Flower Power Girl

Anyone who knows me knows that I just love color! For me, the more color the better. That is just one of the reasons I love this scrapbook page. It’s so full of color and it’s just plain fun! But of course the main reason I love this page is being able to look back through the years and relive the memories of my very special flower girl. 

The pictures are of my beautiful baby daughter, Richelle. Although my baby girl has grown into a wonderful, beautiful adult, I can still remember how much she loved being outside and she absolutely loved flowers. In these pictures, Richelle is at my parent’s house and she is helping her Granny plant some flowers in the front yard. My mom is having a hard time getting Richelle to actually plant the flowers because she was too busy putting them up to her face to smell them. She didn’t want to put the flowers in the ground. My mom spent most of their flower planting time chasing Richelle around the yard with all of the flowers in her arms. It was so cute to watch! 

Richelle still loves flowers to this day, some 28 years later. But now, just like all those years ago, she would rather put them in a vase then plant them in the ground. I am so proud of my daughter, because just like the flowers she loves so much, she has blossomed and bloomed into a beautiful young woman. My wish for her is to one day have a little flower girl of her own. There is nothing in the world that can compare to that!

 Thank you for joining me. Until next time…

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Lisa

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Flower Power Scrapbook Page

 

Materials

12”x 12” Purple card stock

8” x 101/2” Floral pattern paper

Pastel gingham frames- 3

Fuchsia card stock- scrap pieces

Flower Power title

White card stock

Various fibers

Watercolor pencils

Flower brads

Eyelets & eyelet setter

Wire- green 24 gauge and pink 26 gauge

E-Z tape runner

3-D foam squares

Wire cutters

Scissors

Round tags

Black marker

Paintbrush

Black dye based inkpad

Shoe and Bugs by Rubbernecker rubber stamps

Flower by Hampton Art stamps

Instructions

Adhere floral pattern paper to purple card stock. Create two pockets from floral paper. Create four tags from fuchsia card stock. Add pictures and text to the tags.

Add pictures to gingham frames. Adhere frames to floral paper. Add background to “Flower Power” title with fuchsia card stock. Adhere pockets to purple card stock. Tie fibers and round tags to fuchsia tags. Place tags in pockets. 

Stamp shoe, flowers and bugs on white card stock with black inkpad. Use watercolor pencils and paintbrush to color all stamped images. Cut out images. Add wire to bugs to create their legs and antennas. 

Place flower brads in center of the flowers. Add eyelets to shoe with eyelet setter. Thread ribbon through eyelets to create shoe strings. 

Adhere flowers and shoe to page. Using 3-D foam squares, adhere title and bugs to page. Add fibers all around the page edges. Add brads to all four corners of the page.

My Beautiful Daughter Now at 30 years old!
Richelle Elisabeth Rojas

March is National Craft Month

Did you know that March is National Craft Month? Since I was born in this month, it explains a lot about my creative nature and the journey into my creative life. I thought that since March is National Craft Month, I would share some of the things I'm working on.

I will be a very busy girl this month. I am currently working on the following:

v  Creating projects for a television appearance I will be filming on PBS

v  Creating new projects for magazine publication

v  Working up some designs for a few manufacturers I work with

v  Playing with some new product! My favorite thing to do!

I am super excited about my television appearance, but also a little nervous too. Everyone that knows me knows that I love to talk and teach. I guess this is the same thing but instead of 30 people watching me, it might be closer to a couple 100,000 or more. Okay, now I have totally freaked myself out!!!! What if I make a complete fool of myself? Oh well, it wouldn’t be the first time that I would have done something stupid, it would just be the first time on television! So, after you read this, please say a little prayer for me. Since I’m stepping out of my comfort zone I could use all the extra help I can get!

These are the things that I’m going to be doing this month. What about you? Have you tried to step out of your comfort zone? Why not try a new technique that you’ve been afraid to try? Heck, I figure if I can try something new, you can too! It’s okay go ahead and give it a shot. I’ll be here waiting to see how you did. I may be bald from pulling my hair out from stress, but I’ll be here. Drop me a line and let me know what you’re doing for National Craft Month!

Thanks for joining me. Until next time…

Crafty hugs,

Lisa

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Wordless Wednesday 2/29/12

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Lisa

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Are You A Stamper or A Scrapper?

 “Are you a stamper or a scrapper?” Oh my gosh! If I had a dollar for every time I have been asked that question in the last 15 years, I would be a very wealthy woman. But, I can tell you now, my answer has always been the same… “Why not be both?”

