Gifts For The Cigar Box Lady

Hi everyone,
Here is what I put inside the box that I made for the lady who gives me the cigar boxes. The box is in one of the post below. I wanted to keep everything vintage looking. I had given her a tile before and she loved it so I made her another one. I used Staz-On ink on the tile and put little rubber feet on it so as not to scratch the furniture or counters. I made her 5 note cards which are really simple but I thought she would like them. She called me last night and she said she was stunned by what I have done with the boxes. I told her that I really appreciate her giving them to me. She is really funny, she said that she was hoarding a few boxes that were a little different and that after she saw what I do with them she decided that she needed to give them to me. Woo Hoo, am I lucky or what? Well I hope you all get inspired to try this yourself. Have a great day!!!

 

 

 

Altered Cigar Box

Hi everyone, here is a little cigar box that I wanted to do something different and I came up with a photo box. I made small index cards that you can place a picture on both sides. I put little tabs so I could write the name of the people in the photo. I think it came out pretty nice. What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

Altered Cigar Boxes

Oh boy finally I can post again. Thanks to my friend Tia in a round-about way she was the catalist to my finding a way to post again. Thanks Tia.
Here is a cigar box that I made for the couple who gave me the cigar boxes. I am going to order the Tim Holtz feet for boxes and that will be the final touch. Comments are always welcomed. Have a wonderful day.

Update

Hi Everyone,
I hope all of you are doing great, I just wanted to give you all an update. Well i have not been able to post anything for a while now because I am having issues with my Picasa program and a couple of my other Picture programs. On Picasa ther is a button that says Blog This and every time I try to use it now it pops up a screen that says I have to be connected to the Internet to be able to use this feature. Well guess what I am connected to the internet. I am so frusterated that all I want to do is scream. The fact that it is doing the same thing with other programs leads me to believe that it is some setting on my laptop that is stopping it from working but I have checked everything that I know and still nothing. If anyone our there in Blog Land can help me I would so appreciate it.
Any how this is why I have not posted anything lately. I hope I can this restored soon. I really can't afford to have a tech guy come out and fix it cause you know how that goes. $$$$$$$$ Well hope to have some good news soon.

My Big Man And My Little Men

Is this too sweet or what? Here is my hubby and my little men. I just love this picture.

 

Valentine's Day Card

I know this is a bit late but this is the card I made my hubby for Valentine's Day. It's a trifold card. I thought this card would really be hard to make but it was really simple. If you want the directions please email me and I will forward them to you.

 

Little Trinket Box

Hi everyone, I have not updated my blog for awhile now cause I have been working alot which is a good thing but when I get home I'm too tired to do much. So today I decided to blog some things I've done. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

This little box I bought at Michael's for $1.00 and some change. I just thought it was cute so this is what I made using some buttons, paper and ribbon. I painted the box with acrylic lavender paint and then brushed some pearl on top of that. Hope you all like it. Comments are always welcomed.

 

 

 

Blog Candy

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is doing great. One of the blogs I follow is giving away some blog candy. You need to go over the The Scrapin Diva and check it out. Have a great evening.

Mini album Swap

Hi Everyone,
Well I hope you all are having a great day today. I was talking to my girlfriend one day and asked her what she thought about having a Mini Album swap with a couple of our friends and she loved the idea.

Tonight we were talking about how we would go about it. Then she said "Why don't you put it on your blog"? And I said what a great idea. So here I am.
I think it would be great if any of you would join us in this swap. I have never done this so if any of you have any suggestions I am open to then.

Please contact me if you are interested or if you have any suggestions. Thank you so much. I hope to hear from some of you. I will leave this open till Sunday Jan.9th. Have a wonderful evening.

Butterly Card

Hi everyone,
Yesterday I was blog hopping and ended up on Gina K's Stamp TV. I found a butterfly card she made and how she made it. Well I love butterflies and just had to try this technique. In this technique you use bleach to get the the light color in the butterfly. Wow this is really awesome. If you want more details visit Stamp TV and you will be able to see a video tutorial the Gina K made. Have a great day.

 

 

 

 

Cigar Box

Okey guys, I am now on a cigar box kick. This is real small one. I just think it's so cute. This one is a little simpler than the other ones I made. Hope you like it. Comments are welcomed. Have a great day.

 

 

Shadow Box Frame

Okey here is a shadow box frame for Melanie also. In the past I had made her one for each of my grand-kids. So this time it was her turn. I tried to keep hers in the same colors as the ones I made of the kids. If you go to my August post you can see theirs. This is also one of her Christmas gifts. What do you think?

 

Altered Cigar Box

Hi Everyone,

Well today I was off and I spent the whole day in my scrap room working on Christmas gifts. Here is another cigar box I made. This one os for my daughter Melanie. I tried to make each box with the likes of the person I an making them for. I think this turned out pretty nice. Don't you think?

 

 

 

Altered Cigar Box For My Mom

I'm back. Ok this is one of my mom's gifts. I had made her for her birthday in October a mini album using the same paper so I thought it would be nice to make the box match. She is a little more simple so I did not put to much bling on hers. Do you like it?? I do!!

 

 

 

Altered Cigar Box

Hi everyone,
Well my DH brought me a bag full of cigar boxes and asked do you want these? I looked at him and said, Do bears poop in the woods? What kind of a question was that??? Of course I want them. My mind started racing with the possibilities of what I could do. Well is the first one I made. This one is real simple with just enough bling. What do you think?

The paper I used is from DCWV and it's called Mariposa. I love this paper and I've used several times. The butterfly I bought at Michael's. The minute I saw it I knew exactly what I was going to use it for.

 

 

 

Thank You Card

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all are great. Are you ready for Christmas?? I'm not. Wow, and it's almost here. I guess I should get a move on. Lol. I made 5 of these cards for my cousin who has been in the hospital since mid October. She wanted to thank the nurses in the ICU and on the regular floor for saving her life and the excellent care she has recieved.

 

 

Storage For Cricut Accsesories

Hi everyone,
I bought this storage bin at Target and I know that Joann's also have them. They are great because you can get them in different sizes and colors and they snap together.

I put the booklets in the top one in alphabetical order. In the second one I keep a booklet with a sheet for each cartridge with the images that are in that cartridge.

In the third one I keep the Cricut manuel the markers, extra blades, deep cut housing and blades and any other things pertaining to the Cricut. I hope this helps. It works for me maybe it will for you also.

 

Cricut Cartridge Storage

Hi Everyone,
Here is how I store my cartridges. I don't alphabitize them I just number them in numerical order as I buy them. I do alphabitize the booklets and on the front cover on one of the corners I put the number of the corresponding cartridge. This way I know when I pick a booklet I want to use I know the number of the cartridge.