Believe in Magic mixed media canvas....

 Well remember me telling you all way back many months ago that I was falling in love doing mixed media? Well it hasn't changed. I still love getting my hands good and dirty in the paint and glue and anything else I decide to put on the canvas. This is the latest one that I did and I'm thinking of doing another one with Santa on it as well. When I start one of these, I can't stop until I'm completely happy with it so I try not to start one late at night because I actually tried to walk away from this one late one night and couldn't sleep and so I got back up and finished it before I was able to find the sandman.

These are so much fun. It's the only kind of painting that doesn't stress me out because I don't have to worry about staying between the lines or doing the correct brush strokes and so on and so forth. There is no real rules.....it's all in the eyes of the creator to decide whether or not its right. I like not coloring within the lines so to speak.
Thanks for stopping by everyone and have a wonderful night/day!

Makeup bags....

 I'm back! So here are few more things that I've made since I pulled my sewing machine back out. It's been a while since I've sewn anything. So long in fact that I had a spool of thread that had actually dry rotted. It took me a while to figure out why the thread kept breaking on me and it really wasn't the operator of the machine.....that time. So anyway, The above picture is a little makeup bag that Suzie taught me how to make and I made about a dozen of those all in different fabrics of course.

 Then I didn't stop there. I made these as well. I believe that there are 7 in total of them. The flowers I made using more of the crocheted centers from my trip to Oklahoma to see Suzie this summer. But the big thing about these makeup bags for me was.......

 THE ZIPPERS! See for you seasoned pro's out there that have put tons of zippers in things. These happen to be my first and I was so proud of myself. I can remember my mom telling me that zippers were really hard to do and I would say they are in clothing which is what she would sew when I was little but these were easier than I thought they would be. I think that my husband was even impressed with me for putting them in and since he's the one that taught me how to sew on a machine that made me feel even better about it.

The purple zippers make me SMILE! I thought it would bring out the purple that was in the fabric a little bit more.
I have sewn some more things but it's do dark outside to take pictures of them right now so I'll have to get those pictures tomm. But I switched things up a tad before I started sewing again and I'll show you what I created in the next post.
Once again, thanks for stopping by.

Boho/Shabby Chic bag

 Hi everyone! I pulled my sewing machine out last month, blew off the dust and got to stitching. Here are a few things that I made. The boho bag above was fun and is meant to hang across your body for added comfort which is why the strap is so long.

 Here is a little Shabby Chic bag that I made. I bought the crochet doily while I was visiting Suzie in Oklahoma.

 

 And this little bag I was thinking would be good for a little girl. I made the flowers that I put on the front of this one as well as the Boho bag.

Of course while my sewing machine was already out I did make some more things that I will be posting for you to see.
Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to lately.

Suzie's mini album...

 Hi! Ok so this album I'm just calling it Suzie's mini since that is who I made it for. However, I learned how to make this mini following Ginger's tutorial at My Sisters Scrapper. You can follow the tutorial yourself starting at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqcgJZKKLVk I'm sorry but I can not remember what the name of the paper pad is that I used here on this mini. If the name of it comes to me then I will add an update at the bottom of this post. The birdcage and bird are cut on my Big Shot with Tim Holtz die with chipboard I also used I am roses flowers.

 I filled the birdcage with teeny tiny seed beads and then covered those with crackle accents. I used Stickles on the bird and wing and then added some hanging beads at the bottom.

 The pennant I cut out of the paper line (that I can't remember the name of...sorry again about that)

 The teal ribbon came from Hobby Lobby and the white ribbon is from Tim Holtz. The flat backed pearls are from....??? I have no idea where it came from. I get things from so many different places and WISH that I could remember where I got the flat backed pearls from because I am out and need some but only buy when I find a really good price. So if any of you know where I can find some that are priced well please let me know.

 I used one of Martha Stewart's corner punches on all of the flip out pages.

 By the way. This is a paper bag mini album and you can see one of the tags sticking out in the above picture where my fingers are. I forgot to take pictures showing that.

 The very last page has a waterfall page on it that I absolutely love. I'm so thankful that Ginger taught me how to make these because I want to make more!

 The above picture is out of order because its the back view of the mini.

The last 2 pictures are out of order as well. They are actually of the first page in the album.
I hope that you enjoyed seeing the pictures of the album. If you would like to make one yourself please go to Ginger's tutorial and give it a whirl. She's awesome and has several really good tutorials that are easy to follow. Have a great day everyone!

Now and Then mini album...

 Hi everyone! Here is a little mini that I did back in July and never posted. I'm calling it Now and Then mini because I used Teresa Collins Now and Then paper pad. I also used some things by Tim Holtz, K and Company, I am roses, Martha Stewart and I believe that's it...I'll let you know as you look at the pictures and hopefully I want forget who made what. The front cover has Tim Holtz grungeboard for the clasp and the backing where the key is. That key by the way is by K and Co. and the roses are by I am roses. The butterflies and the doily trim was punched using Martha Stewart punches and the trim was some that I found 1/2 price at Hobby Lobby. The bling is from Michael's and I believe it was Recollections.

 The clock...I used crackle accents on after I inked the edges well to give it a really old look.

 The metal butterfly above is one I bought from Butter B Scraps. I love their metal embellishments by the way.

Thanks for stopping by everyone. I hope that you all are having a great day. I have more to post. It seems that I'm doing things sporadically on my blog....and I am and I apologize but I have a lot of things going on and it just isn't physically possible for me to post daily right but I will try to post at least once a week.
More to come! :)