Two for One!

Happy Saturday Friends! The weekend is here and it is a gorgeous day in New England! Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? Even though it is lovely out, Cinderella needs to clean the castle, so those are my plans for today...lol! I did want to take a few minutes from cleaning to share two creations with you though.

First up, my contribution to this week's TCP Tuesday Challenge. The theme is transportation. My three little penguin friends are traveling by teacup...lol! This was such a fun card to create. The sketch is from Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I used the Ship Happens set from The Cat's Pajamas and a few Copic Markers (BG11, B18, C1, C3, E40, YR12, YR15, and the Colorless Blender) to match my papers from My Mind's Eye. The other accents include the Cloud Border CutUps and the Icing CutUps (turned it for the orange scallops), TCP Seam Binding and Divine Twine, a black Papertrey Ink button, some machine stitching, and the waves were made with the Die-namics Jumbo Scallop Die from MFT.

My other creation is for the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew that I would be able to use one of those fancy-shmancy mini Bingo cards that I've had in my stash. DH and I just celebrated our wedding anniversary, so I went with a "LOVE" card. I'll keep it handy for one of those days that I'm feeling really romantic...lol! The Pure Innocence girl is from the MFT Love You With All My Heart set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, R11, E23, E27, RV21, RV23) and paper pieced with a houndstooth scrap. My accents for this card include the Simply Scallops Die-namics, the Pretty Posies Die-namics, some more machine stitching, and another Papertrey Ink button with some Black Licorice Divine Twine.

It's time to get back to cleaning. Thanks so much for visiting with me. I always appreciate it when you stop by. Enjoy the weekend...Toodles! :D

Embossing!

Happy Friday Friends! Where did the week go? Friday snuck right up on me! Did you have a wonderful week? Things were quiet here, but fun. My card for today is for this week's Blogger's Challenge...embossing. If you'd like to play along in this week's challenge, just click here for the link.

I started my simple creation off by placing part of a white card stock layer in the Textile Texture embossing folder and running it through my Cuttlebug. Then a scored a couple of lines to wrap some Certainly Celery Taffeta ribbon in between. Next, I added a button and some Honeydew Baker's Twine to the button. I finished it off with a sentiment from the My Favorite Things More Essential Sentiments set.

Here is a peek at the inside too. I did a little bit more embossing and I added another sentiment from the same MFT set.

Thanks so much for visiting with me! I'll be back tomorrow. Until then...Toodles! :D

My Favorite Things Monday!

Happy Monday Friends! Did you have a wonderful weekend? We had a quiet one and I love it that way! I have a couple of MFT cards to share with you today. The first one is perfect for the rainy Monday that we are having here in New England.

For this week's MFT sketch, I used the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Umbrella Girl. She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, E000, E00, E01, E23, E27, E42, R11, R83, R85, YG11, YG13, and the Colorless Blender) and I paper pieced her umbrella and boots. If you would like to see the original sketch and play along with the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club, just head over to the MFT blog here. The patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and I used Stampin' Up Rose Red card stock and Papertrey Ink Kraft card stock for the accents. The sentiment was made with the MFT Notched Tag Die-namics set. I also used the Die-namics Open Scallop Edge die. The main panel was embossed with the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots Embossing Folder. I added some Seam Binding, Baker's Twine, and some machine stitching to finish this card up.

For this card, I used an older sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I've had this stamp for awhile now and it was time for this little cutie to meet some ink! She is from the Pure Innocence Rose set and I used Copic Markers to color her up (B00, B12, BG000, E000, E00, E01, E23, E27, R11, R32, R35, RV14, YG13, YG61, YG63, and the Colorless Blender). I've been using lots of patterned papers from The Girls' Paperie lately, and I included them on this card too. The card base and die cuts were made with Papertrey Ink Kraft card stock. I included the Dizzy Doily Die-namics and the Die-namics Double Scallop Border die (it seems to be out of stock at the moment). Some taffeta ribbon and a strip of faux stitching completes this card. Thanks so much for stopping by today...Toodles! :D

A Sketch For You To Try!

Happy Sunday Friends! I hope that you are having a great weekend!

The heat is starting to let up in New England. In fact, it has rained here all morning, but that is just fine with me! I end up with a little bit more stamping time when it rains, so I'm happy.

