Blog Catch-up

I am not very good at this blogging thing but, what the heck  for giggles I will post a couple of pics.  My crafting time is eatin' up by my 3 lovely chitlins and I wouldn't change it for the world.  Now if only I could figure out how to get by with less than the 4 or so broken hours of sleep I get now I could get way more done.  hehe. 

Here are some random cards I managed to throw in the scanner.

A few cards I made for NorthCoastArtSwaps.  They are an awesome group of ladies.  The theme was Recycled so everything had to be from recycled items.  I broke out the Sizzix and flattened left over beer cap.  My husband has been saving these for almost the whole time we have been married.  We are going on 17 years so that's a LOT of beer caps.  I am happy to get rid of as many as I can!!!  I then cut up a Starbucks bag my mom packed something in. 

I had so much fun that I decided to sign up to trade three more cards.  I broke into my salvage jar.  I save everything.  Yes, even salvages from leftover sewing projects.  Hence the reason I can't get too upset about hubby saving caps.  I cut up my 7 year old's homework and found a few other random things laying in my underwear drawer where I keep ripped off tags.  Totally random place to keep stuff but, like I said, I keep everything so I am running out of room.  5 people living in a 2 1/2 bedroom house.  Gotta get creative.

A couple more items and I'm done playing catch-up for now because the other stuff I have to share are future presents and I don't want to spill the beans.

Alochol Inks and Glass

I have been collecting some alcohol inks lately and wanted to move beyond playing with paper.  I had a candle holder from the dollar store that I purchased with intentions of using the inks right away.  There it sat on my counter holding my splenda for my blueberry oatmeal.  Mother's Day is approaching and my mom was coming up for a visit so what's a girl to do?  I remembered falling in love with some lanterns awhile ago so I went to Denise's Scrapbooking Room and grabbed her file.  She is so talented and has some amazing files.  Love this site.  I then cut it out of vinyl with my Cricut using SCAL.  Went crazy inking the glass with some alcohol inks.  Put the vinyl piece on.  Sprayed it with some sealer 3 times.  Lit a candle and smiled at the butterfly on the wall.  Sadly I didn't take a picture with the candle but take my word for it, it is fantabulous!!

So then I have been wanting to make a post it note holder forever so this is what I came up with.  I love my Zutter Bind-it-All .

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!  And because I am a Mom I have to share a couple of photos I took of Ali my 5 month old.  Love this girl.  She's a riot.