G45 ABC Primer Happy B-day Card

Here is a card that I created for the Hens Den

I love this paper line, its so cute.

Supplies used:
Graphic 45 An ABC Primer Collection
Prima Innocence white rose with pearl center
Checkered ribbon

Tools used: 12x12 trimmer. Atg Gun, Tim Holtz Tonic scissors, Zutter Distress it All, Tim Holz distress ink, forest moss.

Instructions:
Use the ABC Calico Kids patterned paper for the back ground, cut to fit and adhere to card.
Cut Mother goose square off of the Happy Go Lucky patterned paper. Distress the edges.
Paint the edges using distress ink.

Adhere to card. Cut tag from School Days patterned paper. Punch hole in tag and add ribbon.
Add strip of ribbon down left side.
Adhere the Prima flower and the tag to the card.

Cut strip of paper from Happy Go Lucky patterned paper and add it next to the tag.
Frame the strip with checkered ribbon.
Add alpha stickers to strip.

All of the products use on this card can be purchased over at the Hens Den

Come check out the store, we have alot of new things!

Debut of the Hens Den Mini albums..........

We have been super excited to announce and debut some new albums that the Hens Den has designed and created for sale in the store.

These albums are just adorable, with different textured pages to create on, so much FUN to work with!
Our Chic albums are called:

Sassy Chic
Classy Chic
Funky Chic
Shabby Chic
Hip Chic

You need to come on over to the HENS DENS BLOG
to check out these fabulous albums! Several of our DT members have created fabulous albums with product from the store, and they all turned out just beautiful!

Here is a PEAK at one of the albums that was made by our DT Leader Cheri Piles. Now just look at this beautiful album, I know you can resist heading to the BLOG to see all of them!

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have been very busy over at the Hens' Den and have a whole new website! Please take a minute to go and check it out! We are very excited about the new look!

To celebrate all of the new CHA products arriving we are having a sale!! Click {HERE} to see it all.

Speaking of NEW CHA PRODUCT we have the following new items in the store now with new arrivals coming daily!

MY MINDS EYE - FOLLOW YOUR HEART - BE HAPPY

 TERESA COLLINS - EVERYDAY MOMENTS

Here is a link to our FIRST Newsletter, the girls did some amazing projects and the tutorials are just wonderful! 

In addition to all of that, if you check out the NEW GALLERY on the website you can upload a project and be entered into the monthly contest and a chance to win a $10.00 gift certificate.

We hope you enjoy the new look, the new products, and all of the fun new things happening over at
The Hens' Den!

Dream memory keepsake box

Here is a cute box that I made for the HENS DEN.

Title : Dream memory keepsake box
Designed by: Carla Oliveira
Featuring Graphic 45 Once Upon a Spring time line





Instructions:
Start by painting the wood box. Let dry.
Cut 12x12 to cover front and modge podge to front cover. Let dry.
Cut Maya Road large daisy trim and adhere around the front of the box with glue dots.
Pop dot fairy tag to the front. String the key and the pearl to fiber, and adhere to the back of the prima flower and adhere that down to the front cover of the box.
Add Tim Holtz ornate plate to the front and add little I am Roses flowers to the ends instead of the brads.
Add letters inside frame.
Adhere frame to inside cover and add little fairy tag with pop dot.
Cut 12x12 pattern paper to fit back cover of box and adhere to box.

Supplies used:
Once upon a spring time pattern paper, Once upon a spring time frames, Darice wood craft small memory box unfinished, Darice hindges, Ranger Claudine Hellmuth Acrylic paint white, Tim Holtz Ornate plate, Tim Holtz Word Key, Maya Road large daisy vintage lace trim, Prima Ceylen White wedding flower, Zots glue dots, thermo web Other: flowers, Fiber, pop dots, modge podge, letter stickers.

Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime - Enchanted Forest	Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime - Fairy Fold	Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime - Frames	Large Daisy Vintage Lace Trim
Prima Flowers - Innoscence 2	Wood Box - 8.25 x 5.626	Claudine Hellmuth - Studio - Blank Canvas Paint	Coco Lace Trim - 1 inch
Zots - Small Clear Dots 300 count

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WOOOOO HOOOOO

We have some awesome new DT members for the Hens Den for 2012! We had alot of fabulous people apply, there is so much wonderful talent out there, and we were intially only going to pick 4 new DT members, but we decided to pick 6! That's right, 6 new DT members for the Hens Den!

So with that being said let me just say I am so thrilled to begin working with this fabulous new team.........

Becky Garrison, GA
http://camelliacottagedesigns.blogspot.com

Theresa Harris {aka The Scrapbooking Queen}, CA
http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Nicolle Kramer, NY
http://nicollelovesscrapbooking.com

Carolyn Lontin, CO
http://carolynlontin.blogspot.com

Lori McClellan, UT
http://sentimentalxpressions.blogspot.com

Krystle Thomas, NM
http://hightimesinthehighdesert.blogspot.com

Returning DT members for 2012:

Charlie LaBonte, WA - Owner/Operator
http://charlielabonte.blogspot.com

Cheri Piles, WA - Design Team Lead
http://cherinspirations.blogspot.com

Carla Oliveira, WI - Asst. Design Team Lead
http://carlascuriouslycraftychaos.blogspot.com

NEW Christmas page

Hi everyone......I know I know I have really slacked on the blogging. Does anyone else use the excuse that its because of the holidays, because that is my story and Im sticking to it.......
Anyways, wanted to post a new page that I did for the Hens Den
You must check out the store, Charlie carries some awesome products.
One of the lines that she currently has is the G45 Christmas Emporium Collection.
What a fabulous line this is. I loved working with it. You can check it out HERE

I did this page with this line and wanted to share it with everyone.



The picture is of me and my girls Sadie and Mia. I bought them as a surprise for my kids back in October 2009. Both of my kids had been bugging me for a puppy so on the hunt I went, well not only did I get one but I got two. Both of my kids named the dogs, and although I say that I got them for the kids, they have become my girls.
This picture was taken in November of 2009.

We stuck big red bows around their necks......lol
Here is a description of my lay out:

I mounted the picture with some of the G45 paper, and distressed the edges a bit. I then added ribbon around the pp paper and a bow in the corner.
I added another layer of paper and then used a couple of the Emporium tags one each corner and at the top. Mounted the top tag with some cute bling brads.
I sewed the ribbon to the side to make a cute border and added a few little Chrismas flowers that I had in my stash. Again adding some more brad bling to the center of the flowers. The brad bling in the center flower is Bazzill Button Vintage Helene which is also found in the Hens Den store.

I then added some more Emporium tags to the border.

The top boarder is also using the pp, and then I cut out the little cut out from Santa Express sheet that comes with the paper line and I pop dotted them on the paper.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak, and please head on over to the Hens Den and check out her fabulous store.

Also DEC 15th we will be announcing the new DT members, and there will be a lot of NEW things happening beginning in January, so stay tuned....EXCITED EXCITED EXCITED!!!!!!!!

Just a sneak

Ok...so slowly but surely I am adding things to my window.......last night while skyping with some friends, I also sat at my crafty table with my window and started adding some details to it.
Here is a quick sneak of what I have added so far.

Windows

So....about a year ago...I went on the hunt for old windows. At the time I had nothing hanging on my living room walls and found some really cute idea's out there onthe Internet to alter them and add photos. I found someone on Craig's list that was getting rid of a bunch of them and at the time I grabbed about 8 of them for a couple bucks a piece. Sweet deal right?
Well they have been sitting in my garage for the past year, and about a week ago I got one out because I am in the process of trying to get some type of decorations in my bedroom that is very plain right now.
Here is a picture of the beginning of the window.












Tonight I finally am sitting here trying to figure out how I want to decorate this. This will be a window that will be altered but not with photos like I initially wanted to do for my living room. This is just going to be a wall hanging for above my bed.

This is not finished, just the beginning but wanted to share some sneaks.

home decor crafty projects

I have been on a mission to get some decorations done for my bedroom. I really have nothing on my walls, mismatched modge podge of furniture, no nice comforter for my bed, just a plain old blanket. (Not sure that I will invest in anything too fancy since I have TWO BRAT dogs that love to be on my bed all the time.
So I have kind of been making a few small things to at least hang on my walls.
One of them is this cute little picture frame that I had bought at an antique store awhile ago, that was intially blue. I was browing the internet and found something that was super cute that I could do with this frame, so I made it the other night.















Now the next prject I also made on the same night. I had picked up this old frame over the weekend at another antique shop because I just thought it was cute. Well my neighbor is a very shabby chic vintage kind of gal with all of her decor and she was with me when I picked this frame up. She was like (oh you have to come over and see a frame that I have just like that, I bet you can make it look like what I have) So I did....and it was super cute.....so I basically copied what she had hanginng on her wall and made my own version of it. Of course it required me to run to the store and get some cute flowers, but that was easy. I had everything else at home to make this.

















I have another idea flying around in my head and will work on this project this weekend, but it will be something with an OLD window. I purchased several of these off of Cragis list about a year ago, figuring I would eventually get around to doing something with them. Now that I am on a mission to get stuff on my walls in my bedroom, this will be another project that I will be working on, so stay tuned...........
Thanks for stopping by!

Happy November and Happy Fall

So it is the beginning of Novemeber, and with that we have some new challenges over at Bella Creations, with some awesome sponsors this month.
You need to come over and check them out.
BELLA CREATIONS

We have 3 challanges a month, Bella Unique, Bella Tres Chic and Bella Muse.
For the month of October I did the Bella Tres Chic challenge. For this challenge it was a free style, so basically anything that we wanted to do really!
I made a very simple fall card. On this card you will see a pumpkin that is just adorable.....I just received this pumpkin from a swap that we had over at Bella Creations. We had a fall/winter stash swap and this was something that I received from my swqap partner Daphane! Super cute right?















