Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Picture Frame

Two posts in one day! I am on a roll. I wanted to share this picture frame I made for my dad for Christmas. I got this tin in the mail from AOL. It had painted advertising all over the outside, but I put it away thinking maybe I could cover it with paper or something and make it pretty. Well, due to my background in carpentry, I had a better idea! I had a piece of sandpaper laying around, and decided to see how difficult it would be to sand off the paint rather than trying to cover it all up with paper. Sooo easy! Now, it looks like brushed steel. How cool is that!?!?


So I attached navy satin ribbon around the two pieces with Terrifically Tacky Tape, adhered my DP inside along with my stickers (Deja Views), some arrows (7 gypsies), brads (Making Memories), added some rub-ons to the outside (Deja-Views) found a picture of my dad and grandpa and voila! A unique photo frame using an otherwise useless piece of junk mail!

Anniversary Card


Here is an anniversary card I made for my parents. The DP is by Around the Block, the reverse side I stamped with one of the leaf stamps from the Spiral Bouquet set from Papertrey Ink. The circle and the words Forever and Mr. & Mrs. are from the Borders and Corners Monogram Set by Papertrey. The satin ribbon is some I had in my stash forever. I used silver embossing powder for the circle and inner leaf.

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Happy New Year!

Well, it is 2008 already! 2007 really flew by. December in particular! I think it is the busiest holiday season I have seen in my 31 years! =) It was fun, but I am glad it is over. I am ready to get back to normal (?). With that being said, I hope to have a new card or two to post later today. I was just spending the morning catching up on my blog surfing and thought I would post a little Happy New Year message to any of you who are still with me. Hope you have the best year ever!
 
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