Claiming my blog with Blog Lovin

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Blogger's Quilt Festival

 It's been about 8 1/2 months since I last blogged.  On August 25th, 2011, we welcomed the newest addition to our family, Julianna Gabriella Zito, weighing 5lbs 4 oz.  Life has been so busy but so wonderful with little Julianna!  I haven't been paper crafting very much but have been sewing up a storm! I may have to start another blog for that......

Today I'm sharing a quilt I made for the Missouri Star Quilt Co. Iron Quilter Contest.  We had to use a special ingredient in our creations - at least one charm pack of Moda's Summer Breeze fabric.  I used 3 charm packs, Moda Snow White and Summer Breeze yardage.  The the pattern is "Sparkle" by Margot Languedoc of the Pattern Basket.  The finished quilt measures  71 x 79 inches. I had a such a fun time putting together this quilt before Christmas and thank goodness baby Julianna was super co-operative during it all! The quilt was longarmed locally by Nancy Renaud of the Quilt Fairy.

I definitely learned how to quilt under pressure and strengthened my chain piecing skills while working on this quilt! The quilt turned out beautifully and is one of my favourites!  I even came in 2nd place for the contest!  I'm submitting my quilt into Amy's Bloggers' Quilt Festival - Spring 2012!

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T's blog, if not please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog!  The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST!

I'm still playing with my  E.A.D. Designs Good Company Stickerz set and inspired by this month's E.A.D. Color Challenge #15.

And here's my card:

Extra products used on my card:  Neenah and Bazzill cs, Cuttlebug embossing folder, u/k button, DMC floss and SU ribbon.

Inspiration for my card also came from this week's challenge CFC #16 (embossing) at CAS-ual Fridays.

I'm the last stop on today's hop! Don't forget to leave a comment on each stop along the way, including the E.A.D. Designs blog to be entered into a random drawing for a fabulous prize!

Have a great day!

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop - GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! I'm the first stop on the hop today - you should have arrived at my blog from the E.A.D. Designs blog!  The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST!

Today my card uses the adorable E.A.D. Designs Good Company Stickerz set! And guess what, if you want to win this set of E.A.D. Designs Stickerz, be sure to complete the hop and leave a comment on each stop, including the E.A.D. Designs Blog to be entered into a random drawing! The winner will be announced next Monday!

My card was inspired by this month's E.A.D. Color Challenge #15 and uses the co-ordinating Good Company Stickerz set .

Extra products used on my card:  Neenah cs, MME dp, Prima and u/k bling, SU punch and button, handmade ribbon and DMC floss.

Inspiration for my card also came from this week's sketch #128 at Card Patterns!

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!

Here's a look at today's giveaway set Good Company:

Have a great day!

Things With Wings Whimsical Art Dolls

I recently took an online art course at Willowing called Things With Wings! The class was super fun, the instructors Brianne and Anita are FANTASTIC and the dolls are adorable and come together easy with all of the awesome video tutorials, pdf's and instructions.

I made all 3 dolls, the Bee, Butterfly and Dragonfly.  My 2 girls Alexandra and Isabella have already claimed these dolls and have their orders in for another set so they each have one of each doll.

Willowing is such a fun and inspiring place!  Tam even featured me and my dolls this month on the site (Front page whoohoo) and Anita, one of the Things With Wings instructors has posted an article on her blog featuring my dolls!  Thank you ladies! These are the first dolls I have ever made and am so thrilled and honoured to receive such wonderful feedback from everyone!

You still have time to sign up and take the course!  You can get all the details here!  Also, Things With Wings #2 is currently in the making and if you take the 1st course you will be eligible for a discount on the 2nd course!

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).  It is also Amy T's birthday today - HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!!!!  Make sure you leave her some birthday love on her blog!

My card for today uses the adorable Baby Safari E.A.D. Designs Stickerz set.  Extra products used:  Neenah and Bazzill cs, Deja View dp, SU punch, u/k eyelets and Twinery Twine.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!

August Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Paper Makeup Stamps Sizzling blog hop! You should have arrived at my blog from  Shana's blog, if not, please start the hop at the PMS blog!

For today's hop, the team is featuring PMS images and sentiments released prior to 2011!

My card for today uses the images from the Color It - Summer set!  Extra products used:  SU and Bazzill cs, October Afternoon dp, Nestabilities, Distress ink, Memento Ink, Copic Markers and u/k twine.

Inspiration for my card came from this week's challenge #63 at Wee Memories, anything goes at Papertake Weekly and today's blog hop challenge from Paper Makeup Stamps PMSM03 -  Sizzling Summer Colors!

Your next stop on the hop is Tangii!

Here's a list of today's hop participants in case you get lost along the way:

Andrea Vernagus
Anita Hovey
Dawn Mercedes
Ginger Schwerin
Jackie Rakoski
Jami Bova
Janette Garcia
Jenn Cochran
Katie Cotton
Lisa Kind
Lisa McKinney
Michelle Van Patten
Randee Elsing
Shana Dahl
Stephanie Zito
Tangii Crain
Tina Hale

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).

Today my card uses the new August Paper Smooches Co-Branding E.A.D. Designs Love Sentiments Stickerz!  Extra products used:  Lip card template from Paper Crafts Magazine, SU cs, u/k eyelet, CM corner rounder, Cuttlebug embossing folder and Twinery Twine.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!  Have a wonderful Monday!

E.A.D. Designs Weekly Monday Hop!

Welcome to the E.A.D. Designs weekly Monday hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Amy T.'s blog, if not, please start the hop at the E.A.D. Designs blog! (The hop officially begins today at 10:00 a.m. EST).

E.A.D. Designs is sponsoring this week's CAS-usal Fridays challenge CFC #12!

Here's my take using this month's July Paper Smooches Christmas Sentiments rub-ons:

Extra products used on my card:  Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes stamp set, Neenah cs, CM dp, CTMH mini ric rac, u/k button, Nestabilities, SU scallop border punch, Copic Markers and Uniball White Signo Pen.

Inspiration for my card also came from this week's sketch #125 at Card Patterns.

Your next stop on the hop is Amy C!  Don't forget to comment on each stop on the hop, including the E.A.D. Designs blog to be entered into this week's random giveaway!  Winners are announced each Monday on the E.A.D. Designs blog!

Little Dolls

Here's another mini mixed media painting from Suzi Blu's La La La workshop!