Mini Clutch Purses
I had such a good time creating these beauties to give as gifts at my two recent New Catalog Celebrations. It was fun mixing and matching paper and brads. They were a big hit! Each purse was different because you can’t have two people carrying the same purse! Pennie McCallum created this great Mini Clutch […]
Hand-made Wildflower Seed Embedded Paper
Hand-made Wildflower Seed Embedded Paper While the first day of Spring was back in March, I knew I’d have to wait at least another 1 1/2-2 months for warmer temps to arrive in the mountains of Southern Colorado. To help shake off the winter blues, I decided I needed to make some hand-made wildflower seed-embedded […]
Cork Board Refrigerator Magnets
I had fun making these cork board refrigerator magnets to give as gifts to attendees at a recent class. I used cork sheets and scraps of Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! and color coordinated the matting and Blossom Bouquet Triple Layered punched flowers. Dimensions are below. Base: 8″x6″ Mat: […]
Pincushions! Sew and No Sew Ideas
Scallop Square Pincushions! I love working with fabric! I love to go into fabric stores. I love looking at all the different colors and running my fingers over all of the different textures. But alas, I am not an expert seamstress. I know the basics thanks to my grandmother who taught me to sew […]
Fabric Coasters and Christmas Ornaments
I created these coaster ornaments using Designer Fabrics found in the SU! Holiday Mini Catalog for my downline as Christmas gifts. When you purchase the Designer Fabrics from Stampin’ Up!, the bundles come with pamphlet of instructions for 5 great fabric projects. I used one of the ideas in the pamphlet for these coasters. I […]
Candy Cane Christmas Coasters
We had such a great time at the Fabric Ornaments Class this weekend! As a small thank you gift, I made each of our guests a Candy Cane Christmas fabric coaster. This was one of those “oops” moments. I read the directions for the fabric coasters found in the “Designer Fabric Projects” booklet that comes […]
How to Make Fabric Ornaments-Instructions Available
I’ve been busy making these fabric ornaments to give as gifts. They make me smile! I love working with fabric. I love walking into a fabric store. I love all the different colors and love to run my hand over the different textures. But, alas, I do not like to sew! This is a perfect project […]
Stenciled Tea Towels-500th Post!
Woo Hoo, this is my 500th blog post! Thanks for sharing this blogging adventure with me! For my 500th post, I decided I would feature one of my favorite gift ideas: stenciled tea towels. Every kitchen needs at least one tea towel! And a specially decorated tea towel is even better! I used bleached cotton […]
Flower Folds Felt Flowers
Flower Folds Felt Flowers Isn’t this a cheery and bright bouquet of felt flowers? Reminds me of spring and warmer temps! These flowers are so easy to make too. Supplies needed: -Flower template or die to cut out flowers. I used my Big Shot die cutting machine and Flower Folds die (don’t forget the extended […]
Aluminum Lattice-recycled Sprite can and the Big Shot
Aluminum Lattice-recycled Sprite can and the Big Shot Okay, I am hooked on using recycled soda cans and my Big Shot in my crafting projects! If you’ve missed my previous posts and how-to video, please check the postings for 12/09 and 12/12. You can see more of my aluminum can creations HERE I created this […]
Scallop Circle Key Chains
I made scallop circle key chains as gifts for guests at two recent workshops. They are so easy to make, and my guests really liked them because they are personalized just for them. Here are two of the summer-themed key chains, front and back using Tea Party DSP. What you need: Big Shot, Large Scallop […]
Chocolate Paper Quilling Class was so much fun!
Thanks to our locally and internationally known paper quilling guru Monica Bergeron for her class on quilling paper chocolates! We had a great evening of quilling, friendship and laughter! To make the gift boxes, we used the Big Shot and Matchbook Box die from Stampin’ Up! and retired Sweet Always paper. The brown, orange and […]
Quilled Chocolates class
Monica Bergeron, our resident paper quilling* expert is offering a truly unique paper quilling class. She will teach you how to make a box full of quilled chocolate pieces which can be given for a wide variety of occasions including birthdays, get well, Secret Sister or just thinking of you. Believe me, this will be […]
Valentine Shaker Magnets
I made these shaker magnets as thank you gifts for guests at a recent workshop. Very fun and easy to make! Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Love You Much Ink: Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive ink pads and markers, Basic Black Paper: Whisper White, Candy Lane and Raspberry Tart Designer Series Paper Accessories: Heart […]
Celebrating Trees part four! Season of Friendship 3D projects
“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I used the Season of Friendship stamp set over and over again this season. I used to it make gifts for my workshop […]