Sandy Laipply, the editor of the Paper Crafts Site of the online magazine Bellaonline used Meow Meow cat fabrics from Quilting Treasures to make 2 adorable greeting cards. The photo is the inside one of the cards - a birthday card.. Sandy furnishes instructions for making both cards on the website so be sure to check it out.
Bellaonline is an online magazine for women and covers a huge variety of topics.
Some additional information about Sandy - her son, Judson Laipply, is the YouTube mega, mega hit, Evolution of Dance and Evolution of Dance 2.
Thanks a bunch, Sandy, for making such cute cards using Meow Meow!
This month has flown by as fast as a witch on her broom! Can you believe that Halloween is almost here?? Well, unfortunately this is the last Terrorific Tuesday of the year, so whip out that glue gun and scissors and get to work on one of these great ideas that will be sure to delight ghosts and goblins of all ages!
Spooky JewelsKatie Hacker strings this red and black set using a Fresh resin pendant, polka dots, and metal skulls.
Fangtastic figurinesRetta a.k.a. Attercat breaks out the polymer clay and whips up some glow-in-the-dark figurines.
Cool canister Serena the Crafty Mom revamps a bargain bin canister into an awesome Halloween decoration!
Gothic Pink Melissa J. Lee explores the spooky side of one of her favorite pastel colors.
“Eye”gor pin cushion Kiki of Kiki’s Craft World knits up this eye-catching pin cushion bracelet.
Stamped paper coffin Kate Pullen, the Rubber Stamping Guide at about.com folds and stamps up this little coffin box that Dracula would envy!
Fun party food ideas Amy at Living Locurto threw a Halloween party and came up with tons of great ideas for the food table including this adorable witch cake!
Quick & easy polka dot treat cups Alexa Westerfield a.k.a. Swelldesigner shows you how to make quick and easy Halloween treat cups sure to wow your guests!
3 brand new Halloween jewelry projects! Tammy Powley, the Jewelry Guide at About.com does an all-nighter (almost) as she pushes for a few more Halloween jewelry projects, including a super cool sterling silver spider, a glass framed mixed-media Halloween-themed pendant, and to top it off, a silver headless skeleton charm.
Fast & Fun Halloween Boa Sarah E. White, About.com’s Knitting Guide knits up this super cute boa perfect for those chilly fall nights!
Happy Haunting Greeting Card Phyllis Dobbs treats us once again with this cute Halloween card, perfect for all your favorite goblins!
Gypsy Traditions Lorilyn Hurley of the Dream Life shares a touching story of her family’s love for Halloween & their passion for playing dress up at their annual party!
More spooky pendants Rebecca Hull for HHH Enterprises does it again with these ultra fabulous pendants!
Boo Bucket Michelle McGee crafts up a spooky and scary bucket that will leave goose bumps on all your guests!
Vintage Postcard Banner
Kris Tuey aka: the Collage Contessa has made it official. Now you know exactly what time it is when you walk into her house. It’s HALLOWEEN time! This vintage project using fun Halloween postcards is so simple you can even entice the kids to help as well!
Fall Wall Hanging
Kim of Sew Sugary Sweet stitches this wonderful and whimsical wall hanging for her Fall Swap partner.
Happy Haunting! Send your spooky greetings with this black cat card. The cat die cut was designed by Brenda Pinnick for Sizzix. Since my own kitty cat is black, this greeting has special meaning.
To make this card, you will need the following materials:
Orange, black and green striped cardstock
Curvy edged scissors
Green ribbon
Star brads
orange buttons
hole punch
glue
black pen
Fold the card so that the top side edge is 1 1/2 inches from the side edge of the card bottom. Trim top side edge with curvy scissors. Arrange and glue items in place. Punch holes randomally. Cut a black piece to match the top with the side edge extended 3/4″ beyond the curvy edge. Glue to the back side of the card top.
(c) Phyllis Dobbs. This is for your personal enjoyment. It may not be used commercially without written permission of Phyllis Dobbs.
