Oma's Crafts

Smokin Hot Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:00 +0000

WOW 2 months since my last post. That is a long time.

I am back with a card to enter in the 3 Girl JAM challenge #18 "Use a digi with a Ribbon".

The digi is from SimplyBettyStamps.

The ribbon is 3 Girl JAM's Witches Brew from the Spooky Bundle.

Dance a Little Jig

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000

TGIM (Thank Goodness It's Monday)

This weekend has been crazy busy with work, class and the grands. Not much time left to play in the craft cave.

I am so looking forward to a slower week.

It is all about the green over on the Challenge Blog and I am playing along.

This happy guy has been enjoying his green beer a little too much. lol He is from the PKS February 2012 STOM.

3GJ Goblin Green ribbon is the perfect touch for this St Patty's Day card.

I hope you all have a fun week.

Love my Job

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:11:00 +0000

Gotta say some days I really love my job.

I have 3 different jobs at 2 fabulous stores and have to confess that 95% of the time I totally LOVE my jobs. My first job is sales at a local Sew and Vac. One of the up-sides to this job is being able to make things like this soft and cuddly baby quilt.

My second job at the same store is teaching Bernina owners classes. One of the projects from a couple weeks ago is this cute pin cushion jar.

I also had a class a while back making a "Picnic Quilt" and yesterday Anna (one of the ladies that took the class) came in for me to teach her how to finish the binding. She was so excited that she was finishing her first quilt and she did such an amazing job on it.

My third job, I started about 2 months ago, at one of the local quilt shops. The owner of the shop is the local coordinator for "Project Linus". In between cutting fabric I get to do quite a bit of sewing there also and my 1st project was a "Project Linus" quilt.

See I have the best of both worlds and that is why I LOVE my jobs. Now I just need to get a 4th job at a scrapbook shop and I would totally have it made.

3GJ-TAWS Cross Promo Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the 3GJ/TAWS Cross Promotion Double Challenge Blog Hop!

If Kim from Joyful Creations with Kim sent you over then you are right where you should be. If you just happen to be visiting my blog and would like to start from the beginning then head on over to The Alley Way stamps.

The goal of this cross promo/double challenge is to introduce you all to 2 awesome companies, gather inspiration from both DT’s and have the opportunity to enter 2 fun challenges!

The Alley Way Stamps is owned and operated and all super adorable designs drawn by Alison Spelman...you can check out her shop here~

http://www.thealleywaystamps.com/

3 Girl JAM is owned and operated by the talented Julie K Bling and her 2 daughters. They make the most beautiful hand dyed crinkle ribbon.... you can check out her shop here~

http://www.3girljam.com/

Every 2 weeks TAWS has a new challenge based on a fun photo called "Be Inspired" and 3GJ has their own challenge using 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon

So for this challenge the DT's are using the inspiration photo, The Alley Way Stamps and 3GJ ribbon.

YOUR challenge will be to come up with a project using THIS photo, a stamp and ribbon.

