Her name is Shaylee.....

This little shabby home actually has a name. She was blessed with the name Shaylee. Her name means fairy princess of the fields.

The fairies built this little house when they came to the mainland to bring spring. This house is a reminder that when we age we are actually blossoming into something beautiful!

 

Here is what I did to get the weathered look on the house.

I painted the house with a base coat of soft pink. After allowing the paint to dry I applied the weathered wooden medium to the house.

I waited about an hour and applied the soft blue paint over the medium.

It started to crack right away1

I then used a brown paint to coat the roof of the house. After the paint dried I applied the weather wood medium over top of it. After waiting about an hour I coated the roof with a vanilla cream color.

I really like the weathered look of the house. It gives it a shabby chic look.

I then created some flowers, leaves, and added a few rhinestones!

I hope I have motivated you to get your houses out and create with them! I have a very fun project I will post tomorrow. It's the mother's Day project I did for my mom. I will show you some before and after pictures too!

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

 

Picture Frames with Handmade Paper Flowers

I love making my handmade roses and there are so many things you can put them on too! I decided to think off of the paper and try putting some on a picture frame. I really think these turned out so pretty! The black frame measures 9" x 7" and will hold a 4" x 6" picture in the middle. The white frame hangs from a ribbon and holds a 3.5" x 3.5" picture in the middle. The frame size is 7" x 7". Stop by my shop today and check these out!

Altered Hat - Ustream Class Supply List 2/26/2011 @9pm EST

Since we had so much fun altering the fence last week, we are going to try our hands at altering a straw hat! I can't wait to see how all of our hats come out! I will be adding a link system here so you can link your project to the post after the class. It's sort of a "show and tell"! Make sure you print out your supply list and you join ustream so you can chat away with us! I hope to see you there!

Here are the pictures of my Ustream project I did last week CLICK HERE!

Supply List:
5" round straw hat (any local craft store)
Cardstock of your choice to create your flowers
  12 - 2" Daisy punch or daisy cut outs on your cricut or other machine
  12 - 1.5" Daisy punch or daisy cut outs on your cricut or other machine

  12-  3/4" Daisy punch or daisy cut outs on your cricut or other machine
  Center of flower - Your choice - Stamens, rhinestones, or buttons
Several leaves - at least 6 punched out or cut out of your choice. You can bring some green cardstock and I will show you how to cut them out by hand :)

Assortment of ornamental stems, stamens, leaves, berries, sprays, decorative buttons or anything else you can think of, to decorate around your flowers!
Lace (at least 12" long and 1/2" wide)
Ribbon (at least 12" long)
Spray bottle of water
Stylist
Heat gun or blow dryer
Mouse pad or other soft surface
Ink  - a shade darker than the cardstock you are using.
Your sense of humor! We love to laugh!

Here is a hat I did a very long time ago...I will be creating a spring version of this hat for this class!

Class starts on Saturday 2/26/2011 @ 9pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)

A little birdie told me....

A birdie told me to create and they will come! LOL...Can you see how desperate I am for spring to get here. So I listened and I created this cute little bird house. This is a wooden bird house I had purchase many years ago at Michales. They still carry all different types of these little bird houses, so you are able to get them. I love creating my flowers and thought it would be very interesting to try and put them on this little piece. I loved creating this! I am really addicted to them now and I'm creating some larger ones too. If you notice there is a lot of details to this house. I have hand embossed all the petals and most of the leaves that you see on this house. I did however add some ornamental leaves to stick in between some of the flowers. I think they added that nice soft touch to this project! I look forward to sharing some more of my bird houses with you soon. I encourage you to get out your bird houses and start creating!

Hanging on the fence...

I did a Ustream class on this last weekend. I used a wooden fence found in the wood section of Michaels and thought what a cute piece to create some flowers on. This piece I made can be hung or placed on a scrapbook layout. To hang it all you would need to do is attach a hanger on the back or tie some jute string to it.

