St. Patrick's Day cards

I'm not Irish, but I still like to celebrate St. Patty's Day.  The owner of the village office supply asked me to make a few cards for this special holiday.  I'm not sure how much of a hit they are going to be but it was fun to make these themed cards since I've never done it before. 

Quilted Purse

I had a lot of fun doing this project.  I had a person in mind I wanted to make a purse for.  As soon as I saw the fabric I knew it was meant to be used to make a purse.

 I love the colors. First I measured a purse my Mom made for me to get the dimensions.

Then I cut out my pieces of fabric and my batting. I quilted the fabric and then I put binding on the pockets. Then I made the straps and sewed them on.

I don't have a serger but I did a straight stitch and then a zig-zag stitch. I added a button and a little strap to tie the top closed with the button.

 I'm pretty proud of it. I think it looks nice for my first purse.

You should see my Mom's purses. Her's are stunning and she is awesome at machine quilting. 

I am so excited to give this to my friend at church tomorrow. If she doesn't like it, I will be mildly pleased because that means I get to keep it for myself!

Eggstra Special Easter Wishes

 

Does that little truck look familiar? It is part of the Loads of Love Stampin Up Stamp Set.  I had fun coloring the image with colored pencils.  I really like this stamp set. It will be hard to give it back to my friend.  I have been busy working on some St. Patricks Day cards.  I found some cute stamp sets for a dollar at Joanns.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Loads of Love

Remember the website I was telling you about? Well I am totally hooked. The same friend that told me about the website let me borrow some of her Stampin Up stamps. One of them is the Loads of Love set so I am having a blast playing with it.

The stamp set comes with the pick up truck and then a bunch of other stamps you can use for the back of the truck. The sentiment says driving by with a birthday hi! I colored it in with crayola colored pencils and then I used two eyelets for the wheels for something extra.  You will be seeing more cards from this stamp set. 

Split Coast Stampers

My friend told me about an awesome website for stampers. It is called Split coast stampers. Make sure you have some time to look at the website before you go to it because it sucks you in.  My favorite part of the site is that you can look up different card ideas based on the stamp sets used. The same friend who told me about the site is letting me use some of her Stampin Up stamp sets. One of them is Loads of Love and I am so excited about all the ideas I got from the Split Coast Stampers site for this stamp set.  The site also has wonderful tutorials. Check it out. You won't be disappointed. 

This card isn't a recent creations but I love the fresh bold colors. I have been making a lot of cards lately to sell but after I make them and price them and put them in my inventory spreadsheet and put them in their packaging sometimes I forget about taking a picture.  This will have to tide you over until I make another batch and take pictures.

Success!

I can't believe it! I am so excited to report that in one week of having a card display at the Village Office Supply in Miami Lakes, I sold.....15 cards!  Now I know I probably won't sell that many consistently since this week was one of the biggest card giving holidays. I am mostly just excited that 15 people thought my cards were worth money and they liked them. Hurray!

Greeting Card Display Case

I needed something to display my cards on in the Village Office Supply Store. I wanted something that could hold as many cards as possible. There were some wire racks on sale online but with shipping it was too pricy for me.  My wonderful husband made me one. I took pictures while he was doing it so other people might be able to replicate it pretty easily.

HINT! Pre drill the holes for the nails. Then put the nails in. It makes it easier. It is also good to use wood glue to put the pieces together before drilling or nailing.

Supply List:
2 x 4 x 1/4 inch piece of ply wood(for panels)
1in x 3in x 8ft (for sides. only use 4 ft)
1in x 2in x 8ft (for legs and strip in the front)
wood glue
drill
hammer
nails
screws

If you have any questions you can email me at briellekennington@gmail.com I'll probably have to ask my husband for the answer but I'll get back to you :)