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Thank you!!!

Thank you very much to all my readers and my followers!

Thank you to all crafters around the world for inspiring and sharing their passion with others!

Thank you to my lovely family – my son, husband and my family in Omsk, Russia! Love you this MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!

Thank you to all my friends!!! You help me all the time, what I would do without you?

Thank you to the whole entire Universe for having me there in this world!

Thank Beary Much!

And here is a digital card I created at Picmonkey.com (please, bear with me, I am not that good). These bears were made using an awesome pattern from Stephanie’s blog. She is fantastic! I absolutely adore her!!! Thank you Stephanie for your kindness and sharing all your ideas with us.

Enjoy this holiday and be thankful for every little things in our life!

Elena

Category: Crochet  2 Comments

A Сub in a Cup

This little cuteness likes to hide inside the cup. He is handmade by me, design by Mei.

In a Cup

 

He likes to drink tea with me.

In a Cup 2

He helps me on the kitchen. His favorite meal is Russian Pancakes. He is not along. My son loves it too!

In a Cup 3

In a Cup 4

In a Cup 5

Breakfast for you!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

xoxo,

Elena

P.S. Sorry that I have so many pictures.

 

 

 

 

Category: 3-D, Crochet  8 Comments

We live with Sheldon too! :)

Hello Everybody!

I am very excited to introduce to you our very own Sheldon. Who is he you may ask? It is a character from a very funny show “The Big Bang Theory“. Sheldon is our favorite character. And very often we think that Sergei is kind of like him. So, I decided to make a toy for Sergei’s room – mini-Sheldon. Lucky me there was a pattern created by a incredibly talented Jackie from Amidorablecrochet.com blog. There is a whole story about the doll she created. You can read and see it on YouTube here.

When I made this crochet doll, I left in Sergei’s room as a surprise. He came from school and told me that he really liked it. “Mom, I think he looks like me. Thank you!” What can be better that these words, right? (Sorry for the blurry picture).

That is all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your comments!

Hugs to all of you,

Elena

Sheldon and Sergei

Sheldon and Sergei

Всем приветик! 

Сегодня мне так хочется показать вам куклу, которую я сделала своему ребенку. Наша семья очень любит смешной сериал “Теория большого взрыва“. Любимый герой этого шоу – Sheldon. Порой мы с мужем думаем, что наш ребенок – это мини-Sheldon. Поэтому я и решила сделать Сереже игрушку, похожую на этого героя. В общем нашла инструкцию по вязанию этой куклы на этом сайте Amidorablecrochet. Кстати, эта рукодельница связала эту игрушку и подарила  ее актеру, который играет Sheldon. Супер, да! Вот здесь эту историю можно прочитать подробнее. Игрушка Сереже понравилась. Мне даже комплимент подарили:”Мама, этот Шелдон, правда похож на меня. Спасибо!”. Мне было очень приятно получить такую похвалу. 😉 (Простите за фото, какое-то размытое получилось).

Вот, пожалуй, и все на сегодня. Спасибо, что приходите ко мне в гости. Всегда вам рада!

Пока,

Лена

Category: 3-D, Family  5 Comments

Anything But a Card

Hello and thank you so much for stopping by!

Today’s project is for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps ChallengeAnything But a Card. It was a little bit challenging for me… But I am glad I played, I had in my head this idea with Cafe Lucy for so long. And here it is – Tea Bag Folder. I decided to put chocolate inside just like Beate in her fabulous tutorial at Splitcoaststampers.

For more inpiration, please, visit SCRS blog – you will not be disappointed! Our DT has so many wonderful projects!


Are you ready to play along? To play along in our challenge, please upload a photo of your project to the new SCRS gallery. Deadline for this week’s challenge is Sunday, September 4th @ 9 PM PST.

That is all for now. Thank you so much for looking at my blog and leaving your comments. 🙂

Hugs,

Elena

Another Preview – Reading Millie

Hello and happy Wednesday everybody! It is me again with one more preview for Karber line at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store.

Let me introduce Reading Millie. She is a real sweetheart, sitting and reading a book. I wonder what it is about? 🙂 Really enjoyed making bookmark (you can find great tutorial here) with her.

 

Reading Millie

Would you like to win this stamp? It is so easy. Just visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Reading Millie. Sparkle will be giving away a Reading Millie to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer’s blogs. Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Millie post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Amber Hight
Elena Joldersma
Kadie Ensley
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Piali Biswas
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

Thank you so much for hopping at my blog and leaving your lovely comments. Enjoy the hop and come to visit me again,

Elena

My first Ever Stuffed Toy

Hello Everybody!

This Saturday afternoon I would like to share a picture of my first ever stuffed toy that I made. I saw amazing toys that my blogging friend Vera created and wanted to try it also. Of course I am so far from her skills and not as talented as her; but for the first time it is not bad at all (I think). Verochka, thank you for inspiring me! 🙂

Mishka

All the instructions and patterns I took from this book called Sew Pretty Homestyle . It is pretty easy to do, just takes time. I enjoyed the whole process so much!

My little Bear

Didn’t decided yet who will be the lucky owner of this Bear… Maybe I will sent to Russia to my nephews.

