A Grateful Mother's Day

I know, Mother's Day was several months ago, but I figured it was still worth sharing the cards I made. This one I made for my mom with the new fabulous Hello Honey card stock.

• Stamps: So Very Grateful
• Hello Honey card stock 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
• Daffodil Delight card stock 1-3/4" x 4-1/4"
• Whisper White card stock scrap
• Moonlight DSP 1-1/2" x 4-1/4"
• Whisper White card stock 4" x 5-1/4"
• Ink: Versamark, Primrose Petals, Hello Honey
• Markers: Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Pear Pizzaz, Old Olive, Blender Pen
• Accessories: Bitty Banners Framelits, Deco Labels Framelits, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Embossing Buddy, Gold embossing powder, Heat Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, Rhinestones, Paper Lace Doilies

I started off by folding the Hello Honey card stock on the score line. Then I glued down the paper doily onto the left side of the card stock with some glue stick. I glued the Moonlight DSP onto the Daffodil Delight card stock and then stuck that onto the card front with some glue stick.

Now onto the flower panel. I cut a scrap of Whisper White card stock with the 3rd from smallest Deco Labels Framelit. I stamped the flower image from So Very Grateful onto the card stock in Versamark ink. Then I covered the stamped image with gold embossing powder, tapped off the excess, and heated it with my Heat Tool. I colored the flowers in and then used my Paper Piercing Tool and Stampin' Pierce Mat to add the pierced holes around the edge of the label. I stuck this panel onto the card front with a few Stampin' Dimensionals.

Next I stamped the greeting banner onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock in Primrose Petals ink then cut it out with the Bitty Banners Framelit. I added a couple small Rhinestones on each end of the banner and stuck the banner onto the card front with a couple Stampin' Dimensionals.

For the inside I took the 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock and stamped the flower image in the corner using Hello Honey ink and glued it inside the card with some glue stick.

A simple, yet pretty Mother's Day card. 

Drab to Fabulous an Upcycling Challenge

I had this idea a few days ago that it would be fun to do an up-cycling challenge and share those results with a blog hop. So if you are a little DIY and crafty crazy like I am and think this might be fun then read on to find out how you can join in!

How it works: 

• Find a item from a thrift store or garage sale that you think has potential for greatness.
• The item can cost no more than $10 to purchase. 
• Mail that item to someone else in the blog hop. You will be assigned a person to mail your item to. 
• You will receive a thrift store or garage sale find from someone else in the blog hop.
• Take that thrift store find and upcycle it into something fabulous!
• Then post about the wonderful transformation on your blog with the blog hop picture and a link to the blog hop starting page.

Are you up for the challenge?

If so just leave your email address and blog address in the comments section on this post (or email me). There will be no more than 15 spots in the hop so make sure you sign up now.

Here are the dates:

• Deadline to sign up for the blog hop is August 8th.
• The order of the hop will be determined by August 10th.
• Deadline to find an item and ship it to the person you're assigned is September 1st.
• Deadline to complete you project and the date that the blog hope will go live is October 1st. 

So are you willing to take the challenge and join me in a fun blog hop?

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Thinking of You

I finally had a chance to play along with the Creating Pretty Cards sketch #37 this last week. Of course I don't get around to sharing it until the last day that you can play along. So here is the fun layered up card that I created. I love the bright and bold stripes from the Moonlight DSP Stack.

Here is the sketch that was posted over at Craft Project Central.

 

Here are all the supplies: 

• Crumb Cake card stock 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
• Moonlight DSP 4-1/8" x 5-3/8"
• Silver Glimmer Paper 1/8" x 5-1/2"
• 24" Whisper White Baker's Twine
• Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Truly Grateful
• Ink: Strawberry Slush, Pool Party
• Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Banner Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Paper Doilies, 2-Way Glue Pen

 I started off by folding the Crumb Cake card stock on the score line then stuck the DSP down with some glue stick. Next I cut one of the Paper Doilies in half and use a little more Glue Stick to glue it onto the bottom right of the card front. Next up I glued the Glimmer Paper right across the middle of the card with some 2-Way Glue Pen.

I used the smallest Banner Framelit with a scrap of Strawberry Slush card stock to cut out the little banner. Then I used the second from smallest Banner Framelit to cut out a scrap of Pool Party card stock for the larger banner. I took the chevron woodgrain image from Truly Grateful and stamped it onto the Pool Party banner. The Pool Party banner was glued down with more glue stick while the Strawberry Slush banner was stuck on with a couple Stampin' Dimensionals.

Next up I took the twine and wrapped it around the card twice and tied it into a nice little bow. I stamped the greeting from Sassy Salutations onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock in Strawberry Slush ink. Then I cut it out with one of the Apothecary Accents Framelits. I used the Paper Piercing Tool and Stampin' Pierce Mat to add the pierced holes all the way around the label. 

