Quilled Fall Layout

I have wanted to make one of these mums since I saw them in a quilling book.  Fall seemed like the perfect time to create a layout around them.  Of course, the book said to curl every petal individually but I didn't have 3 hours to spare, so I just curled some.  The gold flowers are husked - a new quilling technique for my students.  The border is a swirl, another new technique.  The cat tails are everyones favorite.  I learned the method when I was a child at the fair.  I was recently reminded of it in a book and learned it was called bulleting.

These are the mums my students made.  I think they surpased the teacher!



Supplies:
Cardstock - BoBunny Chiffon Flourish Double Dots, brown velvet flocked paper (now discontinued, darn!)
Ink - Tattered Angels Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Limeade, English Ivy and Aspen Yellow
Papers - Assorted colors of 1/8" quilling paper, 3/4" pumpkin quilling paper, orange copy paper sprayed with the above inks for the large mum
Accents - large sequins from Hero Arts

Birthday Cupcakes

This fun card was inspired by a card in the Stampin’ Up catalog.  I flag all the cards I like, then make my own version of them.  This is similar to using sketches.

The fiber along the edges is called eyelash yarn.  I bought mine long ago at a show, but you can buy an entire skein at a craft store for a few dollars.  It would be interesting to see what people knit or crochet with this yarn.  The bottom of the banner looked plain so I rubbed pink ink along the edges.

The cupcake frosting is liquid appliqué.  My white turned a bit cream colored over time.  When wet it was sprinkled with raspberry Mini Mosaics by Suze Weinberg (purchased years ago), then heated to puff it up.

Supplies

Paper – pink gingham unknown, Bazzill white

Stamp – Hero Arts Cupcakes clear set, Stampendous Family clear set

Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, assorted Copic & Tombow markers, Tsukineko Serenade Pink Shades, Stampin’ Up Pink Passion

Embossing Powder – Ranger Candy Pink

Fibers – pink eyelash yarn

Embellishments – glitter glue, Suze Weinberg’s Mini Mosaics in Raspberry

Lace Cards

This is another of those projects I have been wanting to do for a while now.  I received this pretty floral lace type of fibrous paper wrapped around a bouquet of flowers a long time ago.  I used spray adhesive to adhere two layers of the lace paper to various colors of cardstock.  Each was decorated with coordinating ribbon and a sentiment oval that had been embellished with jewels and/or pearls.

Supplies

The sentiment ovals were from KanBan.  Everything else was assorted odds and ends.

Fall Quilling

These cards are for a class that ended up not happening, but I may try them again later.

I redid the owls head later.  He is actually cuter in person.

Chicken Update

Hildegard Pauline is getting her feathers back, although she still has some red skin showing.  Even though I am giving her cat food and tuna for extra protein she is not laying eggs.  I hope we won't have to wait until Spring!

Johanna seems to be molting now.  She is doing it a more practical way though - she loses and regrows them at the same time rather than losing her feathers all at once.  She is down to an egg every other day now.

I had no idea that chickens pooped so much.  They are as bad as the dogs.  Other than that, we love having our chickens, even when I have to go out into the snow to take care of them.