Luck O' The Irish

Wow!  I kinda suck at posting to my blog!! Sorry about that folks.  Today I have an entry into the March I Am Roses Color Challenge, and to get it I interviewed Lucky the Leprechaun himself!  


I wanted to know what a Leprechaun carries with him - and it turns out his steamer trunk is quite full of goodies!  When I asked him why he carries around all this stuff and if it slows him down as he runs from everyone trying to catch him for his pot of gold, he answered:

"Well, me wife - she insists I carry around all this stuff.  Its really things that I collect during my travels that I'm bringing home for her.  Like emeralds, and gold and some flowers from my recent visit to Thailand.  I also like to have some mementos from home - pictures of me favorite drink, Guinness - and a picture of me lovely wife.  The trunk doesn't slow me down, I use me magic and me lucky charms to bring it with me."

I was extremely interested in seeing his steamer trunk, he agreed only because it wasn't his pot of gold - that was a closely guarded secret - I was able to snap some pictures:

Isn't it lovely?!


Thanks for checking in - will post more soon as I get back into the world of crafts!!

A Lil Scrap of Heaven's first HOP!

Welcome to A Lil Scrap of Heaven's first HOP!

Your Project: Mini Album, Layout, Card, Altered Item, Canvas, etc. (you can use something you've already made) With the theme: Family, Friends, Togetherness, Inspiration, community, Love, etc.

We are a large family @ LSH with over 1100 members and growing every day. We want to show you the love, fun, and creativeness we share @ LSH. There is 12 prizes hidden in these blogs from Sponsors such as:

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Here's my project:

You can check out a video of how I made this here:



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Me!

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Thanks for Hopping!

Playing with Alcohol Inks - Another Art Journaling experiment

So I recently bought a slew of Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, and decided to play with them. This is what I made:

Cool huh?

A little hostess gift for an Aussie friend

A few posts back I shared a chocolate box that I had altered for a swap - well the hostess of that swap is in Australia and due to the distance, she was unable to participate.  So I thought I would send her a small chocolate box that I altered as a hostess gift.

Don't you just love the butterfly - and a very similar frame idea. 

I made a video where I went into a little more detail as to what I did - you can watch it here:



Thanks for stopping by!!

Want to save money - make your own flowers to match!

So money has been tight this summer - and I've resolved to make my own flowers.  When I can buy a roll of white ribbon for $1, and make five flowers - of any color that I'd like when I can dye them with my Lindy's, its way better than paying $4 and $5 for one or two flowers.  So I've watched a couple of videos on youTube and decided to give it a try - here are my results:

 For these rolled roses - I followed this video by worker4ever123 and her mother.

For these grunge paper roses I followed this video by stampyra.

Bored one night - so a little art journaling on tags

So one night, I was feeling creative - but didn't really have a project in mind.  My boyfriend had brought home a four pack of Odells Brewery Double Pilsner with this amazing owl on it.  So I cut up the box, and made this lovely tag:

I even painted the glass myself!  I was so happy with it when I finished it.  It was my first step into a larger universe - of art journaling!!  I thought I'd share in the hope that it would inspire you to start art journaling too. 

Altered Picture Frame

About two months ago - one of my friends lost her horse unexpectedly and I wanted to send her something to keep a picture of him in as a memento.  So I made this using one of the plain wooden frames from Hobby Lobby:

I either hand dyed or painted all of the flowers to match one another.  I hand rolled a rose out of satin ribbon.

 I was told after the fact that her family kept items in specific colors for specific horses, and the frame that I had made for her was in the colors that were meant for her horse - so that made it extra special.

Thanks for stopping by!