tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14591830851876641412024-03-08T03:33:57.558-08:00Getting HookedYea, I am hooked... on hand carved stamps, crochet, paper crafts, letter boxing, and anything else I take a crafty interest in :-)
This is the theme of my blog... I am hooked! :-)Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-44317329101672997912013-04-07T13:10:00.000-07:002013-04-07T13:10:17.741-07:00My Tea Towel Weekend ProjectI<span style="color: #4c1130;"> have become kind of obsessed with tea towels lately. I like the nostalgic feel of them, and the way they look hanging on a cute hook or over the oven bar. The weekend before last we had a spring storm blow in, it was one of those bummer snowy days because it is supposed to be warming up this time of year right??? Well not here, so in order to make myself feel better I decided to take the day and embroider a tea towel. A while ago I had made a pintrest board about my tea towel obsession so I looked to that for inspiration. http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/hand-towel-obsessions/</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;">So, I started with a drawing I found online and a few colored flosses.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">I have this little coffee/tea station in my kitchen so I thought it would be super cute to have a coffee themed tea towel to hang near it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">It took about 7 hours from start to finish. Not a quick project, but it sure was nice to bundle up on a cold spring day and create something beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Hope your spring is warmer than mine has been :)</span></div>
<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-45553992348822016092013-02-08T10:16:00.001-08:002013-02-08T10:18:45.794-08:00Candy Hearts are my Favorite!! Turn them into a cute wreath!<span style="color: #cc0000;">I just love Valentines Day. I am not sure if it is all of the pastel colors, all of the sweet smelling candy, all of the gooshy feelings, or all of the sweet cards... it's most likely all of the above, I just love that day :) One of my favorite candies of all times in the yummy conversation candy hearts! They are just so good! So to commemorate my love for these sweet candies I have made a simple, inexpensive, yet adorable wreath. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Start with a styrofoam ring, I bought mine an Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon that you can get on their website. They have all of their Valentine's merchandise on sale too, so I purchased all of my supplies there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I also bought a wooden conversation heart on a dowel and a package of hearts .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I cut the dowel so that once poked into the ring it would stand in the middle. It is very simple to place it onto the ring, just poke it through the burlap and into the foam; it stays secure and stands straight up. I then made a little bow out of some ribbon I already had, I used yellow to match the heart in the center. I then hot glued all of the hearts around the ring. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">And that is it :) If you end up making one let me know, I would love to see how it turned out.</span></div>
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<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-33642391494505800662013-01-14T21:44:00.000-08:002013-01-14T21:44:38.350-08:00snow flakes outside, on my hand warmers, and on my nails<span style="color: blue;">As I am writing this post I think our high outside is like 6 degrees.... brrrrrrr! We are having a few snow flurries as well but not just outside, they have manages to make it onto my nails and my hand warmers too! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Snow flakes are very pretty so I decided to add a few onto my crochet in the form of these adorable buttons I found. Then, I used the nail stamps from Bundle Monster to create matching nails.... how fun is that!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">For the fingerless mitts, I used a ridged pattern I created. Here again, if I can find the notes for the pattern I may make it available in the future </span><br />
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<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-59612172791430951852013-01-08T21:02:00.002-08:002013-01-08T21:02:30.768-08:00A cute little hat and scarfI was asked to make a little hat and scarf for a 4 year old girl and this is what I came up with. I am loving the little hat :) I got the pattern here <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/36270498/Best-Little-Girl-Cloche-Crochet-Pattern-ALL-SIZES-www-aestheticnest">http://www.scribd.com/doc/36270498/Best-Little-Girl-Cloche-Crochet-Pattern-ALL-SIZES-www-aestheticnest</a><br />
and I just added a little color in. I did not use a pattern for the scarf nor did I write down what I did (I really need to get better at that). I have a bad habit of scribbling down a pattern as I go, forgetting where I put it, and have even accidentally threw great patterns I created away thinking they were just doodles... oops : / <br />
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<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-76555462952522921052012-10-31T21:25:00.000-07:002012-11-02T22:49:20.925-07:00My brimmed hatI found this adorable hat pattern on Ravelry that I just had to buy. I pinned it on pintrest a while back and finally decided to spend the money and purchase the pattern. I have no regrets, it is a great pattern, the hat works up fast, and it is soooo cute!! <br />
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You can find the pattern here <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-newsboy-hat">http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-newsboy-hat</a><br />
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Here I am sporting my hat :)<br />
