woohoo 3girlsjam guest design spot

happy monday! what a great way im getting to start off my week :)  i nabbed a guest designer spot over at 3girlsjam  yea me!!!!! thank you so very much julie and gang for allowing me to be part of this :) now if you havent been over to 3girls yet be sure to check out the dts amazing projects you will be amazed :)
 if you follow me you know my favorite crafty tool is the bow maker from 3girlsjam. i love crinkle ribbon too and let me tell you they have the best! gorgeous colors and just fun to use :) before my bow maker i couldnt tie a pretty bow to save my A$# (hope i havent offended anyone) now i can make not only pretty bows but flowers too. oh yeah! so if you have the same problem get yourself  on over to the shop at 3girls and pick one of these up you will not be sorry i promise!
im entering this over at DLART for dianas february linky party be sure to go show diana your projects i know she;ll be thrilled if you do :)

so.. the challenge today is a 3~D valentines project. i altered an unpainted wood box that i picked up at hobby lobby. i thought id give it to my daughter to put any sweet little notions she gets from her fiance in it :) of course i also added a sweet little note to her from mom :)

first i used distress stains all over the unfinished wood. then painted with white acrylic paint and sanded that after it dried. then i put 2 thick coats of  picket fence distress crackle paint over that. the crack effect didnt show up as much as i wanted so i added some distress inks over it and added some gold acrylic paint too.

i inked and cut a paper doily added some chipboard corners ( because i couldnt find "footings" at hobby lobby, drats!) and martha stewart punch butterflies.

i made these pretty flowers using my fabulous bow maker and crinkle ribbon. dont you just love them!  the purple is a tad darker in the real. i used my viva decor pearl pens for the pearl centers. ( another awesome product) i used my cricut for the leaves and the word love. the word notes is a rub on. added  locket and key charms.

the large butterfly i made using my cuttlebug. i put 2 coatings of utee on it and the word love
thats it, all pretty simple but i like the way it turned out. hope you do too :)

thanks you for stopping by my blog and again a huge thank you to 3girlsjam :) your sweet comments always make me smile, thank you big time for that :) happy crafting!xxxshelly

whimsical wednesdays blog hop!

happy friday ! how exciting were having a fun blog hop at whimsical wednesdays. if you jetted here from tereeses how awesome was her project!  youre headed in the right direction. if youve arrived here first  out of over zealous excitement please start from the beginning :)  ~>here<~  when youre done here you'll be stopping over at ashelys  wait until you see her sweet project!
we have some awesome sponsors and prizes so make sure you stop by everyones blogs!

Stamp -N- Doodle: http://www.stamp-n-doodle.com/StampNDoodle.aspx

Prize: 2 digis of winners choice

Beccy's Place:http://www.beccysplace.com Prize: 3 digis of winners choice

Miss Kate Cuttables: http://www.misskatecuttables.com Prize: $20 gift certificate

awesome eh!

you may also find some of the dt are giving away some goodies. ;) like me :)

my sweetheart of a friend and dt leader sonia from sketchyfridaychallenges is offering the cutest ever digis!
my winner will get to pick out $6 u.s. dollars worth of digis from sonias designs:) thank you sooooo much sonia you're a true gem! 
all you have to do is go to her shop SKdigis check out the digis and come back and tell me which is your favorite.

ill let my daycare boy" bug" pick out a winner from his craftyhat. yeah, for some reason he likes to wear his winter hat all day and use it when its decision making time . im glad he likes to write because some days this is really a task ;) i cant complain, i was the one that started this when teaching him to write words. i wanted to keep it fun and not a chore :)

so.. be sure to leave me your email info ok :)

for the challenge i made two projects.

first a card

for this i used kraft cardstock and sprayed it with some homemade glitzyspritz (tim holtz spun sugar) it looks like a big blotch from the photo but in the real that doesnt show up like that thank goodness ;) . i just handcut the pennant and added a doily ( im on a huge doily and ribbon thing for now) some hearts and pearls and button plus heart pin.

then i stamped on this simple but sweet sentiment from the with love set of stephanies.

my second project is a cardboard book trinket holder i found at hobby lobby.

i painted it with some acrylic paints and covered the front with paper and embellished.

here it is lieing down

pretty heart eh :) i used my cricut and happily ever after cartridge for it.

i inked and scrunched a paper doily and attached it but kind of scrunched like in the real it looks like a crocheted doily which is the look i was going for.

ooooooh and see that sweet little angel pin isnt she just fab! jessica from pinque peacock whipped this darling up for me! make sure you check out her beautiful pins!

hard to see but i drew in some lines with a brown pen to look like pages. i may add some gold pen to it also im still up in the air with that.

thanks so much for checking out my "shtuff" youre sweet comments always make me smile, thank you so very much for that :) remember, always smile at someone or give them a kind word it may be the only ones they get that day :) now go have some fun finsihing hopping along with us! :) xxxshelly
dont forget to check out ashleys place next!

altered kleenex box /birdhouse

happy saturday :) over at SugarSweetPaperTreats their january challenge is to alter something. be sure to head on over to their blog, and play along theiyre offering up a cricut cartridge to the winner. 

for my entry i opted for a kleenex box and made it into a cute lil birdie house for my daughter.

i used my cricut  and storybook( bird and branches) george (flowers and bird-house hole) pooh and friends (bees) cartridges. the butterflies are martha stewart punch. for the roof i just used an A@sized card. i then added an ek success punch scallop along the edges. added liquid pearls to flower centers and used colorbox fluid chalk.  paper is tim holtz. i love this pack of paper!

in the photo i hadnt finished off the sides, wanted to show it was a kleeenex box first ;) 

thanks so much for stopping by and as always your comments are greatly appreciated.  have a great rest of day xxx shelly