N Is For . . . (Blogging From A To Z)

Welcome to Blogging From A To Z with Pin & Tack.

A letter is given and written word expresses it.

Today's letter is . . .

Needle. This tool is much needed for different types of arts & crafts. You use a needle for many things, such as . . .

Sewing an apron from old jeans.

Crosstitch a letter holder.

Needlepoint cat coasters - Meow!

Do you know of other needle crafts? Share in the comments!

Blessings & joy, yours truly . . . Corrinne Quinn

{PIN}spirational Challenge #24: Photo Inspiration - Cat & Daisy

Are you a "cat person"? Well, I definitely am! I love dogs, but cats are so independent, which I love.

For {PIN}spirational Challenges, you are challenged to create any craft using the photo as inspiration. Isn't this kitty oh, so cute?

Do you have any cats? I do. My cat is 13 years old, a big 'ol orange tabby with the sweetest personality and a complete mama's boy. He's been there for me through everything and is my oldest friend.

The idea behind this creation came from my fellow teammate at Tuesday Alchemy, Marion. I created a mirror with the reflection of the girl in it. Thanks, Marion, for the wonderful idea!

The girl's funky dress and hat were made with lots of dots of white & hot pink. Super fun!

This week's sponsor at {PIN}spirational Challenges provided the digital stamp. Fresh Brewed Designs creates stamps of all kinds, including rubber and digital. It's where "creativity is brewed fresh daily."

This card was submitted to these challenge blogs.
See below for links, so you can share, too!

4 Crafty Chicks: #106 - Metal

All Sorts: #171 - Layers

Bearly Mine: #52 - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz: #35 - Seeing Double

Divas By Design: #51 - Friendship

Make It Monday: #106 - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: #198 - No Floral Embellishes

Papertake Weekly: Aaww . . .

Tuesday Throwdown: #115 - You're A Gem

Use It Tuesday: #39 - Anything Goes (Frame)

Paint Your Nails Today

While looking for new challenge blogs (as I am an addict!), I came across one that I hadn't seen before. It was a wonderful find!

Broken Box Stock has super fun digital stamps and better still, they offer lots of them for free!

Since you have to use one of their images to join the challenge, this is definitely helpful.

This digital stamp is from their collection of digital stamps - I definitely recommend checking out everything they have to offer!

This card was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs. See below for details.

365 Days: Day 149 - Colors

ATCs/Cards w/Attitude: #19 - Anything Goes

Broken Box Stock: Anything Goes

Card Crafter's Circle: #33 - CAS

Charisma Cardz: #29 - Monochrome

Dynamic Duos: #13 - Monochromatic

Inspire Me Fridays: #69 - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: #193 - Just Good Friends

Ruby's Rainbow: #33 - Cute Animals

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

I Need Help!

Eeek! I really need help from all of you crafty people, especially those that use digital stamps.

Do you recognize that girl image? I chose it as my win for a challenge blog. Unfortunately, I wasn't very organized & I didn't keep track of the company that it came from!

Yes, I'm horrible! If you know anything about it, please leave me a comment. I think the artist's name is Heather, but I don't know what her shop name is. She has a website & an Etsy shop. I would appreciate it so so much!

I have organized all of my digital stamps, so I know where I received them from because I very much want to credit the creators.

{UPDATED: Thank you, Deanne & Tonya, for helping me out with the graphic designer information. The digital stamp used is from Heather Ellis! }






This card was submitted to these wonderful challenge blogs. See links below, so you can join in the fun, too!

Bearly Mine: #44 - Girly Birthday Card

Charisma Cardz: #28 - Favorite Animal

Crafts & Me: #93 - Ribbon & A Bow

Fussy & Fancy: #67 - Photo Inspiration

Paper Pretties: #215 - Bling It On

Papertake Weekly: All Things Girlie

Shopping Our Stash: #60 - My Precious (Gems)

Truly Madly Crafty: July - Animals

Use It Tuesday: #35 - Emboss It!

When A Papercut Is A GOOD Thing . . .

{ The Artists }

Our names are Dmytro and Iuliia and we live in Ukraine. We love creativity and handmade things, because looking at them you can feel the inner world of the person who made them. We are fond of different kinds of sports, like traveling and try ourselves in painting. This year we have graduated from the economic university and now dedicate all our time and energy to grow in paper cutting and refine our shop. Our story begins from the childhood, when being children we visited creative classes such as painting, drawing and paper craft. Growing up and studying at university we didn't pay proper attention to creativity, but it always lived in our hearts.

{ The Art }

We are creating hand-cut paper silhouettes from a single sheet of paper and all of pieces are interconnected. Paper cutting is very amazing process, when at the beginning you just see a piece of paper and after spending several hours/days to cut, paper becomes a beautiful art work. Silhouettes for us are not just a
sheet of paper. We put in our works a piece of love, care, kindness, happiness and truly believe that people can feel the same emotions
looking at our paper cuts.

All our works are made with love & soul & are inspired by nature, life and people who like our works. To get inspiration we go for a walk to the parks, forests to enjoy the nature. Also we like meet with our friends and spend time talking and having tea. It helps us to relax and get new energy to create original works. We want to say through our art that world is beautiful, amazing and wonderful. Every second you can feel its perfection. There are main eternal values in the world like nature, love, help, kindness, care that everyone should spread, share and protect to live in harmony with yourself, other people and the whole world.

{ The Shop }

Once, we created a greeting card with hand-cut elements for our friend’s birthday. It was the first realized step how much creativity occupies an important place in our lives. After that, we took interest in paper cutting art & started creating paper cut silhouettes. We decided to create our DreamPapercut shop on Etsy and share our art with other people. When we thought of the name of our shop, we wanted it to be simple and memorable, but the same way describes what

we are making, so we named it DreamPapercut. “Dream” because we were dreaming to do what we like. “Papercut” means what we like to do.

Our shops:

DreamPapercut (Etsy), DreamPapercut (Zibbet)
DreamPapercut (Shoply), DreamPapercut (CraftIsArt), DreamPapercut (Dawanda)

Our facebook page:

http://facebook.com/Dreampapercut

{ The Cat }

We have a cat called Lisa. Despite her 14 years old, she is so cute & likes playing with us. She always meets us when we come home. She is really a truly friend & follow us wherever we are at home. She is very curious & likes to watch the papercutting process. We love Lisa so much and consider her as a member of our team.

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Thank you, Dymtro & Iuliia! You are both beautiful people & I am just delighted that you shared your story here.

Cupcake 195: Tagtastic!

Hello, everyone! Today is an exciting day for me as it's my first challenge as a guest designer for Cupcake Craft Challenges. They asked me to join them for the month of June, so every week you will see a new creation by me that will be featured as inspiration for their participants. Wonderful, right? Be sure to visit us at Cupcake Craft Challenges & join in the fun!

For this challenge, we were challenged to create a tag, but it couldn't be just any tag. It had to be tagtastic! I decided to grab a variety of my supplies that have been waiting to be used, so every detail & embellishment is probably 6 months or older. My Mission 2012: Use It is on it's way to be completed!