Wednesday, December 3, 2014

LIFE UPDATE!

Sorry guys been really busy since i came home from Boston trip with hotmen and kevin! went to grand rapids one weekend tryed to got to wiscousin another weekend but the weather across the UP was really bad and doing 30 mph was a nightmare! Then started a Christmas job at a major chain retail store. OMG so busy plus working at the gas station. I got loads to show you guys. I got LOADS of Lawn Fawn stamps and a few dies. Also got some other brands stamp sets and dies! Will post one day haha!

<3 lyzz

Thursday, October 23, 2014

ATC video for kyle

hey guys! So last week i hit 75 likes on my artist facebook page so i did a giveaway and 3 people posted... so i will be giving all 3 of them something! One Ashley one to a dear friend Sara, and One to my baby brother Kyle!


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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Halloween Treat bag Video

Hey guys! A new video is posted. Today's video is the Halloween Treat Bag I have been making the last week!


I gave Kirsi her treat bag and she had fun with it! We had fun watching her with it too! She had not had a snickers before but she liked it and apparently she is a huge fan of suckers so the dumdum suckers were a huge hit with her as well as the post note holder. She loves journals and things to write in so that was a hit with her also. She was drawing pumpkins and coloring them it was fun! I love that kid she's so freakin' rad! (We love her parents too they are amazing and I have spent 5 out of 7 christmas' with them one we went to florida and one i went to ohio to see my parents but boyfriend went to their house for christmas so we are very close also L hired us when we first moved to michigan at our fast food job we worked for 3 years also she is currently boyfriend manager (he's the assistant manager atm intern manager while she's out on bed rest during the rest of her pregnancy.) We love that family they are amazing!

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Friday, October 17, 2014

weekly wrap up with a Pineapple ATC

Hey guys!

*WEEKLY WRAP UP*

So, it is FRIDAY! (tho still technically still my Thursday night 
not Friday will i go to bed and wake up again)
Well let's take a look at the last week. 


Monday- Posted a new video on youtube and a blog post about a Halloween Bookmark
( http://creationsbylyzz.blogspot.com/2014/10/halloween-bookmark-video.html )
Fun and excited to be finally doin' those.

Tuesday- I HIT 75 likes on my artist facebook page!!! HOW EXCITING IS THAT! I was very excited and decided randomly that I would do a giveaway and so far only 3 peopls in the running to win something made by me for them. (ALSO YOU CAN POST HERE AND HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN TOO!)

Wednesday-Thursday morning- posted a blogof an ATC I made in honor of my mother-dearest and her Desert Fox-ness my poppy said she was  (GROSS HAHA)

Thursday and Friday to worn out from working... walked to worked midnight to 8am then walked to the store to work 830am to 5pm SLOWLY walked home had pizza with boyfriend then fell asleep by 7pm got up at 11pm got up and took a cab to work midnight to 8am... well at the moment it's 416am and so still working. lol

This week I plan to make a few more videos. I think my "make it monday" videos will be posted Mondays but here and there I may do one or two to be posted throughout the week. MAYBE even do a weekly wrap up video :O ok maybe not anytime soon but you never know what I will do.


Here is an ATC I made for a pineapple fruity swap-bot swap. 

I LOVE PINEAPPLES

Hope you week was not nearly as busy or tiresome as mine well 12 days and counting til I go to Boston to see Beth and Kevin so excited! Can't wait to have a week with them (they have to work some but still I get to see them bunches and bunches!) Also, Beth is dying to show me some new techniques she's learned in her crafting class (JEALOUS but EXCITED!). So I am sure there will be a few photos and new creations to show you guys stay tuned with me and have a great weekend!!

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Desert Fox

Heya guys so todays post has two agendas one showing you today's ATC featurette and then two giving you guys another chance to win. No one seems to be posting :( sad face guess no one wants free crafts/art.

Ok so the featurette today is an ATC I made after talking with my mom and poppy on the fone. So on my profiles and things I say I'm a Southern Bell turned Snow Bunny bc I moved from Florida to Michigan in 2007 well my parents now live in Utah idk they are crazy but as I was talking to them my mom goes we what does that make me and my poppy says a desert fox! We all got a kick out it adn it kept kicking around my head and then I remembered I have this AMAZING little fox stamp (which I have talked about many times the whole reason I bought the Lawn Fawn Into the Woods stamp set) Well then I remembered I have this really cute Stampin up cactus wood mount stamp from 2006 season and I love it but dont think I have used it to much I bought it as a single or in a lot of a hodge podge stamps from ebay. It is copyrighted for 2006 so it's more than likely retired and I am sorry I dont know what set it came in or even if it did bc from time to time they release one or two alone. But I made this ATC in honor of my mother!


