Cute little bunnies

 I love little bunnies.  We have a lot of them here at our house and when the real ones aren't around I even have some little statue ones in my flower bed.  Stampin Up came out with a cute little stamp that has three bunnies on it that I just love - I got a chance to use it today on this little card.  I used the Retrosketch blog challenge sketch for the layout. 

Inside card

Bunnies on my spring pillow - bunnies cut with my Silhouette Cameo - butterflies were cut with a Martha Stuart punch

Bunny statues in my flower bed - they are much cuter when the flowers are blooming, but they still made good models when I was drawing svgs for the pillow.

Thanks for looking!

A couple Cricut Storybook cards and my first serger project done!

I just recently sold my little silhouette and bought a cameo (I just did my first cut on it yesterday but I need to make it into something before I post that freebie).  My thoughts for getting the cameo was that I would no longer need my cricut.  I've got rid of my less used cartridges already and now I'm down to my final  15.   I want to go through them and make sure there is nothing I will NEED before I get rid of them.  First on the chop block is Storybook.  If you are a cricut/cartridge user, this is a good one.  I made two cards with it today, but I think I'm comfortable letting it go now.   Next up will be Cindy Loo .

For the two cards: the cherry blossom is cut at 3.5 inch and Thank you is at 1 inch.  For the branch/butterfly card, it is the border cut done at 1.75 inch, butterfly is a martha punch and the friend is a Stampin Up stamp.

I also did my first serger project this week- some flannel pillowcases for my boys.  My mom gave me her serger  over a year ago, but I hadn't even taken the cover off.  The first pillowcase took me over an hour due to not knowing how to use a serger and having to rethread the darn thing, but the second one only took about 15 minutes.   That machine is fast and a little intimidating but I love the finished edge and will definitely be using it more in the future.  Hopefully I won't loose a finger in the process.

Thanks for looking!

A snake-y quilt and a Valentines Day heart banner

My son has been bugging me to make him a quilt so I finally caved - he wanted something colorful and snake-y (he loves snakes right now).  After picking out about 10 bright snake-patternish prints, I put together this simple block quilt.   I originally was going to have a border and make it twin size, but he said he wanted it smaller - so he could snuggle with it on the couch - so I ended making only the size of the top of a twin.  He's very happy thats its done (me too!)

After that week long project, I needed something quick for a craft fix, so today I made this cute little banner for my living room mirror.  I used sheet music for the banner, then used the heart from Plantin School book (cricut) cut at 1.75, 2.25 and 3 inch.  I stacked the hearts on the banner and stitched down the middle so the hearts could bend out for a nice 3-d effect.  Cute, cute! Thanks for looking!

Mixed Media Altered Art Notebook

Simon says stamp and show has a blog challenge going that is "what are you known for?".  My friends and family will say "crafty"-  I am frequently teased about my crafting obsession.   I wanted to make something for the challenge that would incorporate my various crafts - it was also a good excuse to alter a notebook for my current art class.  I used all the things I love to craft with-paints, paper cuts from my silhouette, some stitching, stamping, patterned paper, some fibers, doodling, the only thing that is missing is some sparkle (its rare for me not to add sparkle...maybe I'll have to find a way to put some in).  I also got to use my new cinch - I got it last month for my birthday :)  Thanks for looking!

Poppy flower card and svg

I'm ready for spring.  Here is a new poppy svg, I made it for an altered notebook I'm making, but used my sample cut for this card.  The svg is availible below, as well as the silhouette file - be sure you download the correct one for your machine.

I also made a couple other cards this week - one with the chalkboard technique and one just monochromatic borring winter card (I'm REALLY ready for spring).  Thanks for looking!

Poppy SILHOUETTE file

Poppy SVG file

Love banner card

Just a quick card today, I'm attaching the silhouette file for the banner if you would like to download.
Thanks for looking!

PSI_lovebanner

If you are looking for some Valentines Day freebie svg files, check out my some of these older posts:

http://www.paperscissorsinc.com/2012/02/heart-flower-thank-you-card-and-svg.html

http://www.paperscissorsinc.com/2012/02/valentines-day-cupcake-box-svg-freebie.html

http://www.paperscissorsinc.com/2011/01/valentines-cookie-svg-freebie.html

http://www.paperscissorsinc.com/2012/01/valentines-day-elephant-svg.html

http://www.paperscissorsinc.com/2010/01/heart-stems-anniversary-card-and-svg.html

Fimo Clay flower hair clips and earrings

I bought some little resin hair clips at a craft fair recently with the intentions of coming home and trying to make some of my own at a fraction of the price.  However, once I got to looking at all the pretty forms and dyes, I decided I better not open that can of worms right now.   Instead I used some fimo clay and some dies from Martha Stuart that can be purchased very cheep ($6 for a set of 4 with a coupon) at your local J's-both of which I already had.  The completed resin flowers and filigree clips like the one I purchased can be found on etsy, then you just glue them together, still cheaper than the craft fair, but not as cheep as the clay.   My friend and I used about 25 cents worth of fimo clay to make 14 flowers - which we turned into 5 sets of clips and 2 pairs of earrings.  The molds (click here to see mold) are intended to make elements for cards, but the flowers are too bulky for cards for me, the fern and butterflies that come in the set are nice and flat/light though.

Press softened clay into mold until the back is level/flat. I used a craft knife of some of them to make them perfect for the earrings, but then you don't see the back for the hair clips, so why bother?

Pop out of die and bake according to package directions (we did 30 min. at 275)

If you are going to use them for beading, you can poke a head pin though them prior to baking.  We just left the wire in for baking.

Glue to clips - clipping them to the edge of something makes it easier, we just used super glue

Then, of course, make a cute package to give the away in!  I used a shaker box sizzix die I just got, it is AWESOME and perfect size for this kind of gift (and little candies too!)

I also have some cards from last week to share since I was too lazy to post anything.....

Thanks for looking!