Happy New Year 2017!!!

It's a New Year, welcome 2017!

Let's start off the new year with a reminder of:

PEACE be with you all through out this year...

Remember to make every moment in life count...

PRAY 

READ THE GOOD NEWS

SERVE OTHERS

LOVE

It's that simple!

PEACE be with you.

Peggy Lee 

Tattered "JOY" Banner with Canvas Corp Brands

Tattered "JOY" Banner

I love this little beauty I created with many different 

Canvas Corp Brands products.

Love the handmade tattered look with the pastel color tones for

a shabby vintage feel!

I first started to create canvas tags then when I had them line up 

together I was oh a banner maybe. I grabbed Canvas Corp Black/Ivory Plaid

card stock, cut to size. I distressed the edges added modeling paste with a stencil "lace"

then added Tattered Angels High Impact Paint in White, where I did

a layer of white wash let dry, added Tattered Angels glimmer mists in Red Tipped Rose,

Wedding Pink, Dazzling Diamonds, Pink Coral and Crushed Shells. Just

kept painting and drying to get the desired look I was going for "SHABBY"!

Punched the eyelet holes strung with the Canvas Corp Jute Rope (I pulled it 

apart to in half)...this helped threading it through the holes. Tied together.

The inspiration was the new 7Gypsies Seamstress paper collection and with Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Die. Oh this paper collections is just delish and screams vintage, so I knew I wanted 

to use this for my banner. I die cut the poinsettia flower out of the paper and canvas then I 

white washed the pieces, added glitter to the edges...I also used the Tim Holtz Tattered Pine cone Die with the Canvas Corp Black/Ivory Plaid card stock and painted it blue with the Tattered Angels High Impact paint-Blue....love this paint cause it allows the pattern to show through!

 "JOY" 

chip board letters 

I painted white covered with thick layers

of Gesso and heat set them to bubble. After dried I painted again with the Tattered Angels High Impact Paint-Blue...love the texture!

Last panel I embellished with an canvas ornament

I die cut out another Tim Holtz Carved Ornaments...I ran it through a Maggie

Holmes music embossing folder...

painted it with Gesso with Rose Color Fragments, Glitter and buttons.

Love Love Love

Last touch was covering all the panels with Diamond Dust Glitter, 

also added 7Gypsies Lace 

and trims glued to the bottom of the banner for shabby feel. 

I really enjoyed gathering my Canvas Corp Brands supplies and created this

fabulous Tattered "JOY" Banner for my home. There is nothing better than creating your very own Christmas decorations and gifts...why not start by stopping over at the Canvas Corp Brands Shop and start gathering!!! Thanks so much for stopping by get creative and make memories.

Merry Christmas, Peggy Lee

(love this tattered poinsettia)

Supplies:

Canvas Corp-Canvas, Black/Ivory Plaid Cardstock, Jute Rope

7Gypsies-Gypsy Seamstress Paper Collections, Lace Trims

Tattered Angels-High Impact Paint-White, Blue and Pink

-Glimmer Mist in Red Tipped Rose, Wedding Pink, 

Dazzling Diamonds, Pink Coral and Crushed Shells

-Sheer in Baby Blue

Pink Paislee-Wood Lumberyard letters

Sizzix-Tim Holtz-Tattered Poinsettia, Pinecone and Carved Ornaments

Ranger-Vintage Photo Ink, Distress Stickles Dry Glitter, Stickles-Icicle, Frosted Lace

Stampendous-Rose Color Fragments, Stencil-Lace (TH)

BoBunny-Rose Gold  & Sugar Glitter Paste

Maggie Holmes-Sheet Music Embossing Folder

Teresa Collins-Embossing Folder (quilted on the poinsettia)

Gesso

Hot Glue

Eyelets

Vintage Buttons-Mother of Pearls 

Altered Shadow Box Stand-Christmas Decoration!

When I bought this metal sign stand this summer I knew I wanted to 

create a shadow box home decor piece for the Christmas Season.

The 7Gypsies new paper collection Seamstress was perfect with

a vintage feel and beautiful.

I started with a metal sign stand painted it 

with chalk white paint...sanded it down to remove

areas of paint to give a shabby look.

Built a shadow box with chipboard pieces glued them

together painted with gesso and chalk paint.

Using the 7Gypsies Seamstress paper collection cut paper in 

sections to cover the box, gave them white wash 

and distressed the edges.

For the backing piece I ran through a Teresa Collins

embossing folder to give the quilt pattern paper texture.

LOVE.

After all the hard work was done came the best part

Embellishing!!! I didn't gather anything I used what was  

laying around on my desk...bits and pieces in my junk jars.

