Spring Crafting in Snowy Weather!

Has Spring Sprung? Yes, according to the calendar.  No, according to the weather outside!  I bet the groundhog has just decided to stay in his hole!



Hello friends!  Here we are almost into the month of April, it is officially Spring, and we are getting more of the white stuff!  This is the latest snow in this region for the record books!  CraZy weather!  Not to be deterred by snow, I am forging ahead with my Spring projects, with visions of leafy trees and colorful flowers dancing in my head!  Pictured below are the supplies I gathered for my Spring-y project!  Our kitty, Boo poked her head into the shot just as I took the picture!

 I gathered memory papers, silk flowers, glitter, paper punches, dimensional medium, distress ink sponge, round mirror, white picket fence, and a few other goodies to do this wall decor.  It can also be propped on an easel if you would prefer.

Oh, did I mention CraZy TACKz?  Of course we incorporate those into this design to turn it into a functional piece of wall decor as well as pretty to look at!

 As I peered out my back door this morning, this is what I found!  This was looking out to the back point of our yard.  The following picture was taken to my left, and the last one to my right.  Not exactly a day I would care to hop in the hot tub! (Not to say that most wouldn't! I might be an exception!)

Anyway, I put the project together and used the CraZy TACKz in each flower so you can hang jewelry, glasses or keys on the hooks.  Actually, you may think of another use for them. That is the idea!  There are many places you can use the CraZy TACKz...even directly in the wall!  No project assembly needed!  *Note:  I ended up adhering the memory paper and design to a foam wall mount. It is a 12 x 12" x 1" square smooth foam square board and can be purchased at www.smoothfoam.com.  These wall mounts are very light weight and work perfectly with the CraZy TACKz.



This will wrap it up for today.  I have a lot more Spring designs that I will feature in the coming days. I hope this helps get you get inspired for the coming Season!  There is going to be lots of sunshine ahead!

Happy Crafting!

Marilyn

Design Consultant

for

CraZy TACKz

www.marilyngossett.com

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It's A New Blog!

Hello, friends!  It has been a while since I have posted on my blog.  I have been working on getting some projects put together and there is always something going on to cause distractions.  Today I would like to show a little different version of a memory board.  This one is put together with a 14" wooden frame, foamcore board, memory paper and ribbon.  Last, but not least, CraZy TACKz.  These are the elements that put a little different twist on the memory board. 

In the past, I have made these using a bulletin board or corkboard, covered it with poly batting and fabric, then criss-crossed the ribbon to hold mementos and photos.  This project is the same idea, only there is 1/2" of foamcore board behind the memory paper and instead of gluing buttons to where the ribbons cross, you will poke in a decorated CraZy TACKz.  This allows you to hang things on the hook, giving more possibilities to show off more than photos.  You might want to hang your eyeglasses or keys for safe keeping.

My mom used to constantly misplace her partial plate.  She would kill me if she knew I told on her, but she would say..."now where did I put my teeth?"  They weren't her front teeth, obviously, I don't believe she would have taken those out very often.  Lol.  However, she certainly could have used a safe spot to put them...she would have then remembered where they were.  Now that we all have a rather hilarious mental picture, I will show you how this memory board looks when it actually has a few things hanging on it in photo below.

You will have to forgive my watermark.  For some reason when I went to "scale" the size and move it, it was locked.  Worked before, so I don't know what happened. I will fix it later, but just didn't want to mess with it today!

Easter is just around the corner.  We haven't seen much of the pretty side of Spring here in Oregon yet, but I have faith it will sunshine soon! 

If you would like to know where to purchase CraZy TACKz and they haven't come to a store near you yet, you can always order directly from the website at www.crazytackz.com/video.  Check out our loops while you are there and peruse the other projects.  We will be adding more projects and ideas as we continue to develop the website.  You can always contact me if you have questions about creating a design you see on here or on the website.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you got a little inspiration and have a great day!

Happy Crafting,

Marilyn

Design Consultant

for

CraZy TACKz

www.crazytackz.com

www.marilyngossett.com

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