When I began in rubber stamping, making cards with rubber stamps was pretty much all we ever did. And scrapbooking? It consisted of putting your pictures in those yucky, sticky albums that you needed a chisel and a hammer to get your pictures out! That was how it remained for a few years. Rubber stamping continued to grow with new inks and pattern papers coming from manufacturers left and right. Then…BOOM! Scrapbooking took over the craft world like nothing I have ever seen in all my years in this business. It was unbelievable! Manufacturers kept producing more pattern papers and embellishments than the store shelves could hold. I thought to myself, “How cool is this? Look at all these great products I can use with my card making!” But in my classes, the women I was teaching were more like, “Why do I need to buy that pattern paper when I have a stamp that can make the same design?” and “Why would I purchase those stickers when I have a stamp that looks just like them?” And so the big debate, stampers versus scrappers began and continued for many years to come. In my classes, I tried, to no avail, to change this way of thinking. My students, on the other hand, stuck to their guns. You are either a stamper or a scrapper, but you can’t be both. UGH!

Now, after all these years, I am happy to say that stampers and scrappers co-exist quite nicely. Stampers have found out that sometimes placing a sticker on that card is much faster than pulling out the stamp and inkpad. And scrappers now know that using that rubber stamp can add a beautiful look to their page that they didn’t have before.

I don’t hear that question getting asked too much anymore. But, if you do, you now know the answer… “Why not be both?”

 Thanks for joining me. Until next time…

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Lisa

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A Great Giveaway!!!

My very good friend, Vicki O'Dell, The Creative Goddess, is having a great giveaway on her blog. Check it out here-  http://www.vickiodell.com/i-love-my-flip-pal-mobile-scanner-giveaway/ 

You have  a chance to win a Flip Pal Mobile Scanner! They are a very cool tool that you will just have to have in your craft tool box. So don't forget to go over to her blog for your chance to win. I know I will! I want one too!!!!

Crafty hugs,

Lisa

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Animal Print Lamp

Scrapbooking is the number one craft hobby in the craft industry and it’s a multi-million dollar business. I should know because I, like many of you I’m sure, have contributed to that multi-million dollar business! With all of the different pattern papers and stickers, etc. how could you not spend a small fortune on products? Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining. I love all the wonderful products on the market but, every once in a while, I want to go “old school” by making my papers myself. There are lots of different ways to create your own background papers, and I will discuss some of those ways in a future article. But for now, I’m going to tell you how you can create a simple animal print that I used for this lampshade.

Here’s how I did it:

Materials

Wineglass

White copy paper- 8 ½” x 11”

White card stock- 8 ½” x 11”

ColorBox Archival Dye Inkpads- Pumpkin Pie, Mudslide & Wicked Black

Lampshade template

Spray bottle

Heat tool

Xyron Machine with Acid Free Permanent Adhesive Cartridge

Glue gun

Black trim

Beaded trim

Ribbon- Carmel & Black

Gold charm

Candle

Paper towels

Instructions

Lay white copy paper on work surface and beginning with the Butterscotch inkpad, rub ink all over paper. Repeat the process using the Brown inkpad until entire paper is covered with ink.

Lightly spray paper with water. Using a paper towel, gently blend the two ink colors together, being careful not to mix the colors too much. Dry paper with heat tool.

After paper is dried, crumple paper with your hands then smooth it out again onto work surface. Take the Black inkpad and lightly rub over entire surface of the paper. The wrinkles in the paper will pick up the black ink, giving it an “animal print” look.  Adhere the inked paper to a piece of card stock using a Xyron machine.

Trace the lampshade pattern to the back of the paper and assemble the lampshade.

Glue beaded trim on the bottom of lampshade with glue gun. Next, glue black trim on top of beaded trim and also around the top. Add bow to back of lampshade. Tie two bows around the wineglass stem and glue charm to the center of the bows.

Fill wineglass ¾ full with water and “float” candle on top of water.

Remember to never leave a lit candle unattended.

Thanks for joining me. Until next time…

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Lisa

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Handkerchief Card Set Holder

In this day and age of text messaging and email, it seems to me that the joy of writing a letter or sending a card to your loved ones is becoming a thing of the past, and for me that’s really sad. But, I refuse to give up! I know that I cannot stop the technology revolution, and to be honest I really don’t want to. I just want to remind people to stop what they’re doing every once in a while and sit down to write your loved ones a nice note informing them of what’s going on in your life. With those thoughts in mind, I will continue to create projects around cards and stationery sets.

The project that I’m sharing with you today is a unique way to store your cards and stationery. Handkerchiefs are very inexpensive and if you can’t find a load of them in your mom’s dresser, you can pick them up at any thrift store for less than a dollar. The handkerchief holder is easy to put together. With a few simple folds and a couple of stitches, you can create this lovely project for yourself or as a gift that won’t cost you a fortune. Those are the kind of projects I like. How about you? 

Thank you for joining me. Until next time…

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Lisa

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Tip from the Designer

If you don’t have a stylist in your tool box, you can use an empty gel pen. To add a little glamour to it, fill the empty barrel of the pen with micro beads.

