Love My Fabrics Hexi Pillow

I am so excited to share my first post for the Love My Fabric store using their lovely fabric.  I made this pillow for Mother's Day for my mother.  I had fun making piping which I hadn't done in a really long time.  I used the Louise Garden Quilt Pattern for the pillow and the instructions and template are fabulous.

Wildflower Fat Quarter Bundle

Love My Tapes/Love My Fabrics Etsy Store

This fat quarter bundle comes pre-designed with hand-selected coordinating fabrics that are very cute and flattering together. Each fabric in the bundle complements the other in a very eye-appealing way. 

Here are some close-ups of my pillow.

I took some photos for you of how I made my piping.  It is a great accent to so many projects.  Here are the steps that I followed:

1.  Determine the width of your bias by taking your cording size and multiplying it by two.  Then multiply the seam allowance .25 by two and add those together.  I had 1/2" cording so I multiplied (2 X .5) + (2 X .5) = 2 inch wide bias strips.

2.  Next to find the length of piping you will need double the pillow's width and length and then add an additional 4 inches.  Mine was 17" square so my formula looked like this (2 X 17) + (2 X 17) +4 =72 inches.  So I needed at least 72 inches of 2" wide bias strips.

3.  Fold the bottom left corner of your fabric up to and matching the top edge.  The fold that this makes is your bias and you are going to want to mark that line with a removable marker.

4.  You will then take your ruler and draw lines on either side of the main line two inches apart until you have enough length for the measurement from above.

5.  Your ends will have an angle to them and you need to trim them up.

6.  You will then need to match up your strips as shown below and draw a line down from the left corner as this will be your stitching line.

Once they are all sewn together you will have one long strip of bias tape that is ready to use however you want.

Hope you have found this helpful and have a great day.  Be sure to click on the link for the store and check out all the wonderful fabric.

Hugs,

Celebrate & Decorate CardMaker Magazine post

The theme for this post for CardMaker Magazine's blog is Celebrate and Decorate.  What better event to celebrate than St. Patrick's Day.  I am Irish and did Irish step dancing when I was growing up and love this holiday.  It also helps to know that spring is just around the corner.  I used Silhouette cut files to make all the parts for my celebration purse.

The purse is a Samantha Walker cut file and I have made several of these in the past.  She has so many different purse styles in the Silhouette store.  I used Doodlebug's Happy Go Lucky new line.  I was thrilled to see that they had come out with a St. Patrick's Day line.

Here is a close up of the tag on the purse.  I popped up the top layer and used both twine and ribbon to secure it to the purse.

Isn't this pinwheel so cute.  It makes me think of spring and so happy to look at it.  I have a stash of these paper straws and this was a perfect project to use one on.

There are so many different patterns in the Silhouette store for this holiday.  I used the print and cut feature on my Silhouette to make this pillow box and then filled it with candy kisses with the adorable clover kisses cut and print file.

Lastly, how fun are these.  They are St. Patrick's Day Candy Bar Wrappers and us the print and cut feature on the Silhouette as well.

To use the print and cut function, your file must be a print and cut one.  Open the file on your Silhouette and click on the button which is highlighted on the top icon panel which is the 4th button from the right and says Registration Marks.  Click on the Type of Silhouette that you have and the marks that are on the screen shot will appear above.  Resize your paper to 8 1/2 X 11 and then click the print icon on the icon panel.  Once it is printed, line it up carefully on your mat and press cut.  Your Silhouette will scan the registration marks first prior to cutting.

Project Materials:

Silhouette Cut Files:  Circle Handle Purse Shamrocks, Samantha Walker #56463

Clover Kisses, Amy Robison #37780

Clover Pillow Box, Amy Robison #38441

Clover Pinwheel, Jamie Cripps #75083

St. Patrick's Day Candy Wrappers, Amy Robison #56371

Doodlebug Patterned Papers, Happy Go Lucky

Stampin' Up Cardstock

The Twinery Twine, Peapod Stripe

May Arts Ribbon

Paper Straw

Hugs,

Anita

Pinspire Me With Paper Issues

I had such fun playing along with Paper Issues Pinspire me Monday for March.  You can check out the Paper Issues blog here and play along for a chance at one of two lovely prizes.

