Airplane Quilt

Here is a quilt that was ordered by a co-worker for her one year old nephew.

She requested airplanes, boyish colors, no flower prints, no orange, no pink and no purple.  So I think I covered it rather well.  This pattern took a little longer than normal since I am attempting to work with more detailed pieced blocks.  This pattern is called Stitched Leaves Pattern and I got it over at Connecting Threads.  Grab your copy of the block pattern HERE!  Instead of fussy cutting the centers, I embroidered two different airplanes for half of them and left white centers for the rest.

Happy Wedding Day

This is the last card from my order from last week.

I made this card to coordinate with a wedding invitation which was cream with brown birds, leaves and flowers.

Supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado - Birdhouse, Papertrey Ink - Delightful Dahlia (Sentiment)
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream. Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, SU DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Ribbon Ended Tags, SU 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Chocolate Chip

Hump Day Inspirations #18

This week's challenge over at Inktegrity is to show off your Halloween or fall cards!  Here is mine:

I decided to use the new apple basket image with the retired SU Summer Picnic DP.  I love the apples with the brown too!

Supplies:
Stamps: Inktegrity - Apple Basket
Paper: PTI White, Gina K Luxury White, Close to Cocoa, Summer Picnic DP
Ink: Copics
Accessories: SU 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, SU Hodgepodge Hardware - Buckle

October's Newsletter Project

Here is my project for October's newsletter with Filekutz by LisaJane:

This is a super simple birthday card.  I cut out the frame, made the mat for the sentiment a smidge smaller than the center and voila!  I added some adhesive half pearls for an accent.

Supplies:

Stamps: SU - Sincere Salutations

Paper: PTI Kraft, GP White, Basic Black

Ink: Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Cricut, Filekutz by LisaJane - May Freebie Flourishes, Adhesive Half Pearls

Squigglefly Challenge #70

This week's challenge over at Squigglefly is to make a card for a Celebration.  Since I make tons of birthday cards, I thought I would use that celebration.

Sorry for the incomplete post, I post the card and then I add the wording later on when I am slow at work.  I obviously missed this scheduled post!  Oops!!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Squigglefly - I Chews You, Papertrey Ink - Birthday Bash Sentiments
Paper: PTI White, Gina K Luxury White, Basic Black, Unknown Bo Bunny DP
Ink: Archival Jet Black, Copics
Accessories: None

More Pictures!

Here are some more pictures of Sebastian from last weekend.

We spent the majority of last weekend at home cleaning and doing things that needed to get done.  So we got to spend some quality time with him.  Since we bought him the proper lighting for his cage, he looks more alert, brighter and happier!  He is very calm and loves to be held!  He was even sitting on my shoulder while I was making some cards.

I have discovered that he loves collard green, shredded carrots and shredded butternut squash.  He also took a swim in his water bowl and splashed water all along the sides of his cage.

I totally love the way he sleeps.  When the lights go out, he falls asleep where ever he is.  The other night, he was half on the branch and half on the ground.  We woke him up and moved him because that did not look comfortable.

He is becoming a great addition to this family!!!

Congrats to YOU

Here is card #2 for last weekend's card order.

A co-worker's friend is expecting her second child.  So we thought that we would take a different approach for this card.  This card is for her son.  Inside it reads: "Big Brother".

Supplies:
Stamps: SU - Bundle of Joy, Papertrey Ink - All About You
Paper: PTI White, GP White, Barely Banana, Pumpkin Pie, SU DP
Ink: Archival Jet Black, SU Markers
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Oval Nestabilities (Classic & Scallop)

Simple Secrets - Nancy Mehl

Summary from Good Reads: Can graphic designer Gracie Temple have it all: the big city life and a job at a successful advertising firm? Just when she feels life coming together she receives an unknown uncle’s inheritance in a quiet Kansas Mennonite community. The house comes with a dark legacy and a cast of interesting neighbors, including farmer Sam Goodrich. Can Gracie shake off the dust of this town or will its secret charms pull her in to stay?

Gracie had a lot to deal with inside this small Mennonite town called Harmony.  She went there with the intentions of dealing with her uncle's estate.  Once she got there, she learned of a secret that her uncle had been keeping for several years.  The thing is, there are people in Harmony who did not want these secrets revealed.

Along the way, she falls in love with the town, the people and even Sam.  Sam was the neighbor's nephew who guided Gracie through Harmony and became a wonderful friend.  Together they were determined to uncover the truth explained in her uncle's note.  Lots of people in Harmony had devasting secrets and the more Gracie dug into the past, the more was revealed.  In the end, Gracie, Sam and the whole community came together.

