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.Cardmaking and papercrafting using the Cricut and Cuttlebug. Also, sewing, quilting and machine embroidery will be mostly featured on this blog.
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.
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.Craft Fair Items
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Graduation
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.
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
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Embroidery Sucker Holders
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
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.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Cardmaking
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!
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