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Monday, June 15, 2026
Cardmaking - a dryer sheet flower with a brad and sequin over an arty background
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A card for someone special on one of their special days!!! I made a dryer sheet flower and painted it blue and yellow. I embossed a strip...
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Sewing - a set of three little chicken pin cushions
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I worked on these little chicken pincushions this week. I found some quilt squares which I have acquired over time and chose several to ma...
Friday, June 12, 2026
Stuffing created using lofty fabrics which I trimmed out for cardholders
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I acquired several pieces of fabric while checking out our Trash to Treasure event. Items you no longer want but are still useable are set...
Quilting - four blocks for a memorial quilt for my Mom
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I made these quilt blocks a while back and had set them aside so I could hand stitch the little yellow hearts to the houses. I finally got ...
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Art Date - Dying fabric with paint with my sister
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My sister, Sylvia , was here for a few days and we played with dying fabrics with paint. We tried a variety of different mediums and techn...
Tuesday, June 09, 2026
Cardmaking - embossed pearl backgrounds with butterflies and greeting for IWIN
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I have incorporated some of the pearly backgrounds I made last week into cards for IWIN. I got the butterfly diecuts at a garage sale a wh...
Sunday, June 07, 2026
Cardmaking - pearl acrylic paint backgrounds on white cardstock
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I worked on backgrounds last week in an effort to sort through some of my paint stash. I used up some pearl acrylic paint housed in fine t...
Thursday, June 04, 2026
Cardmaking - a rainy scene with a man with an umbrella
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A fun card featuring a man with an umbrella in the rain!!! I am sure everyone is wishing for rain and this person loves to garden so I am s...
Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Cardmaking - a harlequin background created with squares and a fussy cut rose in a large circle
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I started by fussy cutting the rose and its colours inspired the rest of the card. I trimmed a green card and then dug into the stash for t...
Monday, June 01, 2026
Cardmaking - a leather oak leaf on an embossed tag over a collage background
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Another card for a family occasion!!! I started with a dark brown card. I pieced a decorative paper background - I like the spots of colo...
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Cardmaking - embossed tree with a maple leaf punchie over a striped background
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Working on cards I need for June! It is fast approaching!! I started with a dark brown card and cut some striped decorative paper into stri...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
May Card Club - Card #3 - fun little trees made with the chevron punch over some funky word patterned paper
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For our third card we assembled these fun cards!! Wanting to use my chevron punch I had done an internet search to see what others had crea...
May Card Club - Card #2 - dryer sheet flowers over handmade paper
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For our second card we played with making flowers using used dryer sheets!!!! So fun!! I have made some of these before but on a smaller s...
May Card Club - Card #1 - bright punchies, white seam binding over an embossed grid
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It was so great to see everyone again!!! We started our creative cardmaking session with this card which features little punched shapes - f...
Monday, May 25, 2026
Cardmaking - March Card Club kits made up - serendipity birds, butterflies and flowers over sanded backgrounds
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The balance of the March Card Club kits which I found when I started prepping for May Card Club!!! Amazing that things get put off for so l...
Cardmaking - extra card kits from March Card Club made up - strips and long slim images
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I also found these card kits in my March Card Club box which has been sitting for a couple of months!! It was fun to finish up these cards...
Cardmaking - more cards from March Card Club kits
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I am prepping card kits for my May Card Club and I found the box from March Card Club with all the leftover cards and kits!! Life has bee...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Quilting - a scrappy potholder quilt using some orphan blocks and pieced pieces from my stash
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I made up this potholder quilt this past week. I cut the backers from a light green cotton sheet and hand dyed them to give them a bit of t...
Sewing - hand dyed fabric for the potholder quilt backers
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I have been working on a potholder quilt in the same manner by Mom made them. I cut the backers from a cotton sheet and they seemed to bla...
Friday, May 08, 2026
Quilting - a bright quilt with slow stitched squares framed with strips log cabin style
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I have finished this fun little quilt (34" x 45") this week!! It started with a dozen little off white wonky squares which were p...
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