I fell in love with this wreath pattern from The Digi Play Ground and found a tag that I thought would work well with it as well.  The link to the cut files can be found below.  I used some brand new Doodlebug papers called Happy-Go-Lucky.  I am married to an Irish man so will love hanging this in my home.

I liked my wreath fuller so I made more of each of the patterned paper shamrocks.  I wanted the sentiment tag to match the papers so I put it with the shamrocks that were going to be the same papers as you can see below.

I have included screen shots of the original tag size and then showing how I made it smaller to fit on the wreath.  It is important to not un-group the files until after you have re-sized them or they will not fit together as they are supposed to.

Digi Playground Store
3D Clover Wreath by Jamie Cripps
St. Patrick's Day Cuttables by Jamie Cripps
Well that's all for now.  Enjoy the rest of your week and be sure to link up at Paper Issues as we would love to see what you make.  You can also share your project at the Digi Playground as well.
Hugs,

Paper Issues Enamored with Enamel Issue

Hey Everyone:
This is my first Issue post with Paper Issues and I had a lot of fun working with this lovely kit from Paper Camelia  January Everyday Life and Add-On Kits with lots of gorgeous papers and really fun embellishments.  Below are all the links for Paper Camelia's store, Facebook, etc.

Prize: March Main Kit

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paper-Camellia/512919478783473

Pinterest Page: https://www.pinterest.com/papercamellia/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/papercamellia

Product Site: http://Papercamellia.com/

Blog: http://Papercamellia.com/blogs/papercamelliablog

Permalink: http://paperissues.blogspot.com/2015/03/new-issue-enamored-with-enamel-with.html

CASE-ing Christmas

DaenY's original card

Here is my CASE-ed card. 

Hello, friends!  Welcome to CASE-ing Christmas!  We are a weekly challenge devoted to the holiday season--year round! ;)  How does this challenge work?  It's easy!  We give you a card to CASE and you CASE it!

If you've never CASEd a card, here's what you need to do:

Look at the CASE card photo.

1. Be inspired by some element of the card.  This could be colors, layout, image, etc.
2. Make a card based on that inspiration.

See!  Easy peasy!  We cannot wait to see what you have for us this week and each week this year! Are you ready for the next CASE card?!  

Hugs,

One Sketch, Four Cards

This card sketch came from the January 2015 Card Maps can be found at www.pagemaps.com and was a great starting point for my cards.  I always need birthday cards and thought it would be great to make a set of four to have on hand for those months when so many of my family and friends have birthdays.

I chose to use a wonderful new line from Doodlebug called Hello Sunshine to make some bright and happy cards.

The stamp set that I used is from Fiskars called Cupcakes and More and lent itself well to being used on four different cards.  One tip that I love to do is to use one long sentiment and break it up to suit the purpose of my project.  

I used the acrylic sheet that comes over the top of the stamps when stamping the sentiment.  I laid it over the part that I didn't want ink on and then inked what I wanted to.  It's so clean and easy, you simply lift away the acrylic sheet and wipe it off to clean and use again.  This trick gives you many more options for using your sentiment stamps.

Project Materials:

Doodlebug Hello Sunshine 

Doodlebug Cardstock

Doodlebug Sequins

Fiskars Cupcakes and More Stamp Set 01-005518

Stampin' Up Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

My Favorite Things Bubblegum, Sour Apple, Blue Raspberry and Razzle Berry Ink

Copic Markers RV I3 Tender Pink, Y08 Acid Yellow, YG13 Chartreuse, R63 Rose Mist

Have a great day and I'll be back soon.  

Hugs,

Bee Mine

 Sharing this card that I made at a recent crop using brand new Doodlebug papers and embellishments called Doodlebug Lovebugs which I bought in the Paper Issues store.  You can find the collection and embellishments here.

Don't forget that you can use my code to shop in the store and save 20%.  Happy Valentine's Day.

Hugs,