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I made both of these projects with Sensations Lustrous Lamb yarn. It is a wool, acrylic blend. For the hat I held 3 strands together to make a Super Bulky yarn and it worked great :)</div>
Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-56525162208126567632012-10-26T21:17:00.002-07:002012-10-26T21:17:45.900-07:00A little Christmas HookingHi Ya'all! I know I have not posted in a long time, been so busy with life. But I have not stopped creating :) A homeschool support group I am a part of got together and made Christmas ornaments for some of the families who lost their homes and possessions during the summer fires here in Colorado. I made these cute little stockings and candy canes. <br />
You can find the free pattern for the stockings here <br />
<a href="http://www.beansproutcreations.com/2009/11/03/week-9-christmas-stocking-ornament/">http://www.beansproutcreations.com/2009/11/03/week-9-christmas-stocking-ornament/</a><br />
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I just made the candy cane by working in a tight round and running a pipe cleaner through the center for the shape. <br />
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Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-46912363355976972212012-08-18T08:10:00.000-07:002012-08-18T08:10:51.761-07:00Why I like White Dishcloths<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can tell, I took a summer break from blogging....but not crocheting:) I have some really neat projects that I have made that I can't wait to share! They will show up on here as I have time to post. With summer over homeschool has started so that takes my time priority, but I will still make time to share:) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With all of the <span style="color: #cc0000;">beautiful</span><span style="color: blue;"> colors</span> <span style="color: lime;">of</span> <span style="color: magenta;">cotton</span> yarn available I always go for white when I make dishcloths for myself. The reason is simple, but it may freak some people out who are extremely environmentally friendly. I am a bleach freak in my kitchen, yes I admit it. I LOVE bleach :) Now don't get me wrong, I do recycle and have made smarter choices in relation to our environment, but I still hold on to my bleach. As far as I know there is just nothing else out there that kills germs as effectively as bleach and I am one who likes my kitchen bleach clean... maybe a little ocd about this but hey, my kids can eat off the counter (gasp, not that I would allow it) and I do not have to panic about what meat I cut up a few hours ago, or something like that :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found this really neat, easy to follow, fast work up granny square dishcloth pattern and am in the process of making, well, A LOT. My old cloths have had it. I could just go to Wal Mart and pick up some standard cloths but once you go crochet dishcloths there is no going back. Not only are they way pretty sitting on the side of the sink but they are durable, and did I mention pretty ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So here is where you can find the pattern:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.favecrafts.com/Kitchen-Crochet/Grannys-Square-Dishcloth/ct/1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://www.favecrafts.com/Kitchen-Crochet/Grannys-Square-Dishcloth/ct/1</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are a few of my pretty white dish cloths, that can handle lots of bleach and remain stain free because of it :)</span><br />
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Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-68314065123358497472012-06-25T22:14:00.001-07:002012-06-25T22:14:20.390-07:00Crochet Jewelry Challenge Project # 6<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, so this is not quite jewelry I guess but I did pin it on my pinetrest board that got this whole jewelry thing started. But wow... I am having so much fun creating things I love and will use! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this time I made the barefoot sandals. They became popular a few summers ago and I liked them from the start. But... who actually wears these, I mean I can't go around barefoot all the time. Then I saw it, a picture with the barefoot sandals worn with shoes, Wow! They look super cute with flip flops and even closed toe shoes :) So now I could actually see a use for them but I was not even motivated to make them UNTIL the challenge. Boy am I glad I made them :) I love the way they look so much that I even made 2 and the third is in progress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to see the inspiration photo check it out here</span><br />
<a href="http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/crochet-jewelry-i-want-to-make/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/crochet-jewelry-i-want-to-make/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wanted to try something a little different for the second pair.... I am not as crazy about them as the first pair but I do like them and they look great with my black flip flops</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;">I decided to use hemp fiber for mine, it was the first time I crocheted with hemp. I like the way it worked up, and the way hemp shows the stitches. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;">I made mine a little different than the inspiration photo again. I made mine more like a cuff than a bracelet. I also made two flower shells. Although I really tried to sew on the shells it just did not work for me, I ended up hot gluing them on but it still looks great :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;">So, let me know what you think :)</span>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-22337024890973939152012-06-15T11:18:00.001-07:002012-06-15T11:18:44.772-07:00Project # 4 Crochet Jewelry Challenge<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ok, so # 4 is soooo cool!! I had to make a few changes from the inspiration photo but I like mine even better ;-) The inspiration used wax cord... I went to 3 of my local craft stores and could not find wax cord. I also was unable to find a turquoise colored heart. So, I substituted wax cord with deer leather and because I was totally set on using a heart I used this cool looking silver colored heart. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yipee :) I love how it turned out! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">As you may know, I have