My niece will be starting high school in the fall. (How on earth did that happen?!?!? It seems like she was just in Kindergarten!) Her birthday is next month. I thought that this new a la mode girl would be perfect for her. I also thought that this image would work wonderfully with Jen Del Muro's July Sketch For You To Try.

My image and sentiment are from the My Favorite Things You Are Unrepeatable set. This sweet growing up girl is colored up with Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, C0, C1, E000, E00, E23, E25, R11, RV11, RV34, YG03, YG13, YG25, YG63, and the Colorless Blender) and then cut out. She is popped up with foam squares and then layered onto some papers from the Lime Twist collection from My Mind's Eye. The buttons were made with The Cat's Pajamas Button CutUps and I used some matching "Happy" twine from MME to tie everything together. A little machine stitching in the right corner finishes this one off.

Enjoy what is left of the weekend! Thank you so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Hello Friends! I have a little project and some cards that I made for Right at Home Scrapbooking store. This month, I used some wonderful papers from Jillibean Soup and this fun set called Sweet Celebration Birthday from Unity Stamp Company. I also used lots of Die-namics from My Favorite Things. My first little project is a birthday bag. You can find the directions for this bag right here on Splitcoaststampers. For the bottom of the bag, I used the MFT Die-namics Double Scallop Border die. This wonderful cake is colored up with Copic Markers (R29, RV11, Y11, and YR12) and then layered onto a die cut shape made with the MFT Die-namics Textile Rectangle die.


This card card uses this sweet little cupcake found in the Unity set and some more Jillibean Soup papers. I also used some Kraft card stock and some wonderful cream colored seam binding. Lisa has some at the store and it is just heavenly to work with! My little tag was made with the new MFT Die-namics Notched Tag die. This was a great way to add the sentiment to the card.

Earlier this month, I posted a little sewing tutorial and showed a finished flowered panel. I actually made two panels. I used the smaller one on this card and the larger panel on the card below. I paper pieced this giant cupcake and watercolored the icing. The layout comes from an older sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I added lots MFT Die-namics to this card too. This time around, I used the Dizzy Doily Die-namics and the Little Open Scallop Strip Die-namics. Again, I added the Notched Tag die and I used the sweet little heart and sentiment that comes along with the set.


My last card uses a sentiment from the same Unity set and some more Jillibean Soup papers. This layout is also an older MFT sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I had a ball with some more MFT Die-namics. For this card, I used the Die-namics Layered Label Die, the Die-namics Simply Scallops die, and the blossom was made with the Die-namics Pretty Posies die. I added a little button to the center with a piece of craft thread to finish this one off.

Thank you so much for taking time to visit with me today. I hope that my designs inspire you. I'll be back tomorrow with my creation for Jen Del Muro's July Sketch For You To Try. Until then...Toodles! :D

Lots of Challenges!

Happy Friday Friends! We've hit triple digits on the thermometer here in New England!! I hope that you are staying cool! For today's card, I've combined a few of my favorite challenges. This week's Blogger's Challenge theme is summertime. We love to go bicycling as a family in the summer, so I knew that this new TCP set (Wheel Love) would be perfect for this challenge. Of course, it's not our favorite thing to do when it's 103 degrees outside...lol! You can find all of the details to play along with the Blogger's Challenge over on Lisa's blog. The sketch for this one is from Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch. You can find the sketch and all of the details to play along on Karen's blog. To color up this sweet bicycling bunny, I used Copic Markers (C1, C3, E40, R22, R24, YG13, YG17, YR15, YR16, and the Colorless Blender) to match the colors for this week's TCP Tuesday Challenge. This week's colors are Watermelon Red, Pumpkin Orange, and Grass Green. If you'd like to join this challenge, just head over to Alma's blog. The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye and the buttons are from Papertrey Ink. I also used the Cloud Border CutUps from TCP and the Fresh Cut Grass Die-namics and the Open Scallop Edge Die-namics from MFT. I added a little bit of machine sewing to finish this off. We are off to a friend's house to go swimming! Hope that you find a way to beat the heat too! Thanks so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Miss You a Latte!