It’s back!!!! It’s the second official post of Terrorific Tuesday! The following very fantastic crafters have brewed up some great projects and want to share them with you. The pics above are in order with the links below, so sit a “spell” and peruse the links or get out your glue gun and scissors and join in on the party!
Rebecca Hull at HHH Enterprises crafts up some spooky “Itsy Bitsy Spider” & “Murder at Midnight” Pendants that are absolutely terrorific! Be inspired to make your own pendant using your favorite Halloween image.
Tammy Powley, the jewelry guide at about.com, wears these fun spider earrings every year around this time. Seed beads, a few crystals, and craft wire are all you need to make a pair of your own.
Phyllis Dobbs haunts us with an adorable gift bag using Brenda Pinnick’s Sizzix dies.
Kate Pullen, the Rubber Stamping guide at about.com, does a Halloween spin on a fun & classic craft – the paper chain!
Sarah E. White, the knitting guide at about.com, shares with us knitted jack-o-lantern bag that’s a real treat!
Marice Rodriguez gets carded with this totally cute Jeepers Creepers card!
Margot Potter, The Impatient Crafter™,offers this seasonally appropos and simple to recreate ‘Runs with Scissors’ charm bracelet. For those who know the hazards of crafting far too well and yet continue to play with sharp objects, toxic substances and messy paints and inks, this one’s for you!
Brenda Pinnick’s three happy little ghosts have figured out how to spell “Boo!” . Her Halloween greeting card is made with her own clear stamp set available from Sizzix and her papers, available on QVC.
Melissa J. Lee gets bit by a passion for vampires with this simple fanged Bite Me necklace.
If you’d like to participate next week, please read more about it here. It’s open to all bloggers out there who want to join in!
Booooo! Halloween is rapidly approaching and I am posting a Halloween craft each week as part of Terrorific Tuesday. This week, I want to share with you this paper bag that I decorated to use as a Halloween gift bag or a trick-or-treat bag. In addition, this will make a cute Halloween lunch bag for you or your children.
I started with a plain gray gift bag. The spooky haunted house and the bat are die cuts using Halloween dies by Brenda Pinnick for Sizzix (available currently in craft stores). Other supplies needed are - black Sharpie pens(felt tip and thin tip), glue stick and black, white and yellow cardstock. Optional - I used crystals heat set with a wand for the cat eyes.
Draw ghosts and cut out. Draw and cut out black top hat and cat from black cardstock and a moon and window light from yellow cardstock.
Arrange haunted house, cat, moon, bat, and ghosts and glue. For the ghosts, glue the bottom point areas so that the tops can stand out from the bag. Glue the cat except for the tail.
Draw the word Boo and small bats.
If you are carrying a bottle of wine to a Halloween party, you can use the same design on a wine bottle bag, just spread the design elements more vertical.
I hope each of you is enjoying a nice fall and your preparations for Halloween festivities.
(C)Phyllis Dobbs. This design is for your personal use and enjoyment. It may not be used for commercial purposes without the written permission of Phyllis Dobbs
Fabrics are not just for sewing! Use the Meow Meow cat fabrics I designed for Quilting Treasures for scrapbooking or make some unique, one-of-a-kind greeting cards to show off your purr-fect sense of humor. I created these two handmade greeting cards, The Cat’s Meow and Kool Cat with the Meow Meow cat fabrics. They are easy, quick and fun to make plus you can be quite “catty” when making them. Click to see the card backs and inside of one plus free instructions.
I would love to hear from you so please post a comment. And I would also love to see any cards or scrapbook projects that you make using Meow Meow cat fabrics as well as any sewing and quilt project.
I’m busy working on another free project for you - an apron pattern. I will post it soon, so please check back.
Its been a few days since I’ve posted, but I’m happy to say that I have been busy working on my next fabric collection for Quilting Treasures. I can’t go into details at this time, but its a fun collection that I think you will just love!
