All occasion card featuring a hand decorated background and floral elements

I created this card for Mother's Day!!!  I created a pink card and added four strips of hand decorated paper for a background.  I dug through my stash of flowers and found the three smaller ones which are die cuts cut from decorated watercolour paper.  I added three little other flowers I found in the same stash to give them centers.  The leaves were cut from a green scrap.  The large flower was created using several layers - first a watercoloured die cut (TH), then a scrap of embossed vellum and a fussy cut flower (Jane's doodles) which I watercoloured to coordinate.  I adhered this large flower to my card using 3D foam tape.  

Therese
 

All occasion card featuring a cute little daisy with little ribbon flags over a hand decorated background

Another Mother's Day card!!  I started with a terra cotta card trimmed to fit in a large envelope.  I added a hand decorated background and then added a strip of paste paper on the left hand side.  The little potted flower was watercoloured, paper pierced and then layered onto an embossed background to which I had added some ribbon flags.  A fun card for a special person!!

Therese
 

All occasion card featuring little squares of decorative paper, a doodled vine and a layered photo of a flower

Another card I created for Mother's Day!!  I started with a very light dusty pink card and added some little squares leftover from my last class.  I doodled a vine in between using a green gel pen adding leaves as I went.  I went back and added three little dots here and there to simulate flowers.  I added paper piercing to the 4" x 4" photo which was trimmed from a photo calendar I received from my sister, Sylvia, last year for Christmas.   I love her photos and they always make wonderful cards.  I cut a pink square of cardstock, punched the two corners and then added the photo into it.  Love those colours!!

Therese
 

Sewing - - Bag #2 - tote using scraps of corduroy and medium weight poly cotton

Bag #2

This is the second bag I have created for my grand daughter to decorate and sell to their friends once she heads to university this fall.  This activity should keep them in a bit of spending money while they are going to school.  

I started with scraps of brown corduroy and a few scraps of coordinating floral corduroy and some almond coloured poly cotton (pant legs).  I decided to make this one a bit smaller ( 18" x 33" - with 21" handles) and used a neutral poly cotton for the lining and the inside pocket.  I incorporated the shirt pocket into one of the sides as well.  I triple reinforced the handles within the 1/2" seam allowance at the top so they should be fine for anything but a bag full of text books!!  

I used the floral, the almond and a black poly cotton to create the "piano key" accent and added 

some of the leftovers to the handles as well.  I did have to stitch the main light panel (where the artwork would go) but it should be fine once it has been painted!!  

I added one strip of the floral fabric to the bottom of the shirt pocket and then another scraps of brown to make it the size I needed for this side of the bag.  I added a black/brown corduroy bottom.  

I created the lining from a neutal poly cotton and created a zippered pocket from the same.  I added a tab in brown to the edge of the pocket.  

I am really loving the fun of making fabric with scraps and mixing and matching pieces to make the whole assemblage work.  

Totally fun!!!  

Therese

 

All occasion card featuring a hand decorated background, an embossed &layered rectangle and two embossed fussy cut hearts

Our oldest daughter and her DH are celebrating their anniversary soon and I made this card for them!  I started with a navy card, added a hand decorated background, a layered embossed rectangle under which I added four little strips of silver metallic cardstock.  After all these pieces were in place I added two fussy cut embossed hearts which we stamped on a piece of decorative paper.  Therese
 

Card featuring birthday cake, layered stripes and a hand decorated background

A card for my second oldest grand daughter featuring some hand decorated paper I made a while back!!  I love the colours and the letters in this paper!!  I trimmed a large pink card, added paper piercing to the background before adhering it to the card.  I layered some embossed pink strips to the green ones and then added those to the card.  I watercoloured the birthday cake (Melonheadz) to coordinate with the background, added some paper piercing with my pattern tracing wheel and then layered it with pink then a distressed green rectangle.  I mounted the focal element to the card front using 3D foam tape.   It is on its way!!

Therese
 

Card kits - Mother's day card kits featuring a flower created with hearts and a hug inside

I made a large set of these for my sister.  She owns a daycare and was looking for card kits for one of her classrooms.  I started with a bright card - yellow in this case.  Added three hearts laid out to make a flower - they will be free to do as they wish.  I used two scalloped circles over each other for the flower center.  I included a scrap of green for the stem and two little scraps for the leaves which they can trim themselves.  All of this gets glued to the blue background and then to the card front which ensures that nothing is sticking too far out to fit in the envelope.  

