Glitter, Shine & Bling that s my thing

Four months no posts....

2015-02-03T20:04:00.003-08:00

Well I have been crazy busy. Happy to say I am now married, had the honeymoon, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New years are now under the belt and I am now a Real Estate Broker and REALTOR with Windermere.

I also just completed two logos for customers. My first customer I had done a beautiful logo in the fall, but when they went to trademark their name they could not use it. So they came back and asked if I could make a heart out of the original elements. Of course I can :)

One Golden Babe is a womens online clothing store. Cute things and well priced.

The next logo is for a new online candle store opening this next weekend. The Wicked Wax Co.
I created the main logo and the background for her, and the wording is just a place holder for her content.

I just created a home buying, selling and Living in the Pacific Northwest lifestyle blog. It is called For the Love of Home: Buying, selling and living in the Pacific Northwest. For those that live or plan to live in the Pacific Northwest feel free to follow me.

Thank you

Creative update

2014-11-08T12:45:00.000-08:00

It's been 6 months since I have posted. Life was very busy, work, kid, finishing backyard per the HOA rules, planning the wedding, then the honeymoon. WHEW! Now moving forward with some new exciting things.

I am creating goodies for a small craft fair this month, simple to get the ball rolling: some Seahawks fan goods, infinity scarves, wreaths, etc. THEN I will be reopening my Twisted Cherry Artfire shop this month as well. Looking forward to papercrafting, scrapbooking and in general creating and getting involved again.

Ocean photo taken at Venice beach CA.

2014-05-10T16:54:00.001-07:00

Early this month we traveled to California and walked along the Venice beach boardwalk. I wanted a photo of the ocean and the sun going down. I decided to do a digital layout, and used Studio Rosey Posey's Spread your wings paper and a brush and mix in other items from some other digi kits.

I also did a layout of my daughter and her friend with more Studio Rosey Posey digi product

Everyday Moment digital layout

2014-04-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

I am enjoying Lauren Grier's new digital kit called Everyday April. Here is another layout, I am liking the word art as the title for this one. You can get it at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Expo '86 layout

2014-04-13T16:19:00.005-07:00

Lauren Grier's new Everyday April kit was perfect for these old photos. I also used Studio Basic Lovely messy Life elements as well. Both kits are from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

On a roll this week, Another digi layout

2014-04-09T21:24:00.000-07:00

This layout is of my daughter in the summer of 2012 at Cannon Beach OR. I used Jenn Barrette's Be Kind kit from The Sweet Shoppe. I also used Studio Basic's Addiction: Confetti also from The Sweet Shoppe.

You and Me digital layout using another Studio Rosey Posey kit

2014-04-07T21:53:00.002-07:00

This layout I used the Studio Rosey Posey Spread your wings kit from Scrapbookingraphics. I used a couple other elements from other kits like the photo frames but this is 95% all Spread your wings.

Studio Rosey Posey Digital layout

2014-04-05T17:16:00.001-07:00

Picked up Studio Rosey Posey's exclusive new kit A Few from Scrapbookinggraphics and thought it was perfect for this Instagram photo my daughter took of herself.

52 reasons Valentine's Card set

2014-02-15T12:18:00.001-08:00

I have been planning this for over a year. However, between finishing school, getting a new job with huge commute, moving and getting settled in this just was finished. Yes, it was a day late, but he likes it. :)

I used multiple papers, stickers, rub ons and alpha sets for this project. I am only showing a few pictures, but you can get the idea.

Hope this inspires you. Just my mentioning this at work inspired a guy to pick up a deck and just write the 52 reasons he loves his wife with a sharpie. He said she likes to play cards, so now she can see why he loves her whenever she plays.

From the land far far away......

2013-06-16T20:36:00.001-07:00

Well, it feels like that for me. Life has been a constant buzz for me, life has been on a wheel that just keeps going. Good news though for those that don't mind reading. In January I was given the opportunity to be a guest designer for Crafty Secrets :) They have a wonderful owner and great Design team and great products, so give them a try. At that point life started a new upswing, first a new position at work, then starting a long drawn out process of fixing my house to be put on the market. I was pushing for April 15th but alas, many fixes and surprises later it was on the market April 29th.

Luckily I lived in a great place, very desired school district, my house backed up to a green belt and I got an offer in 4 days after 54 people viewed my home. In fact I could not be home that weekend at all, there were sooo many visits, the realtor said it was a circus and cars parked up and down the street on both sides. So, I took the offer on 3rd of May and they wanted to take possession on the 29th of the same month. WOW, so I prepared to move out May 25th. Long , Long Long day no other words for it. I am temporarily staying with my soon to be fiance until August. However, the excitement is never ending. We are putting his house on the market this week. Painting, painting and more painting that would be my word for 2013 LOL I love painting, anyone that knows me would say that, but I am sooo over white and bistro white :)

So, in all of this my crafting supplies were put aside then packed into a storage locker. I am in longing for my things. I miss them :( I miss the crafting, scrapbooking community and I miss sharing. In the midst of all of this I have been researching and preparing for my new adventure in the design world and planning my steps and looking forward to jumping back in.

See you all on the flip side of 2 months, I will be back (did I mention I have 2 storage lockers and 1 is primarily scrapbooking/crafting tools and supplies ) LOL oh yeah baby I am going to have to get creative with organizing in my new space.

Keep up the creating :)

More Crafty Secrets projects loaded!!!

