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recycle and be cute!

2012-01-20T01:34:00.000-06:00

hello and welcome! what we have here is... a recycled belt turned into a cuff! santa brought hubby 2 new belts, when i went to steal the old one, he was still wearing it, because it was already molded to him. i cut it at about 8 in. and out of the one belt, i can get about 3 or 4 cuffs out of it. for the pendant i used hello dollie from retro cafe art, and if you head over to their facebook page they are having a contest/giveaway until feb 14th. the words are from lotteria cards and the glitter is ms.

this is the funky flower that the pentdant sits on. it started out as a roselet, but i wanted to make it more curvy, so i sewed it and rouched (don't know how to spell that word). i glued the pendant in the middle and then glued/sewed the entire thing on top of the belt.

i used a button hole and placed another hole to sew the button on. used a piece of fiber for the tie! enjoy! lisa

let's sew wednesday!

2012-01-18T08:01:00.000-06:00

hello and welcome! today i'm bringing you a yo-yo pincushion. i was tried of losing my hand sewing needles in my larger pin cushion and i wanted to keep them sharp. one day, a long time ago, i bought some emery (the link tells you a little about it). those who have been reading know i love to make yo-yo's and one day i found my emery and was bored, so, yo-yo pincushions were born! i filled them with a small funnel (if you don't have one, roll a piece of paper into a funnel and use that!). I sewed a button on top to keep it closed and for some added cuteness. the pink one i made for a friend and the black one is mine! these may be poping up in my etsy shop one day. enjoy! lisa

smeared and smudged blog hop!!!!!!

2012-01-12T08:45:00.001-06:00

hello and welcome to the super awesome smeared and smudged blog hop! (can you tell i got a new camera!!!! it's my new very best friend!!!!) the theme for the hop is mesh it. well, i've been trying very hard to get myself cleaned and organized and i know i had mesh somewhere, sadly i can't find it and i'm wondering if it ended up in the trash :(. but, you can mesh together stamps, images,, etc. so, i meshed together a stamp 'flying skull' from smeared ink and a 'hello dollie' image from retro cafe art. i also meshed together tim holtz inks (like where i'm going with this) for the background. i used red, blue, and aged paper (the only one i can ever remember the name for). sometimes when i like my fortoune from my cookie, i keep it for later use.

the eye stamp came from sideshow stamps, which i added some ms glitter to and also to dollie's necklace! now get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

http://ndustrial-lemon.blogspot.com/ (tori)

http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/ (black dragon)

http://idontdostraight.blogspot.com/ (fiona)

http://www.phoebekattebeest.blogspot.com/ (monique)

http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/ (jane)

http://www.scrapvamp.blogspot.com/ (celina)

http://welcometomydarkside.blogspot.com/ (sara)

http://kristyleesworld.wordpress.com/ (kristy)

http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/ (heather)

http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/ (kapree)

http://cromscubbyhole.blogspot.com/ (helen)

http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ (alison)

http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/ (sugar)

http://dkspinner.blogspot.com/ (dianne)

http://www.ldfdesign.blogspot.com/ (me)

http://sharonsahl.blogspot.com/ (sharon)

http://dieverdog.blogspot.com/ (pam)

http://suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com/ (ike)

http://kemperneck.blogspot.com/ (marykay)

it's lets sew wednesday!!!!!!

2012-01-11T10:51:00.000-06:00

hello and welcome! today i'm bringing you an awesome pillow!!!!! i'm not catholic, but i love virgin mary images (maybe that is why i married a catholic). the fabric is from robert kaufman, it's a panel of 4 different images, printed twice. this was super easy to make into a pillow. i cut the image from the panel and measured it. then i decided what size i wanted the pillow to be (based on the pillow forms that walmart had) i then cut the boarder accordingly. the boarder fabric came from walmart, i think it goes wonderfully with the image! this was super easy to make! i made a couple of them for my mother-in-law for Christmas and she loved them! come back tomorrow for a smeared and smudged blog hop! enjoy! lisa

let's sew wednesday!!!!!

