Trying the Unexpected Through Decluttering!

 As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Embrace The Unexpected. Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are creating something unexpected through decluttering!  

As I was looking through and making an attempt at some cleaning, I stumbled upon my colored pencils and decided to try some pencil work and stamping in my journal.  I usually turn to my Copic markers and Cricut dies for my creating, so this is a bit different for me.  I don't have a large selection of pencils, but I do have a few; so, I decided to give it a go on this older Gorguss Girl Stamp.  This cute stamp was hidden away with some other stamps!

I also went with a different paper than I would normally choose.  I grabbed some Mead Academie Sketch Paper I found while organizing some paper.  

My last unexpected item I found in my craft room is my Spirograph toy!  Yes, I loved this as a kid and have one for my grandgirl, so I decided to get that out for my background!

Now, as for the little embellishments, they were all in stacked ice cream lids where I store "extras" for the future.  Of course, they usually sit there unused, but not this time!  Same goes for the Washi Tape!

I also found lots of adhesive I never use, so I got it out for my journal page.  

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Material List:

Homemade Journal

Mead Academie Sketch Paper

Prima Colored Pencils

Santoro Gorjuss Girl Stamp Bunny (Retired)

Spirograph and Gel Pens

Washi Tape

Adhesives: Aileen's Craft Glue

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  AG

A Perfect Time to Craft: AG

Ally's Angels: AG

Classic Design: Bunnies, Blooms or Butterflies

Creatalicious: Easter or Spring

Morgan's ArtWorld:

(Pin)spirational: Inspired by picture below ~ bunny, flowers

Crafty Catz:  AG
Creative Fingers:  AG

Creative Artiste:  AG MM

Daisy Chain: Not Square

Let's Craft and Create: Add Flowers

Allsorts: Spring Flowers

Crafty Calendar: Feminine

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

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Spring Cleaning, Decorating, Organizing

 Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone and the optional theme is... Spring Cleaning, Decorating, Organizing!  Join us for your chance to win the Vintage Lace Digital Paper Collection.  

I decided to make Lemon Lavender Sugar Scrub with a matching gift bag for some much needed spring hand care/cleaning!  Check out the video below for details.

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 Material List:

ScrappyPapers Vintage Lace Digital Paper Collection

Recycled Jar (approx. 3.5" x 4")

String

Jewelry Ring

Scraps of Paper from Stash

Folk Art Metallic Gold Paint

Liquitex White Gesso

Ultra Fine Glitter

Flowers from Stash

Burlap Ribbon (cut in 1/2 and gathered)

Salome Idea Key https://tinyurl.com/yckfkxd5

Adhesives: ATG; Fabric Tac; Glue Gun

Cricut Design Space: Design and Cut; Offset; Shapes

CTMH Artistry: Frame cut

CTMH Art Philosophy: Bag cut

Cricut Access

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

For Sugar Scrub ideas, you might want to check out this link:

Angela Palmer/Farm Girl Soap Co: https://angelapalmer.com/simple-sugar-body-scrub/

I'm sharing with these challenges:

CD Sunday Plus: AG using a CD, USB, or Digital

We Love to Create: AG MM/Paper Crafting

I Spy with My Little Eye: The Dawn of Spring

The Paper Funday: Things that Begin with "B" ~ Blossoms, Bouquets, Bag, Burlap, Beauty Item

A Perfect Time to Craft: AG

Ally's Angels: AG

Crafts Galore Encore: AG

Die Cut Divas: Die Cuts and Flowers

DL Art Thankful Thursday: AG

Love to Craft: AG

Paper Rocks Scissors:  AG using paper and/or scissors

Papercraft:  Spring Blooms

Crafting Challenge:  Fav Color...Brown; yes, I love brown with just about any other colors added!

Creative Crafters:  AG

Four Seasons:  Spring

Triple B:  Birds, Butterflies, or Blooms

Crafty Catz:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

Cut It Up:  Anything but a card!