Remember the photo is for inspiration ONLY....

~~~be creative, use your imagination and show us what this photo inspired you to create~~~

Need some inspiration?

We hope you will hop through the line-up and see all the gorgeous projects the DT’s have created.

Then at TAWS blog and the 3GJ challenge blog you will find out more about their individual challenges and have the opportunity to link up to not just one challenge but both challenges for the chance to win some awesome prizes!

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PRIZES:

We have broken both DT’s into 2 groups…one group shared their projects last Friday and the second group is sharing their projects today.

Just for hopping though our mini hop BOTH weeks, commenting on all the DT's projects

And

entering BOTH challenges

your name will be entered to win a

TAWS stamp set and a Bundle of 3GJ

But that is not all!

Each challenge will also be giving away a

TAWS stamp set and a Bundle of 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon

SO there are LOTS of ways to be entered to win some awesome prizes!!!

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Onto my project for the hop

I made a little ~~treasure~~ "stache" holder along with a little pirate guard. I used the TAWS "Mustache Mania" stamp set and stamped his cute little mustache and then fussy cut it. I added some gorgeous 3 Girl JAM "Sunflower" crinkle ribbon around the rim because it looks like gold to me (and what treasure doesn't have some gold in it?)

I hope you liked my project and now I will send you off to visit the next stop on this wonderful hop.

Rebecca from BloomingPink

Thanks for hopping with TAWS and 3GJ.

We look forward to seeing all your projects!

Mustache Mania

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0000

WOW has it seriously been an entire month since my last post?

I hope you have been enjoying the first half of our

3GJ/TAWS Cross Promotion Double Challenge Blog Hop

that started on Friday. Be sure to also join in on the second half starting this coming Friday.

I am so very honored to be in the company of all these extremely talented and creative artists!!

The project I was "Inspired" to make was a late treat for my Valentine. My family had a few hard personal things we had to deal with around the holiday and nobody was really thinking about chocolates and flowers at the time. Hubby's birthday was the day before Valentine's and I even forgot to wish him Happy Birthday. I felt so bad.

I covered a State Line bag with all the mustache stamps from TAWS "Mustache Mania" stamp set and replaced the ties with London Blue crinkle ribbon. The bag is filled with yummy Sixlets candies.

You & Me

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

I have been having so much fun with these State Line bags (new in the 3 Girl JAM store) They come in a size for any need. I also used a little Glossy Accents to add some Valentine Flair to my bag perfect for any hubby and tied some White crinkle ribbon on the top.

All the stamping was done using The Stamps of Life "Hearts2DieFor" stamp set.

3 Girl JAM's challenge happening right now is all about

3D Valentine's with Ribbon.

Valentine Bag

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:13:00 +0000

One Valentine down and 3 more to go.

I was going to enter this little cutie in the PKS challenge this week.

Just Cards::Heart of Hearts

Just now as I am writing this post I realize the sad fact that I am not very good at reading and following the rules. DUH

It is a very good thing that I still have tomorrow night to work on an entry for this challenge. It is also a very good thing that I caught it before I linked it up. lol

Supplies used:

Peachy Keen Stamps January 2012 Kit

State Line bag from 3 Girl JAM

Creative Inspiration Paints

Clothes Pin Note Holder

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:18:00 +0000

I hope everyone has been having a restful and creative weekend.

This week the MIM challenge is Layered Embossing and some new goodies came in the big brown truck so of course it was time to play with them.

I used Papertrey Ink's Framed Out #12 stamps and die, white, red and clear embossing powder, an alpine fabrics heart button, studio g glitter glue and some fabulous Sterling 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon to make this really cute tag.

So once the tag was made the question was... What do I use it on? A few years ago I made some clothes pin note holders for my grandson's teachers and every since have wanted to make one for my desk but just never got around to it. Well this weekend was the time and it turned out great.

The glitter glue frame was made by placing the finished tag under an acetate sheet and tracing it with the glue on top of the acetate with the glitter glue. Let it dry over night and presto a glitter glue frame. Just a note this does not work with Stickles (it is too thin) Studio g is a very thick glue so it works great.

