A Creative Day…Hemmed & Llamas In The News

And continue 0n through the day!

It was my turn to do the blog post for Die Cut Diva and Creative Cuts and More. I decided to use this Accordion Insert With A6 Card out of Bazzill Watermelon Sensation and Neenah White. The quote is stamped on Antique Label (small). (actually, the DCD post has been moved to Aug 3)

The outer edges are embossed with Kassie’s Brocade.

This is a peek at the Our Daily Bread designs release, August 1. The quote is from the Full of Grace series, Weave In Faith. See that beautiful Flower Border? That’s exactly what it’s called and it was designed to coordinate with Spellbinders Labels 18!

I stamped it on Basic Grey Sweet Threads, colored with Copics, then added some Flower Soft!

 

And the front? Simply done with Italian Flourish from Cheery Lynn Designs. ODBD just started carrying these! They are so intricate and cut beautifully!

The DP is more Basic Grey Sweet Threads, and the pearls are from Want2Scrap.

Hope your day wasn’t unraveled!

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Added after posting…

We made the newspaper again!! Woohoo! But I had to chuckle… gotta love a small town, farm country newspaper! Note the “Manure Science Review”… LOL

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Hem Your Day….and Summer Llamas

A day hemmed in prayer
is less likely to unravel….how true!

Peeks of Pincushion and Weave In Faith, coming August 1 from Our Daily Bread designs.

This is the Sketch on Splitcoast today. I stamped my Pincushion on one of the solid sheets in Prima’s Moulin Rouge and colored with Copics. Sakura white and silver gel pens were used on the pins and thimble. (that’s my old pincushion and thimble that I’ve had since I was a young girl!) The Pincushion also has a Custom Die but mine hadn’t arrived yet so I had to hand cut.

Our Daily Bread designs is also carrying these awesome Cheery Lynn Designs dies (be patient, Kelley is working on getting them on the store site). The one I used on this card is Celtic Fire Rectangle Frame. Wow!….they cut like a dream, so fine and intricate!

I’m excited about this release… it has such a “homey” feel to it. You’re going to love them all!

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Yesterday as I was hanging yet another load of laundry on the line, I looked out by the barn and noticed 3 of my girls sunning themselves. This always cracks me up… it can be SO HOT and the llamas will leave the fans in the barn and go stretch out in the blazing sun! I have one that lays on his back, feet in the air…. but they always twitch an ear or move a toe and I breath as sigh of relief! LOL!

Would they hold that pose if I ran and grabbed my camera?

Annie, Lady, and Tobi… and so funny, head-tail-head. I snuck up and got this shot… but as soon as Annie heard me….

She started to get up!

Whacha doin’ Mom?

Never a dull moment around here!
Hope your day is great!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Some Lace, Some Ribbon… #74 Sassy Challenge

It’s Tuesday and another Sassy Challenge! Ribbon and Lace… play along, just be sure to use a Sassy Cheryl’s image.

I have another baby shower coming up… I think there is an epidemic!

This is Baby Girl Gift, she’s colored with Copics.  I used Spellbinders Lacey Ovals and inked up the die before cutting with ColorBox Rouge.

For more Sassy inspiration,
see what the other girls have done!

Ann English Cathy Edgar
Heather Huggins Kim Rhead
Jeni Tidwell Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney Judy Kreucher
Tracy Jackson

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

How Special Are You? Sew Special and a Joy to Have as a Friend!

You’re getting to see a sneak peek at several new items coming August 1st from Our Daily Bread designs!

Today’s Technique challenge on Splitcoast was to make a box for those chunky cards that just don’t fit into an envelope….you know the ones… layers and layers, piled with flowers and embellishments!! This isn’t mail-able, but it makes for a neat presentation to hand to that special someone and make them smile!

My “box” lid is embossed with Kassie’s Brocade, the window is Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles and Large Labels. I used my Scor-buddy for too! That awesome fence… that is larger than *whisper* Martha’s, is Fence Border Die, one of the new items!! How cool is that!!!

The stamp set is Sew Special, it’s colored with Copics and sponged with Distress inks. I added some white gel pen to some of the quilt block and did some faux stitching on the Spellbinders Grommet Tag.

I have several old needle packets from my mom’s sewing stash… this one just happened to be quilting needles! I didn’t want to put the package on the card so I just scanned and copied it! 4 cents… now that is old!

Although my card isn’t super chunky, it would be a pain to try to send in an envelope!

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Here’s another card I did using the Sweet William Large and Small sets.

A quick simple one using the flowers from both sets and some wax paper flowers too with Spellbinders Blossom 3 on my Grand Calibur! The black layer is faux’d using a sharpie marker and a ruler.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

It's a HOT One at the Ohio State Fair Llama Show!!

With the heat index well over 100, we were hot, sweaty and sometimes a little grouchy...but we had a good time, everybody placed and some got some AWESOME awards too!!

Sit back and enjoy this little slideshow.
To see all the pictures individually,
go to my PictureTrail.

Levi showed Shadow for Katie in his
Medium Wool Adult Male halter class
and got
GRAND CHAMPION!!! I was soooo excited!!! It's our second ever Grand!

I know...I should have had Levi hold the banner up so it was ALL visible...duh... but Shadow looks good huh!

Katie and Ross won Grand and Reserve Champion Performance Senior Youth!!!

How awesome is that! This is Katie's FIRST year!

Not only brother and sister...but twins!

Jared walked away with Adult Versatility, Grand Champion Novice Performance Animal (with Fusion) AND he got to show 3 llamas for Donna Moore who won Grand Champion Heavy Wool Adult Male and she let him keep the banner!! Awesome!!!

