Comfort and Joy 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

This is my card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge.  We were to use a heart and/or words of love on our card.  I used a Spellbinders heart and then cut lots of grass with My Favorite Things die and glued them into place and then decorated with a few jewels.  I hope you have a chance to play along because it is really fun and everyone is so nice.  Hugs,

The Twinery Challenge #TT001

Here is my challenge entry for the new Twinery Challenge #TT001.  This was such fun.  Can't wait to see the upcoming challenges.  Hugs,

The Hens' Den Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Be Mine Cracked Glass Heart Box

Graphic 45 Place in Time 

Created By:  Anita Mulcahey

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.  I just loved how fun cracked glass looks and I made this cute little gift box to put a sweet in for my sweetie.  Do you ever just reflect on how lucky we are to have the people in our lives that love us? I have been with my sweetie for over 30 years and this is our 31st Valentine's Day together.  I hope that you have a great day and remember there are all kinds of love and we are all blessed with many different types.  Please check my part of the prize that The Hens' Den is giving away for those that visit and comment on all of the blogs and if you want to follow me along as well I would greatly appreciate it.

Project Materials:
Graphic 45 Place in Time Stickers
Petaloo Color me Crazy Flowers
Tim Holtz Distress Powder, Faded Jeans
Tim Holtz Distress Stain, Broken China
Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Faded Jeans
May Arts, Lace Ivory Pearl 3/4"
Versamark Ink
Embossing Tray
Embossing Gun
My Favorite Things Scalloped Heart Die
Silhouette Cameo, Laurie Whitlock heart box

Cracked Glass Technique:
1.  Die cut heart into shape.
2.  Lay heart on heat safe surface and ink up paper with Versamark ink.
3.  Sprinkle heart with Tim Holtz Distress Powder.  As you can see in the close up it gives such pretty combinations of shades.
4.  Heat emboss first layer and let cool.
5.  Repeat steps 2-4 six or seven times until your embossed layer is good and thick.
6.  Put in your freezer for 20 minutes to freeze until hard and brittle.
7.  Working quickly gently crack the surface of the heart doing small parts at a time.
8.  Once your project is cracked you can ink over the whole piece if the cracks do not show up as you would like.
9.  If you don't like how your cracks come out you can heat the heart with the embossing gun and then put back in the freezer to recrack.

Anita Mulcahey

http://www.happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/ You are here :)

Carolyn Lontin

http://carolynlontin.blogspot.com/

Janet Bagnall

http://lifefullofsunflowers.blogspot.com/

Lori McClellan

http://sentimentalxpressions.blogspot.com/

Nicolle Kramer

http://nicollelovesscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Moriah Macdonald

http://www.fuzzyslippersdesigns.com/

Stephanie Wagner

Scrappinposse.wordpress.com

TheHensDen.com

http://www.thehensdenteam.blogspot.com/

 Here is my part of the prize that you can win by leaving a comment here on my blog. I hope that you will also follow me. Be sure to stop by each blog to get a sense of the big prize for one lucky person who comments on each blog. The winner will be posted on The Hens' Den Blog on Sunday night.

May Arts - Blue Ribbon with Flowers - 1.5 in http://bit.ly/XhG0US

Valentine Snickers Candy Bar Wrapper and Box

Happy Valentine's Day everyone:

Here is the box that I made to hold my altered Snickers Candy Bar. The paper I used is so pretty, I just love it.  It is called Fourteen by Crate Paper.   I used my Silhouette and a SVG file by Lori Whitlock. I also used a flag from Bella Boulevard and cut out a heart from one of the Fourteen Papers called February.  The stickers are from October Afternoon and are called Sno-Cone Mini Market.  They are perfect for smaller titles.  Lastly I took some washi tape and put some on white paper down the edge on both sides and then trimmed the piece of paper to 1/4".  I then wound the strips around chop sticks and came out with those wonderful curls.
I hope everyone has an awesome Valentine's Day and don't forget to stop into the store to pick up your holiday paper crafting supplies,
Hugs,

Day 10 of 14 Days of Love with Right at Home Scrapbooking

Hope everyone survived the blizzard safely.  I took advantage of the time to create my post for today. Lisa and Holly gave me this awesome book from Card Maker Magazine called A to Z Embellishments for Cards.  I chose to  make Fabric Yo-Yo's to use on my cards.  You can find the directions for these fun fabric flowers on page 140.  I used Crate Papers wonderful Valentine line called Fourteen.  I also used Crate Paper Stitched Labels.  I would normally make one card but these yo-yo's were so much fun and the papers so gorgeous that I kept going.  Did you know that Lisa has this amazing assortment of buttons that you can pick from in the store?  I had such fun fishing through the mason jars which are organized by color to find some wonderful buttons.  I love the pink one below with the silver design.



I'll be back once more this month with another lovely project.  Hope your Valentine's week is a great one.  It's all about the love and I know I LOVE Right at Home and all my friends there.  Hugs,

52 Christmas Card Throwdown February Color Challenge

I am so sad that because I was sick last week I ran out of time to play with the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown ladies.  This week I am getting mine in early.  These were fun colors to work with.  Check out the challenge here and play along.
Hugs,

Hen's Den Valentine's Day Blog Hop