I painted the clothes pin with black chalkboard paint and attached the tag with glue dots. Wrapped some 3 Girl JAM Holly Berry crinkle ribbon around the bottom and attached the charms I made of my grand kids with 3D glue dots. If you have been reading my blog for any length of time you know that my life revolves around my 4 grandkids. :-)

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:20:00 +0000

Happy Friday All

Today is Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop. The challenge this month is

Black Backgrounds.

I combined this challenge with the Repeats and Rainbows challenge from a couple weeks ago to make some bookmarks and a card. I totally love the way the colors just POP off the background.

Papertrey Ink Supplies:

Bookmark die

Sweet As Can Be die

Heart-2-Heart #1 die

Heart-2-Heart #1 mini stamp set

almost every color of PTI cardstock

3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon:

Don't you just love how well the ribbons and papers coordinate!!!!

Ribbon Bears

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Happy Monday Everyone!

Have you all heard the fantastic news??

Have you seen the new additions to the 3 Girl JAM store?

State Line Bags for any occasion!

Head over to the store and check them out!

My project for today would make adorable party favors for any scrappy party but since there are not many scrappy get-togethers around here I made these for a couple friends.

Instead of filling these little treat cups up with sugary treats they are filled with yummy crinkle ribbon. They each have a cute Love Flair Button to make them even more special.

The adorable faces are from
PKS-440 Cute & Cuddly
and
PKS-757 Wide Eyed & Bushy Tailed

I am entering them in the

PKS Challenge: 3-D Objects with Bears, Bears, Bears

MIM 100 Packaging Oversized Cards

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:01:00 +0000

Wow I have to say the Make It Monday challenge this week was so much fun!

They have all been taking me a little outside of my norm and I am really liking it.

The 3 windows were cut out using the Take Three die from PTI. The hearts were cut from the Framed Out 11 die. I stamped and embossed coordinating hearts from the Framed Out 11 stamp set on a 5x7 vellum envelope. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I also used a Heart embossing folder from Darice, Tim Holtz idea-ology alphabet cards and fired brick distress ink.

Farmer Bryce

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:18:00 +0000

My grandson has been feeling a little blue lately so I thought I would make him a pick-me-up card.

I used this cute little farmer from the PKS July Kit of the Month and some Chocolate Sprinkles Trendy Twine. I drew some glasses on him and filled them in with Glossy Accents. I really hope it puts a smile on his face.

This week I actually made it in time for the....

Peachy Keen Challenge 13-2::Sketch

S.W.A.K.

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:29:00 +0000

What's the old saying? A day late and a dollar short?

Well I was about 15 minutes late and time short. lol

I was going to enter the PKS challenge this week but also wanted to use those adorable SOTM stamps so was waiting and guess what came in the mail today? Yes a super cute bear set. Well of course tonight was class night so I was a little late getting home from work and then time to eat and some time with the grandkids before bed and off to the craft room but not fast enough. :-(

I did end up with a really cute card for Valentine's though so all was not lost.

How totally cute is this little guy.

I used the PKS January kit

PTI's Pinking Shears and XOXO border dies

and

3 Girl JAM Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon.

He is also on an Action Wobble

MIM Repeats & Rainbows

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:14:00 +0000

This year's resolutions are starting out great. One of them was to start entering the MIM challenges and so far so good.

This week the Make it Monday challenge is Repeats & Rainbows. (I used Color Scheme No 4) I can tell already that I am going to need some more yummy supplies. I do not have any of the ink colors from the color schemes so I used my distress inks. I do have the cardstock colors (which I didn't think about until after this card was done) so already have other projects in mind.

Supplies used:

Stampers Select White cardstock

Funky Florals stamp set (this set is free with qualifying purchase until 1-14-13)

Halloween Harvest crinkle ribbon

Black Soot, Victorian Velvet, Crushed Olive, Mustard Seed, Weathered Wood and Milled Lavender distress inks

VersaMark

Clear and White Embossing powder

I'm a Sketch

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Happy Monday All

