"V" Victoria

Here is the last one I had to get finished for a little bit.  I still have others to post (just can't do it yet).  So, ya'll will have some more letters to look forward to for a little while.
This letter was made for the little sister of one of the girl's that I made a letter for last year.  Victoria & Julia (you can see her letter HERE) share a room.  So they wanted the letters to be similar.  Victoria is only 2 & just started to take dancing, so we went with that theme.  We also wanted to keep the butterfly & flower thing going.  I did use a different butterfly & made the flower a little different but they are still similar.  After all, we want it to be for Victoria - not just a copy of Julia's letter.

Details:
I used my Gypsy & Cricut to design & create this project.
Cartridges Used:  Twinkle Toes, Accent Essentials, Simply Sweet, & Cupcake Wrappers
I added gems to the flowers & stickles to the stars, flower & butterflies.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

March My Pink Stamper's Design Team Post

OK, so this month our challenge is to do a scrapbook page.  This is truly a challenge for me.  You all can look through my blog to see how many lay outs I have previously done.  NONE!!!  I have made a 12x12 frame once, but that was it.  Then to add stamps to a lay out!!?  Robyn makes everything look so easy!!
So I made this layout using a picture of my kids that my mom had.  I loved the black & white photo set on the brown tone card stock.  This pic is about 6yrs old (4 & 8 - now 10 & 14).  When I saw this pic & was going through my MPS Stamps, I found the perfect sentiment stamp for this pic in the More Faithful Sayings Set.  (It's hard to get pics of my kids actually looking like they love each other - LOL)

Since I don't scrapbook I painted & distressed a 12x12 canvas & adhered my lay out to the canvas.  It was funny b/c my mom didn't want me to take her photo.  She wanted to keep it in the frame that she had it in.  When I showed her the finished project she asked if she could keep it.  LOL - that was my plan all along!!!
Closeup of pic & stamp:

The following pics are closeups of the flowers with a characteristic that we want to instill in our children.  All of these characteristics also came from the More Faithful Sayings Stamp Set.
True:  We want to instill truth & always want our children to be true.



 Knowledge:  We want to instill the knowledge of right & wrong & of course for them to embrace the opportunities for education that they have.

 Grateful:  We always want them to grateful & appreciative for everything that they have.

 Integrity:  We want them to have all of the moral & ethical principles that they should have to be honest & sincere.

 Humble:  We always want our kids to be humble in everything they do.

Details:
The polka dotted scalloped oval in the background is from the Imagine stock images & colored with the Imagine More Cart.
Flowers are from the Accent Essential Cart.
I tore & distressed all of the edges.  I used distress inks & gold paint.
For the canvas, I painted it with brown paint.  I used Crackle medium then painted with antique white paint.  I then used several colors of distress ink, walnut stains, brown paint, antique white paint, & gold paint.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Fleur de Lis Glittered Etching Glass Block

I made this glass block for my grandmother for Christmas.
I etched the Fleur de Lis onto the glass block.  I then filled in the etched area with Paper Glaze.  The Paper Glaze stayed inside of the etched lines.  I then poured glitter all over the face of the glass block.  Let it dry over night.  Remove all excess glitter & save it.  Paint the glittered design with Glossy Mod Podge.  This keeps the glitter sparkly & seals it all in so that the glitter will  not flake off.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

"R" Ryleigh & "R" Reed

This set of letters were made for some friends with twins.  They are fraternal twins, a boy & a girl.  The green was added to both letters to tie in the room color, since they share a room.
Ryleigh:  Pink & Sage Green, Girly

Reed:  Blue & Sage Green, Variety of Sports

I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design & create these projects.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Saints Themed Wreath

This wreath was made for a new baby that will be here soon.  The room is done is a sports theme & the parents are huge Saints fans.  This will, I'm sure hang in Austin's room for a long time to come.

I used my Gypsy & Cricut to design & create this project.
Carts Used:
Sports Mania - Football
Accent Essentials - Fleur de lis
Everyday Paper Dolls - Football Player
Varsity Letter (Lite) - Name,Saints & 9 (name & saints welded on Gypsy)
Disney Pooh Font Set - WhoDat (welded in gypsy)
All pieces (attached to the outside of the wreath) were cut from 140 lb. watercolor paper, painted with acrylic paint & sealed with Krylon Preserve It.
The center pieces were cut from cardstock & adhered to the back of the wreath.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Wall Letter: E - Elise

Here's yet another wall letter.  This one is for a little girl that is 8 years old.  She likes soccer, dogs, & butterflies.  Her room is a peachy color.  This is the letter that I came up with to represent her.  Sorry the pic doesn't show some of the detail.  I used water colors to tint the flowers & give them some shading & dimension.  I also added some Glossy Accents and MS Fine Crystal Glitter to the edges of the flowers to make them look dewey & sparkle.  Also the eyes on the dogs are glossy too (the dalmatian's don't even show up in the pic).