Good Morning Friends! Hope that you are all well. I missed the sketch last week from My Favorite Things because I was still sick with a crazy summer cold. It was a great sketch, so I wanted to give it a try. You can find the original here on the MFT blog. I heard from an old friend last week. It was so wonderful to catch up with her and I want to make sure that we stay in touch so I made a card to send to her. I started off with this delightful girl and sentiment from the MFT a la modes - Miss You a Latte set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (B41, B45, BG000, E000, E00, E31, E33, R11, R81, R83, Y26, YG13, YG63, and Colorless Blender.) The patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and the card stock is Pink Pirouette. My other accents include the MFT Simply Scallops Die-namics, some Papertrey Ink buttons with some Honeydew Baker's Twine, and I used Classic and Scallop Nesties for the ovals. Thank you for visiting with me. Have a beautiful day...Toodles! :D

Let's Eat Cake!

Good Evening Friends! I hope that you had a happy Monday. We're having a heat wave here in New England, so I made sure to sit by the air conditioner and get some coloring done. Here is my card for the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details here. I used the a' la modes - Time to Celebrate set for the birthday girl and sentiment. She is colored up with Copic Markers (C1, E000, E00, E23, E40, R11, R81, R83, Y35, YR30, YR31, and the Colorless Blender.) The sentiment is stamped on the MFT Die-namics Framed Greetings Die and then tucked behind the middle layer. I also added a blossom made with the My Favorite Things Pretty Posies Die-namics, a Papertrey Ink button, and some Baker's Twine. All of the patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and they are layered onto Stampin' Up's Pretty in Pink card stock. Some machine stitching finishes off this one. Thanks so much for stopping by this evening. I'll be back tomorrow. Until then...Toodles! :D

Fly Me to the Moon...

Let me play among the stars. Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars. Now that you have one of my favorite songs stuck in your head, I'll let you in on a little something about myself. I simply LOVE music from Frank Sinatra! I've been a big fan since I was a little girl. I LOVE Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. too! The sentiment was reason enough to grab this new TCP set, but I LOVE the bunny in the hot air balloon too! How fun! You can find this set from The Cat's Pajamas right here. The TCP Tuesday Challenge this week is to watercolor. It has been quite a while since I've done that, but I thought that I'd give it a whirl! I used Creamy Caramel and Pixie Pink ink on the bunny and the balloon's basket is watercolored with Chocolate Chip. The little presents and strings on the balloon basket are rather tiny, so I used Copic Markers (BG11, C1, YR21) to color them in. All of the patterned papers are from the Fly A Kite collection from October Afternoon. I also used some Papertrey Ink Kraft card stock and some machine stitching. For the clouds, I used the new TCP Cloud Border CutUps. I simply cut the clouds apart after I ran them through the Cuttlebug with some white felt. The My Favorite Things Jumbo Ric Rac Die-namics was used on the bottom of the card with a button accent that I made with the TCP Flower Buttons CutUps and some Lemon Divine Twine.

The weather has been beautiful here in New England. I hope that you have had a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Blogger's Challenge Sketch!

Happy Friday Friends! I'm sorry that my posts have been so sporatic lately. My summer cold kicked me to the curb!! I have a lot of commenting to catch up on, but I'm feeling so much better. I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to lately!

Today's card is for this week's Blogger's Challenge. Lisa gave us this fantastic sketch to work with. Of course, I had to change the panels around...lol! When I stamped my sentiment the first time, it turned out terribly, so I flipped things around to hide my mistake. If you'd like to play along with the sketch, you can find all of the details here.

I picked up this new Inky Antics set at Right at Home Scrapbooking store last night. I was there for Joanne Basile's My Favorite Things class and I treated myself to a couple of the new TCP CutUps, this new IA set, and a few new Copic Markers. This sweet little bird is colored up with BG10, BG53, E23, R27, R29, R59, YR16, YR30, and the Colorless Blender. The blue background paper is from The Girls' Paperie and the red polka dotted paper is from Memory Box. I used Papertrey Ink Kraft as well. The circles were made with the Classic Circle and Lacey Circle Nesties. I finished things off with a pearl flourish and some machine stitching.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit. Have a beautiful weekend! Until next time...Toodles! :D

Sewing Tutorial for Right at Home Scrapbooking!

