5 Little Pumpkins

Ready for Fall?

Got the sewing bug lately with all the fun fabrics for Halloween/Fall
I decided to make some goodies for the grand kids
"Trick or Treat Bags"

 

 I just loved this 5 little pumpkins fabric
(Have you read the story?)

So when I was gonna make one for a little boy
Hubby says you can't use the same fabric!
LOL so another trip to the fabric store

Here's the second one, I cut out some pumpkins
from the other fabric and attached them
before finishing the bag

Well with all that fabric left over I made a table runner 

for my DIL and you can see the backing, she'll be 

able to flip it over for Fall decor

I drew my pattern out for the pumpkin 

and outlined it on the 5 little pumpkins fabric

Enjoy your day!

Sewing & Quilting

Sew Happy!

Well I got my old sewing machine out before christmas 

and started my venture in sewing again.....it's been a long time!

Procuring plenty of soft & comfy material to make two

crib quilts, I'm finding I need a bigger workspace to put these

quilts together especially if I continue quilting

Blanket on Christmas Morning

It passed the snuggle test!

 Crib Quilt

Using French Braid Pattern

Carseat cover with mini snuggle blankets

 Crib Quilt

Using Picture Frame Pattern

Found most of my free pattern help on Pinterest 

Go check it out!

CAGI ~ Make It Girly

Good Day!

Wowzer we had some powerful winds on the Kenai Peninsula this past week, over 3,000 folks without electricity, lots of trees downed along with that goes the power lines.....even on our road it was down to one lane with a tree over it when I went to work Friday morning.  No need to pay for sand blasting we were getting it all day with the winds!

Have you stopped by the Challenge at Come And Get It lately??  We have a new challenge up and the theme is "MAKE IT GIRLY" with Cindy as our hostess.  We are being sponsored by Limited Runs and Lacy Sunshine......you should check out the awesome cards the DT gals have come up with so come on over and join us!

I've used a ADFD image this round for my card

The scan shows orange layered card stock but it actually is pink

Sharing with these challenges:

Crazy4C222 ~ Use Glitter

SuzyBee'sBloomin'15 ~ ATG

DynamicDuos89 ~  light green & soft pink

Cardandscrap69 ~ Use Stamps

CraftyGirls11 ~ ATG

CraftyRibbons75 ~ ATG w/ribbon

SassyStudioDesigns215 ~ Stop & smell the flowers

MFPSpeedy83 ~ Simple Salutations

Monthly challenges

TheKraftyhands ~ Spring Flowers

CraftsGaloreEncore2 ~ Add a Gem, Glitter or Bling

Oh just for fun I made some more Solid Lotion Bars but this time in the shape of hearts......I love them cause they are all natural and they are small enough that they fit perfect in your hand and I can carry them in my bag for on the go.  If you want to try one let me know!

Sharing with these challenges:

PumpkinSpice58  ~ Hearts

CreativeShopping11 ~ Hearts

Sunflowerfield1 ~ Valentines/Hearts

Thanks for dropping by today!

OSAAT Challenge #198

Good Morning!

Alaska is back to some colder temperatures again with nights in the teens,  we have the wood stove a blazing....and are forecast to be partly cloudy weather with no chance of precipitation in sight for awhile anyway.   They had to cancel one of our qualifing races for the Iditarod here in Kasilof called the Tustumena 200 because of lack of snow!

It's Challenge time at One Stitch At A Time and it's everyone's favorite ... "Any Thing Goes"

Hazel's turn this round to picked out our image and she picked the cute Shih Tzu image from Beary Dust Stamps at the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet for us to use this round

I had some fun pet designer papers to help build my card tho, after really looking at my card I thought something was missing and I realized it was the puppy dogs ball......it had no color!

So to fix that I colored it in for the next shot of my card

Sharing with these Challenges

Craftitude57 ~ ATG/I see fluffy

CraftCatz216 ~ ATG

QKRStampede73 ~ ATG

SisterAct42 ~ ATG

ABC ~ E is for Embellishments

DoodleaPantry43 ~ ATG

DrunkenStampers157 ~ ATG

Monthly Challenges

OCS ~ ATG

CraftyHazel ~ Pattern Paper

PCC19 ~ ATG

Thanks for dropping in!

