Viola Mahr

The Craft's Meow ~ November release

HAPPY NOVEMBER! :) here is my card for The Craft's Meow november release! you will LOVE all the stamp sets Lisa and her creative team have worked so hard to design. This card uses Vintage Greetings... lots of cute snowflakes in the set (two of which you can see in the photo above), and the "love, joy, peace" sentiment is so pretty. 

Tsk me. I've been using the same colors for all the cards this release, and i know, i'm so boooooooring. I guess i just am too lazy to get new colored inks and patterns out once i get started. 

Visit the TCM BLOG to comment and you might WIN all the beautiful sets released today. Also, there are a bunch of other lovely ladies to visit. They've made their own amazing stuff with the stamps.

Alice Wertz
Amy Tsuruta
Debbie Pamment
Ivana Camdzic 
Iwona Palamountain 
Jean Martin
Jenny Suchin
Jessica Fick 
Julie Ranae Murray
Lindsay Amrhein
Lynn Miller
Michelle Bertuzzi
Nina Brackett
Sarah Martina Parker
Sparkle Smith

hope you have a lovely november.

~Vio

The Craft's Meow ~ Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Greetings

Vintage Ornaments: a new stamp set to be released November 1st at The Craft's Meow. Full of lovely vintage-style stamps with sentiments for the holidays. I picked out the "For you" sentiment and circular ornament stamp to create a scalloped border on this card.

can't get a minute to upload the photos of my Vintage Greetings so I will share that tomorrow if you'll drop by again. thanks for visiting!

~Vio 

The Craft's Meow ~ season's greetings

Previewing "Season's Greetings" for The Craft's Meow November release... this set is FULL of sentiments in the loveliest fonts. I used the large frame to stamp on the background (Webster's Pages patterned paper) in green, and added a banner strip with some lace, ribbon, a sparkly gem, and pearls. 

Also, some info from the TCM blog:

The Craft's Meow is taking a new direction in its product offerings, so just about everything (except stamps) is now on sale for 15% to 50% off!!! No coupon at checkout is needed... the prices have already been marked down. And you still get free shipping in the US for purchases of $65 or more and discounted shipping for international orders of $65 US or more!!! Quantities are limited so shop early for the best selection. These items will not be restocked. Be sure to check what's been newly added to the store by clicking the New Items link on the right side bar of the storefront.

Maya Road - 15% off

Pink Paislee and My Mind's Eye - 25% off

Fly Free and Soiree Card Kits - 35% off

Crate Paper, Echo Park and Graphic 45 - 40% off

Maya Road Shadowbox Kit - 50% off

Some Embossing Items - 25 - 50% off

We are also having a competition on our Facebook page. If we reach 1000 fans by November 1st, we'll give away a set of the SEVEN new stamp sets to one lucky FB fan, so please be sure to join us there and share with a friend!!!

Visit THE CRAFT'S MEOW today for some fabulous shopping! And if you want to win the stamp set I've shared in my preview today, comment on the TCM blog post today and you stand a chance to have it for free!

 

Hope your weekend is going lovely.
~Vio 

 

 

The Craft's Meow ~ the merry best

Previewing a new stamp set for The Craft's Meow's November release, a fun and cute set called "The Merry Best" --

I picked two of the baby snowflake stamps in the set and stamped away to create a patterned background as you can see in the photo above.

and a lovely, meaningful sentiment from the set too. I plan to send this card out with the scripture verse from John 6:29.

other supplies I used: vintage dinner menu collage, lace trim, scrunchy ribbon, a trimmed chiffon fabric rose, and some pearls.

that's it from a busy girl today. Have a good week!
~ vio 

Crafty Secrets Design Team ~ Gift Bag/Envelope Challenge

Welcome to the October challenge for the Crafty Secrets' DT!
This project was SO FUN!!! Let me show you ....

Each of the DT members used a tutorial that you can find HERE to create a paper sack from an envelope. And we each got to pick a theme, so I chose "Thank you" and then made this sack using a brown envelope, burlap, satin wings, cameo setting, lace trims, and these goodies from Crafty Secrets:

- Love Mail creative scraps

- Mini Frames stamp set (chain stamp)

- Grand Greetings stamp set (sentiment stamp)

and as part of the assignment, I made a card to go with the gift bag.

Another cute sentiment from Grand Greetings, and a cameo setting with an image from Mini Vintage creative scraps. the background pattern is from Love Mail. I used some bits of trim and a burlap scrap salvaged from the bin ;) ...

