This weeks challenge with the Die Cuttin’ Divas was to use either dry or heat embossing on a card. For the card I created, I used dry embossing for the yellow background. I just love how the dots are raised and add so much texture to this lovely flower card. Dry embossing adds so much dimension to your cards.
Happy Crafting!
The Die Cuttin’ Divas Challenge this week is themed for Tropical or Summer. I decided to use these lovely tropical images by Hero Arts to create my card. Looking at this card makes me want to be in that hammock reading a good book with the ocean breeze nearby! I created the background tropical frame using the Hero Arts Jungle Frame die. I just love how this card turned out.
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With summertime comes adventure! So, to get in the mood for the sweltering heat I had to make this fun card. I just adore this tiger image from Hero Arts June Kit of the Month! I used Jungle Palette watercolors included in the kit and stencil to create the colorful background. The frame is called Jungle Frame and I cut it with metallic papers. I added the tiger (I am thinking Amazon Jungle and Bengal) and colored him with Copics.
I hope you have an adventurous summer and do something fun and exciting!
Happy Crafting!
The Die Cuttin’ Divas sketch challenge for this week is as follows:
Here is the card I created for this challenge:
This cute image comes from Art Impressions and is called Texting BFFs. This image is quite comical to me and so typical of how friends communicate nowadays. Perhaps it’s time to text your BFF!
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A few weeks ago I posted the piecing I was doing for this Half-Hexagon quilt. Today, I managed to work with my sewing machine, Scarlett (aka Janome Memory Craft 14000) and sew all of the pieces together to create this panel. Now, I need to trim the sides and cut and sew the borders. I just thought I would share my progress with you.
By the way, it takes me much longer to complete my sewing projects since I work during the week and I have limited time on the weekends. As most of you know, I do a variety of crafts so, it just depends what I am in the mood to do on the weekends. What kind of things do you do in your spare time? I would love to hear your comments.
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I created a few card gifts to use as gifts a few months ago. I thought I would share them with you. I just love adding butterflies to my projects! It was fun creating them to appear 3D.
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The Die Cuttin Divas challenge this week is Happy Birthday to You. This worked out quite well for me because it is also my son’s birthday today! He loves music so I thought this Turntable Die-namics and For The Record stamp sets by My Favorite Things would be perfect for both the challenge and him!
To create this card, I followed Anna Lorenzetto’s cutting instructions on how to create a miniature turntable for a card design. You can see how she created the turntable on her blog by clicking here.
For my turntable, I used heavy duty metallic and glitter cardstock. I also used designer brads for the center of the records and the top part of the arm of the turntable.
Making this card was rockin’ fun! I just love how the record can be removed from the top of the card.
Happy Birthday and Happy Crafting!
It’s World Giraffe Day on June 21st and the Die Cuttin Divas are celebrating by adding a giraffe to a card creation. I made this card using a stamp set by Neat & Tangled called Wild Ones. I stamped all the animal images and used Copics markers to color them. I highlighted with Nuvo drops. I just love these! After all the images were colored, I fussy cut them and popped the images using dimensional adhesive foam. I dry embossed the background cardstock using an old Happy Birthday embossing folder I had on hand and then stamped the sentiment on a label punch.
I think this card just screams fun and says go pet a giraffe! What do you think?
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Just a quick post to say “Happy Father’s Day” to all the wonderful men that have a significant impact on their children’s lives. I am so thankful for my father, who I dearly miss; and my husband, Bill who adores our children! Have a wonderful day!
I created the following cards using Anna Griffin cardstock and embellishments. These cards are created from the Masculine card kit. I hope you find the perfect card for your dad or hubby!
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So, this weekend I spent a considerable amount of time creating paper crafts. Many of you know me from all of my card making and scrapbooking projects. On Sunday, I opted to switch gears and pull out a fabric collection from Moda called Bee Joyful. I wanted to cut a new quilt pattern using this beautiful collection. I just adore the delightful fabric with the honeybees and honeycomb images featured on it!
I decided to create my quilt using the Easy Half-Hexagon Quilt Pattern by Missouri Star Quilt company. I just love all of their quilt ideas and tutorials! They make it so easy to do. Being that I am still learning a lot about quilting, I need all the easy I can get! Trust me!
Anyway, I managed to get all of my hexagons cut and placed them how I wanted them to appear to make the panel. Believe me, that took the longest and was the hardest part so far!! I had 14 rows of 6 half-hexagons. Afterward, I sewed each row together. This is how it looked before I completed sewing the last two rows together. The rows were so long they actually hung off the side of my sewing table.
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My next step is to sew the 14 rows together to make one panel and then on to adding the inner and outer borders, backing, and binding. I am so excited about this quilt and can’t wait to see the finished product! Once completed and quilted, I will share with you again.
I have to say that I just love being able to sit and sew with my Janome 14000 machine! She is nicknamed Scarlett (as many of my quilting friends already know) as she is certainly a Southern gal! Creating is such a joy to me; and it is always exciting to have something under a sewing needle!
So, what’s under your needle or on your craft table? I would love to hear what you are working on.
Happy crafting!
Creating lasting impressions with paper, cloth and ink
Creating lasting impressions with paper, cloth and ink
Creating lasting impressions with paper, cloth and ink
Creating lasting impressions with paper, cloth and ink
Creating lasting impressions with paper, cloth and ink
Creating lasting impressions with paper, cloth and ink
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