Quilted Paper Piecing Cocoa

I found a little time this weekend to play around with paper piecing (like you would with quilt pieces minus the sewing part - lol).  This is what I came up with from instructions from my good friend and SU demonstrator, but I didn't follow the directions too well for a sunburst originally.  I did love the pretty papers though and since I didn't want to tear them up trying to pull them back off (I tried) I figured I would just go with it and finish out the card.  Isn't that flower pretty?  It's the new petal punch flower and it's embossed with a snowflake - cool, huh?  It is also ink distressed with old olive and the sentiment is from a digi set (pansy turtle) from Doodle Pantry.

Now this was more of what I was going for though ... I believe this is the sunburst paper piecing the rest of the girls in the class did (I wasn't there and did mine from home today).  I used some of those bella scraps again and ruby red, certainly celery and barely banana along with the Cocoa's Latte digital stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy.  He is colored with prismacolor pencils and layered on an ink distressed piece of certain celery too.  I also rubbed the sponge of old olive over the barely banana piece to make the textile cb image pop out and added some seam binding.  I kept this one a little less puffy because I will be mailing him out. :)

I have played along with Sweet N Sassy's digi challenge #50 - Make It Old (distressing)  Not quite sure it looks vintage but with the quilt piecing and distressing, I hope it qualifies. :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have found some time for a little "creative therapy" this  weekend!

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Pansy Turtle for DPDC22

My oh my, these Doodle Pantry images are so dog-gone cute, I keep going back for more, and they are quick too, as I didn't have to color this one.  When you purchase the digi images you can get them colored and uncolored in the same set.  I chose to print out the colored ones today, as I had accents and card stock to match them, and wanted to make a quick card for someone.  The sentiments are in the set too - Thanks so much, Popping up to say Hello, Have a Bloomi-ful day and more.  Check them out at Doodle Pantry!

Pansies are a long-time favorite flower in my family (generation after generation).  I was told my great grandmother loved them and my mom loves them too, so I created this little cutie for her and for the Doodle Pantry challenge 22 going on this week over at Doodlepantry Blog.

Here is my pansy turtle image cut out with Spellbinders circle dies, layered on digi papers (one layer cut with SB lacey circle dies).  I also used a scalloped edge punch, large oval punch, piece of a small scalloped circle, some SU ribbon from my stash, and a silk pansy from some silk flowers I have had in a basket in my craft room for a while.  I sure hope she likes it. :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you find a little time to get creative this week, too!

Getting back into the swing ...

I am trying to get back into the swing of things here on my blog and in the stampin world that I miss OH, SO MUCH!  My friend, Jessica, is part of the design team at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I have enjoyed her great creations over the years for quite some time now, and I just had to play along.  I then noticed tonight about 45 minutes ago that I am a little late for TMS137 as you have to have your link on their site by Sunday at 8 p.m. CST, but I will still be sure to link up to Doodle Pantry to play along in their fun.  It was great fun either way, so no regrets here! :)  Thanks for inspiring me to get creative, ladies!  :)

I am entering my Spring birdie card into Doodle Pantry's DPDC21 (Doodle Pantry's Digital Challenge) for sure.  I thought it was such a cute image, and it definitely reminds me of the up-coming Spring season, so I just had to print it out and play along.  :)  The designer paper is a mix of Basic Grey (Nook and Pantry and Lime Rickery) and some Stampin Up DP that had butterflies on it (not sure the name of that one, as it is D/Ced).

Other Challenges this Qualifies for are the following:
Stampavie's Spring/Easter challenge
Sweet Stamps Challenge #57
Wags n Whiskers Spring Challenge

Thanks for stopping by, and please leave a comment before you go.  Happy Stampin'!

Thanks,