Papertrey March 2013 Blog Hop

Hello! I am participating in Papertrey's March Blog Hop. The challenge for the hop is to use sequins on your card.

You can read all about the challenge here.I fought this for a while, thinking I didn't need to invest in ANOTHER embellishment. I know the way I am - these kinds of things are addicting! But alas, I gave in and picked up some sequins at my local Joann's and made a shaker card for my grandson for Easter.










I have 4 grandchildren, and I made cards for each. Here is Will's, who is almost 8 months old. I used Hello Foxy, Scrambled Eggs (the little flowers) and Fabulous Frames to make this shaker card. I just loved Nicole Heady's birthday card here, and used it as my inspiration. This is the card that meets the Blog Hop challenge to use sequins.

Next up is my card for my 1 1/2 year old granddaughter Chloe. I resisted buying the Papertrey Movers and Shakers Dies when they first came out. I wasn't sure if I would use them. I bought a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas and have been working to come up with ways I can cut these interactive elements on my Cameo. The slider card was the easiest to figure out - just a long oval cut in the middle of the card. After watching Nicole's video of how the slider element worked, I pulled out my Papertrey Button dies and used a larger pop dot in the middle of two of the larger buttons to make it slide along the track. It turned out to be a fun card! I used Scrambled Eggs and the dies for the chick, as well as Hello Spring for the flowers and sentiment.

Next up is my older grandson Lucas's card. He's 10, so I figured he could handle the zipper card. As I studied the zipper card on Nicole's blog, I figured out how to reproduce the zipper on my Cameo. So now anytime I want, I can cut out a zipper for a card! The bunny is from Paper Smooches, and the sentiment is from Scrambled Eggs. Underneath the zipper is "Easter's on it's way" from Scrambled Eggs. I used Background Basics: Houndstooth on the background of the zipper part.

And lastly, is the card for my newest granddaughter, Sophie. She's only 2 months old, and I decided to use the Polka Dot Parade bunny on her card. I cut the bunny out of the front of the card, and attached him on the inside with a pop dot. I still need to find a white pom pom for his tail.

Thanks for sticking with me on this long post! Enjoy the Blog Hop!

A Couple cards to share today

Hello! I have a couple cards to share with you today. The first one is one of those cards you'd rather not have to make - a sympathy card. I remember though, when my mom & dad died 5 years ago, the many cards I received from friends meant so much. So I am glad to give back a portion of that to others that are suffering a loss.

 I pulled out the new Stitched Sentiments set for this card. I just love the vine wreath images - I've used them on several cards already. And this friend is a fellow quilter, so I know she will appreciate the embroidery hoop. The one thing I was not pleased with was the embossing job on the metal screw thing on the hoop - seems the embossing powder went places it was not supposed to go. But I'm sure she will not notice that. Next time I will use my embossing bag thing to make sure the powder only goes on the Versamark ink. I used PTI rustic cream cardstock with a color scheme of WInter Wisteria and Spring Moss. The hoop is stamped with Dark Chocolate ink. I also used the Filigree border die with some WW patterned paper.

 This card is for my grandson's 5 month birthday. He weighed only 2.5 lbs. when born, and is now up to almost 10 lbs. He is a joy! I send both him and my granddaughter a "birthday" card every month. I used Paper Smooches "A Little Loving" stamp set, as well as PTI Matt Stack 3 and the banner from Stitched Sentiments. I embossed the background with the PTI By the Numbers Impression plate. The little border on the bottom is from and Echo Park 6x6 paper pad. I used one of the hearts from the Heart 2 Heart series by PTI to circle the #5.

Thanks for looking! Hope you have a blessed day! 

Frankenstorm's a coming!

Well, doesn't it figure! I have a quilt retreat to go to this Monday - Thursday in Chambersburg PA. And of course, the East coast is supposed to get blasted by an unusual hurricane they have dubbed "Frankenstorm" during that time. So, like any good retreater, we are packing extra snacks, flashlights, and warm clothing and heading up to PA a day early. My hope is that the Christian retreat center we are going to will not lose electricity - that means no food and no power for sewing machines - a BAD combination for a bunch of hungry quilters!
So as the saying goes "When you are given scraps, make a quilt!", I decided to make little snacks for everyone at the retreat and make a party of it. I remembered that one of the stamp sets I got from my friend Joan had a Frankenstein in it - very cute I might add! So I went to work. I made little tags with the Papertrey Lmitless Layers dies, stamped with the Paper Smooches Frankenstein and colored with copics. I added little flags to the tags saying "Happy Frankenstorm", and googly eyes to Frank. I attached these to little paper bags filled with chocolate covered peanut clusters. I was going to label them "bat droppings", but just ran out of time. Here's a picture of the individual bag, and then the basket full of 34 of them! They are soooo cute!

As I write this, it occurs to me that someone may think I am making light of the storm and not taking it seriously.  Actually, I have thought a good bit about not even going to the retreat and hunkering down at home. After much thought though, I have decided to go and leave my fate to God - He's in control. So I'll let you know how it turns out next week - Susan :)

 Supplies used: PTI Limitless Layers 1 3/4" dies, Paper Smooches Halloweenies and Alphadot alphabet, copic markers, washi tape from Target, and treat bags from Michaels.