I had a few flowers laying about changed the color tones of this 

Petaloo flower with Tattered Angels Glimmer mist

 Red Tipped Roses and Dazzling Diamonds.

Love the Snow-Tex on the edges of the flowers and pine cones!

Tiny bottle brush tree with glitter, snow-tex and pearls...nestled 

in with the 7Gypsies logo car making deliveries...so cute.

And my projects wouldn't be complete without my vintage mother

of pearl buttons...tucked in throughout.

Another vintage find was the tiny Bell in the upper right corner...I found

those vintage bells last years (so reminds me of my childhood decorations).

Hope you enjoyed gazing upon my altered stand...It's given

me a spark in the Holiday crafting! Love the products you see

be sure to jump over to the Canvas Corp Brands website and

 get a start on your holiday shopping!

Peggy Lee

Supplies:

Canvas Corp Brands: 

Tattered Angels-Glimmer mist

7Gypsies-Seamstress paper

Metal Sign Stand

Petaloo-flowers

Making Memories-frame

Diamond Dust Glitter

Gesso

Chalk Paint

Chip Board

Cheese Clothe

Vintage Bell

Vintage Mother of Pearl Buttons

Shabby Chic Altered Mask

There is still time to get your projects in for the Canvas Corp Brands 

October Challenge...you have til Nov. 5th.

To see all the details and prize jump over to the 

Canvas Corp Brands Blog, HERE.

Here is what I came up with...this challenge sure did challenge me!

Shabby Chic 

Altered Mask

I started with a plain white mask from the craft store,

then I glued beads, buttons and pearls to the mask.

Painted it completely white...

Next was to add color....I pulled out my Tattered Angels

Glimmer mists, and started to spray and spray...so much fun.

I also used crackle paste to add beautiful texture...where the glimmer mist

sipped into the cracks...just love this effect.

Grabbed some of the Canvas Corp Brands burlap and muslin, 

7Gypsies lace, book and music paper, Petaloo butterfly, Tim Holtz 

Tattered Floral Die, created my own flowers.

And of course used Tattered Angels glimmer mist to add amazing

colors to the flowers and mask.

This challenge differently pushed me out side 

my creative box, but it was totally fun and worth it..

it's great to try new things and try new products.

Love the rustic texture with the shabby lace mixture!

Thanks for stopping by,

hope I inspired you to grab your crafty supplies

and create something beautiful.

Be sure to jump over to the Canvas Corp Brands Blog and 

be inspired and join in..there is still time.

Create away,

Peggy Lee

Supplies:

Canvas Corp Brands-Muslin, Burlap

7Gypsies-lace and trim

Tattered Angels-Glimmer mist in: Curious, Iridescent Silver,

Dazzling Diamonds, Partridge in a Pear Tree, Crushed Shells,

Red Tipped Rose, Wedding Pink, Pink Coral and Sheer Baby Blue.

Craft Mask

Gesso

Buttons, Beads, Pearls

Prima Crackles Paste

Petaloo-butterfly

October Fall Family Day!!!

Oh how I love October!

Fall is in the Air....Leaves are changing

Mountains are snow capped...Apple picking time!

My hubby took us the back way to the Apple Orchard...

oh the beautiful colors of the trees with the winding road...

laughter in the backseat...FAMILY that is what counts!

Lee and Emilee sharing their fall spirit!

Kettle Corn

Windy Ridge Apple Orchard

Smell of Fall....Yum!

Olivia was behind the camera for this trip...there

is so much to see at the little shop.

Great shot Livy....Nothing screams Fall like

PUMPKINS...

Hey there is our Olivia....she is so adorable!

Family making memories...make everyday count!

Canvas Corp Brands & Dare 2B Artzy Blog Hop

Thank God it's Friday, so why not end  your week with a blog hop!

Welcome crafty peeps I am so excited to be hopping along with Dare 2B Artzy & Canvas Corp Brands! It was fun to dive into box of goodies (that was picked for me) and be free to create whatever I wanted! Totally a challenge and fun one to boot! So let's get CREATIVE...

Blog Hop Details

Today we are sharing projects from the CCB Crew Members: Erin Reed, Martha Lucia Gomez Hernandez, Me and Nadine Carlier on the CCB blog.  You will find all the details to win a great prize of stamps and inks from Dare 2B Artzy and a $25 gift card to the Canvas Corp Brands Shop over on the Canvas Corp Brands Blog.

I created an Altered Shadow Box called "Perspective" 

cause an art piece will bring different perspectives

 forever changing from eye to eye. 

Just like butterflies and flowers change so does our perspective.

