Guest designer for Ooh-la-la Vintage Treasures Dec. 10, 2011

Hello Friends and Welcome to my blog! :)

Today I am a guest designer on Ooh-la-la Vintage Treasures and I just love their store you need to check it out and you can by going to their blog...http://www.ohlalavintagetreasures.com/ and if you love Shabby chic, vintage like I do you will love it! :)  Now lets get to it...They have a 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop...each day they have someone on their blog to give you an idea for Christmas...food, decor, wearables, hangings...so much fun...and there is a lot of cool stuff on their and oh my gosh you should check out the awesome hanging skates! beautiful if I may say so myself...but I didn't make that one...hehe...today is my time...

And I decided to make two projects since I was so INSPIRED...hehe...first one is my greenery I had....I usually hang it above my door plain with color lights outside...but this year I wasn't in the mood to do that and it is a lot of trouble...so I decided to make something for me that I would enjoy for years to come and since I love PURPLE! ...well you know I had to go with it...hehe...so I decided to go all out decorating purple and silver this year...with a little bit of different shades of purple...check it out below...

Here is my plain greenery:

Then I added the ribbon I have received from my pastor's wife that she gave me (she gave me two! so pretty!)  and then added that in to start off the color to add to it.

I got some beautiful ribbons from my pastor's wife...two rolls of purple! different designs and texture but I love them...I decided to use one of them today. And I added it to the greenery to give some oomph! so pretty! Then I took the left over ribbon that was left to make a bow and tied it on the greenery. Now it is finished with the ribbon part.

I then made some flowers to add to it so I can beautify it...hehe...and of course more purple again! different shades of it.  I show here how I made them...first off cut a square the smaller the size the smaller the flower I start out with 2x2, 3x3, and up it goes...I love making these so simple and easy peasy! First you cut the size you want...then cut the square into a circle then take the circle and cut it around its shape the swirls is what helps make it roll so you can get the flower shape then make sure you leave a base circle near the end of the cut so you can stand the flower on it after loosening it up. Then glue gun it or use a strong adhesive of your choice to keep it from moving.  Then I wanted to glitz it but ...gasp...I am um...out of stuff....oye...so I left them as they are and yep glue gun it to the greenery. (Planned later to do some glitz! what is a girl with out bling?) Then I cut some leaves and glue gun those to some of the flowers and then I added a small one to the bow to make it pop! and voila! you can hang it up on above a door post or above a picture and it would look beautiful! :)

I have done another project when I finished this because it gave me another idea when I was doing the flowers...hehe...you know that is how it rolls sometimes...

I have decided to make a pin or brooch as sometimes called....hehe...I made two more flowers and cut another leaf...cut a piece of lace ribbon and folded it in half ...then got the pin back and put it all together and this would make a great gift all year long especially at Mother's Day!
Again another easy peasy! just make sure you glue it altogether...hehe...

Thanks for being with me today and I had a great time playing with all of these flowers today...hope you come back to visit me some more for I will have a lot of other stuff to show you before Christmas so you can make some decorations for your tree and or a gift to make.  Hugs!

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Paper Hoarder Design Team Post - Dec. 9, 2011

Hello Friends and Welcome to my blog! :)

Today was Paper Hoarder Design team Christmas Home Decor project...I was thrilled to be able to take part of this today...I am giving this to a friend....nothing like a pretty homemade gift! :)

My project is an altered frame: I originally was going to use a frame with glass and all but an incident happen...shshsh...btw us okay....hehe...then I decided to fix it by using a cardboard backing and then put I put a musical paper on it but first I inked it up to make it look a little old like I found an old music sheet worn out and pasted it...then I stamped some images from my favorite stamps I have from Hero Arts and they are the nativity scene and the Come and let us Adore Him and then I used a different stamp for the Christmas saying (can't remember who)  used versa mark and silver emboss and then inked it up to make it look old again...then I made some flowers and put choc pearl gems in it and then cut out some leaves to make it look a little more real...then I put gems on the bottom of the scene to give it a little oomp...next time I think I will make more of those flowers they are easier to make than I thought they would be...so now I know how to make some different ones...this will be at least 5th kind...yay! anyways put it all back behind the pretty frame that had a little patina on it and voila....a wall hanging for someone's wall! :)  (excuse the fact you can't see the emboss the lighting makes it look shiny and I have not been able to figure out how to keep it from happening...hehe.)

