Birthday Cards

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Craft Fair Items

Get ready for Christmas: And to add a few more items to the list besides embroidered items on the blog already Here are two different Joy Banners either for the wall or door. The bells are stuffed and the word JOY is machine appliqued. The other is made with Joy appliqued and quilted.


. The door knob decorations are appliqued with different designs. Also Santa and angels, gingerbread men and Noel can be done with the same technique.


Craft Fair Items


I am starting to get back into Craft Fairs after
several years away because of illness. These are the Turkeys that I have made.
The bodies are stuffed and the back has backing and is quilted. The printed colors are fabric gathered in various sizes.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Graduation

Front: Inside:
This card was made with Going Places and the lettering was done from Lyrical Letters. Also the card stock was embossed with the Congratulations folder for the Cuttlebug and placed on some printed paper. The hat was stickled to add some sparkle with a stone jewel on the top.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Graduation

I'm still on graduation projects, so this is a sign that was made to guide guests to the yard. Done in Plantin Schoolbook for the lettering with the end caps feature, and the hat was made from Locker Talk mounted on a thick sheet of 12 x 12" paper

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Back Again

WoW! I haven't posted anything for a month. Been Too busy with graduation party, yard work, and just getting back from a family reunion in TN. I have been doing other things but just not getting back to the blog to pot them. So here I come again with some things that I have done.

This cake was not done by me but I have to share with everyone. It was made for the party by my daughters boyfriends mother, Lynda. She traveled 2 1/2 hours to bring this beautiful cake and then she assembled it at my house. The bottom layer is white with white frosting, then chocolate with chocolate frosting, the hat part was white cake with chocolate. She outdid herself and we are very thankful that she did! She is a very talented!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Cardmaking

Using Design Studio, I created party invitations using Locker Talk and Plantin Schoolbook that welded Amy to the card feature. Added stickles to the tassel and a jewel to the top of the hat. Simple but when you cut out over 30 cards, it does take some time.
Inside of card.

Graduation

Congratulations to Amy who graduated Sunday from BW.
We are so very proud of you!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Quilting

These are two reversible quilts that I made and donated in April to the Sewing for Babies group. Two different sizes and fabrics from my stash. You quilt as you go by layering front, batting and back together and stitch the seam, then flip and add another row. Repeat and then flip the other way to cover the previous seams. I had to scrap the binding on the second quilt which is also smaller because I ran out of the fabrics that I was using.









Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Easter


I know that Easter is over but I've been busy trying to prep the house for my daughters graduation. These bunny bags were from Plantin Schoolbook and Doodlecharms for the bunnies and were given to the grand children and family members for Easter. Done at "Fit to page" feature, the bags were cut at 7 1/4" and really did hold quite a bit of candy, I also included the bunny sucker covers that I made earlier The larger bag at the left ( violet) was also cut at fit to page. They were placed on a table runner that was strip pieced and quilted at the same time then cut out to look like a giant carrot. Had to collect small 1/8 yard pieces of orange for a few projects because the only time I used these fabrics for anything was Halloween for pumpkins.





Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Embroidery Sucker Holders

I guess I haven't been on much lately but do have some things that I wanted to share. These are Sucker Holders out of felt that were done in the embroidery hoop. I think there are two more designs, a cat and pig and were free designs by joining her Yahoo group. These were done by http://shawnsembroiderydesigns.com/. She also does many Finger Puppets and donates them to the Smiles for Children Project and were in a previous post.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Easter Wallhanging

Foundation Piecing for Easter
This wall hanging measures 16" x 18" with the smallest block measuring 2 1/4 x 2 1/2" and was done from a pattern in a book. After I did the basket in the brown and purple, I decided to use it anyway even thought the colors were too dark to show up well in the picture but I had to get this done because I was teaching a class on this project and the deadline was the next day. Projects such as these are great for small amounts of fabric.

