just a couple of cards

Yayyy I'm back ... :)

 thanks for not giving up on me u'all !! I have been letting my desk sit empty for a while now, but hopefully I'm back now. Lately  I've been working on card sets, I use the same layout and stuff for the cards but different colors and each card says something different as well. 

So here u go ... my first set of 6 cards ... 

set of 6 cards

The bird is a cut-out from a larger stamped image and heat embossed add texture and I also raised it off the card a bit

The swirly thingy I drew myself, just couldn't find anything I liked on the net, so I kind of copied something I liked and I think it turned out o.k .. :)

one u can use for any occasion

and that's about
 all I got for today
God Bless you all ...
Hugs :) Claudia W.

"Corn"

So I drew another drawing a while back and just found the picture for it,, I made this corn poster to record all the garden work we did last year,,, after I took the picture of it I made a graph on it with 3 sections, Name, Quantity, Date, and hung it where all could see what we accomplish with freezing and canning veggies and fruits all summer and autumn long...here it is...

So the time has come to make another one, but I can't seem to find any ideas on what I should draw??? 

Any suggestions guys???? :) would appreciate it... :)  Claudia W.

Fort Resolution

Hi y'all, I did mention that I love making and designing stuff along with scrapbooking right??? anyway I decided to share with you a very detailed example. .. .the picts might be a bit blurry though, it was 3a.m. when I took 'em :)

One day early last year my sister came home from school looking very defeated... when I asked her "what's up?" she stared glumly at me, and mumbled "I'm late again" meaning the deadline for an assignment had once again crept up on her. I immediately felt sympathy for her, and immediately offered to help out  in whatever it was, so she sat down and described it,, it was in the dead of winter, and she had to build a fort out of anything she wanted,, all the other kids had almost completed theirs and they were seriously good, no one expected her to come up with anything good with so little time left.... and straight away I got her working, no more sitting around feeling sorry for herself....

We left the house and started collecting.... twigs, dug up 7 feet of snow and chipped away the ice for stones and gravel,, chipped up dirt and melted it inside and dried it up, found bark, chopped off branches, and whatever else we thought we could use...  So we went inside and transformed out kitchen into a craft room, it stayed that way for the next 3 days , and nights,,, So once inside we scrambled around also collecting things, scissors, hot glue gun, paint, pens, paper, all that good stuff which is too much to name... Once all the stuff was dried off and ready to use we got to work cutting, measuring and building, I designed the fort and showed her how to build it, I tried letting her do as much as possible but, I couldn't hold back -- I mean how could I ,, I love doing this -- Together with my dad also helping out ,, we build a fort, complete with canons and ladders leading up to them, a school/church, 3 houses with cotton boll smoke, a barn,  blacksmith, saloon, a bell tower, and a trading post, plus a well right in the middle, I poured in blue paint and let it dry, it seriously looked like there was water in there... Going out of the  fort we had a drawbridge, which we could open and close!! kool eh? we made a moat around the fort for security sake,,, and outside the fort was as good as inside,,  we build a dock with canoes, a camp ground for the traders - with an archery for entertainment purposes, a lumberyard, and a fishery , to clean the days catch, and sell the  fish from there as well I guess... and every fort needs a graveyard, we tried to make it creepy,,, :) we graveled the roads and added a couple of extras, like tables to clean the fish , with fish scales and a knife on top, a bow and arrows, a saw, shaving, wood chips and planks, a pile of logs and a hatchet, a bucket  at my water well, -it also moves up and down when u work the handle -  and my all time favorite.... a Red River Wagon,   after all that said... let me introduce you guys to....

Fort Resolution ... (My sis picked the name)... 

top view of our lovely fort

church/school, house, barn, well,

saloon, blacksmith, pile o' wood, canons, ladders, water well again

just another view

yayyy, my lumber yard,, was  a lot of fun making this

THE fishery...

fishery table and bucket for the fish scales

campground for traders, archery in background

dock with canoes and path leading to the fort

grave yard

and last but sure not least - -my fav... The Red River Wagon

front view of the works. .

