Another Prayer Board

I was asked to make another Prayer Board. This time it was for our Pre-K class...Ms. Nan wanted pastel colors...This is the medium size (14x16)...There's also a cross on it that I painted on with Metallic Champagne....you can't see it unless you happen to be standing in the right light...

NON-CARD MAKING ITEMS

I made one of these dogs for a friend of mine. She has a beagle (Miss Dixie) who I used as my model for the bottom dog...I used acrylic paint on wood letters then hot glued them together...The top dog (didn't realize that was coming, "top dog", really!) is fashioned after my 2 fur babies - a full Border Collie and a rescue that looks to have Border Collie and Dalmation...

Wedding Gift

I made this as a wedding gift for Liz and Dan. They go to the same church as I and she is in charge of the Cafe Team that I volunteer on. They are getting married 29 Jan 11 at Disney World. They are so excited and such a cute couple. Her colors are "Cinderella Blue" and cream. So I tried to find some paper that would have those colors. The tag is in a little pocket and can be reversed. On the other side it says, "To Have and to Hold". I put the picture of the Disney Castle until they can get one of their own. Which, by the way, they should be able to since they are honeymooning at Disney World. On the back of the frame I couldn't resist putting Cinderella.

Last Present

I made this for my friend's birthday that's on the 26th. This is a CD holder that was sent in the mail and was very sturdy. I covered the front/back with Japanese Washi paper. On the inside left used cardstock and inside right more Washi paper. I stamped on the cardstock. The pink Geisha I stamped on washi paper and cut her out. I used H2Os to color her hair, Obi and tea carrier. Then I used glitter pen for the tea cup. Cut her out and mounted her. The other 2 Geishas are a 3D cut out I have. Boy, some of those pieces were small!

Another Christmas Present

I decided to make a present for my Bible Study gift exchange. We held it at the home of one of the leaders. Each of us was to bring a gift and our favorite salad or dessert. I'm all about desserts! Anyway, I created a book of "recipes" for Joy, Peace, Strength and Love. I used a scrapbook and then used stamps etc. to embellish the pages. I have a couple sets of little inspiritional cards in boxes that address those 4 things. So I used some of them by putting them on the computer then printing them out. Cut them up and stamped on them and mounted on the pages. Even made little places where they could write there thoughts or answers down to some of the questions. Had a lot of fun creating it. The person that ended up with it told her friend she hoped nobody would "steal" it from her as she could really use something like that in her life right now. I felt it was in the right person's hands. I only photographed the first set as the rest are pretty much the same. A little variation in the stamping but I used all the same 3 sets for the "recipes".

Pineapple Welcome

I have a very good friend who retired from the Army after 30 years of service. A while back we had gone on a road trip to Charleston, SC. Everywhere we went there were pineapples. She kept asking why there were so many. Her, being from the north (New York) didn't understand the southern sign of "hospitality". So I explained it to her and ever since it's become a joke whenever we see pineapples. SO...I thought she deserved a "Welcome Pineapple!" I used distress inks to board and rubbed it in with a paper towel. Stamped the pineapples in brown all over. Used coordinating colors of cardstock and put letter stickers on it. Scratched out some of the color on the letters and it made it look a little more worn.

PRAYER/STORY BOARD

For this board I used acrylic paints in cream, light turquoise and apricot. I painted little dabs then rubbed in with a paper towel using each paint seperately. Stamped the backgrounds once the paint was dry. Used the premade tags and used the DTP with coordinating inks. Stamped and layered the words. Stamped a flourish on the backs. Colored the self adhesive hooks with markers.

PRAYER and/or STORY BOARDS

This is a prayer board I made as a possible project for the kids at my church. I scaled it down from a possible 12 to 3. I found the project in one of my MANY books. For this one I took an 8x11 Artist's Canvas and did DTP (or canvas) using distressed inks. I used a yellow, an orange and a red. Once it was dried I took swirl stamps (in brown) and stamped in the cornors. I used tags (the ones already made!) and did DTP with the same inks. When they dried I stamped and layered the words to the front then applied the flowers. I used self adhesive "hooks" colored with markers and wiped off.

