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Sawtooth Stars and Baby Boy News

     I have a finished quilt to share with you!  I started this quilt about five or six years ago and finally completed it.  The blocks are called 'Sawtooth Stars'.  This quilt is machine pieced and handquilted.  I LOVE to hand quilt, but it takes a lot of time and I have to be in the right mood.  :)  I have a lot of hobbies and I've been going between paper crafting and quilting the last few years.  I'm back into quilting at the moment and I made myself finish this one so I could start a new quilt.  I can't wait to show you what I'm working on next!  

So...I'm at 18 weeks and we got to do a sonogram today.  We found out we are going to have a boy!  Everything looked good and he had a good heartbeat.  It was so amazing to get to see our little baby today.  We have decided on the name Jack Andrew.  I have a picture to share with you. Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

Make It Mondays - Go-To Sentiment Card #2

 

     Here is my second Make It Monday: Go-To Sentiment card.  Super clean and simple...just the way I like it.  :)

Supplies-

PTI Green Boutique patterned paper and white cardstock and Hawaiian Shores cardstock
PTI Birthday Basics stamp set
TAC More Elegant Sentiments and More One Liners stamp sets
VersaFine Onyx black ink

 

Make It Mondays - Go-To Sentiment Card

     When I saw PTI's Make It Mondays: Go-To Sentiment card challenge, I just knew I had to try my hand at it.  I had so much fun creating this birthday card!  I already have ideas going through my head for a thank you card.   I used PTI's Dot Spot stamp set and Hawaiian Shores ink to stamp on some flowers that I cut out with some flower dies.  The green, fuzzy brad matches perfectly with the green in this PTI 'Green Boutique' paper.  (I'd been hanging on to that brad for a long time...felt good to finally use it!)  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies-

PTI 'Green Boutique' patterned paper
PTI Hawaiian Shores cardstock and ink
PTI white cardstock
PTI Birthday Basics and Dot Spot stamp sets
PTI scallop die
TAC More Elegant Sentiments and More One Liners stamp sets
VersaFine Onyx black ink

Birthday Wishes

     It's the start of a new year and that means starting over on my perpetual birthday calendar.  For the month of January, I have 9 birthdays to recognize and my card stash is pretty much gone.  I've been trying to find time to build it back up so I'm ready to go.  I always seem to struggle with coming up with masculine card ideas and was happy to come up with this card above.  Nothing spectacular, but it works.  Hope it's not too '4th of July-ish'...

    

     Lily is 15 months old today.  I still can't believe how fast she is growing up.  My sister snapped this picture of her.  My sister says to Lily , 'And this little piggy went wee, wee, wee, all the way...' and Lily says, 'Hooooooome'.  So, so cute!  A lot of people already know, but I haven't posted here yet...Lily is going to be a big sister!  I'm due August 23rd.  We are very excited and I think Lily is going to be a very good helper.  Well, I better see what else I can accomplish before Lily wakes up from her nap.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Birthday Wishes-

PTI Kraft cardstock
My Minds Eye patterned paper
The Angel Company Birthday Wishes stamp set
VersaFine black ink

 

Handmade Gifts

     I've been busy making gifts for my co-workers at school.  I made button snowman pins and fabric heart ornaments.  I tend to be a hoarder when it comes to ribbon, flowers, buttons, paper...(ok, a hoarder of lots of craft items!)...and when I came across these cute little snowman pins online, I knew I had enough buttons to make several snowmen.  They were super easy to make and I can't wait to give them away. 

     I made these heart ornaments a few years back and thought I'd make some for this year.  They come together really quick.  I saw the idea in a magazine, but can't remember which one exactly.  I chose four different fabrics and cut a 3-1/2 inch square from each one and then sewed them into a four patch.  I cut a  piece of fabric about the size of my four patch and placed it right sides together with the four patch.  Next, I traced a heart onto the wrong side of the four patch and then sewed a quarter inch around the heart, making sure to leave an opening for turning and stuffing.  I stuffed it, sewed it closed, added a button to the front and a piece of wire to the top for hanging.  Quick and easy!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Owl's it going?

     I bought SU's owl punch back in September and I finally had a chance to use it last night.  How cute is this owl?  My SU demonstrator shared a few card ideas with me on different ways to use the owl and I also found a ton of ideas just by typing 'SU owl punch' into Google.  I'll leave you with a few links to some other owl cards that I found while searching for ideas.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Julie Edmonds
Melany Watson
Sarah Stetler

 

Supplies-

SU- owl punch
TAC- 'What a Hoot'
CTMH cardstock and patterned paper
PTI- 'Background Basics: Tin Types'
CTMH- Chocolate ink, Hollyhock ink
misc. ribbon

Fall Card and Family Photo

      I totally cased this card from my friend, Laurie.  (Awesome card, Laurie!!)  I made a regular sized card for a couple that got married yesterday and then I made some 3x3 sized cards.  I love the fall colors and I love how Laurie used background stamps to stamp on a couple of the rectangular pieces of cardstock behind the flowers.  Thanks for the inspiration, Laurie.  And thank you to those that stopped by to take a look.  I'll leave you with our new family photo-

1st Birthday

Lily celebrated her first birthday this past Thursday. It was fun to watch her open her gifts. Her favorite gift was a plastic Princess tea set. She loves to stir, stir, stir with her spoons.

This is the card that I made for Lily. I used PTI's Butterfly Dreams. Thanks for stopping by!

Turning one...very soon!

     We had Lily's birthday pictures taken the other day.  We'll be celebrating her first birthday on October 14th.  I cannot believe how fast this year has gone.  Lily is an amazing little girl and we are so happy to have her in our lives. 

Baby Shower

I'm trying something new - I'm posting this from my iPhone. My husband and I just upgraded to the iPhone 4 and I can take better pictures now ( and video!) I didn't feel like setting up my photo tent and lights and thought I'd give this a try. We'll see what happens.

My cousin is having a baby in September and going to help with the shower. This is the invitation that I put together. I just got PTI's A Little Argyle set and I just love it! The sentiment is from TAC's Showers of Love set and the boat is from a baby set I got from Michael's called Bouncin' Baby Boy.

I think I finally found a white ink that works...PTI's Fresh Snow. Good white gel pens and white ink pads are hard to
come by. Well, I'm rambling now. Thanks for stopping by. I know my posts are few and far between here lately.