New beginnings

Hello Fellow Bloggers,

Hope everyone is doing well. I hope that you're at least

doing better than me. I have several things to talk about 

today so I will apologize now for being long winded.

As you see in my picture above I have finally gotten

around to changing my blog and Etsy shop name. Some

time ago I had talked about doing this, well I finally got it

done. My new shop name and blog name are now Paper

Sewn Visions. I had been toying with this for a while

 and finally decided that this new name reflected the

type of crafting I do. My blog also has a new look as

you can see. Hope you all like it.

I had planned to get all of this done this weekend but

once again life just got in the way. I had forgotten about

my adopted granddaughters dane recital and had to be

at that on saturday. There went some of that day.

Marions Dance number

Now here comes the worst of this past weekend. I spent a good

portion of sunday at the ER with my husband. While he was

trying to get the lawn mower working he cut his hand it

required stitches. Ok before I go any further I need to let you

know that to get to an ER here it is at least a 25 minute drive

north or south for us. As we were waiting for his prescription

our son calls us and as he got the lawn mower going and was

cutting the grass he got stung. Well our son is deathly

allergic to wasps. We high tailed it home. He had already

done what the doctor had told him to do and that was to mark

the area with a pen and put the time down. Watch that the

swelling or redness didn't get worse. Things were fine

for the rest of the evening.

My husbands stitches

This morning our son wakes up

with severe pain and the redness and swelling have gotten

worse and his skin feels really hot to the touch so another

25 minute trip today to the walk in clinic today. All I can

say is will it ever stop? Probably not, thats life. So hopefully

tomorrow I can get the rest of the things done that I need

to get done. We'll see, Until my next post Have a Splendid

Day!!!!!!!!!

HIMCR Challenge #56

Good Morning Fellow Bloggers,

Hope everyone is doing well. I've been away for a bit

and that's because on tuesday I got bit by something not

sure what. I felt something crawling on my arm and then

felt like a sting I flung it off but didn't get a look at what

it was. My arm has hurt the rest of the week and the more

I used my arm the more it hurt clear to my wrist. I did find

a sliver type thing where I was bit or stung, got it pulled out

and now the arm is starting to feel better. So I didn't get

much done other than the housework this week. In my

Header picture is what I came up with for this weeks

challenge over at HIMCR. Challenge # 56 this week is

Mix it Up Christmas in July.

The fireplace and chair were done with my cricut. The

gifts and the and greenry are done with punches. The

tree is a rubber stamp that was fussy cut. A paper lace

doily was used for the skirt of the tree. This not the

typical stair step card as you can see. As most of you

know me by now and I do things outside the box...lol

Ok enough about the card.

We would be so very happy if you joined in. The design

team has created some beautiful projects for inspiration.

 You can check out their projects by following the

links below.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin' and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Angela's Crafty Spot

 

To join this weeks challenge follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

Can't wait to see your creations. Until my next post

Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!

HIMCR Challenge # 55 Layers

Hello Everyone,

A new challenge we begin over at HIMCR challenge #55

Show us your layers 5 or more. Ok so I have to let you in

on a little secret. I had made a different card for this

challenge. I was not paying attention and I was looking

at what was an old challenge. So this card was done on

the fly. My card is a a gate fold card and my layers are

all in the pear. I think it gave the pear dimension. Hope

you like it. So let's see those layers and remember

You have until Friday, July 27th to link up

your layered creation to get entered into the

monthly drawing this week. When uploading to

online galleries please use code HIMCR55.

We would love for you to join us over at HIMCR. To play

along follow the link below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/07/himcr-55-lets-see-those-layers.html

For some more inspiration check what the rest of the design

team has created.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin' and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Angela's Crafty Spot

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!

Two or More fold card

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all doing well. We have been dealing with

thunderstorms and in one instance we had such a down

pour of rain that created a mess around town. I'll get to that

story a little later. For now I'm going to tell you about my

card. I found a card that was made like this while looking

on Pinterest. There I was directed to the sight that gave a

tutorial on how to make it. If you would like to learn how

follow the link below:

http://wenchespapirverden.blogspot.com/2011/03/tutorial-pa-stjernekort.html

So using this tutorial I made my card. Pictures below

are what the inside looks like.

Because this post is a little long I will post my card recipe

at a later date.

I'm going to enter this card over at Christmas Crafting

Challenge Blog. Callenge #13 Two or More Folds

http://christmascrafting.blogspot.com/2012/06/its-our-first-birthday-and-challenge-13.html

Ok so now onto our crazy weather. Below is a few

pictures of our alley that now looks like a dried up

stream. We have been having thunderstorms nightly

and one of those storms brought a real heavy down pour.

Our town is a small town and we do have some storm

drains but the down pour was much more than they could

handle. With all these thunder storms we make sure that

we shut off all our computers and unplug them just to make

sure that if we have a power surge that they won't get

ruined. Tomorrow they are calling for thunderstorms all

day. So we'll see when I turn my pc back on. We did have

trouble with our cable and interenet service one day so

I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Now don't forget that there is still time to get your projects

into the challenges over at HIMCR.

