This week we studied Chapter 4 in the SOTW 3. The search for the Northwest Passage discussed Canada and the Inuit or "Eskimo" people. I found this cute Eskimo made out of coffee filters and we did the same. My kids loved this easy craft. I traced a circle using a kids bowl and we added the coffee filter behind the head for the warm and fuzzy coat. We used cotton balls, google eyes, a puff ball and some glitter glue for the mouth. To make the jacket, mittens and boots (which are hard to see) I simply folded construction paper in half and did the best I could at drawing them. The cotton balls help cover everything up so the drawings don't need to be perfect. Enjoy!

Little girl knitting. --- Image by ? Bettmann/CORBIS

Please read the entire page carefully before you buy! It is NOT a kit, floss and fabric NOT included Premium counted cross stitch chart. Stitches: 255w x 308h Finished Size : 14 count: 18.2” X 22.0”; 46.3 cm X 55.9 cm 18 count: 14.2” X 17.1”; 36.0 cm X 43.5 cm 22 count: 11.6” X 14.0”; 29.4 cm X 35.6 cm Color: 89 (charted for DMC floss); uses solid floss colors, All stitches are full Stitches. No half stitches or back stitching. Black & White PDF electronic Pattern chart with Symbols. Picture shows stitched results, not original art. You can download your pattern immediately after the payment. DISCLAIMER: Due to the limitations & inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual product. Screen images are intended as a guide only and should not be regarded as absolutely correct. This chart has been designed and printed with our best intentions of being without mistakes. However, the possibility of human error, printing mistakes or the variation of individual stitching does exist, and we regret that we cannot be responsible for this.

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Here's a photo I recently scrapped with some of the new sweet papers in the Websters Pages 'New Beginnings' collection. I was so atracted to the soft blues and warm yellows in this one. Meagan is such a hat girl, she's always loved wearing them from babyhood to now. I embellished this page with some new and older Websters pages embellishments from the new Metal Charms to an old favourite of mine, the Bloomers. Here are some close-up pic's of the page.... I wanted to show a fun way to attach some of the new charms. I just love the new Key Charm (above)...When I was scrolling through Pinterest on my phone a little while back I saw someone had attached a key to one of their projects in a similar way. I unfortunately couldn't find the pin again when I got onto my computer so I can't give credit to the person I saw using this 'X' design, sorry about that. To attach the key I punched 4 eyelets into the background paper and then ran twine through the loop of the key to hold it into place. I did also use some heavy duty Tombo two sided adhesive on the back of the key as well to hold it in place (just as an extra measure). This close-up shows some of the layering of embellishments in a little more detail. I used some of the new Dusty Attic Corrugated Card and a little snippit of a Dusty Attic Vine Border. I also used my favourite butter yellow Bloomers from Websters pages and a portion of one of their gathered blooms called Princess Petals. The small white/blue blooms are from Dusty Attic. And finally here is a close-up of more Websters Pages embellies I used on the page. The crochetted circle is part of a set from the 'In Love' collection and the cameo is one of the Perfect Accents from the Palm Beach collection (I thought the nautical design would work well with the colors in the page). The yellow butterfly is cut from a contact sheet I made up of this butterfly in many sizes (If you missed it you can find the contact sheet that I shared with my readers a while back in the right side column of my blog under 'Yellow Butterfly Contact Sheet'

