Stamp, Stitch & Swizzle Stix

T-Shirt Quilt

I took a T-Shirt Quilt class many months ago (okay, maybe a year or so) and finally finished it. It was very easy to make, not difficult at all. The reason that my quilts take so long to complete is that I rarely have time to work on them. It's a rather large quilt. Each T-Shirt is cut 12 1/2" square and has a 1 1/2" border. The backing is purple minky fur. The t-shirts are my daughter's. Some of them are from elementary school and others were just some of her favorites. The little white schnauzer in the corner is Lacey.  We were babysitting her that weekend.

Happy Graduation

I'm out of town for about 10 days and won't have internet service (at least not easily). I'll have some posts coming up for you in the meantime.

High School and College graduations came and went like a whirlwind. When I finally sat down and had time to send out Graduation cards, I realized that all I had were masculine cards. Wouldn't you know it, everyone graduating this year was female. So, I got to work on Graduation Cards.

Stamps: Happy Graduation, #125758 (Digital only), $1.95, My Friend #122585w $27.95, #122587c $19.95

Ink: Island Indigo #126986 $5.95, VersaMark #102283 $7.50

Paper: Island Indigo #122923, Pool Party #122924. Whisper White #100730

Accessories: 5/8" Organza Ribbon #114319, Clear Embossing Powder #109130, Border Edge Punch Pinking Hearts, Clear Rhinestone Brads.

It's Hysterical in a Macabre kinda Way

This was on my FB and some of my friends insisted I put it on my blog.

 

My little dog sleeps with me. Always has, always will. So last night my little dog wakes me up at 3 a.m. to go outside. VERY unusal so I let her out thinking maybe she's sick. She takes forever to come back in so I start falling asleep on t...he couch. Finally, she softly woofs to come in. I let her in. Everything is dark, I didn't turn any light on b/c it's my own house and know where everything is right? I climb back in bed but Chelsea doesn't jump back in until Mark fusses at her & tells her to get in or go away. She gets in. Then she proceeds to bury her bone. She always has a little chew bone or toy that she brings to bed with her. After much digging, pulling, fluffing, tugging, I tell her that "no one wants your bone, knock it off". She does and we all go back to sleep. This morning I roll out of bed and decide I might as well make the bed while I'm on the phone with my gf. I pull back the sheets and find this! Half a rabbit corpse!!! After I scream and Mark takes a picture we start laughing hysterically. It wasn't a bone Chelsea was hiding, it was the dead rabbit and we slept with it for 4 hours tucked snuggly between us!!! Only at the the Copeland's house...I'm going to spare you the picture and instead give you this card I made with a WHOLE bunny that's still kicking.

 

Better Late Than Never :-)

I can't believe the last time I posted anything was April 20th! So much time has gone by and I've been a very busy bee in my little world. The big thing I was working on the last time we spoke was my daughter's Quinceanera. That all took place and if you'd like to see a few photos, you can see them here. This is the photo that I used for the program cover. I felt like I had to do a program because the majority of our guests did not know what a Quinceanera was much less, had ever been to one.

The invitations, program and thank you notes were all done with My Digital Studio. I'm always amazed at how easy this program is to use. Did you know that you try it out for FREE. Visit my website and you can use it for 30 days to see if you like it.

And I know it's a little late for Father's Day carda but these were so cute I just had to show you. I cased them both, one from Pinterest and one from Stampin' Up!'s FB page. To be honest, I don't remember which came from where. I tend to surf the card ideas and save photos to my computer. When I need them, I just print them to copy. I usually change the colors or the wording because I don't have exactly what is shown. The mustache card was also done with MDS. I purchased the brush set called Many Mustaches for $3.95. I added about 16 mustaches to a page layout and printed it out on Very Vanilla Cardstock on my own printer at home. Each person had to trim out their own mustache but it was a snap. The wording I did with MS Publisher and sized it so that we could use the extra large oval punch to punch it out. Change the greeting and these would be snazzy birthday cards for men. I'm always trying to design a masculine birthday card. Aren't you?