The leaves are turning....

There is a hint of color in the trees as they are starting to turn and in 2-3 weeks, they will be at their peak. Winter and fall are my most favorite times of year and I cannot wait for the crisp cool air!

Posted are some tags I made recently using products from Making Memories, Melissa Frances, Heidi Swapp, Foof-fa-la, Kaiser Pearls, Anna Griffin, Maya Road, Got Flowers, We R Memory Keepers and some misc. ribbon, felt and trim. I wanted them to have a vintage-shabby look to them, what do you think? You can click on any photo on my blog and it will bring it up bigger so you can get a more detailed look. As soon as I move, one of my first honey-do's for my boyfriend is to make me a light box so I can take better photos! I just don't have anywhere to put one right now but it is number one on my list for when I move!

I'll be working on a couple blog challenges the rest of the week so please check back for new creations! I woke up at 3:00am this morning and never went back to sleep, I finally got out of bed at 4:30am so I am going to call it a night!

Have a wonderful week!
Annette

A few cards

The bird card is one I partially completed at a sweet friends TAC (The Angel Company) stamping party I went to yesterday. The paper, bird image and ribbon are from TAC and I added the bling and border. I had to redo the birds so I worked on them last night and finished the card this morning.

The other card is a simple vintage Christmas card I created. Products used are Daisy d's, Kaiser pearls, Martha Stewart ribbon and a Bazzill chipboard star which I painted and then glittered. I can't wait to do more vintage cards!

Have a wonderful week!
Annette

3 Months

until Christmas! I can't believe it is just around the corner! I bought these cute little kraft bags several years ago and they were getting dusty in my drawer so I finally decided to do something with them and decked them out in some red and white. Snowflake is Maya Road, which I painted red, then glittered. Tomorrow will be windy, cold and rainy and I plan on spending the whole day in my craft room!

Thanks for looking!
Annette

He tied the knot!

My adorable younger brother got married yesterday! His new wife is absolutely wonderful and I am so happy for both of them! To top if off, she loves to scrapbook and make cards! Oh I wish we didn't live on separate coastlines! They left today for their honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta and I hope they have a wonderful time!

I have been under the weather with my first cold in years! I did manage to find some time to do a little crafting and made another altered card. I worked on one of the frames I picked up from the dollar store and I decided to do this one with a shabby chic look. I didn't cover up the photo hole this time and when I have my new scrap room, this will go on my shelf with a photo in it, probably of Rocco kitty!

Happy Fall!
Annette

Two Birds

Another card for Melissa's challenge! I went to the dollar store today looking for some fun goodies to alter and I found this adorable photo frame and immediately ideas started running through my head! I can alter this into a 3D card! It came in two pieces, the house and the bird, and it's made out of a thin wood. After covering the bird and distressing the edges, I made a wing from some scrap thin cardboard and covered it with a glittered paper and added some Queen & Co felt swirls. A little chipboard heart covered in the same paper finishes it off. The pumpkins are a little wood cutout from Michaels that I covered with paper and then I cut the faces out and distressed the edges. I hid a little bird with the backing paper in one of the pumpkin's mouths! Other products used are Martha Stewart glitter stickers, Scenic Route chipboard, Bo Bunny rub-ons. The best part is that it cn be taken apart and put in an envelope and mailed, of course there would be extra postage though!

I also bought a train frame and a flower pot frame, two pieces also and made out of the same wood. I can't wait to alter them!
Thanks so much for looking and have a great week!
Annette

It's an Owl!

I thought I would enter a challenge at Melissa Phillips blog, one of my most favorite places to visit! The challenge is to create a card that contains at least one bird image (can be found on patterned paper, stickers, stamps, chipboard die cuts, etc. It can be any type of bird. I used some Urban Rhapsody paper by K & Company for my card. It was perfect as the paper I used had a big owl right in the bottom corner. The winner will be chosen randomly and receive a Gooseberry Cookbook and some dish cloths & towels! What a great prize Melissa is offering!
Thanks for looking!
Annette

A Special Order...

A special card for a friend's mom. She is sending it to her grandson, who lives in New England, we are in NC. I wanted it to be fun, something an 11 year old would like so I used the new Halloween Collection from K & Co. The spiderweb and bat rub-on's are Bo Bunny.

Have a wonderful day!
Annette

3D Design Challenge

Guess what I did when I got home from work today! Talk about waiting until the last minute! For this 3D Design Challenge I decided to make a Santa's bag. I made the template out of red cardstock, then another template out of felt, sewed the felt together with white thread and slipped the felt bag over the paper bag and attached the bottom of the two with two sided tape. The white fur is folded in half and sewed along the bottom with leaving enough open fold at the top so I could thread the gold cord through both sides. A big gold bow at the end finishes it off. Thank goodness for matchboxes, they made the perfect little gifts for my bag.

Thanks for looking!