This will be my first month hosting a challenge over at the Webster's Pages Inspire Me site! I'd love to have you all come join me in the fun! I just love using fabric elements on my pages lately, whether it be trims, lace, netting, blooms made from various fabrics! And Webster's Pages has so many wonderful fabric options for your projects. My challenge this month is to use some of the GORGEOUS Webster's trims on your projects. For the above layout I used two types of Websters trims and layered them (the two trims I used are from the Holiday collection). I also used the Webster's Threads/Doilys and Shapes (white heart and blue circle shapes) as well as the new Websters Netting (fabric swatches....the white butterfly fabric on the blue circle cut paper). So my challenge for you is to use gorgeous Websters trims on your layouts or projects, the more creative the better! .....and the best part? The prize of course! The winner will receive any Webster's Pages collection of their choice! I have one added TWIST! Websters Pages papers allow for some fun fussy cutting, so you have to include a little bit of cut paper embellishing on your page along with some trim to enter your page/card in the challenge. To find the challenge thread and the complete details to play along just click this link Webster's Pages Trim Challenge. In the layout above I used the lovely new WP paper collection called Country Estate. I just love the 'shabby-chic' styling this collection inspires. The hinge and large chipboard butterfly are from Dusty Attic....I just gave each of them a coat of white paint, added a little ink and glitter. The photo is one of my oldest daughter Chloe who recently became a teenager **sigh** where does the time go! Here are are a few close-up shots of the layout.... I have one more layout to share with you that I made up with the Country Estate Collection (with a bit of the Ladies & Gents collection thrown in). Each month Websters Pages has a Guest Designer and this months Guest Designer is the Fabulous Tara Orr. The Websters Pages design team girls are asked to take one of the guest designers layouts and use it as inspiration for a layout. I chose Tara's l/o 'Watching you Grow' as inspiration for the layout below. I noticed that she often uses an off center vertical design on her layouts so I imitated this look on my page below..... The photo is one I took last summer up at the cottage of my girls on a walk with their Grandfather (Opa in German). I like the outdoorsy feel that the botanical papers from the Country Estate collection gave to this page. The butterflies I got from the Webster's pages Digital Elements...I printed out a bunch of them on some glossy white cardstock and printed them out, cut them out and attached them to the page. The large skelleton clock frame is ...you guessed it...from Dusty Attic, as is the key on the left side of the page. Here are a few close-up shots of the page elements.... ....and the blooms? Okay don't laugh but....well, the brown bloom is of course Princess Petals from Websters Pages....but the pink blooms are actually blooms I found at a local accesories store called Ardiens. They have the cutest blooms attached to hairbands, bobby pins, clips etc. and they sell them 5 for $10.00 (each package/hairband has a number of blooms attached) so I picked some up to use on my pages! :) To see more of the Websters Pages Guest Designer lifts along with layouts done for WP by Tara be sure to check out the featured Guest thread at the Inspire Me site! ....and then put on your thinking caps and come join me in this months Trims challenge! NOTE!: If you'd like another chance to win some awesome Dusty Attic chippies go check out Michelle's blog here ~~> DA Giveaway! and Natasha's blog HERE Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the sweet comments you all are kind enough to leave for me! I really love to hear from you! ~Gabrielle xx

Hi everybody, I know I've been quiet for to long here. I am working on things but everything is for next week. I do however have a card to show you that was on the Copic Marker Europe blog last Monday. I made this card using the pretty Chloe by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamp's Little Cottage Cuties. The pretty paper is from a digital set by Michele Roos also available at Whimsy Stamps and this set is called Basic Vintage Papers. The stamp-sentiments are from the Everyday mini Postage stamps set by Raindrop Echo Design (also available at Whimsy Stamps) and were cut out using the matching die. And finally the corner is the same corner I have used several times now since it's been released and that corner is from THIS set. Now that's a lot of shopping at Whimsy Stamps :). The pretty flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon I bought at the Knotsgekke kaartendagen (a dutch fair) and I have no idea what brand it is or what the shop was that I bought it from. Distressing has been done with Frayed Burlap distress ink and platinum stickles around the edges. Here is a close up of the image: For the Copic marker colors used I'd like to point you to THIS post on the Copic Marker Europe blog where they are all listed. You'll also find a picture of the little pieces used to create the 3D image there. Now next week I'll have a card to show you to celebrate a new release over at Pink Cat Studio's. My friend Melissa has asked me to be a guest designer and naturally I told her yes :). But you can already get a peak of the new release AND get a chance to win the images being released if you go to the Pink Cat Studio blog NOW and play this fabulous game Melissa created. Yes that's right, SHE created this game, she is SO clever and it's such a cute game. You'll love it so if you want to give it a try, go to the Pink Cat Studio blog HERE and read all the details. Oh but wait, I also wanted to tell you I got published, my friend Julia Saddi asked me if I wanted to do a 3D tutorial for a Brazilian Magazine called Guia do Scrapbooking & Cia and how could I say anything else but yes. The magazine is both a printed magazine and an online one but to view the magazine up close you need to subscribe to the online magazine. The far away look is already amazing though, what a gorgeous magazine and I'm so proud to be in it. You can find the issue I am in HERE and my little piece is on page 86 and on. So that's it for me for today but I'll be back on April 3rd for the Pink Cat Studio release. Have fun playing the game in the meantime!! Hugs, Mariska

