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Christmas Time is Near…

I was fortunate enough to earn enough points from a company for scanning my purchases to earn a gift card. As an early Christmas present for myself, I used it to purchase a heat embossing kit that included a heat gun, two embossing pens, and gold powder. Oh, my I can’t tell you how much fun it is to draw or write, sprinkle the magic powder, and then watch as it miraculously turns gold and shiny!  I made an embossed card first and wrote Merry Christmas on green card stock using the clear embossing pen. Then I used the clear and the black embossing pens over the top of the flourishes. I then added the embossing powder and ran the heat gun over and viola! Instant glitzy card…  Not too bad for a first try….  Then I decided to make my own Christmas cards for my friends and family.  I used snowflake images from design space for my Cricut. The big one is Snowflake 11 and the little one is Snowflake 2 from the Holiday Snowflakes Cartridge and are all in Cricut access. There are like 50 dif

A Quilled Poinsettia Ornament

I decided on a whim to buy a styrofoam form while checking out our new Hobby Lobby store that just opened. I had wanted to make a quilled ornament ball for a while, but didn’t want to make just a regular ball. Here was the perfect solution!  I started out by making my poinsettia first and pinning it onto the foam shape. Then I started with the gold edging around the side.  Once I had the edging and poinsettia in place, I could fill in with the white beehive technique.  Once I finished the first side, then I started the opposite side.  It took somewhere between 5-6 hrs to complete, but I must say well worth the time and experimentation to make!  Hope you enjoy! ​ ​

October is Here…

I wanted to do some fall craft items and as I was looking around in my local craft store, I found these awesome wood cut outs on sale. I figured if I painted or stained them, I could fill them with quilling.  So I did… After staining and painting them, I then filled the blank spaces with quilling.  ​ ​ Aren’t they really neat? I love the way the turned out. It just gives a completely different look. Happy Fall Y’all! 

C is for Pine Trees and Mountains

I was asked to make a "C" for a couples first anniversary.  The customer asked for some pine trees because they enjoyed camping.  Because of where they lived, I wanted to make it special for them.  Where you ask? Wyoming... So I decided  to incorporate the mountains and a river, too.  I first outlined the letter C and then proceeded to fill it in with the background paper.  After I put that into place, I put in the outline and started  filling in the trees and the river.  Please excuse the desk... The white bowl is what I put glue into to dip the edge of my paper in before I place it onto the background.  Here it is completely framed...  Have a wonderful day! 

It's Beach Time

I have mentioned that I have been working on quilled initials and I have one that has proven to be very popular. Everyone loves going to the beach and listening to the sound of the waves crashing. It can be so relaxing. The sky always appears to look different during the various times of day, so I've had request for different beach scenes.  Here is the one view... Here is a second version... And lastly, here is another version... I've also recently had the opportunity to do the letter "O" in a ocean theme as well featuring a starfish.  I used jeweled accents on all of them to add a twinkle when the light hits.  Hope you've enjoyed! Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments :)

All is Golden...

I had a special request to make a quilled initial all in gold and creams.  I wanted it to be glamorous yet classic.  I found beautiful card stock in shades of gold. Some glittery, some shimmering, and some in a pearlescent quality with lots of different textures. I used my Cricut to cut out the lettering for the 50th and the date. The date was very tricky to do because of the specialty paper I used. It began to split apart as I lifted it off of the mat.  Then with self cut strips in 1/2" width, I outlined the letter M and filled it with quilling.  It is encased in an 11x14 shadow box . I hope I achieved the glamorous and classic look I was going for... I think so.

Surfs Up, Dude!

I was able to play around with my new Cricut and made some birthday invitations for a beach themed party. I love the way the sand and the surfboard turned out. I also love the double layered text! It made for a nice effect. Have a wonderful day! 

Valentine's Day Quilling

I managed to make two Valentine's Day quilled pieces in two very distinct and different techniques.  The first was using my cricut to cut out the word love. (Did I mention my wonderful hubby gave me one for Christmas?)  I did a double layer cut out and then quilled around the inner layer with a matching pink 1/8' strip.  For the hearts, I just free handed cut and glued them on and then used the spiral technique to go around the edge of the hearts.  I wanted to experiment more with the spiral technique, so I did...  This is the result of my experiment.  Lots and LOTS of spirals glued into place.  It is an 8x8' piece and I admit the curves and maintaining the spiral consistency was a challenge.  It was a fun and challenging piece... The beginning drawing... Coming along...   A close up... Almost Done A close up of the finished quilling... Doesn't that look nice on the top of my desk?                                      Follow Me!