Happy Easter Bunny Card

Time for another Fun Easter Card! 

I'm really enjoying creating with this new stamp set from Stampin' Up - (Easter Basket), the sweet little bunnies and cute little chick are adorable!

I chose to use only the bunny and his yummy carrot on this card and had to do a little "masking" technique to make it look like he was actually holding the carrot. 

I decorated the bottom right of the inside of the card with a few of the little easter egg stamps and hand colored them with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. 

Hope you like my sweet little simple Easter Card and are inspired to make one of your own!

Below are the supplies I used to make this card. 

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set - Stampin' Up Easter Basket (#166940)

Card Base - 4 1/4“ x 5 1/2“, Balmy Blue Cardstock (#146982)

Front Mat: 3 3/4” x 5” Basic White Cardstock (#159276)

Inside Mat 4” x 5 1/4”, Basic White Cardstock (#159276)

Patterned Paper (front) - 3-3/4" x 2" - Stampin' Up DSP Easter Joy (#166939)

Ribbon (Front): Gingham Ribbon 1/4" Balmy Blue - Stampin' Up (#166952)

Label/Tag (Front): 2-1/4" x 3" - Stampin' Up Nested Essentials Dies (#161597)

Stamped Inside of Card with Easter Eggs - Stampin' Up Stamp Set - Easter Basket (#166940)

Stamped Label/Tag on front with Bunny Holding Carrot - Easter Basket (#166940)

Sentiment Tag on front - 3-¼” x ½” Cut from Basic White Cardstock 

Stamp Tag with Sentiment “Happy Easter“ - Stampin' Up Stamp Set - Easter Basket (#166940)

Ink/Stamp Pads, Momento Tuxedo, Black #132708, Shy Shamrock #163808, Balmy Blue #147105,

Stamping blends: Balmy Blue, Shy Shamrock, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink

Embellishment (Front) - Stampin' Up Easter Assortment (#166951)

Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)

Tombo Liquid Glue, White

Terrifically Tacky Tape (Provo Craft)* or compatible: Red Line Tape (Crafter's Companion, Amazon, etc.)

Tape Runner - Stampin' Seal (#152813)

Blending Brush, (Temu)

(*This tape is from my old stock craft supplies, I don't think Provo Craft (now Cricut) sells it anymore, but there are lots of craft retailers that sell something similar called "Red Line Tape")

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Easter Blessings Greeting Card

Easter is one of my favorite Holidays and when I saw Stampin' Up's new Pleasant Patterns Speciality Designer Series Paper, I knew I had to make an Easter Card with it!

Card Recipe:

Card base 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Cardstock, Pretty in Pink

Mat front - Patterned Paper, 3-3/4"x 5", Pleasant Patterns, 12“ x 12“ Specialty Designer Series Paper, #166950

Inside Mat: 3-⅞” x 5-⅛”  - Basic White Cardstock #166780

Diecut Piece (Arch), Garden Meadow Dies #162740, Basic White Cardstock #166780, Colored with Pretty in Pink Ink applied with a blending brush

Stamped with “Easter Blessings” from Blessed Beginnings Stamp Set #167157, Smokey Slate Ink Pad #147113

Focal stamped piece - (Church & Tree) from “Blessed Beginnings” #167157 (Fussy Cut), Stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink #132708 and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers: Ivory, SU1000, Wild Wheat, Shaded Spruce, Parakeet Party, SU200, Pecan Pie, Gray Granite

Embellishments (Front): Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls (2 ea.) #163416

Stampin’ Dimensionals - #104430

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals - #144108

Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue (White)

Stampin’ Seal #152813

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Baby Gift Ensemble

I am really enjoying getting to do a lot of sewing right now and I have been trying new things, such as this version of a "Boppy" pillow cover from "Made by Marzipan" called the "Poppy Pillow Slip Cover".

I have a friend who recently had a baby and thought it would be cool to make her a "custom" cover for her nursing pillow!