 We created this in 2.5 days, stayed up most of the night and when we did decide to get some sleep we dreamed about what we could do next... as it was a competition she had to give it her all, and yeah... SHE GOT 1st PLACE.... that was exciting,,,  it was displayed in the Public Library for all to see and admire and after 2 months because it was so big , they disposed of it on the way home from Town, bringing me ....guess what??? No it was not my fav. the red river cart, but the small, .... I'll tell u later after a couple of guesses... I gotta see what u guys would take if u could choose from all of this... so anyway that's what i love doing most,, scrap booking/card making is a close second...  And I think I took up enough of your time ... thanks for dropping by... wishing you all the best... Claudia W.

Robies - - so cute....

 

My latest project - - when I have time, you kinda just HAVE to try making some pairs 'cause they are sooo cute, I had

to share them with you guys... see what you think... like them???

probably not as much as I do :)  but,,, well, not everyone can like something so much :))

cutest pair.... 

couple of other designs

and the lot....

winter project

One evening while visiting relatives I 

admired a blinking snowman, it was around

Christmas time

and the cheerful multi-colored, blinking lights

had me mesmerized, they (the relatives)
noticed me staring at it
all evening and asked me if I wanted
one just like it,I leapt at the
chance to own a kool thingy like that, 

I mean, let's face it, you think you own 

a decoration just by your own self, and 

the next house you step into,there sits one on the shelf

just like the one you have at home on your shelf

hmmmm, there goes the cheer, well, of course

not allll of it:)

anyway, back to the story,

of course I said :"Yeah, I would like to have it"

but as with almost all stuff, you got to give a little

to get a little, so i compromised and said,

Nope, I'll not take it this time,

But I do want to know what it's made from!

I got all the supplies and made one

just for me,, and the next year I

tried something a bit different 

and changed a bit around

and finally I got what I wanted, 

A crafted blinking snowman, 

made by me

check it out....

this one I made for my sister

who got married just last year....

so exciting ....

I made this one with only blue lights and it looked great so my next ones are gonna be blue just 

to change it up a little

 to show you what it

looks like with it's lights on

I added a picture down there too.

We left ours out all 

winter 'cause a snowman

is a winter thing.

But now that Spring has sprung it's 

been put aside to await

another winter when it will

 resume it's blinking...

Pencil Drawings

Drawing has always been a favorite pastime of mine,

don't really know how i got started 

I think I just tried it and could do it and now

  I just love doing it

but then scrap booking started creeping up on me and

it does take up most of my drawing time

so... I pushed drawing to the side for a while,

came across some pictures of my completed drawing 
and thought I'd share them,

The horse 

was my first drawing,

it was after I had finished it that I knew I could,

and  immediately started the next one which was 

a crocus with a bee 

which I gave to my aunt for her birthday in may.

"curious"

"crocus"

 Then I made an elephant drawing 

this was for a raffle draw for the Siloam Mission hope for the Homeless

 located in Winnipeg, it felt awesome doing something 

for the less fortunate and those working there are 

so grateful for everything, no matter how small the deed or

how short the time you spend there...

"caring mum"

For some reason my pictures seem stretched 

any ideas on how to fix them?

Then I made a surprise grad present for my little sister,

a dandelion

 representing freedom, that she can do anything she

sets her mind to now that shes gradded

nothing and noone can hold her back,
just like the flying wispy thingies 

of a carefree dandelion,,, 

"carefree"

Yeah, all my frames are homemade,,, by my dad 

he supports me with everything I try to do

and helps me out whever he can so after having to make a couple

of frames and searching high and low for old windows

for the glass he brought me my next drawing....

it's still in the early stages after 2 years, but I am planning

to finish it soon, i hope,, what can I say, 

crafting always seems to win whenever I have free time,,, :)

o.k bye gotta go...