Happy Fourth of July! Sally is not very happy with her little Uncle Sam Hat on her head! But she wanted to say hi anyway! Hope you all have a safe and Happy Fourth! Hopefully, next week, I will have some craft projects to share with you! Take care! Hugs, Michelle

a Patriotic Pocket

Good morning! I made another Patriotic Project this morning. I wanted to make some containers to put some candy in for the kids, so I made these. I got the origami pocket from this http://www.origami-club.com/en/ (just copy and paste to get there). I eliminated the handle in the pattern, and then I used my Cropodile to add the eyelets in front and back to add the little jute strings. That stamp I used is from Sugar Loaf, I think. It's older, probably at least 7 years old! I used my nesties for the stamped image and the scallop behind it. They were so easy to make! I have big plans, now let's see if I do it! We are waiting for some more storms to come through today. We got enough Wednesday evening, flooded our poor little town, and ruined so much! I hope we get spared tonite! I hope you like my project. I think the kids will love them! Hugs, Michelle

Hi again! Another project. It's the card I mentioned on my previous post. I am making these for my friends and family. I used some older sets of stamps I have had for ages, but I love them. The firecrackers is part of a set I got off E-bay when I first started stamping. I love stamping them on designed paper, makes it easy, and I don't have to color! The 4th Of July stamp is from Target, clearance a few months ago. They are clear stamps, and there was a whole set of them, so I bought all the different sets they had, I think 3 of them. I really like them! I thought I would share a tip about using clear stamps. I have told many people this and it works. To get a nice clear image, go to Wal-mart and get a sanding block in the nail care section. Don't get the really rough one, get the one that is for smoothing. Each time I buy clear stamps, I gently rub them with this, the operative work is gently girls! I get a wonderful image every time! I do this if I have not used a clear stamp in a while too. Just be gentle! I hope you like my little card. I have fun! I also used the walnut ink to make it distressed like the tin centerpiece. I love doing that! Have a great day! Hugs, Michelle

Red, White, and Blue!!!

I love anything red, white and blue! I created this project with a tin I got at the Dollar Spot at Target. I covered it with scraps of paper I had, and used walnut ink to distress it a bit. I made the firecrackers from rolled up cereal boxes, and stamped the 4th of July stamp on some nestablities I just got! I am going to make a couple more for gifts. I love how it turned out.Please make sure to click on the picture to make it bigger, you can see it much better that way! The other is one I made last year from a little peat pot. I made them for favors for some friends. Later, I will post my 4th of July cards I made for my friends! I just love this time of year!

I hope everyone is having a great time since school let out! I know I am so far. We have not done a thing, but that's ok, that is the way I like it! I'm going to leave you with a sweet pic of my son at Kennywood Park on the Whip! Also a pic of my daughter in her Wax Museum post. She was a lost boy in Peter Pan.

No crafts today......just beauty......

Aren't they pretty? Those are my clematis and my rosebush starting to bloom! I just love them! Hugs, Michelle

Cupcakes and Strawberries

Well, I can't quit making things from Lolly's printable cupcake thingies! Here is a jar and a big recipe clip I made to go with the noteholder/recipe holder I made! I think I am going to put little baggies of sprinkles, chocolate chips, a package of cupcake papers in the jar. It would be such a cute gift to give to someone, don't know who, but someone!










Here I have a box of stuffed strawberries! I love how they turned out! I would like to start my Etsy Shop again, and start selling things like this. I am not quite sure how to package them to mail them. I want to sell them individual or a few at a time, not the whole box. I want to make the mailing cost effective for the customer. I have to figure that out. I would also like to have embellishments for card and scrapbooking for sale also, as well as little cards and gifts. I have to get motivated, and I will. I have to get past a few things first, then I will be able to get started. Enjoy the strawberries! And the rest of your day! Hugs, Michelle

Got a new project done!

This is a little recipe/note book I made from Lolly Chops Cupcake week on her blog! I'm sorry, I don't know how to link yet, tried and it did not work for me! She is having cupcake week over there, and this a little something I made from some printables she shared yesterday.The first pic, is the inside, the second is the note cards and the third is the front and the tablet. The cupcake on front of the folder and the little notebook are from her blog, they are so cute! I added some notecards also I cut out from my top note die from Stampin' Up! and backed it with pink cardstock. I stamped the little cupcake from a stamp set I got at Jo-anne Fabrics, don't know the name of the set right at this moment! I used Creamy Caramel ink from Stampin' Up! also for the little cupcake. I love that color! I will post the measurements later today, or tomorow if you want them. I am hoping to have more projects done with this too! I love cupcakes, my friends actually call me cupcake from time to time. I used to work at a deli/ice cream,dairy/bakery called Isaly's (home of the skyscraper ice cream cones!,based in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas) My oldest daugheter would come to work with me to wait for pappy to take her to grammas and I had to buy her a cupcake everyday! She only ate the top off, and gave the rest to my mum. Or I would eat it! Hence, the name "Cupcake"! Anyway, have a great day, hopefully no more rain! We have had so much this last month, it's ridiculous!