Come And Get It Challenge ~ Anything Goes with a Twist

Good Day!

Well it will be once the sunrises anyway here in Alaska which will be around 9:30am and it will set around 4:15pm, so that doesn't leave you much visible time to play.....that's actually less than 6 hours!

We did get some more snow flurries yesterday so more shoveling of that white stuff.

This week at Come And Get It Challenges I'm hosting and I picked Anything Goes with a Twist, You have to use a Digital Image.
 Fred She Said is our wonderful sponsor this round. 

 I've used the image Christmas Rosie which comes with a colored images as well as extras to give dimension to pop up areas of the image I did the hat, present bow and Rosie's snout with ribbon.

Sharing with these Challenges:

AGem107 ~ Sparkles

Allsorts234 ~ Bring on the Bling!

CHCC152 ~ For A Child

TotallyGorjuss211 ~ Child's Christmas

Crafts4eternity151 ~ Glitter & Sparkle

Wag'nWhiskers117 ~ Cards for Kids
CWWC58 ~ Winter

Monthly Challenges

LittleClaireDesigns39 ~ Christmas Theme

CHCCExtra ~ ATG Christmas (Nov)

CraftyCalender ~ All Thing Christmas (Nov)

FairyTale81 ~ Photo Inspiration

Thanks for dropping in today!

OSAAT Challenge #180 ~ Bit Of SteamPunk!

Good Day!

It's beginning to look a lot like Autumn around here in Alaska the leaves are changing, with blustery windy days and the temperatures dropping down at night (to low 40's) now.  Wish it would slow down a bit on the rain so I could mow the lawn one last time.  Hunting Season is upon us now and I had a Mama Moose show up in my back yard a couple days ago.  Today I had two little ones show up in the lower back yard to graze for goodies.....

Okay now for the Challenge at One Stitch At A Time if you use a Digtal Image on your project this week come join us!  We have some lovely samples from the Design Team and the Prize for the challenge is the full set of Digital Images used in challenge #178......wahoo what a haul!!

OMG I had so much fun playing with this new image from BBKakes at the Stitchy Bears Digital Outlet, I used several Tim Holtz products that I had on hand to create my project which measures  6 1/4" x 7" 

Supplies Used:

Die-cuts, cogs, embossing folder, distressed inks, bubble brad, sentiment bubble ~Tim Holtz

Background stamp ~ SU

Paints ~ Twinkling H2Os

Markers ~ Copics

Charm  ~ unknown

Sharing with these challenges:

C2CU3 ~ Texture w/twist (mine is steam punk)

Alphabet ~ "O" for one word sentiment

CardCrafter'sCircle91 ~ Portrait Of A Woman

Crafts4Eternity140 ~ Recipe Colors 

Whimsical ~ Something Old & New

Bloggers ~ To Die For

SimplySteampunk ~ Layers

SweetPea Stampers ~ Fantasy

CreativeBelli177 ~ Number 

Stampotique115 ~ Lots of Layers

CardsAndMore89 ~ ATG

Bearly-Mine102 ~ ATG

TotallyGorjuss200 ~ ATG

CatchTheBug ~ ATG

4KraftyGirlz ~ ATG

Thanks for coming by today!

Thinking of you

Hello There!

 I got in a new set of Tim Holtz stamps and had to play!  I've seen the set before and just decided to treat myself and here's my first card with it......I love the dragonfly

Maybe one of the reason I like dragonflies so much is because I live on a lake and we have lots of them around flitting in and out, did you know that they are among the fastest flying insects in the world!

But most of all they eat them blood sucking Mosquitos!

In Japan the dragonfly is associated with summer and early autumn.  More generally, dragonflies are symbols of courage, strength, and happiness, and they often appear in art and literature.

Sharing with these challenges:

Cuttin and Stampin'30 ~ CAS

ODBD1645 ~ Stamped Fluttering or Flying

LEJ64 ~ Distressing or Paper Tearing

PTT131 ~ ATG

TIOT ~ Collage w/twist

CWLC52 ~ ATG

Fashionista18 ~ Wings

Paper Playtime15 ~ Use pattern paper

POPC4 ~ Caring

Thanks for dropping in today!

CGI~ Journey Collage

Good Day!

