More bulbs...

Today I am going to show a bulb I made using rub-ons.

This is another quick and easy gift.

I like to make special ornaments for my girls each year. I try to pick a theme of something they are into at the time.

Sydnee is into princesses and particularly tinkerbell. I made 2 bulbs for her.

For the first bulb I just put some beads, buttons, and gems in the bottom of the bulb.
Then I used rub ons around the outside and finished it off with a ribbon:

For the second one, I filled it much the same way. I used rub ons for her nickname and then I added a crown gem sticker on the opposite side. It isn't the best picture, but I tried to take it so you could see both sides. In the ribbon trim, I added a crown and heart ghost shape that I put a little gem on. I mixed ribbons with soft fibers for the ribbon treatment at the top of this ornament.

Enjoy!

Gather your clear bulbs and create with me!

Gather your clear bulbs and settle in. I have lots of fun, easy, and inexpensive ideas to make some neat keepsake ornaments. I will be posting different ideas to decorate them over the next several days. (some of the ideas I have found other places...todays is one I saw at 2 peas awhile back, but I don't remember who the creator was...sorry.)

I will be starting with transparencies. I am going to apologize now for the poor pictures...these aren't the easiest to photograph. The weather was yucky this weekend so I couldn't get very good outside light shots...so I had to use the flash inside..but you get the idea at least.
For these you will need:

transparencyclear bulbglitter, beads, or gemsribbon treatment
I took the picture I used for our Christmas cards and made a copy of it on a copier. (so it was in black and white) Then I ran a transparency through to transfer the picture on.

I then used my coluzzle circle cutter to cut the picture in a circle. I added some beads to the bottom of the clear bulb. (You could also use glitter or gems) This will help keep the transparency in place.

Gently roll the circle photo up and slip it through the bulb opening...it will spring into place. It is important to use a transparency because the paper will not spring back into place it will remain bent and curved from the rolling.

Add the ribbon treatment to the top of the bulb...and voila...a great keepsake ornament to remember the year by.

I gave this to my husband from the girls.

I also made this one of our Saint Bernard that we lost last October as a keepsake. Here are my samples: (sorry for the photos)



This is so simple and inexpensive!

Tada is having a contest!

You have scrappy gifts to make for loved ones for the holiday season? Why not enter them in a contest to win scrappy prizes for yourself?? The gift is theirs and the image of the project to be sent to TaDa! Easy-peasy!

Find info about TaDa Creative Studios here: http://www.tadascrapbooking.com/

Find all contest details here: http://www.tadascrapbooking.com/Cropportunities.pdf

Deadline is December 15th. Send entries to me at: leusch_austin@hotmail.com Looking forward to seeing all the entries! Good luck and happy scrapping!!!

Super Excited

I made it through to the second round design team call at Magistical Memories. Their chipboard is fantastic. There are 27 girls in the second round. We all will have to use all the same MM chipboard to create some designs. 9 from the list will be chosen to join the team. I am super excited!!!! Congrats to the other girls too!

It's November already

Wow, where does the time go. Our littlest daughter, Shay, has just had a bad bout with her asthma. She didn't get to go trick or treating, but at my mom's church they had a "trunk or treat" and she went to that. She is only 21 months old....I am amazed at how fast they catch on. I really hope that she doesn't go through what she went through last winter again. She was sick all the time. Do we ever stop worrying about our babies?

Here is something I have recently done:

I used Tada Creative Studios Tea Hee Hee line.

I am in round 2

We need your votes!!! Come and help us decide who should move on to Round #3 of YMBD's "So You Think You Can Scrap" Contest! Click HERE to view the submissions and cast your vote!

I have been having so much fun with this!

updates

We have had a change in schedule with our family. My husband has been working 2nd shifts since we have been married. It has worked out well for the girls, because he has been Mr. Mom in the mornings, and I have them at night. We spent family time on the weekends. Anyways, now that Sydnee is in school, he doesn't want to miss out on any of her evening things so he has been looking within his company for a 1st shift position. ONe opened up and he got it! WE are so excited to have him home every evening!

I have a little gift card holder card to share. I used Tada Creative Studios Twinkly Tidings paper line and the snowflake stamp is from them as well. I embossed the stamp in the circle. I did this for the challenge at Caardvarks. The challenge was to score a project. I scored the crease in the card, I also had to score all the flaps of the pocket before I adhered it onto the card.

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