2012-01-04T08:53:00.000-06:00

hello and welcome back! with the start of a new year, comes the start of a new let's sew Wednesday! today i bring you two onies i made for my great niece (i think it is so awesome that i'm a great aunt)

the first was super easy to do! i embroidered the hummingbird image on to a green piece of fabric.

the image came from urban threads. the reason i did it on a separate piece of fabric is so the back of the image won't irrate her skin. it is sewn on using a decorative stitch! super easy and super cute!

i love to make yo-yo's when we go on long trips, so, i have a ton of them. while surfing the web i saw some super cute yo-yo oneis, so i stole the idea!

both of these took about an hour to make! not to bad, it almost makes me want to have a girl! but my other niece is pregnant, so hopefully another girl is on the way! (we find out next week!!!!!) enjoy! lisa

day 2 of the 12 days of Christmas!!!!

2011-12-03T10:04:00.000-06:00

hello and welcome back! today is smeared ink day!!!! so, i've made an emblishment from bo peep's mini skull using mirco beads. skully santa's hat did come out a little funky looking, it kinda of looks like more of a night cap, so i gave myself an E of effort on this one. i'm not sure what i'm going to use him for yet, poor thing may sit in my emblishment drawer until next year. hopefully on monday i'll have something with more awesomeness! head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

Day one of the 12 days of Christmas!!!!!!

2011-12-01T08:54:00.000-06:00

hello and welcome to the first day of the 12 days of Christmas!!!!! There's a fabolous group along this blog hop! (head on over to the sidebar to check the rest out). today i have a tag made with tim holtz inks, retro art cafe image and a dollar stamp! the stamp is embossed with gold powder and i added mirco beads. if you would like more info on the hop go here. sorry i've been gone, but i've been busy with my business. (www.thealchemyfactory.com) (website is down at the moment :(. i'll be bring let's sew wednesday's back in janurary. enjoy! lisa

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

2011-10-31T08:58:00.000-05:00

hello and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! can you believe it's already here! wow, we made it 31 days!!!!! remember all the dominos that i've made through out the month? well here's 3 more and the finished project! i used the fly stamp from yesterday (someone asked me where i got the stamp from, it came from a scrapbook store that has since closed :(, and i don't remember the company, i'm sorry)

i'm sorry for the pictures, but i tried really hard to get good ones for y'all. the base of my tree is one of my glass candle jars. i shoved a stryofoam ball into the jar. cut out 9 pieces of bailing wire out and glued and shoved them into the ball and spray painted the whole thing black

i hot glued moss to the base to hide the mess. (for this project i did use good spray paint) i added a bunch of glue, before adding the moss, around the ball to make sure it would sit right.

guys, i had a blast! thank you all so much for the kind and wonderful comments that y'all have left for me! it was an honor being apart of this hop and i can't wait until next year!!!!!! head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! i hope y'all will come back for 'let's sew wednesday' on wednesday ;). enjoy! lisa

day 30!!!!!

2011-10-30T09:47:00.000-05:00

hello, just coming in under the wire again. we had family with us this weekend and i almost forgot, it was a crazy weekend. this is made using a stryfoam base and tree thing, i wrapped yarn around the tree form and spray painted the whole thing black. with this project is realized that cheap spray paint is NOT the way to go mid-range price is best. i hot glued some moss to the bottom stamped the fly and glued it on. after taking the picture i think it needs something more, i'm not sure yet. wow, one more day to go! head on over and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 29!!!!!

2011-10-29T08:11:00.000-05:00

hello and welcome! today i have an altered light switch cover for you! i tried to making into a dead of the dead them using a sugar skull stamp from bombshell stamps. the back is covered in alochol inks, orange, red and green. i stamp the image with staz-on and for the eyes, mirco beads! i just need to seal it, but i wanted to take the picture before i did. wow, only 2 more days left, crazy. head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 28!!!!