This was a heartfelt story about family, friends, love, community and truth.  It shows how holding back the truth can have a terrible affect on everyone around you as well as yourself for holding it inside for so long.

I honestly enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to reading more in Nancy Mehl's second book called Simple Deceit which is coming out in early 2011.  A special thanks to Net Galley and Barbour Publishing, Inc for allowing me to review this book for them.

Hump Day Inspiration #17

Happy Hump Day everyone!  Please stop by Inktegrity's challenge blog to participate in this week's challenge.

The challenge for this week is a sketch challenge.  Here it is:

Here  is my card:

I thought that I would put a little spin on my interpretation of this sketch.  Although my card is just three easy laters, I figured that the image was oval and I added the sentiment to the other side.  Cool, huh??!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Inktegrity - Ricky the Racoon
Paper: PTI Kraft, Gina K Luxury White, Brilliant Blue
Ink: Archival Jet Black, Copics
Accessories: SU Ticket Corner Punch

Airplane

I was inking up some of my Papertrey Ink stamps this weekend.  I just had to play with this one!

This is such a cute set (and it is only $5).  It is perfect for a little boy's birthday card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Fly Away
Paper: PTI White, GP White, PTI Enchanted Evening, PTI Spring Rain
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, Archival Jet Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Traffic Jam

Happy Anniversary

I had several  card requests over the weekend.  Here is one of them:

A friend requested an anniversary card using the layout of the wedding card that I made for her over 3 years ago.  Good thing I take pictures of all my cards as a reference!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU - Simply Said, Papertrey Ink - Fillable Frames #4 (Sentiment)
Paper: PTI Kraft, GP Whtite, More Mustard, Old Olive
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: None

Meet Sebastian!

This is Sebastian, my 1-1/2 year old bearded dragon!

I purchased him from someone on Craigslist who needed to get rid of him since they are moving to an apartment that does not allow pets.  I have wanted one every since I saw one at Claws N' Paws zoo in Pennsylvania last 4th of July.  Jay and I started pricing everything that was needed to get started and it was way more than we wanted to spend.  So we started watching Craigslist instead so I could give a bearded dragon a second chance at a good home.

We brought him home on Tuesday night after an hour and a half ride in the car.  I think it may have stressed Sebastian out a little bit.  Rusty, our dog, is having a hard time dealing with him.  Since his cage is on our old coffee table and is the right height for him, he walks around the cage and whines at Sebastian.  I don't think he knows what to think of him!  All he knows is that his mommy is crazy!  LOL!

This is him hunting.  We stopped at a pet store on Wednesday night and got him some more things along with 20 crickets.  OMG, he loved it!  He had so much fun and it was rather fun to watch too!

Halloween Project - Pumpkin Man Scarecrow

Here is my final Halloween project using files from Filekutz by LisaJane:

I used the Pumpkin Man cutting file (LK00077).  I thought that he would make a great addition to a Halloween card or scrapbook page.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Simple Alphabet

Paper: PTI White, Basic Black, Close to Cocoa, Only Orange, Old Olive, Unknown DP

Ink: Archival Jet Black

Accessories: Cricut, Filekutz by LisaJane - Pumpkin Man Scarecrow (LK00077), SU 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Only Orange, SU Small & Large Oval Punches

Hump Day Inspiration #16

Hello and Happy Wednesday to you!

It's time to be inspired with another challenge from Inktegrity's Hump Day Inspiration.  This week's challenge is a color challenge.  You are to use your favorite fall colors.  Here are mine:

This is a sneak peak of one of Inktegrity's new fall releases.  The pumpkin house is just too cute!

Supplies:
Stamps: Inktegrity - Pumpkin House
Paper: PTI White, Gina K Luxury White, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, SU Old Olive DP
Ink: Cat's Eye Chalk - Amber Clay, Copics
Accessories: None

Squigglefly Challenge #68

Happy Monday everyone!  This week is challenge #68 at Squigglefly.  It is to use your favorite embellishment.  Here is mine:

I just love using ribbon!  I would say that my favorite place to purchase ribbon is from Papertrey Ink.  I love how it coordinates with their ink and paper!

Supplies:
Stamps: Squigglefly - Fancy Flowers
Paper: PTI White, Gina K Luxury White, PTI Raspberry Fizz, Bo Bunny DP
Ink: PTI Tea Dyeing Duo, Copics
Accessories: PTI Swiss Dot Ribbon - Rapsberry Fizz