In The Round

 

Another class project.....but it was fun.  I like order - and this design keeps flowers very orderly.......did I mention that I like order?

 

 

This design makes a lovely and round centerpiece.  Unfortunately it's NOT what I have to make for my Final Project......I have to do a long and low Horizontal piece (they're HUGE).....I'll be sure and post that creation next month.....flowers are such fun!!

Fall Flowers

Certainly the red wall as a background isn't that great.....but oh well - gotta love my red wall!! 

Here's something Creepella and whipped together - I had the orange tulips from earlier in the week and the mini pumpkins were left-overs from Halloween.  Between the two of us we had a couple of scarecrows and gourd picks...Creepella had some of the beaded garland and silk leaves in her (clearance) stash and yesssssss, I do happen to have a nice little collection of holiday fabrics.  Oh and the mandarins are from our tree (yum!). 

Kinda of cool to be able to whip up something as quickly and easily as we did this - I guess we're just a couple of crafty-girls!  

Thanksgiving

Sparkly leaves..................................

And yarn pumpkins......................

 

 

 

It must be Thanksgiving.........................!!  Stamps by CTMH, leaf border & glitter by Martha, Ribbon - Michaels? and twine from A Muse.  Yarn is inexpensive Red Heart (I used "carrot" and "bone") - and the instructions for the yarn pumpkins can be found here.  They'd make a cute garland but since I had extra I just sort of tossed them about AND I made mini-pumpkins.  Of course at Creepella's request I also made some white pumpkins.  Super simple - a good "watching T.V." sort of craft.

 

Hope your Thanksgiving is wonderfully filling.................

 

Toodles,

Kathy

Home Sweet Home

Sparkly detail in the corner adds a bit o' fun to this oh-so neutrally card...

Here's another handy-dandy card from a CTMH Workshops On The Go.....and wow - I'm loving this beautiful "Huntington" paper pack too.  For this card I used most of the neutral designs, and man, it's so hard to CHOOSE which side to use.....it sets my Paper Hoarding into a panic mode.  But I DID use it!!  This card is a "Congrats on your new home"...

All items from CTMH....except the ribbon - that's from Michael's from years & years ago......

Halloweenie Peppers

Aren't they cute and festive-looking?  AND they've been planted in a cool orange pot too........  While I don't care for peppers, I do appreciate their color and FUN!

Toodles for now...

B F Witches

Paper-piecing is such fun when you have the right stamps and the right paper.  Pretty much any of the paper from Basic Grey is what I consider the "right" paper......and wow - this stamp from MFT was just screaming for some styling new "fabric"....don't you think?

Just added some coordinating stockings and boots (colored with Copics) and they were dressed for a night on the town!

A strip of more Basic Grey paper brought everything together.  I like it.....and I think some of my "witchy" friends will too!

Toodles for now...

Buggy for Baby

Ok, it's not like I need a baby card any time soon, but I couldn't stand it...I love this new paper from CTMH - "Babycakes".  And while it looks very baby-themed, it's really versatile in nature.  But more about that with another post. 

I used a card design from the "Frosted" Workshop on the Go (Cardmaking Kit)...and I really like how the card turned out.  The stamp is one of the new individual stamps that CTMH has come out with (initially they introduced initials!!), with the latest catalog there's a whole page of these solo stamps (and such a deal at just $2.95).  Since I didn't really need another entire set of baby stamps this cool little carriage was perfect and I love the clean lines and small details in the design.

Stamped everything with Memento Inks and colored with Copics, everything aside from the polka-dotted sheer ribbon (A Muse) is from CTMH.  I'm using this card as one of my "miscellaneous" items for the craft fair - yipppeeee!!

Toodles for now...

Pumpkin Head

So Creepella has been browsing around and she found a hat, a little pumpkin beanie - made for an infant....and she comes up with this brilliant idea, "Mom, can you make this for me?  Then I can be a "ruddy big pumpkin head" for Halloween!!".  Ruddy big pumpkin head as in Harry Potter 4 - when Ron is sooooo peeved about Victor Krum.....we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that line in the movie.  And well, Creepella DOES have a rather large noggin.......

So here's the first-go.  It worked and now I just need to fiddle around with increasing the size to actually FIT her ruddy big pumpkin head!!  Start to finish (including re-working the curly vines about 3 times and the stem portion once), it took about 3 hours to complete.  It was fun, fun, fun and now the wheels are spinning for all sorts of fruit beanies!

