It's a Papertrey Ink Anniversary Party!

February is the anniversary month of Papertrey Ink, my favorite stamping supply company. I haven't blogged about cards in a long time, but that's not because I haven't been making them. I still keep thinking I should have a separate blog for that, but . . . I can barely keep up this blog, and my family blog is sadly neglected at present. Anyway, in order to win a really wonderful prize, I have made some cards to increase my chance of winning. The first one uses the free downloadable tag from Maile Belles.

I LOVE pinwheels. I have made more pinwheel quilts than almost any other kind -- except maybe for stars. Hmm. I'll have to count. Anyway, um, this isn't a quilting post. This is a card post. Sorry for the divergence!

Bubbly

This was Tiffany Pastor's tag. It just reminded me of ocean waves, so I had to do the bubble impression on the background. A little strip of glitter at the top. (May I just confess that that blue @ the top is because my impression plate didn't cover the whole front? Oops.)

I'm excited, because these are so easily reproducible that I have my ideas for card swap for a long time (and I've been cutting multiples, so a lot of these are halfway done, and card swap isn't till the last Friday of the month)! Holy run-on sentence, Batman. Sorry about that. (I'm excited.)

Another card.

This was Alli Miles' tag. The flower has Martha Stewart clear glitter on it and some fuschia glitter glue in the center. I'm pretty sure that was off the dollar rack at Joann's.

I love black, and white, and pink together. Elegant and fun at the same time.

Happy Birthday to you!

This was Nicole's gift to us in honor of PTI's anniversary. Thanks, Nicole! So far it has been fun!

I'm in love!

This is for another friend's baby -- obviously a girl this time. It's made from Momo's It's a Hoot (in case you don't recognize her fabulous stuff)! I told my husband it was going to be hard to give this one away. He said, "Don't." I tell ya, if it were any bigger, I might take his advice. ;)

I'm hoping my friend will love it as much as I do. Now, what to put on the back . . .

Juice Boxes with Wheels

I have a friend who is having a baby boy this spring, so naturally he needed a quilt. I'm not one to make baby boys' quilts in light blue. I prefer boyish colors right from the start. I again used some of my Wheels from Riley Blake. It's not all gone, but it's getting there. That makes me happy when things get used up. Usually they just hang around.

Now to get it quilted and bound. Still having technical difficulties, so we'll see if I can swing that any time soon. I can sew straight, but I'm having free-motion issues still.

(Inspired by this quilt.)

2011 UFO Challenge -- January finishes

So I didn't read the challenge rules very well, apparently, because I didn't pay attention to the fact that there would be a draw for the number. In January we were supposed to do #6 on our list. I just did #1, because I planned these especially for January. I will be on track for the rest of the months. When Judy draws #1, I will do #6. Anyway, here are my two finishes for January, #1 on my list.

1. Plaid pinwheels. I'm not sure of the exact dimensions, but it's on my king-sized bed.

It is definitely larger than it looks in this picture.

2. Amanda Jean's Round 2 Nine-Patch quilt-along. It's approximately twin-sized. Yep, I quilted it in red. It was an experiment. Still deciding how I feel about it.

For February we are to work on #10 on our list. I'd better go see what that is! Good luck with your challenge!