Details:

Cartridges Used:  Accent Essentials & George & Basic Shapes (Flowers), George & Basic Shapes (Name), Everyday Paper Dolls (Grass & Brown Dog), Create A Critter (Dalmatian & Butterflies), & Sports Mania (Soccer Ball)

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Camera Photo Album & Fleur De Lis Candle Bowl

A very good friend of ours was having some visitors in from out of town.  It was their first visit to see them & to our city.  She had asked me to make something for them as a memento.  For the mother she wanted to give her one of my candle dishes that I etched with fleur-de-lis.  I used the fleur-de-lis on the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge.

The daughter likes to take a lot of pictures.  So I figured I would make a photo album.  It had 10 pages (front & back) that I made out of water color paper and painted with acrylic paints.  I then painted cardstock and adhered it to the pages, so that it added room for at least 3 pics per page.  The front & back covers were made from corrugated cardboard that I cut up from a box.  I painted each of these with white Gesso & then acrylic paints.

The pages & covers are 5x7.  The cardstock is 4.5 x 12 & folded so that each part of the cardstock can fit a 4x6 picture or journaling if she wishes.

I cut the camera pieces & painted them with acrylic paint as well.  I added her initials & a fleur de lis as a symbol of our city.  I used heat embossing with UTEE on the fleur de lis to make it glossy & to add dimension.

 

Cartridges Used:  Create A Critter (Camera), Accent Essentials (Fleur de lis), Cuttin' Up (Initials), George & Basic Shapes (Background Rectangle for the initials)
All pieces of the camera were cut from water color paper & painted with acrylic paint.  After assembling the camera, I sealed it with Krylon Preserve It.  I then added the fleur de lis that was heat embossed with UTEE to add dimension & shine.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Another "A" for Alyssa

Ok so my friend that wanted the A for her niece Alyssa asked me to make another one. Alyssa's grandmother loved it & wants one for the picture wall where she has all of Alyssa's pictures hanging. What a great idea. So here is Alyssa's extra A.

Details:
I used my Gypsy & Cricut to decorate this letter.
Cartridges Used: A Child's Year (Fairy), Gypsy Wanderings (Butterfly - bottom), Graphically Speaking (Butterfly - top), Ashlyn's Alphabet (Name), Accent Essentials & George & Basic Shapes (Mini Faux Prima Roses)
Homemade glitter glue for swirls & accents on cuts.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Wall Letter - J for Julia

OK, so here is another one.  My friends are keeping me busy.  That's ok, because I love making these.  One of my very good friends wanted this one for her niece.  She liked the last "A" (Alyssa) that I made & Julia's room is dark pink.  Julia also takes Taekwondo.  So here is her letter; pink, butterfly, flower, glitter, & Taekwondo.  I like the style of each letter to represent the person it is for in some way, so that they know it was made just for them.  I also (even for the very young children) don't want them to outgrow the style of the design.  So that if I make a letter for a young child, I would like to think that they would still want to hang it when they are teenagers.

I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design & create this letter.
Cartridges used:  Sports Mania (Martial Arts Figure), Storybook (Name), Everyday Paper Dolls (Butterfly), Walk In My Garden (Scrunch Flower & Leaves), Accent Essentials and George & Basic Shapes (Mini Roses)
I used large bubble bubble wrap to make the background on the letter.  I then made some glitter glue (MS glitter & glossy Mod Podge) and painted some accents in the spots.  I coated the butterfly with Triple Thick & added Diamond Dust the the body of the butterfly.  I made the scrunch flower & painted each layer with home made glimmer mist before assembling and added a rhinestone to the center.  I made the Faux Mini Prima Roses, added a glass pearl to the centered, & clustered them at the bottom of the letter.  The name didn't show well so I made a background for it with some wavy decorative scissors & inked the edges.  I wanted the Martial Arts Figure to stand out, so I placed it prominently at the top of the "J" hook.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Wall Letters - Jenna & Alyssa

My best friend from high school had seen some of my wall letters & called to see if I could make some for her. She wanted to give them to her nieces for their birthdays.
I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design & create these letters.
Jenna is 5 years old, likes animals and the color blue. This is the letter that I designed for her.
The cartridges I used to make Jenna's letter are: Cuttin' Up (Name), Create A Critter (Poodle, Bird, & Monkey w/ Vine), & Animal Kingdom (Cat). I pop-dotted the wing on the bird & the head on the cat to give some dimension. As always I inked the cuts for some dimension & design.

Alyssa is 4years old and likes pink and butterflies.

I used my Gypsy and Cricut to design & create these letters.