Time flies quickly and Halloween is only a couple of months away (yes, really, it is - I counted the months using 2 fingers). My talented friend Brenda Pinnick has a new Halloween die collection with Sizzix and its simply to “die” for. I saw the collection at the recent trade show for the Craft and Hobby Associataion. The are just adorable - the entire collection of spooky Halloween scary stuff! (I borrowed the photo from Brenda.) They are perfect for the hand made cards, bags and your other Halloween scrapbook projects. Check out Brenda’s blog for additional ideas and because its just a great blog.
In addition to fabric designs, I’m working on some freebies to post here, so check back soon.
I went to visit Audrey Jeanne Roberts blog today and it was gone! She is a very talented friend who does wonderful scrapbook kits. (This is her latest kit - beautiful isn’t it!). Needless to say, I immediately contacted her to find out where her blog moved to. Not only does she have a new blog address, she has a new blog store as well as a new website! Boy, has she been busy, but that’s nothing new as she is very productive. I’ve often wondered when she sleeps.
I had hoped to see her this summer either in Atlanta or at the summer CHA show in Chicago, but she will be taking a fun trip with her husband. That had to be an easy choice to make!
So if any of you have not been able to find AJ’s blog, check it out with the links above and in my blogroll.
Craft stores have such a huge assortment of craft supplies available, from supplies for scrapbooking to supplies for painting, needlework, sewing and quilting, floral and gardening, beading and many other types of crafts. The good part is that you don’t have to figure out what to do with these supplies. There are many design projects available in all of these categories in magazines, books and project sheets as well as kits that include both the supplies and instructions.
As someone who has been designing for the crafts industry for many years, 23 to be exact, I thought I would give you a little background on how many designers work in getting their designs there for you.
A lot of craft designers are members of The Craft and Hobby Association (CHA). CHA is hosting their Winter Convention & Trade show in Anaheim, CA in February. This is the premier trade show for anyone involved in the crafts industry and is open only to the trade. Manufacturers present their newest and hottest products to buyers who attend from all over the world. CHA has a Designer Section for the designer members and offers several opportunities for designers to connect with manufacturers, publishers and editors.
Designers can set up a table in the Designer Showcase held one day during the show. Designers/artists create a table display showcasing their designs and portfolios so that editors, publishers and manufacturers can view the designs for use or publication. These are many of the designs that you see and use for creating your craft projects.
Another opportunity for designers is to exhibit in the License and Design Section during the show . The designers have a booth space to show their art and designs that are available for creating new products or in using products.The theme for this year’s show is Fashion Crafting and designers are also showcasing their fashion designs in the Fashion Crafting Display, our version of “Project Runway”.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the designs created by friends as well as myself. The flower at the top is a Gerber Daisy Fabric Sculpture created by Lynne Farris and shown in her newest book “Fresh Felt Flowers” published by C&T Publishing.
The 2 designs embroidered on jeans are from the DenimBroidery embroidery kits I created for Janlynn, a needlework company.
Joan Elliott painted the Jingle Cats Christmas image, which has been licensed on tee shirts, fabrics for hospital scrubs, mugs and cross stitch kits.
Linda Wyszynski designed the embroidered pillowcase for Create and Decorate magazine, using buttons and embroidery to create a floral design for stitching on the pillowcase edge.
Vicki Schreiner painted the sports images which were used to create a scrapbook kit and stickers sold in stores.
I do have some very talented friends!
All the designers that I know who are attending the show, including myself, are now frantically creating new designs to present. So the next time you are using instructions to create a craft or sewing project, it may have come from one of these designers working to create craft projects just for you!
WELCOME! I invite you to visit with me in my studio. I create illustrations and designs for art licensing. I also design fabrics, quilts, needlework and textile products. I will share my latest news on illustration and designing as well as interesting tidbits on artist friends, books, traveling and anything else I run across. I would LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU and appreciate your visits.
