Miss "M''s Princess Shaker Card

I can't believe my oldest grandbabe is 5... how did that happen? It seems like only yesterday we were waiting for her arrival. Miss "M" loves all of the princesses... so I had a hard time deciding which one to make for her card... so I decided instead to make a princess wand shaker card instead. She loves yellow, pink and purple so I was happy that I found a cute girly background for her card with all the right colors. I stamped the Happy Birthday Princess with VersaMark stamp pad and heat embossed it with Stampendous Pear Lustre Amethyst  I used Queen & Company Lollies and polka dot epoxy dots for embellishments.

Happy Crafting!

Queen & Company Shaker Cards

  The girls picked out all of the pattern paper and what dies they wanted to use.

We looked at some of the ideas from Queen & Company and then we went from there.  

 They loved being able to "load" each card with the cordinating

shakers and made sure to get just the right amount.

Miss "M" wanted to add a shell to her hair so it looked like a bow :-)

Miss "M" (the 4.5 year old) loved the idea of adding ghosts and bats and a pumpkin too.

I pulled out my old Quickutz dies... and they worked perfectly!

Miss "M" wanted to make sure that we had a ghost IN the house... 

she's has such creative ideas!

 The girls other grandparents were headed to New York for a fun-filled vacation...

so we made a card to show them how much we love them!

 My grandbabes (and their parents too) have been staying with us the past 3 weeks

while their new home is being completed. 

 It brought such joy to have them all here and hanging out with us.

Imagine my happiness when the two older grandbabes (ages 4.5 and 2.5 years)

asked if they could craft! I was doing the happy dance since

 I have not had a "crafting buddy" in years!

It's wonderful to look at things through the eye of a younger person... 

they are so smart and fearless... they don't care if the witch broom is on top of the legs...

or if the card is lined up... just right...  to them it is PERFECT!!!

I have learned so much from those two sweet girls...

and I can't wait for another craft weekend!

Pumpkin Carols

Back when I was in 5th or 6th grade we were given some mimeographed copies of Pumpkin Carols... I thought that was the coolest thing ever! I have saved those copies all of these years (all 45-ish years).  I taught the songs to my son when he was younger and I can't wait to teach them to my grandbabies!  A few years ago we had some family and friends over and we sang these and had a blast.  This year we are going Pumpkin Caroling to an Assisted Living home where my Mother-in-law is living.  It's brought lots of fun over the years and I thought maybe you all would like to have some Halloween fun too!

"Old School" Dallas Cowboys Truck

 I'm guessing if you have followed my blog at all you know that I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan.

I so love when football season kicks off and this year was no different.

I have looked at the "old school" trucks at The Wood Connection and I have

loved them from day one.  They have a truck for every season but

football so I decided to create my own.

Above is the finished project... my son, Josh, loves the Cowboys even more than I do

and we both loved the Thanksgiving uniforms of the blue/white jerseys with the single

blue star on each shoulder and the white helmet with the solid blue star on the side and

2 solid blue "racing stripes" on the helmet ... just like the one here with Tony Romo.

This is a mailbox I did several years ago that was like our favorite helmet...

I painted the whole truck white including the "extra side piece" ... I kept doing back to the

picture and decided I would paint the "fenders" Cowboy blue to add some color to it.

I then decided that I wanted to add some texture since it was so "flat". I had some 

Silver Glitter Blast spray paint from several years ago... so I sprayed the side pieces with

the glitter spray... at first it started to come out "blobby" so I thought for sure I would

be sanding everything down and starting over again.  After it dried, I decided that

I really like the look... it's an "old school" truck so it's bound to have some blemishes.

I had some blue with silver stars washi tape that I have been holding on to for

the "perfect" project and this one was it... just to give it some personality

I had some blue stars I used as the hub cap center and

I added two silver sparkly enamel dots for headlights...

 and... 2 red sparkly enamel dots for the taillights.

Since there was a spot for a "license plate" I added

a "#4" to Josh's and my Uncle Darrell's and

did a "#82" for mine.

 I used my Cameo to cut the star and my Quickutz for the numbers!

It was a fun project ... hopefully this little truck with bring us some good luck!

Go COWBOYS!!!

and... Happy Crafting!

Cowboys Letterboard

I'm sure the next few posts are going to be about Cowboys Football...

I can't help it... it's a part of who I am.

Tomorrow will be bitter sweet... we are looking to have a great year...

but my dad won't be here to enjoy and cheer the team on with us.

I miss you dad... if heaven wasn't so far away!

GO COWBOYS!!!

"Old School" Patriotic Truck

I'm so loving this "Old School" Patriotic Truck...

it has been my favorite project I have painted all year! 

I bought him from The Wood Connection and used Midnight Blue and

Metallic Silver by Ceramcoat to paint 'em up purty ;-)

Happy Crafting!

Missionary Farewell or Dad's Day Tie Shaped Rice Krispie Treats

 My cousin's son was leaving on an LDS mission and asked that I make some of

the Tie Treats for his farewell... we had so much fun making Jaden's we had to say yes!

My Uncle is a huge Dallas Cowboy's fan so I had to make a few that had

the Cowboys star ;-)

 I bought a cookie cutter in the shape of a tie and then just buttered the mold inside

and pressed the Rice Krispies right into the mold.  I discovered that if I sprayed the

waxed paper when I turned the cutter over so that the "finger pressing" was on

the bottom then the top had a very flat surface.  It was easier to spread the

melted chocolate disks on the top with a brush.

 Then I added melted white chocolate chips as the decoration. 

Since I don't cake decorate much... you can tell my hand got tired very quickly. 

The kids enjoyed them so that's all the really matters!