Happy Monday Friends! I hope that you are doing well and enjoying a beautiful summer. The Right at Home Scrapbooking Design Team members are taking turns each month and providing crafty tutorials. This month, it's my turn. While I am certainly not a sewing expert, I LOVE to sew on my cards. Here are a few tips if you'd like to give sewing on paper a try. I find that a zig zag stitch is the most forgiving so that is what I'm going to show today. I start off by lining up the piece of paper that I want to stitch over with the middle opening of the presser foot of the sewing machine.


After I have sewed down the side of the piece and I reach the corner, I stop the needle on the right side of the zig zag.


Then I raise the needle by turning the sewing machine wheel.


With the needle raised, I lift the presser foot and turn the paper. Next, I line the paper's edge up with the middle of the presser foot and then lower the presser foot so that I can continue sewing.


This is how the corner will turn out.


After I have sewed on all four sides of the piece, I end up back where I began. This is where I end up with the string octopus...lol! Some strings come from behind the piece, and some come from front of the piece. They are not so cute or so pretty...lol!


I keep this handy dandy tool (needle threader) right on top of my sewing machine. It is perfect for taking care of all of the left over strings.


Coming from the back of the piece, I push the needle threader through one of the sewing holes.


Whatever strings are remaining on the front of the piece, I put through the eye of the needle threader and then pull them to the back where I can tie them all together.


Now all four corners look nice and neat like this!


Here is a shot of all of the strings tied together on the back layer. I use a piece of scotch tape to hold them down. (I learned that little trick from Jody Morrow's blog.)


Now I have a layer with zig zag stitches on all four sides.

Thanks so much for visiting with me. You'll be able to see what I create with this layer a little later on this month. Until then...Toodles! :D

Well, Hello!

Happy 4th of July! I was happy to squeeze in a little bit of stamping time this afternoon and create a card for this week's sketch from The Cat's Pajamas. You can find the sketch and all of the details right here on Alma's blog. This time around, I pulled out this sweet bunny from the TCP Joyride set and colored him up with Copic Markers (C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, E31, E33, R27, R29, Y11, Y21, Y35 and the Colorless Blender.) All of the patterned papers are from the Thrift Shop collection from October Afternoon. I added some faux stitching to the sentiment (it is from the TCP Field of Pinwheels set) and some wide grosgrain ribbon for the vertical piece. Thanks so much for visiting with me! Enjoy the rest of your evening...Toodles! :D

All Rolled Into One!!

Happy Sunday Friends! Yesterday, I was telling you all that I've been away and I've missed some of my favorite challenges. So today, in between coughing and taking care of my runny nose, I decided to roll a few of my favorite challenges into one card. This past Friday's Blogger's Challenge was to use red, white, and blue (I went with aqua blue on this one) and the week before that, the BC challenge was "winged things." I thought that this MFT Pure Innocence cutie would work perfectly. To play along with this week's Blogger's Challenge, just click here. My image is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BG11, BG32, E000, E00, E01, E25, E29, R27, R29, R59, and the Colorless Blender) and layered with the Classic Circle and Lacey Circle Nesties. I used this week's sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I turned the sketch to go along with my sweet MFT Ladybug girl. Just click here if you'd like to play along too. All of the patterned papers are from October Afternoon and I used Papertrey Ink's Pure Poppy card stock. My other accents include some crocheted lace, a strip of PTI Aqua Mist ribbon, and a PTI Aqua Mist button. I also used my Janome Sew Mini on some of the layers. Hopefully, I'll be back tomorrow with a creation for the challenge from The Cat's Pajamas. Thank you for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

We've Been On Holiday!!

Hello Friends! Can you guess why I haven't been around lately? My family and I have just returned from Disney World! We had a spectacular time! That is why I haven't been posting anything crafty for awhile. Between finishing school and getting everything ready for our trip, I haven't had any extra time, and now I'm sick with a summer cold...ugh! I've missed being a part of all of my favorite weekly challenges. I am hoping that I feel better tomorrow and can squeeze in some card making time. To my fellow Americans, have a very Happy Independence Day, and I hope that my Canadian friends had a Happy Canada Day! Thanks so much for dropping by for a visit! I'll be back soon...Toodles! :D