Showmanship: Carmen 4th, Jessica 3rd, Katie 4th, Ross 1st, Ryan 5th

Youth Judging: Carmen 5th, Jessica 1st, John 3rd, Katie 2nd, Ross 4th, Ryan 4th

Halter: Jessica 5th, Katie: 1st Grand, Ross 3rd, Ryan 5th

Public Relations: Carmen 4th, Jared 2nd, John 1st, Katie 2nd, Ross 4th, Ryan 3rd

Pack: Carmen 4th, Jared 2nd, Jessica 2nd, John 4th, Katie 1st, Ross 3rd

Obstacle: Jared 2nd, Jessica 2nd, John 4th, Katie 1st, Ross 3rd

Do I have an awesome 4H club or what!!

Thanks to all my helpers too, without you it couldn't have been done!!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

This Says It All! And a Fun Time in Derby, Indiana!

We’re experiencing some high temps and humidity like a lot of the US right now… ugh! Stay COOL!!!

A last minute get-away with some dear friends took us to Derby, Indiana on the Ohio River! (Ohio River Cabins)We had 2 different cabins because of bookings, so we were in the Cottage for one night and then the Merry Maker for 2 nights.

Sunrise off the Cottage deck…. ah, beautiful!

Each cabin had a dock and beautiful view of the river!

While we were in the Cottage we looked out and saw this boat pull up to OUR dock! Hmmmm, so we went down to see what was going on. They had been out on the river all day and had run out of gas… mind you, it had a 200 GALLON tank!! WoW!! The owner figured he had enough to get him to the boat dock, but was going to wait until the next morning. It was just your ordinary run of the mill speed boat… 80-100mph.. and only cost over $100,000!!! And he left the keys in it!! “Gee, can I get in it?” “Just take your shoes off”, he said… so I did! LOL

This thing looked like a cockpit in a jet!!

We even got to see inside, sink to the left, bathroom to the right!

Yeah, WOW! And how did he make all his money to buy this boat??!! Artificial Christmas Trees! Yup, the family business… must be rough!

ORC has a pontoon boat that it rents out… hey, that would be fun! So, we got the boat for a day and took off down river. It was hot but with the boat moving along the water there was a nice breeze. We decided to go over towards the West side and throw our lines in and see if we’d catch anything. Fish don’t bite when it’s real hot… so, let’s start’r up and go on down the river. Ok… start it… START IT!!

Um… we are on the Ohio River in a Pontoon boat that won’t start… HELP!!!

Oh… did I mention there are BARGES up and down the river all day long??!! Also cell phone service was next to impossible!

We called Bob, the maintenance guy…who of course was busy but would come find us as soon as he could. By now we’re drifting to the middle heading across the river to the East side! I totally understand DEAD IN THE WATER!

Finally Bob showed up in a Johnboat and towed us back to our dock. Whew! We were only out there helpless for about 1 1/2-2 HOURS!!! Luckily, no barges came while we were stranded! It really was kinda funny!

Let me just say, customer service is great! It was a simple fix and we had the boat for another day at the Merry Maker! That’s Ralph fishing off the boat.

The Merry Maker.

We lost count of how many barges we saw! Ralph and Lloyd drove down to the locks but didn’t get to see a barge go through them.

On Monday we took the boat out again and went upriver. We saw quite a few barges, we also didn’t have any boat trouble!! LOL

Mr Tug, you stay on your side of the river and we’ll stay on ours!

Thought this flower was pretty…and growing in the rocks!

Naomi drove a while too!

We saw quite a few trees where the water had eaten away the soil, some trees were still living with 99% of the root ball exposed! Really interesting.

I even caught a fish! Actually I caught the most… 2! haha! And if you’re wondering… I don’t bait my hook OR take the fish off… ewwww!!!

On Tuesday it was time to pack up and head back to Ohio. None of us were ready! I got these shots of the resident Hummingbird as I sipped my coffee on the deck.

We had the AC turned down to almost “meat locker” cold! It sure felt good when you came in from the outdoors! BUT… my camera took a while to warm up when I’d go out to take a picture!!

This is a shot where I wiped my lens real quick but it started to fog back up as I snapped the pic… I like it though!

Highly recommended for a good time!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Making Wearable Art… So Simple!

Several of the girls on the ODBD design team have made some gorgeous flowers lately with this Sweet William Small set… this got me to thinking. I know, I know… you smelled smoke didn’t you!

I’m super busy what with getting ready for Ohio State Fair Llama Show, last minute ends tied up etc., but when I saw the challenge today on Splitcoast, F4A73, was using twine… I started getting this idea.

Why not make a pin!

I stamped 6 flowers, 3 of each size using Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink Rouge and Dark Peony on a medium weight cotton fabric. I used my Grand Calibur to cut them all out with Spellbinders Blossom 3.

THEN… I was like.. “what would Mel do?” Of course! Gesso!! I painted the backside of each flower and let it air dry.

Using dental floss, I made long running stitches in the centers and gathered each tightly. Dental floss is great to use because it doesn’t slip and is sturdy! I alternated light and dark pink flowers, stitching together with more floss. The 3 smallest flowers I placed side by side in the center and stitched through all the layers.

I clipped some leaves from some silk flowers, made a twine bow and started gluing with Beacon 3 in 1 glue.

I had an old piece of costume jewelry that I never wore and took the pin-back off and glued it to my creation!

It’s heavily spritzed with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist. 

I have more ideas whirring around in my head and will definitely be making more of these!

Have a wonderful weekend!

thanks for stopping!

Dawn