To everyone - Happy Hooking!!

Toodles for now...

Along Came a Spider...

...who sat down beside her and.....

But why would any spider leave this gorgeous glittery web?  Added Stickles to the stamped web (can't recall WHICH web I used.....I.........ahhhh.....have quite a few web stamps to choose from.....).  Anyhow, I stamped the web and then used the handy-dandy MS web border & corner punches and added the star of the show (a QuicKutz die) and I was nearly done.  Actually, in hindsight, I realize I should have added two mini red gemstones for the spider's eyes.......that would have been a nice little detail!

All that was left was to add a strip of MS webby B&T paper, wrap it with that cool orange sheer ribbon (from A Muse) and attach the cute mini-tag (another MS punch) that was stamped with the "eeeek" sentiment (A Muse).  Black cardbase is from Memory Box.

Toodles for now...

The Lumpy Duo

What do you get with two roly-poly cats and a too-small cardboard lid?

Aaaaaaahhh, I think we have our answer..............

HEY - what are YOU lookin' at????

 

 

Toodles for now...

Flower Power

 

Pardon the photos....neither is all that great but I nearly forgot to take ANY photos before this arrangement was carted off so I'm just happy to have these. 

 

Half of the class had this assignment and half of the class did something else.  For those of us with this assignment we had to make identical arrangements as these were for a paying customers.  I was a bit tense (as were most of my classmates who were working along side me...), but they all came together fairly quick and easy.  And of course, it was excellent practice for our table arrangement skills.  Think I'll make a couple of arrangements for home.....in AUTUMN-Y colors of course....yum!

Toodles for now... 

Braking for Frogs

She's got crazy eyes, don't you think???  But I like her, she looks fun...although I think I'd do the driving!

Stamps from Stampin' Up, Memento and Colorbox inks, Copics, cardbase from Memory Box, Mary punch, B&T from Basic Grey, MS spider web border punch.

Did some sponging around the edge of the cardbase and the moon - but other than that it was straight-on stamping & coloring.

Let's all bark at the moon, shall we???

Toodles for now...

Batty Greetings

October 1st..............our Halloween count-down begins!

This isn't a new card, one that I made a couple of years ago - but never posted.  It's simple enough, B&T paper and sheer ribbon from A Muse, sentiment from Hero Arts (I think!), mini-envelope punch by Marvy (can't recall which paper I used for the envelope) and some confetti bats......in shiny black.

I love this time of the year...Happy Autumn!

Toodles for now...

Washi Thanks

Attention, attention:  some cool new stamps from CTMH are making the scene.  This  is a whole set of washi tape stamps....which sounds kind of weird I admit, but it's actually pretty neat.  You get the look of a nice variety of washi tape but you can get it in ANY color you need.  Loads of designs (only 3 are shown here), so I think you could find something for anything you're looking for......and this is coming from someone who has about 9 rolls of washi tape in a drawer.....................and has only used any of it ONCE!!  I think it's that whole "if I use it I won't have it" mentality of mine. 

But anyway - the card design is from the Frosted Workshop On The Go - but of course I've changed it from a Christmas card to a Thank You card.  Love the colors in the Frosted package.  Very wintery but not so obviously wintery that they make EVERY card look "holiday-ish".  I think the colors are great for manly-male cards...for which I'm always on the hunt!

EVERYTHING from CTMH.....

Class Work

 

Well if you need a corsage or boutonniere I think I could help you with that.  This is what we worked on in class about a week ago.  It was pretty fun.....although I would MUCH rather have a choice in the flower selection (we have no choice.....but since we have no extra material costs, beggars can't be choosers - right?).  And of course the whole point of these exercises is to learn the mechanics of floral design.

 

Creepella and I will be attending an upcoming floral show - I'm looking forward to it, I think it will be a lot of fun.

 

While looking at the accessory items that are used in various floral designs, my true love always wins out.................I convert a LOT of the items into card-making ideas. 

 

Got a lot going on in my crafty world right now and I'm on a definite schedule for several items.  Once time loosens up a bit I'll be experimenting with some of floral accessory items that I've been gathering...................REALLY looking forward to the fun!

 

 

Toodles for now...