Showing posts with label slides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slides. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Think happy thoughts.....

Did you know that studies have proven that if you wake up in the morning and tell yourself that you are going to be happy today....that you will be?

And that every time you start to think of something sad, if you change that to a happy thought - then pretty soon all your thoughts will be happy ones?

And that if you are a happy thinking person.....you can infect those around you and they will become happy thinking people as well!

OK - let's give it a try!!! I absolutely love making slider cards. I learned this from Susan Mostek who is an amazing artist. She was over last week....and of course, we made more slider cards. This one is titled "think happy thoughts" - of course!!!



When you pull on the ribbon at the top, the top and bottom slide out. Notice now that the heart is different from in the first photos?


 That's because it's an aperture cut - made with my Spellbinders nestabilities heart.  Cut thru 3 layers of paper to create an opening.


And the slides are just black cardstock, with birds cut from the cardstock, and lots of white ink and white pen work .  Just love Ranger's white pen!!!


Did I threaten to do a tutorial on how to make this card?  Or shall I just make you all come take a class from me?  LOL!  OK, now remember - think happy thoughts!!!  Paper, birds, hearts, flourishes, swirls....yep, pretty happy with all that I think!!!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Ornament hooks

Today, a couple of my art pals came to play. Oh! What fun!!! Just being together is enough, but I decided to make ornament hooks today First, I needed something to hang on them!



Cut up one of mom's watercolor paintings, cut up a photo of me, and a couple little words. Used platinum UTEE to seal the papers between glass and attach jump rings. It's faux soldering, but just so quick and easy! And you can barely tell that it's not silver solder!



twisted 14ga - 18 ga wire and added beads to make cute little ornament hooks:



Add spacers between beads. The different looks you could get with these are endless!



I no longer put up a tree, but I do hang all kinds of fun little things from lights and paintings - ok, just about any place I can! And why use those plain tree hangers when you can make something as pretty as these?

What did you create today??? LOL!