September 30, 2014

Pilot's wife


For those of you who don't know, my husband of nearly 12 years is a professional pilot.  To say the least our lives can be quite challenging especially with two little boys.  I am part of a great Facebook support group for pilot wives. A few weeks ago the ladies were posting photos of their pilot wife shirts.  It seemed like I was the only one who didn't have one :(. As a large busted lady - who has a hard time buying tops- the idea of ordering one online was very scary to me.  So instead I designed my own using the SIlhouette cameo and HTV.   Love the finished shirt.  


September 24, 2014

Elegant thank you cards

Recently I realized I was running out of thank you cards in my stash so I created these quick and easy cards today to restock.  Nothing too elaborate, but I love the finished project. 


I began by selecting some patterned paper from a 4x6 DCWV mat stack that I already had in my stash.  I love using these stacks for cards!  I made the card bases from solid black card stock and lined the insides with white cardstock.



I rounded the corners for a more finished look



Next I cut some flowers for quilling.  For this I used a Spellbinders die. They are easy to line up on the small 4x6 papers but you could do something similar with other cutting systems



Shapes were cut using the Cricut for the phrase "thank you". Then stamped with CTMH stamps and ink 



Assembled with foam tape



Flowers are thn quilled-  I like to use hot glue on my quilled flowers


Then just assemble the cards. And add some bling





September 15, 2014

Baby card





I just want to share a quick card I made today using my silhouette cameo and silhouette studio   I started with a onsie image found via google image search and used that image to create the base for my shape card.  Using an internal offset I created the layer for the front.  A second internal offset was used for the 'stitching' - be sure to turn the cut off for this layer.  The sail boat image is from misskatecuttables.com.   I changed the text on the banner to read congratulations so that it fit my needs here. I used the print and cut feature for the outside and inside onesies then added a print and cut later with pop dots on the sail boat.  A little glitter and a few brads finish it off