tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91212302791736660202024-03-05T21:17:58.244-06:00(now what!) What Now?oh dear me ... Now WHAT!!!!!Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-63798534888706250612022-01-31T12:24:00.003-06:002022-01-31T12:31:09.227-06:00Oof - a wolf ..... I am not an artist -- not a free hand artist anyhow -- or by any stretch of the imagination.This one was a stretch for me. This is really a lot harder than I thought it would be to create and do. I thought I would just be brimming with ideas and thought, "How hard can it be?" Honestly, hard. Don't get me wrong. I love the idea of inchies. And I don'tDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-76342665705305034642022-01-25T10:40:00.000-06:002022-01-25T10:40:51.162-06:00You Rock! Indeed I do rock! Coming out of my post-holiday slump. Spent the weekend cleaning and rearranging my craft room. My son said he thinks I like to rearrange the room as much as I like to craft and he really isn't wrong. I think I have happened upon a set up that I will be able to keep for a while. And it is set up to accommodate the putting up and taking down of Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-3940212205451910382022-01-20T07:20:00.000-06:002022-01-20T07:20:28.707-06:00Grey hair - don't care I'm a bit late in posting this week. And while I mostly have grey hair and don't care, I have been having a bit of fun during this stay at home and work from home time to play with my hair color. I've done purple and a burgundy/red/pink - which I currently have with at least 1.5 inches of grey growth - and if I get my lazy bum in gear next will be a dark blue.With grey hair you Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-44682582548593297622022-01-11T07:59:00.003-06:002022-01-11T08:01:18.412-06:00Grey Dove Posting every Monday is going to be harder than I thought - given this is Tuesday.But I have my inchie ready to go and am going to participate. But one thing that is harder is that I do not know my Mac laptop very well and can't figure out yet how to find my pop-up/dialogue boxes when I go to get codes for verifications. Newbie that I am with this Apple product.Here's my 1/10/Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-42905468220607911182022-01-09T09:48:00.000-06:002022-01-09T09:48:57.547-06:002022 - Something New Well - it has been more than a hot minute. I've decided to try something new for this year and I'm hoping I can make it work so I'm going to try with this post.I'm going to try creating inchies and posting over at Every Inchie Monday.I haven't done this in so long that I'm not sure my first try will be right - but I can only try!Here is the first inchie for January 3, 2022 - shades. &Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-10621211216683184032013-10-29T19:31:00.000-05:002013-10-29T19:31:37.551-05:00A Pinterest WinPinterest ---- what a wonderful invention. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! You set up your boards, you pin things and and then if you are like a lot of people, you hope you get the chance to actually try the item you pinned. If you ever wonder how some of those items turn out -- go check out the blog: Pinstrosity -- it's a hoot!
But I had a PIN WIN! When I saw this, I just Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-75418972495863907352013-10-27T16:11:00.001-05:002013-10-27T16:11:39.190-05:00I'm BACK!!!I have to say, that I really was planning on shutting down my blog.
In my mind, it was too much work. But then I thought maybe I'm just MAKING it too much work.
After all, nothing is requiring me to create tutorials - something I thought I would HAVE to do when I showed my work. And there is NOTHING requiring me to list ALL of my materials as long as I attribute the correct pattern orDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-65650356757219191912012-12-05T02:00:00.000-06:002012-12-05T14:21:06.114-06:00December Blog Hop - Pear & Partridge
Welcome to the Roxybonds Scrappers Team December 2012 Blog Hop!
We are featuring artwork from the Close to My Heart's Pear & Partridge paper pack.
If you have come here from Keeley's blog, then you are on the right path.
Your next stop will be Amber's blog.
Today I have created cards using the Pear & Partridge card workshop.
Not Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-87354223581504287872012-10-05T05:09:00.000-05:002012-10-05T05:09:27.737-05:00October Team Blog Hop - Moonlight<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-12467034769336146892012-08-17T17:45:00.001-05:002012-08-18T15:57:24.679-05:00Photo - or - Recipe BoxDecember! Well sometimes life just gets in the way -- so I need to get back in the blogging habit -- next month I am going to be in a blog hop so I had better figure out what I'm doing!
I'm officially a Close To My Heart (CMTH) consultant. That is the blog hop I will be participating in next month. So, to get started, I worked on covering the photo or recipe box I received in Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-78159256365386311902011-12-30T13:10:00.000-06:002011-12-30T13:10:13.319-06:00Christmas OrnamentsI'm still a complete noob when it comes to posting on my blog. One of these days I will get it.
For now I am going to show a some crocheted Christmas ornaments -- just a sampling because I added embellishments to so many of them.
Either way - I got the free pattern from Good Knits. It is called the Simple Statement Ornament.
It was the first time I have crocheted with beads - my own Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-54948890448700777172011-10-31T20:05:00.001-05:002011-11-01T08:21:51.480-05:00Thanksgiving CardsNOT - that I have been a good blogger mind you, but I decided I needed to get back in to blogging -- with a purpose of course. I have been "pinning" quite a bit over at Pinterest -- not maniac pinning but when I find something I like, or I see something someone else has "pinned" then I pin it too.
