Maniac Monday: Thinking Of You Card

Here is a video I made of a card for my Husbands Grandma. I realize I am actually posting this on Tuesday, but the day got away from me and I had o extra time this weekend either.

Warning this video has an extreme amount of babbling from me because I am so tired in the video.
I also must warn and apologize about how close I am in the video. I got a new table top tri-pod and I didn't realize I was of camera during some parts. Also I did not think about how my arm was cutting through the camera when I reached for things or that my left hand was covering everything I was doing.

Like I said in the video, my right arm is paralyzed so I thought that recording from the left was better, but now I'm thinking maybe not. I'll mess around some more and try to find the right angle.

Thanks to small but great group of followers and to my subscribers on YouTube.
If you need anything from CTMH please let me know and I'll be happy to order for you!
Thanks again,
--Miss T

Maniac Monday

Hey all, I'm trying to keep up with my goal of doing Maniac Monday. Every Monday  am going to post a new craft that I did during the week and crafts that I made specifically for Maniac Monday.
This weekend was General Conference for my church, and it was awesome! I really enjoyed the messages and the quotes and talks that were shared from our leaders. It meant a lot to me that I had the chance to watch it with my family, even though my girls are 5 and 3 so they weren't paying attention. But it was still a wonderful experience.
Easter of coarse was mentioned being that next week IS Easter Sunday, so in honor of getting ready for Easter, I made an Easter card!

I used paper from Oriental Trading company that I have had for so long, I just love the colors and they have really cute little bunnies and chicks on it. But I decided to just use the solids make my own bunny with the create a critter cartridge. I used a prima flower, and a pearl adhesive opaque and the Say It In Style stamp from CTMH for the phrase.

Obviously I used the bunny from the cartridge and  I used the grass from the alligator image. In the paper pack was a a piece of paper that had a bunch of borders on it that you could cut it out, so I used the blue one instead of ribbon. Then there was one that had a bunch of eggs on it, so I cut some of the eggs out and placed them on the card. As you can all tell now, cutting by hand is NOT one of my specialties. Lastly I added the liquid glass to the eggs and the bunny's ears, nose, eyes, and cheeks.
I had a lot of fun with this card and hopefully it will get me into the Easter spirit.
Here are some ideas that I have in mind to do with the kids for Easter, but we will see if any of them happen. We are leaving the Monday after Easter for Utah.

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http://pinterest.com/pin/87960998942170630/
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I hope you all have a great Easter and I really will try to do some of these with my girls and post, but if  I forget or don't have time, Please forgive. We are going camping and then to take my sis in law to college then to my bro in law's wedding. It is going to be a bust 2 weeks, but  I can't wait!
Bye-Bye,
--Miss T

Maniac Monday!

In my opinion as a mother, is that Monday's are always crazy, wild, hectic, frustrating, and just plain exhausting!
So it is my new personal goal to get a little joy and excitement into them!
Three or four days out of the week my family and I go on a walk around our property, usually around our pond, and it's always a lot of fun. After we go on our walks, we come back to our house and either have more down time before bed, or we just get ready for bed depending on the time of our walk.
When we have the down time, we usually let the girls watch some Nick jr. while my hubby watches with them and works on his computer, He does IT for an oil company. Anyway so when they are doing that, I usually runaway to the office and start paper crafting.
This is what I did tonight...

I used my gypsy and the cartridge, Opposites Attract for the title.
But for the # 1 I used the cartridge,  Cuttin' Up. I wanted a real thick number.

This is the bottom right corner

Here is the close up the title

This is the view so you can see the frame that I used and that  I used foam tape on the number 1 

This layout was made with all CTMH pruducts, except for when I sewed the paper, LOL.
The paper pack was the Wings collection, the cardstock colors and inks used were; cocoa, juniper, and colonial white. The sticker pack was Veranda, and the frame was part of the dimensional accents we have called Framed Fun.

Again my goal is to have anew project by every "Maniac Monday". But like Monday's are, I won't know what the project is until I do it. It will either be a layout, a card, or any kind of project I can think of.
Have a great week and I'll see you again on Maniac Monday's! (=
--Miss T

St. Patty's Card!

Hey all, Happy St. Patrick's Day! I have a cute little card to share with you and a video of me putting it together.

I had a lot of fun coming up with the idea of this card. But I was majorly sad when I realized how small I had cut it out. But I made it work by making a small 4"x4" card. It wasn't my favorite at first because of how frustrated I was about how small it was. But it is growing on my and looks really cute on my card board display!

So in case you can't tell, I was nervous while making this card. It was my first time making a card on camera, so there is a lot of editing. I also must apologize for the the silence, I don't know how to do music on my videos yet, plus the copyright laws. (= So if any of you have any advice about music, please let me know!! (=
In the end I had a lot of fun making the card and I really hope that you all enjoy it and get inspired. 
Have a great St. Patrick's Day and enjoy your festivities!
--Miss T

Rodeo Layouts (and video)

Hey all, how have you guys been? I have been busy, busy, busy, but luckily I have been crafting.
About 2-3 weeks ago we went to the San Antonio rodeo and it was so fun. We spent the night down there and we got up bright and early and got to go see one of our cows show in the Mini Herford competition. His name is Chrome and he did pretty good.
Also this past Friday my hubby and I went to the Houston Rodeo and got to see Reba live in concert! It was my first real concert and it was amazing! I loved seeing her live. She is so funny and so sweet. Her voice is amazing and she is just beyond great!
So with the rodeos under our belt for the  year I thought it was a good idea to get some layouts done so I could have them ready for when I print my pictures.
So here are a few pictures of them....

 

I made all three of these from 3 different paper packs that I have had for what seems like FOREVER! I actually have a lot of paper packs, but  I hardly use them. I'm not sure why, but I just have them sitting there. So I put these three to use.
Here is a video of the pages showing them close up and I tell you a bit more about them.

Hope you all had a great weekend!
--Miss T

I Am Banana's For You

Day 3 of 14. I left my husband a banana for day 3 and he didn't find it! I left it in the fridge and he woke up late and didn't have time  for breakfast, little does he know if he had opened the fridge he would have had a breakfast on the go! 

So I cut the tag at 3 and 3/4 from lacy labels and used some plain raffia that i smudged with the Holiday Red ink.

Pretty simple stuff. I'll bee posting again tomorrow, and I hope you guys are enjoying these 14 days of Valentine's I know I am having fun with it, and I do hope to get a video up soon.

I also need to know that I did NOT come up with these ideas by myself, I have stolen most of them from Pinterest. And you are more then welcome to follow me! 

Have a great day all and I'll be back tomorrow!

Thanks,

Tina