Samantha Walker Creative Team Blog Hop!

Hello everyone and welcome to another Samantha Walker blog hop! :) If you just arrived from Jennifer's blog then you're right on track, if not you can can begin the hop at Samantha's blog HERE. Samantha will also have all the info on how to win one of her digital kits!

Today I have a simple altered project to share. I picked this wood cutout at Hobby Lobby recently and decided to use a mixture of Samantha's papers to alter it.

Here's a "before" shot of the piece, so you can see what it looked like. So I basically just took the whole thing apart and covered each piece with patterned paper and cardstock.

I then used my Silhouette to cut out 2 of the 1Piece Leaf Clusters from cardstock and glued them to the birds feathers, as seen below.

I then glued all my pieces back together, but before adhering the brim of the hat I attached a roughly pleated diecut border first.

Chipboard letters were covered with patterned papers from the 6x6 Orchard Harvest paper pad and then added to the sign. Berries, ribbon, brads, twine and trim were then used to embellish the rest of the piece.

 Here's one last closeup of my little turkey before I go.

Thanks so much for visiting! Your next stop is to Guiseppa's blog.

Samantha Walker Supplies:

Creative Imaginations - (Orchard Harvest) 6x6 Paper Pad, Diecut Frames, Autumn Bouquet DS Paper.

(Blossom) Blossom Frame DS Paper.

Silhouette - 1 Piece Leaf Cluster

My Big News!!!

Hi guys!.... Just a real quick post today. I have some really, really BIG NEWS to share! It's been very hard to contain my excitement over the last couple days. But I can now finally tell you.... I made the Basic Grey design team!!!!  I am definitely doing my happy dance, right now - and let me tell you, I'm no dancer!!! :)  To see who else made the team check out the announcement on the BG blog.

BTW: Don't forget there's still time to join in on the Samantha Walker blog hop. Samantha's new Decadence fat quarter bundle is up for grabs!  All the details for the hop are on the post below.

Have a great weekend,

Jen

Samantha Walker Blog Hop

Hi guys, welcome to the Samantha Walker blog hop! :) If you just left Nancy's blog then you are on the right track. If not you can start the hop here on Samantha's blog, as well as, find out how to win a fat quarter bundle of Samantha's new Decadence collection.

Today, I have a Halloween project to share.... Or should I say Owl-o-ween project! (lol) If you've visited my blog before, you probably know I love to make owls! Since I've never made an owl for Halloween, I figured it was good excuse to do so.
 

1. Using my Silhouette, I cut scalloped borders from Samantha's Scalloped Circle Border Set to cover most of a 6" paper mâché egg. The front of the egg was covered in a organza trim. Slits were made on each side of the head to accommodate chipboard ears.
2. Next, using my Silhouette again, I used the outline of the Flower file to create the large brown and cream feathers around the owls eyes. 3D flowers were also cut for the eyes, then secured with brads. Some feathers (from a cut piece of a boa) were adhered to the back of the eye section. Then a chipboard petal was used for the beak.
3. The base of the project was cut from another 6" egg, then I covered it with torn pieces of patterned paper. Zipper trim was added to the bottom edge.  Then I used the 1 Piece Leaf Cluster and more 3D flowers to embellish the base. Next, the center of the Black Doily Die-cut, patterned paper was cut out by hand and attached to the base.
4. To make the owl a bit more "Halloweeny," I made a little witch's hat for her out of some more of the Black Doily patterned paper.

Here are a few close ups of the finished piece.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Samantha Walker Supplies:

Creative Imaginations : Harvest Dots DS Paper, Harvest Houndstooth DS Paper (Harvest collection)  Black Doily Die-cut, Spooky Word Paper and Halloween Dots DS Paper (Halloween Collection) 

Silhouette - 1 Piece Leaf Cluster, Scalloped Circle Border Set, and Flower files.

Other Supplies:

Creative Imaginations - Cardstock Foundations

Silhouette - 3D Loopy Flower file

Maya Road - Chipboard Wings, Zipper Trim, Organza Tea Party Trim, Chipboard Petal (beak) and Mini Scalloped Set (buckle).

Basic Grey - Brads

October Afternoon - letter stickers

Mod Podge, 2- 6" paper mâché eggs, fur, wire, Spanish moss and twigs.

Samantha Walker Creative Team Blog Hop

Hi all... and welcome to another Samantha Blog Hop! The hop starts at Samantha's Blog, so make sure and stop there first, for all the info on how you could win your choice of either an Enchanted Garden or Cowboy fat quarter bundle!

