Wondrous Wednesday Thinking of You

Happy Wondrous Wednesday!

Hope you are having a wonderful day! Our "W" word of the day is:

walleteer meaning one who carries a wallet  

I know, how did I miss that one for FATHER's DAY?!?!?

I guess it wasn't meant to be :-)

better late than never!

Do you love to use the photos that you take and add them to your cards? I know that I do.  Sometimes you capture that moment that is just perfect (or at least in your own mind anyway - lol)... This is one of those cards... This is a picture that goes back several years, my dad, son, and I were going for a walk and he kept trying to grab the flowers that I was trying to photograph... I happened to catch this picture and just loved it (ok, it is probably because every time I see it I think of that day and just being able to spend some time with my dad and my son - he will never be that young again and those moments are so fleeting)

I have made this card many times and have also used different sentiments, unfortunately I don't always take pictures of my creations and this was the only one I could find (you see, I don't have my pictures organized and cross linked by subject - only by date - lol)

This is a very simple card (yeah, I know... just forget for a moment the background I actually used, and use the photos as a reference only)

• Print the photo to a full 4x6
• Crop it so that the hand is the focal point
• Mat and mount on the card
• I then took one of the scraps from the cropping and used that on the card where I then attached the sentiment
• In this case it was "Thinking Of You"

As I said, I've used it for Sympathy, Get Well, and Thank You cards as well.

Why not give this a try?  If you would like to use the photo I have used, let me know and I will update this post with a link to the pic :-)

Enjoy! Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco

Filigree Friday Free Quilled Dress

Time for another Fabulous Filigree Friday! 
Update:  I've linked to Top Tip Tuesday, and my T's are Twirled Paper, Two arms, and Two legs - TOO Fun!

This little girl is crafted in the school colors from my niece's school.

Bodice:

• 1 - 6 inch (15.2 cm) White plus 6 inch (15.2 cm) Navy Blue coil them together and make a Coil Heart shape
• 1 - 6 inch (15.2 cm) Flattened V-Scroll
• Tip: I love using a heart as the bodice of my dresses, I started doing this many years ago and adding the V-scroll as the sleeves also helps finish the neckline.  I refer to it as flattened because it will only follow the shape of your heart.  The deeper the top "V" of your heart, the deeper the v-scroll.
• See the photos

Skirt:

• 2 - White 6 inch (15.2 cm) Marquise
• 1 - Navy Blue 6 inch (15.2 cm) Marquise
• I made both of these very loose so that they would be longer
• Glue at tip, place Blue in the center
• I then created a top layer for dimension to the skirt
• 2 - 4 inch (10.2 cm) Marquise
• Take a piece of they Navy Blue quilling paper and go around the white
• Glue these on top of the larger Marquise made previously

• Face: a 4 inch (10.2 cm) Loose Coil in White
• Arms/Hands: 2 - 2 inch (5.1 cm) strip, coil only one end 3 - 4 times to make the hands
• Legs/Feet: 2 - 2 inch (5.1 cm)  strip, attach a small Navy Blue coil for her shoes :-can use )
• Use Photo for placement

This is similar to my "Flower Power Girl" these are a lot of fun to make and perfect for a little girl, young woman, mom, sister, best friend. The possibilities are endless as are the color combinations and styles.

UPDATE:  WINNER Announced... Giveaway closed - check out who won!!







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Enjoy! Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco

Wondrous Wednesday Patriotic Printable

Welcome back!  I know, it used to be called Wacky Wednesday, but I kept thinking I should change it, so here we are with Wondrous Wednesday!  My inspiration was the word I selected last week... speaking of which, let's see what our "w" word of the week is....

wahoo 

A North American burning bush or A large predatory tropical marine fish

(go figure, I was thinking along the lines of celebratory)

I hope you are having a great day! The weather is threatening to storm outside.  I wish it would, but only if it will take the oppressive humidity with it. You know one of those days where you can feel the humidity grab your lungs when you walk out the door? lol!

Today I have a fun printable for you.  The picture is one that I took of our flag that hangs outside our home.  As you can see, I took the picture at night.  I did some playing with the picture, I am no expert by any means, but I wanted the night sky to be darker.  Then I took the photograph and added the words to the "Pledge of Allegiance" the original version :-)  With the 4th of July around the corner, I wanted to share something patriotic with you.

I am happy to share my tutorials and freebies / printables with you, I only ask that you do the following:

• Please leave a comment if you download one of my freebies / printables, I would love to hear from you
• If you enjoy the things I share with you, please become a follower so that you will see all the new stuff when it is posted (no pressure, join only if you want)
• Please do not share any of my digital images, printables, or tutorials directly with others, but please do send them on over to me so that they can peruse and collect the images themselves.
• I would be thrilled and honored if you would send me links to any images or posts that you've done using something that I have shared with you.  If you say it is ok, I will even feature your work here!
• If you want to recolor an images, feel free! 
• If you have a special request, please let me know and I will see what I can do.
• Most importantly - HAVE FUN!!

UPDATE:  WINNER Announced... Giveaway closed - check out who won!!







Updated - I've linked to:
Please check out my sidebar links to see the places I link up to!
Marvelously Messy Link Party - http://marvelouslymessy.blogspot.com/
The Answer is Chocolate - BFF Link Party - http://answerischocolate.blogspot.com/2011/06/bff-link-party-8-and-this-weeks-bff.html
Whipperberry's Friday Flair - http://www.whipperberry.com/

Enjoy! Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco

Filigree Friday Summer Flowers Tutorial

Fabulous Filigree Friday! 

UPDATE:  WINNER Announced... Giveaway closed - check out who won!!

It is raining here today, hopefully these will add a splash of color to brighten your day!

These are very simple daisies... If you have ever done quilling you have made a few daisies... If you have never tried quilling, this is your chance... They are super easy and sturdy!

In keeping with my bright, upbeat feel, I have pinks, greens, yellows, and blues... for that added "pop" everything is on a black background.

I don't go far without some sparkle and bling, so the centers are rhinestones and there is just a light covering of paper glaze (next time I will add more - it gives the quilling that glass-like look)

As I said, this is really easy, each of the flowers is the same pattern:

• 5 - 6 inch (15.24 cm) Teardrops
• Place all teardrops with the points touching in the center and glue
• lightly coat with Alene's Paper Glaze, let dry
• Top it off with a rhinestone in the center

For the paper squares I added what you can think of as marker stiching... the "stitching" is a pattern of "dot dash dot dash dot" (. _ . _ . _ . _) with my marker - because you see, I cannot sew, this is about as close I get really... it is fun and I thin adds a finishing touch to the card.

All of these photos use the same type of flowers and squares, they are only different in their composition.

P.S. I hope this posts, I used the schedule feature :-)

Update, I've linked to:
Make it Monday (link on my sidebar) 

Enjoy!

Copyright for Personal Use Antonella DeFalco