Challenge # 54 Super Scrap Saturday

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

and

LIIU Challenge #25

All Girl

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-25.html

Hope you will join us. Remember that after this month

LIIU will be no more and a new challenge blog

will take its place (No Matter Which Blog Challenges)

to join that blog follow the link below:

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

Crafting in the Kitchen

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. My

weekend was not so relaxing. In my header picture is

just a couple of jars of apricot preserves that I made. So

I guess you can say that I was being a little crafty in the

kitchen. A friend of ours picked up some apricots and

cherries earlier in the week and gave them to my

husband to bring home. My husband wanted some

apricot preserves so I got some done for him. As to

the cherries, well they are just about all gone they were

so good that we just kept eating away at them.

Apricot Preserves Recipe:

      1 kg, or 2 lbs plus a few more apricots, of fresh apricots

 1 1/3 cups of granulated sugar (see notes below)

1/4 cup water

   2 Tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice

                                       

                                   

    Melt the sugar and water in the pan. Bring to a boil, then

           simmer until clear and slightly syrupy. (Watch the pot at

this stage or you might end up with a potful of hard

crystallized sugar!) Carefully sort and wash the apricots.

Halve them and discard the pits, making sure to get
rid of the stem end. (To them I just rip them apart

with my fingers - far easier than cutting them with a

knife.)

                               
Put about half of the apricots in the sugar syrup and
 simmer until the fruit is almost falling apart. Put in

the rest of the apricots and continue simmering until

they are almost falling apart, but not quite. The

whole procedure will take about an hour or more,
depending on how soft your apricots were to start with.
 Skim the foamy looking stuff off the top and toss.
Then fill jars.This recipe will only make to pints. Seal
jars and hot bathe I used this recipe but I quadrupled it.
I am going to link this tutorial at Brassy Apple for
her Tutorials. Follow the link below:
http://brassyapple.blogspot.com/2012/07/blog-linky-party-make-it-monday-40.html
Now don't forget HIMCR challenge #54 Super
Scarp Saturday.

   http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/07/himcr-54-super-scraps-saturday.html

Also LIIU Challenge #25

All Girl

to join in follow the link below

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-25.html

Last but not least

The Let's Ink It up blog is moving to another challenge

blog with a new name: (No Matter Which Challenges)

Besides moving also some changes in the challenge rules,

but you can all read about it at the

No Matter Which Challenge blog.

So please join the new blog.

Until my next post Have a Splendid Evening!!

                                             

No Matter Which Challenges Blogspot

Hello Again Everyone,

Can you believe a second post for me today. You are

all probably wondering what has gotten into me. Well

I have some exciting news to share with all of you. In

my header picture is a badge for a new challenge blog.

The Let's Ink It up blog is moving to another challenge

blog with a new name: (No Matter Which Challenges)

Besides moving also some changes in the challenge rules,

but you can all read about it at the

 No Matter Which Challenge blog.

Now the reason that I am so excited about this news is that

I am so honoured that Suzanne has asked me to

be a design team member for this blog and I very

graciously accepted.I will be a team member with

some very talented ladies that are so sweet kind

and caring. The team is:

Suzanne 

Tammy

Marion

and then of course myself.

We would really love if you came and joined us

on this new and exciting venture.

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/07/welcome.html

Hope to see all of you there.

Our first challenge will be

5th August 2012

and in will also be a

BLOG HOP

inconjunction with the challenge.

Until my next post

Have a Splendid Afternoon!!!!!

HIMCR Challenge #54

Hello Fellow Bloggers,

Here we are another saturday which begins a new challenge

over at HIMCR. Challenge #54 Super Scrap Saturday. So get

all those scraps out that you have been saving and lets see your

creations. In my header picture is what I came up with. If you

are a follower of mine you just might remember some of these

papers from some of my other projects. Since I used scraps I'm

not sure who the maker of the papers are. The stamp comes

Inkadinkado. The scallop is a cricut die-cut. The ribbon is

actually floral ribbon from my floral creating days.

We would really love for you to join in on this Super Scrap

Saturday. Follow the link below to link your creation.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/07/himcr-54-super-scraps-saturday.html

You have until Friday, July 20th to link up your creation

to get entered into the monthly drawing this week. 

When uploading to online galleries please use code

HIMCR54.

Don't forget to visit the rest of the design team for some more

inspiration. That can be done by following the links below.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin' and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Angela's Crafty Spot

Have fun. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

Bi-monthly tag swap

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend and some

fun. I bet you were wondering what I would show you today.

