Dot & Whimsy

Hi there!  Yesterday was my first time to share over at 

as one of their Card Designers!  I'll be there for the remainder of the year :)

Basic Grey was one of my first loves in scrapbooking,

so it was a real honor to be asked to join them for a bit!

For my assignment I was asked to create two cards with a focus on the

new "Second City" Feathers by Kelly Purkey

It’s hard not to look at feathers and think of a bird, turkey or other

 feathered fowl!  I found a coloring book template of a turkey’s body online, 

printed it onto a piece of paper and then trimmed out.  Next, I placed the 

cut-out onto the back of the yellow paper and traced the design and cut out. 

 For the body, I used a 2.25″ circle die to cut the paper and then layered it

with the front of the turkey.  Before arranging the feathers to the back of the body,

 I machine-stitched down the center of each.  Cluster the feathers as you’d

 like and adhere to the back of the body.  I cut a strip of purple paper to

 3/4″H X 2.75″W and cut a V into one end.  I added the sticker letters and 

then adhered below the turkey with foam adhesive.  The wooden

“hello” was applied just above the purple strip.

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For this card I chose to arrange the feathers in a circle shape to resemble a wreath.  

I die-cut the center of the herringbone paper with a 3″ circle die and then mounted 

it onto a piece of the yellow paper.  To attach the vellum feathers I used Glue Dots.

  I separated all of the cuts to each feather to add more dimension. 

 To the top of the chipboard sentiment, I attached one of the flair buttons

 and used some black letter stickers on the top.  the centers of the feathers

  were accented with black enamel dots and a few wooden veneers.

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Glad you've stopped in to visit!  THANK YOU!

Father's Day is the weekend!

I have a quick way to dress up a plain mason jar today at

All you will need is a strip of foil paper (or any paper)

and I'll show you how to whip up these cool feathers in no time!

I often struggle to find just the right accent for masculine projects,

but you can never go wrong with feathers LOL

Again, you can see the tutorial and more photos today on the Chickaniddy Blog.

Thanks for dropping by!

Happy Saturday!  

I'm bringing my Bella Blvd "Cards on Thursdays" just a couple of days late to the blog.

It seems like I'll have a dry-run for a few days and then have four different projects up

on the same day LOL...so I'm trying to spread them all out :)

It seems like squares are all the rage these days and I just had to play along! 

Using a 1.25" square die cut, I created a quilt of colors from the Birthday Girl Collection.

 After mounting them onto a piece of cardstock, I machine stitched down the center of each row.

 I kept the top simple by adding on a couple of chipboard stickers and a "wishes" 

banner under the die-cut shape.

 

 Bella Blvd Supplies:
Birthday Girl: Celebrate, Party Dress, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Pink Flowers; Crochet Hearts: Gulf; High Five Alpha Stickers: Blue
Scallop Die by Lifestyle Crafts

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
 A small piece of feather gathered and tied made the cutest plume effect to the top of the
 chipboard firecracker! I attached the feather to the chipboard using a Ultra-Thin Glue Dot.
 I built a 4th of July collage using several components from the Alpha+Bits and
Just Write Journaling Stickers. So happy and festive, and I love the idea of displaying it on our
 Patriotic buffet table. Bring on Summer!

Bella Blvd Supplies:
All American: United We Stand, Seeing Stars, Alpha+Bits Stickers, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Chipboard Icons; Button Market: Stars; Feathers: Ice

See more ideas at the Bella Blvd Blog!
www.bellablvd.typepad.com

I probably won't blog again until Monday, so I want to wish all of you moms a
VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

It's all things Feathers today at 

My card using the Gulf Feathers and Engaged at Last Collection

Feathers are fun!
 I'll admit that I was a bit intimidated to try and create a card with these,
but what fun and I love the outcome! First I created a play-on-pattern with
 the two different colors of chevron papers found in the Engaged At Last Collection
. I love how the base paper chevron mimics the chevron pattern of the heart! 
  Wanting to match up the fun teal color in the dress and letters,
I used the Gulf Feathers and attached them to one side of the frame.
I found that Fabri-Tac glue worked really well when attaching the feathers to the paper.
 After adding a little bow and button, I think the invitation is all set!

All Winter CHA Collections will ship to retailers by February 15th,
so keep an eye out for them ;)