My Sewing Machine's on FIRE!

No, not really.  Don't call 9-1-1, I just meant that I've been sewing like a mad woman to try to get ready for the Sew Funky Craft Fair tomorrow!

Yikes!  Tomorrow!

My exciting news is that I sewed my first zipper the other day.

Actually, I sewed 9 zippers and had a rip out a few and re-sew, so I think I ended up sewing 15 zippers but only have 9 pillows to show for it!

I also made a few canvas banners with my Silhouette Flocked Heat Transfer Material.  Take a look.

I LOVE love L-O-V-E the black and cream chevron patterned ribbon from May Arts on the BOO banner.  I know it's a little hard to see, but it's super cute and a little modern and a little retro at the same time!  It's bipolar ribbon, I guess!

Please drop by and say "Hi" if you decide to get a jump start on your Holiday shopping!
Andrea

I'm "Sew Funky"

I'm not talking about my body odor... although it is hot today...

I'm not talking about the way I dress - I think I'm a little more boring than funky but I admire funky!

I'm talking about the Sew Funky Market Blog!  If you're interested in learning a little about the business side of Kutz, Paper, Scissors, then please check out the blog - I'm the vendor that's sharing today!

I know that I teased you a little yesterday with a picture... did anyone guess what it is?  Okay, so I'm sure everyone guessed that it was a banner, but did you guess what it said?  HAPPY!  And I felt that was totally appropriate for the way I was feeling yesterday after seeing my cards in CARDS magazine!  So, here's a few more pictures of the banner - I'm offering it as a class at Page's From the Heart (626.358.5334) so call and sign up if you're interested!

I hope you're feeling happy this Monday!  And please check out the Sew Funky Market blog - there's a ton of cool vendors to take a look at!

Andrea

A 5 minute, FREE project!

Yes, I promise.

5 Minutes

FREE

Oh, and cool.  At least, I think it's cool.

Here it is.

See the banner?  It's paint chips from Home Depot.  I picked 5 of each color hue: red, white and blue.  I then sewed them into a banner.  So easy.  I've thought about punching out a star randomly on different paint chips, but I'm afraid I won't like it and then I'll have a banner I don't like anymore.  I'd also sew it a little looser so that there'd be more space between either chip. 

I also downloaded some patriotic subway art from eighteen 25  - you can download it here.  I then uploaded it to Costco and viola.  A red, white and cool little 4th of July mantle for under $1 if you count the money I spent on the subway art.

That's it for today! 

See you all later!
Andi

Scrappy Cards

Hello Everyone!

A few weeks ago I was able to get away to work on my "There's No Place Like Home", along with some of my personal pages, and I had a TON of scraps left from these 2 projects!  So, instead of packing up my scraps for the future, I  just went ahead and took a few minutes to throw some cards together for me to use in the future.  On most of the cards, I didn't included a sentiment so that I can use them when I need them - here's a few to take a look at. 

{Blank Card}

{Close-Up}

For this card I used scraps of Pink Paislee's Hometown and Echo Park's For the Record.  I rolled my flower from a punched 2 in. circle, then punched a butterfly and ran it thru my Zyron X, when poured vintage glass glitter on it.  I hand cut a leaf, punched a label, and added these elements to a basic card front.  This will be a great "Thank You" card, or birthday card or possibly a Mother's Day card... and it took me less than 15 minutes!

Here's a boys card that I created using Crate Paper's Toy Box collection.  I LOVE this paper because it's so fun for little and big boys alike!  I also used the chipboard sticker shapes, which make added dimension and layers super fun and easy!

{Boy's Card}

I had left over circles from a page layout that I did, so I decided to use them for the card in place of a border.  I added some bakers twine around the card, which adds a lot for a little!  I then took a BINGO sheet that I had from a previous kit and kit it down so that it would fit inside the chipboard frame.  I just kept layering chipboard pieces and element stickers till I had the card the way I wanted.

I also put Glossy Accents on the "Toy Solider", I just wanted a different finish somewhere on the card.

