Something completely different...

Ok, this is my first time ever making a wreath, so please be nice :-)

It's nowhere near perfect, but I am pretty impressed by how it turned out :-) I've been wanting to create a wreath for many years now, but never actually did. I was always overwhelmed by the amount of products you can buy, and never knew where to begin. This year I did a pinterest search for wreaths, and came across so many beautifully designed ones. And so it started.

I actually wanted to create a Fall wreath, but when I went shopping for supplies, all Fall items were on clearance and hardly anything left. So I decided to create a Christmas one instead, Christmas is only a few weeks away anyway.

My supplies came mainly from Joann Craft and Fabric, with a couple sprigs that I picked up from Walmart. The owls I found at Menards, they are actually ornaments, but I cut the hanging loops off.

After the hardest part was done - deciding what to purchase - it was fairly easy to put together. The next challenging part came when it was time to make and attach the bow, but I somehow managed thanks to a youtube bow-making video I watched. Now I just need to glue the owls on, they are still loose right now, and will be using my hot glue gun. 

This wreath will be hanging on my living room wall the day after Thanksgiving :-)

Hope you're having a nice and relaxing Sunday. The weather is beautiful here in my part of the world so I will be doing a little yard work before it gets dark outside. Lots of leaves were blown onto the corners of the house last week in the storm. 

Belated Birthday

Happy Friday!

Did you  check out the Whimsy blog yet to see how you can enter to win one of the 3 wonderful prizes? If not, you still have plenty of time! Super easy to enter too, you can read about all the details here. 

For my Whimsy card today I used the super cute stamp Butterfly, Snail, Toadstool from the KHB collection. Loved coloring up this cutie! I had colored it with copics a few days go, but wasn't 100% happy with how the large mushroom turned out. And since I do love coloring so much and had extra free time, I decided to get out my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and do some more coloring :-)

Aren't these critters adorable!! I thought they'd make a great belated birthday card :-)

Anyway, the image has been stamped onto Brisol Vellum card stock. I used baby oil for blending. Baby oil in place of mineral spirits work great with these pencils, as they contain oil pigments. 

The designer paper is from my stash, it's also from Whimsy, but no longer available. Sentiment is from the set Simple Everyday Greetings from a previous release. 

This is a flat card with no added embellishments or glitter. Loving how it turned out! I can't even remember when the last card I made didn't have some sort of twine, ribbon or glitter on it.

Above is a picture of the inside.

 I used a sentiment from the set Birthday Greetings and stamped a couple butterflies. 

Above is a closeup view of the cute image. 

Challenges:

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Include A Sentiment
Fab 'n' Funky -  Clean & Simple

Thanks so much for visiting! 

More Christmas Critters

For today's card I used one of the cute image I colored for the daily marker challenge, from the set "Deck the Halls".

The card and the stamp sets I used here are listed on my Ebay, if you're interested. Or you can find Deck the Halls here in my Etsy shop.  

I colored the image using copic markers on xpress it blending card. Crystal effects was added to the berries. White card stock was embossed using a Christmas embossing folder. I used a sentiment from the Penny Black set "Season's Gifts". The little holly leaves are from an older PB set, not sure of the name of the set.

Playing along here:
Inky Impressions -  Our Furry Friends
Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Crafters  - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
A Snowflakes Promise  - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme
Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes
Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft -  Traditional Christmas
The Corrosive Challenges - Add a Sentiment

Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you're enjoying your day!

Whimsy Stamps - November Release News and Inspiration

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!! 

 It's time for the monthly Whimsy Stamps rubber and clear stamp release and the design team has been busy creating cards and maybe some other projects with the new products.

We've changed things up a bit, there is no longer an official blog hop, but you will still find lots of inspiration using these new products over the next 3 days. Of course we'll still have prizes too. Just check out the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations blog to find out how to win!

For my card today I used the super adorable stamp set Critter Cuties, from the Crissy Armstrong collection. Love this set!! It includes 3 adorable little critters, some paw prints and several cute sentiments too!

I used the cute kitty from the set, along with the paw prints. I wanted this to be a birthday card for a little girl, so I used another sentiment from Whimsy, not from this set. Papers are from my stash, card stock is by SU, and I used copics for coloring the image on xpress it blending card. For embellishments I added some polka dotted ribbon, twine and a couple sticky rhinestones. Sewed the edges to finish it off. 

 Here is a close up of the cute image.

You can find the Whimsy products here:

Critter Cuties

Everyday Moments

Birthday Greetings

On the inside I used the paw prints again, along with the heart that's part of the set. The birthday verse is from the older Set Birthday Greetings.

 

I will be listing this card on my Ebay later today (Wednesday) if interested. Link will follow once listed.

I am entering my card here 

2 Creative Chicks- Anything Goes

 ABC Challenge U is for Unlimited
 Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Something beginning with a B (bow on kitty or on twine)

Sweet Stamps - November -  Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges - Birthday 
The Crazy Challenge -Pretty in Pink

Thanks so much for visiting! I'll be back again Friday with another creation using these new stamps. Hope you'll check back then :-)