"Perspective" 

Altered Shadow Box

I was so excited to work with the stamps, dies, papers and color mediums with this project.

That when I saw this amazing TA Mixed Media Origins paper with the butterflies on it. I knew I wanted to create a shadow box with butterflies, flowers images. I first stamped, colored and cut out all the images and then the embellishing began (my favorite part)! 

I love all the details in my little shadow box, hope you enjoy it as much as I do...

I was thrilled to see that the Dare 2B Artzy Clear Stamps had 

matching dies to go with their amazing stamps.

 I first started with stamping and coloring the images with

 Dare 2 B Artzy inks and Tattered Angels Shimmers Water Colors! 

TIP

 (I used the back of Canvas Corp's thick pattern card stock)

which stamps and takes inks/water colors amazing!

Step 1. Stamp images with archival black ink.

Step 2. Let the fun begin....color your stamp images

with Dare 2B Artzy Premium inks 

(blot ink pads on a craft mat, add water

 to your paint brush pick up ink and color images).

Step 3. With your paint brush dip in the Tattered Angels Shimmer Water Colors

It's a great way to color stamp images with

 different mediums great mixing for shadowing.

Back Drop

In my box I also received the new TA Mixed Media Origins papers..."wings"!

I knew right away I wanted to water color it and

 use it as the back drop in the shadow box...as well as fussy cut out 

the images to give a 3D look! Love this paper!

Altered Shadow Box: Canvas Corp Brands

While all the stamp images dried from the coloring...

I started on the 7Gypsies Shadow Box,

 I took vaseline and wiped it here and there over the shadow box 

and pop out frame.

Then covered it in Gesso white paint when paint was dried

 I wiped off the vaseline

it creates a distress look...FABULOUS!

In my goodies box I got the tiny canvas's 2x2 stretched natural canvas's

 I painted with them the vaseline and Gesso

technique also...adhered to the shadow box pop in frame.

Even adhering one tiny canvas's backwards with

 distressing the fibers of the canvas and

 tucking in a TA Shimmer water color flower. LOVE!

Thanks for stopping by today, be sure to hop along with us!

Now jump over to the Canvas Corp Brands Blog!!!

Peggy Lee 

Supplies:

Dare 2B Artzy: Clear Stamps "Doodle Flowers",  Flowers Artzy Cut Dies, Premium Inks-Tropical

CCB: 7Gypsies-Shadow Box, Shadow Box layer-square

Canvas Corp-Green & Ivory Lattice, Yellow & Ivory Mini Dot Reverse card stock

and 2x2 canvas's

Tattered Angels: Mixed Media Origins Collection "wings"

Shimmers in Blue, Blue-Purple, Red-Orange, Yellow, Yellow-Green

Petaloo: DIY Paintables-mixed blossoms

Gesso

Vaseline

You will be INSPIRED!!!!

Start your Monday off right by jumping over to the Canvas Corp Brands blog and check out the start of the Dare2bArtzy & CCB blog hop Product Match Up!

Details, here...

http://blog.canvascorpbrands.com/canvas-corp-brands-dare-2b-artzy-match-up/

and

Here is a sneak peak

 at my blog post that will be live on Friday, August 19th.

Be sure to hop along with us this week....see you on Friday!

Happy Hopping,

Peggy Lee 

Hello May-CTMH Seasonal Expressions 2

Hello May-Close To My Heart New Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalog!

Interested in or all in this awesome catalog visit my website www.peggyleebaker.ctmh.com



Thanks

Peggy Lee

CTMH Independent Consultant

Hello May!

Hello May!

Starting today Close To My Heart 

introduces our new

Seasonal Expressions 2

May-August 2016

****

You can see and order your copy today over

on my site... www.peggyleebaker.ctmh.com

http://peggyleebaker.ctmh.com/ctmh/products/online-idea-book.aspx

Also May is 

National Scrapbooking Month

And we have a deal for you!!!

When you spend $60 in CTMH products you can

receive the "Happy Times" paper pack for FREE!

There is adorable stamp set that goes with the "Happy Times"

paper too!  You can see more details here on my site.

http://peggyleebaker.ctmh.com/ctmh/promotions/campaigns/1605-nsm-happy-times.aspx

May Stamp of The Month: Celebrate with Cake

http://peggyleebaker.ctmh.com/ctmh/promotions/sotm/2016/1605-celebrate-with-cake.aspx

When you spend $50 in CTMH products you

 can purchase this stamp set for only $5.00!

Have any questions please send me an email or comment and 

I would be happy to get back to you.

peggybaker4him@gmail.com

Happy Times

Peggy Lee