Kids Creations

Good Morning Everyone,
If you are my regular blog visitor, you knew I love 3 D. I have a few 3 D creations to share today.  However, I didn't make them.  My older son made them.  He printed them from PaperCraft.com.


He arranged this scene, the two police cars are chasing the two convertibles.

He loves airplanes, especially the fighter jets.

Space Shuttle, there were 7 astronauts but I didn't feel like arranging the other six.

My favorite is this fire truck.  The ladder could turn and it could also extended.  So cute!

Thanks for stopping by today. 


Helen

Baroque Motifs Thank You Notes

Good Morning,


So glad to have you here today.  After making the wedding invitations and the bridal shower favors, Joan's friend from work, Kathy, thought it would be nice to have coordinated thank you notes for Desirae also.  Joan wanted something simple so I made these

I CAS this first card from Simplicity.

Then the rest of the cards came along smoothly.

I needed quick purses. I made these two purses to hold the cards.  CAS them from Creation by Patti.  I used 12 x 12 card stock and it was perfect! Each purse hold 10 cards and 10 envelops.  Joan didn't expect the purses so when she saw the purses she just loved them.

Thank you Joan and Desirae for allowing me to be part of your special day.  I absolutely enjoyed every moment of it.

Thanks for taking a peek!


Helen

Sunshine Award & Summer Garden Share

Hello,
No craft today.  But I do have a few things to share.  I'd like to thanks Barbara at
Barbara's World of Whimcees for this Sunshine Award.

 Barbara is very creative and talented in many ways. I couldn't sew a straight line and Barbara sewed one doll after another.  And lately, Barbara added  written stories to her creations.  So creative!  Thank you again Barbara for sharing this award with me.

Next, I wanted to share my mother-in-law's  garden.  From late Spring to mid Fall, this is what my mother-in-law back yard looks like.

She grew two rows ( 25 feet long each row) of SUPER LONG string beans.

Each string beans grew up to over 24 inches long.  That was my kitchen floor tiles.  Each tiles measure 12" x 12" and that string bean was longer than two tiles.  I showed it to my neighbors and they suggested that I should send it to the Guiness World Book of record.  May be I should consider sending it.

Two rows (at least 15 feet) of bitter melons.

Here is a picture of the bitter melon fruit.  We cooked them when they were still green.  Yes, they were  bitter but we love them. I ate them both raw or cooked.

More vegetable, the empty spot was for different Greens.  Her favorite was Bok choy.

Two apple trees.  This one is my favorite.

There were more: different kinds of tomatoes and winter melon.  All Summer long and into Fall, they would just eat vegetables from their back yard.    Everything that she grew was organic.  Enviromentally friendly and amazingly healthy to have!

Thanks for taking a peak!

Helen

Pat's Birthday gift

Good Morning,


I loved the box that I made for Patti Lee so I made another one.  This one is in purple because my friend Pat's favorite color is purple.  This is for Pat's birthday.

I always made six petals flower because it is easier to do a six petals flower then a five petals flower at least for me.  So for this box I made the flower with only 5 petals.  The box is smaller than the last one I made for Patti Lee.  I  used only two match boxes and I glued them the long way.

Here are the inside.  A pair of quilling earring and a  matching necklace.

Here is a closer look at the quilling jewelry.

The circles that I used are called eccentric.  It is a lot prettier than the lose coil. Here is how I made them.
I used two pins for each coil.  One pin to hold the coil in place and the other pin was to move the center to the side and add a tiny bit of glue and pin it in place.  Wait until the glue dry about 15-20 or less. 

Then take them out and pinched them on one side to make tear drop shape.  I didn't need grid paper when I made the six petals flower.  I learned this trick from quillingMagic.   Using the punch for the flower was a great help!

 

 

I hope you've enjoyed today post.  

Have a lovely day!

Helen

 

My First CKC Convention

Hello,
Today I'd like to share a few new toys that I got from last week Valley Forge convention.   I have heard about this convention a few years ago but I never gave it a second thought.  Then I met Rachel and she convinced me that I should go just once to see how it was.  I needed a break from all the crazier things around me so I decided to go to this CKC (Creating Keepsake scrap book Convention) convention.   I called my other friend, Maritza, she had never been to this convention either and  she also would like to go.


