shimmering Cardstock - Gold Dust

Winter Flight Card

Winter Flight
-Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers
-Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium Cardstock
-Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen
-Signo White pen
-Crafter's Companion Glitter Cardstock
-Crafter's Companion Torn Edge Die
-Penny Black Winter Days Stamps

My 2nd Candy Cane Wreath

My 2nd Candy Cane Wreath

Materials Used:
Pom Poms - 72 
Darcie - 28" Candy Cane wreath form.
Mary Maxim - Starlette Sparkle Yarn in Ruby and White

My 2nd Pom Pom Wreath

My Second Pom Pom Wreath

Materials Used:

Pom Poms - 75

Wreath Form - 16"
Mary Maxim - Starlette Sparkle Yarn in Ruby, White and Emerald

Oh Tannenbaum Christmas Card

This card was made with Anna Griffin Christmas Easel Card Kit.

Happy Holidays!

Joyous Noel Christmas Card

This card was made with Anna Griffin Christmas Easel Card Kit.

Happy Crafting!!

Festive Ho Ho Ho Card! Santa's on his way!

Made with the Crafter's Companion Gemini Hot Foilpress.

• The Deer head is a Crafter's Companion Gemini Foil Stamp.
• The Festive Ho Ho Ho is a Spellbinders Glimmer Foil Stamp.
• The Holly foliage was from Anna Griffin Christmas Easel Card Kit. 
• I made the bow with Stampin Up! Burlap Ribbon.
• The Snowflake acetate is from the Winter Wonderland Sara Signature Collection. 
• The plaid cardstock is from A Winter's Tale Sara Signature Collection. 
• The base of the card is made from Candy Red Shimmering Cardstock.  
• The foil for the deer head is made from Crafter's Companion Gemini foilpress Gold Papercraft foil. 

Merry Christmas!
Mary

Santa's Watching Christmas Easel Card

 

Anna Griffin Christmas Easel Card Kit

Pom Pom Christmas Candy Cane Wreath

It took 72 Pom Poms to make this Candy Cane Christmas Wreath.
I used a Darcie  28" Candy Cane wreath form.
Mary Maxim Starlette Sparkle Yarn in Ruby and White.

Pom Pom Christmas Wreath

It took 75 pom poms to make this 16" Christmas Wreath.
I used a 16" Darcie wreath form.
Mary Maxim Starlette Sparkle Yarn in Ruby, White and Emerald

Crafter's Companion Gemini Foilpress

I was able to get the Crafter's Companion Gemini Foilpress.  I am very happy with the ease of use and perfect results you get with your foil stamps. The Gemini Foilpress was made to be used with the Crafter's Companion Gemini Jr. There is also an extender plate for use with you largest Gemini die cut machine.

I have some foiling tips when using the Gemini Foilpress.

• You can use Anna Griffin hot foil stamps with the Gemini Foilpress.
• You can use Spellbinders Glimmer hot plates with the Gemini Foilpress.
• You can use Couture Creations hot foil stamps with the Gemini Foilpress. 
• You can use Ultimate Crafts hot foil stamps with the Gemini Foilpress.
• When using the Spellbinders Glimmer hot  foil plates and to die cut the image out.  I first foiled the image and then cut the image out using the normal Gemini plate combinations.
• If you have some over foiling you can use a Tombow Mono Sand Eraser to erase the foil.
• The Anna Griffin foil stamps and Spellbinders Glimmer plates are the same heat, plate layers and time settings on the Gemini Foilpress as you would use for the Gemini Foil Stamps.

This is the Spellbinder Glimmer Plate.  It has a Hot Foil plate and a cutting die to cut around the foil image.

  

This is another view of the 2 piece Glimmer plate and die cut to cut the foil image out.

This is an Anna Griffin Hot Foil Stamp.

This is an Ultimate Crafts hot foil stamp.

This is a Couture Creations Hot Foil Stamp

 This is a Gemini Hot Foil Stamp Die

 This darker die is a Gemini Hot Foil and Cut Stamp.




















This is the Tombow Mono Sand Eraser to erase over foiling I use.



Happy Crafting!!

Mary

I've been making pom poms for months for some Christmas projects.
Any guesses as to what I will be making with these?

Majestic Christmas Card

I had a lot of fun making this card with the Crafter's Companion Gemini Foilpress.

• The Deer head is a Crafter's Companion Gemini Foil Stamp.
• The Merry Christmas is a Anna Griffin Foil Stamp.
• The foliage was cut from Crafter's Companion Festive Foliage 2. 
• The Poinsettia Flower was cut from the Crafter's Companion Gemini Go Holiday Set. 
• I made the bow with Stampin Up! Burlap Ribbon.
• The Snowflake acetate is from the Winter Wonderland Sara Signature Collection. 
• The plaid cardstock is from A Winter's Tale Sara Signature Collection. 
• The base of the card is made from Candy Red Shimmering Cardstock.  
• The foil for the deer head is made from Crafter's Companion Gemini foilpress Gold Papercraft foil. 
• The Merry Christmas is foiled with Crafter's Companion Gemini foilpress Silver Shimmer papercraft foil.

Ribbon and Bows Christmas Tree Card

 

First Christmas card done for this year!
I used Crafter's Companion Festive Season Stamp Set.
I used Spectrum Noir Rose Gold Metallic Pigment ink.
I used Stampin Up! Bermuda Bay Ribbon.
I freehand cut the snowdrifts and present.
I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen to glitz up the Christmas Tree and Snow drifts.

Crafter's Companion Subscription Box 1

I received the 1st shipment of the Crafter's Companion Subscription Box 1.
It is only sold at HSN and there is 12 months of auto ship subscription boxes.
I made a card with what is inside the box. I will show pictures of the box contents later in the post.
I am so glad I signed up for the Auto ship to received 12 boxes of craft kits.
I am really enjoying this 1st kit. The papers are beautiful!

This is what the box looks like when you receive it.

There is a website exclusive to to those that signed up for the  

Crafter's Companion Subscription Box.

It has video tutorials on how to used the cut on the edge dies. 

There are also video instruction to make cards with the edgeables dies.

   What You Get

• 2 Metal Dies
• Die Cut Card Blanks - 24-pieces
• Envelopes- 24-pieces
• Printed Paper - 24-pieces
• Colored Paper - 24-pieces
• Ribbon - 29.5 feet
• Paper Flowers - 48-pieces
• Die Cut Toppers - 90-pieces
• Adhesive Faux Pearls - 100-pieces
• Rub Ons (includes applicator stick) - 60 Designs

Fan Instructions:

For the small fans in front I cut a 2"x8" piece of paper and scored every 1/2". For the large fan in back I cut 2 pieces of paper 3"x8" and scored every 1/2". Then fold the paper in to peaks and valleys. 

Happy Crafting!!

Mary