Hope for Japan

Hi,

Close to My Heart is selling this pretty stamp set at a discounted rate of $5.00 plus postage and handling with 100% of the proceeds to go to Japan relief:

If you are interested contact me and we can work out the transaction details. Thank you.

Julie

A couple of Jewelry Items

Just playing around making some earrings, thought I would post a couple for you.... If you are interested in purchasing these teal earrings, please see here for additional informtion.

These earrings are available here...

happy crafting....

Julie

Things that go bump in the night....

HI All,



So one night we took out 8 pound Chihuahua out to do his business before bed. Since we moved into this house we always go outside with him as there are mysterious creatures that come out at night, some that might like him for dinner....

"SCAMPER"

Well, this one night, we open the door and he tears outside, heads for the corner barking....



Then we see it....Scooby Doo Eyes.....


What are these glowing eyes before us? We grabbed the chihuahua and headed back inside before he was someone's dinner....Grabbed a flash light (and the camera) lol....


This is the picture I was able to snap....

Seems that a family of racoons like out bush with berries on it. They have come back several times since this night. It is a family of 5, although only 4 were curious enough to look at the camera ( I think they heard the paparazzi was near by, lol...).
Who knew that there would be racoons, in the desert? I would have never suspected....
Hope you enjoyed the story....

A little birdie told me....

HI all,

Here is another card that I made for a friend of mine. She retired just over a year ago and moved out of state. I sent her this card and a few stamped images of stamps that I bought. We do that every so often. I thought that might brighten her day....

For this card, I used all kinds of things on that stamped image. It was fun and a very creative outlet for me....I was amazed at how pretty that card was....

I used Taffy Smooch (love this stuff, can't wait to get more colors), Folk Craft Extreme Glitter acrylic paint (first time for this, I used this on the circle part), it turned out nice, Brush pens for hte bird and leaves, Distressed ink in aged mahogany and victorian velvet on the outside where the words are. Isn't it pretty? One of my favorites in along time....

Hope you enjoy....Happy crafting.

Tsukineko Sheer Shimmer Spritz

Hi all,

Try to say that 10 time really fast...kind of like "rubber baby buggie bumpers" ....

I used the spritz for the first time. I bought it a few months ago with a coupon at Hobby Lobby and decided "Finally" to use it. I was making a wedding card for a friend of mine and had punched out some Martha Stewart butterflies. I was just going to use Stickles on it, but then I spotted it. I thought, Hmmm, I should try that on the butterflies.....

Wow, what a difference it made....I am so please with the way this card turned out for my friend. I tried to capture the shimmer on the butterflies in the second picture. Let me know if you have tried this product?

So pretty....I am so pleased how this card came out.....hope you enjoy it to...

until next time....

Julie