But first let me share this.

My 35.5 oz. coffee-mate piggy bank! I should dress this can up a little.  Every year I would put most of my changes in this can.  A year later when it filled up, I would cash it and treated my children to something.  But this year I told them it's for "mom" and they understood mom's needs.  I took the can to the bank to cash it before I went to the convention.  I knew the total would at least be $200.  It took awhile to count. When it was finished counting, the lady behind me gasped and she asked me how long did I save it for.  I told her a little over a year.  The coins in the can worth $254.

I was thinking of spending at least $200 at the convention but I was a very good gal.  I spent less then that.  I was in awe of the things that I saw there.  The vendor displays were very pretty.  So many scrap book vendors.  I didn't buy any scrap book papers or anything that I would get from the local craft store.  My goal at the convention was to find something that I couldn't get from the local craft store.  I know I could get these items on line but who wants to pay shipping on these items.


Here was my first found. 

Flat back pearls! The smallest measure 3/16" and the biggest measure 1/4".  There were 72 pearls in a pack for just $1.  I bought 20 packs on the way in.  I got all the same color because I can paint them with different color markers if I needed a different color.

After the pearls booth, I found this 1 1/4" bind it all wires.  I had been looking for these for quite some time.

Then I found this unique punch.

This is a 8 punches in 1.  The yellow top can be removed and this punch can be used as a corner punch, straight border punch, large circle punch, smaller circle punch and oval punch.  My friend and I bought one each and we were thinking of swapping the punch for more designs.  What a great idea!


Then I found this.

Cuttlebug quilling kit.  I watched a video about this a while ago and was wondering when it was going to come out in the market.  They had three different kits at the convention.  I only bought one.  I will wait for the other two kits.

After I bought the flat back pearls, I saw the stencils booth.  There were so many varieties of brass stencils.  The lady there demonstrated a beautiful scallop flower.  I wanted it and so did a few other people who watched her but the seller just didn't know how to do business.  Both husband and wife didn't know much of the products that they were selling.  So every one moved on.  Then when we decided to come home I told Maritza that I'd liked to check that stencils booth again and that she should find a place to sit because I was going to take my time there to look for something.  I had a feeling that the booth had something that I was looking for.  Sure enough I found it.  The embroidery templates!   I got a handful of  the stencils.  Then when I asked the guy there, he didn't know what to do with them and the wife didn't bother to get up and help me.  She was too busy talking on the phone.   So I put most of them back and just got these three.

 I thought with these three templates, I will have plenty to play with.

We were at the convention for only two hours and we were done.   Maritza was just like me.  She was looking for something unique.  She bought a very good Martha Stewart scoring board for half the price I paid for my Scor-Pal!  We didn't look at the scrap book vendors at all.
 Then it was time to come home.  We went to the car and I still thought about the $1 flat back pearls.  I told Maritza that I spent less then I thought I would spend, so I wanted some more pearls.  I told Maritza the pearls won't be rotten sitting in my craft room, right! so I wanted a few more packs.

So we went back in and I got these:

Six packs of the purple color

and just 3 packs of these

and 3 packs of these.  I should have gotten more of these.  They would look so good on scrap book pages.

and 3 packs of these black pearls.  I had forgotten all about my La Cream gate fold album that was why I bought only 3 packs. 

Maritza and I had a good time at the convention.  Thank you Rachel for convincing me to go to the convention.  I am looking forward to another convention already. :)

Thank you everyone for stopping by today.

Helen

Match Boxes and Purses Bridal Shower Favors

Hello,


Today I'd like to share these favors that Joan wanted for her daughter bridal shower this Sunday.  Desirae doesn't know about these favors.  It's o.k.  I can post these favors now.  Desirae doesn't check out my blog.

Joan wanted 30 match boxes and 30 purses.  I changed the purse size a little.  I forgot to take the picture of the measurement and had forgotten the measurement.  I will be making more of these.  I will share the measurement then. In the meantime, you can find the purse tutorial at Creations by Patti.


