Grandma's shadowbox

I found some beautiful papers and flowers at our local scrap booking store and decided to make a shadowbox frame. The photo is my grandmother when she graduated from nursing school and is one of my favorite photos. I added some scrolls from my Cricut machine, antique buttons and some lace to give it a vintage feel.

Don't worry. I am working on a quilling project. I'll post photos in a few weeks.

Fortune Cookies

I found a cute pattern at Everyday Cricut  to cut circles with the Cricut machine and fold them into fortune cookies. I was going to make them for Valentine's Day but the color of the paper did not look right. So I added tags for our Breast Cancer Survivors group and gave the fortune cookies to them instead. 

The fortune cookies turned out cute and were really easy to make. They would make cute table decorations for a party or luncheon.

Bird cards

I received a Cricut die-cut machine for Christmas and have been having fun playing with it. Now I'll just have come up with a design where I can use my Cricut and quilling.

Happy New Year

Wishing everyone a happy, 

healthy, and safe New Year 

with lots of time for quilling!

I made several of these ornaments for Christmas gifts this year. They are quite challenging to make and my kids learned a few new swear words while I was working on them.   :)

But the results are very cool, and guaranteed to leave the recipients in awe. They also look stunning on the tree with the lights shining through.

For the pattern to make this snowflake ornament, please visit Charlotte's pattern page at http://theartofquilling.com/

Best wishes,

Jennifer

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is over but I just finished this pair of three-dimensional pilgrims. They are headed to Florida as a special gift for a quilling swap I participated in. I hope they enjoy their trip!

Thanksgiving 2011

The second swap I participated in was through Craftaholics Anonymous. It is a neat craft site with a lot of cute ideas. Click the link and see some of the other crafts that were made for the winter swap. 

I sent Ashley in Tennessee a quilled card and a quilled necklace. She sent me this cute bird nest necklace. (The necklace is a cute antique brass color, my picture is bad).

If you have a chance, please visit Ashley's etsy site at www.etsy.com/shop/claudiebelledesigns she has a lot of cute stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is almost here? I have been making a few cards for gift exchanges and quilling swaps before the holiday. I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving!

Sweet Leaves Blog Hop

Welcome! Thank you for joining the Sweet Leaves Blog Hop hosted by Sandy at SweetSpot Cards.

When Sandy mentioned an international quilling blog hop I was excited to participate. Fall is my favorite time of year with the cooler weather and the beautiful leaves. As a family, we spend more time outside playing in the park, riding bikes or flying kites. My kids love jumping in the big leaf piles in our yard, picking pumpkins and sometimes apples. There are also a lot of birds that migrate though our area, like geese, ducks and pelicans which is always fun to see. The butterflies are out and I love seeing woolly bear caterpillars in the fall, though there are not that many in South Dakota.

My quilling piece is inspired by the things our family enjoys on a beautiful fall day.

Thanks for stopping. I hope you enjoyed your visit. Your next stop is Paula at Chillin With Quillin. http://chillinwithquillin.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping!

~ Jennifer

If you get lost here is a list of all of the blogs participating.

AFRICA
Jacquline- http://cutekipepeo.blogspot.com

ASIA
Syaz- http://syazcards.blogspot.com/

Suganthi- http://papercraftss.blogspot.com/

Anastasia- http://anastasiaw.blogspot.com/

Lin- http://azlina-lin.blogspot.com/

Thusitha- http://craftsimagery.blogspot.com/

Miez- http://miezam.blogspot.com/

Amna- http://alfardh.blogspot.com/

EUROPE
Cristina- http://cristina-funquilling.blogspot.com/

Suzana- http://quillingwithfun.blogspot.com/

Finnuala- http://quillingowo.blox.pl/html

Pritesh- http://quillingmesoftlee.blogspot.com/

Philippa- http://quilliance.blogspot.com/

NORTH AMERICA
***JENNIFER- http://www.creativequilledcreations.blogspot.com *** YOU ARE HERE

Paula- http://chillinwithquillin.blogspot.com/

Linda- http://www.myquillingnest.com/

Shruti- http://eenzybeenzy.blogspot.com/

Melissa- http://sleeplesswonder.blogspot.com/

AUSTRALIA
Bronwyn- http://quillme.blogspot.com/

SOUTH AMERICA
Regina- http://regina-ribeiro.blogspot.com/

Natilde- http://natiquill.blogspot.com

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