I Dream Of Papers

Pinwheel

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Pinwheel, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Friendship Jar

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Friendship Jar, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Mother's Day Card

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Mother's Day Card, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Quilt Ball

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Quilt Ball, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Chipboard Bunnies

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Chipboard Bunnies, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Heart Shaped Card #1

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Heart Shaped Card #1, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Happy Hexagon Cover Plate

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Mom 2013, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Rosie Posie

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Rosie Posie, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Background Stamping

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Background stamping, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Water Color with Distress Inks - Stitches and Swirls

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Jeannie's card 2013, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Vintage Easter Card

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Easter 2013-2, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Distress Ink Stamping

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Easter 2013-1, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Friend

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Friend Valentine, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Heart Shaped Card #2

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Heart Shaped Card #2, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Love You Forever

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Love You Forever Card, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Button Heart

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Button Heart V-Card 2013, a photo by Margaret M59 on Flickr.

Signs of Spring

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I love this time of year don't you! The temperature is that nice 60-70 degrees, the sun seems brighter and happier, most days there is a nice breeze and of course trees and flowers are in bloom.

Wanted to share just a few more photos of my fabric eggs and a linen rabbit I made to herald in Spring.

I have this old wooden dough bowl that sits on my dining room table..perfect for a sweet vintage bird surrounded by lots of eggs..she's been busy!

My sweet linen rabbit is nestled in one of my pottery bowls with more fabric eggs.

Hope your day is full of sunshine and Spring time blessings!

Rabbits and Eggs, Oh My!

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I've been one busy bee these past several weeks with a couple of Easter sewing projects. Once again my inspiration comes from Pinterest! I found some nice linen fabric and vintage inspired prints at my local cloth store to make the rabbits and eggs. I dyed my seam binding in blues and yellows (not shown) for the finishing touch for my rabbits. Just like the hearts I made in February I ended up making tons of eggs..well not tons but around 50 eggs and I think I ended up with 15 rabbits. All have now gone to good homes!

Of course I had to do a little paper crafting! I love this sweet little bunny and the yellows scream Spring!

I used Copics to color in the image

Such a lovely sentiment for Easter

Here's another card I made using blues and yellows and a stamp from Papertrey Ink

Last little project..a tag using one of Tim Holtz's stamps. I'm fast becoming a Tim Holtz enthusiast, especially after taking his Creative Chemistry 101 class a few weeks ago.

Once again I used my Copics and then distress inks. The tag was finished off with spritz of glimmer mist.

Happy Easter!

Thoughts of You

2012-03-01T07:00:00.002-06:00

Morning everybody and Happy March 1st! March is such a special month for me. Not only does Daylight Savings Time begin and Spring time is just around the corner but it is also birthday month for me and my youngest DD (she turns 21)! I won't say how old I'll be though!

To welcome in March I decided to CASE this soft and sweet card inspired by Melissa Phillips! Her cards and creations are such an inspiration to me.

I did tweak the card somewhat to make it my own. All supplies, minus a few little embellishments, are from Papertrey Ink.

On a side note, I want to thank my online friends Linda and Tricia for honoring me with the Liebster Blog Award. Both of these ladies have such great blogs and I'm so honored they gave me this award. Here's more about the award and who I shared it with! Go visit all these ladies' blogs..they will inspire you too!

Liebster' is German for 'dearest'. The award is a 'share-the-love' arrangement, given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers.

Here's the to-do list of any Liebster award recipient:

Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
Reveal your five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
Copy and paste the award on your blog (see above)
Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers.

Below are five favorite bloggers who have different styles but always inspire me with their work. I love having this chance to let them know how lucky I have been to meet them through this shared stamping adventure!

Kara
Danielle
Leigh
Michelle Philippi
Marybeth

Have a nice day!

A Little More Love

2012-02-28T12:38:00.000-06:00

Morning folks! Hope everyone is enjoying some nice Spring weather like what we are having in Kentucky! Well February is quickly coming to a close and I didn't want the month of love to get away without showing you a few more of my heart projects.

I used some vintage looking cloth to make these little lovelies! I like the combination of red, pink and aqua..don't you!

A little bit of rick-rack, ribbon, buttons and sweet flowers..ah!

Now on to my hearts hanging on sticks! I got this idea from Pinterest....such cute little gingham hearts!

My last project is the heart garland and vintage valentines I made for the fireplace mantel in our kitchen.

The large hearts were made from paper doilies, card stock and hearts cut from gingham material along with embellishments and little stuffed hearts.