So, there I am finding all these things to pin -- but what happens after that? aaahhh!! Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-80164651677308671092011-03-20T08:32:00.000-05:002011-03-20T08:32:02.185-05:00Time to ReorganizeWe are back from our short spring break trip. In fact, we had a huge thunderstorm last night. Seems that spring has really arrived! It's now time to get organized and get off my bum --- which actually may mean fewer posts and challenges. It all depends on how well I can manage my time.
One thing I want to do is take another look at my craft room and see if I can take it Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-87095645890466056312011-03-17T05:55:00.000-05:002011-03-17T05:55:09.879-05:00Paper Bag AlbumI've been showing off my latest paper bag album. I thought I had better share a few pictures here too. While the occasion was somber - family pictures after my father-in-law's funeral - it was momentous because my husband and his most of his cousins had not been together in years.
I used the last of my paper bag album "blanks" but I will use this tutorial again to create more. IDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-64572459526491067382011-03-15T21:02:00.000-05:002011-03-15T21:02:59.910-05:00Card Patterns: Sketch 106 - It's a birthday kind of week!Last year I started making birthday cards and anniversary cards to send to my family. I did Thanksgiving cards and our Christmas cards. I've continued this year and have made birthday, anniversary, wedding shower, baby shower, and Easter cards (those are not quite done yet).
So, it's not that I don't make different cards, but April is a busy birthday month, so for this next cardDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-88526965023776502202011-03-14T17:41:00.000-05:002011-03-14T17:41:58.495-05:00GS#78 -- shhh!! Don't show my dad!This week's Get Sketchy #78 challenge provided me the opportunity to make my dad's birthday card. But I need to make sure he doesn't see it. His birthday isn't until next month - so this is a super-secret post! (hah! Like I could tear him away from Free Cell to even try and learn to surf the internet and find my blog.) I think I might be O.K.
I actually Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-74386766788208087142011-03-13T16:56:00.000-05:002011-03-13T16:56:34.433-05:00One Layer Card ChallengeA card challenge I have found is definitely a challenge for me. It is to make a one layer card. Card stock and inked images - that's it. No ribbon, no layers, no buttons or brads.
Up for the challenge I'm playing along for this week's OLW#44 over at Simplicity.
Part of the challenge was to go to Pinterest, specifically for items posted by a certain individual - Marta. I Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-51173447437366028472011-03-11T06:00:00.000-06:002011-03-11T06:00:59.359-06:00Celebrating the Green!For those who know me and have visited my house, I have this pre-lit (Christmas) tree that is potted -- in an urn? I don't know - but what I do know is that I decorate it for the different seasons/holidays. Not every holiday, but I'm getting darn close. This year when Valentine's Day was over and Lent was still 3 weeks off I knew I couldn't get out the Easter decorations.
That Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-41333158195097818902011-03-08T18:41:00.000-06:002011-03-08T18:41:38.874-06:00Another ChallengeI have another card for another challenge. This time over at Get Sketchy.
Card making is one of my new passions. It's really a lot more fun then I ever thought it would be. I will say I still struggle to get cards done ahead of time but that is part of the fun isn't it?
Here's my card for the GS#77 challenge.
I started with a cream colored card stock.
The paper is an Amy ButlerDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-38952207841173182162011-03-07T05:41:00.001-06:002011-03-07T05:43:57.158-06:00MME Challenge #21Can you say nervous? I'm doing my first blog challenge .... I love me some card making so I'm stepping it up and entering challenges that occur around the web.
It may be hard to do some challenges as I have tried to put my self on a supply diet - trying to use items I already have or recycle materials. We will see how that goes.
Actually, I have done both for this Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-38477308650177549932011-03-06T07:51:00.000-06:002011-03-06T07:51:21.910-06:00Have I been a slacker or WHAT!!??I'll admit - I started the blog and then burned out -- promptly right after school started. Now that the school year is on the downside I'm starting to think I should pick up the blogging again.
And realize - it's not that activities are slowing down - I just seem to be getting my act together. (yes, 8 months after the fact. story of my life.)
Check back soon, hopefully my Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-73356977613618830052010-09-01T20:48:00.000-05:002010-09-01T20:48:30.404-05:00Saturday ShoppingI went shopping this past Saturday with my friends Nancy and Tara.
Thank you both for a wonderful couple of hours.
With all the fun we had you would have thought we were out and about all morning - but just a couple of hours and loads of fun AND crafty inspiration.
I love it when you can purchase from other crafters things you know you would never make - like the wool broach I bought for my mom Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121230279173666020.post-4682784564234557602010-08-25T20:21:00.001-05:002010-08-25T20:26:00.247-05:00internet ... blog ... crafty inspirationsWell, I'm back at trying my blog. My goal is to be a bit more realistic. Start off by updating my blog once a week on Wednesdays and then see if I can't work my way up to twice a week - adding in a Saturday or a Sunday blog.
Speaking of Sunday - last Sunday I was up before the rest of my sun-burned family and hit my craft room to try out something I had found when bloghopping Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00215461198615344455noreply@blogger.com0