I hope you all are having a great start to 2013. I am praying for a much quieter year then last. One of my few resolutions is to stock up on chill pills. I am trying to work very hard on not letting the little things bother me and picking my battles a little more carefully. We have 8 people (hubby and myself, my mother, our daughter and 4 grands) all living in the same house and tensions run high sometimes. Have you ever heard the saying that grandkids are your reward for not strangling your kids. lol Well I have been rewarded with 4 beautiful and amazing grandkids.

For my project today the amazingly talented Betty is making a digi to resemble me. This is the sketch and I was way toooo excited and had to color it up. This is exactly what it looks like in my craft room. The grands are always in here asking to make something and I Love It!!!

I wove some Ice Blue and Sterling crinkle ribbon around a scalloped square to make a bit of a frame.

The sentiment is from PTI's Heart 2 Heart #8!!!

My grands definitely make me a better person!!

MIM Chalkboard Technique

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:14:00 +0000

This is the first time I have ever seen this technique and thought it looked pretty cool.

This is my take on the Chalkboard Technique for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge. I do not have any white ink that works very well so will have to put that on my PTI wish list.

I really like the way it turned out!

Supplies Used:

Ocean Tides cardstock

Fabulous Frames stamp set

Movers & Shakers Sentiments stamp set

Christmas Candy crinkle ribbon

Christmas Inspiration Winners

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:02:00 +0000

Oh My Goodness I am so glad for Random.org. Even with this handy little gem it was difficult because my fellow DT sisters kept getting picked. My pointer finger is cramping from all the clicking going on over here. lol

So I have the winners of the crinkle ribbon. If you are one of the winners.....

head over to the STORE

pick out your favorite bundle

email me (kidsrmybiz at charter dot net) with your choice and your mailing address

I will confirm that I got your email so if you do not hear back from me within 24 hours send your info again.

If I do not hear from you by January 6th I will draw another name.

Here are the 8 winners.

#10 Cathy

#40 Edwina

#76 Linda

#2 Shawn

#27 Migdalia

#43 Julie

#7 Lori

#28 Sherri

Congratulations to you all and remember we have a NEW challenge going on so be sure to link up those projects.

3 Girl JAM Anything Goes

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another 3 Girl JAM challenge. We had such a terrific turn out for our Christmas Inspiration challenge. We had 80 fabulous entries which means I will be giving away 8 bundles of 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon. The winners will be posted this weekend so be sure to check back.

So now onto challenge #9 "It's a New Year so Anything Goes"

Our sponsor for this challenge is...

For my Desktop Calendar I used the "Mini Calendar Handwriting" and "Bookworm" files and some 3 Girl JAM London Blue crinkle ribbon. My grandson will be taking this to his teacher when he goes back to school.

I also adhered some London Blue to the back side so that it would stay standing. The base is made with PTI coasters.

You will have until January 10th to link your project.

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:19:00 +0000

This is the first time I have participated in the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop Challenge or any of the challenges for PTI but that is one of my New Year's resolutions. I am positively addicted to their products, follow the blog and watch all the MIM tutorials but 2013 is the time to become more active.

For my card I used some of my new Christmas delivery.....the Leafy Vine Border die and the Framed Out #9 die and stamp set. I followed the MIM #50 tutorial to make this shaker card and just have to say that using fun foam is much easier then using all the foam circles.

Peace on Earth

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope everyone has survived all the Christmas shopping and you are looking forward to spending some time with family. We have actually already celebrated with the grands because the 2 oldest will be with their dad for Christmas. They will be back to help us ring in the New Year though.

There are only 8 more days until another year is upon us. I made a tag to wish you all a little

"Peace on Earth"

in the New Year. The bows are made with some beautifully golden "Sunflower" crinkle ribbon. The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Christmas Wishes" stamp set

When I was cutting this angel it didn't cut all the way through. I started to think it was meant for the scrap bin but after thinking on it some more I decide to start peeling the paper away from the angel, to see what would happen, and it turned out perfect. I then tore the edges and inked them up and totally love the way it turned out.

I am linking it up to Cheri's Tag Challenge.

Taste of Christmas Tag

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Lately I have been getting some wonderful inspiration from my DT sister, Cheri from DJ's Sundries.