Snow Day!

Here is a couple fun things I made. I got the adorable snowman 3D stickers from Walmart last year and figured I better use them! The beautiful tree paper is Creative Imaginations and the chipboard is from Deja Views. Today is my birthday and I am spending the whole day in my craft room, I couldn't ask for a better day!
Annette

So happy!

Fall is just around the corner! I can't wait for the crisp air, the turning leaves, the smell of burning wood! Fall and Winter, my favorite seasons! Here is another card I created, I made the ghosts out of fabric and mounted them on black white core cardstock and sewed around the edges and frayed the fabric. The fence is sizzix and the witch and bird are making memories glitter foam stickers. I created the moon also.
Thanks for looking!
Annette

One more card!

This was a fun card to make. I used chipboard, scalloped scissors, adhesive pearls and a little glitter flower for the middle. I strung the beads and attached thru eyelets on each end and tied the string in the middle in a little bow. Inside is also decorated. Maybe next year I'll finally get around to doing a local craft fair or two and this little card will go in my "cards for sale" basket!

Annette

Redoing the last Post

It's a beautiful day outside so I retook the photos of the Christmas cards I posted yesterday. They were just a little too blurry for me so I wanted to retake them and they turned out much better! I have tonight and all day tomorrow to work on card submissions and an ATC swap I am in. I'll post my ATC's when I get thru with them later on in the week. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Thanks for looking!
Annette

3D Design Challenge

Here is my entry for the milk carton template from 3D Design Challenge this week. It was alot of fun! I have heard of making birdhouses out of milk cartons so why not a miniature version of one. I used my favorite bird and my favorite holiday!
Thanks for Looking!
Annette

R.I.P.

Made another Halloween card. Love to sew on my cards! Not as much detail as my pumpkin card but the tree sure was a challenge!
Annette

Ready for Fall!

The leaves are falling on the ground, wish it was because it was fall and not the drought! Here is a fun card I made today. We have some spiderwebs on our porch but I am keeping them there for when I take photos of my halloween cards, kind of adds to the theme! Hopefully we will be moved before Halloween even gets here! Terry got our jaquzzi tub today for the guest bath, now he is finally ready to call the plumber! Whew hew!!!!!!! Hopefully the plumber isn't too booked and can come out in the next week or two. Once again, keeping my fingers crossed! My stepdad is so ready to start laying down the marble in the bathrooms! (I'm ready too!!!!) hee hee

Annette

Getting Published!

Just want to share that I submitted my first card to Cardmaker Magazine and it is getting published! It is a Mother's Day card and it will be in April 2009 issue. Can't wait to see it in the magazine!
Annette

3rd Time's a Charm!

My third and final box for the 3D Design Challenge. I wanted to do something pink!I can't wait to see what the challenge is next month. Thanks for looking!
Annette

Created another box!

For the 3D Design Challenge , I thought I would go with a winter theme this time, seeing it is just around the corner. They are so much fun to make!
Thanks for looking!
Annette

3D Design Challenge

This is my first challenge ever! This was a post on the new PC message board so I thought I would check it out. They will have challenges the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Their first challenge this week was to create a 2,4,6,8 box... and this is what I came up with. They provided the template and I went from there. It was so much fun and look forward to other challenges!

Annette

Just a few things to share

Got some crafting done this weekend. I made a birthday card and a couple ATC's. On the birthday card, I made the felt flower using my Big Kick and a Bigz flower petal die. I cut the pink petals with felt and sewed down the middle of each petal, then arranged them to make the flower, then on the blue flower, I sewed a line on each petal and put a rhinestone in the center. I love how it turned out. On the ATC's I hand sewed the spider webs with some irridescent thread. Wish I had a little spider to stick on them!

It is awesome weather outside today, feels like fall is in the air! Terry worked all day yesterday at the new house with 3 electricians and they got the bottom floor completely wired and installed all the cann lights. They will work on the upstairs next Sunday and electrical should be completed! Yay!!!!!

Annette

Short and Sweet

Had a great time at the beach. Didn't even get sunburnt to much, thank goodness for sunscreen. Got some great photos of the sunrise from the balcony of the hotel so I wanted to share them with you. We also had a thunderstorm come thru, just a little way up the beach so I stood outside on the balcony and just kept clicking the button on my camera. I was determined to get a photo of lightening and sure enough, I did!What luck!!!

I am off to the property to visit the kittens and mess around some. Haven't been there since Sunday so I am looking forward to going. Have a great day!
Annette

Beach day!

Okay, one more quick post before we head out to the beach! This is my second Halloween card I have made so far this year. I know it is going to be in the upper 90's the next couple days but I love fall and all the colors and can't wait for it to cool off here! The hills here in North Carolina are gorgeous at peak during the fall. Oh and the view across the lake of the hills is absolutely beautiful, can't wait to get a photo of it this year, right from my backyard!

Annette