The cartridges I used to make Alyssa's letter are: Ashlyn's Alphabet (Name), A Child's Year (Fairy), Designer's Calendar (Butterfly - I cut it out 4 times, cut the pieces apart, colored them all, & pieced them all together with their different layers.), George & Basic Shapes and Accent Essentials (Paper Roses - HERE is my post about them.) I made a template for the flourishes on the base of the letter, but I can't remember which cart they came from. I used it as a stencil, drew on the flourishes, made my own glitter glue and painted over my markings with the glitter glue.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Cricut Cut Swap for Joyce (1fotojoy) on YouTube

Momo from MadeByMomo hosted a Cricut Cut Swap. I was lucky enough to get in it. I was paired up with Joyce (1fotojoy) on YouTube. This is what I am sending her. Now, these pics aren't very exciting to see, but let me explain. Joyce is very talented - check out her YouTube channel to see for yourself. The cuts that she wanted, she wanted left plain & cut in either white, black, manila, brown or grey. she is going to decorate & embellish them to fit the projects she will be using them on. So I made multiples of all of the cuts. I do have some extras that I don't have pics of yet.

Joyce I am so sorry that these are getting to you a little late (explained in my email). Since they cannot go out into the mail until tomorrow due to the holiday I am making some extras for you too. I also have a surprise for you, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT A SPOILER - LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!!!
Here are the cuts that I have pics of for her.

HERE IS HER SURPRISE:
It is a sign for her craft room (space). I really hope she likes it. I had a ton of fun making it. The pic is OK, but it truly does look so much better in person. I can't wait for her to see it.

Here is the tag that I made for her too. I just wrote a note on the back for her.

Special thanks to Momo for hosting such a fun swap. I also want to thank Kathy Orta YouTube & Paper Phenomenon for THIS tutorial. I just had a ball making these roses. I cut mine at 1", 1 1/2", & 2". I will show close ups in a later post.
To see what everyone is making for this swap click on the title of this post.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

FRIENDS Wordbook - A Work In Progress

This project is a work in progress. I don't usually post about unfinished work. But Cute and Some is having its Contributors Showcase #6 this week. The guidelines for the projects are: It can be any type of project. It just has to have the colors green, or purple, or both and include a flower. When I read this, I knew I had to enter this project even if unfinished.
I am making this for my niece that is turning 13 at the end of this month. Her favorite colors are green & purple.
Cover:

Pg. 1:

Pg. 2:

I will post again about this when I have the entire book finished with details (well the details that I can remember anyway).
.gypsy File (pages only not embelishments)
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Happy Mother's Day - Flower Pot Slider

I started out making this as a shape card w/ the flowers sliding out. I had made a cupcake slider (on a base) & I liked this for the flowerpot too. I find that it helps me to keep from putting the flowers up too high, (I want it to fit into a regular envie.) & this keeps them within the correct frame.
These 2 cards are for my mom & grandmother. I am also entering this into Tracy's (Craft Junkie Too) Mother's Day Post and Cuttlebug Spot Challenge #4. So click on over HERE to check out every one's projects.

Details:
Gypsy to design & cut w/ Cricut
Flowerpot is from Walk In My Garden (blackout, welded at the bottom & edges glued) Flowerpot pieces were also cut in patterned paper & layered to the front of the blackout pot. The rim was embossed using the Cuttlebug & Floral Screen & Paisley folders.
Tag was cut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes, & More cart.
The slider & base were cut from George & Basic Shapes cart.
Flowers are from Sweet Treats, Accent Essentials, & Forever Young carts. They were made using the wet & scrunch method. I then painted them with a mixture of Pearl Ex, Gum Arabic, & water.
Inked all edges & embossed pieces before assembling. Added tag with ribbon tied around one of the flowers.
.gypsy File
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Girly Card - Forever Young

My niece inspired this card. So it will probably be her birthday card. She will be 13 next month & her favorite colors are green & purple.
I designed the card out in my Gypsy, but still didn't know how it would look. The girl is from the Forever Young Cart & the background shapes are from the Accent Essentials cart. I am very pleased with it after adding the ribbon & glossy accents to the flower & strip across the bottom of the dress. of course there is also a lot of inking around the edges w/ distress ink. The shadow layer of the girl is also inked up with Peeled Paint distress ink.
The only disappointment I have in it is the purse (notice it is not there). I had glossy accents on it & it got messed up. Also I attached the girl to the shadow first so the purse wouldn't fit right. Oh well, I'll know for next time.Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.Lori

Teacher Appreciation Gift 2010

Last year I made a few gifts for my daughter's teacher. She brought her gift almost everyday. This year, I am trying to get together some inventory to do my first craft fair. So, I decided to make just one really good gift for her 3rd grade teacher.
I put all the teacher related items, her name & a fleur di lis on it. She is a huge N.O. Saints fan, so I knew there had to be something on it to represent that part of her personality.

I used my Gypsy, Cricut, Pooh Font Set Cart., Locker Talk Cart., George & Basic Shapes Cart., & Accent Essentials Cart.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.
Lori