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You can use this pattern to create a reminder for your loved ones to take their medication! The pattern is partitioned into 4 pages to make for easy crafting, and another one-page pattern is also included for easy digital reading. Design size 70 w x 99 h stitches Please ensure you purchase fabric large enough to allow for clearance around the design. This pattern uses Anchor Embroidery Thread colors. This is a PDF file of a cross stitch pattern, not a cross stitched product. You will need to have a PDF reader to view, and print your pattern, which, if you don't have, you can download via the internet for free. After purchasing, you will be sent 4 PDF download links via ETSY that include the following patterns: - 1x pattern partitioned into 4 pages for ease of reading - 1x pattern on one page for easy digital reading Each pattern has the required thread colors written on the first page

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Join Patricia Belyea as she chats with Amy Katoh, an expat in Tokyo who’s shared Japan Blue with the world for the last five decades. Amy, a champion of Japanese crafts and the owner of Blue & White, is an over-the top aficionado of Japanese folk textiles—indigo, kasuri, ikat, boro, and more. To see the Zoom recording of the Okan Arts Chat +click here To visit the Blue & White website +click here To get on the Blue & White e-mailing list, please send a request to: [email protected] Instagram Handles:Blue & White: #blueandwhite_japanOkan Arts: #okanartsMeiko Kobayashi (gal in boro coat): #raku111Old Industrial Japan: #oldindustrialSri Threads: #srithreads Discussed in the Chat:engimono—lucky symbolsmottanai—making doboro—ragsOtafuku—Japanese folk goddess of joyyukata—casual cotton kimonotenugui—Japanese hand towels ABOUT US: Okan Arts, a petite family business, is co-owned by mother-daughter duo Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone. Patricia and Victoria sell Japanese textiles online, host creative quilting experiences, and lead quilting & textile tours to Japan. FOLLOW OKAN ARTS ON INSTAGRAM @okanarts

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I decided this weekend I would dig through some of my older stash in creating this page....so some of the pieces are new, but I dug through some older papers (like Basic Grey, Capella papers and stickers), some old MME (My Minds Eye) with a dash of Maja and 7 Dots (The Background paper is from the Dreamer collection, a paper called Sleepless). I rarely use sketches when I make up a layout because I'm usually trying to feature certain products so I let the products be my inspiraton. But in this case was inspired by a sketch I saw on Pinterest by Tinci Designs....it was actually a sketch made for digital kits, but I really liked the design and thought it would work well with the Dusty Attic large Film Strip chippie I've been wanting to use. Here is a picture of Tinci's Digital kit sketches... I used the sketch in the top right corner. If you are interested in digital kits you can find her link HERE. I used the film strip as the bridge tothe two design clusters and kind of a title space as well. I painted all my chipboard pieces with white gesso (two coats) and did a little random stamping on them with word and script stamps. I also edged with some soft brown chalk in as well. I used one of my favorite little scroll chippies in the bottom right corner of the page as well. I love the light airy filligree look the fine cut chipboard gives to a page. The cute little natural/lavender floral cluster is from Tresors de Luxe. I've had this Dusty Attic Bracket Frame set for years in my stash and only this weekend got to using it! I used one of the smaller frames in the set to frame my photo. I used a really intricate and beautiful border chip from Dusty Attic called 'Sweet Pea Border' for the left side of the page design. (it is not pictured in the supplies photo below because a photo was not available online, but you can get it at the website). I added a few adhesive pearls to finish the look. I also did a bit of inking on the page with some colors that I picked out from the background paper (7 Dots Studios Dreamer/Sleepless) ....I wanted to feature the teal blues with the soft pinky/lavender. So I did a little inking with Donna Salazer Distress Inkpad (Denim), Versa Magic Chalk Ink (Spring Pansy) and did a little spritzing with Lindys Starburst Spray (Steampunk Sepia). And I added some texture with my home-made texture paste and a Crafters Workshop Stencil called 'Art Is'. Dusty Attic Supplies used in this project: ~ Bracket Frame Set ~ Sweet Pea Border ~ Small Scrolls ~ Dusty Roses - Eggplant ~ Film Strip I hope you enjoyed my Dusty Attic project today and hope that you feel inspired to create a project using beautiful Dusty Attic products! As always I just want you all to know you can find retailers for Dusty Attic in the right side column of my blog (under the Dusty Attic DT photo of me), and I can let you know as well that I was recently at Natasha's Shop 'Moments of Tranquility' and she has a nice big selection of DA products available for online shopping there. xo