Ok guys so if you would like to win something fun post below to try and win something just post below or post on my facebook one post per my post and you are entered for that many times this will be the 3rd chance just post what you would like to recieve and on Tuesday 21st, 2014 I will check all the blog posts and all the facebook posts and put the names in a list in order they came in and then use a random number generator to choose a winner!

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

*GIVEWAY*

*YAY* 

75 LIKES ON FACEBOOK!

So, guys I got 75 likes on my artist page on Facebook... so lets try something fun... a GIVEAWAY!

Post only once in the comments below, what you would want me to make you if you won then and on Tuesday the Oct 21st 2014 i will randomly choose a winner. There might even though the week more chances to post and give you more chances to in... who knows! Also, you can have a second chance to win if you post on my facebook page also!

(you might want a handmade card, a hand made ATC, a drawing of a name, etc, etc, etc)

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halloween bookmark video

Hey guys so today's post is a new video i post on youtube, continuing on the treat bag components, which is leading up to a youtube video of putting it all together. I am very excited to be trying this i have been talking about doing youtube videos and everyone has been very supportive with me doing them (i have some pretty amazing people in my life). So, i failed at posting a blog 3 time a week (as you guys have seen) But i want to try and post a video on Mondays then like a blog post once or twice a week. So hopefully that will work better for me!

Also, on the 19th the second job will close for the season (downfall of the seasonal position and touristy town).

Ok so here is the video! 

OMG i really am excited to be posting about youtube videos i made it's been so much fun!


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Monday, October 13, 2014

Halloween Post-it note holder

Hey guys! So, I forgot to post about my second video. With each video I find them getting better and better so stick with me and hopefully they will be perfected soon! :)

Ok, so today's post is about the youtube video I made for Halloween postit note holder. I made these to coorinate with the dumdum pumpkins and there will be a book and all this will go into a halloween treat bag so stay tuned with me to see this video and future videos!



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Thursday, October 9, 2014

halloween treats : dumdum pumpkins

Hey guys!

So, today's post is a little different then usual! 

Ok! So, I finally did it I made and posted my first youtube video!

WHAT?! 

I know crazy right?!

So, Today I made some dumdum pumpkins these are the lollipops all dressed up as pumpkins for halloween. I am making some treat bags for some friend's kids for Halloween we dont get trick-or-treaters in our neighbor hood. (Thank goodness). We use buy candy for kids but none ever stopped in so we stopped buying it for them (we still buy our candy of course). But Ilove Halloween and making and giving things so I wanted to do a treat bag for our niece CJ but she lives in Florida and by the time I get done making it. It wouldn't be worth mailing for the price of mailing to her from Michigan. Tho I still might but leaning toward not sending anything like that maybe just make her a card and mail it with some money for her to buy when she wants. Money isnt really important when it comes to CJ! (thankfully we only have one niece and no nephews at this time... meaning we can spend more on CJ! which I love to do!!!)

So here is a photo of my project.


Here is my first video
The second one i made some improvements and this video got a good review via Ash. So, I am ok with showing you guys lol this one and the next i will tell Beth about it to see what she thinks going slowly with friends and family bc i love them and dont want them to lie to me or be mean lol

ok hope you enjoy!



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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

*STRAWBERRY*

Hey guys so nothing new my way... work, work, work, little sleep, little time with boyfriend and then some more work lol so nothing new :) I hope everyone is having a good day. I have been working on some Halloween things but haven't gotten to far with any I am doing some treat bags for some friends little girls i was going to do one for my niece but the cost of mailing to Florida wouldn't justify making one and mailing it. :( but anyways so today's post is about strawberries!

So STRAWBERRIES! I was in two different swap-bot swaps for strawberries the same time :) so i made 3 of each one for me and one for each of the partners in the each swap.

I love them both. Simple yet well done and to the point!