Just a reminder, I'll be at Pages from the Heart tomorrow for the Spring Time banner and card class.  The cost is $22 and the class starts at 10 am.  If you can't make it to the class but would like a kit, just let me or Kathy know!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Andrea



I'm a really bad addict

I mean, really!  I proclaimed my addiction to blogging last week and then take 5 days off!  What kind of addict do I think I am? Not a very good one, except for with chocolate - I can't seem to go 1 day let along 5 days without it!

So, here's a little something to keep you interested - a sweet Springtime banner using Graphic45's Once Upon a Springtime... I LOVE the Beatrice Potter Bunny's in this line - I'm wanting to make a little baby boy card with it - soon...

I know that it's hard to tell, but there are actually 3 and 4 levels of dimension to this banner.  The flowers are all layered, the book is layered - there's also stickles galore on it, obviously!

I'm sorry that the pictures are that great - I don't have an excuse except that I didn't realize it until I uploaded them onto my computer but the sample is already living at Pages From the Heart.

This banner and the Springtime card class will be at Pages From the Heart on April 9th.  Here's the card.

{Once Upon a Springtime Card Closed}

{Once Upon A Springtime Card as plaque}

If you'd like to sign up for this class, please give Kathy at Pages a call! 626-358-5334.  I thought that the banner would  be great for a baby girl or for Easter of just to hang as something pretty. 

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.  I told myself that once we reached Adams "supposed-to-be" due date, which is today (3 years ago!) that I'd do potty training... yikes.  I'll start tomorrow. Or maybe Friday... or maybe next Friday...

Andrea

Lucky Me Banner

Here's another upcoming class being held at Pages from the Heart!  It's a banner - perfect for St. Patty's Day or any day, exclaiming your lucky life! 

Each banner is sewn together by hand (my hand!), each one will be original with different sewing patterns on each!  I used burlap behind my shamrocks, which I sprayed with Smooch Emerald spray before gluing on Glitz paper.

i sewed on the green ribbon as well, we WON'T be doing this in class, I just wanted to extra stability since this is a sample and it was traveling a little!  The houndstooth ties are fabric that I sewed onto the canvas.  I think that for the class, I'll have some buttons and flowers to adorn your shamrocks with!  I also sprayed each of the canvas banners with Glimmer Mist in Creme de Chocolate - I liked how it added a little dimension!

Please call Kathy at Pages from the Heart if you'd like to sign up for this class!
Andrea

The Whole Pictures

And here it is, in it's entirety!  I am crazy for this banner.  I think it's so pretty, and vintage and cool and ... I just really like the way it all came together. 

I had a great time yesterday, teaching this class to a fun group of ladies at Pages from the Heart in Monrovia... in fact, I felt like I did very little teaching and just chatted with new friends!  Kathy (Pages owner) is in the midst of moving to a new location, still in Monrovia, so if you're in that area after Tuesday, stop by and see the new shop!

Until tomorrow -

Andrea

And the last little piece...

Here's the final piece of the banner that I want to share with you before tomorrow.  I'm also sharing 2 cards that I made from the banner scraps. 

(V - Love Banner)

(Make Someone Happy Card)

(Hugs and Kisses Card)

You might think that the last card, Hugs and Kisses, looks a little familiar... and you'd be right!  A few posts ago I shared some Valentine's Cards that I taught at a class and I basically used the same layout, but switched the paper and left a little out and here we are!  I'm not sure which card I like best!

The banner class is being taught tomorrow at Pages From the Heart in Monrovia, which is full.  Sorry!  But if you're interested in a kit, please let me know!

Thanks!

Andrea

PS - I linked up with Be Different... Act Normal - check out her blog!

May I have another, Sir?

Of course, I would love to share another piece of my project with you!  I bet you've probably figured it out, but I do love a little suspense, so I'm sticking with it!  Here's the "O" - as in, OOOhhhh - I lOve this!

