Cards

Wow- it's been a while since my last post. I have been making cards- just didn't take time to post them.
Well here they are -Birthday card for my sister- using a coffe ATC I recieved in a trade a couple years ago. The coffee cup flips up -too cute and my sis loves her coffee.

My bro in law likes orioles( so my sister told me) I found this pic on GraphicsFairy- as well as the nest. The record card is from Creative delights. Denim scrap is the ribbon and tie for the twigs.

Oranges courtesy of Graphics Fairy for my husbands Aunt- I used diamond glaze on the bowl- it doesn't show up here though.

A get well card for a co worker using the other halves of the orange papers. Did I say I LOVE orange?
I made a petal card but didn't get it scanned- I'll have to make another to scan. It was way cool.

My First Knitted Project

I started small on this one- a dishcloth about 10"x10" square.
We were on vacation in Yerington NV and I needed something for evenings in the motel room- I don't like the casinos- too much smoke.
I found the knitting needles and cotton yarn at the Ace Hardware on Goldfield Ave. I pulled it out a couple of times because I knitted when I should have purled. But I finished it and here it is.
Now I've started a simple sleeveless shell. Not sure how long that will take-

Happy Independence Day!

Hapopy Birthday America-
We're going to a barbecue later today, I'm bringing a side dish of zucchini corn salad.
I looked at a few recipes but came up with this tailored to my taste.
Jeanne's zucchini corn salad
4 small zucchini diced
1/2 sweet onion
1 red bell pepper
1 c sweet corn
salt
pepper
olive oil
21/2 T vinegar

Fire roast the bell pepper and peel the skin after it cools. Dice and place in bowl. Dice the onion and caremelize in a little olive oil. Put in bowl with the red pepper. Cook the diced zucchini in the same pan, I did it in 2 batches so it browned well- and made sure it was dry before entering the pan. Place in bowl when done. Add the corn to the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes. pour into the bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste, pour in the vinegar, toss and chill.
Have a safe and sane 4th!

Embellished T-shirt number 2

I've been seeing the return of the white peasant skirt at work and wanted one too- we went to a discount store and found one for $9.99. Not a bad price so I bought one and a white t-shirt to go with it. The shirt was a little plain so I used an old white t-shirt and my cuttle bug to make this one.

I used the Peony die to cut 3 sizes- they were double layer to make it quicker I sewed them together and used 2-4 white beads in the centers, then appliqued them to the shirt, I can't wait to wear it next week.

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I made another ABC page today- Gift.

I liked the verses Patter chose; and I enjoyed poring through God's word to find more gifts. I've had the polka dots for a long time- and it was a little short at the lower corner, so I added the red accent piece. I just recently purchased the gift box stamp, and I made the digital stamp of the gift with the Romans verse.

ABC Scripture challenge

It's been so long since I did the ABC scripture challenge- I'm on vacation so here is my Forget card.

I drew the hand, then stamped DH's name, my name and family. The bird is from graphics fairy. I used Pinewood font for the word Forget. CS is Basic Grey Sultry/elite.

Clean and Simple challenge

I saw this card sketch at paper crafts planet and wanted to play. the cs base is Basic Grey sultry/elite the flowered paper is Recollections Chocolate bar. I punched the flower from a scrap. I like the clean lines of this sketch, I'll be using it again.