That is all for now. I am planning on making another toy today. My guys are working on some home improvement project, it means lots of crafty time for me. 🙂

Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving your comments. I don’t have too many lately… But they mean so much too me! Wishing you all sunny and warm weekend,

Elena

Всем привет! Сегодня я хочу показать вам фотографию моего “первенца” мишутку. Никогда в жизни не шила мягких игрушек. И вот насмотревшись на Верочкины шедевры, решила тоже взяться за нитку и иголку. Верочка, спасибо за вдохновение! Конечно, до мастертсва Верочки мне еще далеко… Но на первый раз получилось не плохо. 🙂 А как вы думаете?

Инструкцию и выкройку нашла в этой книге Sew Pretty Homestyle. Сам процесс изготовления показался мне довольно-таки легким, главное запастись терпением и не торопиться.

Кому подарю Мишутку пока не решила… Скорее всего отправлю своим племяшкам в Омск. 🙂

Сегодня планирую раскроить другую игрушку. Мои мужички занимаются ремонотом дома, это означает, что у меня есть несколько свободных часов для рукоделок.

Спасибо большое, что заглянули ко мне.  Спасибо за комментарии… Их у меня ни так уж и много в последнее время, хотя слова ваши мне очень дороги.

Желаю вам всем теплых выходных,

Лена

Category: 3-D, Sewing  13 Comments

Happy Candy Day

Warning! It is a very long post with lots of pictures. Sorry about this.

Hello and Happy Halloween everybody!  Are you ready for trick-or-treating time? We already prepared a big bowl full of candy for our local kids. And Sergei is all excited about his haunting night. He will be wearing a Darth Vader costume from Star Wars. For three years he was Anakin and now like in the real movie he turned to a bad guy. 🙂

Sergei in his Darth Vader Costume

Because of the National Candy Day (Halloween) I wanted to share with you my last projects made for this holiday. My friends already got them in the mail and now I can show it here!

Emma Cow

Emma Cow

Emma in her Cow Costume (C.C. Designs Stamps) is for my wonderful friend Ida. I also made a milk carton as a treat box. What is a cow without a carton of milk? 🙂 For the card I used SC # 303. I am not quite sure if I like the pleated element of the card… But I needed to add something so the card will not look so plain.

Milk Carton

My next two boxes were made for my dear friend Anna and her little son. Pillow box with Witch Emma (C.C. Designs) is for mama; and cute Hero (Sweet November Stamp) for her son.  For the Gable  box I watched a video-tutorial by Beate. It was so easy to do; Beate really does an amazing job explaining everything so well. Plus she is an incredibly talented crafter! There is also a written tutorial by Regina Andari.

Bewitched Pillow Box

Hero Gable Box

 I also wanted to share a gorgeous card that I got from Ida. First of all, look at this kitty! He is so adorable! I loved the dimension she created! She also embossed the sentiment which gave a very nice texture to the card. I don’t know if you can see on the picture, but she also added some sparkles to the hat buckle. Thank you Ida!

Card from Ida

Card from Ida

Okay, it was a very long post. Thank you so much for making it to the end. Wish you all a spooktacular day!

May the Candy Force be with you, 🙂

Elena

Last Minute Halloween Project

Hello My Friends! Thank you so much to all of you – Jessica, Susan, Leslie, Kerri, Velta, Jane, Ida, Sue, Cindy, Maria – for your comments to my last post. After reading all of them I understood one main thing: I will create because I love doing it; I will give my cards or projects to my friends and people I like and if they will bring a smile to their faces it will bring me back so much joy and happiness which is more important than anything else. 🙂 And I will think about Etsy shop (thank you for this idea Jessica), you never know, right?

Over the past week I have been finishing my crocheting (I know how to crochet flowers now) and working on a new knitting projects (I’m learning how to knit socks).

Today I also finished a project for Sergei’s teacher. It was a last minute Halloween trick or treat basket. I used Sweet November Stamps ( Baby Trick or Treat). For the card I followed Taylored Expressions Sketch and Princess. And for the basket with some sweet goodies inside I decided to play with Pumpkin. I found a great tutorial by Gina K. at Stamp TV for my basket. I hope Sergei’s teacher will like it.

Since it really was a last minute project why not to participate at ATS Wednesday Challenge. I visited blog this morning and was amazed by all of the fabulous Halloween gift ideas! These girls really can help you with inspiration!

