Those of you who know me know that I am fascinated by lighthouses. There is something about a building, often on a cliff or in a remote area at the edge of the sea, shining a light to guide ships and keep them safe. A "guiding light"...such a special and much-needed abode. In fact, several years ago, my kids gave my husband and me a night in a lighthouse for our anniversary. We drove to the San Francisco Bay, took a skiff (little boat) to a very small island in the middle of the Bay, and disembarked at the East Brother Lighthouse. We had a wonderful tour of the lighthouse, had a magnificent dinner and a fabulous breakfast the next day. The lighthouse and it's keepers were charming and beautiful - perfect in every way...except...we were there on March 27, just before the foghorn stops blaring every 30 seconds for the summer! So it was not the most restful night 😕 but it WAS a fabulous experience, and one which I will never forget! Today's card features Lighthouse Point and the Lighthouse dies: I made this card for my dad for Father's Day. I framed a small piece of New Horizons Designer Series Paper with Night of Navy cut with the new Deckled Rectangles dies. This was added to the Thick Basic White card base, topped with a piece of Basic White that was embossed with the Into the Clouds embossing folder. I used the Lighthouse dies to cut the lighthouse - a Night of Navy base with an overlay of Basic White. The greeting was stamped in Night of Navy ink and cut with another of the dies in the set. And a few of the now-retired Waves Rhinestones were added for a little bling. This set of stamps and dies will be used often to remind me of a very special night! Product List Lighthouse Point Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158901] $23.00 Lighthouse Point Bundle (English) [158907] $51.25 Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $8.00 New Horizons 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157768] $11.50 Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75 Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25 Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $9.25 Lighthouse Dies [158906] $34.00 Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00 Into The Clouds Embossing Folder [159171] $8.50 Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00 Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25
Hello and welcome to today’s blog post, which is a super fun beach themed card featuring not one, not two, but THREE stamp sets! This is a continuation from Monday’s post featuring the Dandy …
Hello everyone and welcome back to Facebook Friday! Every week, I pick a product and design three projects with it and show you how to make them during a Facebook Live. This week, I’m using the Lighthouse Point Bundle. This is such a great bundle! You can create a lighthouse with stamps or by paper ... Read more
I used the Stampin’ Up! Lighthouse Point stamp set bundle to create my project for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. We’ve got a theme challenge this week and this is what I made for it.
I'm continuing our week of Lighthouses and the Lighthouse Point Bundle with today's card. It focuses on the stamped images, specifically the really fun background stamps. Lighthouse Point
Hello everyone and welcome back to Facebook Friday! Every week, I pick a product and design three projects with it and show you how to make them during a Facebook Live. This week, I’m using the Lighthouse Point Bundle. This is such a great bundle! You can create a lighthouse with stamps or by paper ... Read more
Hello Stampin’ Friends ~ It’s a Tuesday Two Bundle Mash Up … time for some fun today. Let’s take two new bundles and mash them together to create an amazing card. Let’…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “CASE the Catalog” so the Design Team chose a card from the new Annual Catalog and has CASEd it with their own creative twist. We really hope that you are inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. My favorite bundle in the new annual catalog is the Lightouse Point bundle found on page 100. Above, I included a photo from that page of the projects Stampin Up! has provided to inspire us. I chose for the hop today to do a bit of casing from the card on the lower left in green. I kept the layout and sentiment but decided I would love it in Balmy Blue! I took a white base and added some Balmy Blue ink to the middle of the base by blending with my blending brush. I then cut a circle out with the Stylish Shapes dies from a piece of Balmy Blue card stock. I ran the piece through the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder for texutre. I stamped the lighthouse on white card stock in Smoky Slate and then added the Black stripes. I stamped the light on white card stock in Crushed Curry and the sentiment in Black ink and cut it all out with the Lighthouse dies. I even cut the ladder looking die in Crushed Curry with the same dies. I finished off with some black matte dots. More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on July 13th. Our theme will be “Create Your Own Background” when our Design Team creates a background using any technique they wish, such as stencils, stamping, watercolor, embossing but not DSP. Until then, have fun in your craft space! Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards Ann Murray at Murray Stamps INK Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations Su Mohr at Aromas And Art Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot! Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’ Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja Hope you have a bright and beautiful day! Thanks for stopping by! Windy Stamp set: Lighthouse Point Ink: Balmy Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry Paper: Basic White, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue Lighthouse dies, black matte dots, Painted Texture embossing folder, Stylish Shapes dies, blending brush
Today I chose to show you how versatile Stampin' Up DSP is. I am using Stampin' Up Regency Park DSP which is mainly a floral set with Stam...
Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse at Sunrise on Lake Huron, Michigan, USA Photographic Print by Adam Jones. Find art you love and shop high-quality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at Art.com. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
This Strawberry Margarita mocktail is perfect for celebrating with friends! With fresh ingredients...
Вышивка крестом «Маяки» - дизайн Marie-Therese Saint-Aubin (MTSA) «Dans la lumiere des phares» из книги «Voyage»
From beautiful flowers to majestic horses, Julie and Beau's day was nothing short of magical! The Candlelight Farms Inn in New Milford, CT is stunning!
I thought I would start off this week, kind of where I left off last week. Last Monday, I shared with a Faux Step Card that was made “vertical” (You can see that post here: Lighthouse …
Rays of Light for a Masculine 80th Birthday card using Lighthouse Dies and Alphabet al a mode. Nuts about Squirrels for the Sea ... you see?
An epic journey aboard an Outer Reef 880 Cockpit to the ends of the Earth.
Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse cross stitch pattern in 1 PDF file for instant download and print. ✽ Instant Download Cross stitch Pattern ✽ - Stitch count: 90 x 90 - Required DMC Colors: 26 + blends - Designed area on 14 ct. Aida: 16.5 x 16.5 cm (6.3 in x 6.3 in) - Stitches used: full cross stitch, half cross stitch, backstitch, french knots - Skill Level: for beginners who want to improve their skills Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, Somerset, New York. Built in 1875 but inactive from 1958-1998. The lighthouse was re-activated in 1998 when the state of New York took over the property and made it a tourist attraction. The square limestone tower is 61 feet tall and is attached to a two story limestone keeper's house. The red metal tank was an oil storage building and on the far right, hidden by trees, is a one story fog signal building. The light signal is a white flash every 10 seconds. Located in Golden Hill State Park at Thirty Mile Point on Lake Ontario near Somerset. ✽ use this helpful calculator to know the size of your finished pattern depending on the fabric count you are going to use: http://yarntree.com/java/xstitchcal.htm ✽ These PDF patterns contain: - Color image of the finished design - Color symbol chart - Black and White symbol chart - Color floss key for DMC stranded cotton ✽ Check out the Secrets of perfect back stitch and many other cross stitch tips and techniques here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/651538071/cross-stitch-pattern-how-to-cross-stitch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✽ Other details and policy: - This is a pattern only, fabric and threads are not included - The link for downloading should come to your ETSY e-mail address. You can also find the files for downloading here: https://www.etsy.com/your/purchases - This pattern is digital and delivered via email, therefore I cannot issue refunds. Please contact me if you have any questions before purchasing - This pattern is in PDF format and ready to print ✽✽ Want to get a framed in a hoop finished cross-stitch piece based on this pattern? Please contact me with any questions. © SVStitch All patterns are for personal use only. No sharing or copying is allowed. The patterns may not be re-sold or re-distributed commercially in any manner. Thank you for your choice! Happy stitching!
Hi Again Stampers! Here is my first card created for one of the Splitcoaststampers Dare To Get Dirty Challenge :-) Are you a Fan Club Member ofSplitcoaststampers yet? If so, come join in on the fun and if not, it is not too late to join (did I mention in addition to the forum discussions and fun creating the cards, that the Member Companies will have prizes??)) And no, I do not get commission for you to join or any compensation :-) I know that I visit the Splitcoaststampers site daily- I do not know of a better bargain for seven cents a day ($25.00 a year) than being a Fan Club Member!! :-) Since this card was created for the Fan Club Dare To Get Dirty Gallery, I am not allowed to share any of the details of the specific challenge but I can share the techniques and products used…. Create the mask for the moon and sand using sticky notes, hold the masks over the Whisper White cardstock as you apply the ink for the sky using the AquaPainter™, remove the mask and re-mask the sky portion to color in the ocean, remove the masks, re-mask and color in the sand. Once dried, stamp the Wetlands bird image using Early Espresso Classic Ink and cut the image out with the Big Shot™ along with the Ovals Collection Framelits™. Mount a frame of Early Espresso cardstock using the same size oval and cut in half vertically (adhere behind the focal image allowing just part of the frame to show). Add the Woodgrain background (sponge with Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar) and add texture with the Color Spritzer Tool and an Early Espresso Stampin' Write marker. Create the seashell by stamping with Early Espresso Classic Ink, watercoloring with Soft Suede and fussy cutting each shell. Add the White Gel Pen accents to the shells and the waves, adhere the seashells along the edge of the focal frame, add the sentiment along with the Hemp Twine accents to finish off the card. Stamp Sets: Wetlands, By The Seashore Ink: Early Espresso, Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Soho Subway DSP Accessories: Big Shot™, Woograin Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Oval Framelits™, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, Hemp Twine (retired), White Gel Pen Thanks again for visiting- I hope you will have time to join in on the fun!! Have a great Saturday!!
