Valentine pretties from Crafty Secrets

Today I'm sharing some fun things made with the New Vintage Valentine $5.00 Download Kit   from Crafty Secrets.     I cant believe all the great stuff you get in this download kit.  

 You can see it all HERE in this post on the Heartwarming Vintage Blog.  But here's a few little peeks.

Okay... so here's some things I've done with the kit over the last few days:)

I'll post more photos of the banner pieces towards the bottom of this post.  I used the AccuCut die  P1317CSJB  Pennant Flag  and papers and images from the NEW $5.00 Vintage Valentine Downloadable Kit 

So many adorable tags too.

I used the papers and images to create these easy candy bar wrappers.

Being able to print things off the size you want them.. makes projects like this re-vamped container super easy.

I have lots more projects to share over the next few days, so instead of drowning you in them all at once I'll just show you some closer photos of the banner pieces for now.  It was fun to dig threw my buttons, rick rack and ribbon pieces to embellish it. ( Oh.. had some fun stitching also:)

I see now just how therapeutic "creating" can be these last couple of days.  I wondered from time to time if/when I would feel like coming back in my room to "create"... but it has been so good for me.  There is a big difference between allowing yourself to grieve, and just making yourself physically sick from "thinking" about things too much.  The last two weeks have given us alot to deal with. It's been tough.  About the time you think it's getting better, the sadness comes again.  I can see there are just going to be days like that.  But... I'm thankful that when I dont feel like talking , and I dont want to cry anymore... coming to this room and spending time creating, keeps my mind busy.  It's a good distraction.

So today... I'm thankful for that.

Thankyou to all of you!  Your kind words, emails, cards, ect have just touched me more than you know.

                                                                                   Vic

One more goodbye

My blog has always been about "sharing".  Sharing ..not just what I create..but my everyday life.. and my family.  I've shared my pups often, and I'm sure by that .. you know how much I love them and how important a part of our family they are .  That's why even tho I don't want to share another sad thing here on my blog...  I have to.. because it's what's going on in my life right now.    Yesterday our sweet Aly pup went to heaven.   She was by my side for 13 years.. and was the sweetest, kindest most gentle dog ever! I loved her beyond words.  Lots of loss in our lives right now, big holes.    

 It's hard to even talk about these past two weeks right now.   But I know life has to go on.. and getting back into a routine will help me stop dwelling on the sadness.  So... I'm doing this post all on it's own.. and then tomorrow I will moved on to sharing creative stuff again. Sometimes I feel like I've cried all I can cry.  I couldn't sleep last night , so I got up and worked on some things. Actually it was really therapeutic.  Sometimes just throwing yourself back into things and keeping your mind busy is best. 

Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers, and thanks for letting me share my life stuff ( happy and sad) with you here.    You have no idea how much your words have comforted me these past couple of weeks especially.  Thanks friends!

                                                                                             Vic

Tribute to mom

I wanted to share the video my son Weston made for moms funeral and memorial.

Mom

I feel like you are all my friends and you've let me share my sweet momma with you here for a long time.. so I need to share with you about her a bit more.  The last few days have been the hardest I think I have ever had to go through.  My heart aches.  But  we take comfort knowing  our sweet momma  is in heaven with Dad now... and I KNOW they are dancing. (something they loved to do).  We were with  her the entire time.. holding her hand . she knew she was not alone and that she was SO loved.

I'm so thankful for this precious time I have had with her so close for the last few months. I know now what a GIFT that was, and I'm so blessed to have had it.

I'm so thankful for the nice lunch we had just sitting at the table chatting on Thursday, just before she had the stroke.  I will cherish every minute of that..    

It's been hard to come here to write  this ,but  I wanted you all to know, because I know you know how important she was to me.( to all of my family).   She was our "rock". ... "our" family core... and she will be SO missed.   I'm just going to share these photos of her and my boys with you, because they are what is giving me comfort right now. They make me smile and comfort me.

Evelyn Dunn Obituary HERE

I love canvas :)

Yep, It's true... I do .. I love canvas:)    Canvas's are  so fun , so many different sizes, and you can do about anything on them.   Glimmer Mist is a dream on them of course.  Paint, stitching, adding photos ..ect... all so fun. BUT.... suddenly I have a new love .... printing on canvas.     I used Crafty Secrets "Designing with Vintage Illustrations CD" to create a  my background....then I printed it off on printable canvas sheet.   So easy!    Well, I printed my "layout" on  a canvas sheet, and then added it and other papers and embellishments to a "mounted" canvas, that I had painted black.

 If you click on the photo below to enlarge it, you can see better ,just  how cool the print looks on the canvas paper.

The Canvas is pretty good size. About 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 1

The background, bird, nest paper, and frame are all elements from the CD
So here's what it looked like when I  had it all ready to print out .and add to the mounted canvas.