I love strawberries... Growing up in Florida we had a lot of farms like orange groves and strawberry fields. There was a big central area called Plant City that was known for strawberries and they have a big festival after the State Fair is at the fair grounds they go to Plant City which is like 20 miles to the Strawberry Festival site. It's a big deal right around harvest time. 


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Thursday, October 2, 2014

birthday card for brother-in-law David

Hey guys!
So, it's getting closer and closer to my birthday on Sunday :)! 
*YAY*

So, today's post is going to be a card I made for my brother-in-law David.
Ok so in high school David was a year a head of me well he use to drive this old VW bus. 
So, I made him a sweet-sweet card for his 30th birthday (Oct 1st)!
*happy birthday david*





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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

dragon quote ATC

Hey guys! 
So, as you may have read it has been a long week for me losing my cat... she was family to  me so it was hard but just taking one day at a time and today we are looking at an ATC I made for a dragon. 

But first I will address an emailed question I was asked... I don't get a lot of comments usually it's just Ashley telling e what she loves (which I am ok with that bc I love her and love to know what she thinks) but from time to time I do get an email asking what materials or stamp set I use or things like that this time a lady asked me where do I have time to craft so much and post. Well guys you may or may not have read in a past post I work two part time jobs and usually if i am not sleeping or working I lay in bed watching Netflix. But I am luckily enough to work midnights at a seasonal motel, having that job leaves me a lot of down time and that's kinda when I craft this summer. A lot of these ATCs have been made this year. Usually not any rhyme or reason how I post I look at my pix first then decide which to post then i name the post and start from there. Here and there I will stay up til about 3 am when I have a night off from the motel to do some crafting at home in my art/craft studio. But then I was working 4 days at both jobs at the moment I am working 5 days at the motel til Oct 19th and now we have enough employees at the store I am down to like 3 days a week :( sad face but it's ok for now anyways. But that is my crafting time lately. But it's ok I love my life and wish the motel was year around but living in Northern Michigan apparently no one wants to visit when we have 5 feet of snow (or what we call lyzz height snow haha)



So with these dragons i made like 5 each were different but within the same style as showed in the two examples I have posted above.  This little guy was made for a swap-bot swap called dragon, unicorn and cat we had to make one of each. They were made on a BRIGHT orange background. the dragon... surprise surprise is a Lawn Fawn Stamp from the critters ever after set. stamped the dragon on white computer paper (bc that's what i like to use) then i colored him with neon sharpies wrote on it a J.R.R. Tolkien quote to "never laugh at live dragons". Then I took a white gel pen adn went to town with doodling on it. the bottom ATC i used a black sharpie to try a border i didnt care for it i jazzed it up with a stardust gel pen. Well I hope you've enjoyed.

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Have a great day <3 lyzz

Friday, September 26, 2014

dragon pokemon

hi guys. so here is my atc for the dragon pokemon. it's been a hard week and it's still not over but have had some kind words from everyone in my life and i thank them for that. not much else to say with out tears in my eyes so on to the good stuff...

dragonite



i perfer the green and orange one.

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Monday, September 22, 2014

sad

Hey guys, so it's been a hard day... Miss Pablo was put down. She was in my life for 8 years longs pet I have ever had. She was family and it is super hard but i know it had t
o be done. I came home she was dizzy and disoriented, she didnt seem to know where she was or that i was there and she looked like she wasnt able to walk. We called the vet had her seen and things didnt seem good and clearly they were not. Her yo-yo-ing health in the last month kept getting worse and worse... to the point to have her put down. it's really hard and she will be missed very much.

Ok so these are just a few of my favorite photos from 2014










The last photo that I took of Miss Pablo
My Pablo tattoo I have had since 2006 I have under my right knee

...:::Family photo:::...

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

week update

Hey guys! it's been a heck of a week... stressed tired everything inbetween and beyond. 

