Waffle Flower - April Challenge Week 3

 

Hello...popping in with a quick post sharing my card for Waffle Flowers April Challenge Week 3 and the theme is stitching. I used Waffle Flowers Sewing Frontline Helpers stamps and the sentiments are from Lawn Fawn's sewing set. For the stitching I used white thread on my sewing machine. I just fell in love with these sweet sewing critters, fun to color and create a card from.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day and stay safe!

My Crafty Day

Hello...popping in today with 2 cards, both using stamps from My Favorite Things. The first card is for the current challenge at Card Concept #107 - Rainbows. I decided to make a rainbow using some fun colors with the wavy cover plate die from MFT and added a sweet little mermaid sending Oceans of Love. It was inspired by Susan's sweet card, clean and layered. 

My second card is for the Wednesday Sketch Challenge #421 and I used the Whole Heard from MFT and had this sweet little barn leftover from a past 12 kit. 

And then I made this sweet microwave bowl cozy for my mom using some fun fabric scraps I had.

Addicted To Stamps and More #251 - Anything Goes

Hello...popping in with a real quick card for the new challenge at ATSM #251. I pretty much case'd Jeanne's card from Mays 12 Kits of Occasions post. I loved Birgit's Happiness is Homemade kit  I always keep the last few months left overs in a bin on my craft desk to pull from, so like I said a real quick card. I hope you will find the time to play along with us, can't wait to see what you make! 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

ColourQ #351

Hello....Happy Tuesday! Today there is a beautiful new color palette at ColourQ #351, I hope you will find some time to play along with us. These colors are just so beautiful and I loved playing with them.  I pulled out PTI's Fancy Tea Cup die and backed it with some shiny gold card stock. I love these painted flowers from PTI and thought they would look pretty sitting in the tea cup. 

I have been spending a lot of time sewing and not too much time playing with cards. I found this wonderful handbag pattern online and just love it. It is fun to make, learned a few new techniques too. I cut out quite a few, went through 10 yards of interfacing if that gives you some idea of how many I am making. Most of them are in Disney fabric but I have a few that are not. What do you think?

      Front zipper pocket                              Inside lining and pocket

Our Outside Lands wrist bands arrived today....so excited to use real bathrooms this year, we splurged and got VIP passes this year!

ColourQ #350

Hello...hope you are doing well. I have one card to share today using the new color palette at ColourQ #350. I love PTI's Tulip Time and though these colors would be perfect for a small bouquet of tulips. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your week!

I have been doing lots of sewing, projects for my sister and clothes for me. I made the coolest pajama's, just love this flannel...so thick and very cozy! I will share more later once I get some photos.

Love this wonderful Bee Splat fabric my sister ordered, so amazing to sew on! 

Love the piping on these...so much fun to make.

The Challenge #64 - Color Inspiration

 

Hello...Happy Monday! I have to tell that I hate losing an hour, this Daylight Saving time stuff needs to stop, at least in my opinion. I hate the back and forth with the time thing, just nuts! Now that I have that said I will move on to my card for this weeks challenge at The Challenge #64. The colors for this week are so beautiful and I pulled at some NBUS, One Big Happy from PTI. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. 

I spent some time sewing this weekend, we have had rain just about the entire time so what better time to try something new. A dear sweet friend of mine asked me to duplicate the microwave bowl cozy for her, she did not like the fabric choice but still bought it. It is the coolest thing, you pop your bowl of soup or what ever you are heating in it and microwave. When you pull it out the bowl your cozy protects your hands from getting hot or burned. I did some measuring and whipped up a bunch to make for friends to use as my guinea pigs so to speak. The batting is 100% cotton and there are 2 layers of that inside for protection. I used a bunch of fabric scraps and went crazy! 

Once again I met up with Harriet and Darnell for a fabulous lunch at Pacific Catch and we forgot to get a picture, but we sure had a great time and Darnell decided to use the pot holder I made for her as padding for her bra (like she really needs any padding) and the waitress walks over to take our order...it was so funny, but you all can just imagine that, you know how funny Miss Darnell is. Really wish I had my phone out to snap a picture! Sorry to ramble on....thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White

Stamps and Dies: PTI - One Big Happy

Ink: PTI - Limeade Ice, Spring Rain and Soft Stone and SU - Night of Navy

Enamel Dots: MME

CASology Friday Feature Designer

Hello....Happy Friday! Instead of sharing a card this week for my feature spot I decided to share a wee bit about my first love of sewing. I can remember when I was very young my mom sewing and making clothes for my sister and I, at one point I begged for store bought clothes! But when we went shopping and I only ended up with a few new things to wear I was so disappointed. Back in the day it was much more economical to have my mom sew my clothes rather than buy them. I would sit and watch her sew for hours,

I still love the sound of her sewing machine. It is also the one I use to make all my projects and clothes with. It is solid metal and I don't want to jinx it, but it has never been in the shop for repairs. My dad bought the machine for my mom when she was pregnant with me so it is old as dirt! But I would not trade it in for any of the new fancy computer generated machines that are available now.

This is my serger...love this almost as much as my regular machine, this is the machine that trims the fabric and over stitches or finishes off the edge (like what you see on store bought clothing). I use both of these machines when ever I sew.

My favorite thing to make or alter are wedding gowns, they are always a bit of a challenge but I love working with all the beautiful fabrics. I made my own wedding gown just about 25 years ago...I would take pieces of it with me to work and hand stitch beads on it during my lunch hour.

I went through my wedding album and had a hard time finding a photo where you would be able to see the details of my dress. This was taken just about 25 years ago and I have been working really hard to get back to the weight I was at this time...only 3 more pounds to go!

I love making little purses or projects bags, they are so fun and pretty quick to put together and pajamas are another favorite! I had so much fun sharing with you today...thank you so much.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your weekend, I am on my way to visit my dear friends Mickey and Minnie!

The Challenge #61 - Photo Inspiration

Happy Monday...hoping you all had a fabulous weekend. I had no real plans so I spent most of my time being crafty. I did some sewing and got a head on a few cards for design teams, such a wonderful feeling!

I love making these sweet little bags, the top photo shows dumpling bags and they measure 4x6 inches and the larger one, a project bag measures 9x10 inches, both are fully lined and really take no time at all to make. 

This week's card for The Challenge #61 using this wonderful photo for inspiration, would love to have a kitchen that looks this fabulous and rustic! I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop....enjoy your week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Soft Stone and Michael's - White

Stamps: PTI - The Sweet Life, Flourishes and Bigger Blooms

Ink: PTI - Aqua Mist, Soft Stone and Stormy Sea and SU - Pink Pirouette

Dies: PTI - The Sweet Life

Embossing Folder: Darice

Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh

Papertrey Ink Anniversary Hop - Day 2

Hello and happy Sunday. I spent the day with a very dear friend of mine, we are working on a quilt together for a friend of hers. I am crossing my fingers she won't be upset that I am posting a couple of photos. We really had a blast, spent more time laughing than sewing to be honest with you.

 Arlene trying to thread her bobbin, that only took forever, just kidding!

lunch out at Togo's, ate healthy, had a salad.

Day 2's challenge was to take a piece of clothing and use it to inspire a card. I choose a sweater from my last Stitch Fix box that I love, this has to be the warmest sweater I have ever had and it is so soft too. I love this sweater die and somewhere along the line I lost the dies for the collar and cuff so I just improvised.

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy

Stamps: PTI - Background Basics: Striped Sweater

Dies: PTI - Sweater and MFT - Stitched Heart

Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU - Real Red