Stitched Tray Rectangle

 I made this rectangle tray as a gift for one of the employees at the gym I go to every day. She is a real gem and is moving to Atlanta. I also made her a set of cards (but forgot to photograph them)

This is the second tray I have made as a gift. I also forgot to photograph that one too. Gave it as a hostess gift filled  with some dark chocolates on Easter morning.

 They take about 5 hours to make. I just do a little each night as I watch tv. However when adding the trim I need to be extra careful; so of course I don't stitch the trim while watching tv.

 I have yet to make a tray without the trim.

 The side view

  These are so cute; tiny but cute. Perfect as a catch all or little treat holder.

I am planning on making some for my granddaughters' teachers for end of the year gifts.

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Congratulations DS

Saturday, February 27, 2016

  My son informed us last week that he made partner at his law firm. My husband and I are so proud of him. I decided to use the color scheme from the challenge this week at Colour Q for his congratulations card.

I used some oldies and goodies from PTI.

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Happy 41st Anniversary DH

Friday, February 26, 2016

                      

                        My husband & I celebrated our 41st Wedding anniversary this past Monday.  Searching Pinterest for some inspiration for a masculine card (didn't think my husband wanted florals) I stumbled across this card.

     Here's my take:

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Make It Monday #239: Customizing Pattern Paper

  Popping in with a birthday card I made for my sister-in-law. I'm not much of a pattern paper person, although I have tons and have been pushing myself to use it more. thus when I saw the challenge this week for PTI's Make It Monday to customize pattern paper, I decided to give it a try..... a very small one at that.

I stamped the banners on top from Birthday Style in Lovely Lady and Mint Julep. The sentiment is from Botanical Silhouettes
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Joy to the World

Feb 16, 2016

      I'm back in the groove of making Christmas cards for 2016. I decided to incorporate 2 challenges with this card.  The fantastic sketch this week for retrosketches #202 make this card very easy.

The theme this week for Merry Monday is to incorporate berries.  My berries are very tiny. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Thank- You Anniversary Challenge

Monday, Feb, 15, 2016

Playing along today with two challenges.  The first one is a PTI anniversary challenge where you are suppose to create a Thank you  card for the wonderful warehouse staff and of course mail it.

I decided to use this beautiful palette from ColourQ.  Isn't it beautiful?

  I began by coloring one of the sheets from Bold Blossoms released last month.

I cut several "thanks" to give the card some texture.

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Valentine's Day 2016

Sunday, Feb 14, 2016

           Happy Valentine's Day! Just a quick post of two Valentine cards I made for my granddaughters.  They both love butterflies so when I saw a coloring page of a butterfly made from hearts, I decided to make a card.

 Can you tell what their favorite colors are?  Here's the sentiment I generated with my computer. (Sorry for the blurriness as I am still not good taking pictures with my new  phone.)

  Since the cue word at Casology this week is:

I am submitting this post.

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