All the petals and leaves on this spray have been hand embossed and shaded for a realistic effect. The petals on the flowers have been shaded inside with chalk and ink. Each petal and leaf has been hand sculpted to create this beautiful spray. The spray is created as one piece. The stick pin in this creation is made by another fellow Etsy artist "angelicafranssen". 

This piece measures: 6.25" x 4.25"

Next week class we will be altering a straw hat! I will post the supply list on my blog very soon so keep checking back!

Be sure to join my crowd on Ustream and stay up to date on all the classes I will be doing!

I want to thank all the wonderful ladies who showed up and made it a very fun class! I can't wait to see you all back for the next class!

Altered Coffee Can

"Green Christmas"

Well, my challenge was on MPTS Forum was "Green Christmas". We had to recycle or upcycle an item around the house. We love coffee and I keep these cans to store items in. So, I thought it would neat to see what I can do with one.

I cut the bottom off by putting it through my can opener..lol

It makes it easy to place over a candle but as my mom reminded me I could use one of those battery candles..LOL. Now she tells me!! :)

I will be live on ustream on Friday the 17th @ 9pm EST.

Come join the fun and make sure you sign up for an account so you can ask me questions. I might try to slip a flower technique in if I have time :)

Coffee Can Supply List:

- Empty coffee can

-Sand paper

-Acrylic paint (any color you would like for your background ) 

-Paint brush

-Clear acrylic spray

-Wide ribbon

-Embellishments of your choice :)

- Hot glue

-Crop-a-dile

-Heat gun

Flower Supply List:

Cardstock

EKSuccess Retro Flower Punch 2"

Rolling Ball embosser

Stylus

Ink

Hot glue

Click here to go to my UStream channel!

I hope to see you there!

Handmade Paper Flower Wreath

I have to say I have been pretty busy lately. I have had so much on my plate that projects that I had made weeks ago never got their chance to shine..LOL. I made this wreath using my handmade flowers and leaves. I have made the paper flower sprays but want to test them out on some wreaths too. This wreath measures 6 inches. Every flower and leaf on this wreath has been handmade by me. Every petal and leaf has been hand embossed and inked. I love creating this flowers and I can't wait to see where I take them next. I'm working on some hair combs for weddings. I'm not sure when I will have them finished but when I do , I will post them here for everyone to see! This wreath will being going into my etsy shop soon. I hope to have it listed by the weekend.

Paper Cubed Shadow Box Challenge

I really fell in love with this picture of my daughter and had to do something with it! Something more than just put it on a layout. When I got the challenge for the Shadow box my first thought was "I have to use that picture!" I took a unfinished wooden shadow box and painted the outside with red and black paint from Americana Paints. Then after the paint dried I sprayed some gold glimmer mist on it. I kind of wanted to add a different type of shine to the paint instead of a gloss. I took some lady bug buttons and cut the backs off and glued them to the outside of the shadow box. I also took the baby lady bugs and added them to the Spanish moss that I glued in the inside of the frame. I hand punched some flowers and added some buttons to the center. I wanted to make it look like she was playing with the lady bugs in the grass. I matted her picture to red bazzill paper and added some ribbon and rhinestones to make it even out the picture. My little girl was so excited watching me put all of these little touches around her picture. She is so in love with lady bugs, that she is officially the queen of the lady bugs in our yard! The funny part about calling her that is every time she goes outside one is always crawling on her!

Check out these other creative ladies shadow boxes! CLICK HERE to visit P3 shadow box challenge.

Happy Holiday Wooden Mitten Ornament.......Handmade....Green with Christmas Holly

When i was starting this project I had no clue that it would have turned out like this!!! The paper to me at first didn't jump out and say "use me"...LOL. Well, the finished result turned out nice!!

Happy Holiday Wooden Mitten Ornament.......Handmade....Pink and White

This was so neat to make! I really enjoyed painting and scrapping together! This altered mitten turned out so nice. I made five mittens altogether. I will post the reast of the pics soon. This would make a very nice gift to give or a pretty ornament on the tree!!! Click here to see it in my shop.