Old Fashion Christmas: MLCCB #49

 Hello Crafty Friends :o)  Welcome to a new month and a new challenge.  Please visit our sisters blogs for more inspiration.

This post is for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, where it's Christmas all year. 

This image is from Power Poppy and was part of a Kit and Clowder coloring class for color pencils.  Just like anything in life, there is always room to learn new things, even if you have been doing it for years. White embossing powder was used on the outer edge of the paper.  

Here's the inside.

o   stamps: Power Poppy: Sweet and Sugary Snowglobe, SU:

o   paper: Bazzill, SU,

o   embellishments: Lace, Embossing Powder, Snowflake brad, string

House for a Mouse: MIUCB #64

 Hello Crafty Friends :o)  New month, new inspiration.  

This post is for Mix It Up Challenge Blog, this month Distressing is optional on your projects. 

I love coloring up cute images, but making them into projects can be difficult.  This image is from Di's Digi Stamps called Tree Mouse, colored in Prismacolored pencils.  Did some sewing to the paper and distressed the edges with ink.  

Here's the inside.

o   stamps: Di’s Digi: Tree Mouse

o   paper: Recollections, K&Company: Que Sera Sera, scraps

o   die-cuts: Craftin Desert Divas: Fancy Frames

o   embellishments: Bead Landing: cording, key charm, Tim Holtz: clipping sticker book

Spring Flowers: LTCCB#73

 Hello Crafty Friends.  

A little different post for my Love to Craft! Challenge Blog where anything crafty is allowed.

This is a flower bulb centerpiece.  I found a local flower farm near my home, Five Blossoms Farm and have done a couple workshops; the first one being a live wreath for Christmas workshop.  At this workshop, we learned how to force bulbs and take care of our centerpiece.   The bulbs can be planted in ground to enjoy for years to come.  

These flowers were available for our centerpieces.  Some were grown in the greenhouse and some from the flower field.  

These flowers in the bucket were from the field, which took volunteers to help plant the over 10k of bulbs one cold Saturday in December. 

Make sure you have a drainage hole on the bottom.  Add a little bit of moss on the bottom and fill with good potting soil.  Carefully lift the flowers from the soil with bulb and arrange in your container.  Fill with more soil. 

Top it off with some moss to make it pretty.  When the flowers are spent, cut off the flowers, but leave the green attached, this will make sure you have a bloom for next year.  The hyacinths smell amazing right now.

These flowers were from the field.  They pull up the bulbs when gathering the flowers, because they last longer  then if you were to cut then, like this arrangement in the glass.  It was interesting to learn about this farm and the amazing couple that run it.  

To Do List: LTSCB# 160

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Spring ... at least it feels like Spring.  All the sisters blogs have new inspiration for the new month, so please check them out.

Here's my project for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog where Anything Goes.

A very simple card and even using a freebie digi called Lightbulb from Dr Digi. I colored the image with my color pencils.  The sentiment is also from Dr Digi.

Here's the inside.

stamps: Dr Digi: Lightbulb and Saucy Sentiments