Sympathy Cards

The month of May was a busy month in way of cards.  I have paper crafting friends that won't make Sympathy cards!  Refuse to.  I believe no matter what the occasion it is it's better to make a card from the heart than to buy one ever.  I absolutely refuse to buy a card!  So here are 3 Sympathy cards I made for loved ones...

 I used Spellbinders Dies for both cards.  The background die on this is by Maryanne.

This card I used Close to My Heart stamps - D1629 Just to say Cricut Collection & B1332 Good Times. 

May Cards

I've had to make a handful of cards this month.  Here are two of them.

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$70 Wreath

I had to share this wreath I made at Michaels.

$15 for the class.
$40 ($10 each for 4 spools) of Mesh Ribbon
$2 pkgs of pipe cleaners
$5 wire wreath
Misc decorations from the $1 store.

Not sure it's cheaper to make it or not?

I'm Back!

My life has been a whirlwind for a couple of years, what I deemed as normal or routine was changed and I have had to adjust to those changes.  I keep myself busy too busy in fact & too busy to post to this blog with Facebook and Pinterest stealing my social media time I have not focused on this blog.  I have been making tons of paper crafts & will now start to post those to the blogs and hopefully inspire others to make a few papercrafts themselves.  Stay tuned...

Spare room Remodel cont.

As you can see from my previous post it was all done.  We had removed the door so that I could work my way right to the saltillo tile in the hall way.  You guessed it...

Payson walked thru it several times with the help of his accomplish Picabo.  I was devastated   The worst part was I had to get the cement off my Saltillo tile before all the dog prints dried thru out the rest of my house.  Yes I stood in my living room & cried.  NO harm, it's just cement and the first coat, I sanded it down, put the second coat on & got it painted.

Behr paint kit $89.95 did the whole floor with some to spare.  

 Here are my new lights for the room - the whole project cost me $663.58 that includes new curtins on both windows.

Spare Room Remodel

It's finally complete. It has been a tough couple of months.  The room is approx 11 1/2' x 13 1/2' not a large room at all...that is until you start to remodel it from ceiling to floor.

I started out at the end of November by removing all the old tan carpeting.  That took a day, took off the tack strips etc.

I have to give credit to my neighbor Lester Barnes.  He has been my mentor thru the whole project.  I told my husband this was my project & he was assisting, however he was a huge help on the electrical end.

I waited till after Christmas to start the rest of the project.  First came the popcorn ceiling removal.  NO big deal it was off & in the trash in 4 hrs.  I then took off the baseboards & found a huge hole in the side of the concrete dry way.  It still grosses me out.

This room like the rest of the bedrooms did not have any overhead lights or ceiling fan.  It is on the north west side of the house & can become quite hot in the summer.  Frank helped me cut holes in the ceiling & run new electrical for a new ceiling fan & track lighting over the closet.

Once the electrical boxes were in we had to put dry wall mud on the ceiling to give it an even surface to put the texture coat on.  Needless to say we didn't do it right, so I had to do a second coat.  When Lester says smooth he means smooth.  That took a whole day & it was tough, but I got it done with great praises.  Lester was actually impressed.  I then had to prime it so we could roll on the texture & knock it down. Once the ceiling was done I then could touch up paint & start on the floor.

This was the biggest part of the project.  

The floor was so damaged from the sides all the paint & stuff from construction there was no way I could stain, paint or dye the floor with out first putting on "skimcoat".  This is an interesting word.  There's blogs, YouTube videos all over, but no one mentions a brand name.  It's Henry's.  Yes the same people that make roofing products.  You find skimcoat in the vinyl section of your home improvement store.  

All done!  Looks wonderful!

I'm back

I have not been on my blog in some time there has been a lot of personal drama in my life.  None of which I am used too.  I normally have a quiet married life.  After my trip to Havasupai several stressful situations filled my life, personal and work related.
I have turned much of my focus since October into a bedroom remodel.  I have really worked hard to get it finished, that will be another blog once I get the ceiling fan completed I will upload photos, but for today I want to post some cards & craft projects I have made from ideas off of Pinterest.  My new favorite hang out.

Idea was from Pinterest, cut all the paper from  Spellbinder's Circle dies, inked with CTMH ink and glued to CTMH paper

Martha Stewart gave me the recipe to mix  1 tsp of Un-sanded Grout into on small bottle of  Acrylic paint.  I put on the glass of this old frame.  If you don't want to use the chalkboard side turn around the color is on the other side & use as dry erase.

My Husband's friend's dog was run over  and died, so I wanted to make a masculine sympathy card.  All dark colors - blue/gray, black & brown.  Ink & paper CTMH

This is a clear plastic frame on it's side.  I added CTMH paper where the photo normally goes.  Glued ribbon on the paper so I could make a loop to hold a pen then added the felt flowers to the top of the plastic &glue/taped  Post-it Note to the plastic (hopefully the cardboard will come off & she can add another Post-it). 

Took Kerr Jars painted the top with paint (you should spray paint goes faster) added ribbon & these adorable buckles & gave to co-workers @Christmas.  

One of my co-workers father is a pilot, so when I went thru my sticker stash & found it I had to combine it with Spellbinder's die & CTMH Happy Birthday Banner for his b-day card.