I found some free vintage valentines on line last year. After printing each valentine off and trimming them down I traced each shape onto chipboard and card stock and adhered all the layers together to make the shapes sturdier. Add some brad hearts and a little glitter and you've got a little more love!

I won't have the "heart" to take my decorations down for awhile! That's okay..I've got some ideas floating around in my head for new decorations...think RABBITS!

Pincushions

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Happy Friday everyone! Well February is quickly coming to a close and I still have several more projects to share with you!

First off is the Valentine card I made for my mom. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss just one edge of the card and then the Scor-Pal to emboss the lines. Stamps, ink and paper are from Papertrey Ink. I finished off the card with rhinestones, ribbon and a spritz of glimmer mist.

Next up is, yes, another pincushion! I just love the vintage/shabby chic look of this one!

Speaking of pincushions...over this past month I have made around 100 heart shaped pincushions. I know, sounds crazy, but most of these hearts are to be used as favors for a special Lenten season meal at my church. I can honestly say that after I finish up that project I will have no desire to make another heart pincushion for a long, long time!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend. I plan to do a little crafting...um got to finish those hearts!

The Definition of LOVE

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Just a quick post this cold, but nice and sunny Monday morning! Wanted to share with you the card I made for my DH for Valentine's day.

As you know I love to make Vintage and Retro inspired cards and the little die cut Valentine just spoke to me! I used the printable stamp, i love you, from The Cutting Cafe and a love stamp from Tim Holtz as well as some Papertrey Ink dies. No pink and frilly here..just good ole black and red..oh and white!

Enjoy your day...I'll be back later to show a few more of my Valentine goodies!

Sweet Vintage Valentine

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Hello dear friends! I've been staying busy with some sewing projects this past month. Been making some cute pillows for my craft room and Valentine goodies for my friends and loved one! Here lately I've been going a little crazy buying vintage looking material for projects I have floating around in my head! What can I say ...I'm in the sewing mood! Today I want to show you the Valentine project I've been working on to give to my "Church Lady" friends next Tuesday when we meet for Bible study!

Don't you just love these little heart pins! Something pretty to wear on Valentine's Day! After sewing and stuffing, each heart was embellished with a tiny blue and red flower, heart and ribbon. Then I attached a tiny pin clasp to the back. Boy did my fingers hurt after making these pins. Did I say everything was tiny?

Of course I had to do a bit of stamping and die cutting! Using the Button Boutique stamp set and die from Papertrey Ink I made a "button card" for each Valentine pin.

Until next time...

DREAM

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Well here we are into the first weekend of the new year...what have you been doing? Crafting, working, spending time with family? It's mostly been cleaning for me. Yesterday I put away all my Christmas decorations and then started cleaning. Of course this lead to sorting and getting rid of stuff. I do this every year. Truth be told I like to clean..shame on me. But when I clean I also decorate...so it's fun, most of the time.

Do you have any New Year's resolutions or maybe some dreams you would like to make come true this year? I don't make resolutions but I do dream of having more time to create but even more so to have lots of creative mojo! I came across this card by Debbie Olson a while back and just fell in love with it.

And what luck..I had the same patterned papers and PTI stamp set! I know I've said it before but I really do like to CASE cards. But I also like to add my little twist of creativity to the card...you know... make it my own.

Here's to a wonderful New Year! DREAM BIG AND ENJOY LIFE!

December 26th

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Morning everyone..hoping this post finds you with warm and happy memories of Christmas Day! We had a wonderful day at home with our kids..good food, great gifts and wonderful companionship!

Now that the festivities are over I wanted to share a couple of projects I worked on during the holidays with you! This year I decided to dress up my fireplace mantle with new stockings and decorations so it was off to Pinterest to get inspired.

Using some homespun cotton cloth I found at Hobby Lobby and a stocking pattern from Pinterest I made stockings for the kids and fur babies. The pattern was super easy and I liked that the stockings had a lining. I finished each stocking off with a sprig of evergreen, bells and a distressed tag. By the way, Sparrow (the cat) is the newest addition to the family..my youngest daughter's Christmas present from her boyfriend. I also got the idea from Pinterest to use an expandable curtain rod to hang the stockings.

The other project I made (again from Pinterest) was the bottle brush trees. Such a fun project and if you love glitter, well this is a project for you!

I found some tiny gold and silver balls and garlands to decorate the trees and wrapped the trunks with angle hair..kinda messy to use but oh so soft!

Here is wishing each of you a wonderful Holiday Season and a blessed New Year!