Washi Tape Cards

Occasionally, one of my creative friends, Cindy, comes over to create with me.  One day she had stopped over at Michaels and picked up some pretty washi tape.  We decided to make cards using it.  We picked out some blue cardstock to match the washi tape colors and then cut out a heart shape with heart framelits using the Big Shot.

We added washi tape to the card in strips and then tucked that under the heart shape.  The decorative borders on the cards are just washi tape strips.

We even cut out butterflies from the washi tape to use as embellishments.

This card has some acetate under the heart cut-out and some beads and other confetti enclosed in the window to make it a shaker card.

And lastly, we just put washi tape in strips to make this card.  What fun cards we made.  And the best part - making crafts with my friend.  :)

Patchwork Kitty in Finally Finished!

A few years ago I started a Round Robin sew-along with some ladies that attend a Quilting Group at my church.  Each person had to make a center square and then every month your project got passed on to the next person and they added something to it. 

I started with a kitty applique square.  Here is the photo from my original blogpost  on Sept 13, 2013.

Well, I finally pulled it out and did some machine quilting on it during my sewing retreat in January.

I wasn't able to cut out any new quilting projects due to my hand surgery but I was able to finish up this smaller project.  Now I'm proud to say that my Patchwork Kitty is finally finished and hanging on the wall in my sewing room!  I just love how it came out.  :)

One project done.  And there's more where this came from.  LOL

Do you ever work on and finish up projects that you have started years ago?  Doesn't it feel great?

Decorative Journals

 If you follow by blog, you might be wondering where have I been.  I had to have hand surgery back in November to replace one of my thumb joints with tendons from my arm (I know, yuk!).  It wasn't an easy surgery and I was out of commission for months.  It is slowly healing and I'm starting to get back into making my crafts.  I hope that it continues to heal and that I'll be able to use my hands again soon. :) 

A few weeks ago, I was invited to teach a craft day for ladies at a church that one of my friend's attends.  We decided to make these cute decorative Journals. We cut up some designer papers and each of the ladies got to design their own journal.  The papers are just glued on using a glue stick.  I had some Scripture stamps to use for the sayings and some punches and cut-outs from the Big Shot to add a personal touch.

We decorated the inside covers, too and added a pocket in the front.  It was a lot of fun choosing the papers and making the Journals.

Here is a pic of the ladies with their finished projects.  They get together once a month to make different crafts. What a fun way to spend a Saturday morning!

Here is me in the cast that I did not like at all!  Although I have to say that going for months without making crafts was even worse.  I'm totally ready to move on.  :)

Adventure Awaits

As one who loves camping, hiking and all sorts of adventure, I had fun playing around with Stampin' Up's Pieces and Patterns designer paper.  The paper has all sorts of cute animals and camping images on it.  I spent a few minutes cutting them out (I think I need the Brother Cut and Scan for Christmas - hint, hint) and then made some magnets using the images.

I just love the little trailer in this one.  I just bought a vintage trailer similar to this one and can't wait to take it out "on the road!" 

I added ribbon, pearls, buttons and enamel dots to the magnets for embellishments.

Look how cute the moose is!  Someday I'd like to see one (from afar, that is) in real life. 

I had so much fun playing around with these.  Look how I even added an enamel heart to the little bear.  :)

Which one do you like the best?  Seriously, I could make these all day.

I finished off the day making a shadowbox with more cut-outs.  The saying says, Today is the perfect day to be happy.  Looking at all of these really does make me happy.  I'm already looking forward to next year's camping adventures.

How about you?  Do you love to hike, camp and find adventures?

Who is Your Neighbor?

From time to time, I teach a Sunday class at my church and come up with a craft project for them to work on.  The lesson that I taught to go along with this craft was the Good Samaritan, where Jesus was teaching about who is your neighbor - and that is anyone that is in need.

I had some 6x8" canvas boards in my stash of crafting supplies, so I took them out and found some designer paper to use for the background.  I glued the papers down before the class.  This made the houses and other items easy to glue on using a glue stick.

I used an old stamping wheel with a cute set of houses on it and rolled them in black on different colored cardstock.

At church the kids cut them out and made their own neighborhoods.  They could color in the white houses if they wanted and there were trees, clouds, dog houses, bushes and lamp post cut-outs for them.  I did a lot of cutting beforehand to make the craft easier for some of the children.

Then I made the "Who is your neighbor" sign for them to put on their board.   I was totally amazed at the creativity of the children.  Each board had its own creative look to it. Some children even stood up the houses along a row for a 3-D effect.  It was a lot of fun helping them to design their own neighborhood.

I think I'll keep this one around as a reminder of the great time that we shared together.  :)

More Daisies

I fell in love with the Daisy punch the first time that I saw it in the new SU catalog.  :)  I've made it in a lot of colors, shapes and sizes but haven't gotten sick of it yet!

I love the yellows and navy blues in this card.  I made a bunch of them as Thank you cards for some of my friends.  They're each a little bit different.

This one has a different background paper on it with the Daisy designer paper accents.

And this one has yellow daisies.  Which color daisy do you prefer?  I think the blue ones offer more contrast.

Now just to get them off in the mail to my friends.

Summertime Frame

Ahh, I'm so sad to see summer wind down.  I think I had so many expectations for summer and I didn't get to do many of them this year.  So I'm desperately trying to finish my summer projects and activities with a bang.

I have wanted to make a Summer framed project for a couple of years.  So I finally sat down and came up with something!  I had a bunch of these 8 x 8" frames laying around (!), so I took the glass out of the frame and made this 3-D project.

I started out making the squares to fit into the frame.  I wanted to have different sizes to give it some interest.  There were some summer stamp sets that I definitely wanted to include.  Don't you just love the fireflies from the Jars of Love set?

Jars of Love is also used for the lemonade and the flower arrangement within the heart, which is from the Swirly Bird framelits.  The sailboat is from the Swirly set, too.

I had to include the beloved Daisy punch and also the Adirondack chair from the Colorful Seasons. The kite in this frame is from the Swirly set.  I tried working up the frame using some different colors and different accent flowers.  This second one has a bit more whimsical look to it.

I'm not even sure which one that I like the best.  In this frame, I used coral colored paper for the background.  I just love the colors, don't you?

Which frame is your favorite?   Have you ever made a collage frame using different stamp sets?  I think it came out so nice, that now I want to work on a Fall one.  :)