Creative Artiste:  AG MM

Daisy Chain: Not Square

Let's Craft and Create: Add Flowers

Allsorts: Spring Flowers

Love Those Pretty Papers: Springtime

Be sure to visit  Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone 

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

Trying the Unexpected

  As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Embrace The Unexpected. Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are creating something unexpected...you know, make something you wouldn't normally create!  Wow, this opens quite a few doors for me since I have a list a mile long of 'things I want to try'!  

I decided to share this jewelry tree I created from lots of odds and ends.  It's perfect for hanging necklaces, bracelets and earrings and I don't have to dig through a jewelry box for them!  

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Material List:

Silver tree branch left over from a wedding

Wired Crystal Garland

Large Heavy Clear Vase (2nd hand store)

Blue Flat Glass Marbles

Decorate with jewelry!

Be sure to come over and see what the team thinks about our optional twist.  You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.     

Trying the Unexpected!

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Embrace The Unexpected. Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are creating something unexpected...you know, make something you wouldn't normally create!  

Ok, I NEVER make bookmarks and I NEVER make in bulk!  So, this is unexpected for me to make 60 bookmarks, but here they are!   

One of the teachers at school requested some notes, cards, words of encouragement for the 3rd graders taking the IRead test this month.  I thought it would be fun to give each one a bookmark. 

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Material List:

Black Cardstock

White Cardstock

Flaxen Twine from CTMH

Adhesives: ATG

Cricut Design Space: Design; Print then Cut; Offset; Shapes

Cricut Access: Tiger from KayBee SVGs; Paw Print from Erica Digital Design; Sentiment on front from Totally Posie

Font on back of bookmark:  BFC Retri Babe

 Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.     

Anything Goes...but no cards!

Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone and the optional theme is... Anything Goes!  

I have chosen to go with a bedding ensemble for a 14 1/2 inch doll.  

I started with a foam mattress and pillow; the foam was cut from packaging.  I sewed a pillow case for the pillow.  For the mattress, I simply wrapped and fabric glued the fabric around the foam as if I were wrapping a gift.  

The sheet is white fabric with all sides machine hemmed.  

The comforter is double-sided:  white felt/heart motif cotton with lace. 

 Material List:

3-D Printed Bed Frame and Dresser ( I take no credit for this part!)

Heart Fabric from Stash

White Fabric from Stash

Lace from Stash

Thread from Stash

Foam from Packaging for pillow and mattress

Be sure to visit  Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone 

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

The Unexpected Valentine Part 2

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to create something inspired by The Unexpected. Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are sharing unexpected Valentines.  My 2nd unexpected Valentine was a digital creation left for educators to find on my FaceBook Wall. This card was also inspired by this quote:  

“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”

― Confucius 

So, who will receive an unexpected card/gift from you?

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Material List:

Digital Elements from Creative Fabrica Coquette Teacher PNG School Pencil Bow

Programs:  Canva 

Canva Instruction from Sande Woodson

Be sure to come over and see what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.     

Off To FarmQuest General Store

I'm delighted to be a guest designer over at FarmQuest General Store this month and I'm making my delivery with this floral wagon wheel country card!

Come play along with Anything Farm and or Country!

Check out the video below for more info on this card.

Material List:

Digital Paper and Element from ScrappyPapers (created in Canva/PhotoScape)

Images from Creative Fabrica 

CTMH Cardstock

Pink Sequins

Adhesives:  Fabri-Tac; ATG; Bearly Arts Precision Glue  

Cricut Design Space:  Designed, Printed and Cut from CDS

Cuts from Design Space: Shapes

Cricut Access:  Sentiment from Stacy's Digital Designs (Altered) 

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

This is off to the following challenges:  

 

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Place to Start:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Creative Crafters:  AG

Triple B:  AG with Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

A Cut Above:  AG with a Die Cut

Dream Valley:  Use Pink or Red

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

The Unexpected Valentine

 As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to create something inspired by The Unexpected. Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are creating/sending Unexpected Valentines!  I'm sending cards to my equine veterinarians' office!  Now, I realize the sentiment is a bit hokey, but it fits!  ; ) 

So, who will receive an unexpected card/gift from you?

Check out the video below for ideas on Importing and Cleaning Digital Images to use with backgrounds!

Here's a 2nd video on this card in particular!

