Happy Birthday, sister dear!

It's my sister's birthday. So I made her a card! ;)

Here it is~

Details~

It's totally her. Bright and vibrant colors, pearls, and an eclectic pattern. Totally her. Although, the colors IRL are not as bright as in these photos...not sure what happened there... ;)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday (sketch)

CASE Study (was inspired by the colors, scallops, and the flowers)

DYSU (layers)

I've also made her a set of bracelets. I haven't posted any beaded creations for a while, so I thought I'd share them with you!

Here they are~

Golds~

Silvers~

Thanks for popping over to see me today--sorry I've been MIA! Sick again--have an inhaler that is working miracles! Happy stamping! :)

Goodwill Finds!!!

Okay, so I came home from the Goodwill today and told my DH that I'd found a bunch of cool stuff to re-purpose. And you know what he said to me?! "Oh, is THAT the politically correct way to say recycle now?" Why, YES, it is, DH! ;) So, I thought I'd just show you my finds. I'll be posting projects I re-purpose from these items later on...

Here is the first group of finds--not really re-purpose-ful, but good deals anyway.~

My favorite painting is Starry Night, so this $5 canvas of part of it was too hard to pass up.~

I've been really stressed lately, so I got this book to give me some ideas on how to focus. $0.99!~

These are prints of a young Jesus being taught by his parents by Simon Dewey were a steal at $1.49 each, and they'll look fabulous re-framed and in my nursery.~

Here's the second group--ready for repurposing!~

Three different beaded projects that will be dismantled and remade into heaven know what at the moment. $2.50 for all of them~

I fell in love with this print because it looks like something out of Jane Austen's life. I've been wanting to do a Jane Austen journal for a while, and once I get PTI's Simply Jane set, I'll be ready! The print will be the cover and the frame re-purposed somehow. $2.99~

So, I got out of there with all this plus a new shirt (literally--brand new!) and a few more books for only $25!!! What have YOU found today that can be repurposed?! Happy crafting! :)

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #60: Use Beads

Hello! Welcome to another fabulous Crafty Cardmakers Challenge! :) This fortnight, we'd like to see beads on your projects, please! MAKE SURE we can see the beads and they are easily seen--that is the point of this challenge, after all! :)

Here are our fabulous sponsors (click on the picture to visit their sites)~

Here is my card~

Details~

I was so glad to get the opportunity to use my SU! Pretties Kit--it's been sitting on the shelf getting dusty just DREAMING of this day! I used a hat pin and beads from the kit with a piece of soft white ribbon at the top to accent my sentiment. The sentiment is another stamp from the Tagtastic Hostess set from Stampin' Up! I really like that this sentiment is a bunch of little dots--it looks so cool! I thought that since the sentiment was made up of dots, that I should use dots as my theme--so I went a little polka dot crazy! :) It was fun, though, and I think the card turned out nicely. I hope you'll come join in the fun with us--we love seeing you! Happy crafting!!!

Butterflies

Here's one of my latest jewelry endeavors--a rainbow butterfly bracelet! I added one of the butterfly beads as a charm to add a little more whimsy. I love making these for other people--they are way simple and quick to make. I think I enjoy making bracelets more than any other type of jewelry because they are so quick and easy, so you get your end result when you want is (aka NOW). :) I hope you take the time to make something pretty today! Happy beading!

IT CAME!!!

I am having a VERY happy Easter weekend! My EK Success prizes came! They told me it would be worth around $50, but I'm thinking there is WAY MORE than that! I got Swarovski crystals and those alone are $10 a strand! So....here are all the pictures. The contents of my prize are as follows:
*3 olivine rock pendant Swarovski strands

*3 aquamarine briolette bead Swarovski strands

*1 2 pc. Bail set in white

*3 Swarovski crystallized toggles

*1 Swarovski crystallized pendant

*1 6 mm pkg. Pastel Swarovski bicone beads

*1 4 mm pkg. Pastel Swarovski bicone beads

*1 Inkadinkado rainbow primary giant dye based ink

*2 Inkadinkado clear mini stamps

*2 Inkadinkado 9 pc. clear stamps with blocks set (Easter & Halloween)

* 1 pkg. 42 wild raspberry glitter acetate die cuts

*2 Jolee's title waves

*3 Jolee's dimensional stickers pkgs.

*1 EK Success glitter stickers pkg.

*1 K&Co. Brenda Walton grand adhesions

*1 K&Co. Embossed stickers pkg.

*1 K&Co. Confetti glitter stickers pkg.

*1 K&Co. Confetti rubons and gems pkg.

*1 K&Co. Confetti silhouettes die cut papers 6 pk.

*1 K&Co. All Seasons 862 pc. scrap kit

WOW. That's a lot! I feel so incredibly blessed! I hope that you take the time today to give thanks for all you have. Happy creating!