Friday, August 27, 2010

New Product Blog Hop!

Welcome to our Close to My Heart New Product Blog Hop! Over 50 fabulous Close to My Heart Consultants are celebrating the upcoming release of the Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book by giving you a Sneak Peak of some of the great products available in the new Idea Book starting September 1st! If you have come here from Amy Schultz's blog http://amylizschultz.com/2010/08/close-to-my-heart-autumnwinter-idea-book-blog-hop/ , you are on the right path! You can find a complete list of Blog Hop participants at http://tazzygirl2000.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-hop-participants.html
This is simple do to- just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

This is a little project I tried out. I was walking through Michael's last week and saw these cute little canvases with little wooden easels and I asked myself "I wonder if I can stamp on these?" So I bought a package which contained two each of the canvases and stands. I used this image from the new stamp set Harvest Home (C1419.) Since the canvas is unbacked in the middle, after positioning my stamp on the front I carefully turned the canvas, stamp, and acrylic block 'sandwich' upside down and gently pressed the canvas into the stamp from the backside. Then I painted my little canvas with acrylic paints and inked the edges. Didn't it turn out pretty cute? This might work for a children's project if an adult does the stamping and then lets the children color the image with our markers. I think Staz-On ink would work best with our markers but our regular inks worked just fine with acrylics.


















Now "Hop" on over to Carol Horton's blog http://carol-scrappininparadise.blogspot.com/2010/08/ctmh-new-product-blog-hop.html to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and see the great new Paper Packs and My Acrylix StampSets! Remember, the Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book goes LIVE on September 1st!



**Link not working? Missed a Blog? You can see a list of all Blog Hop participants at http://www.tazzygirl2000.blogspot.com/

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Another wild critter

My DH discovered this little guy hanging around this morning and he has stayed put all day just waiting until I found my camera and was able to get out and get a picture.



Anyway it is the largest Praying Mantis we have ever seen at our house.




My DD took this last picture with her camera. It obviously is a much better one than I have. I may just have to buy myself a birthday present!