3 Projects For Mother's Day




Beautiful and Elegant Padded Cigar Box Purse I Made



 

Exploding box for Mom.


 Every year for Mother's Day I go out of my way for the two important Ladies in my life, my Mother Vera and Mother-In-Law Marge. This year is no different then any other. It gets harder each year since my husband and I come from huge families; I from 10 kids and he from 12 kids so I am always coming up with new ideas. These are just a few I have done. 

 

Exploding Purse card open.

I hope that you find these inspiring and surprisingly they were not that hard to make. If you would like to learn how just comment and I can do a tutorial.  These can't be bought in any store and the element of surprise is definitely worth it! Till next time, Many blessings to you all.





 









Crafting Away.

 

My niece loves fairies so this is a card I made using Crafter's Companion's Flower Fairy  Range.



I have a lot of new creations on the brain. Sometimes it is hard to keep up. I will be posting them soon since I have just received my shipment from Crafter's Companion and boy am I amazed!

 In case you haven't heard of them, they are a company out of the UK and also in the US. You can check them out for yourself at www.crafterscompanion.co.uk and www.crafterscompanion.com for the US site.

If you love crafting as much as I do I highly recommend their products, you will not be disappointed. They have a large supply for all your paper crafting needs and now they even have beading!

I am making some creations using their products and will be posting pictures on my blog. Until then many blessings to you all!



My niece loves Tinker Bell so I made her this wrap around bracelet/ necklace and added some trinkets.

Her Tiner Bell shoes that I made for her.

Matching Tinker Bell purse made to match.

8 Steps To A Memorable Gift

Here are the items needed for this tutorial. You will need a shadow box of your choice of size, I used a 8 by 10 for mine.

You will need your photos and your selection of background, since this is a Rome theme I have chosen the St. Peter's Basilica because it is a well known Rome attraction.

The card stock I used is called European Travel and it can be found at Michael's craft store. 

I also bought Rome themed 3d embellishments which were $3.99 at Michael's.





Take your shadow box and take off the backing. My shadow box came with Velcro on the back, this came easy when it was time to add my background all I did was add the Velcro to the card stock and I was able to move it into place. Cut your card stock or background down so that it will fit into the shadow box.



 

If you'd like you can add 3d tabs to your background for a 3d effect as seen in the picture here. Notice how the St.Peter's Basilica grabs your attention?I also did this to the angel statue.
 


To add a 3d effect it is quite simple, just cut out your picture and add the 3d tabs.

 I used two pieces of the same card stock and just cut out the St.Peter's Basilica and the angel statue then added 3d tabs to make them stick out.

 I also did the same with the added photos and Rome embellishment. You can also add extra embellishments to the outside as I did here.

 
For an antiqued look you can also burn the edges of the paper, BE CAREFUL NOT TO LET THE FIRE GO TOO LONG OR YOUR PROJECT WILL GO UP IN SMOKE!!!!  Make sure you have supervision if you are not old enough.

When In Rome 2

  

I finished the Rome themed shadow box my co worker wanted me to make for her Mother's Day gift. It was so much fun doing it!






Below is the Colosseum themed easel card she asked me to make to match.

Colosseum themed easel card laying flat.

Colosseum themed easel card standing up.

  

  

When In Rome

Today I picked up my materials to make my co worker's Mother's Day gift. It is a Rome themed memory box. I went to Michael's craft store. She asked me to make a Rome themed shadow box and matching card. I will be posting the tutorial very soon so make sure to check back. Ciao!

  

  

Still Crafting Strong

I just got back from a wedding shower lastnight and they loved the card box, yay! I feel like I had been abandoning my blog and so thought I should write. Today I am going to go to the craft store and get the materials I need for a Wedding shadow box. I now know that the wedding colors are lime green and blue so I will need to incorporate that into my ideas. I will be posting some Mother's Day gift ideas as well and for those of you who would like to know how I make my creations, please comment below and I will do a tutorial on the creations you chose. I will begin by saying that I have a walker now! Jonah is walking and I am a proud mama. I will post more.