Daisy Troop 407 goes to the ZOO, a recent project & Girl Scout Week......

Addie feeding a goat.

I was impressed that Addie would pet the snake. She is a brave girl scout indeed!

These are the hair bows that I made for the whole troop for Girl Scout Week. Each day of Girl Scout Week their leader gave them a little present, this was Thursday's gift. Lot's of little loops and stiches to hold them together. My hands were tired when they were done! Worth it tho.

At the end of G.S. week, their leader brought in lunch for the girls. It was so cute! Like a little tea party. The girls loved it!

See a pattern here? Daisy shaped cheese, Daisy shaped sandwhich, Daisy flowers on the cupcakes, even the fruit was turned into a Daisy by using toothpicks. When Shelly does something, she certainly goes all out!

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This is one "Swinging" Card!
No really it is! The butterfly is on a pendulum and when you shake the card the butterfly swings on the front of the card. It is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time! Here are a few quick instructions.

Butterfly Card & Envelope

Close up of Card

First mount a piece of card stock or patterned paper to the front of a card base. In this case I used a sheet of patterned paper from the Life Delights paper pack from Close to my Heart. I then used the Tonertex glue pen to outline the flourishes and covered them in Prisma Glitter. I then stamped the large butterfly from the March Stamp of the Month Acrylix set in Chocolate and cut it out. This step could easily be done with a cardstock sticker and put powder on the back of the sticker so that it wouldn't be sticky. I then used the tonertex glue pen again and outlined all the chocolate parts and put on glitter.

See how the butterfly moves!

This is how it works!

First find the location that you want the "swinging" item to be. Then very carefully make a small cutout through the front of the card. You could use a long reach punch or just very carefully use your scissors. You will be placing 3-dimisional adhesive through the hole, so you need the hole to be about that size. In my case I was using little round "popdots" about 1/2" in diameter.

(I am going to describe my card because it's easier that way) Lay the butterfly face down and place a pop dot on the back. Then place another popdot right on top of the first one. You now have two popdots thickness on the back of your butterfly. right? :-)

Now to make the pendulum part. Cut a piece of cardstock about 1 inch wide and 4 inch's long. Fold in half. Place a penny in the fold at the bottom. Use a glue dot to make it stay.

Now place the butterfly onto the front of the card with the popdots sticking through the hole. Place the top of the pendulum to the glue dots. The weight of the penny will make the butterfly swing. Isn't it cool!!!!

This is the gift bag that went with the card. All made from cardstock.

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Desk Caddy
Frame is made with one 12x12 sheet of cardstock and then it is decorated with one sheet of patterned paper. Add some ribbon, stickers..what ever you want and viola' done!

This "frame" also makes an adorable Easter Basket. I will post that tomorrow with more detailed instructions.







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Mini-Albums

I love to make Mini-Albums, they are quick and I can "complete" them and it's something small that can lay in a basket or sit on the fireplace mantle and the kids can take them down and touch them and play with them. After I complete one I feel like I have accomplished something. With a 12x12 Family Album it feels like it goes on and on and on with no end in site and I will never get caught up! Silly I know, but everyone thinks differently about things and so mini-albums are one of my favorite things!

This album was created after our youngest, Addie fell off the top of our staircase. She fell through the railing and landed on the concrete basement floor. Long story short, she fractured her skull from the top of her nose across her forehead. She is fine now and has had no problems with it since then, it healed just fine. A few months later I created this album to put pictures of Addie in her princess dress, the princess shoes that caused the fall and a letter to Addie about what happened. It was a good healing process. The title "Take Flight on the Wings of a Miracle" is in reference to Life-flight that took her to Childrens Mercy Hospital and also to the fact that it was a miracle that she is ok.

I think scrapbooks should have the good, bad and sometimes the terrible. When you look back on things that have happened in your life, not all of it is pretty flowers and glossy stickers that paint a happy go lucky life. There is a mixture of good, bad, ugly, terrible, scary and many other things! It's ok to scrapbook those feelings. I felt much better after I wrote about my feelings from that day. If you don't like it, don't put it in the book or make a mini-album like I did and put it away. You don't have to let everyone see every single layout and mini-album you create, this could be just for you in a private journal or something. So go ahead, try it! :-)



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Mini-Album from Convention:

This is a kit that I purchased at CKC last October. I fell in love with the colors and textures in this book. It was so rich and elegant looking! The papers and ribbons are gorgeous in person. I put it together pretty much like the instructions said with only a few "personal" touches.
Enjoy!












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Publish Post

Nine little Snowmen all dressed their best.

These are the gourd snowmen that Addie's Daisy Troop made. Very cute I thought!




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A recent project and Little Cheerleaders night.

I was commissioned to complete a "loving advice" book for a bride from her aunt. It was a very unique project. I had never taken on a project like this before. We printed all the blank sheets for the bridal shower, then the hostess returned them to me filled out and I stamped them, cut them out, inked um' up and bound them together. It took a long time as all the purple base pages are card stock that was hand stamped by me. There was also a lot of liquid glass and flowers. It turned out really cool though and the bride will always have this little advice book from her closest friends and family.


Little Cheerleaders at the basketball game Friday night. Addie says she is going to be a ballerina and a cheerleader when she grows up. How sweet is that?!




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