Take a minute and see the great stuff the rest of the DT has come up with:

• Vicki Chrisman Team Leader
• Pam Hooten
• Heidi Blankenship
• Linda Duke
• Michele Kovack
• Julie Campbell
• Amy Teets
• Debbie Marcinkiewicz
• Fauve van Maanen
• Gini Cagle
• Jan Hennings
• Tammy Roberts
• Victoria Warren Mears

CRAFTY SECRETS

HEARTWARMING VINTAGE BLOG

And I just totally shocked myself by looking back at the archives........... I've been blogging for a YEAR already? how amazing is that. I've gotten bad at updating recently. I'mso busy with classes, practice, work, and so many other things. As time permits, I will keep this blog updated if anyone wants to read still (raise your hand if you do).

Last week my family took a vacation up in Cameron Highlands (Malaysia).Here's a few I have handy to show you.

We saw loads of pretty flowers... 

Gorgeous scenery...

STRAWBERRIES!! at the strawberry farm! ...

Ok that's all for now...

Vio

p/s ... For those of you who asked, the little felt flower on the card in my last post was sent to me by my friend Annette. I bet she made them on her own, so if you want some of your own, go and bug her :D (sorry Annette) ....... I think she used to sell them in her etsy shop.

 

the craft's meow october release ~ blog hop

I'm SORRY my post is up late!! Why do I always do things like this!

I used some of the cutest-ever leaves from Fruity for You ..........

.......... the most cunning little fence from Fall Fun ............

....... and this wonderful little sentiment from As We Gather Together. 

Some flowers, lace trim, and pearls. 

I was sooo sad that I missed the last few days of amazing previews with the TCM design team. It was thrilling to get my stamps just two days ago in the mailbox!! yay! So I made this card for today's blog hop. 

Take a look at what the other designers have for you, and leave a comment to win all five new sets at the TCM blog! 

Alice Wertz

Amy Tsuruta

Danni Bindel

Debbie Pamment

Ivana Camdzic

Iwona Palamountain

Jean Martin

Jenny Suchin

Jessica Fick

Julie Ranae Murray

Lindsay Amrhein

Lynn Miller

Michelle Bertuzzi

Nina Brackett

Sarah Martina Parker

In recognitionof World Card Making Day, all of our card kits... and our Maya Road shadowbox kit...are on sale for 35% off!!! That's right!!! No coupon is necessary... the prices shown in the store are the discounted prices. There are VERY limited quantities and they will not be re-stocked, so be sure to order quickly! You will LOVE creating cards in the style of Sarah Martina Parker, Jessica Fick and Alice Wertz!

have a super weekend!

~vio

Brads and Burlap ~ birthday card

Hello my friends, today I have my last September card for Pixie Dust Paperie. If you have not taken a look at September's kit, Tecolote, go check it out now. And my post for this brad-y-licious card is here on the blog. Hasn't this been a fun month using this kit? and the great news is, I still have SO MUCH goodies from this kit, I'll keep making more and more fun things. Oh by the way, the sentiment stamp on this card is from Crafty Secrets. I have lots of new stamps from them that I need to play with! will share some projects with them soon.

I'll end off here tonight as this girl is tired :) 

hugs,
~vio

Pixie Dust kit Card Set ~

Hi and happy weekend! :) Something is wrong with these photos, but...nevermind.

Ok, so this card set is really not quite "me" ......... but all the same I loved working with what I had in the Pixie Dust Paperie kit! hard to believe September is almost over and my month of guest designing with them. Thank you Kirsty and Pixies! :)

GORGEOUS FLOWERS in the kit I tell you... and burlap to cut your own leaves.

 

I added just a few buttons, stamped sentiments, twine, and pearls. All other supplies are within the kit Tecolote. Unbelievably LOTS of goodies and patterned papers.

You can drop by the pixie blog here to read just a bit more about the card set. I have one more post with a Pixie card before September is over....... so I hope you'll be back then.

hugs,

~vio

Crafty Secrets DT Challenge "Retro inspiration" ... {red}

Warning: this is officially known as "retro-fail"...







I tried. at least I think I did :)
the only thing that came to my mind when I thought of "retro" was: red. So I made a red card. Duh me!

Cherry-patterned paper from Crafty Secrets' Vintage Patterns CD {I can't wait for the next CD to come out! this one is so much fun and loveliness}, Garden Creative Scraps, and Birds and Blossoms Creative Scraps. Other goodies are from Melissa Frances and etsy finds. 

Okay, for more projects that actually have a retro-theme (unlike mine... blah!) visit the other Crafty Secrets Design Team members!