KIDS VBS ART CAMP

This project was done by the K-5 kids at my church. This was the sample that I made for them. The kids got to paint their frames the blue. I made the flowers/leaves with colored ink and embossed clear. Then I cut them out. Once the paint was dry the kids got to glue them on. The picture was something I had and just put in the frame. They had a lot of fun.

Book Marks

I made these book marks as samples for the kid's ministry at my church. I got with the person in charge to see if I could help out with the arts and crafts. She was thrilled because as she put it, "I'm not very artsy/crafty". Anyway I brayered front and back with rainbow pads. Added stickers to the front. Stamped swirls on the back. Computer generated the saying (sorry it's blurry!) that says, "Mothers hold their children's hands for a litttle while...their hearts forever." Printed it on white paper then brayered over it with the same color pad. mounted it on black then onto the bookmark. Laminated it then added the fibers. Anyway, my friend and I are going to come up with about 40 little "kits" for the kids for Mother's Day. We'll do them the weekend before so I can take them home and laminate and be ready for Mother's Day!

RIBBON BOXES

These are my own home made ribbon boxes. I bought photo boxes and covered them with Japanese washi paper. Poked holes (kind of a pain) and secured them with large eyelets. Bought dowels that would fit through the ribbon holes and cut them to size. There you have it! Ask me if I'm doing this again? I don't think so.:<)!

CHRISTMAS PRESENT

One last Christmas present. It's mounted on cardboard. The background paper is white mulberry that was sprayed with 2 different colors of Memories Mist sprays and 1 Glimmering Mist from Tattered Angels. Dried it with the heat gun. The white line through it was done with the Clorox pen then dried with the heat gun. The long strip is just DTP and the image was stamped in black and I used colored pencils.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Tumbled Tiles

I made these tumbled tiles for a couple of women in my Bible study group. I used alcohol inks and Staz On black. Then baked them at 350 for about 15 minutes. Added the ribbon to the green one.

CHRISTMAS PRESENT - Mini Book

This is a mini book I put together for a christmas present. The happy couple celebrated 25 years together. They took a mini vacation to Colonial Williamsburg. I snuck some pictures to make this. The front cover is cardboard covered with fabric. I punched holes in the spine and used ribbon to "tie" the pages.

Pages 3 and 4 are a little bit of Williamsburg history and events that happened.

Pages 5 and 6 are pictures of Williamsburg during the fall when they went.

Pages 7 and 8 reflect the times.

Pages 9 and 10 iron smiths at work and the firing of rifles.

Pages 11 and 12 show the Fife and Drums, a woman in her Apothocary and one of the gardens.

Pages 13 and 14 restaurant logos, a couple of recipes and a colonial table setting.

Pages 15 and 16 show a sunflower and the happy couple with a anniversary poem.

The last 2 pages reflect life, a map of Williamsburg and 25 years!

CHRISTMAS PRESENT

This box was made to hold a mini book for a christmas present for friends. In October they celebrated 25 years. They took a mini vacation to Colonial Williamsburg.

25th Anniversary

I made the birdhouse for some very good friends. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this month.I didn't do the "traditional" silver. I decided I would do something in "silver" as a Christmas present. She likes birdhouses and fall colors so of course I went with that. Added the "B" for their last name. They were thrilled with it. The card is stamped on cream cardstock and done with colored pencils. Then I added Stickles to the feathers.

Dream Box

I made this Tulip Dream Box for a friend's upcoming birthday. She had seen the one I had done for the workshop and liked it. Told her I wasn't going to part with it..lol!! So that gave me the idea to do one in her favorite color purple.

I helped Lori make this card for her friend's daughter's graduation. She's a violinist with her school's orchestra.

GRADUATION

These altered photo clipboards I made as graduation gifts for the "girls". The first one went to my son's (he graduated last year) girlfriend. The other 2 went to my neighbors on each side of me. I made up Rubber Maid baskets with a towel set, highlighters, pencils, pens and cute stickey notes. Put the photo clipboards in there with little silver stands.