Teagan's First Birthday Cards

So far I have these two cards that I made to choose from for my niece's 1st birthday. The first is a little girl outfit card which I made using a pattern and SCAL. The front of the card is the side with the bunny in the pocket and the back has the rubber ducky sticking out the back pocket.

The other is a paper piecing teddy. I think I may even work on a few more before I decide...that's one problem I always have when I sit down to make something....I always think I can make something better than the last. (This is how I usually make and sometimes give more than one card)! Thanks for looking!

Beatrice in her Buggy

My second Tear Bear (and last) for today. Again, I plan on using this somehow in a baby card for another co-worker. (If there is something in the water, I don't want any - LOL)

I think I'd change the buggy a little next time, maybe make it a little deeper???

I used a pattern from "606 Paper Piecing Patterns" and imported to Inkscape, then made pattern pieces to cut in Sure-Cuts-A-Lot. (Sure is a lot of work too!!)
I am having tons of fun though...and that's what really matters!

A Wagon for Clarice

No...I haven't been couped up in my scrap room for too long...so my little bears need something to do. I made a little red and white polka-dot wagon for Clarice to sit in. She looks pretty cute, even if I do say so myself.

This pattern, along with Clarice and the other Tear Bears come from a new CD I purchased from here: http://www.paperwishes.com/categories/craft-books-9.html?category_id=0&browsing=92. They are a great site...Great service and very fast shipping!

The CD is fantastic! Now using SCAL I can make a ton of paper piecing creations.

Thanks for looking!

Stella and her Snuggie

Okay...so I swore I wasn't going to get addicted to Tear Bears....yeah, right!!! Pretty soon my family is going to sign me up for CA (Craft's Anonymous!)

Here is sweet little Stella. She will be part of a baby shower card for a co-worker. Of course the card part is yet to be finished and I'll post a pic of that when done. She was really fun to make!

Meet Clarice

Okay so now paper piecing has me trying my hand at making Tear Bears - Clarice, (I always name my creations), was my very first try. She's all dressed up and ready to go. Tear Bears are fun to make but also a lot of work to get them to look half way decent, (and I am rather a stickler for a nice looking project) - but I think she came out rather cute. I will definitely try another - though I'm not sure that this will become one of my growing addictions! Let me know what you think!!

Mermaid Birthday Card

Here's another paper piecing pattern that I made from a coloring book. My 20 yr. old daughter and I have this on going joke about mermaids and I thought it would be a fun card to make. (Hopefully she gets the joke and doesn't think it's too childish). It was a LOT of work and I had trouble figuring out exactly what to put on the card along with the mermaid. Luckily I had bought a MS punch on clearance and thought it would make cute sea urchins. Let me know what you think. I may have slightly gone overboard embellishing...but I know I've said it before, sometimes it's hard to stop!!!

Raggedy Ann & Andy

Here is MY official first paper piecing project that I made from an online coloring page. The process was rather involved - import the picture into Inkscape - trace and save each individual piece - and then cut with Sure-Cuts-A-Lot. But...I love the finished project and I am quite proud of the way they both came out. I am so enjoying using both my Cricut and the Design Studio and my new program Sure-Cuts-A-Lot. I'd love to hear what you think ~ so leave me a comment if you'd like~

My Newest Addiction - Paper Piecing

When will I ever learn to stop surfing the web for craft projects.

I stumbled upon several blogs and sites for paper piecing - of course this looked interesting - so I thought, heck, why not add it to my list of addictions!

It didn't take too long to become addicted - after my very first piece - I was already hooked.

It can be a little time consuming, but I love the look of the finished project.

Now that I have Sure-Cuts-A-Lot along with my Cricut, I can cut the patterns out with a machine rather than all by hand. These are my first two projects.

The patterns are taken from a Yahoo Group called Paper Piecing and were made by one of the moderators, Kristal.