Sew a Little Ruffle

I use my sewing machine mostly for paper as you know but once in a while I like to make a fabric ruffle for this or that. It is so easy and yet so stunning when finished. For this project I had two kinda boring silver pillows and I was in need of a centre piece for my spare bed. Well why not turn two boring pillows into one stunning one with a little ruffle work!

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What I've Been Up To

OK so it has been months...and months. Well, after being away all summer I came home just in time to start my morning sickness or should I say all day nausea and headaches. Didn't have the energy to keep up with my blogging. I am 24 weeks now and sick with an eternal cough. At least the morning sickness is over and I am functioning again! Ok so I've been functioning for a while just not blogging. Anyway, I thought I would post some of my latest projects. 

Thought I would decorate for Valentine's this year! First time ever :)

  The banner was so easy to make. I found an old Hymnal at a second hand store and cut out tons of hearts from it's pages. I was able to cut quite a few at a time. Then I just fed them through the sewing machine two at a time to stitch them together. Like I said soooo easy but I love how they look!

Found this subway art this awesome site:

http://craftionary.blogspot.com/2012/01/75-valentines-day-free-printables.html

It has tons of free Valentine printables!

Today I taught a card making class here at home and combined it with a play date for mom's with kiddos like myself. Evenings are hard to get together some times but crafting while the kids played worked out fabulously. Here are the projects we completed.

The next pic is what I am putting in my valentines this year!  

Isn't he the cutest!

While everything is red here are a few other projects:

Sorry about the crazy lighting!


One Last Thing

One of my super stampin up friends came for a visit a few weeks ago and brought a tons of her products which I took advantage of! Thanks Rena :) I die cut a ton of scalloped squares in my favourite fabrics so that I could make these....OK so I've only made one but I can make many more!

I got the idea straight from the Stampin Up catalogue. I just love it! 

Gift Bow with Scrapbook Paper

So simple!

This has to be one of my new favorite gift toppers to make and it is one of the easiest and quickest!!!!!!!

Check out the simple tutorial :)

 Here is a picture of the one with the little loop glued in the middle.

and a few of others...

Hope you try it out because it is soooo super!

Paper Scraps for Home Decor

Just joined Pinterest last week and found this great way to use up paper scraps and create a beautiful piece of home decor. Hope you like it!

Here are the simple steps.

And a closer look.

  

Check out my March tutorial on Tissue??? For instructions on this flower.

And there you have it.

OH and here is my new APRON!

Love it :)

If you would like a video on this project leave a comment 

and I would be happy to set my computer up by my 

sewing machine :)

Treasure Chest Card

 High Seas Adventure!

This week our church is putting on an amazing Vacation Bible School program called The High Seas. Our church was transformed into a pirate ship at sea for this special event. It looks absolutely amazing! Check it out.

I was asked to design a card for the kids to make and it turned out so cute that I made 15 more as thank you's for the volunteers. It took a lot of time but was so worth it. I thought this week I would do a tutorial on this very card! I hope you like it :)

Here is a picture of it.

Tools

 Here is the finished layout from last week along with it's corresponding page! There are close ups later in this post. This week I am going to highlight three of my favorite tools which I used in the above layouts and in today's layout. 

 I always like to see what other's can't craft without and so I thought I'd share my faves. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you could not craft without!

 Here is a pic of the layout from the video.

Here are close ups of last weeks layouts completed.

Since I will be away form home for the next month and a half, I am sad to say that there will be no new posts for that period of time. We are off to camp and then vacation with the family! It is going to be busy but awesome!


Have a great summer but don't forget about me :) I'll be back!

Scrapbooking Scraps

Super early post this week!

Here is a fun way to use up scrap paper. 

It is so versatile because you can use any shape: heart, star, circle etc.

It is also great for cards as well as layouts.

Here is the simple procedure :)

A BIG sorry about the lighting on this.

But you get the idea :)

I did not have time to complete the layout but here is the beginnings.

And here is the card I forgot to show you.

And finally, here is a different shape.

Hope you find this tip useful.

Leave a comment and let me know :)