The Little Black Box

These little boxes are from my husbands work.  They have the new keys and a pen for each car they sell but they throw the box out.  I love the boxes so my husband brings me home some every few weeks.  It does have the name of his company on each box so it is a fun challenge to cover each one up.  I used crackle paint on one and card stock on another that I ran thru the Cuttlebug.  If anyone lives close I will give you some boxes.

Christmas Cards from 2011

This year I want to learn how to blog more efficiently and how to upload pictures that are more bloglike. I also want to organize my scraproom and improve my food diet.  These are some CTMH stamps and the bottom border is with my new CTMH ruler.  It has the zigzag holes in the ruler so all you need to do is poke thru the paper.  The best way to make it look like real sewing or floss is to  use two different color pens.  I use Sakura 3D pens.  I use the Souffle going in one direction and then the Glaze in the opposite.  Everyone thought I used thread.  The sides was a zigzag Sizzix border.  I hope to get better at this blogging this year.  Anyone have any tips for learning please send them to me.  Eve

Playing with the Cricut

This is the Sweetheart Close to my Heart paper.  I am playing with the Cricut expression and using the Sweet Treat cartridge.  Hard to get time these days but if I can get one in every once in a while I am a happy crafter.  

Halloween Tag

This tag was made with little CTMH tags and some torn paper.  I used the cuttlebug folder for the web and some Tim Holtz distress ink for coloring

Love Tag

This tag is an A2 tag from a Making Memories template.  It is larger than 4X5 and really a fun size to work with.  I cut the slit for the ribbon with the Cuttlebug die that came with ax Alphabet set.  It is a long tag die and all I did was use the very end of the die to just punch out a slit in the paper.  Once I heard the cuttlebug machine pop, I pulled the paper back out.  I punched 6 slits at a time so I would remember where to place the die so they would line up.  I ran one piece through the cuttlebug again with the leave embossing folder.  Then colored in the raised areas with Copics, E 51 for the stem and G21 and 24 for the leaves.  I used the jar of Copic white for the tips of the leaves.  The front side is one of my favorite Tilda's from Magnolia. I doodled in the floor, the brick wall and the framed in flowers.  The butterfly punch is a Martha Stewart. I use a few Spica atyou pens for the wings.  It is so much nicer than a glitter pen.  It is glass particles and the reflection is so nice on the paper.