Thursday, February 14, 2013

Love on Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to you all! I have lots of love in my heart for all my crafty friends out there in blog land. Connecting like this makes the world a better place and I am extremely happy that the Internet exists and allows us to make new friends that are far away.

I hope you got a good chuckle out of my sewing story yesterday. I guess I'll never learn to sew even though I have a sister that is a great seamstress and a mom and daughter who can sew. That gene skipped me :)

Jelly Park had the cutest little image this month for  her charity for 2013 the Sick Children's Trust you can find out more about it on her website here. Basically she sells digi's to raise money for a charity each year. Then she has a challenge with the digi if you purchase it. So I'll be entering my card into the challenge.

Don't forget to check out the close up of my ribbon that looks sort of sewn (he he he).






















I wanted it to look like a big blanket behind the image since to me it looks like he's in in footy pajamas. I slapped some Mod Podge on the front of the card and the sprinkled the pink and white Flower Soft all over. I put a piece of scrap paper on top and mushed it all in good so it would be sure to stick.






















While that was drying I colored up this cutie.


















When sewing the edge didn't work AT ALL!!! I found this ribbon in my stash and though Ah ha! This looks like it's sewn so I used it for the "blanket" edging. I found the ribbon in the dollar bins at Target. The company is called Made for Retail ...Really  ??? Yep really. So I gathered and glued and held each section down with clothespins while it dried.
















I added the ribbon with it's long tails but I still wasn't happy so I found this in my stash. My daughter's niece left them behind when they moved. It was originally a ponytail holder.






















And here's the inside. The paper is some that I got from Nikki at Graphix and Designs in a candy package so I don't know who made it. I designed the little sentiment in word and then popped it up on foam pads and added the two tiny bows.

It didn't turn out exactly as I wanted but I think it still works and it was for a good cause! I think you could use this for V'day or Easter, don't ya think?

So what do you think of my alternative to stitching? Pretty inventive eh?

Happy Valentines Day! Love ya,
~Deb~

12 comments:

  1. Hi Deb, Happy Valentines day.
    Again a lovely creation from you. You always come up with unique ideas. Keep rocking Deb.

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  2. LOL gotta make my mark somehow right? Thanks for the lovely comments UTs :)

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  3. Winner, winner Chicken Dinner - that is you Deb! You won my blog candy - send me your snail mail and I will get yhour prize out to you ASAP. Thanks for being a follower and for your lovely comments. Gail Scott my email address - utb 01 @ att.net NO SPACES and my blog is: http://ilikepaper01.blogspot.com/

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    1. Yippie! I emailed you Gail. Thanks for letting me know. big hug~

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  4. Fabulous creations my dearest friend^_^
    Very funny^_^Congrats on your Gail's candy won^_^
    Have a wonderful weekend^_^
    Sonia

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    1. Thanks Sonia! We were both winners this week!

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  5. This is absolutely adorable Deb, I love it and I love the colors and way you made it look so soft. What a cute card. Hugs, Cathyk

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    1. Thank Cathy! If that's what you got from it then I achieved my "blanket" goal :) big hug to you too~

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  6. Oh so cute Deb and I no longer know the name of that paper either it's pink lol

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    1. LOL yep That's what I call it, my pink paper stash. Thanks for visiting today!

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  7. Oh this is so cute!!
    and I figured out how to get your posts in my reader :) I wasn't getting it so long and was not even knowing about your posts!! now got it fixed...

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    1. Yeah! I'm glad you figured it out. Hope you find lots of inspiration in them.

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