For the inside I sent along instructions for using the child's hand to create a heart and hug for Mom!!  Found the idea on line somewhere!!  You start with a folded 8.5" x 5.5" of white bond paper.  Fold in half the short way.  Place the hand with the thumb and forefinger touching the fold and trac the hand.  Once it is cut out it creates this fun heart graphic!!  

I hope they love the cards! Therese

 

Sewing - Bag #1 - denim jeans and decorative denim accents with a floral green and yellow lining

I have decided to make up some tote bags for my oldest grand daughter to take to university in the fall.  They have been decorating denim with acrylic paint for several years now - Jean jackets, etc. for the kids at school and several of their friends with a variety of designs custom to the person who wants the work done.  The art is something they really enjoy doing and is very good at so I figure it will be a win/win situation to have a bit of extra money coming and keeping art in their life.  

This is the first bag I made.  It is large (37" x 21" with a 40" handle) and will certainly accommodate almost anything that a student might need to carry - would even do as an overnight or weekend bag.  

I created a white front panel where the artwork would go and then framed it with a strip of decorative denim and other denim from a pair of jeans.  I added some of the jean patches to create some interest!! The other side has the jean pocket and a "piano key" accent created using scraps of different denim scraps I had on hand. I added another belt loop and the Levi's tag on this side.  The lining is this fun grey, yellow and green cotton to which I added a zippered pocket and another tab.  Always good to have a secure place for keys and your wallet and phone.  It was really fun to make and because of the denim has some heft to it!!!  It is a good start to the project and I hope it will be successful this year and providing a bit of money towards what they need over the school year.    Therese

 

An all occasion card featuring a little bird in a nest, blingy mesh, star brad and green ribbon

 This card is off to my daughter for her birthday!!!  I started with a little bird (spring has sprung here) in a nest and after watercolouring it I added paper piercing with my pattern tracing wheel.  I trimmed a large green card, collaged a blue background and embellished with a bit of background stamping in blue as well.  I added a layer of blingy mesh using double sided tape.  I added a star brad to the image and tied on a length of green ribbon before adhering this large focal element to my card front.  Therese

Fabric Sale was a success!!!!!!!

We have worked hard to get all the fabric ready for the sale and the notions and yarn too!  It was down to the wire but we got it done!!  It was a beautiful day and the line up at 9am was all the way up the street!!  Our shoppers were all in and stuck around for a bit more time as I am sure they have felt the need for more shopping now that there is no large fabric store though we do have several new quilting stores  (Blackfalds and Bentley)!!! The rush that usually lasts an hour went on for 2.5hours and created a bit of a long line up but no one complained and we were soon getting ready for the end of the sale and the stowing of the leftovers to be picked up by our friend, Jen!!!  We had such a good team and in the end it was our highest fabric sale ever!!  Our volunteers also got to check out and buy which helped the numbers as well.  Therese

 

Card featuring a background of squares, glitter pen embellishment and a framed flower photo with a little bow

I created this card for my sister for her recent birthday!!!  It was fun to create this background with little squares leftover from my last class.  I added a squiggly row of clear glitter using my Sakura gel pen.  I framed the 4"x 4" photo (from the calendar by sister Sylvia gave me for Christmas of her own photography) with yellow, added some paper piercing using my pattern tracing wheel and added it to my card using 3D foam tape.  I tied two short pieces of yellow ribbon to each other and added it to the corner of the photo to finish off my card!!!  

I hope her birthday went well.  I have been working 2 days a week for the fabric sale and it is challenging to stay ahead of the to do list.  

Therese

 

Birthday card featuring collaged background, hand cut handles with "bird wing" flames, greeting

DH is having a significant birthday and so I made him a special card!!  I made a collage background with some of his favorite things and adhered it to a large card base.  I added hand trimmed candle with "bird wing" flames from golden yellow decorative paper.  I added the greeting which was stamped and embellished with paper piercing.   

It was his first party and he really enjoyed the family time!!

Therese