2011-10-28T09:21:00.000-05:00

hello and welcome! again, i'm late my time but early est time ;) today is brought to you by smeared ink. i used the bench and moon from shadow things. the skeleton (now in full size) is from retro art cafe. i embossed the stamps with a blend of black, gold, white and blue embossing powders. the images are from loteria cards. i painted a small canvas black and placed them all together. head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 27!!!!

2011-10-27T08:21:00.000-05:00

hello and welcome! another cute but simple atc for y'all. crazyness is still hanging around. i miss lazy days. anyway, the stamp is from strange skin, the skeleton is from retro cafe art, he is supposed to be full and i'm going to try and use him again so you can see him in full bloom. head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 26!

2011-10-26T09:01:00.000-05:00

hello! well, i'm almost up 9am my time, but i up way before 9am est so it counts!!!! today i have magnets from yoyo's. i will make yoyo's on car trips, one day i'll be making a quilt and a set of pillows out of them. anyway, i took a couple from my stash, punched a circle out of bat paper and stamp a bat out, added some glitter to the eyes, glued everything on and done! hopefully i'll be able to get something great for y'all tomorrow! head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 25!!!!!

2011-10-25T08:19:00.001-05:00

hey guys! welcome back! i have a tag with the same techinque i used yesterday, if i was going to ruin an ink pad, i'm getting as many tags out of it as i can, and the spider is done the same as the wreath. the spider is from lil bo peep from smeared ink. sorry i'm coping myself today, but i've been crazy busy. i have a new line coming out that i've been working on for about a year now and family coming in, and a party to plan and kiddo stuff and.....the list could go on. sorry i haven't been hopping, i'm hoping to get around sometime soon. by now you know what to do! enjoy! lisa

day 24!!!!!

2011-10-24T06:05:00.000-05:00

hello! can you believe that there is only one week left!!! wow! today i have a tag that may not look too halloweeny but is going on a halloween bottle of wine gift, so hopefully that counts. i love how the background turned out on this one. it's a blend of old paper and the blue distressed inks. i do not go lighter to darker when blending inks. i know it messes up the lighter ink, but i get better results when i go darker to lighter. i did the blue ink and while it was still wet i add the old paper. for the owl, i covered white paper with the old paper ink, to clean off the blue ink on it, so it made a cool looking color. (i hope all that makes sense) i used distressed embossing powder for the owl. added some flowers and done! head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 23!

2011-10-23T05:28:00.000-05:00

hello and welcome, today i'm bringing you a little bottle. at a garage sale i bought this really cool spice holder that came with 12 spice bottles. i got it for the spice bottles :). i inked up a white piece of paper and stamped the spider web from lonely boy and the spider from little bo peep, all from smeared ink.

i added 2 eyelets on each end so i would be able to tie it closed. i had so many issues getting the labels off i wasn't about to put glue on new labels i put on. i like to change things around sometimes, so i thought this would be better. now get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 22!!!!

2011-10-22T05:37:00.001-05:00

hello! how's life treating you this fine saturday morning? please don't look at this too closely ;) i had some issues with some of the flowers. if i can find some extra time this up coming week i'll fix this. i found how to make this here. i always thought i didn't need a scor-pal, but between this project and couple of others i'm wanting to do, i think one day i'll need to get one. the spider stamp is from smeared ink, i added some fun flock to it so it could be fuzzy. head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 21!!!!!

2011-10-21T09:14:00.000-05:00

hello and welcome! thank you for all the wonderful comments y'all have been leaving for me! they are all highly appreciated! 10 days left and my crafty juices have been running low. between my business, family and life, my mojo is slowing dying :(. hopefully i will recharge on monday. anyway, today is being brought to you by smeared ink. i made an act with 'as death' and 'lonely boy and puff'. i lightly stamped the skeleton background to give it a worn effect. stamped out 4 lonely boy heads and colored them with copics, added ms glitter to the lips and cut them out. pop-dots on the back and done! head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 20!!!!!

