Tricia's RAK

Okay, so I'm lame. I wanted to have scrapstress (Rina from youtube) have her video embedded here, but the best I can do is add the link to her video.

And why do I need to have her video? Well, I won Blog Candy! triciaa2474 (tricia from youtube) selected me to receive a RAK. Whoo-hoo! She also selected Rina. I don't have video capabilities (I don't own a camera), but Rina does and she filmed opending her Blog candy. My package and her package were very similar. So, if you want to see what Tricia sent, please just click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxe5WJzgqUM

Surprise Stickers

I would like to thank Julie at readysetstamp (youtube name) or readysetstampit (blogspot) for the beautiful cards and the lovely goodies she sent. She sent me some paisley stickers, love sentiments, plastic flowers, green stickers, clear stamps (summer), and a lovely card in addition to the pink and black card I so admired.

Please visit CompassionateCards.blogspot.com to see information on Julie's charity work. She is always in need of cards to give out to those less fortunate. Her blog has the information you need such as mailing address and current mission. It's definitely a worthy cause.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Julie. I love everything you sent.

OWL

My husband took my boys camping to celebrate Valentine's Day. Kinda weird? Actually I am loving it. My daughter and I can craft all day without the boys bothering us. That's a perfect present to me.

We watched a video by RoxyCar11 (youtube channel) on how to make owls. We dug through my supplies until we found the stuff we would need. My daughter is going to explain what she did to make her owl:

Hey everyone, so the first thing i did was find an ovalular (its a word) or oval piece of chipboard.Next was i cut a cresent shape off the top for the top of the head.After i did that i placed 2 white feathers for the ears, i then made the body but you can put the arms-wings on first, then i put the wings and tail feather on.

For the eyes i used circle pieces of a light tan paper which i dunked in water then put on top of a yellowish stamp pad.After i had dyed both sides yellow i took a dark brown stamp pad and then using my finger (you can use a sponge if you dont want to dye your finger) i pressed onto the stamp pad then dabbed at the eyes to darken them up.

Once they dried i had to pick the pupils.My mom said they had to be the same color (there goes my blue and green idea) and that they couldnt be bright red (well there goes that idea).Finally i found a pretty amber color.I glued the eyes on and together with glossy accents.My mom said that i couldnt make the mouth or beak bright red (my excuse was it just ate...) so i decided on a light blue rhinestone which i glued on with glossy accents.

I thought this was a fun project to do with my mom cause she kept sighing and rolling her eyes everytime i suggested something ridiculous.Thanks Roxy for the fantabulous (its a word...i am writing a dictionary) idea.

Tuesday Morning Merchandise Certificate

Have you gotten your Merchandise Certificate from Tuesday Morning? E-mail me and I will send you a copy. It's from a lawsuit settlement which gives you a $10 certificate, or $20 off a purchase of $60 or more. I'm not sure if they will honor it since it won't come directly from you. But when the lady checking me out filled out the paperwork she just asked for my e-mail address. You'll have to use your own e-mail account since it's only one certificate per person. Hopefully you can use it! ~Dera

A Mini from a Minnie

I made a mini album using a Minnie Mouse board book (the kind for toddlers to play with). I roughed up the pages with some sandpaper and then covered the album using the Rockstar paper pad. It was nice to work with something that already had a binding. The downside was I had to keep the embellishments flat or the pages wouldn't close. The Rockstar Pages are black based; the board book, white. So I took a black Sharpie and covered the pages down by the binding so the white wouldn't be obvious. I then took the same Sharpie and penned all along the edges of the board book pages. If I had planned ahead, I would have blackened everything before adhering the patterned paper. Alas, I had to peel back the papers, black the binding, and then re-adhere the paper. It's a fun little project, and if you are a mom like me you should still have slobbered on board books tucked away in your home.