Spellbinder felt ornaments

I made these ornaments for the Demonstrations I am doing at Michaels and Hobby Lobby, so I thought I would share them here also :)

Spellbinders dies used--
1st ornament
Lacey Circles ( I offset the front and back dies to make it look more lacey)
Classic Circles
Anemone Flower topper

2nd Ornament
Lacey Ovals (these I lined up)
Classic ovals

I cut two of each base ornament so that I could put stuffing in between, then I hand stitched them together, added French knots to the center of the flower and straight stitches with French knotted ends for the snowflake.

Tip for cutting craft felt out with the dies, it cuts a lot cleaner if you use wax paper between your die and your felt, without it the felt is a little stringy.  If you are cutting wool felt  you don't need the wax paper, this cuts with no problem, just like butter.  The wax paper is great for the detailed dies that Spellbinder has also, it will come right out of the die if you use the wax paper between the die and your cardstock or paper.

Hope this gives you some ideas of more things to do with your dies :)

Hope you are staying warm, it got down into the single digits last night and with the wind chill I am sure it felt like below zero.  It feels like it may be a long winter.....

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

I've started

Yep I started my Christmas cards last night, fingers crossed I will get them all done by Christmas.  These two will be heading for England so I thought I had better get them done first.

Fancy pants designs -- Saint Nick paper
Eyelet outlet -- snowflake eyelet
Echo park -- Seasons Greeting stamp set, the snowflake has been stamped using Distress Paint in Picket fence

Can you see the little stamp at the top of the banner, I thought he was too cute peeking out from behind the sign :)

Fancypantsdesigns-- Saint nick paper
Adam Pescott -- stamp colored w/markers
Paper studio -- snow flake brad
Crochet Thread
Button

The ladies from our church are having a Christmas party this Friday but we are in store for more freezing rain and then turning to snow on top of that once again, so it looks like I will be missing it this year if they don't cancel, it has been just crazy this year with the cold and freezing rain.  Have you seen the video of the people in Wisconsin on the highway, that was a terrible driving experience for all of them I am sure, just so scary.  Must be getting older, when I was younger it didn't bother me as much.

Hope this finds you all well and may you all have safe travels and stay warm!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Starburst

Ok I did a card a little while back and I called it rays because I didn't know what the technique was really called, my hubby thought the technique was really cool so I decided to make him one and then I found this link on Splitcoaststampers for the tutorial on how to do it and this one came out nice I think.  My hubby has been into grey and yellow as of lately and this is the paper that I have, that had those colors, he really liked it.  As you can see he turned 50 this year :)

Teresa Collins --- Carolina Breeze paper
Spellbinders -- Hexagon die
Cricut -- Ornamental iron cartridge
Stampendous -- Birthday assortment stamp
Me & My big ideas -- gems

Brrrr it is still cold here, been below freezing for the highs and our lows are getting down to the upper teens.  I am half way done with my Christmas decorating, need to clean the carpets before I set up the tree and I will be all set.

Hope your all doing well, thanks so much for stopping by,

Connie

First Storm

Well we have our first snow storm of the season, it started out with sleet, mixed with snow, this morning it is all snow.  One of those days it would be nice to stay in but we have errands that need to get done, hope everything is open. Schools are all closed so there shouldn't be as much traffic as normal.

The big thing for today... it is my daughters birthday.  Talked to her last night and she said not much celebrating will be going on, her day starts at 8:30 and she won't be done until 8pm tonight.  She is attending Duke Divinity school and is going through her finals this week and next, so she has classes and studying to do..  She said finals are a lot harder in Grad school.  She also has to work.

This is the card I sent her.

Believe it or not exercising is what calms her and helps her to relax, so I thought a picture of nice summer time bike ride might bring a smile to her face today while she is under so much stress and tension of finals.

Inkadinkado -- stamp, colored w/markers
Spellbinders -- A2 distressed edges dies
Cosmo Cricket paper
Stampendous-- Birthday assortment stamp set
Queen & co. -- yellow sunshine pearls
This card measures 61/2 x 5

Hope if you are getting snow that you can stay in and enjoy it's beauty, stay safe.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Just for you

My great niece turns 1 today and I have only seen her once, it is so hard living so far away from family.  But I am thankful for the internet where we can keep on our families :)  She has a touch of red hair so that is why I colored this little girl with redish hair.  The stamp is another bought at a thrift store and it had no info with it, but you can tell it is precious moments.

Precious Moments stamp, colored w/markers
Spellbinders -- Labels eight and Decorative Labels eight, middle section has dimensional adhesive
My Mind's Eye -- quite contrary paper
Wild rose studio -- die cut sentiment

Well the end of our lovely weather is coming.  By tomorrow we are going to be hit with freezing rain and sleet, possibly snow too, we are right on the edge of the system so we will see what we end up with, I have to work today so I am hoping I can get my groceries tomorrow morning before it starts.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your week!!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie