Flower market bag

Hello! How are you?

I can't believe how fast summer is flying by!

My husband and I enjoy going to our local

farmer's market on the weekends. I saw a

pattern for a cute bag...perfect to bring along to the market.

My goal was to use up some of the cotton yarn  I have on hand.

I started with yellow...but didn't have enough to both sides.

So I switched to white for the other side...

...but kept the center yellow.

The pattern is very easy!

You can find the chart here.

Thanks for checking in and have a great day!!

Gran's Garden Gift Tag

Hello! Just popping in today with a

gift tag I made using Gran's Garden from Papertrey Ink.

I sent my sister a little gift in the mail, so I decided to

pretty up the package a bit.

I used a brown paper bag from The Paper  Studio (Hobby Lobby), 

added the tag and some baker's twine.

I cut the heart from gingham paper, on my Cricut, using 

the Doodlecharms cartridge.

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Tea cups...

Sometimes when I am looking at Pinterest,

I feel like I just have to make a card...

I'm so inspired by what I see, I want to recreate it.

Does that every happen to you??

I hope so.

The other day I was looking at cards with a coffee/tea/hot chocolate

theme. I fell in love with these stacked tea cups. (Of course, I

love that they are made from gingham paper!)

I cut these images using my Cricut. I haven't made them

into cards or anything yet, but they are just waiting to 

be made into something adorable!

I cut the whipped cream on the red cup out of vellum.

Check back soon...I'll share what I make with these cuties!

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Christmas tags

Every Christmas, I find myself rushing to make cute gift 

tags at the last minute. Every year I say to myself, "Why

don't I make these in summer, when I have time??" 

Well, today I had a little time and decided to

make a few tags to use in December!

I decided to keep them simple...use red and white,

and only have a layer or two.

I started by cutting a bunch of tags, using my Cricut.

The tag shapes I used are from the Preserves cartridge.

I went through my Christmas stamps to find images.

Every time I look through my stamps to find something for a project,

I decide I never have to buy another stamp!! Can anyone else relate

to that?? I have so many nice images I either forget about or

just don't use! Ugh!

These are all images I've had for quite a while...

The sentiment on these tags is a little longer than the tag,

but that's ok. = ) They still look nice!

I love this stamp...it's from a set I bought at Michaels a few

years ago. 

These tags were made with stamps that came with a magazine.

There are quite a few UK cardmaking magazines that come

with stamps or dies. I always check out what's new when

I'm at Barnes and Noble or JoAnn's!

With a little ribbon or bakers twine,

I think these tags will be time saver come December! Now, if

I could only do the same with my Christmas shopping!!

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Campin' Critters

Every Friday, Cricut offers an image set to use in Design Space

for free for a few days.

This week it's Campin' Critters.

I found quite a few images that will

be great to use in my boys' Scout scrapbooks.

Here are the images I cut:

There are so many great images to choose from, and a lot

of cute animals. I have quite a bit done in the Scout

books I'm working on, so I just picked a few things

to embellish pages I already have finished.

I've done that with other free sets that are offered, too.

If I have completed pages, I choose an image just

give  a page that  little something extra. = )

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Lacy Lantern

Hello! Have you seen these pretty crocheted lanterns?

I think the light shining through the crochet pattern is gorgeous!

I just had to try making one! They are perfect for a little LED tea light.

Quite a few of the lanterns I saw were made out of individual
motif's. I wanted something a little more simple...

...after a little research,
I saw this one. It uses 2 doilies. 

 I started with a doily I already had.

Then, made another one to match.

I stitched them together along the sides (right sides facing out), connecting
them mainly at the top of the

scallops. I wanted the sides to have a large enough opening to slide in the tea light.

I mixed glue and water (about equal parts, but it really isn't too fussy!)

and soaked the doilies in it.

I slid the ballon in the center, and blew it up, leaving the
knot on the outside. I used a 12 inch balloon.

I hung it up to dry...waiting for it to try was the hardest part!!!

When it was dry, I popped the balloon
and added a LED tea light.

Oh my gosh, I just love it!!!!
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Another Gran's Garden Card...

Hello! I just love the flowers in this stamp set!! I did a little

browsing of vintage linens today and was inspired to

create this card. = ) 

The sentiment is from Stampin Up! Chalk Talk.

I just used inks I had on hand to create the flowers.

The background shape is cut from the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge.

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Vintage Christmas

I made a Christmas card today; used a few of my

favorite things...

doily

gingham background

vintage style stamp

The branches are from misskatecuttables "jingle all the way" file.

The doily die is from Prima. I used the precision base plate for 

my Sizzix...it makes a perfect cut!

Thanks for checking in and have a great day!