• Vicki Chrisman Team Leader
• Pam Hooten
• Heidi Blankenship
• Linda Duke
• Michele Kovack
• Julie Campbell
• Amy Teets
• Debbie Marcinkiewicz
• Fauve van Maanen
• Gini Cagle
• Jan Hennings
• Tammy Roberts
• Victoria Warren Mears

Heartwarming Vintage blog

Crafty Secrets website

 

happy-retro-hopping!
~vio 

Pixie Dust Paperie: "Friendship" Card

 

My friends, I am SO tired I can't think straight. I will let you read a little bit about this Pixie kit card here on the pixie blog. The stamps I used are from Crafty Secrets' Garden Girls set...... so fun and sweet. Hope you've had a moment to grab your own Pixie kit!

Enjoy your weekend.

~vio

{special delivery}

hello! are you having a nice day? it's almost midnight here and I need to skip off to bed. But I decided to post first.......
and you know this is so funny I want to laugh AND scream and punch myself at the same time. Remember in my last post, I said "see you for Monday's Crafty Secrets DT challenge" or something like that? I was referring to this week's monday. Unfortunately for me, my brain didn't work right and I didn't realize that our DT challenge is NEXT week. and therefore both you and me have to wait seven more days before we can look at that card. Duh.
(and would you believe it, I came home today in a panic because it was way past the supposed "posting time" and when I logged online to post my card and see what the other DT had created....... my bubble burst upon realizing that NONE of them have posted yet.. haha)

Anyways, I have a little thing to share that I made some time back. Something that I would LOVE to give to a new mom and her new baby girl. I was just thinking that if any of you had someone in mind like that who would need a little encouragement/blessing, I'd love to send you the card so you can write your own message to her. You can email me and I'll send it to the first person who does ok? (hopefully not 100 people will email me or I will die).

*EDIT: The card has been taken for a special new arrival. thank you all :) *

Some special things I used on this card: TCM Telegram stamp set, TCM Simply Delightful stamp set, a felt rose from the awesome lovely Annette (hi Annette! :), a vintage print die-cut mini post-card from this etsy shop, lace trim from Little Red Cottage, and my FAVORITE-EVER color of seam-binding from Debbie's etsy shop (hi and thank you Deb!)

A bit more of a simple card...... but it was a piece of therapy for me as I have hardly been crafting nowadays. Something's wrong with the creative strip of my brain I think.

Ok I need to get some sleep. *insert enormous yawn*

~ vio 

Precious Friend

Hi Friends :)

Missed ya! I am back with a little project created with September's Pixie Kit......... have you picked yours up from the shop? It's the cutest ever.

Almost all the goodies on this card were part of the kit (except for the fabric flowers).

I've never used seam binding any other way but scrunched; however on this card I ironed it out flat and I love how the bow turned out!

Ok I have to be short and sweet; I am tired out after a long day. I will be back on Monday with Crafty Secret's DT challenge! 

Thanks for visiting!
~vio 

 

September Pixie Kit ...

My dear friends! I want to thank each of you for your patience with me the long stretches of time I have been away. Thank you to those who emailed asking how I was faring, to those who didn't email, and to the rest who simply waited for me to return :)

It is only fair for me to let you know in advance that this could probably be the way things will be for the next few weeks. I will pop in as often as I can to share a tidbit or crafty stuff, but life has taken a turn for the crazy with me, and I have not much time on my hands nowadays. No worries though, I am loving it :) ...

I am here today to share my first project designed with Pixie Dust Paperie's September kit........ Tecolote. Kirsty asked me to guest-design for this month, and it is a super special thing to work with the lovely kit I got in the mail! It is HUGE and UBER-LICIOUS!

I will let you read more details about this card and the kit details here on the Pixie Blog. You can pre-order the kit right now or wait till its full reveal on September 5th. And enter the September giveaway for a past Pixie kit here!

Thanks for visiting! I will be back...... um...... soon :)

~vio

Crafty Secrets Design Team Challenge "Fairies"

Hi friends! I was hibernating last week, hence the lack of posts. You didn't know I was a bear, did you. Bears eat a whole lot, then sleep for a long time. 

Well, i am alive again in time for Crafty Secret's design team challenge: Fairies...

(I'm not quite sure if those are angels or fairies, but um...... let's pretend they are fairies for now)

Crafty Secrets' supplies: Angel Blessings stamp set, Vintage Patterns CD paper, embossed frames.