Okay, so we got to play with fabric this month and since I've been dying to make a Raggedy Ann doll for the longest time, I finally decided to give it a go. The pattern I used is called "A Round About Pattern" by Maureen Mills. The pattern basically has a mixture of dolls, snowmen and other projects for all seasons. I still have a lot to learn, as far as doll making goes. But this pattern wasn't too bad to do, especially since I don't like to read patterns! - Not always the best thing to do!!! I had a few problems with her hair, but I kind of like the messed up look she ended up with! :)

Most of the fabrics used are from the Wanna Be A Cowboy 2 collection, except for the cream floral on Annie's collar and the heart on her dress, which are from the Enchanted Garden fabric collection.

Here are a few closeups.

The headband was cut from a strip of fabric which was frayed around the edges. It helped hide some of the flaws I had going on with her hair.  The flower is by Maya Road, but it matched the fabrics so perfectly, I had to add it!

This is the little heart applique, I mentioned earlier.  I added the hand stitching around the edges to give it the look of a patch.

 Well, that's it from me (and Annie) for today! Enjoy the rest of the hop! :)

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Samantha Walker Fabrics Used:

Riley Blake Designs

Wanna Be A Cowboy 2 - Dots Brown, Dots White / Red and Flowers Coffee / Blue

Enchanted Garden - White Flowers.

Other supplies:

Maya Road - Flower, Leaves, Alterable Wood Buttons, Ruffle Crochet Trim, Zig Zag Crochet Trim  and Maya Mists (Elderberry Blue and Espresso Brown)

Muslin, embroidery floss, paint, buttons, wool. and stuffing

Samantha Walker Creative Team Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Samantha Walker creative team blog hop!!! :)! Thank you for hopping over to my blog today. If you just left AJ's blog then you are on the right track, if not you can begin the hop HERE. As you have seen, the team and I have been busy creating stamped projects using Samantha Walker's stamps by Unity Stamp Co.  Truth be told I love stamps, but don't use them as often as I should. So this was definitely a fun challenge for me to work on.  Of course, I ended up making an altered project! (lol)  I decided to use the stamps on felt to help me create this little "Rodeo Queen".

 

I used the cloud images from the Rainy Days & Happy Play stamp set (pictured below) to create the patches on the head and back of the cow.

Then I used the bottom section of the plain scoop of ice cream, from the Sweet Life stamp set, to make the cow's udders. The images were stamped on to the back side of the felt, cut out, hand stitched then glued into place.

 Other Samantha Walker supplies used on this project:

Creative Imaginations - Cowgirl Borders Patterned Paper

Creative Imaginations - Rodeo Girl Patterned Paper 

Creative Imaginations - Lucky Girl Patterned Paper

Creative Imaginations - Cowgirl Stickers 

Creative Imaginations - Epoxy Stickers 

Creative Imaginations - Harvest Houndstooth DS Paper

Silhouette (cutting files) Border Woodland Grass, Adorning Crown Border Set and  Animal Eyes.

Thanks so much for visiting!

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Maya Road and Glue Arts Swap

Hi Guys!  Hope you are all having a great week so far. Things have been a little crazy around here the last couple of weeks, as we are trying to sell our house. Have you ever tried to keep your house "view ready" with a five and six year old running around? Not easy!   Anyway I'm back to share another Mother's Day project with you. This was made for the Maya Road and Glue Arts Swap going on this week. Make sure to visit each blog and leave a comment for a chance to win some goodies!!! :)

I love making gift boxes especially when they have a practical use.  This gift box can be used to store treads, bobbins, and other small sewing items after the gift has been removed and the teapot serves as a pin cushion as well. I used Samantha Walker's cream polka dot fabric on the front of the teapot, which worked perfectly with October Afternoon's Daydream patterned papers.

1. Glue all but one, of the pages from the Teapot Album together. 
2. Then place a good handful of Poly-fil in the center of the teapot. 
3. Take some fabric and cut it large enough to cover the sides and front of the teapot. Begin wrapping the fabric over the polyfil and sides of the chipboard and secure with glue.
4. Next cover the sides of the handle, spout and lid with patterned paper. 
5. Use the last page from the album (that you saved) to cut out a lid, spout and handle. Cover them with patterned paper and glue them in place on the front of the teapot.
6. Cut out a rectangular section at the bottom of the felt pom-pom, so it fit's over the very top of the chipboard lid, glue it in place, then use a smaller felt pom-pom and trinket pin to hold everything in place.

