Love These Characters!

I saw quite a few examples of the Sesame Street characters using Stampin' Up punches when looking through one of the galleries on Splitcoaststampers and thought how cute they were! I made them to use on a card and also to cover some Peppermint Patties candy.

I have been wanting to make some of the other characters on that TV program but have not done so yet. I will post them when I do. All of the work for this card is in making the faces. Once the faces are completed this makes a simple card but a happy card as the colors are great and they never cease to make me smile when I see them.

Tri Shutter Card

One of the cards that is popular now is the Tri Shutter fold. I do love this card and am making a new one today. This is one that I made last week and I do love what the finished card looks like using this fold. It is easy to make and the results are impressive.

I saw a card this morning on one of the Stampin' Up demonstrator sites that I really liked as it uses the Stampin' Up set of God's Beauty - which is a favorite - and I want to see how it looks as a Tri Shutter card. Hopefully I wil finish it today and I will post it tomorrow. For today, here is the one I have made.

Completed Magic Box

Good Morning!

Last weekend I posted photos of a Magic Box I was making at that time. I had seen the box on this wonderful website Creations By Patti and wanted immediately to make one. Patti is a fantastic cardmaker and her creations are truly beautiful and always unique. I forgot to post her website for you that day so here it is now: http://www.creationsbypatti.blogspot.com/ Check out her site today and I can guarantee it will be on your favorities list!

I also forgot to post the photos of the finished Magic Box so I am doing so today. It turned out just the way I wanted it to and I am so happy with the results! I am now making another one for a little girl who has been very ill and is now home from the hospital and I will post photos when I am done.

For today, here is my first completed Magic Box. Thank you Patti for your inspiration!

Beauty of Spring in My Back Yard

I love this time of year when all is in bloom! The photos above I took of an old apple tree in back of the apartment building where I live. It is the most gorgeous tree when it is blooming!

It is sunshine again here today in WI. Wishing you a good one wherever you are!

Surprise in My Take Home Perkins Bag!

A surprise in my Perkins take home bag!

On a visit to a Perkins restaurant, I ordered muffins to go to send to a friend of mine who is in a nursing home. It's a good thing that I looked in the bag as I was going to transfer the muffins to a gift box and this is what I found! Packets and packets of flower seeds!

I called the restaurant and they said to bring the bag back - not what I had figured into my schedule for the day - and when I did, there was my bag of muffins waiting for me by the register plus 2 extra. It seems that they put the bags of take home items behind the check out counter to give to the person when they pay their bill and someone had brought in the flower seeds for planting in the restaurant's flower beds and they were put in one of the Perkins bags and set behind the counter until the gardener did the planting. The staff person grabbed that sack by mistake and gave it to me as my to-go order when I paid my bill.

What are the chances of this happening? I don't know but it was a shock to open the bag and also pretty funny - even with an extra trip to the restaurant and back.

Odessa

Today started out as a beautiful, sunny day here in WI but now the sky has become more and more cloudy and it looks like rain again.

I have been working the past two days on my PictureTrail - updating the photos and information, creating new files, etc. I have most of the photos updated - just a few more to add - but still so much writing to do. It has been a lot of work after being away from it for so long, but it is also fun to see all these creations in front of me. The slide shows are great! Especially for large files like my Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs as there are many photos recording the process of creating that set of 8 dolls.

One of the dolls I made this winter was Odessa. Today's photos are of her. She is made from wool felt - my fabric of choice. Her features were created using a technique called Traupunto and I love the results and used it on another doll - of which I have no photo. Odessa is a small doll. Sitting on her moon she is only about 8 1/2 inches tall. Her hair is an acutual wig that I made and it is sewn to her head.

Wishing you a great evening! Check out my PictureTrail if you get a chance. You can find me at http://www.picturetrail.com/whimcees

The Magic Box

I'm late posting today - in fact it no longer is today but is tomorrow, if that makes any sense! :<} I have been working on my PictureTrail site all day literally - since early morning of yesterday I guess it is now - as it is 2:15 am. I want to get those files updated as it has been a very long time since I added to that also.

I finished the Magic Box and wanted to post photos of it at another stage of opening. It took a very long time to make but it is lovely when finished! I can't wait to make another. Above are photos of the front and the back of the finished top and one of the top off the box. Going from right to left - as I forgot how this works and I am too tired to redo this post.

My next post I will have photos of the opened box. Wishing you a great Monday!

A Magic Box With A Surprise Inside!

It is another rainy and cloudy day here in WI today. I hope that the sunshine returns soon! I have been working on a Magic Box and it has been great fun to make! I had purchased the new pop up cake die from Stampin' Up (I am a SU demonstrator) and had been looking for something different to make other than just a card. When I saw Patti's sample on her wonderful blog (I will post her website on my next post) I knew that I had to make one! I worked all day yesterday on it and although it is very time consuming it is so much fun to make.

Here is the first photo of the box. I will post the next stages in my next post. Wishing you a great day!

I guess I need to practice posting again! That did not come out exactly as planned but I am very happy to look at it anyway!

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Hello Again!

Hello!

Today I am back! It has been a very long time and many issues to resolve. I am making cards again in addition to my dolls and today I am posting a few photos.