The label was stuck onto the card front with a few Stampin' Dimensionals and a couple Rhinestones were added onto either end to glam it up. 

I really love all the fun layers and bright colors on this card! Have you been playing with any fun sketch challenges lately? 

Pink Crochet Baby Blanket

So there is kind of a funny story about this pretty little blanket. My sister-in-law had just recently shared the news that she was having a baby. I knew I wanted to crochet a baby blanket for her but it was too soon to know if it was a boy or if it was a girl. I'm sure you can see where this is going...

Well I wanted to go ahead and get started on a blanket so I didn't have to rush and could actually get it finished on time instead of the usual procrastination that I do. I figured what the heck... I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. So I started off with a pink one for a girl. Well just a day or two after I finished this one up I found out she was actually having a boy. I am so happy for her, but it's just my luck to pick the wrong one. I still had plenty of time to make a blue version.

Since this is slightly different from the other pattern here is the pattern for this pink version:

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Soft Pink (2 skeins) and Watermelon (2 skeins)

Size H hook

It is an easy granny square and worked up pretty quickly. I think it took about four evenings. In case you want the pattern here it is. 

Starting with Soft Pink: 

Round 1: Ch 6, join with slip stitch to first ch to make a ring. Ch 3, 2 dc in ring. Ch 2, 3 dc in ring. Ch 2, 3 dc in ring. Ch 2, 3 dc in ring. Join with slip stitch to top of ch 3.

Round 2: Ch 3. Turn project over and add 2 dc in the ch space from the previous row. *Ch 3, 3 dc, Ch 1, 3 dc*, repeat from * two more times. Ch 3, 3dc, ch 1, join with slip stitch to top of ch 3. 

Round 3 - 12: Ch 3. Turn project over and add  2 dc in the ch space from the previous row. Continue crocheting dc in sets of 3 with 1 ch between each set the length of the side and 3 ch between each pair of 3 dc on the corners. 

Round 13 - 14: Use Watermelon yarn.

Round 15 - 17: Use Soft Pink yarn.

Round 18 - 19: Use Watermelon yarn.

Round 20 - 22: Use Soft Pink yarn.

Round 23 - 28: Use Watermelon yarn. Bind off

Round 29: Use Watermelon yarn. Begin in one of the corner chain spaces. Single crochet all the way around. Sc 3 stitches in each corner stitch. Join to first sc with slip stitch.

Round 30: Slip stich to the 3rd sc from the corner turn project over sc in that 3rd stitch from the corner. Dc 12 times into the corner sc, skip next 2 sc, sc in next stitch. Skip next 2 sc, *dc 7 times, skip next 2 sc, sc in next stitch*. Repeat from * until you reach the corner. Then dc 12 times in the corner. Repeat until you have gone all the way around the blanket and slip stitch into first sc.

Round 31: Sc in each stitch around, slip stitch into first sc.

Bind off and weave in ends using your preferred method.  

I really love the scalloped edge on this. The final row of single crochet really makes the edges look nice and neat.

Now this pretty pink one is sitting and waiting for a home...

Enjoy the pattern!

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Sail Boat Baby Shower

A while ago someone contacted me about making some sail boat baby shower invitations. But she was in a rush for them and ended up running out of time for shipping and production of 30 baby shower invitations. However, I thought this sweet little sail boat card came out adorable. 

It's been quite some time since I made this so I don't remember the punches used, but the inspiration for the sail boat came from Mary Fish.

I just thought I would share this cute card instead of keeping the pictures hidden on my hard drive. 

Floral Wall Art

For a simple gift I re-purposed this four panel frame by popping in some pieces of Whisper White card stock that I stamped with images from Peaceful Petals and Sweetbriar Rose in Momento Ink. Then I simple colored in the images with a variety of Blendabilites markers. 

• Stamps: Peaceful Petals, Sweetbrier Rose, Everything Eleanor, Perfect Pennants
• Ink: Momento Black, Versamark
• Blendabilites Markers: Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive
• Accessories: Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Gold embossing powder, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, Rhinestones

On one panel I added this fabulous greeting from Perfect Pennants in gold embossing powder. Each panel was stamped with the large beautiful swirl from Everything Eleanor in Versamark ink and embossined in Irridescent Ice embossing powder.

In the Sweetbriar Rose flower centers I added some white dots with my uni-ball Signo Gel Pen.

This was such a fun and simple project. I just taped the card stock to the backside of the mat and popped it into the frame and it was done! Did I mention I just LOVE the new Blendabilities markers???

What have you been using your new Blendabilites on?