Sharing a little love...

Hi friends... I hope your weekend was as relaxing as mine. I did a little embroidery, some hand quilting and some paper crafting. I can't remember the last time I actually had a whole weekend to just sit back and relax but boy, I sure enjoyed it (yes, I could have been doing some cleaning, laundry and some yard work). This card uses some background paper from Authentique (music) and a digital download (rose paper) from Beatriz Jennings Etsy shop.

I rolled a flower from some zipper ribbon by Melissa Frances and added a few other little bits and pieces like lace, pearl and a bow with wooden embellishments from Little Yellow Bicycle and Prima.

Have a wonderful week and thank you for your visit today...

Hello everyone! Today I thought I would share with you what I made for the Therm-o-web booth at the Quilt Market that is going on now in Portland, Oregon... wish I were there. First up is a dish towel...

I used a Small Dresden Plate die from Sizzix to make the flower. I just trimmed each blade down to fit the size of flower I was wanting and appliqued each petal onto my towel with some HeatnBond Lite.

I then used some SpraynBond Fusible Adhesive Spray to adhere a vintage doily down in the center of my flower as well as a circle in the middle of the doily.

Lots of ruffles and lace to complete the bottom of the towel. Next, is an apron... I used a pattern from this book. 

I again used my SpraynBond Fusible Adhesive and to put the flower doily down and then used some HeatnBond Lite to add the leaves and "made with love" label.

The gorgeous fabric is by the one and only Pat Sloan! I remember when I was putting these projects together how rainy it was but, the fabrics made it bright and cheery inside.

You can see more Quilt Market projects from other Designers by clicking HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today...

"Mom" mini album tutorial...

Good Friday morning all! Today up on the Sizzix blog you will find the tutorial for this little mini album made for my mother for Mother's Day. The front and back covers are from the pretty packaging the Thinlits come in. 

There is lots of goodies inside...

and you can find the complete tutorial and lots more photos by clicking HERE!

Have a fabulous day!!!

Bookmarks...

Hello everyone! Needing some more Mother's Day ideas? How about these...

They are made using the Sizzix Bookmark die. They could be used as bookmarks or tags and are very simple to make. Once again, I have made a few to give you some ideas but I will walk you thru making just one bookmark. You can find the paper that I used HERE... they are called pink sugar tags, mmmm.

Start by die cutting from paper the bookmark. Trim a coordinating piece of paper to fit in the middle of the bookmark and set aside.

Die cut the heart from the Thinlits Love Story set from felt and machine stitch around the heart if desired. Die cut a flower from the Flowers, Rose 3-D, assemble and adhere to the middle of the heart.

Die cut the small circle from the Tiny Tabs & Tags die and adhere it to the top left corner of the piece of paper going in the middle of bookmark, add a tiny staple to the center of the tab. Using the Thinlits Doily & Border #2 set, die cut from paper and trim to fit the bottom of the piece going in the middle of the bookmark (see the photo above... it takes about three scalloped pieces.), adhere to the bottom of the paper piece, machine stitch around the square if desired.

Now adhere the paper piece in the middle of the bookmark. Adhere a piece of lace at the bottom,. Wrap a piece of jute string thru the rhinestone circle and bookmark, add a word sticker, tie a bow at the top of the bookmark and a metal embellishment in the middle of the bow.

You are all done! Enjoy!

One shabby little card...

Hello everyone! Today, I have one little shabby card for you. Mother's Day is just around the corner and I love to make special cards for the occasion. I have given my mother more than just one card on Mother's Day because I love to let her know just how special she is to me.

The beautiful ledger paper is from HERE and the washi tape is from Glitz Design as well as the rose circle die cut.

The felt heart is die cut using the Primitive Hearts die by Sizzix along with the pretty green border from   the Thinlits, Doily & Border #2 die set.

The resin heart embellishment is from Prima and the sentiment by Papertrey Ink.

I hope you have a splendid day....

Shabby/Vintage Cones...

Hello Friends, today over on the Sizzix blog you will find the tutorial on how to make these little cones. I made them with Mother's day in mind but, they would be beautiful for any occasion.

You will find the complete tutorial, products used and lots more photos by clicking here.

Have a fabulous day...

Announcing the new Sizzix Design Team

Good morning everyone!

Today, the new Sizzix Design Team is announced! Click Here to see all the details... I am excited to still be part of the team : )

It is going to be a fabulous year working with all the amazing talent (and did I mention BIGGER)!