Paper Cube Valentine's Challenge

OMG!!! I am such a DORK!!! This is my project for this month over at Paper Cubed. This month's challenge was to make something for Valentine's Day.....and this is what I came up with...ENJOY!!!!!

this is a party hat turned upside down to make like a cone gift thingie...lol....if you remember I made one turned the other way a couple post down....I used an image downloaded from the net....a paper doily...prima flowers...a bunch of beads..I can't remember the papers I used (sorry)....I also sprayed Glimmer mist on top of the flowers that has a gold tint to it...the handle was made using a heavy gage wire and just twisted added some fringe and a Happy Valentine's Day greeting that I had gotten on a dozen of roses a couple years back....

closer shot of the opening...

I absolutely love this image of the two little ones........

just a closer shot of the Glimmer Mist sprayed on the flowers...

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Well that's all I have for today....Make sure you stop over and see what the team has created and play along...you have the whole month of Feb left to create a project....we would love to see what you come up with.,.....hugs from Charm city...

Paper Cubed Sports Challenge

Well can you believe we have already gone through another month? It's the first of the month and that means a new challenge from Paper Cubed. This month the challenge is Sports...anything that is not a card and any kind of sport is a go....so stop on by, see what the very talented team has created, then play along with us....we would love to see what you come up with.........ENJOY!!!!!!!!

For the life of me I couldn't figure out what to make. We are avid football fans, as you know...lol...but my mind was so blank.....I remembered I had this wooden puzzle frame that needed some lovin, so I figured I'd use that to make something.....I also turned it into a picture frame.....

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I used paper from Karen Foster--Tim Holtz door knob metal number and memo pin--other wooden frame/puzzle pieces, wooden #1 (underneath metal number) and ball and chain

here I added the doorknob to pull the puzzle pieces out of the frame....they are very tightly squeezed in there to I just wanted a way to pull them out.....I added the knob on top of a metal washer from the hardware store....made the football out of chipboard...

...closer view of the pieces taken out...in this photo you can see how I layered the metal number on top of the wooden piece...I was just to lazy to make a # sign myself....lol...... and here's the picture frame....I had to keep this very simple so that the puzzle pieces fit back in....and this is my number one fan....lol...our little grandbaby (photo is a year old)...he lives in a house full of Baltimore Ravens Fans, so I have to get my little tidbits in there while he's young with my Steeler's being #1...and to prep him for becoming a STEELER'S FAN!!!!....lol....so I figure over the next few years, as we sit and put this puzzle together, he will know that the STEELER'S ARE #1.....and the RAVEN'S will always be in our DUST!!!!! LOL!!!! The pilgrim's that they are... ************************ On a side note, take notice of how I used that memo pin from Tim Holtz....I trimmed the pokey thing off, and using my pliers, I twisted this to make a sort of hanger....it took some muscle, but I did it....Tim's metal is very strong and very hard to twist using the pliers....but I do like how it turned out though.... I'm thinking that our little fan will enjoy putting this together with me...*smile*... ..........here's all the pieces......

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A little ditty I found on the net......

Top 10 stupid things women say during a football game (from a man's view)...

(sorry girls--some of these made me laugh) •10. If Cristiano Ronaldo plays at Real Madrid and for Portugal too, what happens when Real Madrid plays against Portugal? •9. Which T-Shirt do you like more? •8. What happens if someone score a goal? •7. Why are they chasing that ball? •6. Why are they still running if they don’t have the ball? •5. Honey, my mom is on phone. Do you want to talk with her? •4. They are playing even if it’s raining? •3. Why are you so angry? Is JUST a game… •2. Can’t you see the score tomorrow? •1. Honey, if you are an Arsenal fan, i don’t understand why are you watching Liverpool v Manchester United? *****************

Well I do hope that you can stop over and play along with us this month at P3. You have a whole month to play along....so show us who your favorite team is, or that favorite photo in a frame....we would love to see it.........Hugs from Charm City....

Paper Cubed--To Do List/Organizer

Holy Moly...it's that time again...I can't believe a whole month has already flew by....This month at P3 the challenge is to make a to do list/organizer...now, we all know, we have them being mother's/wives and all...so why not join in this month with us.....ENJOY!!!!!!