Вышивка крестом «Маяки» - дизайн Marie-Therese Saint-Aubin (MTSA) «Dans la lumiere des phares» из книги «Voyage»
If you're planning a visit to Cedar Point, don't miss all the other things to do in Sandusky when you need some time off from the roller coasters!
Good morning all! I hope this post finds you doing well with signs of spring popping up in your part of the world. I wish I could say they were here, but our ground remains snow covered and the temperatures very chilly. I've been feeling particularly unmotivated lately when it comes to both my stitching and blogging and I'm honestly blaming it on the weather we've experienced this winter. It just beats you down, doesn't it? People are starting to lose patience and are even getting a bit mean about being stuck in this endless snow, freeze, ice cycle. Just the other day at the library a friend stopped by while I was working at the reference desk. Our first discussion was, naturally, about the weather and how we were both so tired of it. Now, this was a private conversation--or so we thought. But, from behind us came a man's voice saying, "Oh, quit whining!" We quickly turned to check and see if he was just joking around with us, but no--he was truly being a mean, eavesdropping curmudgeon! If whining about the wicked weather helps us get through winter, so be it, I say... Thirteen days until spring and it can't come soon enough this year! My husband was skiing in Colorado last week and I thought that would translate into all sorts of free time for stitching, but that wasn't the case... I ended up working more days than normal and when I was off I just couldn't focus on my needle and thread. But, I do have my first two Christmas ornaments for 2014 stitched and finished which I'd like to share with you today. (I also sent out another RAK to some unsuspecting friend, but won't show that until it arrives at its destination). First up, is a very cute freebie which you can find on this French blog. This Noel Snowman was stitched "over one" on 32 ct. dark gray mystery linen using the following DMC colors: white, black, 304, 801, 936, and 3826. The colors weren't charted so I just picked what I thought worked well together. Noel Snowman freebie To finish my January ornament off, I used a combination of two cheery red and white fabrics, a bit of mini black ric-rak and a black satin ribbon hanger. The little metal snowflake charm is one I've used many times before--I love these things because they don't look cheap... 123 Stitch sells a pack of four for $3.50. Time for me to order some more! The backing fabric is the red and white fabric in the lower right edge. Changes I made to the chart: I stitched "Noel" in black rather than white and I changed the color of the ribbon the striped ornaments are hanging from and omitted the bows that were charted due to the small size of the finished piece. How do you like him? He's a real cutie, isn't he? Noel Snowman freebie finished ornament My ornament for February brought back such special memories of our three boys playing outside in the snow when they were growing up. We have the perfect back yard with a little hill down one side for sled-riding. This is called "Snow Day" and can be found in Prairie Schooler's Book No. 177 titled "January." Again, I stitched it "over one" on 28 ct. blue Monaco (a hand-dyed piece from Sassy's Fabrics called "Winter Blues"--thanks, Robin!) with the suggested DMC threads. The color of the fabric is much more blue than is shown in the photo. Prairie Schooler's "Snow Day" Boy, did this piece take a long time to stitch, but I'm so glad I kept at it and finished. With all that is going on in this design, I kept the finish very simple--just added a blue cording. The blue checked fabric laying to the right is what it is backed with. The blue color of the pillow in the finish is much more true-to-life in this photo. Prairie Schooler's "Snow Days" finished ornament I like to think of the above winter scene as depicting our family of five enjoying a fun afternoon romping in the snow (well, if you added one black cat in place of the two dogs!). But when I told my middle son that this was us and I was the little one on the sled was me, he immediately said, "What do you mean, mom? You never came out with us in the snow." Yep--he's right!! I hate the cold and was more likely watching their antics from my cozy kitchen window as I made hot chocolate and baked cookies for the guys when they came inside all shivering and rosy-cheeked. I was always the family photographer, though, so I at least ventured outside enough to capture these scenes... I've been recently been sorting through old photos and came across this one from 1990 of my little guys aged 8, 5, and 2. See what I mean about the rosy-cheeks? Snow Day in Pittsburgh! December 1990 And here is the trio at various ages enjoying our winter weather long, long ago: my youngest son (at age 12 in his treasured Mario Lemieux hockey jersey) shooting a few pucks on our backyard pond in 2000, my oldest son in 1987 (at age five) impishly aiming a snowball at me, and my middle son helping clear the ice on our pond (at age eight) in 1993. Really nice to look at these and enjoy the memories they bring back... Winter memories GIFTS AND A GIVEAWAY WIN... Wow, the past few weeks have been filled with mail coming