"Confetti"

As I said in the previous post, I have been working on a quilt by the name of "Confetti." One of the things that you need to do is to make 179 4-patches out of 2" scrap squares. I have been making these like crazy lately and I have found that the easiest way to make a ton of them is to cut a bunch of squares and then chain piece. So far I have 152 completed 4 patches. Here are some squares and they are magically transformed into...

perfectly stacked and stitched pairs of squares.

They were then finger pressed open and stitched together again. I finished them into somewhere around 40ish patches and that helped with my count. I'll be back with more as soon as I possibly can.

Hey Everyone!!

Hey everybody!! So sorry that I have been missing in action for a while, but I've been crafting plenty and having lots of fun doing so! It's the blogging world that I've probably been missing out on. With school work all the time and babysitting for my parents a lot, I just haven't had time to sit down and blog. So today I've been working a lot on the jewelry aspect of my business, creating new designs, coming up with reasonable prices for them, and lastly, printing some business cards. I just can't explain the excitement I had when I saw these little piece of paper with my name on them. I'm not quite sure why, maybe because I'm hoping for some more sales or even because they look so nice. My dad helped me out with them (he's a graphic designer) and some other time, I will have him make some for Elizabeth. I'm not going to post any pictures today because I haven't really taken any but for a couple days I was working on a quilt I found in a magazine by the name of "Confetti." It uses a ton of 2" scrap squares and I am in complete LOVE with scrap quilts. That is most likely a good thing, though, because I have a lot of them! If you have anything that you would like to buy (a wall hanging, a piece of jewelry or anything of the like) please leave a comment with the details. I just want to make a note that almost everything I post on this blog IS available for sale if you just ask and the only things that are NOT are my scrapbooking pages! So anyways, if there is any craft that you do that you would like to see on my blog, just post a comment, because I am always on the lookout for new crafts to try out. Also, if there is any project that you have been wanting to try, but have been afraid to, just link it in the comments section and I will try it out for you! I finish projects fairly quickly because most of them are small so I am always on the lookout for new projects. Remember to invite your friends on over and I'll talk to all of you later!!

Blog Candy

I'm not giving away any blog candy, but Samantha is over at Scrapmaster's Paradise. She is celebrating ninety thousand hits and she is giving away hundreds upon hundreds of little odds and ends. This would make a good starter package for anybody who would like to take up scrapbooking. There is no paper included in 12x12 but there ARE ninety sheets of 6x6 paper. Here is the link: http://thescrapmaster.blogspot.com/2009/11/read-entire-post-so-you-dont-miss-out.html Make sure to invite your blog readers over there!

Fire Inspired

Today's challenge on the 365 card blog was to make a card that was inspired by fire. What I thought of when I heard 'fire' was the colors... red, orange, yellow and white. While I was searching through my stuff, I found an orange card base that I had cut into for a trim piece and I thought it would be perfect if I just added a white piece of card behind it. The strips were found in a box of paper strips... I cut them smaller and simply adhered them to my card. After the strips were on, I decided it should have a sentiment, whether it needed one or not. As I looked through my stamps, I found the Happy Birthday stamp and though it would be perfect! Hope you like it.

Tomorrow will be another card and maybe some sewn goodies!

P.S. The strips that look white are actually yellow!

~Jordan~

365 Card Challenge

I don't have a page or anything for you right now but I thought I would tell you that I have decided to start doing the cardmaking challenges over on the 365 card challenge blog. Each and every day, our hostess, Pam, will post some form of inspiration, whether it be an ad, a color combination, a recipe, or a sketch, and it is up to us to interpret this form of inspiration. I am going to be working on my card so I'll catch you later!

~Jordan~

Thickers

I am not going to do a product review on this yet, for I have not used them enough to really know how good the quality. I only bought one package and they were on sale. I bought the chipboard ones and they don't stick very well on my layouts. They have a very nice look to them however, so I don't mind the extra effort I put into gluing them on. Here is one of my best layouts that include thickers.

If you notice that some of the letters have a little sparkle to them, then you might like to know that they did not come like that. I actually added crystal stickles over top of the thickers to make them sparkle!

~Jordan~

Layering

Layering is a very nice way to add your style into a page. If you love bright colors, use them in your layering and you will add that to your page. I have a couple of examples for you:

You can layer anything that you like - stickers, patterned paper, cardstock, rub-ons, ribbon, or even chipboard and embellishments. Also, as you can see in the Preschool layout, the title is made from lowercase and capital letters out of place - this gives it a look that is more childish and playful than something more sophisticated. Also, this was completely by accident, because i ran out of the stickers I needed and then I just made do! As you can see I also used some stencils and a black gel pen to add some letters I didn't have in capital or lowercase! Hope this inspires some of you and I hope you have a good day!

~Jordan~