Others: Prima flower and lace trim, Simple Treasures ribbon.

that's my contribution for the team challenge....... do visit the other Crafty Secrets DT members for more fairy-inspiration!

• Vicki Chrisman Team Leader
• Pam Hooten
• Heidi Blankenship
• Linda Duke
• Michele Kovack
• Julie Campbell
• Amy Teets
• Debbie Marcinkiewicz
• Fauve van Maanen
• Gini Cagle
• Jan Hennings
• Tammy Roberts
• Victoria Warren Mears

Crafty Secrets
Heartwarming Vintage blog 

I'll try to be back at this silly ole blog soon. God has given me new responsibilities and priorities, which I am truly thankful for. But I will be back, promise! :) (and in case you didn't know, i was actually lying about the hibernating part).

love lots,

~ Vio

 

 

a little "love you" ~ and the giveaway winner

I've been keeping busy creating some samples for a kit club I am guest-designing for in September. sooooo fun and I cannot wait to show you. But I have to wait :) ....... so for today, a simple little card to share.

some supplies: Crafty Secrets Love You Mother stamp set, Vintage Patterns printed paper, and Love Mail creative scraps; MemrieMare ribbons; other ~ burlap, trinket pins, mini spools, and twine.

That's my share for the day. Hope you're having a marvelous midweek. 

Now on to a winner for a couple day's back giveaway.........

I feel soooo evil to only have one winner! wish I had more stuff to give away :(
Without further chat, here is what random.org gave me (on my first try! LOL!).........

The winner of the shabby kit giveaway is: 

The items in this kit look so beautiful and anything that you used would definitely be fabulous! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Shirley N | Wednesday, 10 August 2011 at 02:58 AM

Shirley, if you will email me I will get your kit posted to you. 
I originally thought giveaways were fun, but now I changed my mind. I think it's only going to be fun when I have something to give to EVERYONE!! ha.

 

bye everyone. be good.

~ vio

 

I Love Singapore ~ and a give-away ~

* Today marks 46 years since my country Singapore won it's independence and established itself as a tough little nation. I am so, so grateful for the wise leaders we have and the blessings of God. Happy National Day to my fellow Singaporeans! *

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Let me thank you all for helping me with my stash... I was sleepy when I last posted, and didn't get down half of what I wanted to say, but still I was so thrilled that there were those of you who picked up a kit for yourself. Eight kits sold quickly, and I have one left (more on that below). Maybe some time soon I will get to sort my stamps, and give away some of them too.

Well, I think the furniture in my room is breathing ginormous sighs of relief after piles and piles of scraps and crafty things were unloaded from it. I have to tell you that I share a bedroom with my four older sisters, and while they very graciously allow me to make HUGE MESSES at my table and throw scraps all over the floor, I don't want to tax their kindness...... so occasionally I have to do a big clean-up. That's what I did last weekend, but now the state of things have already begun to regress into a pile of rubble........ HELP!

Okay, I don't have an actual project to share today (just lots of chatter, if you can tell).. but I have one more crafty kit...............

..........that I think I want to share with somebody who is very nice. Might be you! :)

It has a Melissa Frances glitter pack (YUM!) .......... and a fourteen-piece Melissa Frances tag set (seven small and seven large of each). Some pretty flowers, tea-stained trim, burlap trim, doilies, an embossed frame, a satin bird, and maybe some extra things tucked in. Oh, and twenty 6x6 pieces of patterned papers in warm browns, olives and aquas. PRETTY! 

If it interests you just a teensy-weensy bit to have some stash to make fun things, tell me so in the comments. I would love to send this to anyone who wants it. Will pick a random winner tomorrow when (and if) I post again.... we'll see.

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Before I go, I just want to share two new bloggers with you all: Patty O'Malley and Rosa Philippe are two wonderful ladies who recently began their own blogging journey. If you have a moment, stop by and check out their blogs! I am so excited for them.

And my friend Vic (who is an AMAZING photographer) is having a National Day giveaway on her blog too!! check it out here. This is, uh, I guess only open to those of you also in Singapore, unless you're willing to fly Vic all the way to where you live ;)

 

Have a super day!
~vio 

naturally sweet ~ crafty kits to share and more

I've been having fun this week helping my brother and his wife paint their new apartment and prepare it for them to move in next week. Everyday was spent hanging out with my siblings and our in-laws (who are also some of our best friends)....... painting the walls and cleaning. My older sisters took leave from work to sew curtains. I guess my brother and his wife now know that it's a good thing to have many siblings when you need that much help ;)

Anyway, yesterday I took a break from the cleaning stuff and stayed home for the day, and while trying to find my only pair of scissors on my uber-messy-cluttered-untidy table....... I finally caved in and decided to spring-clean (that's a rare moment of brilliance on my part). I dug EVERYTHING out of my craft cupboard and packed my whole table and sorted every piece of paper I have ever seen in my life. It left me with an enormous pile of scraps that were so cute, but would definitely last me for three or more lifetimes. 