in from around the world. I think my mailman is beginning to wonder about all of these international deliveries! I'll start with two special deliveries from the U.S. First of all, I won a truly fabulous giveaway from Laurie (My Little Corner of Iowa blog). She was giving away a large box of her fabric scraps left over from quilting and finishing projects and I was the lucky winner. Oh, my--I was absolutely thrilled with what she sent and I know many of them will be making appearances in my pillow finishing projects. In fact, I have the perfect one picked out for my March ornament (which is stitched, but not finished). I layed them all out on the kitchen table and have had the best time "playing" with them! Thank you so much, Laurie--I am really excited to add these to my fabric collection. Fabrics from Laurie From my friend, Shirlee (The Easily Influenced Stitcher blog), came another package of treats. I had admired this blue Jobelan fabric that Shirlee had stitched one of her ornaments on last year and she kindly offered to send me a piece. When I opened the package, I discovered she not only sent the fabric, but also a pretty Cedar Hill flower chart and her favorite needle threader--"just because." Shirlee, you are such a generous soul... thank you so much for your wonderful gifts! Fabric, chart, and needle threader from Shirlee From Canada, Dani (Black Belt Stitching blog) sent this cute Lizzie Kate Christmas chart. I had admired her finish on her blog and she offered to send me the chart--how kind!! I will definitely keep the kindness going, Dani--after I've stitched it, it will be offered to another stitcher. She also included a card made from one of her photographs of an old shed--she is an excellent photographer. If you haven't visited her blog yet, you're in for a treat when you do. Not only beautiful stitching, but beautiful photography as well! Thank you again, Dani... I look forward to stitching this later this year. LK chart from Dani And from across the Atlantic came two more surprise gifts... From my friend, Gabi (no blog) in Germany, came two beautifully stitched hanging ornaments. Isn't the spring scene with the nesting birds and their parents adorable? This is a freebie available here (if you want a copy of the chart, you must contact the designer--her email address is in her blog's sidebar under "Contactez l'auteur"). Gabi also sent the prettiest little Valentine ornament which will make a great addition to my bowl of Valentine pillows. Thank you so much, Gabi--I've really enjoyed our long-distance friendship and I'm honored to have some of your beautiful stitching in my home! Gifts from Gabi in Germany And from Nia (Caixinha de Pirlimpimpim blog) in Portugal came a sweet little crocheted Christmas tree. She said it was a thank you for a small gift I sent her at Christmas time, but I think it might also be an early Christmas present. Nia is expecting her first baby any day now, so I think she may just be too busy to make Christmas presents for too many this year! I love it, Nia, and will think of you each time I display it on my Christmas tree... Thank you so much for thinking of me--your work is beautiful! Christmas ornament from Nia And, I've saved the best present for last--chocolates from my dear husband. As I mentioned earlier, he went skiing for five days last week in Colorado (where, ironically, it was so warm that the skiing wasn't very good!) and he brought me this yummy box of chocolates from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. I've been rationing them--just one a day (really!!) and they are such a special treat. Of course, I still have a bit more chocolate each day from my not-so-secret chocolate stash drawer. How about you--how many of you admit to having your own personal "stash of sweets" hidden away from your family? Chocolate definitely helps beat the "winter blues." Plus, I'm working off the calories by all the shivering I've done this year, I'm sure :) The perfect cure for the "winter blues?" I've so enjoyed seeing the signs of spring that many of you have been showing in your blog (although I'm very envious!)... Thought I'd leave you with this photo of the only bright spot of color in a field of white in my backyard...the red berries on my holly bush. I doubt if too many of you are envious of this frigid looking scene, are you? Ice on the holly bush in March-- will Spring ever come? I am hoping that the next time I post, birds will have begun returning to western Pennsylvania, crocuses will be poking their little green heads through the soil, and the sun will slowly be heating up the air. I know this may be wishful thinking, but I can still hope! I'm sure the extra hour of daylight that starts with Daylight Saving Time this weekend will bring smiles to many of us, though. Thanks so very much for visiting me today and taking the time to say "hi." And I want to wish a warm "welcome" to my new followers--so glad you're here! Think spring, everybody!! Bye for now...
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Item: MBT088 Type: Cross Stitch Patterns Designer: My Big Toe Designs Model stitched on 32 ct. Flax Belfast linen with Weeks Dye Works: Eggplant (17 skeins), Purple Haze (3 skeins), and Ivy (3 skeins). Stitch Count: 291W x 431H
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