It's a balmy 84 degrees

two of my nieces

Sara 7 months pregnant, really enjoys the heat.  NOT!

The warmth did sister-in-law, Tina, in for a little while.

Ah, a moment to sit and relax

I wasn't feeling the best this afternoon - too much fun, too fast, I guess.  For our afternoon siesta, before the evening festivities I sat down and made these to add to the military series.

They will be available soon at http://www.quillingpatch.com/

Happy New Year

We are headed to the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, MI for the holiday! 

We had so much fun last year (below), Mom decided to do it again.

Paper doll outfit - Army Fatigues

I used the clipping feature in KNK Studio to give it the camo look.

These paper doll outfits are FREE files shared at www.quillingpatch.com.

Baby Album

I wanted to do something for my sister who is having a baby and is due in March.  I looked at baby books at a few stores, but there wasn't anything that really had her style.  I decided to use a scrapbook to make one for her.  Big sister Hanna, if you're reading this, its a secret til Auntie Shel gets up there!!!  This is a burnt orange silk album cover, and I customized the front photo area with their names for now.

This is the inside "cover" page, and I spent hours and hours on the file, cutting, and gluing it all together.  You can't quite see all the detail here, but it turned out very much like I wanted it to.  I had the general color scheme already, but my kids helped me pick out the paper.

I filled the whole album with paper in the same color scheme and I'll be working on the inside pages like "First Smile", "First word",  weight and length, etc in the next few weeks.

This was definitely a labor of love!  I hope she loves it.

New Year Cuts for our scrapbook

I used a black glimmer cardstock for the top layer of black, and it turned out very elegant but it doesn't show well in the photos.

These are the beginning of our scrapbook.  My mom is taking our whole family to The Great Wolf Lodge for the New Year's Holiday and I plan to take lots of pics!

Night Light for my nieces

The other side is a Disney carriage but the photo turned out blurry.

Glass Blocks

Merry Christmas!

Here are examples of the glass blocks I made.  There were so many great suggestions on the forums, I wanted to try them all.  I still haven't decorated my glitter blocks, I have 2 days left to get them done. 

and here is Amanda with Emmett...not only do the dogs sit on the floor in my craft room, but my daughter does too.  I couldn't love them more.

Whoo hoo!

I am celebrating today!  It's Christmas Eve and I have my first follower on my blog!  Yeah!  Thank you Roni, I am very excited!  As soon as the Holidays are over, I plan to create some more military paper doll costumes.  Please feel free to make suggestions, I love to have a challenge!

The New Year is knocking on the door