She likes the mustache theme and is into camo, so I made a matching bib and burp cloth to go with the Boppy cover.

I found the pattern for the bib at "Alice and Lois" and the pattern for the burp cloth at "Cloud 9 Fabrics".

Supplies/Tools Used for this Project:

Fabric - Alexander Henry Fabrics, Nicole's Prints, De Leon Design Group DE#7567 A "Where's My Stache?" (2011)
Fabric - JoAnn's, Flannel, Gray Camo
Pattern - Poppy Pillow Slip Cover - Made By Marzipan
Pattern - Bib - Alice & Lois
Pattern - Burp Cloth - Cloud 9 Fabrics
Thread - Coats & Clark - 100% Polyester - Gray S910 H6 600
Zipper, 18"
Scissors
Straight Pins
Iron
Sewing Machine - Janome New Home 49360
Clear Tape (to tape PDF Pattern Pieces together)

This combination made for such a cute baby Gift!

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Hello Crafty friends!

I have been absent here on my blog for awhile, have been concentrating more on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube lately as those social media platforms seem to bring me better results.

But, I am wanting to get back to blogging on a regular basis and hope to do that soon!

One new craft adventure I have been on lately, is learning about Art Journaling (aka: Junk Journaling), Mixed Media and Altered Art.

I am so inspired by some of the artists I have discovered on YouTube and Facebook!

I am still learning, so I do not have any completed projects to blog about yet, but I'm hoping that will come soon!

In the meantime, thought you might like to check out my Pinterest Boards on these subjects and get some inspiration yourself!

Also, if you'd like to watch the replay of my Coffee, Crafts & Chat that I did on this subject, just click on the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/stuffnsuch/videos/2117208774995193/

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Vintage Pattern Giveaway!!!

***GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED***

Well...Hello there!

It's been just a wee bit since I've posted here...I've had a lot going on the last year and wanted to focus more on actually doing some sewing and crafts rather than talking about it a lot!

I am back though and wanted to share with my followers this great giveaway I have going on:

You can win 5 Vintage patterns of your choice and a $25.00 Amazon Gift card too!

Lot's of great Vintage Patterns to choose from, including: Simplicity, McCall's and Vogue!

Just click on the photo above and it will take you to my Google Form where you can enter the giveaway!

All of the rules and details are on the form.

Good Luck and come back soon! Lot's of great crafting goodies to come!

Cinderella Princess Dress for American Girl Doll

Well, It's been a long while since I have posted...about 9 months in fact! 
That's just crazy, but I've had a lot going on with my health and just getting priorities straight in my life!

It's good to be back though, and I hope I will be better about posting on a regular basis now.

I've gotten so behind that a lot of the projects I will be posting will be several months to a year old, but I'm hoping they will still be of interest to my readers/followers.

I love to sew and as my regular readers know I've been sewing a lot of doll dresses lately specifically American girl doll dresses! 

Here is one I made for my precious Grandgirl "B", a Cinderella Dress from Simplicity 5705 view C.

I have three granddaughters and two nieces who love dolls so I stay pretty busy cranking out those outfits! 

I suppose I would consider my sewing skills to be somewhere between beginner and intermediate. 
Even though I've been  sewing since I was a child I've had large gaps of years where I didn't sew at all. 

And for that reason I sometimes struggle with the more difficult patterns and working with fussy types of fabrics. 

I can't tell you how many times I cussed while trying to sew these princess outfits with these sheer fabrics such as tulle, satin and crêpe! 

I look back on it now though and am grateful for the experience!

 If I can get good at sewing these little tiny doll clothes with such difficult fabrics hopefully I will be able to do an even better job on regular size clothing!

When I first bought this awesome pattern, the Grandgirls and nieces were immediately smitten with all the pretty styles and each one picked out their favorite for me to make for them!

 

          I started with the Mermaid dress, which I made and blogged about here. 

Then I made the Belle dress for my Grandgirl "J" and thought I was going to end my stint making tiny princess doll dresses!