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pinterest </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/crochet-jewelry-i-want-to-make/"><span style="color: #741b47;">http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/crochet-jewelry-i-want-to-make/</span></a><span style="color: #741b47;"> and have decided to try and crochet what I pinned,
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my third project I made a crochet anklet with beads. Here is my inspiration photo</span></div>
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<br /></div>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-43010189341943489612012-06-08T14:36:00.002-07:002012-06-08T14:36:42.222-07:00Birthday Cake Ring; Project # 2 in Crochet Jewelry Challenge<span style="color: #741b47;">As you may know, I have given myself a crochet jewelry challenge. I pinned some crochet jewelry on pinterest </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/crochet-jewelry-i-want-to-make/"><span style="color: #741b47;">http://pinterest.com/gettinghooked/crochet-jewelry-i-want-to-make/</span></a><span style="color: #741b47;"> and have decided to try and crochet what I pinned, without a pattern, to see what I can do. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">O'my.... was this FUN to make!! Who doesn't love birthday cake! And to wear it on your hand... how cute is that!! </span><br />
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I used a Bundle Monster image plate and drew the red line with a polish pen. <br />
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PS... still working on my table runner, finished with row one and onto row 2!<br />
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<br /></div>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-67453044821730108172012-05-29T20:56:00.000-07:002012-05-29T20:56:58.482-07:00A quick update on my neck issues, and my no stamp carving :(<span style="font-size: large;">Hi All! I have had many kind and concerned people ask me how the progress is going with my messed up neck issues, so I thought I would fill you all in. If you are new, I used to have an etsy shop where I sold hand carved rubbers stamps. I was having a great time with my shop, had many sales and got to create lots of custom stamps. I guess bending over a magnifying glass for hours on end day after day took its tole on my neck. People started telling me they would see my head shake occasionally. Some thought maybe I developed MS or some other neurological disease. I did see a neurologist and have been diagnosed with cervical dystonia. You can develop this by repetitive neck motion. Sometimes my neck will feel as though it will lock up... what a bummer! I have been in physical therapy for a several months now and there is improvement. Now, my heads shakes only when looking down, so there is progress. But, unfortunately, I will no longer be able to carve stamps like I once did. I will only make them for letterboxing, and not very often at that. I am so sorry for those kind customers who have been asking me to carve for them, but I am just not able. Thanks for caring though... it means a lot. </span><br />
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<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-19286929707478718522012-05-27T18:54:00.000-07:002012-05-27T18:54:10.289-07:00My latest card swap, just for men<span style="font-size: large;">A card just for men... hmmm could not be anything frilly or pretty, this was going to be a challenge! Again, I used the web to spark inspiration and I found this GREAT tutorial :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately downloading the pattern would not work for me so I had to make my own template. These cards required A LOT of hand cutting... no cricut for these cards. I do like the results though... let me know what you think. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me introduce you to Rex. Rex was my son's 7th birthday present 5 years ago but now "belongs" to my daughter. My son got tired of feeding Rex after about a year and sold him to my daughter for $20!! LOL My daughter and Rex are great buddies; he runs right along side her while she is riding her horse and will follow her anywhere. One day my daughter was going for a swim with her horse in a pond (which I just love to watch) and Rex would not leave her side. He was completely exhausted but continued to follow her into the pond. I watched in disbelief as his head starting going under, he was so fatigued but he would not get out of the pond unless my daughter was out. I have never seen such a loyal dog. Needless to say, my daughter did leave the pond and loyal Rex got lots of love from her, as he does every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought Rex needed a really nice cover for the new dog bed we got him a few weeks back. Of course, it needed to be crocheted :) </span><br />
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Also, still working on the table runner....</div>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-11673800313437082882012-05-13T16:42:00.001-07:002012-05-13T16:45:21.254-07:00A little lace to my rustic western table<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few years ago I took a common dining table and transformed it to something that fit our family. I took a wood burning tool, a chain, a drill, some stain and iron cowboy boots and went to work. I made over my table into a western, rust, don't care if my kids spill or bang on it because it just adds character kind of table. I have really loved it.</span><br />
