Blue Vine Quilled Card

Hi all, here is another card with a quilled front. I was looking through my stack of paper and came across this cream colored one with a vine with blue flowers that looked like they could be quilled. So I recreated the vine pattern and used light yellow pearls for the stamen in the flowers for a little extra bling! Next, I layered that onto a coordinating blue card stock. I went looking for some ribbon that matched and found this wire edged graduated tone ribbon in the box that held my ribbon flower supplies and it matched perfectly. There wasn't really any room for a bow so I just looped it twice and ran it under the quilling mat layer.

Next I used the standard scallop and circle Nesties to make the medallion with the sentiment "Thinking of You", which is stamped in Brilliance gold inkand is popped up with dimensionals. The inside of the card is decorated with two strips of the DP and small punched flowers out of the blue card stock. I enjoyed making this card and will have to take a second look at my DP to see if there is another great quilling pattern there! I still have to go get the right light for my photo box so there isn't that pinky tone!!!! Let me know what you think of it, I'd love to hear from you.

Until the next post,

Shalom,

Sonya

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Calling Nurse Appel!

Hi all, my youngest daughter is in nursing school 2 1/2 hours away from home and needs to study, are you listening daughter dear, study hard to graduate. The study time is precious and every bit is needed so, she doesn't come home very often so she can spend as much time as possible studying. She misses the family and loves to get mail and called us suggesting that we send her some! So I made her this card and am sending it today. I guess I will have to call Rachel and tell her not to look at my blog until I tell her it is ok to look, so she is surprised!
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The bear is die cut using the Sizzix "Get Well" die set and I used Prismacolor pencils and OMS to shade his feet and tummy. He was popped up on the red scallop and blue rectangle Nestie layers using dimensionals. I added three silver brads and a white twill bow. If you have every had a hospital gown on, you would recognized the twill tape used for tying it closed, or should I say try to tie it closed, lol! Next I printed out the sentiment "I need a nurse, do you know where I can find one?" on my printer and layered it onto a red scallop Nestie. The colors are not showing well and the navy and dark brown look black, I need to get better lighting!
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On the inside of the card I made a bookmark for her to use. Again, I used the rectangle and scallop rectangle Nesties to make the base layers. On this base I put the nurse die cut from the same Sizzix set as the bear. Finishing the bookmark with four silver brads and a twill ribbon with red punch hearts. The inside of the card has the answer to the sentiment on the front and says "Calling Nurse Appel", "Calling Nurse Appel".

While I was making this card, my husband was out riding his off road bicycle and came in just before I finished it. I asked him how he liked it. He gave me a funny look and I thought "was it that bad?" He said, "Well, I think I need one." I new exactly what he was talking about because on New Years Day he and Rachel had gone out riding bikes and he came home hurt from a fall and had a separated shoulder! Ewew, it creeped me out looking at it!

So, when he told me that he needed a nurse I knew we were going to go back to the ER. He fell on the SAME SHOULDER!!!!! It was just starting to heal! This time he fractured his scapula, something the E.R. Dr. said was hard to do, and tore the shoulder even more! He is officially grounded from his bike! We are waiting for to get into a ortho dr. to see what needs to be done to it. He signed the card saying he does need a nurse and I hope this "prophetic" card brightens my daughters day despite her daddy's injury! See, I knew all that money we spent sending her to become a nurse would be well spent and having a nurse in the family would come in handy one day. I just didn't think it would be so soon!

Thanks to all who leave me encouraging comments, they brighten my day!

Until the next post,

Shalom,

Sonya

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Quilled, Stamped, Scrapbook Page and Cards

So sad, I didn't get picked for the Spellbinders 2009 Design Team :( . But good luck to the 20 who were chosen to continue to the finals! And thanks to Spellbinders for the opportunity to submit my projects. I know the rest of us will be looking forward to seeing the wonderful designs that were submitted by those lucky ones!

So, since I haven't been chosen I can know post my submission to the contest. The first was a 12 X 12 layout and I chose to use the clock and butterfly die from Spellbinders. It inspired the "Time Flies" - "Too Fast" idea and I used the butterfly flying away with the clock and then then progressive pictures of Christine growing up.

Next we had to submit a card and I chose to quill a medallion in red, black and cream. I used my Nestabilities scalloped and regular rectangles to double mat behind the medallion. You can see that card at the beginning of this post.

A stamped card had to be submitted and I chose one of my favorite flowers the hydrangea to stamp in gold embossing powers and colored with Prismacolor pencils and OMS. Inside the card I put a pocket cut out of the Nesties and put a tea bag and a bookmark stamped with the same stamp. It has the sentiment of "A Cup of Tea" , "A Good Book", and "A Good Friend". I accented it with crystals and Fairy Dust glitter.

The fourth project that was submitted was an altered item. I chose to alter a frame, and what better way than with quilling. I have been wanting to do one in shades of purple and lavender and this seemed like a good time. It has a hydrangea in it of course, made from petals,punched coffee filter paper and painted with Twinkling H2O's. It give the flowers a dried sparkle appearance. I also punched accent flowers from lavender vellum with crystal centers, and pearlescent paper with pearl centers. Double stacked quilled flowers, leaves and fringed flowers complete the design. I think I will put a picture from our cruise in it!

I enjoyed making the projects for submission and don't envy those that had to judge them! Thanks to my daughter Cassandra who took the pictures of my projects for submission. I hope you enjoy, and I am off to play with my new stamps and dies!

Until the next post,

Shalom,

Sonya

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