Grandma's hankies

Remember the story of Hansel and Gretel?  How they left a trail of bread crumbs behind them?  Well, Grandma Moore left hankies wherever she went!  We always knew she had been there because we'd find a hanky!   I think she is the Grandma who taught me how to play. She rolled hankies up and turned them into babies in a cradle that you could swing.  She stitched bonnets on them and made little dolls out of them.  She was very poor, but her heart and her spirit were so rich.  She loved to sing hymns, she loved to praise God.

Grandma would have said, "Life is better when it's fun!"  She would have been amazed with my airbrush machine, copic markers.  And I know she would have tried them all out!!!

She made her own glue out of flour and water.  She would have just loved Stickles!  Strawberries, grapes and cherries were her dye.  Wonderful how God created "art" in the very beginning.

Next I'll have to make some more chipboard cups to put my hankies in.  Oh….life is just so much better when it's fun!!!

...and more cards.....

It never ceases to amaze me how differently Crystal stickles looks on the various background papers.  It is the only shade of stickles that I've used on all my cards.   Just go back the last few blogs and check it out!  Here you can see the difference in just this single card!

and by using stickles, you can make layers pop.  I buy 5 bottles at a time!

this card just makes me smile every time I look at it!

and if I were ill, I'd love to get this!  The entire background is stickled!

What on earth do I plan to do with all these cards?  Well...stay tuned as there are even more!!!

More Julie Nutting doll stamps

One of my favorite kits from HOTP is Cherry on top.  It's just so bright and cheerful.  If you know the kit, you will start to notice that I cut things a bit differently than what their cut lines are.  I think it just makes the kit more fun!  They teach classes at the local scapbook store using these kits and I think they've given up on me "following the rules" - I just don't make my cards like the samples!!

I also really liked the sentiments in this kit

Lots of glitter and bling.  Now, who doesn't like to get a little something sparkly in their mailbox???  Oops!  Looks like I need to repair her slip!  LOL!

I remember as a child I simply loved paper dolls.  Perhaps that's why I like these stamps so much?  This dress is cut out of glitter paper that you can make by using Elizabeth Craft's glitter over the adhesive paper over printed paper.  Just so shimmery!

I really like mixing papers from different kits.  I think you can get about 20 cards from a single kit...and then I take my leftovers and make "scrap" cards.  I'll be posting them later on.  More cards tomorrow!