Once I printed this off I light really came on ..and got me thinking about all the possibilities.  Time to order more canvas sheets. lol

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My sis is coming today to spend some time with mom and I'm spending the day in my studio working on CHA projects.  I think I need to make a quick run to see if they have any more of these at the little mini mart in town so  my sis can try them out.  Mom and I had some the other day and I'm telling you.. YUMMY!

Oh..again.. one of the perks of small town life.  Homemade Kolaches at the corner store :)

These were "peach" and they were practically still warm.   ( ok.. that might be stretching a tiny bit..but they were really soft and fresh)  Come on over, the coffee's on :)

Let the creative vibes start flowing. I need em .   Lots to get done today.  Here's to a productive day!

Thanks for stopping by  my friends.

                                                                                           Vic

Hello.. I'm here

I'm trying to figure out if it's my computer my server, or blogger that is giving me so much trouble.  I've been really having a hard time getting photos to upload. But... I'm here.. finally, after a number of tries.  Here's hoping ( fingers crossed).     It's also been a really busy week. My mom is now on oxygen at night , which is helping her sleep so much better, and wake feeling alot more rested.. so yay for that!  Now if we could just get her knee pain under control so she can get around as well as she was.       CHA is just around the corner... so I've been busy working on projects ( although I'm not planning to actually "go" this time).    I've been working on some projects for AccuCut, using some fun dies.    The card below is one of them.   This design opens up so many options for designs.  I decided to make it into a kind of card/gift holder combo.  I LOVE the images on the  Mini Vintage Creative Scraps 

and they work so well with Artist Edition Metal Charms By Fancy Pants, so I thought if would be fun to work them into the card design.. as a little gift.

Accucut card die number is at the bottom of the card photo. (click to enlarge)

I chose this cute little nest image, but there are tons awesome images on the sheets.

Mini Vintage Creative Scraps 

Artist Edition Metal Charms By Fancy Pants

This is just the charm set I used. There are lots of other FP metal Frames:)

 I can see using this card vertically or horizontally, using one of the  squares to showcase something like I did here, or having images showing through all three of the little windows.

I just attached the chain to the back of the card by adhering the two ends of a piece of ribbon to the back of the card.

I'll be sharing more of my AccuCut projects between now and CHA... and   SHHHHH.... I have a secret.   I am so excited to tell you... I have a new Die design of my own being released at CHA winter :)

  I'm so excited to show you. I cant share it yet..but soon.   I hope you'll like it.

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Oh.. I cant forget to wish my bestie... Sandy ......

 Happy Happy Birthday!

(made this for her with the "Creating with Vintage Patterns CD")

                                                         Have a great day my friends!

Vic

Happy New Year

Well, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, ringing in the new year.  Hard to believe it's 2012.   We didn't go out on New Years Eve, but we had company today, and had a fantastic time.

The holidays were great ,but I'm ready for things to get back to normal again.  I already have my Christmas stuff put away. I usually don't put things away that quickly, but I have lots of CHA projects calling my name in the next couple of weeks, so it feels go to have it all packed up and put away.

This project isn't one I 've been working on for CHA..but it is a Tattered Angels blog project. December was a fun month on the TA blog. The Team did projects that were inspired by other DT members.  You can see where my inspiration came from for this project.  here
It was so hard to get a good photo because of the glare on the glass. ... sorry:(

( the darling little girl.. is Kate's niece) Kate gave this project to her mom for Christmas.  I got the nicest thank you from her mommy.
I was inspired by the use of screens to create a background paper to match the other papers.

There is lots of great projects  on the TA blog this month .. if you get a chance , check them out :)

I have to show you this darling photo..that melts my heart.   Aly has not been wanting to eat.. so basically, we are feeding her whatever we can get her to eat, .. whenever we can get her too.  ( most of the time.. that's by hand).  Nathaniel is just the kindest kid you can imagine.  Here he is getting Aly to eat.  She is doing well, other than the eating. Really spry as always. Her cancer can not be operated on. We love her so much. For now.. basically whatever this sweet dog wants.. she gets.  ( today.. beef stew) .. fed by hand by Nathaniel, and shes loving every minute of it.

I had to take this photo today.  As we were looking at old photos, we ran across this photo of Nathaniel's Dad when he was close to Nathaniel's age.  ummm slight resemblance ( ya think?) lol

Since I blogged last, we also celebrated my moms "actual" 90th birthday.  We had a big open house for her over the summer, but the 29th was a actual day... so CELEBRATE we did!    We had reservations for dinner then had cake, with balloons, gifts, flowers ..the works.  Mom enjoyed it very much.

Here's to 2012!!   Thank you all for your visits and you kind words in 2011.  Lets do it all again in 2012:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!