I swear I must have a sign on my forehead that says loves to be full of drama and stressed lol

My god mother has passed away, Miss Pablo isnt eating the dry food so it's looking like she might have to have surgery, at teh gas station we went to scanning so i had to go to work early like 2 hours so i got up 3 hours earlier than usual after working at the motel 12-8am and at work by 230 plus walking home and then to work then got from the gas station to the motel sleep then go back to the gas by 430 then gas then the motel. Then boyfriend and i had a misunderstanding i misheard something and got overwhelmed hung up on his and wont anwser the phone and it was stupid of me. But i was just tired and stress and worn the fk out... blah it was a rough week and all this happen from sunday to tuesday really! life man... but life is ok other wise i have been able to see my man and spend a little time with him which is always a great time after i understood i'm dumb and freaked out over nothing (really nothing new lol) 

the rest of the week has been good tho... paid off the credit card got an auto loan had a get lunch with my man and waiting for the dealership to find the right Jeep that boyfriend wants and to have it shipped up here. Then in like 5 hours from right (446 am 9/21/14) we will be meeting up with our Grand Rapids friends we love and adore in Mackinac City which thank god is an hour from us so we arent traveling like 4-5 hours south to see them lol they are coming up to see us... mildly bc Tam doesnt wanna cross the bridge (MACKINAC BRIDGE). Which is understandable it's an insane bridge... The Mackinac Bridge is currently the fifth longest suspension bridge in the world it is The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet.

Thank you for stopping by if you have any questions or tips let me know either in the comments box or email me and don't for get to like me on Facebook,
Have a great day <3 lyzz

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

100th post & a giveaway

Heya guys so when i went to post today i seen it was the 100th! Celebration! I made it to 100 so i like doodled ALOT actually that said 100 but it was all horribly bad... i was like, " 'Holy Terror of T-Rexs' these are bad!" So, i just decided fk it i hate them so i wont be posting any pix of them. 

I also decided while typing this that I will be offering a fun little give away of an ATC or drawing of a name or something like that to someone who comments on this posts so a fun little give away. So, a luckily person who posts will get something made for them and have a little input on what they receive too. Maybe a fun name for them or for their kid and/or kids. 

So comment below and by Tues Sept 23rd I will pick someone to receive something made by me.


Random ATC I made for myself lol


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Have a great day <3 lyzz

Friday, September 12, 2014

patriotic

Hey guys! Since 9-11 was today/yesterday (it's 1:48 AM on the 12th now) I did not lose anyone on that day but I still feel a lose for the people who had lost someone that day. In memory of that day and those people who were lost that day and there after due to the attacks that day. I wanted to show my Patriotic ATCs i made a while back for the LAB SWAP.

I never understood what my grandmother said about how she remembered what she wore, who she was with where she was and basically everything about the day that JFK was assassinated; until Sept 11th 2001. That day is officially burned in my memory. I was in high school and remember everything and was old enough to understand what happened that day.



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Monday, September 8, 2014

*RHINO*

Heya everyone! Ok so, i wasnt sure which ATC to share with you guys I was going to share the onesie i made for Ash's baby girl little miss Carly Sue (whom i might add is SUPER ADORABLE!) but i forgot to take pictures of 2 of them lol so i will get her to take some pictures and then i will post it up! 

Ok so today I totally wanna share this Rhino ATC I made for my swap-bot swap I was hosting inspired by my stuffed animal Rhino...


Molly has a Facebook too!

Here's some fun pictures of Molly and Miss Pablo too.

Here is one from 2013 Pablo was using Molly as a pillow that little burger
Pablo wasnt to happy I spotted her using Molly as a pillow
Here is one from 2012 on the Greyhound bus from visiting my momy and poppy out in Utah (them crazy kids are living way out in Utah) but i thought it was funny bc I had her buckled in

*OK ON TO THE ATC*







So, I love this little ATC it's the only one I made. First I made the background I drew the word Rhino graffiti like and then drew the Rhino on some clear tape with a sharpie, it was kinda hard to draw too and I am sure there was probably an easier way to make this but it's ok I love the way it looks and that is all that matters.

The person I made this for really enjoyed the ATC which means more to me than I could really tell you guys IDK I really enjoy creating and making things and when they are for other people makes it even more worth wild to me.

