How to Alter Prima Flowers

Last night I was playing with Prima flowers. I've been working on a mixed media paper crown for a while and it needed something else, though I wasn't sure what it needed till last week. My local scrapbook store "Signed Sealed & Delivered" in Rogers AR got their new Prima Flowers in and I found just the right ones to finish off the crown. 

I also had a tube of white Prima flowers that I altered a bit and following is the step by step process that led me to the vintage style glittery goodness above.

1. You'll need some white Prima flowers.

2. lightly moisten the edges of a Prima flower and ink with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in tattered rose.

3. Now lightly ink the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in tea dye. Even though we will be covering the edges with glitter the Distress Inks blend very well and you get a lot of depth with just a little bit of color. It will make a difference in the finished product.

4. Run a fine bead of Beacon's 3-in-1 craft glue along the tip of each petal. (Beacon's craft glue is the best glue around, if you haven't tried it you really need to get some. You'll never use another glue again!)

(Closeup of the glue with pile of glitter in the background)

5. Dip the glued edge of Prima flower into a pile of fine glitter and repeat for each petal.

Finished glittered petals.

6. Add a fancy Prima flower to the center of glittered petal and add to your crown or whatever project you are working on.

My almost finished crown.

Front of crown. Uses Graphic 45 scrapbook papers, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, generic fine glitter, and Prima flowers.

Hope you like this look at altering Prima flowers. 

Have a very happy day!

ATC Holder

I found a little unfinished wooden box at Hobby Lobby a couple of years ago. It has two sections for holding two decks of cards. I decorated it with my initials on the front and added ribbon inside to split the two compartments into four for holding ATC (Artist Trading Cards).

These are a few of my early cards, usually trying out different techniques. 

I wish I could find another of these boxes because this is really handy for taking with me to crops and classes, and I want to make one a bit different. But at least I have this one. 

Little Artist

A layout I did about my Abbi. One day I was sitting in the studio crafting away and Abbi came up to me and said "Mom, I want to be a artist like you when I grow up." I about started crying, hugged her and we went to get her some craft supplies from Hobby Lobby. She's painting in this picture.

Love the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist for a background.

A layout about my dad

My dad passed away the week before last and I have been going through some old family photos that he had and working on some pages. 

This page entitled "A boy and his pup" uses Graphic 45 papers, some ribbon, and chipboard. I used the backside of a sheet of Graphic 45 die cuts because it had the nicest blue and red pattern to it. I then used the backside of their alphabet die cuts with all the letters removed over the pattern piece. I like the way it turned out.

 

  

That's my dad "Larry" and his "Pup Dog" in the early 1960's

Free Printable Birthday Gift Tags!

I made these birthday gift tags for a swap with some Fiskateer friends. They are free for you to print out for personal use. You may NOT print them to sell. Just left click the image to get the largest size then save to your computer. Then print. Three tags fit on an 8x11 sheet of paper.

Enjoy!

Wal-Mart strikes again!

Normally I don't put everyday things on this blog, I've tried to keep it more creative but this story just gets my goat! I live in NW Arkansas Home and Headquarters of Wal-Mart Inc and sadly I have no great respect for the retail giant, yes they do great things in the communities they are in, but they also do a lot of bad things. To be fair my local Wal-Marts donate a lot of things to community thrift stores and other charities but this story makes me very sad anyway.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/h-m-and-wal-mart-destroy-and-trash-unsold-goods-562909/

How very sad that a brand new garment was destroyed when so many children in that city could have used it. And to cut up coats and shoes that could have kept so many warm in these cold winter days is just THE most irrisponsible thing I can think of, not to mention heartless. Hail to the almighty buck! So sad, Shame on you Wal-Mart! 

GCD Studios Amazing Papers Ella Blue Collection

 

 

Everyone that knows me knows that I'm just a little addicted to brown and blue color combos and when they have a lovely vintage feel all the better. This new collection called Ella Blue from GCD Studios is "THE" thing for a romantic homey feel. Visit the following link to see more of the paper from this line. 

http://gcdstudios.blogspot.com/2010/01/please-welcome.html?showComment=1262715243202_AIe9_BEyKN5ZfxuoCGid73l9EPhe-7doDKJ1DXHxcGQtfujDQAzGiWe1xazHbKeGPefR2KvR5brS9QSRXMWRdIQPWceVrnieDLnjmxN0PI9aH3sGHY7H-LIiKeYa3KPlpLBITkeNJa5JslWNRLAsTsrupRKpwn5_tc3EPByl4xGYWuziYVD1B_JzLBCF21pIurljkvxj3lB1A6yk7ficUaCWTiByA9Gx2TrOIbjz6BrKBhj1if__QdQ#c2261174044127227867

Abbi's 5th Birthday Jan 2010

Yesterday was my Abbi's 5th birthday, I made her a birthday hat and cake stand. She loves crafts and was very excited about her hat.

Purple Cows MEGA Contest!

Check out this link to the Purple Cows HUGE Contest....

http://networkedblogs.com/p21802309

They are giving away a ton of Prizes, but you'd better hurry cause the contest ends Dec 30th!

Fun with Type!

 Just went and checked out this site...

http://www.typogenerator.net

 It's got a fun little gadget that will create type sets for you after you type in your text.

Here are a few I created...

 

 

These could be fun backgrounds or blocks for business cards, lots of uses...