Food for the Forest....(you build an appetite there you know) :)

Hi everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderfully crafty day.

I wanted to show you all what I made for a swap I'm in on SCS.

It is the "Food in the Forest Swap" hosted by Forest Ranger (Jeanette). Hi J! :)

Now, I have to say this is one of my most favorite Fores swaps that Jeanette has done.....it has nothing to do with the fact that she chose my theme idea for this one! *giggle* Okay, it has a little to do with that....*wink*

So, I took on quite a few spots in this swap.

Look at all I did.....

I took 1 standard card spot. I used a limb stamp I bought from JoAnn's.

The design card stock is from a DCWV stack. I added some clear glaze to the middle of each flower after I colored the image. I punched some holes on either side of one of the branches and attached a birdcage charm with some hemp twine.

I added a white panel inside the card and off stamped the image to the edge of that (uncolored).

I put a note in each card.....I think the branch might throw one off as to how this goes along with food in the forest....so my note said "If you are every lost in the Forest, plants and tree blooms are your best friend in time of hunger". LOL I hope I pulled that off. hahahahaha

Next....

Yes, I took 4 spots in her recipe "section" of her swap. I am planning on making a Forest Cookbook when I get my returns. :) I will get 12 different recipe cards back. I think that will make for a cute little cookbook!

For my recipes, I used ones that you could make the day before you leave for your picnic or camping trip. You can store all these in air tight containers and munch on them the whole time you are "communing with Nature"! *giggle*

And lastly...

I took 3 spots in her Candy section of her swap. I love making card and page accents. That is like my "first love" in crafting I guess. I love getting out pictures and thinking about making a page and then going to my Cricut and making some Candy to go on the pages. Or, making some type of scene or accent piece for a card, then attaching it to the base. The card base is just an afterthought to me usually. I love all the stuff I'm gonna put on it. :)

I cut the Acorn (also on one of my recipe cards just a little smaller) and the trees from the new (to me) Art Philosophy Cricut Cart. I love that thing!

The leaves are stamped and paper punched.

I packages all in cello bags with a little glue dot on the backs. I didn't do the little decorative tops for the bags, that I've seen so many ladies do, I just didn't want anyone to go through the agony I do when I want to use the Candy I get back and I have to mess up that pretty topper. I cringe every time I do it.

Well, this is what I did for the latest Forest Swap. I'm very happy with how everything came out.

I can't wait to see what I get back!

Until next time...

Blessings...

Melina

You Want Something from the Goody Basket?

Hi!

I had a card class the other night and I wanted to do a little something for the ladies that came so I had a goody basket. Each lady that came, got to pick 1 item from the basket. There were 3 pack 3x3 gift cards, top note die cuts, beautiful wings embosslit die cuts, and page accents. Here's a few pics....

Old olive 3x3 cards embossed with vintage wallpaper folder. The sentiment is from A word for you stamp set stamped in pumpkin pie ink.


3x3 cards with Crumb cake card stock and a piece of cherry cobbler punched with my eyelet border punch. The sentiment is stamped in cherry cobbler ink.


More 3x3 cards with vanilla textured card stock and some circles punched from pumpkin pie dsp. The sentiment is stamped in old olive ink.


Here's some page accents. I stamped the large flower from Vintage vogue in marina mist ink then used the rock and roll technique and inked on cherry cobbler around the edges. Then I took the smaller flower from the same set and inked it in Wild Wasabi and did the same technique with cherry cobbler ink. I added a large pewter brad to the center.

Have a great weekend!

Until next time...
Blessings...

Melina

Punchy Accents

Hello!
I hope you're having a great, crafty day!

I just wanted to share a new little passion of mine...making page accents!
I love these little beauties and they are so easy to do. Now don't get me wrong I still love making tags and journaling blocks, and border pieces but these little gems are just too easy...


You use the SU! scallop circle punch then a smaller circle punch then the large butterfly from the SU! Beautiful Wings embosslits. Finish it off with 3 small pearls. After you adhere the butterfly and pearls, lift up a little on the wings to give some dimension. These are great to add to scrapbook pages like I've done here or as a great focal point on a card.
I know this is so simple but they are just precious to me. I'm glad I got a little punchy one day and found that these 3 shapes looked so cute together!

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...
Blessings...