Crop 'Til You Drop!

I've told you before about how you should join the Fiskateers.

Recently my sister-in-law {Jenny} and I were able to go to a Fiskateer crop in Concord...it was such a blast!



{Westin joined me, too!}


I realize that sometimes you just can't get out of the house to make it to a crop, and Fiskars has thought of that, too! There is an online crop today and tomorrow on the Fiskateers message board.


Join in on the fun!!!

It's got purse-onality!

I've been wanting to make a purse for a long time now. The purse I was carrying was just too small and one big inner pocket. I wanted something with lots of pockets for all the things I think are necessary to carry with me at all times. You know - like a tape measure, gum, chapstick, coupons, lots of pens, a cell phone, my wallet, a planner, random pacifiers and toys and various other odds and ends. I wanted pockets everywhere.

In the front:

On the sides:

In the back:
{Check out all those pen slots!!! There are ten!}

And of course, inside:
{There is a pocket at the back, two pockets at the front, and two bigger sections divided by another two pockets.}

With plenty of room for my big, fat wallet {which is stuffed with more junk...I mean necessities}:
{Note to self: Buy a brown wallet.}

I wanted an adjustable buckle type thing for the strap, but I couldn't find one and wanted to be able to use my purse...so this is what I have going on for now:

I found the outer fabric at JoAnn's in the remnant bin and got the toile for the inside there as well. (Coupon!)

For the flap decoration I made my own appliqué of a bird like I made for this card.

It's still not exactly what I had hoped for, but I am happy to announce that even making my own pattern there were no major mess-ups or seam-ripping episodes, so I will declare this one a victory!

I've been framed!

I picked up these cute frames awhile back in the Target dollar spot...in a package of three! (33 cents...I couldn't pass them up!) I added in a computer generated sentiment and some flowers I made using double sided Bo Bunny papers. I just sat down and started folding and messing with the paper until it looked flower-like.

Here is the finished frame:

Here you can see the depth of the flowers:

And a little detail shot for you:


Supplies:
Frame: Target
Paper: Bo Bunny

Lovely

Isn't she lovely?

Lacie was probably four in this picture...and she looks so grown up.

I used the Fiskars "Funky Love" punch for the hearts and all the paper is from Bo Bunny. I added some Glossy Accents to a couple of the hearts for a little extra touch, but you can't really tell in the pictures. I added in some brads, ribbon, and Thickers for a quick, easy layout.



Supplies:
Paper: Bo Bunny
Embellishments: Thickers (American Crafts), ribbon (American Crafts), brads, ribbon slide
Other: Glossy Accents
Tools: Fiskars Squeeze Punch (Funky Love), Fiskars scissors, Fiskars craft knife

Tweet Heart

I get absolutely weak in the knees whenever I see anything crafty that incorporates whimsical birds, and I thought the Abbey Road papers from Bo Bunny were perfect to create a cute bird scene. I hand cut everything with scissors or a craft knife, added some machine stitching and a bit of wire for a couple small accents. I also finished the inside with a bit of matching paper and some hand drawn accents.



Supplies:
Paper: Bo Bunny
Kraft cardstock: The Paper Company
Other: Sakura Micron brown pen, Ranger Inkssentials white pen, Scissors, Craft knife, Tim Holtz Design Ruler, Copper beading wire, Sewing machine/thread

PS - I softened up the blog background just a bit...what do you think? The current background is from ShelsScraps (my previous one was from there, too).

Good things = Small packages

This is my first attempt at a "One Sheet Wonder" challenge. I think the idea is to stamp on one sheet of paper/cardstock and create something from it. I practiced folding a piece of notebook paper and came up with a way to make a small bag and a box from one sheet.

I randomly stamped the bear and sentiment from the Kim Hughes "Bear Hugs" set (from Cornish Heritage Farms) on a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" kraft cardstock. I covered the other side with the patterned paper (creating a cute lining for the finished pieces). I then cut and folded the sheet to make a small gift box (perfect size for a gift card or some other small item) and a small bag to put the box in. I created my own flower from the patterned paper and finished off the bag with some white ric rac.




Supplies:
Cardstock: The Paper Company
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Walnut Stain)
Other: Ric Rac
Tools: Craft knife, Bone folder, Tim Holtz Design Ruler