Classic Monster Coasters

Have you ever been to a paint your own pottery studio?

It is a lot of fun!

(I work at one!)

I brought my artwork home to do though.

I decided to do a coaster set in the theme of Classic Monsters for my Dad.

If you don't know, the pottery painting process is very different from that of regular paints.

You use special paints called glazes.

There are many different techniques that you can use with them.

They look very different when you start painting, kind of like sidewalk chalk.

They are then fired in an oven called a kiln.

When they come out the colors are much brighter and the pieces are shiny!

Work in progress:

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Easter Blog Hop

Happy Easter everyone!
Thank you for joining us this weekend on our Easter hop!
We hope you enjoy our projects and there is a chance to win some yummy blog candy along the way!

 Blog Candy

Close To My Heart Vanessa Toro Independent Consultant is giving away $10.00 worth on CTMH products.

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Scraptastical Kreations

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You came from the "Easter blog Hop"

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Here is the complete line up in case you get lost along the way

Vanessa http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/

Dorothy http://scraphappyinohio.blogspot.com/

Suzanne http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Janet R. http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Nancy http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Cathie http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/

Katie http://ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com/

Robin http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

My project is an Easter card that I made for my boyfriend
I like to make him a card for every holiday!

I kept this card fairly simple, focusing on the fun orange heart background.

I used my Cricut and the Give a Hoot cartridge to cut the bunny out.

I adhered chicken stickers that oddly resemble peeps! :)

They are kind of in a line, marching on for Easter, to go along with the title sticker, "Easter Parade".

Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop!

We are glad that you could join us!

We are celebrating Valentine's day with projects that were made without the traditional colors of pink or red.

If you happened upon my page and would like to join in from the beginning, please visit Suzanne at http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

If you have come from Anita's blog them you are in the right place.

The grand prize today is being sponsored by Zannie Berry Scrapbooking. (www.zannieberry.blogspot.com)

In order to win, make sure to comment at each stop along the way!

It is not required that you become a follower of each blog, but we would love if you did!

The project I am sharing with you is a gift I made for my boyfriend, Robert.

He loves penguins.

Last year I crocheted him one.

This year I decided to make him a unique one out of sequins!

This cute little guy started out as just a plain styrofoam ball.

I then took sequins pins, added white seed beads and white sequins.

I pinned them in an oval onto the ball to make the stomach area.

I covered the rest of the styrofoam ball with sequins pins with black seed beads and black sequins.

I then cut the feet and beak out of orange felt.

The wings I cut out of black felt.

I adhered them to the penguin with plain sequins pins.

I attached google eyes with glue dots.

I hope you enjoyed my project!

Your next stop in the hop is Claire at http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Blop Hop Line Up

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Robin - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Charity -http://thebookinroom.blogspot.com/

Anita - http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca

Katie - http://www.KTsCreativeInsights.blogspot.com You're Here

ClaireR - http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/ Next Stop!

Vanessa - http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/

Cathie -http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/

A Gift for my Sweetheart Blog Hop

Welcome to “A gift for my Sweetheart” blog hop.

Sit back and relax while you browse through 17 unique handmade gift ideas to give a loved one on Valentine’s Day. Each stop along the way has a gift they poured their heart into but that doesn’t mean the project contains the traditional Valentine heart theme.

The hop started at Christine’s blog http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/ if you didn’t come from Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

 be sure to start at the beginning so you don’t miss out on the inspiring ideas.

For this hop we have 2 sponsors, in order to be entered in the drawing for the 2 prizes you must comment and follow each blog.

Hot Berry Designs

$10 gift certificate

Scraptastical Kreations

$15 gift certificate

You have Saturday and Sunday to hop and leave a comment at all the blogs for your chance to win. The winners will be randomly chosen Monday Jan 4^th  and will be announced on Christine’s blog http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Robert and I like to keep a weekly menu.

We are trying to eat healthier and this helps us stay on track.

It also helps us with planning grocery shopping trips and staying within budget.

So, for my project, I created something for the both of us for Valentine's Day.

I created a Valentine's theme background for our menu.

The menu is made from a 12x12 frame.

Glass works great with dry erase markers, so this works great as a menu that you can change the background on!

I started with a fun, vintage Valentine's paper for the background.

I then placed a red square of cardstock in the center to have a solid section.

This solid section really helps when writing on the menu, making it a lot easier to read.

I had love themed alphabet stickers that I used to created the titling "Menu".

I stamped kissing deer onto a tag.

I colored the little hearts on the back with a red marker.

I tied the tag with white and gold twine.

Vintage looking cardstock adorns the lower left corner.

Cardstock sticker punch out reads "LOVE".

Gold sequins ribbons runs to the right and above of the sentiment.

Vintage little Valentines girls are decorating the sentiment "LOVE".

Thank you for stopping by the next stop is Claire at http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Christine- http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com/

Melissa- Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Katie - http://ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com/

ClaireR http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com

Beth ~http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com

Lissa Marie  www.somanycrafts.com

Mary - http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com/

Angela- www.3crazymonkeys.com  

Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com/

Miranda-  http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Lucy - http://love2createitall.com

Heart with a Mustache

I woke up this morning with a neat idea for a Valentine's card...

A heart with a mustache on it!

I came to realize that it probably had already been done, but I still wanted to go for it!

I knew the perfect mustache to use - the one from the "KISS This and That"

paper piecing set from Scraptastical Kreations.

http://www.scraptasticalkreations.com

I used black polka dot paper for the background. 

I then trimmed a border of red polka dot paper.

The heart I cut using my Cricut with the "Plantin SchoolBook" cartridge.

I drew the eyes with a black marker with silver accents.

I used a silver marker to add the accents to the mustache.

The mustache is actually adhered with 3D dots, so it sticks up from the card some. 

There is black ribbon with three red rhinestones.

Red glitter stickers for the letters "X" and "O".

This card and many more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com