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Material List:

Digital Image: Hetty Clare Pony Flower https://tinyurl.com/yuxh5hmz

Sentiment: ScrappyPapers

 Copics 

White Cardstock

CTMH Cardstock

Adhesives: ATG

Cricut Design Space: Design and Cut; Offset; Shapes

Cricut Access: Heart, Square

Font: BFC Farmhouse Bride

Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Crafty Animal:  AG Featuring an Animal

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  I was inspired by the pink hearts.

Pearly Sparkles:  Love is in the Air

(PIN)spirational:  I was inspired by the hearts.

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a CD, USB, or digi

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Classic Design:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

Critter Crazy:  AG featuring a Critter

Creative Crafters:  AG

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.     

Calendar Journal/Book

Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone and the optional theme is... Anything Goes!  

I decided it would be fun to create my own calendar journal/book out of cereal box, paper, and a retired paper collection from CTMH.  I used the Cinch Binding System to bind this journal.  

I started by putting together all of the calendars and figuring out the book logistically.  I mapped it out in Pages.  I'll admit, that was a pain!  Note for next year, refer to the pages kept in the computer and just change the numbers!  Then, of course, I had to figure out the printing.  Oh my, that was something outside my brain's wheelhouse, also; but I got it done!

Now for the fun part!  I use 2 layers of cereal box for the front and back covers.  I decorated and put a pocket on the inside of the front cover.  I added a strip of brown cardstock to reinforce where the holes would be punched.  I added the year with some of my goals, ideas, etc. in WordArt.  

If you've never played in WordArt, you might want to check out the video below.  It's a lot of fun!

 Material List:

Calendars for reference

Copy Paper

Cereal Box

Brown Cardstock

CTMH SkyLark Designer Paper(retired)

CTMH Ink

Cinch Binding System

Zutter 1/2 inch binding wire

Adhesives: Bearly Arts; Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac

CTMH Artistry: Arrow

Cricut Design Space: Design and Cut; Shapes-Rectangle for Months

CDS Access: Font ITC Souvenir for numbers and month names

Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

We Love 2 Create:  AG MM/Paper crafting

Creative Fingers:  AG

Everybody Art:  AG 

Love to Craft:  AG

Mix it Up:  AG

Crafty Catz:  AG opt blue and green

Be sure to visit  Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone 

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

The Unexpected Fence Clearing

 A journal page...

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to create something inspired by The Unexpected. Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Now this theme is a bit tricky this month!  The idea is to reflect upon the past and create a project based upon an unexpected event that changed your life.  Lisa explains it very well over at PoP; so you might want to drop by for her explanation.  

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

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I noticed this cherry tomato plant unexpectedly in May of 2024 growing outside my riding arena.  The wind blew it in and it bloomed where it landed!  I ate tomatoes from the plant for over 4 months.    

If this plant can do it, so can I.

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Check out the video below for tips on creating your own patterns in Cricut Design Space!  

Material List:

Photo by ScrappyHorses

Colored pencils and pen

My Homemade Journal Book ~Almost full!

Digital paper design by ScrappyPapers

Christy Tomlinson She Art "coffee filter sheets doodles"

Tim Holtz idea-ology Collage Paper Entomology

Ranger Embossing Ink

Embossing Powders from Stash

Stampendous Pearlustre Carnelian Embossing Powder

CTMH Inks

Adhesives: Bearly Arts; Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac; Liquitex Matt Gel

Cricut Design Space: Design and Cut; Offset

CDS Access: 'bloom' from Diva Watts Designs; Ivy Vine from Whizz Art & Craft

Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Creative Fingers:  AG

My Time to Craft:  Use a Sentiment

CRAFT:  AG

613 Avenue Create: AG

Place to Start:  AG

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Classic Design:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

Dream Valley:  AG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG

Allsorts:  Close to Nature

Crafty Calendar:  Add a Die Cut

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers:  NBUS  Those cute coffee filter sheets have been sitting up there for years...never opened!!

Craft Rocket:  Something New ~ I created new designer paper for this project!

Creative Knockouts:  Use a Sentiment

Word Power:  Showcase Words

FarmQuest General Store:  AG Country/Farm

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.