United guitar pick earrings

I know so far my blog has consisted mostly of cards, but I have actually made jewelry for almost 25 years. These days I specialize in jewelry made out of vintage and recycled game pieces. I sell my creations at Heart of the Lakes antique mall in North Webster, Indiana. I just had a bunch of guitar picks imprinted with my husband's band name on them. I got them back only a few hours before we had to leave for the first gig. I quickly made up a pair to wear out for the night.This weekend they had two great shows! If you are interested in earrings or even a pendant, let me know. You can check the band out on Facebook at The United Band. Please head on over and like them! Thanks so much! Again, thanks for stopping by, and please stop back soon.

Hello-peacock feather tag

Welcome to Tag Tuesday! I was worried that I wouldn't get this finished today, we still had a bit of 4-H to finish up, and time was running out. My daughter just has to glue a few more things on a poster in the morning, and she is done! Anyways, my tag today uses my favorite color combination and feathers, which I love. This peacock feather stamp is from Impression Obsession. The Hello die is one from Penny Black. Of course, there is a Tim Holtz stencil, Speckles. Well that is all I have time for tonight, I need to get to bed. Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

Thank You Gears

It is the start of a new week, a busy one here. Our daughter's 4-H general projects are all due, so I will be busy running into town numerous times to drop them off for judging. I am going to try to work on some projects of my own too. I am still making some cards for my booth at Heart of the Lakes in North Webster, Indiana. If you are in the area be sure to stop by, there are so many goodies! Well my card for today is one that I started days ago, and am just now getting it finished. I love gears! For the background I laid the cardboard gears that I cut out onto the card stock. Next I sprayed them with walnut stain and when that dried I sprayed them with Goosebumps texture spray. When I removed them they left their silhouettes. I then used some of them along with some screw brads to embellish the card with some great dimension. I hope you enjoy your week, see you soon!

wish

I am back with Tag Tuesday. Here is what I came up with.

The background is made with the leftover ink that I swiped up after doing last Thursday's make & take. We had everyone do this after making their tag. Then we had a challenge to do something with it, anything, as long as it used the leftover inks as the base. We had a great turnout for Stamp-N-Toys first challenge. We hope to have even more next time. Thanks to all who participated, and congrats to Louise, our winner! Thanks again for joining me on my creative adventure. 

Happy Father's Day

This is the card I made for my husband. He is a "rockin" awesome dad to our daughter. Please don't judge my coloring skills. I really do not like to color, but this stamp called out for it. The best part is my husband loved it, and that is all that matters! Thanks for stopping by on my creative adventure. I hope to be back soon.

4th of July

Here are the cards from the class I taught yesterday morning at the North Webster Library. If you have not done these classes before, you really need to check them out. They are offered the first Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m. and only cost $7.00. I hope you like these and let me know if you have any questions about them or any of my other posts. Thanks again for stopping by, and have a great weekend.

Flag Tag

Well I took this picture late last night and just now realized I did not post my blog. I was tired from a long, but good day of teaching. This is the make & take that I did at Stamp-N-Toys from about 11:30-7:30. Everyone really seemed to enjoy it. It got me in the mood for the 4th of July. It also coordinated with the classes I taught earlier in the morning at the North Webster Library. I will post those next. Thanks again for stopping by on my creative adventure.

Bingo Birthday

I am back again with a quick post. I am making some cards to sell at my booth at Heart of the Lakes antique mall in North Webster, Indiana. They are going to incorporate game pieces like my jewelry that I sell there. If you are in the area check the store out. It has so many great items! Back to the cards, these are my first ones. I thought they would be cool to find the age on the card and then circle it before giving it to the recipient. What do you think? Thanks for stopping by. Oh, I almost forgot, this Thursday, June 5th, I will be teaching at two places. At 10:00 a.m. I will be at the North Webster Library. For only $7.00 you will get to make 3 cards, what a deal. After that I will head over to Stamp-N-Toys for a tag make & take. It is only $2.00, or free if you spend over $20.00. Hope to see you there!