Another basket, an oops and a card-

Good evening everyone! Wow have we been busy busy busy! I love summer with the kids!


So I made another attempt at the picnic basket. I made the large one this time- I like it better and feel like I can decorate it more! Here it is:

It's hard to see but I used stickles on the flourishes and am still figuring out how to make the ribbon stand up- I may tie the two pieces together after I fill it with treats. I already know that for the next one I am going to make it with butterflies!

Another project I worked on today was a birthday card for my mother-in-law. The first time I tried it, I decided to use my brayer to add some color over the background (kind of like Michelle Zindorf does so beautifully). The only problem is I am not so good with the brayer. I embossed the flowers and vines before using the brayer. Here is the card-

My plan was to add a third blue flower and pop dot it and also to cover the center of the green flowers with buttons or brads.

Anyway- didn't love it (don't have to wonder why) so instead I made this card-

Same idea, I pop dotted the blue one, added sparkles and used my foam tool to add some slight blue color for the background.

Thanks so much for taking time to peek at my blog- have a wonderful night!

Jean :)

Mini Picnic Basket!

Usually for each of my customers, I like to have a small treat at the workshops. This time, I decided to use a template I found at Paper Trey Ink created by Lauren Meader. The template costs $5.00 to download and then you have it forever. It is super easy to make the item once you have the template!

The one I purchased today has both a small and a large picnic basket but I only made the small one for now. I am going to use it to put in some tools my customers are receiving at my next workshop- sponge daubers and a stipple brush.

Here the small basket- not great but just my first attempt-

I also made a lid for it but it doesn't quite fit- LOL! I am going to have to play some more and really jazz these up!

Thanks for looking- enjoy the day!:)

Jean

Emporium 18 page workshop!

Hi all- Happy 4th of July! I'm home still resting so I thought I would get a little ahead of the game by worksing on my next worklshop. I'm having another 18 page workshop this time using the Emporium paper. Here are some of the generic layouts-

Here is one with the pictures on it- I didn't get a chance to put the title and embellishments yet-

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Thanks for peeking:)

Jean

Surgery went great!

Hi all- quick update- my surgery went great- I was home by 5:00 or so. Feel good today- only some referred shoulder pain.

Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers- will be back soon!

Jean :)

Simple Thank You cards-

Here are the simple cards I made for Emily to send as her Thank-You cards. I used Tulip paper, Friendship Blessings Stamp set, tulip and black ink and the matching ribbon is from Michael's.

Thanks for looking!

Jean

Some news-

Hi all- this has been a tough week here at my house. My Mom went in to the hospital on Sat. and ended up staying. She had a large cyst removed from her lower back which should hopefully relieve all the horrible pain she has been experiencing.

I myself, will be having some minor surgery tomorrow. Nothing major but I will be out of commission for a few days. I haven't had a lot of time to be creating but I will post some simple thank you cards I made for Emily to send.

Construction continues here. I can't believe how fast it is moving along (knock on wood!)

Well that's it- will hopefully be back soon- have a great night!
Thanks for peeking-
Jean

Race Day!!

Hi all- no pictures today but just wanted to share some news. Today was my first ever 5K race and it was GREAT! I was able to run for just about all the 3.2 miles (with only 3 stops- total of 8 minutes) and completed the race in 45 min (my goal was under 55min!)

Special thanks to my good friend Chris who came to cheer me on! It really made a difference that someone was there cheering for me and celebrating this accomplishment with me! Thanks Chris!

Happy Father's Day to all -

Thanks for checking in with me!
Jean :)