Month: July 2013

Many Thanks (Card)

Many Thanks (Card)

  I made a couple of thank-you cards today. I pinned a card ages ago by Amy from Pickled Paper Designs because I loved it so much, and in the end I copied the layout pretty closely for this card.  (There wasn’t anything to improve 

Hello Card

Hello Card

  I made this card for my friend who lives out of state. We only see each other once a year (if we’re lucky), so I like to send an occasional card to keep in touch. I was feeling in a kind of retro mood 

Jungle Critters

Jungle Critters

  I used these adorable animals from Lettering Delights to decorate a birthday present for my daughter’s friend who was having a jungle-themed birthday party. They are paper pieced and nice and sturdy, so if she wants to play with them she can.

Super Star! {Interactive Card}

Super Star! {Interactive Card}

  My niece just finished performing in our community-theater musical production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” She played Tevya’s youngest daughter and did a fantastic job. It was a lot of work for an 11-year-old!  She was out there singing and dancing with a bunch 

Get-Well Card (Masculine)

Get-Well Card (Masculine)

  Here’s a get well card we gave to my husband’s friend who was in the hospital after a motorcycle accident.  I copied it pretty closely from a card I saw on Pinterest.  Because it was just very simple shapes, I created it all in 

Tree Mail for Secret Sister Gifts at Camp

Tree Mail for Secret Sister Gifts at Camp

  I got all of my secret sister gifts finished for girls camp, and even had time to make 18 of these fabric pouches to hold them all!  Originally I was going to use iron-on hem tape to make it easy, but truly it was 

Girls Camp Secret Sister Gifts (Day 5)

Girls Camp Secret Sister Gifts (Day 5)

Here is the fifth and final gift I made for our secret sisters at girls camp this year. I bought a bunch of 1″x8″ cello bags from eBay, filled them with mini jawbreakers, and used my Silhouette to make cute little toppers.  I used the 

Paper Handbag

Paper Handbag

  I just found out this afternoon that SVG Cuts was offering this handbag cutting file as a freebie; and not only that, they would give out a $6.99 giftcard for using the file and posting pictures.  It was an easy task to fit in 

Child’s Bank

Child’s Bank

  I’ve been wanting to use this box I bought from the Silhouette Store for quite a while, and this week’s Silhouette weekly challenge gave me just the push I needed. And today’s free shape was perfect for the labels. I used this Hexagon 3-part