Grizzly Bear Plaque

Mom and Dad of Josiah are fans of the outdoors. The bear is from some clip art that I converted to an SVG file and added layers...and mounting tape to give him dimension. I was pleased how he turned out.

Annabelle Hope

Made this for a special baby who is coming soon!

Little Girls' Plaques

  A friend of mine is expecting her second baby. She was deployed out of the country when her first was born and I never made her a baby plaque. So when she showed interest in a plaque for the second, I offered to make one for each, then we worked with "The Parents Express" to deliver them. Looking forward to hearing of the arrival of baby Sydney!

All art is from My Scrap Chick.

Subway Art Plaque 2

A friend just had her second baby boy. I had made a similar plaque a couple of years ago for her first son and she requested a matching one for baby Cru. I bought the frames to paint  a few years ago and am out of them....hopefully baby three is a girl so we can work with something different :)

No, the weight is not a typo!

Beary Sweet Baby

Today's plaque brought to you by sweet baby Lucy. Bears are made from flocked paper.

The Elephant in the Room

I just love it when I can coordinate with a nursery theme or bedding. Here's a plaque I did for a friend I've known since forever. I will send her the actual name, once mom and dad decide what it is.

Here's comparing the plaque with the bedding set.

Harlem Plaque

I made this plaque for a very special baby. To follow his story check out his mom's blog at /http://the38day.wordpress.com/ .

Nursery Renovation

Our family took on a major nursery renovation at church recently. I actually finished the last touch up of paint this morning. I had a blast seeing the vision become reality.

My daughter and I were sitting in the nursery one Sunday morning, playing with the babies discussing what we would do to update the room. It had an awesome Noah's Ark mural theme, that had been painted about 9 years ago. It was getting pretty beat up and change sounded fun. We started taking notes...

A couple of weeks later, the children's ministry director mentioned to us that she was thinking of updating the nursery and wondered if we could come up with some ideas. I handed her the list. :)

After the week long project turning into three...here are the results. I think my favorite change is the odd little room as it became a cottage, especially the window box!

Before and after pictures at the end of the post.

Sunday School Song Theme

Chain on vinyl chandelier says "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine."

New sink, counter and faucet with painted cabinets.

Buffalo check valance and acrylic mirror.

Painted the shelf and added French memo board.

We changed the fluorescent lights out for can lights. Added one on a dimmer in the cottage.

So fresh and clean looking!

New toy storage..."Tubtrugs"

Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world.

Paper Dolls from My Scrap Chick

This is a project inspired by House of Hepworth's sign.

I've got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my heart!

Acrylic mirror from home depot, framed and topped with "My God is so BIG, so STRONG and so MIGHTY, There's NOTHING my God can not do!

All things bright and beautiful, the Lord God made them all.

Found this frame 17 years ago and finally found a project for it.

Before and After

Before and After (before the mirror)

Before and After

Before and After

Before and After

Isaac Plaque

Here's the latest baby gift.

I used Cricut Create a Critter for the main elements. The font for Isaac is PC Delightful...cut with Make the Cut.

Thank You!

Here's a thank you card using the cute My Scrap Chick file Tiddly Inks Anna Belle Sweetness.

Cuppy Cake Box

I purchased Cupcake Box Set from My Scrap Chick recently. I thought it was just shaped like a cupcake, but found out that it has an insert to actually hold a cupcake...cool, huh? Here's what I did with it for my first run through.

Cupcake Box from My Scrap Chick

Notice the Circle insert in the base to hold a cupcake.

Small card to coordinate.

Card slides out of the base.

Together

The only thing I would do different is choose papers that contrasted more. Although these are coordinating, they just don't "pop."

Itty Bitty Paper Piecing

I cut these out during the Summer Olympics, placed the pieces in muffin tins, which I covered with Glad PressNSeal wrap and then while watching during the evenings, I assembled them. They came out so cute, but boy did they have itty bitty pieces!

It is a huge challenge for me to break from the colors I see in the main photos. Not too adventurous, I guess. I lived a bit on the wild side in a few of these...even changing the blue suggestion for purple. I know, crazy, huh?

She's quite cute...background option #1.

Background option #2

This was my favorite, probably because I cut the image at a larger scale. Was a bit easier to work with.

Still haven't figured out the right base to put this one on. She reminds me of Madeline.

All piecings are from My Scrap Chick, Tiddly Inks Special Bundle.