SEI July Cardmaking Kit

T.G.I.F! Today I have a couple cards to share with you over on the SEI Lifestyle blog that I created with their awesome July Cardmaking Kit. 

Here's a peek at one of them. Great colors, huh? To see both projects, click here.

Today Christopher tracks out of school for the next three weeks and he's a happy camper! We'll be enjoying some family activities during this time. How about you? Any plans before the kiddos go back to school and autumn arrives?

SEI July Cardmaking Kit

Hey there card crafting peeps! Have you seen SEI Lifestyle's July Cardmaking Kit? It's packed full of great prints, summer colors and my favorite...crochet flowers! I thought that once I learned to crochet, I would make lots of little accents for my projects, but there's just so many hours in the day so I was excited to see some already made crochet flowers included in this month's kit! 

Here's a peek at one of the card designs I made with these pretty white flowers. Click here to see both cards. 

Another one of my favorite accents is the badges and I love the assortment SEI has put together. 

Here's a peek at a project accented with one of them. It's not another greeting card. Can you tell what it is? Click here to find out. 

Enjoy the projects and your day! 

Embroidery Hoop Art

T.G.I.F! In case you didn't get a chance to check out my embroidery hoop art project on SEI Lifestyle last week, I'll share them here with you today. With a couple simple wood embroidery hoops, the May Cardmaking kit from SEI and a few butterfly dies, I was able to create this fun little decor set. 

I love the combination of colors and patterns in this month's kit, how about you?

Today on the SEI blog I have another project using the May kit, a couple cards. Here's a peek at one. 

Click here to hop over to SEI and see both cards.

Hope you have a great weekend and that it includes a little creative fun! 

Congratulations

Hello! Today I have a couple congratulations cards to share with you created with SEI's May Cardmaking kit. These were posted on SEI Lifestyle last week and again here in case you missed seeing them. Tis the season for graduations and weddings so I created congrats cards for both occasions. 

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I love the combination of patterns and foiled details in these papers and the gorgeous flower brads included in this month's kit! 

This congrats design could be used for a work promotion as well as a graduation card.

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I created lots of die cut circles and then play with them until I liked the combination. 

This week on SEI Lifestyle I have a fun and easy home decor project I created with this month's kit. 

Here's a little peek for you. To see the entire project, click here.

Butterfly Straws

Tis the season for bridal and baby showers, picnics and barbecues! To give your next event a handmade touch, I have an super easy craft project to share with you...butterfly straws created with SEI's May Cardmaking Kit.

Using an array of pretty patterned papers included in May's kit, I die cut a bunch of butterflies. You can use punches, thin metal dies or an electronic cutter. 

I attached the butterflies with a tiny dab of craft glue. You could also use small craft dots. 

Arrange them in a vintage ball jar or pretty little vase. 

Layer a couple die cut tags, top with another butterfly and tie onto jar with a bit of jute for a pretty little centerpiece. It's that easy! 

This week on the SEI Lifestyle blog I have another project to share using the May kit. Hope you have a chance to take a look.

Hope today is a good one! :) 

In the House!

Finally got the new printer! A Canon Pixma iP8720! Looks like I'll be printing a lot of Project Life photos over the next few days...four weeks worth to be exact! Hopefully, I'll get some of those weeks completed to post on Saturday. 

For some crafty sharing...I have a couple cards posted at SEI Lifestyle this week created with their fabulous March Cardmaking Kit. 

Here's a look-see at one of the cards. I hope you have a chance to hop over and see them both. Enjoy!

Iceland

Around here everything is covered in ice...even the ornamental plum tree outside our living room window that started flowering this week when temperatures were much warmer and springlike. Seems winter still has its hold on us! 

Even though it's cloudy and freezing, the glistening of ice everywhere is stunning!

For some crafty news and sharing, I have a couple cards on the SEI Lifestyle blog made with the colorful and fun March Cardmaking Kit.

I love, love, love the hexagon sticker sheet included in this month's kit! A large sheet of all hexagons printed with fun icons...oh la la!

Have a great day! :)

SEI

Hello! Hope you had an excellent weekend! Today I have a project share over on the SEI Lifestyle blog for you created with the March Cardmaking Kit.

Above is a little peek at that project...a couple cards with a matching gift box. That cool little sequin flower center was just one of the awesome accents included in this month's kit!

If you didn't have the chance to see last week's cards, here's a look at those.

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This is my favorite kit so far with all the fabulous die cuts!

By-the-way, have you noticed the subtle blog changes? My oh so wonderful husband who also happens to be rather tech savvy has been making these tweaks for me. I hope you like. Thanks hubs! You rock!

I'm still crocheting whenever I get a chance and this weekend I finished making a throw pillow cover! I used a pillow we already had that I was considering donating to the Goodwill. It was a nice enough pillow, I just prefer natural fabrics and this one felt kind plastic-ish. ;)

I'm so proud of my little pillow because I'm still new to crocheting, I've never taken a class and I didn't have a pattern for this project.

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I learned how to do a basic granny square with this diagram and made two squares large enough to fit my pillow, about 12". It's reversible with one side cream and the other is a light brown. Then with this video, I learned how to connect granny squares.

I used Cascade's Pima Cotton Yarn and a 3.75 mm hook. Now our little pillow feels much softer!

Card Creations, SEI and Jillibean Soup

I have so much to share with you today! Are you ready for a crafty show and tell? First up, this Thanks card I created with Pebbles' beautiful Front Porch collection was published in Paper Crafts; Card Creations, Volume 12. 

It's funny how I drop everything to peruse this magazine from cover-to-cover when it arrives! It's full of amazing card designs and I'm always left with lots of ideas! 

Second, the SEI March Cardmaking Kit is now available and I have a couple card creations to share with you here. And here's a little peek...

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm guest designing this week at Jillibean's Card Kitchen blog and have these cards to share. Following is a peek at one of those. 

Whew! I've been busy!

Party Time

A snowstorm is headed our way, schools are closed and the neighborhood kiddos are standing by with their sleds! Snowballs will soon be flying through the air and I know Christopher will be asking me to make him some hot chocolate! :) 

On my blog today it's Party Time with SEI's January Cardmaking Kit. It's all about birthdays and celebrations and cute little gift bags to stow presents in!

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To make the matching gift bag, I used the left over papers from my card to create a couple banners, layering them with coordinating accents from the kit! Too easy and reusable too! 

For more birthday card ideas, head over to SEI Lifestyle. 

Here's a peek at one of the cards I made...complete with gift card pocket.

Well...I'm going to go see how much work I can get done before the snow falls. Once those big fluffy flakes start floating to the ground I wont be able to concentrate on anything else! Can you tell we don't get that much snow here? ;)