Feb 14th Valentine Block

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THE SCRAPBOOK GOODIES GIVEAWAY, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  HURRY!  IT ENDS JANUARY 11TH AT MIDNIGHT.

I was going through my craft room the other day and I came across a block sitting on the ledge that was calling me to do something with it.  I grabbed some Valentine paper, some modge podge, and some ribbon and went to work! 

This is what I came up with:

Watcha think?

It took me like 30 minutes or less to make.  I couldn't find my brayer, so the paper has some wrinkles in it, but no biggie.  I am soooo not picky!

I dusted off my Cricut and cut out that cute little heart on the right.

 I think I may make a few more and give them to the ladies from church I visit every month. 

I am really excited to share my other Valentine craft I have been working on.  Check back in a few days! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Yummy Scrapbook Supply Giveaway

I have to explain why I am having so many giveaways.  What I am about to show you is really embarrassing!  I am so tired of it though.  I have to confess something.  I am a scrapbook hoarder.  Really!  I love to buy scrapbook supplies, but I haven't scrapbooked  in like a year.  Pathetic isn't it?

I can't believe I am actually showing someone this!

most of those books on the bookshelf are hubs!

Well, this year I am determined to do something about it.  My 16 year old daughter would love to have her own room.  She has been sharing a room with her 9 year old sister for several years.  Because of my craft hoarding she can't have her own room.  So I am here to tell you, she WILL be in that craft room before her 17th birthday March 8th!  That is my New Years Goal (1 of them anyway). 

Do you think I'm crazy?  That's why I am giving this wonderful scrapbook, paper, stickers, etc. away.  I am going to keep a few things (like my My Minds Eye paper that I adore, my Cricut and a few other things). 

Now onto the more exciting stuff!  Here is what I am giving away:  

-32 sheets of beautiful 6 x 6 American Crafts paper
-8 pages of American Crafts Journaling stickers
-American Crafts Thickers chipboard letter stickers: Jewelry Box
-8 pages of American Crafts Clear back stickers (40+stickers!)
-I am including some cute Valentine Tags I handmade myself.  You will get 5.

Hows that for a Giveaway?  I would have added more, but gosh, shipping is so expensive ya know?  Baby steps. 

Btw, all of this is brand new and has never been used.  Just in case you were wondering if some of the stickers were missing.  Nope.

Here are the ways you can enter.  Please leave one comment for each entry!

1. Mandatory:   Follow my Blog!  I love my followers.  You are all so sweet!

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3. Fan me on Facebook.

4. Subscribe to my RSS feed.

5. Leave a sincere comment about what you would like me to giveaway in the future: Paper, stickers, handmade cards, etc.

There you go!  This giveaway will end TUESDAY January 11th at midnight.  I will announce the winner Wednesday. 

Happy New Year!

Since everyone in blog land is doing this, I thought I would post my top 5 posts for 2010.  It's been quite a year and I have loved blogging!

My first year, I hardly posted, but now I try and post 3 or more times a week.  Blogging is one of my favorite hobbies!  Is that weird?  Even more I love to search all of your blogs and see what your up too.  Is that nosy?  Sorry, I can't help it.

Well, here it goes! 

 #5 Fabric Christmas Tree

#4 Board Book Tutorial

 #3 Pink and Black Chic Ornament

 #2 Let it Snow vinyl picture frame

 #1 Scrapbook Paper Ornament tutorial

I think my favorite is the Scrapbook Paper Ornament Tutorial!  I love all the pretty colors. 

Which one do you like the BEST?  What crafts would you like to see more of in 2011? I would love to hear your feedback!  I really appreciate it!

I Heart You Valentine Flower Pot decor Tutorial

 I couldn't wait any longer!  I had to come up with a cute Valentine decoration for my house.  I really like how it turned out.  I especially like the fact that I only used stuff that I had around my house and I didn't spend ANY moolah on it! 

Isn't it lovely?  I love how it turned out!  It took me about 2 hours to make.  It's hard to tell, I would do some, then go do something else.  It didn't seem very long though!

