A little Latte!

Supplies:  Funny Coffee Volume 1 - Skipping Stones Design,

 pp - Persnickety by Lilybee design, wine bottle die - pti, 

kraft card blank - docrafts, black tuxedo ink - memento, 

machine stitching, scor-pal, and tombow roller adhesive.

You know what I would LOVE to add to this card - enamel dots!

Just feel that they would be the finishing touch!  Can't add sequins to every card - although I could be sorely tempted! LOL!.

No enamel dots in my LSS - double checked today - the craze hasn't quite reached Ireland yet.  I did buy a Maggie Holmes Class Kit last week and I know there are enamel dots in that... can't wait for those to arrive.

I scored the kraft cardstock coffee sleeve after stamping and cutting - a little visible in the photo!.

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A flowery birthday!

Supplies:  pp and flowers from Watercolours Digital kit by Jen Martakis, 

Ribbon from MemrieMare on Etsy, white sequins, glossy 

accents, printer, computer generated sentiment, aqua textured

cardstock - Papermania, font - scrubble, machine stitching.

Sorry about the poor photo quality - it's difficult here at the moment!  It's May but feels like November and the sun is not co-operating.  It is still very cool - where is our Spring?

I went through my stash of digital kits saved on my computer and decided to get crafting with some of them again.  It's so easy to have lots of amazing kits filed away neatly on your computer and forget about them - right?

This kit is by Jen Martakis and it's called "Watercolours".  I used the flower on top of the patterned paper from the kit and added a sentiment and then printed.  Trimmed, matted on aqua textured cardstock and added machine stitching (of course!).

I tied the ribbon and adhered to the card using glossy accents and then also added the sequins with glossy accents to make sure they won't budge!.

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

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Happy Birthday!

Supplies: Live Simply pp - Simple Stories, sentiment - 

Sticker by SRM Press, kraft cardstock - Canson,

white sequins - Gutermann, ribbon - American Crafts, 

Flower from stash, fimo button - made by me!, pop dots, 

Scor-pal, glossy accents, embroidery floss and roller adhesive.

So I just love this paper by Simple Stories - Vintage Bliss and decided to make it the focal point of this card.  I added an sticker sentiment by SRM and scattered sequins (had to get in on the craze right!).

I scored the cardstock using my trusty Scor-pal and adhered the panel with dimensional adhesive. 

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For the Dads!

Supplies: Green Washi Tape - Prima Marketing,  

Telephone Wire Washi - Freckled Fawn @Simon Says Stamp, 

black tuxedo ink - memento, sentiment from Man of the Hour 

stamp set - Waltzingmouse Stamps, Glasses - spectacle stamp set - 

Sweet Stamp Shop, glossy accents, black sharpie, kraft knife/

 scissors and pop dots.

This one is a quick and easy card for the Dad in your life!

I stamped the spectacles, fussy cut them - then went over them with a black sharpie and added glossy accents on top!

I had them sitting on my craft table ready for use and didn't know what I would do with them.  Then my order arrived from Waltzingmouse Stamps and I knew I had to use the sentiment with them - hey presto - card born!

Challenges
Paper Creator's Crafts - For the Boys

Stampavie and more - Use Kraft Cardstock

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Best of Luck!

Supplies - DeLovely pp - Cosmo Cricket, Pink cardstock - 

Canson, Green cardstock - American Crafts, Kraft 

cardstock & Vellum - Docrafts, Rose creations die - Spellbinders,  

Fresh Foliage die - Memory Box, polka dot embossing folder -  

Lifestyle Crafts, winebottle tag die - pti, 

computer generated sentiment, 6x6 cardblank - docrafts, 

fimo button - made by me!, pearls, embroidery floss, pop dot and

 tombow roller adhesive.

Lots of die cutting on this one!

As exam time fast approaches - I made this personalised card for a college student using Cosmo Cricket DeLovely 6x6 paper pack, PTI wine bottle hangtag die and my favourite butterfly die by Stampin' Up.

I am entering it into this week's challenge over on Simon Says Stamp - Things with Wings.

Also entering the first challenge over on As You Like It - Favourite Die/and or Punch

(I keep reaching for this Butterfly die - I use it over and over again!).

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Party Set!

Supplies: Food On the Go Stamp Set – Jane’s Doodles

Wonderful Words Additions – Papertrey Ink

“you” die – Wonderful words die collection – Papertrey ink

Kraft Cardstock – Anita’s docrafts
White Gift Bag - Cupcakecrafting.co.uk

Merry Rhinestones – Lost & Found Christmas – My Mind’s Eye

White, Red and Aqua cardstock - Canson

Machine stitching

Black Tuxedo Ink – Memento

Copics-0, C1, C3, C5, G14, Y00, Y15, Y21, YR23, YG23, 
YG91, E18, E31, E33, E35, E43, R27, R37

Guillotine - Purple Cows

Sharing a set I made for a recent submission that wasn't picked up!  Think it was my second time submitting - no luck yet!!! Just have to keep on trying!

I had an idea in my head and was pretty happy with how it converted into real life.  I love aqua and red together and you know I am a huge fan of Jane's Doodles Stamps.

The set comprises of a gift bag, card and gift card holder.

Thanks for peeking - hope you are having a great week and have an even better weekend.

PJ's to fit American Girl Doll or any 18 inch doll

You may remember that back in December I created bedding - quilts and sleeping bags for my hubby's nieces as gifts. You can see the original posts here and here. (small photos below).

 

Well before you know it the birthdays have started to roll around!  The first is in February and we decided to continue the doll furniture theme and gifted a dolls wardrobe - oops! didn't take photos and some clothes for her American Girl Doll.  

I decided to make PJ's out of left over fabric from the sleeping bag so that the AG would co-ordinate beautifully!  Plus... it was to hand!.

I made a pair of cream fleece PJ bottoms with a patchwork trim on the ends of the pants (photos of the process below).

 I also made a red polka dot pair and a little bed shirt with a heart (cut the heart with a Spellbinders Die).

Pattern for the PJ Bottoms was from fleecefun.com - check out the free patterns and tutorials here. The t-shirt tutorial was from New Green Mama blog.

Then our adorable puppy decided to help! Yikes!!! - left unattended even though they were out of reach!  I didn't take a photo of the cream fleece ones - but the damage was similar!.

So I had to restart and make a second pair of these - make the cream fleece into shorts! and very quickly washed the t-shirt.  It was the only thing that survived!!!!

Thankfully the PJ's are really, really quick and easy to make.  I got more fabric today as I see more doll's clothes making in my future - 3 more birthdays fast approaching!

Thanks for peeking - I snapped a photo of the AG in her PJ's with my iphone.  

 Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday on this side of the pond.  Hope you have a wonderful week.

Supplies:
Left over fabric (Pants pattern here)
Old t-shirt which I cut up to create the doll t-shirt (pattern here)
Velcro (Peel and Press tape)
White thread
Bias Binding (for ends of PJ's)
9 inches 5mm elastic (x2)
sewing machine