Hope you are inspired and to make something for someone special in your life too...nothing like giving from your heart....Merry Christmas! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Christmas FaItH SoNgS For His Glory Blog Hop - Dec. 7, 2011

Hello Friends! and Welcome to my blog! :)

Today we are worshipping the King and the reason for the season! I am so excited I love to listen to music and Christmas songs and...um..cough cough... well they get started in November after Thanksgiving...hehe....I know a lot of you have your favorites you love each year at this special time...we have to remember the One we really celebrate and love and who is the true reason of the season! Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

My gift is for you is to know HIM...so with that said please follow the rules and comment on my blog as well as my guest designers and I will draw the winner of hop by random.org...and please give all the talented designers on my hop some love and Christmas wishes would be nice! Some have e-mail notifications you can sign up for to keep up with their happenings of their blog and we would love to have you as followers too but not required.
Oh yeah what is a hop with out a little candy? tee hehe ...We have a wonderful prize that my sponsor will send the winner of the random.org draw and so please comment and make sure to give me your email addy or I will have to redraw...the sponsor of  our wonderful hop is Jillian Vance! Thanks so much for your sponsorship! we adore your stamps and other things on your website! if you have not had the chance to check it out...please do so at

www.ajillianvancedesign.com

Here is the prize package: The Christmas Blessing Package and a bag of Pear Pins! :) 

Here is the line up in case you get lost along the way...of course I am the host and thanks for being here today.


1. Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/ "Mary Did You Know"
2. Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com/  "The First Noel"
3. Carolyn - http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/ and my sons is "Hark the Herals Angels Sing"
4. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/ and my song is "Ihr Kinderlein Kommet"
5. Zenita - http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com  and my song is "Silent Night"
6. Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/ "Joy to the World"
7. Jen Y - http://www.expressivelyme.blogspot.com  and my song choice is "O Holy Night" :)
8. Tina- http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com  My song is Labor of Love

I picked the song "Mary Did You Know?" that is one of my favorite songs ...I love this because it reminds me that Mary was a great part of the story and can you imagine a Virgin who was picked by God himself to carry his son...what a tremendous responsibility and I can't even imagine how it must have been for her...I admire her for her faith and obedience! but like the song itself it makes you question what she really thought...interesting and I sure would love to know! I am gonna ask her when I get to heaven! :)

Here is my song:
"Mary Did You Know"

[Originally written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene]

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

Mary did you know.. Ooo Ooo Ooo

The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the Great, I Am

Here is my project:   I did a gift tag I am going to put on a bag that I am also decorating for someone special who is getting a homemade gift from me this year.  I love to make something and give it away... :)


Here is the recipe: I used a sizzix die tag cut (love this design!) and then I inked it up around the tag with Marvy Uchida grey stamp pad then I stamped the swirly and the nativity scene with my silver mettallic color box stamp pad and the "Believe" in my Ranger butterscotch ink pad (love this color!) then I blinged it up with some gems of yellow and clear to make it look like a star exploded over baby Jesus, making it a joyous occasion which it was! then I smattered it with grey ink with my sponge brush I love to use too...then finished it off with a yellow wired ribbon that I had ...something different but I think it is pretty. :) Hope you like it! :)

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop is: talented Dena Jones! :)

Don't forget to give the bloggy love and have a great time hopping. :) and be blessed this Christmas! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Christmas Cards and Cookies Blog Hop - Dec. 3-4, 2011 (Day 1)

Welcome Friends and Welcome to my Blog!  
If you are here for the Christmas Cards and Cookies Blog Hop you are in the right place but if you want to go to Christmas Card Blog Hop or Jen's Birthday Blog Hop please scroll down ...thanks! :)

Welcome to Round One of the Christmas Cards & Cookies Blog Hop! You should have come from Jennifer's blog . If you are starting here and wish to hop from the beginning of the hop, please visit Dena’s blog :  http://missdjones.blogspot.com

 
There was so much response to the Christmas Cards & Cookies Blog Hop that it had to be split between two weekends. This is Round One and begins Saturday, Dec. 3rd, continuing through Sunday, Dec. 4th. Round Two will be held next weekend. We have a talented group of women who love papercrafting and baking. Each of them is sharing a recipe for a yummy Christmas treat along with a Christmas card or tag. Hopefully, you’ll pick up some great ideas for your own Christmas gift giving this season. So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy!
 

Here is my project : I decided to do a simple tag to attach to the glad treat box that I am giving to a friend with my goodies which is my yummy Peanut Butter Flake Candy.  The recipe is below and its so easy I make at least 5 batches of this every Christmas....everyone loves it.  Don't take long at all and you can put the goodies in a nice treat box of your own.  

