Altered Tray

I recently joined a fun website (http://www.spottedcanary.com/) & was inspired to finally alter a tray that I received as a client gift (it had fun stuff in it....don't think my client was cheap & just gave me a crappy tray). I used Prove Craft holiday paper & used some ribbon that I couldn't throw away (it was on one of my Christmas presents last year & I knew I could reuse....how very green of me). I don't use mod podge very often, so I made a couple of mistakes. All in all, I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Here's the before shot:

And after:

Look ing for inspiration in the strangest places

So, I was driving by Sprinkles Cupcakes the other day & thankfully got stopped at a red light, so I could stare for a bit. In the windows were these great white flower shapes & some of them had red & blue stars in the middle. I didn't have any paper to sketch, so this is what I came up with from memory. However, it is still a work in progress, because I haven't yet found a font that replicates the fun Sprinkles font. Does anyone know of a similar font. Any ideas are very appreciated! Here's the card-in-progress:

simple card to jump start my creative juices

I'm working on getting back to some crafting (easier said than done, apparently), so I "challenged" myself to baby steps.....simple cards until I can get back in the swing of things. I started with this paintchip card. I always dig the look of paintchips & always look for inspiration from them.

trying to get out of my creative slump

My work schedule has been so hectic this spring that I haven't had much of a chance to do anything crafty in ages. Last weekend i tried to get my creative juices flowing again. Heck I was even embellishing ready made 'thank you' cards just to spark some creativity.

This is a card that our "kids" made for my husband who was working out of town this week. We hid this in his suitcase, so he could open it up while he was away. :) I wanted to have them stanp their pawprints, but was afraid of the ink being toxic to them. Does anyone know of any ink that's ok to use for this purpose? If so, please leave a comment. I would greatly appreciate it.

This next card came from paper I wanted to use, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to give it as a birthday card or another card, so I left it generic & will personalize when I am ready to send it. (not sure why my scanner is cutting off the right edge of the card.....sorry about that)

This next one came about, because I had no idea what I was going to do with this set of stickers. So I made a birthday card. (again, scanner cut off the right edge of the card)

A bella & a mystery stamp (at least to me)

Ladies, I need some help figuring out who makes the following stamp:

I received the image from one of my past bella sistahs & can't remember who right now. It's such a cute image ( I really enjoyed making a card to go with it), I'd like to buy the stamp. Any help is greatly appreciated. :)

And this kittycatabella I made for my husband. It's very appropriate, because we now have 2 kitties & they are exactly like the image. Polly is the one who bella would be holding & Raven would be the one on the floor. Our kitties are black, though, which created a challenge when coloring them in. Thanks for looking!

My first altered frap bottle

ok, so I've been seeing all these great frappuchino bottles & felt inspired to try it out. My husband was my guina pig. Not too bad for my first try although I did figure out some things NOT to do for next time. Try, try again....I say! :)

I used a bunch of quickutz hearts on the bottle

Here was his Vanentine's Day card & some more fun candy that I knew he'd like. I used my quickutz shapes for the candy bag....I really need to get a scalloped punch bad, but not until the economy turns things around for us & my husband can get his job back. Darn construction industry. Perhaps when President Obama comes to Phoenix on Wednesday something good will happen. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

We've kept it pretty mellow for Valentines day. We stayed in & watched LOST....I know, we're crazy! :)

I created this card today based on Sarah's bellaholic's sketch challenge #5. :)