Thank You Cards

Although we had a very small, private wedding in Reno, there were still a few people who were responsible for it being so sweet and special. I made these Thank You cards for them.

Pay it Forward

A good friend posted a Pay It Forward RAK on facebook. I participated, and the stipulation was to make something and pay it forward to 5 other people. I made these cute tags for Jeanette, Erin, Larae, Tina & Christy.

Twins turn 1

The twin grandbabies turned a year old in March. Again, I couldn't be with them, so these are the cards from MiMi.

Grandson's Birthday Card

My first grandson turned 2 in January. I made him this card for his birthday, since I couldn't be with him. He loves animals.

Distressed Roses

I thought this would be a fun project to share. I love these little roses (you can make them bigger or smaller to fit your project). No tools except a glue gun.

Start with a 3" square. Tear the square by hand into a circle.

Start at the outer edge and tear the circle into a spiral, ending with just a dot at the center. This would be the point where you'd want to ink the torn edge if you like.

Start at the outside of the spiral and roll your spiral "strip" into your rose shape.

Make sure the inner edge stays even as you roll. Your rolling will be more cone shaped than coiled.

Continue rolling to the center dot. Put a gob of hot glue on the dot, then let your coil unroll slightly into the glue.

It takes a little practice. The trick is to make sure that bottom edge stays even. If you roll too tightly, you will actually end up with a tall spiral. That's not right.

Sunflowers/Daisies

I love these flowers. They can be sunflowers or daisies, depending on the thread you use. And they're super simple. Use 2 colors.

With color 1, chain 5, slip stitch in first chain to form circle. Chain 3. Work 15 double crochet in circle. Slip stitch in top of beginning chain 3. Fasten off.

Join color 2 in any dc. Chain 1. Work petals around as follows:

Single crochet in dc below. Chain 10.

Last petal - slip stitch in first sc. Fasten off.

Engagement Page

I finally got my "engagement" page done. I don't think it needs any journaling. Everything kind of speaks for itself. I love the black and white look, but really wanted the hearts to pop, representing the vibrancy and boldness and the true color of our love. I love this page.

The flower is made from used dryer sheets, sprayed with my own custom-blended perfect pearl mist, with lace and 2 paper flowers. The dryer sheet was cut in strips, colored, the edges stickled, and then pleated onto a Gluber (I love glubers).

The hearts were cut from chipboard with my cricut, then simply covered with pink and Christmas red stickles. The red heart is adhered directly to the page, the pink heart is pop-dotted.

The letters are chipboard letters I bought at work. I painted them white with my Adironack paint dabber, then stamped random flourishes all over with black archival ink. I then stickled the edges with silver stickles and adhered them flat.

The rhinestone flourish is part of a prima set I got at work.