Here is the recipe for the tag...I use my favorite sizzix die tag cut out and inked it up with red ink then I stamped it with some swirlys and then I put one of my dollar stamps I have found last year and stamped it with versa mark then embossed it with red embossing powder, then stickled the gems all over with pizzaz and then I also put snowflakes here with the gems and then kinds of ink spot it with my brush and then put red ribbon on it...easy peasy! but pretty...

Here is the recipe for the Peanut Butter Flake Candy.

1 cup Light Karo Syrup

1 cup sugar

1 cup Peanut Butter (Creamy or Crunch) *I use them both but in separate batches...

5 cups Corn Flakes

Put Sugar and Karo syrup in a sauce pan (med heat) Bring to boil for approx 1 minute. Then add peanut butter and stir well. Add cornflakes. Stir again to make sure evenly coated. Pour onto cookie sheet and let set/cool, then break apart and put in containers. (I used the Glad containers - they are perfect! )

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit Susan's blog next to see what she has to share with you!

In His Love,

Be Inspired,

Kari

Christmas Card Blog Hop Dec. 3rd and 4th, 2011 (Dat 1)

Christmas Card Blog Hop Dec. 3-4, 2011 (Day 1)

Hello Friends and welcome to my blog! :)

If you have come from Amy's Blog then you are in the right place but if you have happened upon my blog please start at Nicollette's blog that way you don't miss a thing and get some inspiration! Now unto the hop and check out below my project...have fun hopping! :)

Today all the requirement was for me to make a Christmas Card...and I made two kinds for the 2 day hop...here is my first one for today...pretty simple card and the reason for that is I had to make something quick for a friend the other day.  I hope she likes it! and make sure you come back tomorrow to see a really cute card. :)



Recipe: I used green cardstock (Olive), dark yellow (Almost Gold) cardstock to fit the print paper on top of the green and cut to size to fit and then I punched a scalloped circle and used one of my favorite stamps by Hero Arts that I have and then stickled the gems on some spots of the printed paper.  Pretty simple but pretty I thought.  :)

Now your next stop is talented designer Gill.

Thanks for stopping by as always you are treasured and loved! hugs! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari

Jen's Birthday Blog Hop - December 3, 2011

Jen's Birthday Blog Hop - December 3, 2011

Hello Friends!

Welcome to my blog today! I am several hops so make sure you are going to the right one or check them all out..hehe...thanks.  If you are coming from Faith's blog then you are in the right place but if you happened upon my blog please start at the beginning at Jen's blog we don't want you to miss a thing! :) now let's get this party started! :) and let's not forget to wish Jen a very Happy Birthday! :) Love ya Jen and wish you the best birthday ever! :)

The requirement we was to make anything birthday related....so here is mine! I decided to make a tag since I have not been feeling well and wanted to make something quick but nice that you can put with a gift.  So here is my take on it.

Here is the recipe:
I use a die cut from sizzix for this shape (I love this shape!) and I inked it up with purple...what else would I use? hehe...then I stamped some images on it with my versa mark purple ink pad and then the other color with my versa mark rose ink pad, bling it up to make it fun and yummy on the cupcake and also to reiterate the colors a bit on the cupcake I used my gel pens and stickled the cupcake frosting although you can't tell by this pic...I didn't realize I was out of my fuzzy purple ribbons...gasp...I know that is what I thought...hehe...so I use the next best close to purple till I do some shopping soon...and voila...easy peasy...gonna use it with a gift once I wrap it and that is gonna be cute! :)

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop is Gill's blog.  Don't forget the bloggy love! :) And wish something for Jen please....thanks! :)

In His Love,
Be Inspired,

Kari

Paper Hoarders Design Post - Dec. 2, 2011

Hello Friends!

Welcome to my blog! Today is Paper Hoarder Designer day and today we were to make a Christmas Card for the Season.


Here is my card:

Here is the recipe: I used red cardstock (Barn Red from SU) then I pasted a scrap left over print paperon top of that  (can't remember the name of the paper) then I punched two scalloped circles 1 green and 1 white then I stamped the sentiment the Merry Christmas stamp (HA) one of my faves! :) with red ink then I popped dotted it to put on top of the green which I pasted to the print paper but it needed some more oomph and not so plain so I stamped some holly leaves with berries and cut them out and popped dotted those too and then I added some red glitter stickles to it and some dots on the print too and then I put some gems I had left and put it on that spot to give it a little more dimension...hope you like the card...it was really racking my brain to come up with something that I would like with this printed paper...didn't want it to be too busy...but it turned out better after I let it dry...hehe...

Thanks for stopping by and giving the bloggy love! :)
In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari