Vintage Shadowbox and Card for 100 year old Great Aunt

This weekend we celebrated my great aunt Ora's 100th birthday.  We weren't supposed to bring gifts but I wanted to make something for her showcasing her 100 years as a surprise.  My uncle sent me some pics he had of her as a young child and young woman and I used Bo Bunny paper.  I  used Storybook font and aged with Glimmer Mist and Tim Holtz ink.  I also made a card to match.  She was thrilled and the shadowbox was placed on the table where everyone signed in so that people could see the pictures of her.

Shadow box

Card front

Card inside

One very happy "100 year" old great aunt

It's Easter Blog Hop Day 4- April 10

Day 4  Hard to believe it is Day 4 and the last day of the It's Easter Blog Hop. I hope you have had  great time joining us and have a load of ideas to celebrate Easter.  I know I sure do.  Today I am celebrating my great aunt's 100 birthday with my family.  Please come back tomorrow to see who one the Blog Candy and I will share a picture of the shadowbox and matching card I made my great aunt.   Of course we aren't supposed to bring presents but I had to make her something and I know she will love it.  
So let me remind you one more time that for each day you can leave a comment and get 4 chances to win. If you miss a day you can still go back and leave a comment.  I will choose the winner by random.org on Monday morning. Sorry I forgot to post my Blog Candy last night. The  winner of my blog will receive a $10 gift card to either  Michaels or Joanns  (your choice).   All the Blog Hop details and the participants are in my post for April 7th if you need more information. 

Vintage album page- For this double page layout I used A Child's Year and Mother's Day Bouquet.  I started with a vintage look paper that I got at LSS.  I also used some Anna Griffin white lace border pieces I had left from Valentines, doilies of various sizes, flowers, ribbon, lace,  butterflies and other embellishments.  I used a lot of Glimmer Mist to antique the doilies and all the other page elements.  Every since I took a Glimmer Mist class at my LSS I have been using it like crazy.  

Folded Frame Card- This is a card technique I found on Splitcoast Stampers website. I love this site to learn new techniques and various card folds.  Bunny is from Easter 2010 cart. The egg paper is from J's and is flocked.  The check is the backside.   Ribbon is from Michaels.   Here is the link:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/foldedframe/

Thank you again for joining me the last 4 days and I hope you will check out my Blog again.  Happy crafting.

Your next  crafty idea comes from the talented  Patricia at http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

Valentines Day

On Friday I took a class on using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and other products like Chalkboard, Glam and Glaze.  I decided to make some vintage valentines using the pictures I got at LSS.  I used Glimmer Mist on the paper doily and lace.  The flowers were made using Mother's Day Bouquet.  I cut various cuts at 21/2", 2", 11/2", and 1".  I used various scraps of valentine paper I had in my stash.  I then made about 40 flowers to have on hand.  The card is  5 x 7.  I also used MS corner punch and butterfly punch.  I then inked everything with Tim Holtz Distressed Ink and added Stickles and some bling.  :

Also made these cute Valentine bear easel cards. Here are the links for the easel card directions-http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard/   and for the bear patterns-

http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/category_16/Patterns.htm

You have to have SCAL or a similar program to cut these bears.  This comes from the monthly set.  

I also used 4 different MS heart punches and my stash of Valentine flowers I made from Mother's Day Bouquet cart.