What does a girl do then? 

1. Make cute crafty kits.

2. Share... (I threw in some vintage trims, posies, a couple of stamp sets, tags, and cute embellishments) ... cause I really need to declutter, and I hope some of you can give these kits a happy new home.

(If you don't have an etsy acc, but still want to have one of the kits for yourself, don't hesitate to email and let me know your pick ... will be glad to save whatever is available for you)

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Wanted to show you what I did with some of the scraps that you might find in one of these kits...

 


Just pieced some springy-colored scraps together for a cute card.

Used some delish Want2Scrap goodies here (blingy butterfly and chipboard swirl)

Naturally sweet........ oy, just saying that makes me want hunny on a slice of bread. maybe a bedtime snack?

 

Thanks for visiting!
~vio 

baby love ~

I love babies. They smell so fresh (probably due to their nice mommies who put nice-smelling things on them) and are so cuddly! <love> 

Today I have this one little card to share, with these darling baby booties......

Miss Ruth over at A Passion for Stamps sent me a couple of her wonderful hand-drawn digital stamps to try out. Definitely a keeper! How cute is it? :)

Trimmed with a little lace and some bling ~ The other stamps are from Crafty Secrets goodies...... will link up just as soon as the stamps are ready and available for purchase.

Hope you're having a wonderful day. If you have a baby anywhere near you, kiss for me please :)

~vio

 

 

 

The Craft's Meow ~ August Release ~ Blog Hop

It's a SUPER fun day! blog hop time and August release of four new and very cute stamp sets, which we have been previewing the last four days:

Owl Be Thinking of You

Owl See You in Class

Telegram

In Tandem

For today's card, I chose to use "Telegram"...... my favorite of the four, I think :)

Supplies: Telegram stamp set ~ Prima papers, flowers and lace trim ~ chipboard, bling, and butterfly ~ scrunched seam binding 

Here's a blog-hop list for you to follow in case you got lost......

The Craft's Meow Blog

Alice Wertz

Amy Tsuruta

Cindy Haffner

Ivana Camdzic

Jenny Suchin

Jessica Fick

Julie Ranae

Kim Yu

Lindsay Amrhein

Lynn Miller

Michelle Bertuzzi

Nina Brackett

Patti J Gilliam

Sarah Martina Parker

and yours truly is the last member of the hop! from here, head back to the TCM blog and leave a comment there for a chance to win ALL FOUR NEW STAMP SETS! YAY!

happy hopping!
~vio 

In Tandem ~

Ever ridden a tandem bike? I loved it so much when I was a little bit smaller. Being the two youngest of 10 children always meant me and my little brother were the tiniest (for many years at least; he's now the tallest of the guys and I'm the tallest of the girls) ........ and we'd trail in the back with Mom when the family went cycling. Riding tandem with the older ones was the only sure way to keep up! :) Eventually though, everyone got tall enough that tandem bikes usually meant wrecks and crashes all along the way. HA!

Anyway, back to the subject....... today is the final sneak peek day for The Craft's Meow. Didn't the last few days projects from the TCM team make you drool? You'll love the sets when they're revealed in full tomorrow. Today's stamp set is called In Tandem and it has that sweet ole tandem bicycle which I overloaded with flowers and trim.

At the bottom of the card you can see more of the Telegram set which was previewed in my last post. 

Would you like to WIN this new set, before everyone else has a chance to purchase one? :) If you hop on over to the TCM blog and leave a comment there, you might be the winner picked today and announced tomorrow. The TCM blog has a complete list of all the ladies going to be sharing projects today so make sure you take a moment to check out the blogs linked here.

have a super, wonderful, best day ever.

~vio

Telegram Day ~

..... It's day 3 for The Craft's Meow sneek peaks leading up to the August 1st release. This set is so special I've used it on almost every card I've made since I received it in the mail! :) You might have seen snippets of it on the cards posted the last two days of sneek peaks. It's called Telegram and is ever so sweet.

My favorite part of this stamp set has got to be the running dashed line you see right on the bottom of this card...... it looks so official and such :) There are so many options with this lovely set..... make it simple and sweet, or shabby and sugary. However you please.

