OK, it's been forever and a day since I posted anything. The last time I looked at my Blog it was a complete mess. It looked as though it had gone through a food processor then spilled out across the screen, no one knew how to fix it.

Now that it is looking normal again I'll upload some of my lasted projects.

Here's my first attempt at a Gatefold Mini Album. It had pictures taken at the 8th Grade Dance.

I made a second Mini Album of the Dance pictures and gave it to the guy's Mother.

The following is my very first Mini Album it was part of a Swap I was in.

 

 

 

I am currently working on another Mini Album. I will be posting it as soon I complete it. Thanks for stopping by to see what I have added

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Hello Fellow Crafter's

I recently started back Machine Embroidering, I'm enjoying it once again. Last night I decided to stitch out a design by Anita Goodedesign. It's a Christmas Tree about 20 inches tall and all done in the hoop. I'll be making a couple move to give as gifts.

Past Projects

I thought I would share some pictures of my first few embroidery projects that I stitched after I bought my Bernina Embroidery Machine.

I'm thinking about stitching up a couple of Christmas Stockings next. I wish I could take a refresher course on machine embroidery, I'm so rusty.

The two shirts below were fun to do, I was so proud that the button hole designs lined up correctly.

The black stocking on the left is one of my favorites, I gave it to my friend's husband who's a Preacher. The one on the right I made for Kelly. They both were big hits.

This was my first attempt a stitching a free standing lace design on a pillow case.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

No it's not snowing. But I did get out my sewing machine and decided to stitch up some Lace Snow Flake Ornaments. This year I'll be including an ornament with each Christmas Card I send out.

I like to plan ahead, in this case I may be planning too far into the future. I made this card to give to the bride and groom when they get married next year (if they do....LOL). I know the embossing isn't wedding related but the Bride to be thought it was perfect for the occasion when she saw the box I up loaded on July 19th. I think the embossing showed up beautifully on the gold paper.

Let me know what you think.

I'm still in the Christmas Mood

Here's my Christmas milk carton I cut out on my Cricut. The embossed layer was done by using the center part of the Spellbinders Poinsettia Frameability Die on the Cuttlebug.

Here's two views of the milk carton:

Here's a gift box I made today. I used Spellbinders Poinsettia Frameability Die and my Cuttlebug. The poinsettia that is on the box lid, I made and cut it out on my Cricut. The yellow beads I made with hot glue and colored with Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink. The tag was made with the center part of the Frameability die and the bottom layer of the tag was a scrap that was left over from the die.

Below are three views of the box:

Here's the Lid

Here's the picture of the other project that I mentioned in my previous post today. Seems like I'm on a roll. I don't think I have created so many new projects as I have the last few days in an extremely long time.

Hello Everyone!

Hope you all are having a great day. The temperature today is in the 80's, which feels super compared to the last couple of days.

I've been working in my craft room again trying to come up with a new project.Here's what I came up with...a Snow Globe Card. . Hope you like it. Just in case you were wondering what the Snow Globe was made of, I used the plastic packaging that the red sticky tape comes in.

I might have another project to post later tonight, so stay turned.

With so many starting to work on their Christmas crafts, I decided to take the plunge. Here's what I came up with.

Yesterday I found some time to work on a card. I used MS Lacy Eyelet Punch, Spellbinders Classic Oval, Recollections Mini Round Gems.

My daughter has a Birthday coming up soon, so I decided to experiment making her a card.

To make this card I used the following:

Classic Ovals Large by Spellbinders

Martha Stewart Punch All Over The Page..Studded Heart

Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants...Renaissance Hearts

Recollections Mini Round Gems

Here's is my latest card. The butterfly was made with Martha Stewart's Punch All Over The Page. It's a different punch from any I used before. I plan on buying several more of these punches. The punch allows you to punch any where on the page that you want, you are no longer limited to just punching around the edge of the paper any longer.

I saved the punched out part from another project an inserted them here to give the effect of wings for my butterfly.

I have two $10.00 AC Moore Reward Certificates that I have to use before the end of the month of July, I plan to use them to buy more of these punches for sure.

It's been a long time since I have posted anything new here. I finally found the time to up load some images of my latest projects.

This Birthday Card I made for a my daughter's friend, his Birthday is just around the corner, hope he likes it!

Kelly's Birthday is just 3 weeks away. I wanted to make a card that was age appropriate, this day and age that's getting harder to figure out. Thanks to Penny Duncan who supplied the cut file I was able to make this.

Here's the front:

This is what the inside looks like, the right side is an IPod, with one of her favorite singers.

Recently we celebrated our 38 Anniversary. Here's the card I gave my husband.

This morning I created this bag and plan to enter it in to a contest. The cover on top of the bag was another creation by Penny Duncan.

Good Monday Morning!

I finally got around to do some crafting this weekend. This is one of three nested boxes that I have had for over 12 years. I decided it was time to do something with it. It opens up so that I can store some of my treasured items. I plan to work on the other two boxes soon.

Here's a Composition Notebook that I transformed in to a journal. I plan to keep information that I find while I research our Family Tree.

Here's the Easel Card I made for a swap held by the ArtHaven Group I belong to, it was a lot of fun to create. I could have posted the picture before now but I was waiting for the recipient to receive it before I uploaded it here.

WINTER WONDERLAND IN NORTH CAROLINA

For the first time in 47 years it snowed on Christmas Day in North Carolina.

Here's Kelly with the first Snow Lady she ever made. We got over 6 inches and it's still falling.

Wow, can you believe it? I'm actually posting two days in a row. I'm still in the Holiday mood as you can see. The red cut out portion of this card was created by Penny Duncan. This is an Envelope Easel Card

I know it's been an awfully long time since I've posted anything on my Blog. Life just got in the way. The Holidays are around the corner so I figured that I better get busy making some Christmas Cards. Here's what I've created so far. The first one is a Thinking of You, I made it before I got in the Holiday mood. Hope you enjoy!