My inspiration for this project came on "Black Friday", when I was at my LSS and found Cosmo Cricket's Blackboard Flirt Album for only $1!  Can you believe that?  Me neither, which is why I picked up 5 of them, and now wish I'd bought 10!  I LOVE Cosmo Cricket's Blackboard... not only can you cover it with paper and not be worried about ugly edges or the back, but you can use color pencils, pastels, pigment ink, embossing powder, rub-ons or paint on it!  Super cool.  I love a product that lets me play and discover...

See you tomorrow for the last day of sneak peaks!

Andrea 

A little more...

And here's another little piece of the puzzle...

Don't you just love the little crystal drops? I actually purchased these when we were moving into our house 2.5 years ago to hang on a chandelier that I refurbished... it was this yucky brass color and I sanded it and painted it a mat black and distressed the edges to let the gold shine through and I totally lurved it... and then we realized that it wasn't going to work anywhere in our house... bummer. But, at least I was able to use the little drops still!

See you all tomorrow!

Andrea



Under Construction and a little bit of Love....

Hello, Hello!  Happy Wednesday to everyone... today seemed to drag for me.  There was so much that I wanted to accomplish but didn't, which is super frustrating!  I did, however, spend some serious time "fixing" my blog - specifically, my past posts!

Ever since I started my blog, I've been wondering how people get pictures in the middle of their posts???  The other day, my friend, who just started her own blog (click here to see) had pictures in her blog and I was all, "WHAT!!?  How did she do that?", which promptly started a long convo via text.  So, now that I have been let into the world of pics in posts, I've decided to go back through all of my old posts and add the pictures... which is turning out to be a very time consuming and boring project but I really want my blog to look professional so this is just the means to the end!  So please be patient with me... the post today was actually from October - opps!  It was in my drafts file and I edited it and posted it thinking that it'd back post to when I wrote it but I was wrong.  So, happy Halloween in January, everyone!

And last, here's a sneak peak at a banner that I'm teaching at Pages from the Heart in Monrovia this weekend... I'm only going to give you 1 letter a day to keep you coming back for more! 

(L - Love Banner)

I used mostly American Crafts Valentines paper with a little hint of October Afternoon's Thrift Shop paper. 

See you tomorrow!

Andrea

Hallowe'en in August?

I know, right? I'm totally one of those people who roll their eyes and make annoyed comments when I walk into Target in August and see, not only Halloween and Thanksgiving displayed, but Christmas too! I can't stand it when I feel like retailers force Holidays onto us earlier and earlier so that by the time the actual Holiday comes around you're totally over it.

So, I don't know why I'm totally in love with Halloween projects in August! I think it's because I love, Love, LOVE the Hallowe'en in Wonderland paper line from Graphic 45! I'm a huge Alice fan, the ride at Disneyland is my favorite Fantasyland ride, I thought Johnny Depp made the movie and I'll never be able to get over the awesome "Mad Hatter's Tea" Bridal shower that my completely mad family threw for me! So, now that I've expressed my extreme embarrassment at posting Halloween project pics in August, well, I'm just going to do it! I hope you enjoy this banner - I was very merry and drank tea with 2 sugars in it while making it!

Hope you have a very merry unThursday!
Andrea

(Class at Collective Journey, October 2nd 909.793.2200)

Princess Maya Centerpieces

Happy Thursday Everyone!

I love Thursday because Friday is just around the corner which means that family time on the weekend is almost here! I just had to post this project that I've been working on for a couple of days - I think it's super cute and it was very easy! There is a very special little girl who is turning one next week and her Mom is one of my Besties - so we had to create a monkey/princess/pink/purple and completely "Maya" centerpiece for the birthday party! 

My QuicKutz supply was a huge help, I simply cut the stars, monkey, crown and #1 from felt using my dies, did a little bit of sewing just to add some punch, covered a large cardboard (not heavy weight) circle with flannel - I used spray adhesive and then sewed the edges for reinforcement - and added a boa of feather boas around the top and bottom! Super easy, super fun! I absolutely LOVE it! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions! Here's a matching banner - I'm planning to change the pink letters to a darker pink so they show up better, but at least you can see the direction that I'm going!

Happy almost Friday, everyone!