I also wanted to let everyone know of the Bella Creations 1st CROP. Its called our Christmas Cinema crop, and starts Dec 2nd at 6pm Est, will run though the weekend of the 3rd and 4th.

Our DT has been brainstorming on some awesome games and challenges for everyone to come and join in when you get a free moment and have some fun! So mark your calendars.



Here is something that I also wanted to share, a fall wreath that I made. I bought a really cute Xmas one over the weekend, and my neighbor just happened to have one of these wreath stands that sits on the floor, and offered it to me. Since it was too early to hang the Xmas one up.....I went to HL and bought a wreath so that I could make one for fall. I had all the other stuff at home to make it, so I sat down saturday night and put this together.

The Hens’ Den 1st Design Team Member Call!

We have grown this year and we would love to grow more.

We are looking for 4 more talented team members who can create a minimum of two projects per month using store product that will be supplied to you.

We are looking for the following skills:
1 person who loves making cards
1 person who loves making layouts
1 person who loves mini albums
1 person who loves home décor/altered projects
(You can be great at all of these)

We are looking for someone who:
Is a follower of The Hen’s Den
Has an active blog
Is capable of meeting deadlines
Has strong photo skills
Can write instructions on how they created their design/layout/project

How to Apply:
Send e-mail to info@thehensden.com with your name, address, phone number a brief description of yourself and why you would like to be a part of The Hens' Den design team.
Submit one unpublished project showing off your strongest talent – layout, card, mini album, home décor/altered project - if chosen we will use your submission when we announce the new team members
Link to your blog
Link to Facebook page
Link to online galleries
Other information if applicable:
Active on any message boards?
Any other social media you actively participate in?
Are you on any other design teams?
Do you teach classes?
Benefits upon signed contract for one year term beginning January 1st 2012:
A permanent link on the blog directly to your blog
For every post a link to your blog directly to you
Product shipped to you for the monthly deadlines
Store discount
If you are teaching we will post it on the websites event calendar and on the design team blog.

Deadline:
Today through December 1st, 2011


Announcements will be sent out to the winners by 12/15/2011.

Please send your unpublished project & links to Info@thehensden.com with “DESIGN TEAM SUBMISSION” in the subject line.

At this time we are unable to accept international design team submissions.

Good Luck and we look forward to your submission!
The Hens’ Den

I love seeing altered items

and have to tell you that my friend CHARLIE rocks when it comes to altering stuff. Me....not so much.................and its because I just find that when I alter something it ends up sitting there collecting dust. Its fun to do, and I love to get creative trying to alter something, but its just not something for me.
So.....I bought this bird cage at an antique mall awhile ago..........#1, because I just thought it was adorable, #2, the price was right, #3, thought it would be cute as a decoration in my bedroom, #4, I thought for a moment, well I could alter it. But guess what...it sat there...collecting dust for months. I just never got around to doing something with it.
Well my dear friend Charlie that owns the Hen's Den loves to alter things....and well.......she got the bird cage.....................and I knew that she would ROCK altering this bird cage......
Now think of this cage empty, and pink.......
And look at it now.
Didnt she do a fabulous job?

Fall fireplace mantel

I love to decorate my mantel above my fireplace....the new pictures that I took of my kids came in handy to put into two frames that I had just sitting around, so here is my mantel with new pictures and some fall decor.

Photo shoot with my kids.

It's very hard to get my kids to agree to me taking their pictures. I can never get them to let me just snap photos of them. So for weeks now I have been telling them that I want to take them on a photo shoot. And for weeks they have been avoiding it. Yesterday was a perfect fall day, warm weather, the sun was shining and for once Mariah didn't have to work. So I told them both Friday night, be prepared because mom is taking you two out to get some pictures. Saturday rolled around and of course I got arguments from both of them......but.......I was stern, told them both to shower and that it would take less then an hour. It was painful to hear them complaining but I knew that they would struggle through the complaints and do it just to make me happy.
So here are a few of my favorites.

On a sewing roll........

Well, there are TWO things that I found that were super cute that I wanted to try, so I got my sewing machine out and cleaned all the dust off of it. LOL I am NOT a sewer.........I bought this machine a couple of years ago when it was the HOT thing to sew on your scrap book pages and that is all I have ever used for it with the exception of hemming something here or there.

So here is another pumpkin that I made tonight. The first one posted below I took to work and it sits on my desk...well.......wouldn't you know, my co worker wants one.....LOL
But I think that I will keep this one, (I like it better) and give her the first one that I made.






















Now on to the dress form pin cushion.
Someone showed me this tut on line (HERE)

Took me a few days to wrap my mind around how to pin the sides on this dress form. And then when I figured that out and started sewing I realized that I am BAD at sewing.....LOL I need practice, so this is my first practice dress form. There are flaws that I have tried to cover up, and its not perfectly straight.......but it turned out OK...I think that these are just super cute.