Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Here is a card I made for PTI's blog hop this month. It's been a while since I've stamped, months actually. The one thing I like about this color combination is that it photographs nicely. The paper and flower are from PTI. The hello sentiment is from the Sweet Spring stamp set. I needed something generic and small for the sentiment, and that one is just perfect.

Enjoy!

Another Quilt

Hi Everyone,

I finished another quilt that only took a couple of weeks this time. Much easier than the last quilt I made. This one looks great in my family room, which is done in yellow and red, but it still looks good hanging over the rocking chair.

The quilt is from a kit at the Fat Quarter Shop and is called Chantilly. I downloaded the pattern from there and then bought the fabric at my local quilt shop. The kit didn't come out until this month, and I was too impatient to wait for it. Hope you like it.

Enjoy!

Quilt for Christine

Hi Everyone,

I can finally post pictures of the quilt I made for my oldest daughter for Christmas. This was quite an undertaking, but when I finished, I was really proud of it. The quilt is a kit named One Winter's Night from fatquartershop.com, but I noticed they are no longer selling it as a kit. The pattern and fabric requirements are in the Best Christmas Quilts 2012 magazine. I went to their Web site and couldn't find an older issue of this magazine. If you are interested, you can contact either of these sites for help.

There is a white spot on the bottom of the quilt in this picture. That is the sun streaming in through the window.

Enjoy!

PTI October Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Here is my card for the PTI Blog Hop this month. I used the color combination that is Vintage Cream, Poppy, Ocean Tides and Pinefeather. The base of the card is Vintage Cream. I tried to use it on the layer that I eventually used white, but it really wasn't working very well. Oh well, I would not use this card as one of my personal cards, but I now have a few more cards to put into the OWH box.

BTW, since we are expecting a big storm next week, I am packing up my Christmas cards for OWH tomorrow and mailing them off so that I can ensure they get to North Carolina before the snow storm hits. After all this work, I don't want to take the chance they would be late.

PTI Make It Monday Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Here is my card for the MIM this week. The challenge is to stamp the inside of the card as well as the outside. I sometimes put a smaller version of the outside design on the inside. If I get really ambitious, I also stamp the envelope, that makes it really coordinated.

Verve WCMD 2012

Hi Everyone,

Here is my entry for Verve's WCMD 2012 challenge. Here is the sketch:

and here is the card that I came up with:

OperationWriteHome Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Here is the card I made for the World Card Making Day Blog Hop. I was trying to make something for Christmas that would be easy to replicate--and this one is definitely easy for that one. Check out Bonus Sketch #29, which is pretty close to the measurements of the card.

I used Papertrey Ink's Snowfall stamp set to create the background snowflakes. There is a narrow strip of snowflakes that can be stamped three times down the card to create the snowflakes. The trees are cut from Verve's Winter Fun Die set and the Winter Tree stamp set to match. The sentiment is also from Verve's Bright Spirit set. I love Verve stamps, they really give you a beautiful image. I've made more cards using this set. Check back next week and I'll have another beautiful Christma card made with this set.