She is having a tag link up challenge on her blog.

I made a tag to attach to some yummy Christmas goodies this year.

I used the Merlot and Goblin Green crinkle ribbon. I know they are not the traditional holiday colors but don't they look irresistible and they match my tag perfectly. I also used a beautiful stick pin from our current challenge co-sponsor Pinque Peacock.

The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Winter Fun" stamp set and the double ended banner die is from Papertrey Ink.

Be sure to link up all of your Christmas inspired projects below. For every 10 projects linked up I am giving away a bundle of 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon. You still have until December 27th so don't miss out.

Frosty the Snowmen

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

I hope you all have been hopping along our challenge/hop. Everyone has done such a wonderful job on their Christmas Inspiration.

So far this year we have not had but a dusting of the white stuff around here so there have been NO snowmen yet so I just had to make my own snow using some gorgeous Sterling crinkle ribbon. My snowmen also have a very beautiful ruby wand that they got from our sponsor this time "Pinque Peacock". The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Christmas Wishes" stamp set.

Stay warm and Happy Crafting

Remember to link up all those Christmas projects below!!

Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop and Challenge.

If you have arrived here from my talented DT sister Rebecca then you are in the right place but if you just happened to be visiting my blog then head over to 3 Girl JAM so you don't miss out on all the fabulous Christmas projects everyone has made.

This year I have been seeing all kinds of wonderful information about "December Daily" albums. I had never heard of them before but have to say they are a pretty cool idea so I decided to give it a go.

The binding is packed full of beautiful "Holly Berry", "Mistletoe" and "Sterling" crinkle ribbon from 3 Girl JAM. The beautiful Beaded Stick Pin and Fabric Flower are from our fabulous co-sponsor Pinque Peacock. All of the journal tags are from October Afternoon and were a wonderful gift from the super sweet Julie. They were such a perfect addition to the album.

Throughout the video below you will see the rest of my album.

You will also get to see the newest addition to the 3 Girl JAM store "Christmas Flair Buttons"

Your next stop on the hop is the amazingly talented Jessica.

Be sure to also head over to the 3 Girl JAM challenge blog and link up all of your Christmas projects.

A little added bonus.....
For every 10 projects that are linked to the challenge I will give away a bundle of 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon.
(1-10 projects = 1 winner)
(11-20 projects = 2 winners)
(21-30 projects = 3 winners)
(100 projects = 10 winners)
so tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell the person next to you at the store to link up to our challenge.

Thanks Sweet Friend

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:00:00 +0000

I hope everyone survived all the turkey and stuffing last week.

We had a very quiet day which was lovely.

Did you all get what you wanted from the Friday sales?

The only thing I bought was a new computer, which wasn't even on Friday. My laptop keeps overheating and shutting off (thank goodness for extended warranties) so I ended up getting a new desktop and will be getting the laptop fixed for the grands. I do not even want to think about installing all the programs and any conflicts with Windows 8. If anyone has any advice with SCAL or CCR working with Windows 8 I would love to hear it!!!

For my card today I used some Merlot crinkle ribbon (1 of my top 26 favs) and a cutting file from our challenge sponsor The Cutting Cafe. The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Love Always" stamp set.

Be sure to check out the 3 Girl JAM challenge blog and link up your projects.

Did someone say Turkey?

noreply@blogger.com (OmaGloria) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Are you all ready for tomorrow? Hubby and I will be spending Thanksgiving here at home with my parents. My brothers always go to their in-laws, my sister lives too far away and my daughter and grands are going to her bio-dads for the holiday. My mother always wants the whole spread even though there are not many mouths to feed which means we are all sick of turkey and stuffing til next year. lol

I made this little guy in honor of the holiday using the Teddy Bear Parade cart. I used some Merlot crinkle ribbon to frame him and put him on a Wobble. The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Bountiful Blessings" stamp set.

Don't you just want to squeeze the stuffing out of him. lol I just couldn't resist that little joke.

Be sure to check out the challenge blog and link up your projects!! You still have 2 more weeks!!

Happy Crafting and have a Very Blessed Holiday!!!

**Oma's Crafts**