Love Bees

Another late post, but I am catching up!

This is a flower pot that I painted for my boyfriend's mother for Mother's Day.

She likes bees, well they actually keep bees.

I painted a cute pair of love bees sitting on a flower.

She really liked it!

I am very happy with how it turned out.

I feel that I really nailed the shading on this one!

'Til Death Do Us Part

My first "official" Clipart listing!

As much as I love skulls and such, it would seem fitting that I did something in that theme.

With it being February I also went with a love theme.

Cute girl skull with heart eyes and a bow.

Boy skull with round eyes and a top hat.

They are situated on a heart.

Great for love themes, Valentines, punk, gothic, etc.!

Available for purchase at my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

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

Scrapbooking Page - Bringing in 2011

I have A LOT of scrapbooking to catch up on!

The page I am sharing with you today is one that I created using pictures from New Year's 2011.

I love those two pictures of us!

You can tell how happy we are!

The scrapbook paper was beautiful as it was, in shades of red and gold,

with gold sentiments

I situated the two pictures using the block like gradients as guides.

I added three clear rhinestones at the top to make the sentiment "Love" stand out.

I added a chipboard cutout across both pictures, "Love".

I added a sentiment to the bottom right "The most beautiful action in the world is to love".

I added a three dimensional sticker coming off of one of the pictures.

"Dreams come true"

I added a tag in the bottom right, "Bring in 2011. Betty's house."

Fun Purse Cards

I have had some blank cards in the shape of purses that I bought a while back.

I have been wanting to use them to make some cute cards but

was having a hard time finding inspiration.

Then it struck me, these would be cute for something like a bridal shower or a wedding!

So I began creating!

The main part of each card is decorated with paper that has love and wedding sentiments.

One has a light pink polka dot top with pink rhinestone hearts and has pink heart ribbon running down the center.

One is hot pink with light pink lacey ribbon tied in a bow with clear rhinestones and a rhinestone heart.

One is teal with blue ribbon tied in a bow and clear rhinestones.

One has purple polka dots with light purple shimmery ribbon and a purple rhinestone.

The fifth one has green gingham with pretty green ribbon with green half back pearls.

These were easy and a lot of fun to make!

These and many more cards are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

More Mustaches Please!

Mustaches seem to be quite the rage lately.

It is easy to see why though, something so simple can look so cute on different objects!

I recently shared with you a heart with a mustache card that I made.

I have made a handful more!

I kept with a red and black theme for all of them.

The red heart really made the mustaches "pop" versus a pink heart.

I really had fun making these and coming up with different types of eyes to draw!

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!

These cards and more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.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

Lime Green Love Bird

My focus today was to try and create some Valentine's cards that were of

untraditional Valentine's colors (red and pink).

I had a cute felt lime green bird that I based this card on.

The background is a blue, green, and brown floral pattern.

Green polka dot ribbons runs horizontally across the card, with a tan colored ribbon with love sentiments on top of that.

Pretty paper flowers with pearls decorate the lower corner.

A large green felt bird is the main focus of the card.It has a pearl eye.

A 3dimensional sticker that says "Be My Love" is located next to the bird.

This card is great for Valentine's day, a wedding, an anniversary, or just to show someone that you love them!

This card and many more are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Starting to Feel the LOVE

I know it is only January, but Valentine's Day will be here before you know it!

The stores have already stocked there shelves full of great goodies for you Valentine!

I did not want to fall behind, so I have also created some yummy cards

for you to give to your Valentine this year.

They are available on my Etsy shop.

They are also here for inspiration to you as well! :)

 

I love how this set of cards turned out!

I used two different stamps that I got from Michael's.

One was two cute little deer kissing and the other is a bear holding a heart.

I stamped them onto vintage tags.

I then colored them with my prismacolor pencils and Crayola markers.

I tied the tags with gold and white twine that I found in the $1 bins at Target! (Great find!)

I then glued them onto pretty paper that I used patterned scissors to cut.

I then covered the white card in red or pink card stock and then adhered my image!

This set of cards, along with many more, are available in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsbyKT.etsy.com

Best Pillow Ever!

Best pillow ever!

I love this little girl <3

Snuggling with my Bella girl. She is Momma and Daddy's world. We love her so much!

She is such a great puppy! She is sweet and listens well (most of the time, lol). She is spoiled rotten.

Thankful: Day 4

Day 4

I am thankful to be saved by Jesus Christ. He is my Lord and Savior. Without him I could not be who I am. I know I am not even close to being a great Christian, and I have my flaws and things that I can improve on, but Jesus loves me anyways and forgives me for my sins. If the world could see through his eyes we would be in such a better place.

(Copyright CreationsByKT/Katie Penley)

Thankful: Day 3

Day 3

I am thankful to have such a wonderful puppy, Bella. She is our pride and joy. Bella is really a blessing. I love that little girl so much, just like she was my child. Robert and I looked for a puppy for months with much disappointment and heartbreak.. then we finally got Bella! That just goes to show everything happens for a reason because we couldn’t ask for a better puppy. She is perfect! We adopted her from a local shelter. She’s a lab mix. She is a Momma’s girl. She loves to get in my lap and snuggle and loves to play with her Daddy.

Thankful: Day 1 and 2

Day 1

I am thankful for having a loving and kind boyfriend. He is there for me whenever I need him. He is not only my boyfriend but also my best friend. I can confide in him for anything. We can sit and talk for hours or just be blessed by sitting in quiet, enjoying each other’s company. He loves me for who I am and doesn’t want me to change at all. He accepts me for me and loves all my quirks. He has made my life better and I am blessed to be able to spend the rest of my life with him!

Day 2

I am thankful for my family who loves and supports me and the few good friends that I have. I may not have a huge army of close friends, but the few that I do I really cherish. It is better to a have a few close friends that a huge group of ones that aren’t there for you. I am thankful for them being there when I need them, for the talks and laughs.