Just squeaking in!

My entry into this week's "Friday Mashup!". I knew I kept all the scraps from this card for a reason ;)

Friday Mashup challenge this week:

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a project using "Recycled / Repurposed Materials or Supplies".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project "Using The Sketch and Recycled /Repurposed Materials or Supplies". 

As usual, I chose #3! I love mashing it up.

So Many Smiles

(FM#30)

Materials:

(All Stampin' Up! product)

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Paper: Pocketful of Posies DSP

Ink: Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry

Stamps: Aviary, Petite Pairs

Embellishments: 5/8" Satin Ribbon in Whisper White

Tools: 1 3/4" Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Sponge

Thanks for visiting :)

-tb:oxo

Cabled baby mitts

A good friend of mine told me she was looking for some homemade baby mitts to give to her SIL for a baby shower. It's been so long since I've knit anything, that I jumped at the chance at making an easy/quick project like baby mitts.

Also, her nephew was born 2 days before Jackson, and it turned out that we were neighbours at the hospital (right beside each other!). So even though I never see them, I feel a little connection to the cute little guy :)


I used the Cabled baby hat and mittens pattern from Paulina's Blog. The patterns was well written, easy to follow, and resulted in a darling little mitty (if I do say so myself).

I also used a new technique - and was quite pleased with the end result. As with most of my knitting education, it came from a wonderful tutorial on YouTube. It's like watching a silent picture show, but this video of the Kitchener stitch (for closing the end) is fantastic! Who needs words when you have such a clean demonstration?

I made a boo-boo at one point on the first mitt that I was too lazy to go back and fix, but I it didn't show (instead of switching to the larger needles at the beginning of the mitt, I switched at the end of the increases). So, I just made the same mistake on mitt #2.



Materials:
Needles: Estelle bamboo DPNs - size 3mm and 3.75mm
Yarn: Lang Merino superwash in "oatmeal"
Tools: Tapestry needle, scissors

Now I need to make some for my little boys! Off to find a good pattern for a 3 year old :)

-tb:oxo

Rock Star!

I'm so thrilled! This week I was chosen as the "Rock Star" at the Friday Mashup challenge!!! It was such a fun project to make, and a fun challenge to participate in! :)  My submission can be found here.

Looking forward to playing with them again this week! If you haven't played along, you really should - They are super fun.

As if Friday's aren't exciting enough as they are... ;)

-tb:oxo

Mojo Monday

This week's Mojo Monday sketch is awesome. I love, love, love it! I also love, love love the Spice Cake DSP from Stampin' Up! So, why  not combine my love, love, love's?! Exactly ;)

Thanks {so much}

 (MOJO212)

Materials used:

(All products are Stampin' Up!)

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Paper: Spice Cake DSP

Stamps: "Thanks" and butterflies from Kindness Matters, "{so much}" and flowers from Tiny Tags

Ink: Early Espresso, Pool Party

Embellishments: Pool Party ruffled ribbon,

Tools: Large Oval punch, Jewelry tag punch, Decorative label punch

Oh - and joy of all joys, I've joined the Stampin' Up! family as a demonstrator. Frabtious day, Calloo Calay!

-tb:oxo

Friday Mashup on Tuesday :)

The Friday Mashup has a fun challenge this week! "It's a Wrap" challenge gave the following options for submissions:

1. Make a project featuring a "Belly Band"

2. Or make a project using "Twine"

3. Or, Mash it up and create a project "Using Twine with a Belly Band".

I chose #3 again. I love being able to mash it up. And every time I hear or see "Mash it Up", my brain somehow brings me to the Shake a Tail Feather scene in the Blues Brothers movie... And the only reason I can think of is because they say "do the mash potato". You should watch the link - you'll love it :) Ray Charles is lovely.

Congratulations

(closed - with belly band)

Opened up

(FM29)

Materials used:

(All SU unless otherwise stated)

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Real Red

Paper: Timeless Portraits DSP

Stamps: "Congrats", Chandeliers (Hero arts)

Ink: Basic black

Embellishments: Buttons (from my bin), Black twine (The Twinery)

Tools: Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop border punch (EK)

-tb:oxo

Inspire

Below is my submission for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge. It's their 2nd anniversary, and as such, I thought I would make a "thank you" card of sorts... A thank you for your constant inspiration!

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Play Date Cafe - and thank you ever so much :)

Inspire

(PDCC104)

Materials used for "Boo":

(All SU unless otherwise stated)

Cardstock: Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Old Olive, Butter (Bazzil)

Stamps: "Inspire" from Define Your Life set

Ink: Wisteria Wonder

Embellishments: Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Pearl dots (MS)

Tools: Decorative Label punch, sewing machine
Card design idea came from an old Paper Crafts magazine.

-tb:oxo

How exciting! :)

This morning, amidst all the rain and cold, I woke up to a very pleasant surprise!

I made the 'fab four' over at Play Date Cafe with this card! This is one of the first challenges I started participating in, and haven't missed a week*. I love their story boards, and their design team is brilliant.

Can't wait to play along again this week :) Check out the gorgeous colour palette!:

Yes, I realize there is a plethora of exclamation marks in this post, but I'm OK with that. Hope you are too! (!!)

-tb:oxo

*OK, to be completely honest, I missed one.. but I was in the hospital having given birth to my lovely little boy. Excusable?