Sweet Scrap Paper Valentine

 Today I am making Valentines with scrap paper 

and the collage papers I made last week {see here}.

Happy Crafting

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Well, I have been happily crafting away while on break from school...my kids are running wild around the neighborhood, while I putter around in pj's pondering ribbon and paper combos!

I will post a few pictures of some things I've made...a few got away without being photographed!

 This cute snowman was made for my sons extra credit math project, he is a polyhedron-thingy

This was made with another son for his math project, I have no idea what this shape is called, but it involved perfect circles and equilateral triangles...harder than it looks, lol!

I tried several Pinterest projects, this cute Christmas tree from old book pages...and I also tried cooking the chocolaty cupcakes made with brownie batter, snickers, and cookie dough...well they tasted better than they looked...Snickers melts with yucky looking white goo...my sons classmates didn't like them at all...





 More Banners! I made several book page banners this season...

 This banner was so fun to make, it is constructed of all reused items...The snowflake letters were part of a banner I got on sale last year, and the rosettes are made from old sewing book pages; the tinsel came from my Aunt Jane.

This are just a few of the Christmas ornaments I made. Sorry for the poor quality picture, it was taken with my blackberry right before they were given away... 

Now I have moved on to Valentines Day projects!!

This refurbished candy box was done as a gift for my mother...I am going to fill it with pictures of her children and grandchildren as toddlers.

I have always wanted to do one of these, so this was my first Valentine project, lol I had been saving this candy box for years! I used "My Minds Eye" papers and embellishments.

This is an almost finished banner...just waiting for the glitter glue to dry so I can string it together.

It is for a very special girl in son number 4s life. I hope she likes it!

 Pinterest projects...




Button bracelet...I love old buttons!

Valentine Bookmarks made from paint chip samples! Next planned project...

Well hugs, kisses and Happy New Year!

PK

PS: The Valentine Box was shared on I Gotta Create Wildly Original Link Party
Stop by and check all the Wildly Original links, some pretty cool stuff over there on Christinas Blog.

HELLO KITTY! Banner projects

Good Morning All!

I just love Hello Kitty. What can I say? If I had my own little girl, everything would be Hello Kitty in my house! But alas, I must restrain my Hello Kitty-ness to my granddaughters!

I made this Hello Kitty banner for my spitfire granddaughter, six year old Desy. She shares my love of Hello Kitty!

 Here, in these two pictures, you can see some of the details. The Hello Kitty Cutouts are from a Big Shot die (I got on sale at half price!), the papers are My Minds Eye, and October Afternoon. I also made flowers from vintage children's books, using vintage button for centers.

 The glitter letters are from Michael's, as are the chipboard butterfly.

I had a really good time making this ultra girly banner for my beautiful granddaughter!!

Now on to the boy stuff!!

As you can see, this banner is for Zeryk, our one year old grandson! He has just started walking!

 I used My Minds Eye products in this project, I love the muted blues and greens.

 However, my mother observed that it was a little bland...what do you think?

Do you think I should punch it up a bit with some brighter ribbons and glittery edging?

I did outline the glitter chipboard letters for more visibility.

Our oldest grandson, David (aka Pnut), loves trains.

 He has a gajillion miles of toy train track that runs round and round the house!

In this project I used papers I purchased on sale at Ross. The package had been opened, and resealed, but the product name is missing...the whole package is about toy Lionel Trains!

So perfect for Davids banner, huh!

One embellishment says "Never Question the Engineers Judgement" ...lol

Well, have a good summer day!

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo, PK

This project shared on:
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Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

Will You Be My Valentine?

Well my creative juices are flowing once again, now that I have cleaned my crafty space...I have been making Valentines out of leftover scrapbooking and book-print paper, wax paper, thread, ribbon, and a little bit of glitter...oh and a couple of rub-ons also.
 I saw something similiar on Pinterest.com , one was from blog.crescendoh.com and the other was from beckyshander.com ...so I have used their general idea, but put my twist on it!

Here's a pix of mine...

It is a heart cut out of "My Minds Eye" paper, with a rub on "love" by Glitz, and a sweet little stamped tattoo type bird by Pink Persimmon Stamps....all samwiched togther between two pieces of wax paper cut with pinking shears...I thought I could just iron the wax paper and it would stick together...but that didn't work, so I hand stitched the wax paper together with light pink floss.
 Now, I am going to have to investigate why this wax paper didn't melt and stick together...I know you have to get the right sides together... but many years ago, way back in my Brownie days, we used to collect leaves, flowers and such, and iron them between wax paper...and presto! it would stick...hmmm

 Anyway, from there I went to brown paper hearts (I found a huge roll of brown paper when I cleaned out my craft space closet! Imagine that...) I stitched them together with a little stuffing inside...See below:

This one has "My Minds Eye" ribbon, and the cute little ticket, the word sticker (that you cant see very well) says "remember" and is from The Girls Paperie.










 Here are some more I am working on...

 I think my next trip to the craft store , I will pick up a bottle of essential oil in a yummy fragrence, and put a few drops on the padding, to make the hearts little sachets!
 I will also be making some of these boy themed, I have some Cosmo Cricket paper and rub-ons that will look really cute!