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Have a great day <3 lyzz



Saturday, September 6, 2014

-hello-

Hey guys,
So, Kim was surprised at my blog post bout the amazing package she sent me. She also made me blush she messaged me and noticed something very kool i havent noticed before she also was very kind and said some nice things... here's what she said,

"I love how you communicate in your writing. I feel like we are sitting on a sofa talking an having a cup of tea or something. You have a way of making the reader feel so at ease, like your talking directly to them as a friend. I love the details, I hate to read something and it's so vague with missing parts. The details is the main part of the story. You are very talented! The pics were awesome"

I never really realized that I write as if I am talking to you guys in a conversion. I knew my writing style is more of the way I talk but I never realized that it was more of a conversion though. It's kinda neat actually and it was very nice of her to tell me such nice things. Glad she liked everything. As for the pictures that makes me super excited to hear bc i have been paid for doing photography jobs and have that fancy pricey camera i have talked about before which i freakin love that camera so that pleases me that she likes my pictures.

*SPEAKING OF PHOTOS*



Here are a few pix of Miss Pablo layin on my side bag and IPOD. She's been sick and this was the first day she was feeling a little better and of course that meant...

"hey mom, look at me... Look at me... OMG MOM LOOK AT ME!!"

I love her but she is alla bout getting pett-in's and being right next to me more than usual. I love her and I am glad she's feeling better I hope she gets to 100% soon tho... it breaks my heart when she's sick.

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Have a great day <3 lyzz

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

*A SURPRISE PACKAGE*

HEY GUYS! I am so EXCITED to tell you about a surprise package i received today!!

Ok so i was in a swap on swap-bot.com with the theme of a Mason Jar. Mine was cute and the lady really loved it! Which makes me more than excited about but i have never received such a package in my life for just one ATC swap and it could not have come at a better time.

So this weekend kinda rocked and sucked all at once. I worked Saturday 430 to 1130 off from the motel then got up on Sunday at like noon bc i couldnt sleep anymore bc i was to excited for Beth coming to town layed in bed all day tho but couldnt sleep i was so tired tho so at 3 to 5 hung with boyfriend and then went and had dinner with Beth and her amazing parents (no lie!) then we went to her other best friends house Jess she's super nice and her and i have alot in common (including a mutual best friend, named Beth!) well the 3 of us watched Frozen which we all love and Beth, her boyfriend Kevin, her brother Paul and her parents Sandi and Dave all went to see Frozen on Christmas Day in 2013 so it's an extra special movie to me bc of that. We were there til i went to work at midnight to 8am. Monday like the same thing happened i was to excited so i got like no sleep then about 7ish i was so worn out i texted Beth and told her i was sleepy and i did want to see her but bc i had to work like 16 hours straight i needed sleep and luckily for me she's amazing and totally understands especially since she now works two jobs also. So, slept for a few hours... horribly tho. Got up and at 11:10 and got ready and walked to work at the Motel for midnight to 8 am then went to the store to work 9 to 5pm LONG DAY! The truck didn't come on Monday bc of Labor Day. Plus being a small town everyone was off on Monday so every had to work and apparently everyone needed coffee, red bulls and monster energy drinks today it was a mad house to say the least. I also was training the new manager on our register which was a little slow going on that but he's a nice guy and try to put things away at the same time it was crazy. So boyfriend picked me up we went got McDonalds and went home to eat and watch some criminal minds on Netflix i fell asleep about 7ish then got up at 1030 to shower and bout that time boyfriend went to bed (later than he has been bc of all the extra work he has with his quoted "field promotion"... basically his manager is on bed rest for the rest of her high risk pregnancy and him being the assistant manager it falls to him but we love his manager, we have known her for 7 years and wish her a safe pregnancy with a healthy baby!) but not at work at the motel.

SO BASICALLY THIS SURPRISE PACKAGE WAS MUCH NEEDED AND REALLY REALLY APPRECIATED! More than I could really say. I thank Kim VERY MUCH!

She really hit the nail on the head i have never had anyone do so well at picking things for me. seriously it was like i went to your craft area and pick it all out myself!

SO ON TO THE GOOD STUFF.... ALL THE FUN STUFF KIM SENT ME!


The Package 
*EXCITEMENT*

 *THE STUFF*
*A NOTE FROM KIM*
*THE ATC*


CRAZY CUTE RIGHT?!

3D-ness!

*PAPER*



*HALLOWEEN 




AMAZINGLY MADE!She must have a Victorian Gothic soul! love them!
 *SOME DIE CUTS*



 *THE GOODIE BAG*









*the atc kit inside the goodie bag*












 HOW AMAZING IS THIS PACKAGE?!
This lady is amazing i wish i could really express how much i love and appreciate this package OMG tearing up (i'm such a girl!)

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