Would you like to WIN this new set, before everyone else has a chance to purchase one? :) If you hop on over to the TCM blog and leave a comment there, you might be the winner picked today and announced tomorrow. The TCM blog has a complete list of all the ladies going to be sharing projects today so make sure you take a moment to check out the blogs linked here.

I will be sure to be showcasing this set MANY more times in the near future :)

happy day!
~vio 

You're an A+ Friend ~

YAY! day 2 of sneak peeks for The Craft's Meow........... our stamp set for today is another cute one called Owl See You in Class ....... how fun does that sound!!! :)

It includes that teensy chalkboard, pencil, and even the little sum. Below you can see the cursive lines also in the set.

The "sent to you with love" circle stamp image is from another set due to be revealed on August 1 as well. no clues about it yet though :) .... sneak peek for that one will be two days from now.

Would you like to WIN this new set, before everyone else has a chance to purchase one? :) If you hop on over to the TCM blog and leave a comment there, you might be the winner picked today and announced tomorrow. The TCM blog has a complete list of all the ladies going to be sharing projects today so make sure you take a moment to check out the blogs linked here.

thanks for visiting.......... enjoy this super day!
~vio 

a little picket fence ~

First day preview for The Craft's Meow August release... I am SUPER excited!!!

Today's stamp set is a cute little one called Owl Be Thinking of You and it's filled to the brim with the funniest owls and images...... lots of goodies.

I know my cutesy cards always somehow come out a little bit too lame....... LOL.... so I went with what my head was trying to tell me, and got a bit more innovative. From a little hanging sign included in the set (you'll have to wait till August 1 to see the full image) I created a little picket fence.

The little heart print and sentiment both also come from this set. Even if you aren't the cutesy type, give this set a try...... lots of things can be imagined and created from the stamps provided.

CLOUDS!!! can you see the faint outline trimming the top of the card? those are totally cute clouds included in this set. Wait till you see the rest of the stamps!

Would you like to WIN this new set, before everyone else has a chance to purchase one? :) If you hop on over to the TCM blog (link edited... thank you for letting me know!) and leave a comment there, you might be the winner picked today and announced tomorrow. The TCM blog has a complete list of all the ladies going to be sharing projects today (I'm not linking here cos I'm not sure which of the DT members will be posting today), so make sure you take a moment to check out the blogs linked here.

Happy hopping!
~vio 

 

frames and scraps ~

Hello weekend! It's totally AMAZING how fast the days pass....... and how old I grow. Can you hear my knees creaking? 

------- change the subject -------

This first card uses goodies from Crafty Secrets: gold rose vine trim ...........

........... and mini vintage creative scraps ............. along with a few other trims and bits.

this other card uses fancy gold lace trim ............

 fancy corners and trims ............

and embossed frames, which I stamped with some leaf vines. The vine stamp set will be released soon! :)

all other goodies from Melissa Frances (resin and crystal chandelier drops), Prima (flowers), Pink Paislee (patterned paper), and MemrieMare (ribbon).

hope you're having a wonderful weekend. I'm off to spend the day with my sisters and our friends....

hugs,
~ vio

Biddy Birds ~

Another post today for Want2Scrap! Some delicious chipboard flourishes.........

I slopped on the white acrylic paint and sanded a little...

A few pearls, which are my favorite things ever, to splendify it. 
(there is no such word as "splendify")

The cute row of little biddy birds come from Crafty Secrets' Birds and Blossoms creative scraps. They're so fat and funny and gossipy-looking. They just make me LOL! ;)

For the top trimmings, some soft tea lace, a paper doily, twine, trinket pin, and a rosebud.

Skipped the sentiment, because I felt those gossipy biddies shouldn't have any words put in their mouths. teehee!!

I tried "clean and simple" for this card. epic fail.
So I give up, and will go back to the cluttered look.

Well, for the past two weeks maybe, my creative-brain-juice (some people like to call it mojo) ran away... and I discovered, when something really wants to run away from you, you can't force it to come back.

So I laid back, took it easy on the crafting time, studied hard, practiced tons, did lots of graphic design work (check out Laurie's, Tammy's, and Pattie's blogs), cooked some nice food for my family, ate ice cream {MY FAVORITE} and accomplished lots of other things. 

Then today all of a sudden it came back. IT = creative-brain-juice. YAY-HOO-WOO! So I hope I will have more to share in the coming days.

thanks for putting up with me and my chatter-box today.

~ vio