Charms...

Hi all!!

I hope everyone is having a great day!!

It's been raining here so much, that our chickens need rafts! teehee Maybe, just maybe, the weatherman is right and it's going to give us a break...but not until this weekend...UGHHHH! More rain today, tonight and tomorrow! This weekend is supposed to be HOT with no rain...which, where I live just translates into  STEAMY!!

Anywho...I joined an altered charm swap over at Ink Stains a month or so ago...the categories were general and Halloween (5 of each) and I should be receiving my return charms soon...can't wait!!! Mind you, I have never done anything just like this before...so of course, I just HAD to try BOTH...sheesh, what was I thinking!!! I had tons of fun, though!! Here are some pics of the charms I created...I won't get my own back, and didn't make one for myself, but that's completely okay with me...I have pics!

 Here is my "General Charm"

 

I took and old gift card, cut it up, added decorative papers and crackle medium along with some distressing inks and various stamped images, and used it for the main part of the charm The "vial" on there is a fuse that I colored the glass and stamped on it with solvent ink to make it look like it had a label and then wrapped silver wire around it to create a hanger. The whole concept of this was a perfume sample...I hope I accomplished it...LOL

This is my "Halloween charm"

 

 

For this one I printed a vintage graphic I found for free on the internet and a digi paper I purchased, layered those back to back between craft plastic, "soldered" the edges with pewter embossing powder, punched the holes and added the clasp and dangly parts.

This was really a ton of fun! I hope to do even more of this kind of thing...thinking about Christmas gifts now!

If you have stuck through here this long, then I truly appreciate you!!

I thank you for taking some time from you busy day to stop by for a few and I hope to see you again soon!!

I pray you have a blessed and creative day!

Until later,

Pinterest Inspired...again...

Hi all!

I hope you are having a wonderful day. I have a couple of things that were inspired by Pinterest...LOL imagine that!

 Pinterest is just so a-ma-zing and I hate to say it, but I think I'm addicted...


Anyhoo, I have a granddaughter that I wanted to surprise with a few things in the mail for Valentine's Day. Soooo, I'm sending one at a time to spread the love out between now and hearts day. Here are a couple of pics, and yes, they are going through the mail just as you see them!

Next, on a completely different note, I saw this piece of wisdom and thought it would be great on canvas!

I think I may do more of this type of thing...I really like the graphic display.

I plan to post a few Valentine's Day cards in the next few days, I hope you will take a peek, I had such fun making them!

Thank you for spending some time with me and I hope you have a very blessed and creative day!
Lisa