After dying the crochet trim with Maya Mist (Sea foam Green) I used it to embellish the teapot and box.  

   

Then of course,  I used load of other MR embellies to finish of the box. Love those tiny spools!!!

Maya Road Supplies:
Tea Pot Chipboard Book
Wood Mini Spools
Wood Buttons
Love Mini Chipboard Set
Kraft Mini Tags

Vintage Crochet Zig-Zag Trim
Vintage Crochet Mini Ovals Trim
Leaf Trinket Pins
Kraft Doilies
Doilie Flowers Chipboard Set

Flower
Vintage Pearl Pin

Rub-ons (Mom)

Maya Mist (to color trim)

Glue Arts Supplies:
Raise N's (to attach the chipboard and flower to front of the teapot)
Glue Glider Pro (to adhere the chipboard pages of the teapot together before covering with paper.
Ribbon Adhesive (to apply all of the trim)

Other Supplies:

October Afternoon - Patterned Paper

 Samantha Walker - Fabric (Cream Cowboy Dots from Wanna Be A Cowboy 2 collection)

Plaid - FolkArt Paints

Hobby Lobby - Box, satin ribbon, pom poms, Poly-fil and embroidery thread

New Projects!

Hi everyone! I have a few new projects to share with you. These were all done for my Creative Team spotlight this month for Samantha Walker, and I have to say I had lots of fun creating them. One of my favorite things things to work with these days is fabric! I'm not that great at making clothing yet, but using fabric to alter with and make small projects is fun.  Anyway, if you've visited my blog before know I have a slight obsession with owls. So when I saw Samantha's Pet Shop file for the Silhouette, I knew I had to use it to create something.

I decided to just use the head of the owl to make a set of pillows for my little girl's room. The finished size is about 20"x11" on the big pillow and 17"x 8" on the smaller one. To make the pattern I used the sketch pen to draw the design with my Silhouette, onto cardstock. Because of the size of my pillows I had to do a section at a time then piece them together. I then transferred the design onto tracing paper added a seam allowance around the edge of head and used the pattern to cut my fabric.

I used felt for the head, eyes and beak and a mixture of patterned fabrics from Samantha's Wanna Be A Cowboy and Wanna Be  A Cowboy 2.

 

Next, I altered this little caddy. My son gave it to me for Christmas, filled with bubble-bath, lotion and a ton of other goodies for bath time (I think it was from Walmart). Originally it was plain pink and had a vinyl look to it, so I "spruced it up" with some fun fabrics from the Enchanted Garden collection.

I was thinking I might store my markers in it. But my little girl has got other ideas, since she has the same initials as I do!

For this project, I basically just used Mod Podge to adhere the fabric onto the caddy and chipboard letters.  The stitching was added to the letters and lining before they were adhered to the project.

For my last project I did another little bunny - It's Spring after all! :)

When I saw the pattern for this bunny head from Back Porch Pickins, just couldn't resist making it. Tonya Renee makes the most amazing creations that you can purchase.  She also has patterns and e-patterns that you can purchase as well. The head may look a little intimidating, but it's really not as difficult as it looks.

Samantha's Tea Dye fabric from Wanna Be A Cowboy 2 was the perfect color for the bunny's head. Since I didn't have a box, like the one shown on the pattern, I used a large paper mache Christmas ornament for the base instead. And yes I just realized I forgot to add her whiskers!!! Oh well, she's a "whiskerless" bunny for now!

The patterned papers are from the Creative Imaginations,  Cowgirl collection - an older line but definitely one of my favorites! See you all soon and thanks for stopping by!!! 

****** April 13th, 2011 ******

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Samantha Walker Blog Hop

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Walker's Cowboy Collection.

Okay, so I'm still enjoying playing with fabrics and thought Samantha's Enchanted Garden collection by Riley Blake, would be perfect for a Spring project. The pattern I used for the bunny had a more primitive feel but since Samantha's fabrics are more contemporary I wanted to keep the bunny that way too. So instead of torn edges on the bottom of the pants and dress I finished the hems with pleated and gingham ribbons.

To make the pinwheel I "mod podged" two fabrics together, so it became double sided. Once the fabric dried I became more like paper and I could cut and bend it to shape.

Thanks so much for visiting!   Next up is the talented Nancy Doren, you can click the logo below to hop to her blog.