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?” 1 Cor. 3:16 I remember a woman over six feet tall speaking to us in a church years ago. I’m sure she shared a great talk, but all I remember is a story she told ... Read More

Scanned from a FIRST EDITION. Rarely seen, this illustration is from the 'female Kay Nielsen' as Virginia Sterrett has been called because of her stylized Deco illustrations with ethereal colors and lines. She was only able to illustrate three books in her short life, all three considered highly collectable classics. French Fairy Tales is exquisite. It would be perfect framed for a little girl's room, but can also be used in your scrap-booking, paper crafts, jewelry making, whatever strikes your fancy! Ready for you to print out! Total print size- 5.1" x 7" You are purchasing an incredibly sharp, clear, digital image scanned at a high resolution, 300dpi in jpg form. Once payment has been made, you can INSTANTLY DOWNLOAD YOUR PURCHASES! Our images can fit on 8.5 x 11 paper. **THE ANNOYING WATERMARK WILL NOT APPEAR ON YOUR DOWNLOAD** What fabulous things can you create? Announcements, Invitations, and place cards, (think wedding, engagements, baby!) Paper Arts: Jewelry: Used on transfers: Print and Frame For: Greeting cards Earrings Tee-shirts Baby's Nursery Stationery Bracelets Tote bags Child's Room Bookmarks Necklaces Pillows Wall Decor Gift tags Napkins Scrap-booking Dish towels Altered Art Ribbons Card Making And any magical thing your artistic bent can create! The Fine Print (No pun intended) Do's Do make fantastico art with our digital delights! Don'ts Do not use our images in digital collage sheets, resell them, reproduce them in a compilation cd for resale, or share them with buddies. We and our little elves work tirelessly to ferret out special pieces of paper ephemera, which we then scan and restore to perfection for the discerning creative customer. Taking our work and reselling or redistributing is not only bad form, it angers our little pals. And you don't want to make an elf mad! So please refrain from practices that you would not want done to your artwork. Thank you!

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History has always painted Vincent Van Gogh as the artist who cut off his ear. But according to researchers, history might have got the wrong man.

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Hello Friends! Noooo, it's almost the end of January and I still have Christmas posts to catch up on! :O I just love the swaps in my MAMA group, they are so fun and the people are wonderful! This is a Douze Jours de Noel (Twelve Days of Christmas) swap where we made gifties and gathered vintage/French-themed goodies for our partner. These are my handmade gifties: A closer look: Marie Antoinette chandelier crystal... Hand-dyed seam binding... Handmade tags... Altered matchbox.... Embellished snowflake... Charlotte clothespin doll... Embellished Eiffel tower... Bottlebrush Christmas tree in salt shaker... I received gorgeous gifties from my partner Lisa, which I will post next time. This is a Bingo card pocket stuffed with goodies that I made for a swap in my Paper Soiree group: And this is an altered bottle I made for a friend: And these little houses kept me VERY busy in December: A pink one for my friend Brenda: Whew!! It's always hard for me to let go of Christmas each year... But this year I had another big event to keep me busy in January, which was MY BABY GIRL's BABY SHOWER!! Well, she is not exactly a baby :) I will soon post pics of that wonderful event. I am enjoying the Swap for ALL Seasons swaps; January's theme was "Thinking of You", and the color blue: I was very excited to finally use that little wooden "thinking of you" tag that I've had for years :D We make a card and tag to fit the theme, and send color-themed goodies along with: And now let's get on with the Valentine's Day crafting! This is an altered candy box I made for a swap: I'm still not up to date, I have more pics of what I've made and received, which I will post shortly! Here are some images that I hope you will like: Click to enlarge, right click and save! More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday! Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday.! Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday! Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday! Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday! Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday! For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday! Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday! ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥ Have a great week!

Origin: CN(Origin) Regional Feature: Europe Theme: People Material: Resin Modeling: Girls Style: European Features: Gifts Applicable holidays: Christmas/Children's Day/Birthday/Marriage/Valentine's Day