Fortunately, after a bit of time passed...I was ready to give it another try and make the Cinderella dress for Grandgirl "B"!

She had been so patient waiting for it...and I didn't want to let her down.

I was surprised to find that this one went much smoother than the first two!

 
It makes sense I suppose...after struggling with the first two and a lot of trial and error on those dresses, I was finally starting to understand all of the pattern instructions and how to work with the difficult fabrics. 

I had a little bit of trouble making the "pouf" sections around the waist of the dress, but a call to Simplicity and a google search or two helped me figure it out!

I usually post a photo showing what tools and supplies I used for a project, 

but somehow when I completed this project, I forgot to take a photo of the supplies and tools, so since it has been awhile...I won't try to gather all of those things up for a photo, but I will put this list here for reference:

Tools/Supplies Used for this Project:

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Pattern, Simplicity 5705 Disney Princess Costumes for 18" Dolls

Fabric - Satin Solid w/Glitter, Sky Blue

Fabric - Cotton/Broadcloth/Poplin? (Not sure exactly as this was a scrap piece) - Used to make the lining/interfacing of the bodice.

Fabric - Cotton Woven, Light Blue (For Headband)

Tulle, Light Blue - (For Slip)

Sewing Machine - Janome New Home 49360

Thread -  Light Blue

Elastic

Scissors 

Straight Pins

Velcro

Fairfield Polyester Fiberfill (for Puffs/Poufs)

Ribbon, White Satin, w/Silver Accents, 5/8", Christmas House Brand (For Trim on Bottom of Skirt/Dress)

 

My sweet Granddaughter "B" was so happy, and that's what matters most to me!

 

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Spider Web Door Hanger For Halloween

It's hard to believe that Fall is fast approaching and that Halloween is "creeping" up on us!

Of course what would the Holiday be without a little "Craft Lightning"??!!

This awesome series has been hosted for a few years now by Angie at Country Chic Cottage and Carolina from 30 minute Crafts and it is always so much fun!

This edition is highlighting Halloween and is co-hosted by: Jen Goode from the blog "100 Directions".

I have been collecting bottle caps for awhile, just imagining all the crafty possibilities they hold...so I decided it was time to try and use some of them up before Hubby asks that inevitable question..."What are you going to do with those?" 

At first I wanted to make a Halloween-themed wind chime, but soon discovered that in order to make these babies "chime" I would need a ton of them and couldn't possibly get it done in 15 minutes or less, so I moved on to a simpler solution: a Door Hanger!

The most obvious thing I could think of that resembled the shape of the bottle caps was of course a pumpkin or a spider and I settled on spiders and a spider web!

This project was so easy to make and really the only time consuming part was taking the rubber seals out of the bottle caps. For this reason, I recommend you purchase the regular metal bottle caps that are made specifically for crafts, that don't include that seal.

If you aren't in a hurry though and you don't mind the tedious task of removing them, then by all means go ahead and recycle/upcycle!

Here is a short slideshow/video I made of how I assembled this project:

Here are the tools & supplies I used to make this project:

Supplies/Tools List:

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Wire Clothes Hanger

Pop Bottle Caps
Cricut Cuttle Bug Embosser (To Flatten Caps)
Black Spray Paint (Krylon)
Wood Block and Nail (To punch holes in bottle caps)
Hammer
Hot Glue Gun (AdTech Dual-Temp)
Glue Sticks (AdTech Multi-Temp)
Ruler
Lace, Black (Remnant from stash...brand unknown)
Lace Trim, Black (Remant from stash...brand unknown)
Scissors
Paint Pen, Silver (Marvy/Uchida DecoColor)
Decorative Bead Trim, Plastic, Silver (Hobby Lobby)
Needle Nose Pliers
Nylon MonoFilament (aka:Fishing Line)
Metal Scribe and/or wooden popsicle sticks

Be sure to check-out all of the other Halloween Goodies in this series by clicking on the info-graphic below!

Thank-you for visiting my blog today, hope you found some fun and inspiration and will visit again soon!



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