Supplies

Ÿ Handkerchief 12” x 12”

Ÿ Card Stock: dark blue, light blue and white

Ÿ Black permanent inkpad

Ÿ Olive Grove, Wheat and Light Blue dye-based inkpads

Ÿ Faber-Castell Chalk Pencils

Ÿ Blue ribbon/ Dark Blue ribbon for bow

Ÿ Therm O Web Super Tape

Ÿ Krylon Preserve It!

Ÿ Lady Bug button

Ÿ Self adhesive Velcro

Ÿ Needle & White Tread

Ÿ Fiskar Paper Edgers

Ÿ Rubber Stampede Daisy Block Print

Ÿ Rubber Stampede Daisy Blossom

Ÿ Close To My Heart Simple Joys

Instructions for Cards

Cut dark blue card stock to 4 ¼”W x 5 ½”H to form a card. Cut light blue card stock to 4”W x 5 ¼”H and white card stock to 3 ¾”W x 4 ½”H. Stamp white card stock with daisy stamps randomly using light blue, olive grove, and wheat inkpads. Stamp Simple Joys” on lower right side with black inkpad.

Stamp large daisy stamp twice on a scrap piece of white card stock with black inkpad. Color images with chalk pencils. Spray with Preserve It! sealer. Cut out. Adhere white card stock to light blue card stock Super Tape. 

Wrap ribbon around light blue card stock. Secure in place on the back with tape. Adhere light blue card stock to dark blue and daisies to front of card with Super Tape.

Instructions for Handkerchief Holder

Lay handkerchief flat with four corners facing “north, south, east and west”. Pull bottom corner up to the center about 4 ½” from the bottom. Fold right side to center and then left side to center.

Tack all three sides together at the center point using a needle and white thread, being careful not to sew them to the back of the handkerchief. 

Fold top corner down to center and place a small piece of self adhesive Velcro on the back of the top corner and also where the top corner meets the folded handkerchief. Add bow and button with glue gun.

Note from Designer:

The size of you handkerchief holder will depend on the size of your cards. Always be sure to lay your cards, with their envelopes, in the center of your handkerchief before you tack the corners into place, to be sure that they will slide in and out with ease.

Rose Candle with Handmade Paper

If you’re looking for a quick and easy project that doesn’t look quick and easy, I have the project for you. Whether it is for a wedding or a birthday, it’s a beautiful gift that won’t take you all weekend to make. You can create this project in less than an hour.

I recently had a friend that was having a birthday and I wanted to do something special for her. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what to get for her. I knew I wanted to create a gift for her instead of buying something, but I also knew that since I brought my new puppy, Ruby Renee home, that my time was very limited. What’s a crafty girl to do? Well, I know that she absolutely loves candles, so I wanted her gift to have candles in it somehow. Since I’m a rubber stamper/scrapbooker at heart, I definitely wanted to create something with my stamps and some of the paper I had in my scrapbooking supplies, so I had a great place to start.

I decided a trip to my local Michael’s craft store was in order. I browsed through the whole store hoping that something would jump out at me. I stopped in the aisle that held all of the candles and candle holders etc. and then I saw it. To someone who does not have a creative eye, the glass candle holder would look just like that…a glass candle holder. To me, it was going to become a fabulous glass candle holder, hand stamped on a beautiful piece of handmade paper. Most importantly it was going to become a gift that I knew in my heart my friend would treasure forever. Here’s how I created it;

MATERIALS

Ÿ Glass candle holder- I purchased mine at Michael’s Craft Store

Ÿ Votive candle

Ÿ Handmade paper

Ÿ Lace & Pearl trim

Ÿ Mauve ribbon

Ÿ Faber-Castell Chalk Pencils

Ÿ Xyron Machine with Acid Free Permanent Adhesive Cartridge

Ÿ Glue Gun

Ÿ Heat tool

Ÿ Versacolor Pigment Inkpad- Ash Rose

Ÿ Delta Ceramcoat Matte Interior Spray Sealer

Ÿ Rubber Stamps: Large Rose by Rubber Stampede

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1. Cut handmade paper 14”w x 6”h to fit glass candle holder.

Step2. Stamp rose three times on paper with ash rose inkpad. Use heat tool to dry the ink before coloring.

Step 3. Color stamped images with chalk pencils. Spray images with spray sealer.

Step 4. Using a Xyron machine, adhere handmade paper to glass candle holder.

Step 5. Glue lace trim around top and bottom of candle holder with glue gun.

Step 6. Add mauve bow to front with glue gun.

NOTE FROM THE DESIGNER:

Handmade paper usually comes in a large sheet or roll. If you purchase it packaged, check the measurements on the package to make sure the paper will fit around your candle holder.

Thank you for joining me. Until next time…

Crafty hugs,

Lisa

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