The Quilted Scrapper

This week's Bo Bunny Card Challenge was perfect to make a baby card for my nephew Mason who will make his appearance in this world next Tuesday, May 3rd.   I took this sketch: And using the Bo Bunny Blast Off line I created this: Supplies:  Bo Bunny Blast Off Galaxy, Bo Bunny Blast Off Stripe, Bo Bunny Brad, Miscellaneous scraps of card stock, Misc. buttons, font: Curlz MT, ink: Cat's Eye Brown

After Christmas we picked up a chocolate Christmas house and I thought it would be perfect for Easter, with only having to add some Easter candy! After I assembled the chocolate house we sat down last night to decorate it with jelly beans, peeps and chocolate Easter bunnies. Simon loved decorating it with jelly beans and putting snow "white chocolate" on it. Never did I think with Easter at the end of April would we still have snow, but since it has snowed off and on all week, I guess his adding snow was appropriate. Before we started decorating I attached the peeps with white chocolate to my tray and set the house over it so they could be seen looking out. We also set one up at each end of the house. I then cut jelly beans in half for Simon to attach to the roof and make flowers out of on the walls of the house. After he was done with that Seth and I decided to take some bites of the chocolate bunnies and make it look like they had tried to attack the peeps and the ...

Last week while I was spending too much time on Facebook, I saw a link for Easter baskets. Once I saw how easy they were I knew I had to make some. So, Friday night I made 3 Easter baskets for our Easter brunch. I will fill them with dyed Easter Eggs on Sunday morning. Visit the Scrapbook & Cards Today for a great tutorial for the  Easter Basket s.

Finally, it is done and on my wall. I absolutely love this quilt. I started this project over a year ago and finished sewing the binding on last week. I saw the pattern in the May/June 2007 Fons & Porter  magazine and instantly fell in love with the it. I am still working on a table runner and a mystery quilt, but those will have to wait until next week as we have Seth's softball tournament and soccer game this weekend and I have a baby shower on Sunday. Have a great weekend everyone.

Now I don't normally decorate for Holiday's other than Halloween and Christmas. However, my friend Heather shared a blog ( My Garden of Eden ) that had these adorable Jelly Bean Topiary's that I knew I had to make. I also had all the supplies on hand, except the jelly beans, which helped make the decision easier. Before, I show you the topiary's though, I should warn you I learned a few things that they did not point out. First, when working with hot glue, it is best not to do it in front of you child(ren) if you are going to let slip bad words when you burn your finger. Needless to say, Simon learned one or two words when I was working on them and I decided to put them away until after bedtime! Second, you really do need lot's of jelly beans. I had to make 3 store runs. You, your children, spouse and animals will eat more than you think. Also, the bag's do not have an equal number of each color. I of course took out all the black, but there were more reds...

I found my new favorite quick gift idea, rag quilts. Thanks to my friend Kristen for introducing me to these in December. So far I have made one for my mother-in-law for Christmas and 2 baby rag quilts for shower gifts. They are easy to make and only take a few hours. I have had a few people ask how to make them, so I am including instructions so you can create your own beautiful rag quilts. For a baby quilt, you will use six different fabrics in the following yardage: 1 1/4 yard of focus fabric 1/4 yard of 4 different coordinating fabrics 1 1/2 yard of solid color fabric for the middle layer. Do not pre-wash your fabric. You will wash it after the quilt is complete . Here is the fabric I used. The cream fabric is the inner layer for my quilt. First, you will cut 6" blocks from all fabric. You need 84 blocks from your focus fabric and coordinating fabric and 42 blocks for the middle layer (your solid 1 1/2 yards of fabric). After you cut all...

I am starting card making classes in my home. I have scheduled a general card class, a kid birthday card class and Mother's Day and Father's Day card classes. The price includes adhesive so all you need to do is sing up and show up and you will go home with either a great gift or some great cards for yourself to send to friends and family. I am not a consultant so there will be no pressure to purchase anything, I am just covering the cost of the products. Here are a few more cards that we will also make: Most of the cards can be tailored to whatever style you like, such as all Thank You, all Birthday, all Friendship etc. Space is limited sign up today.