Easy Bookmarks

I have been making a bunch of bookmarks. Already gave some away to two of my sons teachers. I sure hope they enjoy them, they are so easy to use and you don't need to dog ear the corners of your pages using these handy little bookmarks. And being teachers I am sure they will get a great amount of use out of them.
I am also thinking these would make a great Valentine's gift for his classmates. So going to make a bunch more only ones with kid designs on them.

These are the 3 color ones I have done so far and I also did 2 styles of them. Not sure which I like the best but am really leaning on the rounded corner one. What do you think?

Also attaching the template to make both of these for yourself.

Xyron Contest

Wow, check this out. I found this on Life's Simple Pleasures blog today and had to share with you all too. I have already went and entered for the drawing, so what are you waiting for.

Xyron is adding some different colors to their product lines and are giving away some prizes in celebration. Enter the Xyron “Go Green” contest for a chance to win a complete set of Xyron adhesive tools in the cool new colors PLUS 100 Greenbacks ($100). Contest ends March 31st.

Enter on the Xyron Site
Go Green Contest

Good Luck!
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Ohh La La!

During the weekend SCS had a VSN (Virtual stamp night). I wasn't feeling to well so didn't do it. But tonight I started feeling better so made this card. It is for a friend of ours who celebrates a birthday in February. I don't know a man that wouldn't like a card like this. Better mention this is the front and back of the card.

On the scan the card looks dirty but it is not, it is my scanner, I guess it needs another cleaning. But, was just to lazy to do it tonight. So ignore those spots.

Pattern is here for you to use. I printed mine to fit the page as my printer program says and it printed out to be for a card 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

The tattoo on the buns is from a clip art I found on the net. This card is pretty simple to make, just follow the pattern. With the clip art, you copy to your computer, open this with your Microsoft word and load this image. Make sure when you go to print it out you print it in mirror image. Directions for doing this is also on my blog here. You print this on acetate. And you create your own rub-ons.

Hope you get a kick out of my card today. It was just bought to my attention who made this cute pattern so I would like to Thank Frances Byrne, you can see her work on her blog here. Thanks again Frances for the pattern and the challenge.

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Do you love quilting?

Well here is your chance to win a beautiful table runner with material and pattern from Quilt Nut Creations. What cute fabric this is and a really nice pattern. Hurry on over and try your luck at winning this awesome package.

Super Easy Flat Bows

I was surfing the web last night when I couldn't sleep and I ran into this super easy flat bows tutorial. I love how she did this and just had to share with the rest of you. So go to this link http://sewflake.blogspot.com/2007/11/flat-bows.html and check it out. So simple yet looks so perfect and elegant.

Friendship Star & Wild Duck

Last one for a while, I am going to work on more cards and scrap book pages. So stay tune for that. This one is called Friendship, but goes by many names again. Most quilt blocks have many names to them all they really did was change the color or add a piece to them. If I remember correctly this is also called the Whirly Gig.

Supplies needed"

1 1/2 square punch.

Whisper White and Pretty in Pink Card stock

Designer Paper of choice.

Mauve Mist Ink Pad

Small background stamp

Stamp your PIP card stock with MM. Then cut your card stock at 5x10 and fold in half to get your 5x5 card.

Cut the WW at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4

Punch out 6 PIP squares and 3 designer paper squares.

Cut 2 of the PIP in the diagonal and 2 of the designer paper on the diagonal.

Start in upper left hand corner of your WW. Going in approx. 1/8 inch from top and side, lay your first piece PIP square. Then going across lay 1/2 diagonal piece of PIP then the designer one and then a square again.

Follow the sample when this is completed just mount to your main card and your done.

I also did a smaller one of the Wild Duck only this one I made smaller using the 1 1/4 punch and your end up with a card that is 4 1/4x 4 1/4. Hope you enjoy this one too. Remember you can always do different sizes all you need is a different sized punch.

I hope you are all having a wonderful warm weekend. Here in Central MN it is really cold. Last night we had temps. at -20 and wind chills in the -40 below. It was so cold, today has not been much better. Suppose to warm up next week and I can't wait to see those temps in the teens or higher again.

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Holly's Ribbon Star Quilt Card

Holly let me share her card with you too. Thanks Holly for sharing and for making the card. It is so pretty.

Ribbon Star Quilt Card

Love this one too. I have been trying to keep with some of the same colors so I can give a gift of so many quilt cards to a package. So hence the reason for the same colors in some of these cards.

My friend Holly made one of these too and added some ribbon to hers. I will see if I can find hers and share it too. Or better yet maybe I can talk her into putting it on her blog.

Supplies Needed:

Designer Paper - Pretty in Pink Card stock

Mauve Mist Ink

Any Little background stamp to match designer paper.

1 1/4 punch

Cut 3 squares at 1 6/8, Cut two of them on the diagonal (PIP)

Punch 4 PIP 1 1/4 squares

Designer Paper Punch out 6 squares and cut all on the diagonal.

Cut PIP at 5x10 fold in half and get the 5x5 card
Stamp your PIP card stock with background stamp in Mauve Mist.

Start in top corner of 5x5 card with a PIP square, next a designer paper triangle, a PIP triangle, designer paper triangle, and another PIP square.

From here on out follow sample.

This one is real easy to make and turns out so pretty.

Anyone making any of these quilt cards? Please share yours with me when you do. You can leave a comment to this posting and share them with me by leaving a link to the card.

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Maple Leaf Quilt Card

This one is my favorite. I love the Maple Leaf. One of these days I am going to dig out my sewing machine and material again and make a quilt like this.

Supplies Needed:

Pretty IN Pink, Whisper White Card stock

Designer Paper

1 1/2 inch Punch

Scissors

Xyron

Cut PIP card stock at 5x10 fold in half to make 5x5 card

Cut WW at 4 3/4

Punch 4 PIP squares and 5 of the Designer Paper squares

Cut on the diagonal 2 of the PIP and 2 of the Designer Paper squares on the diagonal.

Layer them on the WW card stock as shown on the sample card.

I also stamped my PIP card stock with Mauve Mist, it matched my designer paper real well and gave it more character. Also did one in reverse. Love how both of them turned out.

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Lilac's Sketch Challenge

Lilacs are so pretty and so Springy! I love them and have been doing a lot of dreaming about Spring coming.

I had promised this sketch challenge yesterday but fell asleep. I have been on a real strong dose of Sudafed and it has been keeping me from sleeping. Well yesterday I finally was tired enough that I could sleep. It felt so good to finally get a descents night sleep.

So this is your sketch challenge. I hope many of you do it. Some of the girls on the list did and they did such a beautiful job of it. Maybe they will let me share what they did with the sketch, I will ask them.

You will need the following:

Card stock cut at 8x9 then folded in half to make 4x9

Both SU Oval Punches

Scraps of card stock

This one is real easy and really needs no directions so just go by the sketch. I didn't work hard on mine cause as I said I haven't had much sleep and just did a quickly for sharing the sketch with the groups I am on.

Hope you enjoy and please share if you make the card. Angel Hugs

Ok I just went and checked and Chris has her card sketch done on her blog. Check it out at Chris's Blog