Here is another swap I participated in that was a lot of fun. Tmika at Scrapdaworld does a ton of swaps and I have always wanted to do one but just got a little intimidated I guess.
We had to make and send 3 sets of 5 (items) and a 3x3 note card with envelope. The note card had to have at least 2 embellishments. The items could be themed or not - but all 5 things must be different. At first I did not want to do a themed item and was going to find stuff in my stash but I could not find enough of everything to do it. So I went with the Christmas theme. But then what to get....just a variety of stuff? No, I wanted the person to be able to make something out of the stuff they got. I walked around Michaels and came upon the ornament idea. So I got things that were not expensive (around $1 or $1.50 or so) that you could use to make them.
Here is the video showing all the stuff. I hope the ladies enjoy it.
I made some more flowers so I thought I would show them to you. I love making flowers because you can do them so many different ways. They are mostly made with fabrics. Let me know what you think.
Stacey Lambert (LambertCreations26(froggygreenstamper)) did a pocket letter challenge in memory of her sweet doggie Chloe. It has to be doggie related so this is what I did.
She was in bad health and had to be put down. I know it is hard. I lost 2 doggies within a year of each other. It's so hard because they become a part of your family and it is hard to let them go.
Here is a video showing it closer:
Prayers for Stacy for her to get through this hard time. I hope these Pocket Letters make you smile.
The Pocket Letter craze was fast and furious. Although I wanted to try doing one, I really did not know how to go about finding someone to swap with other than to ask someone but I feel awkward doing that. I looked at quite a few videos of them and how they were done. Looked like a really simple and fun craft to share with a friend. I happened upon Darling Houska's channel and saw that she was doing them and also saw that the ones she crafted were GORGEOUS!!! She does such awesome work. OMG! I commented on one of her videos about how wonderful her work was and we got to talking about them and she offered to do a swap with me. WOW a swap with someone with that kind of creativity was a bit intimidating. However, I agreed so I started my first pocket letter. Now....how to start. I knew a little about her from watching so many of her videos. I knew she loved sewing and loved birds and butterflies, normal crafty likes for some. It really took me forever to finish it. I wanted my first one to be just right. I had fun picking out all the little things I was going to put in the back of the pockets. So here are some pictures.
I think it turned out okay. I saw her video when she received it and apparently I did a good job because she loved it. LOL Here is a video I did on it too so you can see it a little closer. After I did this one, I did another one for a challenge for someone. I'll post about that one too. Let me know what you think. Thanks so much!!!
Here are the other Christmas trees I did. I think they turned out okay. I think I may use some other materials next year. These are all made out of ribbon.
Here are a couple of videos I did. The second one is one I did with the extra little tree in the middle.
Where are all my followers? Do I have any that actually read my posts? I never see any comments on them so I was just wondering about that. Well, if you see this post and want to enter into the giveaway, you need to be a follower and then just leave me a comment below telling me if you are a new follower or one that has been with me for awhile. I am hoping this will give me an idea of how many people actually "hover" around my blog. LOL I make a lot of videos so most of my crafts get put in a video. I try to keep up my posts here on my blog but this year has been awful in trying to get that done. Being "sick" with neuropathy and then trying to deal with the passing of my mom has been really hard. However, I think I am getting back on track now. So, leave those comments!!! I will do a drawing for a winner in about a week. Giving some sweet crafty goodness away! Big o' Hugs!!! Karen Sue ScrappyKsue
Hey there! My name is Karen Sue. I have been married to a wonderful man for 36 years. We have two boys (32 and 29) and our doggiepoo Zoe. My only hobby used to be watching movies. But since I started scrapbooking/crafting, that has become my favy thing to do. I love it! It is very relaxing. I scrapbooked for my kids when they were growing up in school, making albums on specific trips and it was such a blast putting them together. My oldest son is married and has two sons (our first grandchildren). Our youngest just got married in Oct 2022. I hope you enjoy my blog and can get some inspiration from it!
