Baby Harp Seal

From the Winter 2012 issue of Creative Knitting:


My first completed knit toy (I have 3 more almost done). I also just ordered a new book on new toys that looks like lots of fun...(thanks for enabling me Liz, hehe😉).


I guess this is my latest obsession.


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Card for a Bride

So happy to be joining in on the Wedding/Anniversary challenge over at Bitten By The Bug 2 this week.

I chose to use the cartridge Life's A Party. Isn't this simple and elegant? Just like my sweet girlfriend to whom I will give it! So happy for her! God has brought an awesome man into her life and I celebrate with her.


Her color is navy and I'm so pleased with it on this card. The LAP cartridge has so many lovely cards as a feature. I added some bling on the corners that are punched out with an MS corner punch.


Sweet, girly embossing with my cuttlebug.


My Scrappy Moms stamp on the inside.





Thanks for looking!

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Sewing for Easter

Just some quick pictures to share a fun idea for the kids.....Easter basket liners! I can't wait to see all the kiddos hunting their eggs this year!



The baskets are inexpensive ($9) at Big Lots and are a nice, generous size. Lots of room for goodies!




















I made Joy's & Cade's a couple years ago, but updated Cade's with some appropriate baseball-themed ribbon.








Have a blessed Easter!
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Recycled Crochet Container

How cute is this little project? I found this surfing Pinterest last night and had to get right to work.

Here is the link to the awesome blog post: Filth Wizardry

Here is my finished project:


It started out life as a Juicy Juice bottle.






First, I used my woodburning pen (I think I got that when I was twelve). I just removed the top part of the container.


Next, I punched holes with my cropadile:


Then, the fun part started: the crochet. The original blog post (link above) has enough details to get you started. Have fun!
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Pop Up Baseball Card

A birthday card for my precious son who is turning 11 tomorrow!


He lives and breathes baseball right now. I knew I wanted to make a pop-up card and wanted it to be simple, too. The stamps are from two Close to my Heart stamp sets called "Baseball" & "All Star".


I really wasn't in the mood to cricut all those letters and glue them on individually...so I used the awesome cricut markers! Sooo much easier. They have a stamped look, right? especially since I inked the edges.


I used an old sticker I had that was already 3-d. I adhered it to a piece of cardstock, and then cut it out so it wouldn't stick where it wasn't supposed to. I also used the method of sewing to stick my two pieces of cardstock (infuse and outside) together...no glue, so no lumps or bumps. Yay!


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Holiday Mani!

I really like these nail polish strips from Sally Hansen. They are so shiny and Christmasy and typically last over a week! I love painted fingernails, but hate how they only last a day. I'd love to try a gel manicure, but I'm nit ready to take the plunge. They look wicked hard to take off and I'm afraid of damage to my nails. This is a happy medium. They remove easily as well with acetone polish remover.





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Christmas stitching!

Some sweet designs called "Colorful Christmas" from Embroidables.





Hope you will soon have all your projects complete and will be able to relax as we celebrate the last fee days of the Christmas season (Or do you just keep thinking up more and more projects like me? hee hee).

Merry Christmas!

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