For my project I decided I needed a Schedule with all of my holidays things in one place....so I used this $1 journal book I purchased from Michael's and am using it....I used this darling image from Tiddly Inks --Christmas Avenger....I just love these Avenger images that Christy makes....I also used an owl from Jolee's Boutique that I colored in silver with my paint pen. I used a little globe to add the greeting and trees along with some glitter and beads.....

just a side view...I haven't added the separate thingies yet so I know what section is what....... closer view of the globe with the glitter and beads.....

this is just the inside.....super duper simple....I tried to stay away from bulk.....

************************** well that's all I have for this post...I hope that you will stop by and check out what the team has come up with....they are chucked full of inspiration.....thanks for stopping by ....hugs from Charm City....

Paper Cubed and 12 Days of Halloween on SBS

WOOT WOOT!!!! Happy Friday blogland.....now normally I don't use the same project for more than one DT challenge, but I just had to use this one for P3 and 12 Days of Halloween at SBS..so I made this one extra special since it was for two challenges......

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For the month of October The Burtonesque Dolls and Simply Betty Challenges will come together for this event. There will be a total of 12 challenges, and you will submit your entry at the Simply Betty Challenges blog. You will have just one Day... that's right one full day to complete the day's challenge. The girls and myself will start to vote on the favorites of the day. On the next Day of the 12 days of Halloween the top 12 will be announced, now that doesn't mean that only 12 can enter the next challenge... the next challenge we will once again choose favorites, but this time only 11 will be chosen. That means that someone from the 12 will be eliminated... but again it doesn't mean that you can't participate again because in the next challenge you may bump someone off again. At the end, there will be just one standing! That one person will win the whole SHEBANG! What is the whole Shebang you ask? Well, each day will have a new prize, you won't win that prize on that day instead it will start to pile... and pile and pile until the prize consists of 12 fabulous prizes all together! How's that for a SHEBANG! Just to give you a little more umph the prizes will contain Rubber Stamps, Paper Lines, BRAND NEW SPELLBINDERS, Copics, and lots more goodies! I will make sure to upload a picture of each prize each day to inspire you to continue onto the next challenge just a few days later! So with all that said... let's get started... On the First Day of Halloween My Ghould love gave to me... One smiling Skellington Head! Your challenge is to incorporate one or more Skelletons on your cards or project. Pretty Simple eh? Okay here is the hard part... you have until October 2nd Todays Prize: Three Clear Stamps from the Hebbie Jebbies line by We R Memory Keepers

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This month at Paper Cubed--the challenge was to use Acetate...now how fun is that...and the first thing that came to mind was to make some sort of a candy dish/box.....well I started out to make a bag, but this ended up being a recipe box.....and I cut a window in the center to show case the chocolate pieces....lol....nothing like temptation, wouldn't ya say?......ENJOY!!!!!

We were asked to make something with skeletons on the first day of Halloween over at SBS..... Now I really have to say that I truly love how this project turned out. The skeleton motorcycle stamp is from Class Act which I stamped it onto a piece of grunge paper, tree -- cut from my Expression, and a bunch of ribbon/ danglies from craft store....I made this box from cardstock...I don't have the dimensions...sorry....

here's the inside....I thought of adding the answer to the question on front here, to make it Little more fun......now isn't this just the happiest skeleton you've ever seen....he just makes me smile every time I use him....Skeleton is from Stamp It Crazy......

this is just a side view....you can see the pom pom and beaded trims I used at the top...

here's a view with a big bag of Hersey Kisses inside...

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Thanks for stopping by today....make sure you stop over at P3 and the 12 Days of Halloween to see what the rest of the ladies have created for you.....have a wonderful Friday....hugs from a very soggy Charm City....

Paper Cubed Challenge - Book Mark

Do I have some great news for you.....I have been asked to be on the Paper Cubed Design Team..This is really cool....if you know me, I just love anything that's 3-D.....so I just couldn't believe it when I received an e-mail from Kim asking if I would like to join their team....WOOT WOOT!!!! Now that is soo cool....Thank You Kim I am very honored to be a part of your team.........if you haven't stopped by you should...it's a monthly contest with themes....and yes, you have a whole month to make your project and post it to the challenge.........so come on over to Paper Cubed (P3) and play along....it's alot of fun.....for my project we were asked to make a book mark for this month.....ENJOY!!!!!!

I have always wanted to make a corner book mark and now I finally had a chance...I really do like how this turned out to.....I used one of Simply Betty new images called Tootsie....but I didn't use the whole image only part of it....she is just soo fun....and Simply Betty Blog and her team is doing a blog hop today so stop over there and check out what the team has put together using the images from 2 new collections....

here's just a closer view of the book mark....well that's all I have for today....Hugs from Charm City.......