2013-01-17T20:31:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, the Crafty Secrets blog was updated with wonderful new Valentine downloads she has put in the store! Very cute, and I must say having a download or CD is so nice. I never use up my favorite images :)

Under the new items is a 4 x 6 photo that I designed using 3 CD's Typography, Patterns and Illustrations. Some carry little pocket albums and this is perfect. I can print myself, send to Snapfish or Walgreens and give to those that have these little purse albums. Also, I made a mini shadow box layout, using the Typography and Patterns CD again, supplies are show. However, I will post both projects here as well.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Crafty Secrets CD's make beautiful printed fabric...

2013-01-07T17:36:00.001-08:00

I created this framed fabric project for my guest designer position for Crafty Secrets this month. I used freezer paper cut to 8.5 x 11 and pressed the fabric to the shinier side of the freezer paper, trimmed to 8.5 x 11 and put in printer. I used the Creating with Vintage Typography CD for the butterflies.

I choose the image I wanted and printed it, then I printed it again on plain cream colored paper. From there it was simple embroidered stitches nothing complicated and stitched on some beads and glued on others. Added some bling and then dressed up the paper butterflies, bent the wings and put them on dimensional adhesive foam. Be sure to check out the Crafty Secrets blog for more great projects by the DT.

Be watching for my next project, super cute :) Thanks for looking

Supplies used (paper & fabric printed in photo from Typography CD)

2013-01-06T16:41:00.002-08:00

Finally get to share! I am the guest designer for Crafty Secrets this month :) My altoid tin with magnets is up today I will share it here as well. For those that don't know Crafty Secrets is a manufacturer of wonderful vintage images and ephemera. Digital CD's, clear stamps and other wonderful products available for scrapbooking, stampers and papercrafters and those who love mixed media creating.

Inside- Made magnets with pebbles

Supplies: I used the Crafty Secrets Digital DVD Vintage patterns to print decorative paper for Top,sides and bottom of tin.

Using the printable from the DVD is very fun and I will never run out of the papers I like :) I highly suggest getting all the DVD's to have on hand..

Keep tuned I will be posting more projects using the wonderful Crafty secrets products.

Exciting news to come!!

2012-12-04T20:21:00.002-08:00

Looking forward to sharing with all of you. This is on the creative front and I have been creating new things :)

I have been busy with a new day job and I am finally at the point I can fit creating in, so I hope you will enjoy the new things to come.

Core Cards Creative Frenzy

2012-08-07T13:59:00.000-07:00

Fun, Fun, Fun These are a few cards I created for the Coredinations cardstock DT call. Working with cardbases and die cuts were key elements. There are all kinds of Die cuts: paper, chipboard, dimensional stickers may even be considered a die cut. Then there is a slew of designs you can create by hand or cutting machines.

I used a variety of the coredinations cardstock and went to work. I have included a couple of close ups for you as well. Thanks for looking.

Mother's Day Flower pins

2012-05-13T18:41:00.001-07:00

This year, I decided to make up a couple of fabric flower pins for my mom for mother's day. These were made with sparkle tulle in pale blue and plum, and the satin was plum and pale blue. I use scissors and open flame to melt the edges. I then added a stone on the blue flower and strung some beads for the center of the plum flower. Then hot glued the pin attachment on the back. I think they came out well and look pretty. Thanks for looking.

A LOOONGG time since a post....

2012-04-13T18:01:00.000-07:00

Life has been crazy busy since the last time I posted. I am seeing the light though, 1 last quarter of classes and I will be done!

I wanted to post a cable throw I did for my sweetie. It was meant to be a Christmas gift, BUT I just completed it this last week. Oh well, I think it came out pretty well. Thanks for looking.

Teresa Collins Travel papers Mini album

2011-12-09T21:31:00.000-08:00

These Teresa Collins Travel papers are perfect for a mini album about a vacation, getaway, field trip and just general layouts. These and the embelleshments are from FTLOA. I made this as a gift. Thanks for looking :)

Pintrest Crop is on now!! all week long to participate....

2011-11-11T13:53:00.001-08:00

Lots of fun creative challenges, some for scrapping, many for decorating for both Thanksgiving and Christmas!! Come on over to FTLOA and have some fun. This is going all week long.

Pintrest crop coming Nov. 11th!

2011-11-05T10:31:00.000-07:00

Mark your calendars- FTLOA is having a Pintrest crop starting Nov. 11th, details to come soon!!

Here are some layouts and a card I made for FTLOA using beautiful MME products.

Then this last layout was for a challenge at our We are family crop

We are Family Crop coming this month

2011-09-13T08:00:00.000-07:00

For the Luv of Art is hosting another great crop starting Sept 30. Save the date and come join us for lots of fun, prizes and getting your scrap on.

New digital layout today!

2011-09-01T18:32:00.000-07:00

This morning I decided to play with a couple kits I have: BZB-Designs Real wild child kit and Jennifer Barretts- School Girl Rock kit. Thanks for looking

New Cards made for the Card a Palooza

2011-08-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

Made some cards a week or so ago for the FTLOA (For the Luv of Art) Card a Palooza. I managed to get a few done before my trip to Cabo.

Last pages of graduation/prom album

2011-08-04T20:06:00.000-07:00

Finally finished my sons album, I plan on giving it to him tomorrow. So I will share the last few pages. Phew!! Thanks for looking

Grad/Prom mini album on the way

2011-07-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

Started working on my sons graduation/prom album. Its an 8x8, so the photos were printed as 3 x 5 and some are cropped as well. These are just the beginning, more to come over the next week or so. Thanks for looking.

Working with older paper from Tinkering Ink, A to Z papers, Cosmo Cricket, Creative Imaginations. Then new things like MME Lime Twist, Bo Bunny ad Lib and a variety of fun embellishments from Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Maya Road....