Where have I been?

Well, I have been down with a sinus infections since last Friday. We had a sad family event to attend over the weekend, so I powered through. My husband's beloved Uncle died suddenly and we attended his wake and funeral service. It was a beautiful tribute to a man who was everyone's friend.


I started to feel better yesterday and have been very busy with my fabric bucket. First I had to iron all the fabric I have been storing since February, then cut all the fabric into strips to fit into the Big Shot, as shown above.






Then I had to cut the batting that goes in the center of the quilted squares, I made the square sandwich, two pieces of fabric cut with the big shot clear scallop square die, with a 3in square in the center.





I quilted the square diagonally both ways.








Here is an assembled bag. It still has ways to go and I will show you the completed project, but just wanted to let you know what I have been busy doing.



These are flowers made with the large flower die for the big shot, that match some of the rag bags I have been making.












These are flowers made with the circle big shot die. The are made with a syntheic fabric so they can be melted and shaped. I adhered them to a headband.







More to come, I just wanted to show you the progress I have made! My kitchen is crazy with all the stuff spread out!

Big Shot Love Baby!

This is a great box made from the envelope die for the Big Shot. I embellished with the new Love you Much stamp set, riding hood red ribbon and punches galore. I used sticky strip to assemble the box, these days I wouldn't use anything else!








I used the pillow box die to create this little box. I used report covers that I purchased at an office store and embellished away. I filled the box with gum drops to show off how cute it is!

Another Workshop! Yahoo!

Tonight I have a workshop for someone who really wants a Big Shot, so the 3-D item I planned is one based on the Big Shot, this cute little owl treat! Whooooo wouldn't think that's cute!




This is a card we are doing with the Handmade Holiday, funny story, I ordered the kit and made a mistake and put in the wrong code and received the kit in Spanish! If I had any friend who spoke Spanish as their language at home this holiday season I would be all set. The good news is that many of the images don't have any words on them and I have the stamp set that matches in English, so tt will work, but sometimes I need to stop and watch what I am doing!


We are doing this card upon request of the hostess so that her non-crafting guests might be able to purchase a simple project! Smart Hostess!



Finally this is a Crazy for Cupcakes Card we are doing to show off our scallop edge punch, the Crazy for Cupcakes Stamp Set and our awesome DSP!

BOO to you!

How cute is this? Dania designed it, I just copied it and found the giant Pixie Stix to put it on! I just think it is super cute and my son is just wishing he is going to get one, he wants the Pixie Stix in the worst way!

Merry, Merry Big Shot

Rudolph from the Big Shot!



Jolly Old Elf from the Big Shot

Who said Who?

Well Hey! I can't believe the days just go by. It' s been more than two weeks since I have had a chance to post. I have been busy working on my wonderful papercrafts to show you, along with entertaining friends from out of town, getting my kids off to school, etc, etc. Not to mention also, my camera battery needed to be replaced it wasn't charging right, then life just went on. I have some time tonight so I am going to share what I have been up to!

How cute is this owl. Just so cute. He is made with the Big Shot and the Top Note Die and one of the Scallop Dies that cuts both his breast plate and his eyes. The rest of him our Stampin' Up! Punches. He does look a little like Ferbie but I am really fond of him. Not my orginal idea I just executed the best I could from the picture, I had checked out somewhere out there on the information superhighway.

Big Shot Baby!

I love my Big Shot, Here is another banner I made using Stampin' Up DSPaper and the Pennant Die, Scallop Die and the Serif ABC.

I attached the little ornament at the bottom of each pennant. I punched using our large circle punch DSP for the center.

Big Ideas with the Big Shot!

I made this great banner for Dylan's second grade teacher for the first day of school with my big shot. I went in and hung it up for her. I made one for Jack's teacher but gave it to him to give to his teacher. I tried to be the cool Mom and not go into his class this morning. I used the summer picnic designer paper and tart and tangy stamp set!

Look what's Coming

The big shot is coming to Stampin' Up! Mine is due to be delivered tomorrow! I can't wait to start using it! I learned so many neat things you can make with it!