Here is the beginning of the Treasure Chest of Mini's of our trip to Cancun, Mexico 2 years ago, better late than never! The box is from Hobby Lobby, I painted the outside with grey, then crackle medium and then white paint. The crackle did not work all that great so I took the black distress ink and lighttly ran it over the outside. I thought that the cracks showed up a lot better. I then ran over it with Lindy's to give it the blue color. I used the Tim Holts flower die to cut out the flowers using Crinlin which can be found at Joann's. This fiber cuts very well and dies perfectly. I also stained the star fish with Lindy's. Stay tuned for the albums that will fit into the treasure chest. (well I hope that they all fit into the chest, I tend to make fat mini's)

Rep Your State ATC

What a great idea for an ATC Swap, thanks Tmika for hosting!! The idea was to create an ATC representing your state. I used the metal tape from the hardware store to cover the arch and Lindy's stains for the card and the I am Roses Flowers. It's a lot of fun creating on these tiny pieces.

I love this new stamp that I purchased at Archivers from Stamping Bella. They had quite a few to choose from and it was hard to pick which one to purchase but I did settle on “Park Bench Bella” I used the new stamp set from Technique Tuesday called "Just My Type" I have been looking for a set like this for months!!

I used Kraft paper along with the Stella Rose collection from My Minds eye. I love how it turned out, but I need a lot of work with the proper shading. Thanks for taking a peek!

I Am Roses In the Garden Contest

I am so excited to enter the I am Roses In the Garden contest. My Topiary was a work of love, I hand painted each flower and layered them on each level of the topiary. I had to stop and paint more flowers 3 times  I took a lot more than I thought. I painted them with Acrylic paint in Pink, Yellow and White. I mixed water and pearl glimmer mist to thin it out before painting. I then prepped the topiary with White Gesso to help with the contract of the dark green and the flowers. I adhered the flowers with Pearl stick pins all over the foam balls. On the bottom or the pot of the topiary I layered 3 different laces and adhered them with pearl stick pins. I added tulle, buttons, pearls and white wedding roses all over the top. After I completed the project I thought that my stick pins would look nice mixed throughout the flowers. All of these pins were from the different swaps that I participated in.

I hope that you like it as much as I so, it will look so nice in my scrap room after I finally paint it. Thanks for taking a peek!

Altered Garage Sale Frame

I purchased this frame at a garage sale a few weeks ago and thought that it could use a few alterations, LOL! I glimmered up some roses from WOC, the leaves are from I am Roses. I used some of my crinkled seam binding and a Tim Holtz frame. I really like how this turned out, now I just need to find the perfect picture to place in it. More Garaging tomorrow, I hope I find lots of treasures!!

TGF Birthday Card

I finally got the Creepin Creeper Crew Collection 1 and I could not wait to make a card for my friend for her birthday. Happy birthday Cheryl!! I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and Mineral Spirits and I used several different paper collections. Thanks for taking a peek!

Birthday Cards I have been working on

I have a lot of Birthdays coming up and wanted to create some cards with my new GF Stamps and some paper that I received at a crop. I only used a few sheets of paper from Imaginisce. I am not sure if this is a new collection, but as soon as I saw it I knew I was going to create cards. I use Prisma Pencils and Mineral Spirits to color the images and I can't believe how easy it is.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!