Here is the inside.

I thought the blue card stocks were too dark to wrap the chocolate so after half way through I used the scrap from the invitations to wrap the nuggets instead.  For the purses, I filled them with Hershey Kisses.




Thanks again for stopping by.


Helen

Baroque Motifs Wedding invitations

Good Morning Everyone!


Phew!!! I did it!  I made at least 125 wedding invitations, 125 response cards, and 125 reception cards.  I made all of them in less then 10 days! I know I am insane!


Here is the front of the finished invitation.

The invitations were very simple, just one layer, that was how the bride to be wanted.  The card stocks that I used were from Paper Trey Ink and I have to admit they have good card stocks.  I will be back there for more.  The bride mate dress is going to be Royal Blue.  Joan found a very good deal on ribbons on this web side here.


After I made 98 of the invitations, I noticed the Baroque Motifs image didn't come out so good. I saw them all along but I was ignoring them.  Here was how it looked.

My first thought was to redo the entire invitations but I didn't have the time or the supply.

 I ran out of Whisper White craft ink refill.  I was really panicked and frustrated.  I just didn't know what to do.  I didn't have time to order the ink refill from Stampin' Up! I was going to use versa mark but I was running low on that also.  

I tried to order the versa mark refill from Paper Trey ink.  They ship faster but their were out of stock. Then I remembered there was a Stampin' Up! demonstrator  near where I live.  I looked her up and called her but she wasn't home.  I expected that because it was 11 AM.   I called a few other SU demos in the area but they were all not home.  

Then in the evening I decided to call the closest SU demo again.  Luckily, Janis picked up the phone.  I introduced myself and asked Janis if she had Whisper White craft ink refill and she said "yes".  I was  SO HAPPY!  We met within 15 minutes.  Another awesome thing, Janis didn't charge me for the refill.  She was giving me the refill! I was really touch.  I told Joan (mother of the bride to be) about it and she was so grateful.  I told Janis that I will replace a new bottle for her when I place my next order. Thank you so much Janis! 

All of these happened last Wednesday.  So now I had some more ink but there wasn't enough ink to redo the entire invitations.  I was still FRUSTRATED!  I was talking to myself in my head,  I couldn't redo the invitations.  I will have to fine a way to fix the images.  I tried to use the versa mark pen and drew on the image then sprinkled with more clear embossing powder.  It fixed the problem but it coursed another problem.  The heat from the heating gun melted the peals and burned the flowers.  I thought "now what!"  It was 10 PM on Wednesday night.   I sat there in my craft room until 12:30 AM then I decided to forget about the invitations and went to bed.  I was going to convention the following morning.  

I woke up and got ready for my first convention experience.   I was hoping to find versa mark refill or some type of slow drying ink at the convention.  I found versa mark refill but I didn't want to pay $8 for it.  I will share my new found toys from the convention in a few days.


Here was how I fixed the images. I pulled off the flowers and the peals off the front of the invitations and then traced the image with versa mark pen and then sprinkled with clear embossing powder.  Then I reheat the image making sure not to over heat it.  And it was FIXED!  I fixed 50 invitations on Thursday  and the rest between  last Friday and Saturday.  I did the RSVP cards and the reception cards first since they were easy.

Here they are

Joan wanted four different invitations for framing.  This is what she asked for.

It is very hard to see but I love the way this invitation came out.  I stamped the swirl from Yummy stamp set (SAB) then I dabbed the shimmery paint on the image before stamping it.  


It has been a very long post already but I'd like to share a little more.  See the wedding color is Royal Blue and  Stampin' Up! color was Brilliant Blue.  I had a lot of Brilliant Blue card stocks. I ordered them last year for Bob and Lindsey wedding and their colors were Almost Amethyst and Brilliant Blue.   But later on they didn't want to use the Brilliant Blue for the invitations and they went with only Almost Amethyst.  So I ended up with all the Brilliant Blue.  Now what does that had to do with this wedding? Desirae (bride to be) is Bob's younger sister.  Wasn't that funny! and her color is Royal blue.

Thank you so much for popping over.  Have a wonderful day!


Helen