Grateful

Playing along with a sketch challenge today at Splitcoast Stampers forum. I let the matching papers do the work, and added a sentiment from Unity. I put a little wink of stella on the butterflies.

Had to add some twine, and a few matching candy dots. 

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Crocheted Hats

Here are a few hats that I have made in the last month.



I found this really cool skulls crochet hat pattern, and just had to make one! I went with girly colors in pink and purple. I thought it came out pretty cute! I posted it on my facebook page, and two people from work asked me to make them one, but they wanted black and white yarn. And here is that version:



I think I like this one better! Both people from work just loved them, and one is even a guy :)



This is another new pattern I found for free. It's a slouchy hat style. I like the different pattern of stitches on this one, and the added buttons!



And this last hat is actually knitted with circular needles. A simple pattern of knit and purl stitches. This one is a tad too small, even for my small head!! I've been trying to adjust the pattern to make it larger in a different type of yarn, but haven't got there yet. Then I came across the skulls beanie, and left this one behind ;)

So, these are the last few hats I've made before the warmer weather gets here. My husband always asks me how many hats do I really need? And my response is, all of them!! My next hat adventure is to sew some. I absolutely love vintage hats from the 20's through the 50's. I scarf them up if I see them at flea markets and antique stores. But, I'd like to make some in velvet, love that fabric!!

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Wood Crafts

I don't do as many wood crafts as I used to, me and the saws just don't get along anymore :)



We always get lots of pallets at work, and I took one home awhile ago with the intention of taking it apart and making something with it. Well, the saw just didn't want me messing with it, so I left the pallet intact and painted a flag on it!

I already had some paint here, and I used my star framelits to make a stencil. After letting it dry, I put some water proof sealer over it so I could leave it outside. It now sits on my porch.



The next project was suppose to be an outside bench made with the head and footboard of a bunkbed that someone left at our rental. Well, things weren't going my way again, so I used the slats of the bed and made a star! The pieces are just screwed together at the ends, and I wrapped some rope around them just for decoration. I coated this with water proofing also.

So, those are my two not planned projects I made last week. I am happy with them both despite the troubles I was having :)

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Amazing

Today starts a new week for the color challenge at Splitcoast Stampers, and what happy bright colors to end my month as guest designer! Tempting Turquoise, Tangelo Twist and Whisper White.

A quick card to make with an embossed swirl image and a scattering of punched flowers. 

I'll be sharing a few of my non paper crafts projects later today. Haven't been posting much on my blog lately, so I'll share what I've been up to. The weather is warming up here, and I'm eager to start a few flower bed changes. But, I'll have to wait a bit longer!!

Thanks so much for visiting today! 

Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter Day!!

Easter Chick

I just love this cute chick from the SU! Honeycomb Happiness set! And it's free during Sale-a-Bration!!!!!

I stamped and colored the image twice, once on the main panel and another on a scrap of watercolor paper. I fussy cut one out to pop up on the main panel that I lightly watercolored the sky and grass. The cute clouds are from the SU! Ronald McDonald Charities stamp set Sprinkles of Life, and the sentiment is from the Crazy About You set.

I sponged a white doily with Blushing Bride ink to add some more pastel tones. The card base has some Chicken Wire stamped on it from a Unity background stamp. I had to add some matching pink twine as well(love twine!)

This card is off in the mail to my Mom. I did stamp a sentiment on the inside along with a row of eggs. I am entering this card into the Double D challenge, which is Easter.

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A Chance to Change

This was made for a Unity fb challenge a week or so ago, but I never shared it on my blog. The images are from Unity's monthly kit, and I colored it with alcohol markers, then sponged around it with ink.

The sentiment is stamped and die cut, and the background is a Paper Smooches die cut. It's made to fill a standard A2 size card, but this is a 5x7 size.The large image and sentiment label help fill in the empty space from it. I also stamped a leafy image in the corner to help fill in that blank space from another Unity kit.

Thanks for having a look!!