2011-10-20T09:39:00.000-05:00

hello and welcome back! i have yet another domino for you guys and dolls today! someone asked about where i get and what kind of dominos i use, they are good ole' dollar store dominos. i soak them in bleach to get the gloss off of them and decorate them. today i have made a ring. i embossed the domino with the gold embossing powder and then embossed a skull stamp from untiy stamp co. the skull faces are a studio g 97 cent punch. i added a few jewel things with an irock. then glued a ring back to it and done!

cute and easy! now head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 19!!!!!!

2011-10-19T06:28:00.002-05:00

hello ladies and germs! what is up! so for today i have some more dominos! for this set i didn't stamp the back, instead i used tissue paper stuff from tattered angels. the raven stamp is from smeared ink. i layered an old book page ripped it then inked it like the first set. sorry this is kinda of a repeat, but it should be the last! oh, the raven's were embossed. please head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

blog candy from the awesom creepy glowbugg!

2011-10-18T18:45:00.001-05:00

how awesome is creepy glowbugg for giving away blog candy! head over here to find out how to win!

day 18!!!!

2011-10-18T06:05:00.000-05:00

hello hoppers! the first cool/cold front is blowing in as i type this!!! yea!!!! (i live in texas and anything under 70 i conisder a cold front) remember the glitter spiders from the other day? well this is the backside of the dominos. the background is a blend of white, black and gold embossing powder. the gold embossing powder came from stamp it crazy and i must say, i love the way it melts. the spider stamp is from tattered angels. these are going to go on a bigger halloween project i hoping to finish by the end of the week. they may not come off too halloweeny but since they are part of a halloween thing i'm throwing them into the mix ;). now get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 17!!!!!

2011-10-17T04:34:00.001-05:00

***sorry i'm a day late with this but, the winner of the pound of paper is Sharon Sahl!!!!!, please email your addy and i'll get it out to you****
(i did random number generator to get the winner)

hello and welcome! today i'm bringing you an ornament that i made with a creepie grumpie from smeared ink. the background is a blend of distressed inks. i colored the little witch with copics, heat embossed her eyes and part of the hat. i lightly went over the witch with distressed ink.

the back is random stripes of leftover paper! head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 16!!

2011-10-16T07:01:00.001-05:00

hello and welcome! we are half way there!!!! later on today i'll be letting y'all know who won the pound of paper/goodies. also, my project from friday had nothing to do with the movie, and i'm very sorry if y'all thought it did. today's project is part of a larger project. the spider stamp is from tattered angels and i covered with ms glitter. the paper is from an old book. i used some re-ink dye on the edges. head on over to the sidebar and get to hopping! enjoy! lisa

day 15!!!!!

2011-10-15T03:44:00.004-05:00

hello and welcome to the 14th day! now is the time i start to freak out that i'm not going to finish everything that i want to show and/or not have enough stuff to show. here's one project that i didn't think would finish. i bought this wooden house frame at a garage sale for a $1. i painted it thick and added different papers on the inside. the inspiration of this house came from all the wonderful altered houses and boxes i've seen on this hop!

the pumpkins, skull, hand, bone, key, and face are all from ploymer clay. the skull, hand and bones are from a candy mold and the pumpkins i made on my own! (super proud of this btw). the pictures are cut of a patterned paper. the little spiders are from a pack of 50 for like $1

the pumpkin stamp i embossed to give it a more wicked feeling and it came from unity stamp co. the eye domino was an early project. sadly no one got the movie answer from yesterday (or at least when i wrote this they haven't) so i'm going to give you a word from the movie "inconceivable". you can leave your answer in today's comments or fridays comments. now get to hopping! enjoy! lisa