Fun Encaustic Background

Apr 19, 2012

This back­ground is super fun to cre­ate and sur­pris­ingly easy. All you need are 5 col­ored crayons, 1 white crayon, 1 mini...

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Make n Take Giveaway

Feb 7, 2012

The last day of CHA-W, I showed lots of peo­ple how to cre­ate this super cute flower pin. You use about 12″ of Maya Road Satin...

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Year In Review ~ UTEE

Jan 4, 2012

When I was asked to cre­ate some projects using Ultra Thick Emboss­ing Enamel (UTEE) I had no idea I would fall in love with this...

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UTEE Love

Dec 15, 2011

One thing I love to do is look in the $1 sec­tion at Tar­get, in Thrift Stores or in the clear­ance aisle for sil­i­cone bak­ing...

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Miniature Charms

Dec 14, 2011

I’ve been hav­ing fun cre­at­ing these minia­ture charms in between work­ing on CHA projects and other design com­mit­ments....

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Domino Art

Dec 8, 2011

Each time I use a domino it brings me back to how I acquired them… One day as I was tak­ing Ans­ley some­place after school...

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Ornamental Christmas PDF

Nov 23, 2011

Many of you asked if I planned to offer the “Christ­mas Wishes” and “Vin­tage Orna­ment Trio” classes I taught at The...

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Halloween 2011 Completed Album

Nov 8, 2011

Here is the com­pleted Hal­loween mini album. I love how it turned out. Jenni Bowlin and Maya Road were made to go together. I...

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Altering the Pumpkins

Nov 2, 2011

Please for­give me for the last few days. I have been work­ing on some projects that I can­not wait to share. I will be doing an...

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Doily Flower Brooch

Sep 10, 2011

Here is a brooch I cre­ated using a vin­tage doily and some Maya Road Vel­vet Pleat Blos­soms. It looks so cute on my sweater...

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Rhinestone Wrap Bracelet

Aug 26, 2011

I know I told you yes­ter­day I was going to show you a mini album I cre­ated of Terri from sev­eral years ago but I was so...

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A Chevron Background

Aug 15, 2011

Hi! It’s Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and I’m so pleased to be here guest post­ing again on Lisa’s blog! Chevrons are all the rage...

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Magnetic Clothespin Note Holders

Aug 10, 2011

Hi, my name is Darcy and I am rep­re­sent­ing Pink Per­sim­mon today.  My sis­ter (Judi) and I first got to know Lisa when she...

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Getting Glittery with the Herringbone Stencil

Aug 8, 2011

Hi!  My name is Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and I’m so delighted to be guest post­ing here on Lisa’s blog! I have a quick and fun...

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Celebrate Cupcake Picks

Jul 3, 2011

Here is a project even the kids could help you cre­ate. Bak­ing, icing and dec­o­rat­ing cup­cakes is always fun no mat­ter...

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Creating A Silhouette

Jun 27, 2011

I had no idea how many peo­ple would be ask­ing me how I made this sil­hou­ette that I decided today was the per­fect day to...

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Tissue Tape Flower

May 13, 2011

Sup­plies Used: Tim Holtz Tis­sue Tape, Vel­lum (pink & beige), Maya Road White Rose Organza Trim, Clear Dry­ing Adhe­sive,...

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Bird Nest Charm

May 9, 2011

I’ve been notic­ing a lot of bird nest charms being cre­ated lately and thought I would give mak­ing one a try over the...

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Miniature stand

Apr 29, 2011

Well yes­ter­day was a day of one flight dis­as­ter after another so I ended up not being able to attend Ranger U. I am so sad...

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Flocked Flower Accent Pin

Apr 26, 2011

Ok I do have to admit… even though I love win­ter and the cold weather that comes along with it I do love Spring and Sum­mer and...

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Altered Chipboard Buttons

Apr 25, 2011

Here is a tuto­r­ial on alter­ing chip­board but­tons. These but­tons can be used in so many great ways… on cards, tags,...

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