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Birthday card

Posted on June 13th, 2010 by Karen.
Categories: Cards.

A card I made for someone celebrating a birthday this week.

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Preemie Quilts

Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Karen.
Categories: Quilting.

In September, 2006 the quilting group from the American Women’s Club in Finland arranged for the ladies of the club to make quilt squares for the Quilt Pink project. At the same time, we were working on a separate quilt to use as our own charity fundraiser and didn’t have time to finish the pink quilt. Since Quilt Pink was a one-time thing, we had all of those beautiful quilt squares waiting to be used.

On April 3, a member of the AWC went into labor and delivered her twin girls 15 weeks early. I had read about preemie quilt programs and knew that the leftover pink squares were about the right size for these sweet little babies. I called Linda, the quilt guru, and suggested that we meet at her place and make a couple of quilts. We met the next day and got started.

The backing is a beautiful old sheet with a white-on-white pattern. This isn’t the square we eventually went with, but it’s the only picture I took of the process.

These are the two quilts after they were quilted, washed and dried. Although we didn’t use the square in the above picture, these were actually the first two choices. The preemie quilts are about 13″ x 13″ (31cm X 31cm). Linda did most of the work because she’s a lot faster than me.

Thanks for looking!

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Daffodil card

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Karen.
Categories: Cards, Scrapbooking.

Here’s another thank you card for a speaker at one of our meetings. I wanted to try the “digital stamp” again. I’m pleased with the results of the blending. It’s very important to let the printer ink dry completely.

Thanks for looking!

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Columbine card

Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Karen.
Categories: Cards.

This is a thank you card for our ambassador’s wife. She is the honorary president of the American Women’s Club in Finland and hosted us for a meeting in January. She is from Colorado, so I found a coloring page with Colorado’s state flower - the columbine. I saved the image and re-sized it in a Word document. I printed it on light cardstock then colored just inside the lines with colored pencils. I used Gamsol blending spirits to blend the colors into the picture. I used Glossy Accents on the blue to make it shiny :).

Thanks for looking!

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Baby Luukkonen’s blanket

Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Crochet.

Baby L is finally here! I finished his blanket last night and delivered it to him today. I’m very pleased that he was willing to model for me.

First, the blanket was all spread out and he was placed in the middle. He enhanced every little valley and peak.

All snuggled up. He’s the most beautiful baby boy I’ve seen in a long time. Congratulations to Kaveri and Vesa!

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Buttery Apple Cake

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Cakes, Food.

I made this cake for a baby shower. It was easy and delicious.

I used this recipe from Martha Stewart. Thanks, Martha!

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Isänpäivä 2009

Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Cakes, Food.

Today is Father’s Day in Finland. Reino suggested a chocolate cake for Jouni. I wanted something a little different and found a recipe for Chocolate Mousse Cake Roll in a Hershey’s cookbook that my sister sent me.

Rolled up and cooling.

Filled, rolled, chilled and ready to serve.

A perfect slice, ready to be eaten by the päivänsankari (day’s hero).

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Kaveri’s baby shower invitation

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking.

A couple of friends and I are hosting a shower for our friend in a few weeks. I volunteered to make the invitations. This is a library card pocket. The party details will be printed and inserted into the pocket.

Thanks for looking!

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Fall Hello Kitty

Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking, school.

I swear this is the last one! This is my notebook for the fall semester. I bought a punch to make all of the tiny leaves. Kitty is completely pieced and the tree was cut by hand. What do you think?

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Hello AWC!

Posted on September 12th, 2009 by Karen.
Categories: Scrapbooking.

This is a notebook I altered to use when I’m at AWC meetings and to record anything else to do with the club. I borrowed heavily from a picture of a Hello Kitty Hello USA calendar. Everything was cut by hand. The white stars are drawn on the blue background with an Inkssentials opaque pen in white then covered in Glossy Accents to make then pop and shine. The colored dots are different colors of Stickles. The title is printed with American Typewriter font.

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