Nesting

 

I've been working on these cute little birds for weeks now (because I only have so much spare time). Today is my first day of 3 months of vacation (aka maternity leave) and since I'm still pregnant and not able to do a whole lot I decided to work on these birds some more.

 

I am making them to build a mobile. The pattern can be found here. I've made 7 birds twice. We shall see how I decide to finish putting it together...I have a few different ideas but not sure just yet.

Remaking Angels

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Depending on what's being imitated I would agree. In the following instance I was flattered!

10/30/2012

Benjamin had watched me make some angels in my craft room. The next day he was up on my crafting table imitating what I had done (don't worry the glue gun is cold...I do try to be very careful with my different crafting tools and keep them out of his reach or make sure they are safe). He had so much fun playing that I just let him keep going. Elizabeth was in the room with us too playing on the floor. I do enjoy hanging out in my craft room with my kids! I wish I had more time to do it!

It's a Girl Baby Shower Card

I am going to a baby shower tomorrow and had to make a new card to go with my gift. My friend at church is having a baby girl (I think it's the year of the girl again).

I am entering this card in two challenges:

Inside & Out at My Craft Spot

and

Pastel & Die Cuts at One Stop Craft Challenge

Stamping Flowers

I tried some new things and I'm not sure how much I liked it. I do like the flowers and had fun stamping them but the Thank You I should have chosen a different ink color. I forgot that the embossing ink takes on the color of the ink used instead of keeping it's white color. Ooops.

I am entering this card in the Share the Good News challenge over at The Crafty Pad. They have some amazing looking cards. I defintely need to get some old books that I can play with for crafting like this because what I had was not my first choice.

Hello Friend

I do love to craft but lately when I have time I don't feel inspired. I feel like most everything I look at is so amazing and I can't quite compete. I also think the mess of my crafting space has something to do with it. Which I am working on but I only have a little free time so not much happens.

I found some time to craft this weekend and created the below two cards. I'm entering them in the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge of Lace and Pearls. I don't have any real pearls so I used my liquid pearls.

Pen Holders

I've been working on my craft room and making it more organized forever now...huh?!! I found one of my books of craft ideas a few weeks ago and was inspired to make these cute cones (I had always wanted to make since I got the pattern) to hold pens. I have several gel pens and they sit in a huge tub that Benjamin loves to take and dump out everywhere. It's hard to see all the different colors I have too. So I decided to make some cones and see if I could use my wall space (again) to organize my crafting items.

What do you think?

Want to make one? Let me know and I will put a tutorial together. The first one took me forever because the instructions had no pictures. I took pictures on my second through the 5th one to ensure I would know how to do it again in the future and make anyone else's life easier.

The Magic of Winter

My craft room has been a disaster. I have too many projects going on (yes I said too many projects...your eyes are not deceiving you). I've been working to clean up my room and make space for Benjamin, reorganize for like the 5th or 6th time (okay maybe like the 10th or 12th time). I finally got it cleaned up enough to get something done though.

I made a card (it's not the only thing I've done but it's what this post is actually about).

Kimberly over at Craft Spot does a challenge each week and this week it was Winter Wonderland and using glitter. She makes some really cute stuff.

I dove in at the almost 11th hour and got something made to enter. I think it's cute.

I used my Winter Wonderland Cricut cartridge to create this card. I also used a lot of scraps which is always nice (oh that reminds me I need to organize my scraps of paper).

Hope you are having a great weekend!

So Many Challenges

Sunday afternoons like yesterday are always my favorite. No phone calls, no meetings, no plans, good food, chocolate, family time and crafting time!!!

I was able to get a few different cards created which was nice.

This one I did for a monochromatic challenge over here at The Crafty Pad. Doing this actually showed me how hard it is to do and that I need to open myself up to similar colors and patterns. I did also challenge myself to use a color I don't normally use. I loved out the buttons turned out. It reads "Sew...How are you?" Cute huh?! I found this paper while doing my other card and couldn't pass it up. Just a simple plain card.

I created this card to meet the color challenge here at Hamboe Hoedown.

I found a super cute card over here and was inspired by it. I created this card after seeing it.

Don't you just love this paper. It's a simple but cute Halloween card that I am submitting in the Halloween challenge over here at One Stop Craft.

This one is definitely one of my favorites that I created. I did some layered ornaments and then hung them from a piece of ribbon. I am entering this card in the Baubles or Anything Hanging challenge here at Crafty Hazlenuts Christmas Challenge.

I also made myself a light box to take photos in. It's not a very good one but I will play around with it.

Made Room to Craft

I took some time to craft tonight! My crafting room is beyond me right now. It's very overwhelming. I need to clean, organize and the dreaded step...get rid of things. We shall see if that part will actually come into play.

Anyways I made a slight dent in the room and while cleaning up a few things decided to make a card.

I am entering it the below two challenges:

Color Challenge over at My Craft Spot

Sketch Challenge # 62 over at Peachy Keen Stamps

I had fun making the card tonight and getting my creative juices flowing again.

Happy Crafting!

Bird Tag

I made this simple tag. It seems there are never tags on gift bags or least they are never on the one's I use (I like to reuse bags). I will using this one Saturday for a baby shower.


I am entering this tag in the Tag Your It challenge over at One Stop Craft Challenge.

Happy Crafting

Before going back to work I pushed myself to get some crafts done. I love to craft yet I have a hard time finishing crafts that I do with others.