Completed Altered Halloween Jars, Note Card Boxes & Lake Waynoka Craft Fair!

Good evening everyone, hope your day has been a crafty one!  I have been feeling a little under the weather here the past couple of days.  However this is not a huge surprise to me considering that my son Kevin was sick, then Eric got sick and I guess it's only fair for me to get it too, lol.  Hopefully I won't get it so bad as the guys did.  They both missed several days of work due to this ickyness - word of the day.

I have been busy though sick or not getting some things completed that I started on like my Altered Halloween Jars that I posted about.  

Altered Halloween Jars

Here are the photos of them completed:

These all have one coat of gesso, two coats of black acrylic paint, two coats of polycrylic sealer, vinyl cut outs from the A Frightful Affair & Happy Haunting's Cricut cartridges, purple metallic acrylic paint on the lids.

Inside there will be treats of the crafty nature like some brads or other small embellies...I haven't gotten that far as to what to put inside.  But all and all these are finished and I am so pleased with how they turned out.  Remember this is what they all looked like in the beginning...

So yea...I am happy with the results.

Note Card Boxes

I found this tutorial on Split Coast Stampers and they are really easy to create.

Here is a closer look at them before they were actually made, the paper for the insides is just copier paper cut to 3 1/2 x 3 1/2, rounded the corners & stamped on ends

Lake Waynoka

I got my invite to participate in the 2012 Shawnee Squaws Craft Fair which is on October 13th  from 9am to 4pm.

So I have been getting things ready for this as well. Busy Busy Busy!!!  But that is how I like it!

Hope you all take care and thank you again for stopping by and visiting!

31 Days of Halloween ~ Day 7

Good morning everyone!  First off I would like to say thank you to everyone who has given me encouraging words and support for this car accident.  Everything said has meant a lot to me...{HuGgLeS}  back to you all!

For today's card I used Kraft paper and wanted to make a window or see through something or other, it isn't the greatest but I think it's OK.

There are four inked corners in this card and in the punched area there in a spider and web on inside of card showing through the punched hole.  

Thank you again for stopping by and have a WONDERFUL day and GREAT weekend.  

Tomorrow is  my 40th birthday and I will be at a huge craft fair  at Lake Waynoka in Sardinia, Ohio selling my things!!! Wish me luck!

Update and of course my latest creations!

Good morning friends!  I know I know...I haven't been very visible the last couple weeks and for that 

I apologize...{Bridget} ~Smile~.

Things here have been rather hectic to put it mildly.  As you read in the last few posts, Kevin my son has moved in with Eric and I.  He has since started UC {University of Cincinnati} and he goes everyday + working both Saturday and Sunday.  He still needs rides due to him not having license yet.  He does drive my car a lot here lately with me in it of course.  And he is getting better every second!  I am so proud of my son for all he is doing now.  So we have already told the necessary people that we need a 3 bedroom and we will be most likely moving the first of December.  I will be honest here, I do detest the very thought of climbing up and down my 3 flights of stairs to move but I cannot wait to get a new place.  I mean I already know what they look like and all that, but it's the thought of getting a brand new place with Eric and Kevin together.  I'm corny I know, but I guess I am sentimental about things like this and big changes.

I also wanted to share with you some other great news...I already told you that I am going to be selling my cards in an actual store beginning in October...well, I am also going to be selling cards in yet another store in Mansfield, Ohio!!!  I have been getting cards ready to send out and I should have them ready to go by tomorrow!!!  The name of this store in Mansfield is called "Mid-Ohio Made".  Why not check them out!

One other thing happen to me last week...I do not have specific details that I can share with you on this but I can tell you that I was asked to help implement and instruct a scrapbooking class as well as a rubber stamping workshop and card class!!!!  I am still on cloud 9 from this meeting I had last Wednesday.  I promise that I will tell you more about this in greater detail when I know the full details!

So now can you see that I have been a busy woman lately?  I also have the Lake Waynoka Craft Fair that I have been getting ready for as well.  That show is on October 8, from 9-4 in Sardinia, Ohio.  I am very excited to have my crafts there because I here it is a huge success every year!  So if you are near-by, why not come and check out the show!  Also Lake Waynoka is a beautiful place to just go and see and why not do it on a day with crafts and free admission & parking!?!

Well my friends, I am going to close this for now.  I needed to catch up with you and explain my absence.  I will leave you with some pics of the latest cards that I have created for these various events!  

Enjoy!

 B is for BIRTHDAY!

Take care everyone!  Thank you again for stopping by, that means so much to me that you do!

I've got new items to share with you!!!

Hi everyone!!!

I haven't blogged in a few days and I can feel the withdrawal in my veins! LoL!  I wanted to share with you some new items that I have been working on.  And guess what? They are NOT CARDS!  If you can believe that!  Oh I still am creating cards like a mad woman here, but I have also been creating small little items that I think would be really great to take with me to the Lake Waynoka Craft Show.

I got this idea from a friend {Gina H.}, she is in my local scrapbooking group.  We all met this past Friday evening and she showed us what she was working on.  I am using a portion of her idea and tweaking the rest of this creation on my own. 

I call them Sticky Notes Cases, basically a cute little case for a post-it note that you can keep on your desk or in your purse or where ever you may need to use a quick notepad.

Here are two that I have created & photographed so far:

Here is the blue striped case:

I have also been making Birthday Reminder lists that connect with a binder ring.  Here are some photos of them:

I actually just sold one of these on my Etsy Shop but it was a custom order so I made that today and will be sending that out tomorrow to her.  I hope she loves it!

Well I am going to go craft some more now...I want to thank you all for stopping by!  Please have a WONDERFUL day and take care!

Mini Card Sets With Matching Handmade Boxes

Good Evening Everyone!  

I have been super busy lately working on all types of projects and cards to take with me to Lake Waynoka Craft Show.  I intentionally however took today as a "Christy" day.  I have so many things I WANT to work on but seem to always have projects that are for this or that.  I just needed some FUN to be put back into my crafty world today and I had a blast doing it.  For my "ME" day I created 5 cards that I have been meaning to get done and FINALLY did!  I am so happy with that.  I cannot show them on here though, perhaps further down the road b/c the recipients of these cards might be lurking around. HeHeHe!

I CAN show you the Mini Card sets that I created the other day though.  I love these, I think they are so cute.  I have a bunch more already in the process of getting completed with all sorts of designs and embellishments.  I have a lot in the making for Christmas as well.  So be prepared for a lot of holiday projects coming up.  Not just Christmas but Halloween and Thanksgiving to!

Speaking of Halloween, I just signed up on Smeared Ink's blog to be a "Wicked Blogger" for the month of October.  What that means is that I have to make a Halloween related project and post it on here EVERY DAY IN OCTOBER!!!  Hmmm, I wonder if I can do this.  I hope I can.  There is a fabulous sounding prize in the end for one lucky blogger.

Ok, so here are 2 of my Mini Card Sets w/ matching handmade boxes:

Each set contains 6 mini cards measuring 3x3 and comes with matching handmade envelope 

The boxes are also handmade and measure 3 1/2" square

The stamps used on these two sets are from Chatterbox and are heat embossed

I truly hope you like these as much as I do!  They took no time at all to create and were so much fun making to boot!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great night and fantastic tomorrow!