In my header picture is a couple of tags that I made for the tag

swap that Velma Griffen hosts. In my header picture is my

two tags that I created. As many of you know it was kind of

a bad month for me in June and  because I had already

committed to the tag swap at the very beginning of June

I had to go with simple and quick. The first tag I used my

embossing folder and and then distressed it. I stamped a

little sentiment at the bottom. The next tag I guess you  could

say I took my anger out on it by crumpling it in my hand

then I distressed it too. I used a couple of stamps (a butterfly,

some antique roses and the vintage lady) I cut out some badges

and ovals with my cricut. I added a ribbon rose and ther you

have it.

I want to remind everyone that tomorrow starts a new challenge

over at HIMCR so please join us.

Over at LIIU there is some time to join in there.

I will have an annoucement about something new going on

with me and designing. Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Be safe. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!

Paper bag mini

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all doing well. I am busy trying to stay cool

and get all my housework done before it gets to warm. A

while back I started to show you another of the paper bag

mini albums that I had created when life threw me a 

sucker punch and I didn't get to posting the rest of the

mini. So here it is with a few more of the pages and one

or two redone because I wasn't happy with the way it

looked. In my header picture is the cover. Below is a

couple of pages with tags  for journaling and places for

pictures. I tried to stay with four colors in similar but

varying in shades. 

My colors are Pink, Green, Kraft, and Cream

Some of the tags have a sentiment pertaining to memories.

In the picture above shows the corners that I placed to

hold pictures.

There are so many tags that I put in this mini in several

different sizes. Below is the inside of the back cover.

I have a few more mini albums that are done also. I will post

those at a later date.

Now since this mini is pretty girlish I wanted to remind you

of some of the challenges that are going on.

LIIU Challenge #25

All Girl

to join in follow the link below

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-25.html

you have a couple more weeks to join this one.

HIMCR Challenge #53

Color Challenge

The colors

are Old Olive, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery

You have until friday at midnight to join in.

Follow the link below to join in.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/07/himcr-53-color-challenge.html

Thank you for stopping by. Until my next post.

Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!

Lace and Elegance

Good Afternoon Fellow Bloggers,

I hope eveyone is doing well and staying cool. It's been

very warm over in our neck of the woods lately. I'm lucky

that we do have air conditioners. We have a total of three

one in the living room,  one for our bedroom and one in our

sons room. My craft space / extra room has none so I have

been working where ever I can find a cool spot and have

a mess that won't need to be put away every day. I have

been crafting. In my header picture is a card that I made

to join in on a challenge. I will tell you which challenge

at the end of this post. For now I'll give you the card recipe.

Card Recipe:

Cream, White, and Karft cardstock

Mulberry paper (pink)

Antique Lace

White ribbon

Pink Patterned paper

Mothers Day Bouquet cricut cartridge

Sentiment stamp (not sure who it's by)

Stazon black ink

Pearls

I will be entering my card in the following challenge

The Sabby Tea Room Callenge # 122 Elegance & Lace

http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/2012/07/week-122-elegance-lace.html

Everyone stay safe and cool. Until my next post (which

will probably be happening in the afternoons so I can

make sure to get all the house work done early and out

of the way before it gets real hot). Hope you all have a

Splendid Evening!!!!!!!!

HIMCR Challenge #53

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is enjoying their day. Today we start

a new challenge over at Hiding In My Craft Room.

This weeks challenge is a color challenge The colors

are Old Olive, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery. These

are Stampin Up colors but remember you can use any

brand.  In my header picture is the card that I came

up with. Now remember that if you would like to join

in you have until Friday, July 13th to link up your creation

to get entered into the monthly drawing this week.  When

uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR53.

Follow the link below:

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2012/07/himcr-53-color-challenge.html

Don't forget to stop in and check out what the rest of the

design team has created. The links to the desing team

are below.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin' and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Angela's Crafty Spot

Card Recipe:

White and yellow cardstock

Patterned paper  K&Company

White ribbon

Rubber stamps Fiskars ( Friends Forever Quotes)

and We R Memory Keepers ( A Little Note)

Pearl embellishments

Cricut diecut Potpourri Basket

Stamping ink Celery and black

Flower punch by fiskars

Hope you will join us in this weeks challenge.

Until my next post Have a Splendid Weekend!!!!

LIIU Challenge # 25

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope to find everyone well and enjoying their weekend.

Today we start a new challenge over at Lets' Ink It Up.

Challenge #25 All Girl

For me all girl means pink, lace, pearls, flowers, and

bling. In my header picture is what I came up with.

Card Recipe:

White, Pink And Dark Pink cardstock

Patterned Paper (My MInds Eye) 

Pink Vellum

Lace Doily

Bling

Watercolor pencils

Cuttlebug Damask folder

Skipping Stones rubber stamp

I know that you really can't see it in this picture but

I ran the vellum through the cuttlebug to give it a

more lacey look.

Our Sponsor for this months challenge is

Magnolia-Licious

now I know you are going to love Diana's generous prize.

Snowman with Snowflakes Stamp

Remember NO DIGI images permitted here at LIIU.

We would really love it if you joined us so follow

the link below

http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-25.html

Don't forget to check in on the rest of the

design team for more inspiration.

Until my next post have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!