Before I finish I wanted to share a funny story about Sergei. On Monday I was volunteering at his classroom. When I was leaving school after my work was done the 5th graders had lunch. I was passing by Sergei’s table and he gave me a weired look. I asked what was wrong. And he looked at me and told:”Mom, why did you put Activia in my lunch box?”  “Because you like yogurt, what is wrong with this one?” (I bought this brand because I had a coupon, usually I by a different name). “But this yogurt is for girls” – Sergei continued. Believe or not I thought it will come up. Did you notice that Activia is advertisedby woman, that i why my kid decided that it is only for girls. (And I guees it has girl’s cooties). I told him:”Oh, just eat it, please. It is just a yogurt.” Maybe whoever who creates commercials should make one with the man, so little boys will not be so confused? What do you think? 🙂

That is all for today. I will be back tomorrow with more Halloween projects that I made for my friends. Thank you so much for sharing some time with me! Have a wonderful day everybody,

Elena

Всем привет!  Сразу же хочу поблагодарить Веру и Евгению за отзывы к моему предыдущему сообщению. Спасибо большое за советы и добрые слова! После прочтения всех комментариев я еще раз сделала вывод для себя: я буду продолжать творить и дарить свои открытки или поделки своим родным, друзьям, людям, которые мне нравятся. И если мне удастся подарить кому-то из них улыбку, то взамен я получу частичку счатья! А ведь это самое главное – дарить и получать радость от дарения! Ведь задумайтесь… Слово “подарок” – давать радость! Здорово, правда?

Сегодня я показываю вам небольшой подарок из серии на скорую руку. По времени со всем не успевала и вот так по-быстрому сделала открытку и корзиночку к предстоящему празднику Halloween. Корзинка и открытка уже на столе у Сережиной учительницы – надеюсь, что ей понравится. Сережка весь вечер крутился у мoего стола вчера, пока я работала над этим мини-проектиком.

Для корзинки я использовала мастер-класс с очень полезного сайта Stamp TV. Как всегда не обошлось и без симпатичненьких ребятишек от магазина ATS (Sweet November Stamps). Т.к. придумывалось и создавлось все в последнюю минуту, то решила поучавствовать в конкурсе на блоге ATS Wednesday Challenge. Может в этот раз мне повезет, хотя главное не победа, а участие!

Напоследок хочу рассказать вам исмешную историю про Сережу. В понедельник я ходила в школу помогать его учительнице. Получилось так, что время когда я закончила свою работу совпало по времени с ланчем для пятиклашек. В общем иду я к выходу и прохожу мимо Сережиного столика. Сережа меня одарил очень странным взглядом. Что-то не то… “Мама, почему ты мне положила Активию в сумку для ланча?” (Активия – название йогурта). “Но ведь это йогурт, я ничего не вижу в этом плохого” – ответила я. “Мама, этот йогурт только для девочек!” Честно сказать, я ожидала такого ответа. Дело в том, что по телевидению очень часто показывают рекламу этого продукта, и конечно же его рекламирует женщина. (Обычно я покупаю другой йогурт, но просто у меня была скидка-купон именно на Активию) В общем мой ребенок решил, что мальчикам этот йогурт противопаказан! “Съешь его, пожалуйста. Это просто йогурт!”  – ответила я своему привереде. Думаю, что производителям данного молочного продукта нужно запустить парочку роликов и с мужчинами! А то ввводят в заблуждение мужские слои населения! 😉

Вот теперь все! Спасибо, что остановились и разделили со мной свое время! Всего вам добрго и до новых встреч,

Лена

Corner Bookmark and more…

Hello to everybody! Today is my first day being free from work. Yes, I am officially Stay at Home Mom for now. My last day at work was very emotional; I almost cried before leaving (waited till I get home). My wonderful co-workers prepared a pot lock surprise celebration. They all gave me a hug; told so many warm and kind words… After working at this place for six months they became a family to me. Wish I could work a 2nd shift… I will miss so much… It is interesting how much stressful meeting new people and then loosing them can be. If somebody from my work is reading this, I wanted to tell you:”I love you, guys! And you will be always in my heart and best memories!”

Enough with sad feelings, of course I wanted to show you a mini-project today. I didn’t play ATC challenges for soooo long; needed to change this situation. This week’s theme is a Corner Bookmark (you can find tutorial here). If you would stop at ATC Challenge blog, you will find lots of great ideas and tons of inspiration.

For my bookmark I used a School Days stamps set; not sure if they still have it in rubber. I think they have some images in digital format.

That is all for now. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me your comments! Hope you enjoy your day no matter where you are,

Elena

School Survival Kit

Hello My Friends! Thank you so much for your kind comments from my previous post. Really, you made me feel so good! 🙂

Today I have a very special project to share. Sergei and me made it for my friend’s son who starts Kindergarten this coming Thursday. When Sergei started his school we lived in Richmond, VA. He had the best teacher ever! Her name was Mrs. Gusky. On the first day at school she gave all her young students a School Survival Kit. I really liked that idea! And I decided to do the same for Sam (my friend’s son).

We created a card using one of the stamps from ATC store. For the layout I chose SC #243 ; very cute layout. And of course what a school without backpack. I followed this great tutorail by Mary Arima from Splitcoastampers forum. Inside we put all the supplies for the Survival Kit. Sergei wrote explanations of each item and we put it in the pocket. If you are interested that is what we used:

– Cotton ball: To remind you that this room is full of kind words and warm feelings;

– Star: To remind you to shine and always try your best:

– Penny: To remind you that you are valuable and special;

– Eraser: To remind you everyone makes mistakes. That’s OK, we learn by our errors;

– Happy Face Stickers: to remind you that smile is so important;

– Gum: to remind you to stick with it;

– Rubber Band; to remind to stretch yourself to learn.

I hope Sam will like it and we wishing him a wonderful year!

That is all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,

Elena