It's fishing time here on the Kenai Peninsula and everybody and their cousins dog is here, traffic is like in the big cities almost bumper to bumper!
LOL you'll probably be laughing, but we just aren't use to all the folks that come down here!   I'll just have to put up with it for another week as long as I can get some salmon to can or put in the freezer.
 1-1/2 case of salmon canned so far!

This week over at Come And Get It Challenges it's Judy turn to be our hostess and she picked out a Collage theme for us to work with this round.

Stamps used: Tim Holtz, Inkadinkado, SU

Paper: SU, Basic Grey

Die: SU, scallop

Misc: Viva Decor-Paper Pen, silver

Sharing with these challenges:

Allsorts216 ~Transport

HobbyHouse2 ~ Vintage

CMM72 ~ Monochromatic

C2CU1 ~ Decade or Era (20's)

PCD71 ~ Monochromatic

Pokadoodles29 ~ Let it fly

Craftroom ~ Vintage Stamping

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday America

Happy 4th of July 

No card today just a quick posting to wish you all a safe Holiday

Why Do We Celebrate the Fourth of July?

The fourth of July is the birthday of our nation. Today, we celebrate and enjoy the freedom that comes with the event that made this day so special.

Thomas Jefferson, is the author of the Declaration of Independence. He led a committee that crafted the declaration between June 11-28, 1776.  Jefferson and other discontented representatives from the thirteen colonies, voted and approved it on July 4, 1776. The document declared freedom for the 13 colonies from British rule. It currently resides in the Exhibition Hall of the National Archive in Washington, D.C. 

Did you know? The Declaration of Independence was not signed by all representatives until August 2, 1776. To make it official, John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress signed it. Now, can anyone guess where the saying "put your John Hancock on it" came from!?!

Today, we enjoy the benefits of the freedom which the farmers signed and ultimately fought for. For us, it is a time for baseball, hot dogs and family picnics. Summer is in full swing and life is good.

July 4th is not complete without the parades and fireworks......tho Alaska we do go to a grand display we can't have them for personal use as it's illegal.

More Information:

http://wilstar.com/holidays/july4.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/july-4th

http://www.usacitylink.com/usa/independence-day

Dreams~ CGI DT Card

Well good day to you all........we'd had a bit of snow for the weekend on top of that it rained, so guess what we have that dreaded ice to make everything a skating rink!  Oh well it will melt sometime, just hope it doesn't bring any flooding like the news report predicted!

This week over at Come And Get It Challenges, I'm hosting the with "Tie A Ribbon Around It"

So just add a ribbon some where on your project to enter this week, easy peasy....... and now on to my card

Bugaboo image~Brat-Jesse Moon

Memory Die-cut~Tiffany Frame

SU Die-cut~Label Framelits

Sentiment~ Inkadinkado

Paper~ Basic Grey, SU

Misc.~Stickles, Ribbon, Punches

Sharing with these Challenges:

Creative Moments~Monochrome/ATG

Delicious Doodles~ATG using Blue

Divas by design~ATG

Allsorts~Dies/Punches

OSAT146~ATG

Pause Dream Enjoy~Ribbon

Note about Stampin'Up!

Just sending out a little note to let everyone know that I have decided to give up being a demonstrator for Stampin'Up!  With my Full-time job and being on Design Teams for Challenge Blogs is has gotten to be a real handful and something had to go.........

So I'd like to thank all my loyal customers in the past 7 years!

Thanksgiving Wishes to You!

Just wanted to make sure that I got a post in today wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving ..........as if your in the United States we celebrate it in November, and yes I have lots to be thankful for!

Nope didn't have turkey today, dinner was bake ham, rolls, broccoli salad, wild rice and green bean casserole (green beans were from my garden this summer).....Oh the Pumpkin Pie too!!  LOL..was a quite day spent with my hubby, and my furry kids (Desi, Harley and Kush Kitty)

AIR POST from Italy!!

I got this really kewl card in the mail today from a dear friend Jeannie, it's done with the Build a Blossom stamp set & punch I wish you could really see it in person as she used dazzling diamond dust on the flower so that it sparkles so pretty!!  Thanks so much for the wonderful card!!!  You can find Jeannie blog here to see more of here wonderful cards

Thanks for stopping by!