Wanna know how to make it?  Here are the directions:

 Supplies:

1/8-1/4 yd of 2 coordinating fabrics

same amount of cotton batting

flower pot

3 sticks cut in different sizes

buttons- I used 6

ric rack

glue gun

Burlap- just enough for 3 small circles

white tissue paper

sewing machine (or you can sew it by hand)

paint- I used Americana and mixed Spa Blue and Salem Blue together

Green floral foam- just a little square block

First, you have to pick some cute material.  I chose MODA Basic Grey's Blush Fabric.  Super cute!  I love the colors.  For the heart shapes I googled heart templates and got tons of different sizes of hearts.  I chose 3 different sizes and printed them out, cut them out and used them to cut out my fabric hearts.

Here is what my flower pot looked like before.  Not too bad, but I have had it stored away for a long time and it was scratched. I wanted to paint it Robin egg blue to match with the fabric!

I didn't do this, but I should have painted the pot first, so it would have plenty of time to dry while you sew your 3 hearts.  I put 3 coats of paint on my pot.  Oh, and paint your 3 sticks! 

Now, sew your hearts.  I cut out the batting a bit larger than the fabric hearts, so it stuck out a little from the edges, then I used pink and red thread to sew around the hearts. 

Next, I cut short strips of large and small rick rack and got glued them on.  Then I glued 1 button on the end of 1 of the pieces of rick rack.  Don't burn your fingers!  That stuff is SUPER hot.

Now, here's where I kinda stopped taking pictures.  Sorry, I got really excited about posting this, I forgot to take the dang pictures!  

When you get the hearts all done.  Hot glue the hearts onto the sticks. I also cut out a piece of fabric and glued it on the back to cover up the stick. 

Cut out 3 small shapes of burlap, and fabric to glue on the pot.  I just randomly cut out my shapes to look kinda like posies (I know, they don't really look like posies). 

After I cut out the shapes, I frayed the burlap a little, meaning pull out some of the burlap so it looks frayed on the edges (I hope that makes sense!).  Now glue the fabric shape on top of the burlap, then a cute little button on top of the fabric.  Glue each shape onto the pot.  I glued on 3. 

Here is a close up of the burlap and fabric flowers.  I also sanded the flower pot a little around the edges and I like how the red came out from underneath, don't you?

Lastly, put the green floral foam in the pot.  I had to cut mine quite a bit to get it to fit.  Then I stuck my cute little hearts in randomly.  To cover the nice green foam, I cut strips of white tissue paper and wadded it up, then set it in the pot.  

Here is a close up of the hearts.  Can you see the very small amount of snow we got overnight?  Yea, neither can I.  But it's there, promise:)

Now, display it so your friends and neighbors can see it and be jealous that you are so crafty!  Enjoy.

I am linking up to these parties:

Another One Bites the Dust

Oh..... now I know that sounded cold hearted, but I didn't really mean it that way. 

Yesterday, my 9 year old DD went downstairs to feed the pigs (Guinea), and she found Ethel dead and stiff as a board.  She came running upstairs crying.  I felt so bad for her.  She loved Ethel very much.  Ethel's original companion Lucy died about 8 months ago. 

Hubby and I traveled about 4 hrs. to get a new companion for Ethel.  Her name is Dolly.  Dolly is a little funny.  She doesn't like to be handled AT ALL.  Her face kind of reminds me of a rat's face.  Let's just say we haven't gotten as attached to her as the other 2 ladies. 


So now we have to decide whether to get another companion for Dolly, or find a home for Dolly.  I am leaning toward finding another home for her.  If we get a new guinea pig I am afraid she will be mean to it.   We will have to discuss this as a family and decide. I am voting for a dog. 

Just what you wanted to read about.  My Guinea Pig woes.  I will quit rambling and show you the cute picture of Ethel:

These ladies were best buds. We are sad that Ethel is gone.  Rest in peace Ethel! 

Winter Craft ideas

Yes, Christmas is over, and I really do love this time of year, but it's always kind of a relief when it is over!

I am not quite ready to go full on into Valentines Day yet, so I found some really cute Snowman ideas for crafts.  Here they are:

This is such a simple, but very cute idea for a card.  Kids can easily make these!  You can find the directions HERE.

I think these little guys are so adorable!  Find out how to make them HERE.

This is one of my favorites!  I love the cute little mittens and hat with scarf.  Easy to make. Find out HERE.

Cute little Pom Pom Snowmen!  Love THIS idea.

I hope these inspire you to make some Winter crafts!  I don't want Winter to be over quite yet, even though we have gotten nothing but this:

 I would really like to see some of this:

According to the latest forecast, we may get a little (fingers crossed!).