The rabbit had a 3 step straight stitch for his features and buttons sewed on by machine. I tried to get the stripes lined up so they would show better for his bow.
The eyes on the chicks were a decorative stitch of a circle but was shrunk down in length and width. I did do a practice stitch out until I was satisfied with the size fitting for their faces.

Cardmaking, Easter

Easter Card Another simple card using Plantin Schoolbook for the lettering at 1/2" in the end caps feature. the bunny was cut at 3" and shadow feature, a brad for his nose and his features done in colored pencils. The white border scallop was a punch mounted on stripe paper cut 1/4" smaller than the card.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Cardmaking, Easter


Created in Plantin Schoolbook in the end caps feature for the greeting cut at 1/2" and the scallop cut using the same cartridge but the size was adjusted in the Design Studio software and then trimmed to size of the card so I could get a narrower scallop. !/4" ribbon was added on the top of the scallop. The Daffodil was cut then stickles applied in green and yellow, and mounted on white, then green card stock. An extra Daffodil was cut and applied to the inside of the card with the wording done on the computer.

Poster Board Crafting

Daughters School Project



This is something my daughter created for a class of hers. I know its hard to see but I thought I would post it anyway. These are the people who helped her the most to get through school. She is the center star and created 3" with clothes stickled and the cap from Locker Talk. The next closeup is us, her parents also cut at 3". Her boyfriend and girlfriend are also full bodies. Family and other friends only the heads were cut out and that is the size that they are at 3". The title was cut from PS and the end caps feature was selected cut at 1 1/4"


Sunday, March 29, 2009

Cardmaking

Happy Birthday to Someone! Using three different papers to create this card. The Happy Birthday was fussy cut so that I could get the greeting centered and then mounted on blue card stock. The flower is cut from Stretch Your Imagination cartridge at 4 1/2" in blue and the Silhouette feature in a deep yellow, then added Stickles on that shape.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Cardmaking, Easter

Embossed Easter Card Rainy today so I was making cards. Here's one of them for Easter. It is made from Doodlecharms cartridge and Plantin Schoolbook. The basket was cut at 6 1/2", Bunny at 3", Eggs at 4" which on this cartridge, everything is proportioned unless you have real size button pushed. The Happy Easter was cut at 1/2" with the End Caps feature used. Basket embossed with Traffic Jam folder, the yellow card Swiss Dots, and the eggs were with various border folders.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Poster board Birthday

First Birthday Poster I know that its hard to see this one since the picture was taken on a dark table. Elmo was cut from Sesame Street Friends at 22" and I used Design Studio to help me size things up on the poster board that I had. I glue Elmo to the side of the board so that he is half on the board. He does have a birthday hat cut from Doodlecharms and is holding a present cut from Stretch Your Imagination. I tucked the present under part of his hand that I did not glue. Other presents were also cut out from the same cartridges of different sizes and embossed on the Cuttlebug. The lettering was done in Mickey Font cut at 3 1/4" with a shadow effect. The 1 cut at 5". After I got to the party, I added some more pictures from various times in her life. She has grown from 3 1/2 lbs at birth to 21 lbs. Such a cutie. The little picture in the corner was a 8 1/2 x 11 coloring book picture and given to the baby which shows the size better of the poster.

Closeup of the cupcake, embossed with Swiss Dots folder and Stickles on the dots and a little on the bottom edges..


A closeup of the first that was embossed with a Birthday folder on the Cuttlebug.




Saturday, March 21, 2009

Cardmaking

Happy 1st Birthday Jessica Although your Birthday was Wednesday, your party is today so I am posting your card.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Cardmaking

SPRING This is a very quick project. The "Celebrate" is a rubber stamp that is with a collection of other stamps. Stamping is not my thing! Either I stamp too hard, get ink on the card (the bow is covering it) all over myself or anything else that can go wrong. I used 3 Cuttlebug folders with this project, Swiss Dots, Devine Swirls and a Border from With Love. The bird was from a grouping of Spring stickers, Martha Stewart punch and some gemstones leftover from Christmas minus the silver that was part of the back. Time to Celebrate Spring!