Made by Karla

This canvas is for my friend. She's the most amazing person I've met. I made her this for Valentine's day :   She can either display it on an easel or hang it on the wall.  I used DCWV's Solstice Stack which is at Joann's right now.  I started by covering the canvas in paint, first gold, then pink, then added the sheet of paper. I LOVE DCWV paper because I can do this:   This paper is from a different DCWV stack. Just for demonstration purposes ;)   I mist the back of the paper and let the water soak in for a second. While its wet, I rubb off most of the white. I'm left with the beautiful pattern. When you use it like this, the paper will be somewhat sheer and you will be able to see some of whatever you place behind it. I love the random small tears it gets because it shows more of the background through. I use gel medium to attach it to my canvas. But any clear glue that doesn't buckle the paper should do. After the paper, I added some...

I made sure that pizza box got in the picture. It was delicious. We got it at a little place with awesome reviews by grand central station. Then we walked over to Rockefeller center and at first we were trying to hide it, but it dawned on me, we should show it in the picture. It was really a nice evening out. I would have liked to have a better picture, but it's been raining and gloomy. I had to take it in artificial light at an odd angle! I used 3 different DCWV stacks for this LO. Snapshot, Heirloom Christmas and Christmas and Winter 180 :) Hope You're having better weather wherever you are!

I've loved the snapshot stack for a LONG time. I just recently bought it and I used it right away to make this card. I used a label maker with black tape, since that's one of the accents used throughout the stack. I love it. This might be one of my favorite cards! One of my best friends ever got this for her birthday.   I smudged out the message. I forgot to take a picture before writing on it!   Thanks for looking. Hope the rest of your week goes well :)

  Every year my husband's employer throws an amazing show of appreciation to their employees at HQ. We get to have an amazing lunch on board a cruise ship.    It's all very organized so I made this memorabilia page to save all the little things they give us to organize the day.  I'm just happy that I actually remembered to include my memorabilia here. It's something  I usually forget! On a different note... So who's looking forward to all the peeks, videos and photos from CHA?  Keep an eye on the DCWV blog. Erin is great at posting pics and videos! 

I spent Christmas Eve making myself some presents. I'm always making things for others and it was nice to take some time to make something for myself. Ok, so I still took some time to make something for my mom and sisters too. Hard habit to break ;)    I've been a little obsessed with Paris and anything French since I was in high school. I took french in HS and Community college. I visited Paris and southern France a few years ago and I still love it and I'm planning to go back.  I knew I wanted to make this fish necklace since I saw the pendant and chain.     So pretty even in the back :)    This seahorse is for my mom. She loves anything ocean themed.   She's one of the most peaceful persons I know, always Zen. Hakuna Mattata is her motto.  I'm planning to make one of these bird necklaces for each of my sisters, my mom and myself. Each one will be a little different, just like each on...

 Happy Holidays Everyone :)) Some of this year's Holiday cards. The naughty and nice card is for the hubby...guess which box I checked?! Lol.

5 Party Ideas with 5 of our Holiday stacks Evergreen Stack #1 a mini cake box perfect for little favors and small gifts  (I give you the measurements and instructions at the end of this post)    The Crafty Christmas Stack  #2 a gift can with a beautiful sentiment       This is a flower tin from Michael's that can be recycled to hold a little gift. The paper says 'If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away'  The First Noel Stack Decorate the top with a rosette  #3 Napkin rings       Add a little something to any gathering, big or small. The Traditional Holiday Stack #4 & #5 A garland and a wine glass marker       You can make tons of wine glass markers with your scraps. The Winter Holiday stack is perfect because of its glossy texture, it won't get as affected by moisture as your other papers. To make...