Kathy's Stamping Niche

Tulips.....gotta' love the Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch!

The Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch is the best punch ever!  Not only can you make cute birdies on branches, you take those bird wings and make tulips with them.  How clever is that?  I don't know who thought it up, but thank you very much.

I went to a demo meeting last week and one of the projects we did was using that wonderful bird punch to make tulips.  The card was Cherie Zuniga's project.  Oh so cute and quick too!  That's because Cherie had punched all the wings out and sponged all the edges and put our tulips together!  LOL.  Thanks Cherie!

Here's the card:

The border was done with the Eyelet Border Punch.  I didn't do a very good job on the corner, but I would still send the card to someone. 

If you need more information on how to make the card, just ask.

Thanks for stopping by.   

Eggscellent Egg Kit Card

First off, I'm so sorry that the last post duplicated itself.  Don't have a clue what happen but I apologize for the mess.

Here's a card that we made in class.

How fun are the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Flowers?  They are great to use.  I'm also in love with the Sending Love Notes - Hugs.  It's the small scalloped card stock that is used on the card.

You can make the egg stands do double duty.  I used the Pretty In Pink egg stand on the bottom of the card and a piece from the Shades of Spring DSP.

Whimsical Words is the stamp set used.  I'm going miss this style of writing.

Hope you enjoy this card.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Eggscellent Egg Kit

I did an Eggscellent Egg Kit class a couple of weeks ago and each participant made 5 different projects and got to keep the left-overs from the Kit.  I gotta' tell you, I LOVE this kit!  The bling that is included is while I love this kit so much!

Here's one of the projects included in class.

I found plastic eggs and used a bunch of the flowers to decorate this one.  I made sure to leave the opening free so you could put whatever inside without tearing up the flowers.  

The flowers were attached with Mini Glue Dots.  The bling that comes with this kit has several different sizes and also strips of rhinestones that are self-adhesive.  I am a miser with them,  I cut a strip so the rhinestones can be used separately and have yet to use the larger ones.  I know, it's so sad when you want to hoard your stash.

In the next couple of days, I'll share one of the cards we made.

Thanks for stopping by.

Eggscellent Egg Kit

I did an Eggscellent Egg Kit class a couple of weeks ago and each participant made 5 different projects and got to keep the left-overs from the Kit.  I gotta' tell you, I LOVE this kit!  The bling that is included is while I love this kit so much!

Here's one of the projects included in class.

I found plastic eggs and used a bunch of the flowers to decorate this one.  I made sure to leave the opening free so you could put whatever inside without tearing up the flowers.  

The flowers were attached with Mini Glue Dots.  The bling that comes with this kit has several different sizes and also strips of rhinestones that are self-adhesive.  I am a miser with them,  I cut a strip so the rhinestones can be used separately and have yet to use the larger ones.  I know, it's so sad when you want to hoard your stash.

In the next couple of days, I'll share one of the cards we made.

Thanks for stopping by.

The Blog Candy Winner Is........

Big Congrats to:

Judy H of Iowa

you're the winner of the Blue Rag Purse.

Please e-mail me your snail address and I'll get YOUR purse in the mail ASAP.

Thank you all for entering!

Blog Candy!

WOW!  My little un-kept blog has finally hit 100,000 views.  Actually a few hundred more than that, but Holy Toledo!

Let's celebrate!  I still have an extra Blue Rag Purse.  Leave me a comment on this post and I'll put all the names in my jar, pull a name and you can win this purse. I have washed this purse since this picture was taken so it is now raggedy.

You have through Sunday, March 14 to enter.

Good luck and thanks for your support.

The Winner Is.......

The winner of the Blue Rag Purse is .....

Kathy Tapp

Congratulations Kathy!  I'll get the Blue Rag Purse to you soon.

Quilted Rag Purse Using The Scallop Square Die Cut

These Quilted Rag Purses are really fun to make!  I had a wonderful time taking my sewing machine out of month balls and actually using it for something besides hemming!

This is my first purse.

 

The material was given to me by my friend Lucy.  The one that helped me with the quilt square.  Lucy was so generous with her fabric I also made this one.

 
I know, looks like the first one but the placement of the butterflies are different.  I just couldn't stop at 2 so here's another one!

I had to go to the fabric store and purchase buttons and saw the printed pattern and had to buy some fabric to make the above purse.  That's alright, because I really enjoy making them!  I ended up making 4 of the blue Quilted Rag Purses.  The fourth one is very similar to the first 2.

Black and red together are one of my favorite color combo's and here is one of the Quilted Rag Purses I made with some of the other fabric Lucy gave me.

I just LOVE these purses!  This one is MINE! 

Here's what the inside looks like.

 
Cool, uh?  Your purse can be reversible!

Only one of the purses have been washed and I found out I did an awful job of sewing the handles so I took them off and re-did them.  Live and learn.

If I can make them, you can too!  Angie Kennedy Juda has a video tutorial HERE.  Just follow her directions and you'll be home free.

Now if you don't have a sewing machine or just don't wanna' BUT would like a Quilted Rag Purse of your own, you can WIN one of the Blue Rag Purses by placing any order of $30 or more on my SU Website or emailing your order directly to me.  All orders received from Monday, February 15 through Sunday, February 27 will be eligible.  I will put all the qualifying names in a hat and draw a winner on March 1, 2010.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

Treat Cup with a Dial Opening - update

Many of you have asked about directions for this card.

I have written a tutorial and you can download the free directions by clicking here.

I would love to see what you make with the instructions.   
 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all.  My Sweetie has to work today so we will be celebrating on Monday or Tuesday, his days off.  Not sure what we are doing, but we are planning on going out for dinner.

I wanted to share some of the beautiful swap and a project card from last month's demo meeting I attended.

This card was made by Alisa Purdie. 

Mary Hetherington made this.

This was one of the projects we made.  It was designed by Lori Robinson and is the card I made.  Trust me, Lori's was much better!

 
Robin Rouch created this card.

Now enjoy the day for sweetheart and lovers.  I'm trying to stay away from the television because the Olympics will suck me in and before I know it, the day is gone!