 

 Fabrics used:

Samantha Walker's Enchanted Garden Collection for Riley Blake:

Pink Enchanted Garden Polka Dots

White Enchanted Garden Polka Dots

Brown Enchanted Garden Row Of Dots

Orange Enchanted Garden Daisy

Pink Enchanted Garden Daisy

Other Supplies:

Pattern - Threadbare Primitives (Bunny Love by Susan Dean)

Maya Road  - Pleated satin ribbons and felt flowers

Muslin, embroidery floss, buttons and gingham ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Plaid - Mod Podge (matte)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I thought I'd share this little bee with you all, since it's Valentine's day today! :) This was another CHA project done for the Maya Road booth.  The bee was made out of a paper mache ornament and a styro-foam ball, that were covered with patterned paper. I used a chipboard butterfly from the Butterfly Accordion Album for her wings. Then added some Satin Pleated Ribbon around the bee's middle. To attached  the bee to the base a wooden dowel was threaded through the box, and up through the body and head.

Leaves and Felt Pearl Flowers were added to the top of the box along with some Vintage Pearl Pins.

 

Here's a close-up of the chipboard and banner on the sides of the box.


Supplies

Maya Road - Chipboard Letters, Pearl Felt Flowers, Vintage Pearl Pins, Heart Trinket Pins, Satin Pleated Ribbon, Chipboard Mini Love set (hearts), Butterfly Accordion Album.

 Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee (Sweetness collection)
Samantha Walker - (Silhouette) "Scalloped Circle Border" File
Paper mache box and ornament, styro-foam ball, wood dowel and embroidery floss - Hobby Lobby

Adhesive - Plaid Mod Podge (Matte)

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Samantha Walker Blog Hop

Hello! :)  Welcome to the Samantha Walker blog hop. If you just left Jimmi's blog then you are on the right track. If not, you can begin the hop on Samantha's blog here. Leave a comment on my blog to enter for a chance to win a fabric bundle from Samantha's Enchanted Garden line...or Cowboy 2 collection with Riley Blake Designs.

This month I decided to play around with some of Samantha's fabrics.  I am not a seamstress by any means, but I remember the basics from school and I can handle simple projects. 

My first project is a sweet little pincushion, made just for my heart shaped Trinket Pins.  The fabrics used on this are from Samantha's original "Wanna Be A Cowboy" collection. This collection is still in stores, but it's  a little hard to find, as the line is retired. I found the Pink Small Flower print and the Stripe fabric at this online store. If you like these fabrics make sure to check out "Wanna Be A Cowboy 2" Samantha's new collection that will be available soon.

Here is how the pincushion was made.

1. I removed the lid from the box and used it to cut a slightly smaller heart shape, that would fit inside the box. Then cut a strip of patterned paper (or cardstock) and cover the sides of the box.
2. Next cut a strip of the striped fabric. Fold, then press one edge of the strip. Pin the folded edge to a  length of pleated ribbon, then stitch together. 
3. Glue the raw edges of the strip to the inside of the box as shown (pic.3).
4. Take the heart you cut previously and cover it with Poly-fil.  Then cut a piece of the Small Pink Flower fabric that's large enough to over the stuffing and heart
5. Cover the heart with the fabric.
6. Use some embroidery thread to stitch the fabric together in the back.
7. Next, cover a chipboard heart with the striped fabric and stitch around the edges. Adhere the chipboard heart to the center of the larger heart. Then stitch a large button through both layers of chipboard and Poly-fil.
8. Fill the center of the box with styro-foam, or whatever you have on hand, then  adhere the padded heart to the center of the box.

Samantha Walker Supplies:

Wanna Be A Cowboy - Pink Small Flower and Stripe fabrics (Riley Blake Designs)

Other Supplies:

Creative Imaginations - Dot Cardstock

Maya Road - Pleated ribbon, chipboard heart and Heart Trinket Pins

Basic Grey - Button

Fancy Pants - Crochet trim

Hobby Lobby - Heart shaped box, Poly-fil (stuffing).
Other - styro-foam

After watching this video on The Crafts Channel, on turning a pair of jeans into a skirt, I decided to try altering a pair of my little girl's cargo pants.  I had her pick out a fabric from the Enchanted Garden line and she chose the Butterfly print, one of my favorites too.

Here's her new skirt

 I added a matching belt...

  and a few details to the pockets.

Now all she needs is a matching shirt!  Hmmmm...I feel another project coming on! :)

Next up is the talented Julie Bonner. Click the logo below to hop on over to her blog.