Papertrey Ink Tag Download Challenge

I just spotted that Papertrey Ink have a little contest going on.  You download a file with nine cute little digi images on and then make a card using one of them and upload it.  Here is mine.  I couldn't resist the little rainbow image.  Too Cute!

I used a tiny rainbow and cloud stamp from Stampin Up to make the background 'paper'.  I used a variegated thread for the stitching.

I absolutely LOVE Papertrey Ink stuff, just don't have any unfortunately! One of the downsides of living in Australia, wish they had a Australian stockist.   If you want to upload your pic or check out all the other creations (there are hundreds!) you can see do that here.

Oh and I used the sketch over at Clean and Simple for this card. Thanks for looking!

Oh Wow I was Featured on Kid Style File

Took me a while to realise it, but better late than never hey! Back in late December I was included on the Kid Style File website in their 'I Made This' feature.  They featured my 'I'm Super' Onesie! Pretty exciting! I was wondering why it was getting so many views!

Well have a great day.  I'm feeling starved of card making time, think I will have to squeeze some in this weekend!

Made it Friday Focus: Tractor

As it is the first Friday in February I think we've had enough of a break from Friday Focus, the last one was in December, I thought we'd kick off the Made It Friday Focus' again here on the blog! And today I'm introducing the Tractor shirt.

As some of you may remember it took a while to perfect this little baby, but it's all good now!

 My search for tractor goodies on Made it revealed these beauties!

• My Tractor Shirt - The Crafty Nomad
• Children's Art Print - Elbie Sparks
• Farm Tag Blanket - Jacaranda Handmade
• Farmyard Lamp - An Element of Style
• Tractor Notepad - Paddock Press
• Transport Mobile - Turtle Velocity

I know these guys would be thrilled if you would check their little shops out! Have fun browsing!

Week 5: Do You Stack Up Challenge - Red

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  The card I am sharing with you today is for Challenge #5 at the Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog. 

This week's challenge is:

Red

Our Sponsors today are: TLC and Sassy Studio Designs. 

I chose to make my card using a sentiment from TLC.  I added a Stampin Up music notes wheel stamp for the background and made some embellishments to go along with it.

Here is a close up of the embellishments I made: a felt 'red hot' loveheart - 2 pieces of felt sewn together using blanket stitch on my sewing machine; and a little zippy flower, love these!  Hopefully just sneaking in in time for the JUGs Challenge of creating a 3D flower!

Thanks for taking a look, can't wait to see what you come up with. Head on over to the DYSU blog to add your Red Hot creation to the list!

Some gifts

My daughter's teacher recently had a baby and so we made some gifts to celebrate!  I decided I wanted to introduce a new image - it's always nice to give a friend a new design before it goes on offer in the shop!  So I made a cute little owl.

My daughter outdid herself! She painted a wooden coathanger and added a special message on the back, made a beautiful card and then had go at sewing on my sewing machine!  We made a butterfly garland for decoration in the baby's room.  We used the Big Shot and Butterfly die from Stampin Up to punch out varying colours and sizes of butterflies.  She layered them up and then we put them through the sewing machine - she just needed a bit of help and some direction.  We used two colours of thread to match the purple and pink theme, one on the top and one in the bobbin case and it gave a fun look to the garland.  We added a ribbon loop to the top and a couple of strands of ribbon to the bottom.  I think I might add one of these to the shop too! 

Here are her lovely creations.  She chose a sketch to follow for this one and chose all the papers, I just helped place one of the papers, measure and tie the bow she stuck it all down.

 The coathanger!

The pretty Butterfly garland.  You might need to click on this to see it better!

Just one other thing to share today. I made a little dolls quilt from a piece of cheater quilt fabric. This is my first ever go and I was quite pleased with it. The front looks good the back is pretty bad I have to say. I did photograph the back but couldn't bring myself to share it here!

 I was more pleased that I finally figured out how to attach the Even Fed Foot that has been sat in my sewing box for almost a year - I thought I had bought the wrong one!

And I was quite pleased with the binding!