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<br /></div>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-16364131085802462042012-05-09T10:13:00.001-07:002012-05-09T10:13:49.237-07:00I was going through some of my pictures of crochet items I have made and realized I have not posted soooo many of them :/ So... I have decided to do one post of my past projects that some how got neglected. Unfortunate, I have not taken pictures of so many projects I have made which I have given as gifts... what a bummer! but I take pictures now :)<br />
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This fish I just mailed off to my friend in California as a gift for her baby girl. I did use a wonderful pattern for the fish and you can find it here</div>
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I got the pattern for this top from Patons Designer Series, it is actually the same top that is featured on the cover but I added several more rows onto the bottom (did not want my belly button to show, lol) and unlike the cover, I did wear an undershirt :) I used a variegated brown for the bottom portion and a matching solid brown for the top. I did use Patons brand yarn for this project. <br />
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<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-45835759453765435782012-04-18T08:35:00.000-07:002012-04-18T08:35:26.288-07:00This little guy is soooo adorable!!<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For a couple of months now my family has been volunteering at an animal sanctuary. There is the absolute cutest little creature there known as a baby alpaca! We had never had the opportunity before to see a baby alpaca... and wow is he adorable!! My husband now thinks baby alpacas are the cutest babies in the animal kingdom :) </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought I would share these pictures today just because they make me smile, I hope they make you smile too :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The only problem was that the bag would not be sturdy enough to hold all of the things I keep in my purse, I think I actually have fit arms because of the weight of my purse :) !</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">So, it was time to get creative. I decided to only make the outer shell of the bag crochet and actually sew a sturdy fabric bag for the inside. I had this pretty purple leftover yarn from another project and thought that it was a nice spring purple color so I went with it. The only problem with this yarn is it is very soft and I was really worried (after I crochet the section I wanted) that it would not hold up well. I just hate that feeling of Oh'no! I just waisted HOURS on something and it is not going to work! I had that feeling on this one. But, I went a head and planned out the fabric portion of the bag and pieced together a rectangular shaped bag and lined it with an iron on interfacing I also added reinforcement in the form of cardboard to the bottom. I did alter the crochet pattern for the purpose of having a bottom to the purse. I made a rectangle base before I started the pattern and just made it the size I wanted to bag to be, then I cut the fabric to match the size of the crocheted portion. </span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I added a few interior pockets to hold my cell phone and lip gloss etc. I also added a few fabric flowers and a super cute purse charm I found at Michael's :)</span><br />
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<br />Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-7270458552008523792012-04-03T12:54:00.000-07:002012-04-03T12:54:56.240-07:00Colored eggs on my finger nails!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">I really didn't think I would hand paint another design on my nails for quite a while.</span> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I thought it was going to be Konad stamping for a few weeks at least. But I could not resist!</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> I saw this cute and simple colored egg design on this artists website</span> </span><a href="http://robinmosesnailart.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">http://robinmosesnailart.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #a64d79;">of course I did modify it a bit by only painting the eggs and not the bunny and basket, just to make it easier. I did not want to spent 2 hours painting this time :)</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">I am sure I will have to redo my nails before Easter... if you have any ideas for my next spring manicure post a link and I may give it a try and post the results :)</span></div>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459183085187664141.post-23803602189911817792012-03-25T21:30:00.002-07:002012-05-09T09:19:24.951-07:00March Card Swap... getting a little better :)<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I am not huge on scrapbooking, for now, but I do love to make cards! I got the cutest cards from the February card swap and I was able to use them for... Card Making 102 Teresa's Card Improvement Class :) I really got wonderful ideas on making adorable cards from the ladies I swapped with!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Here are the cards I sent in for the March Swap... I like them so much more than what I made for the February swap :))</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I printed the bunny image off the computer, then I colored him in using chalk, and colored in the carrot and flower with a marker to make them really stand out. I used the chalk to age the edges a little. My favorite part was coloring, lol, as an adult coloring is so relaxing!</span>Getting Hookedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216143915300930778noreply@blogger.com8