I ordered a duplicate Tim Holtz distress ink, even after I checked my list. Well, apparently I was not the only one to do it because Tammy (sscrafter1) swapped with me and I was so thankful. She also sent me a few other goodies that I'd like to share with you.
Thanks again Tammy for being so kind and willing to do this with me.
Hey Guys, I am working on a fall project and started by making over 80 owls with the Stamp-in Up Owl Punch. I used these products. . .
DCWV Harvest Gathering Mat Stack from last year inked with Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade and Scattered Straw
Recollections Multi-Pack Brown and inked it with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain
The feet and beak are made with Bazzill Tangelo Blast and inked with Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade
I ran the pieces through my xyron machine so assembling the owl was a zip and I also used a sakura white gelly roll pen for the whites of the eyes. They really went together quickly when I didn't have to worry about putting adhesive on the back of each piece.
I tried to add pictures to my post but it says that I'm out of space. So I'm gonna have to wait until I figure that out to add pictures to this post. I'm so sorry, I don't know what it is doing.
Emjay is so sweet. She sent some goodies all the way from Great Britain for me and my little girl. Sorry it's in three pieces, I don't know how to put them together. Mariah, my little girl loved doing her video and now she thinks she should be in every video I make.
Please continue to pray for us as we are still dealing with the flood and the damage. The big problem right now is that our suburban was damaged in the flood and it is the only way I have to transport my wheelchair. So your prayers would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Everyone, it feels so good to be back. We have been through a flood and were out of our house for a week and then it has been non-stop clean-up and repairs. Then my computer went down and I haven't been able to make any post for a while. I wanted to share the goodies I got with my gift certificate from LAcrafts.
If you are looking for some great prices on some awesome products, go check them out.
I am so thankful that we are back in our house. For those of you who do not know, I live in Live Oak Florida and we got so much rain that many, many homes in our area flooded, including ours, and sink holes opened up all over town. There are two on our church property (which is where we were staying when we had to leave our home). Right now there is one in the center of town and after they xrayed the ground they estimated it to be at least 150 feet deep. My heart goes out to the people who are dealing with this flood and are still not back in their homes. We are still cleaning things up and we lost one of our vehicles when my daughter had to drive through a flooded road. So I wanted to ask you all to please pray that we get our car fixed or if God wants we find another one that we can buy. Our suburban is the only way we have to get my electric wheelchair out of the house and get me to my doctors appointments and back and forth to church. So if you all could join me in prayer over this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.
God Bless,
Sherry
Hi everyone. We live in Live Oak Florida and if you've been following the weather you know that we have had more than our fair share of rain. We had been fighting the water for almost a week, doing everything we could to keep the rain from coming in our house. I sewed sand bags until my poor sewing machine was exhausted and so was I. We loaded and filled sand bags, had trenches dug and yet the water kept coming. Two days ago we had to admit that we couldn't fight it any longer and it wasn't safe for us to be in the house anymore. My husband carried our littlest to the suburban, my oldest daughter helped my son out then my husband came back to help me. We have been staying at our church. Well, we woke up this morning to find a huge sink hole about 30 feet in front of the church doors. The police came to let us know that if it moved closer to the church that we would have to leave. Right now, it has stayed where it was and I am so thankful for that. I got on here today to ask you all to please pray that we are able to get back into our house soon and that the damage is minimul. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated.
Hi all! I just wanted to share with you all some of the goodies I got from Joann's when they were having that great sale about a week ago. Can't pass up a good deal.
Tricia lives in the United Kingdom and they don't have large craft stores like we have here. Well, she had mentioned that she loved the things that she saw in the Michael's Haul videos she had seen. So the last time I went to Michael's I picked her up a few things. She was so sweet and in return she sent me some awesome goodies all the way from the UK. I loved everything she sent and, of course, all the amazing things she handmade for me. I love handmade gifts and I wanted to share it all with you.
Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.
God Bless
Sherry
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Hey everyone! I have completely fallen in love with this online store and think that if you check it out, you will too. The prices are incredible. If you use tulle or organza in your projects you will definitely want to check this site out. They have the most beautiful organza and in so many pretty colors.
I have seen so many people use paper bags to package gifts in their RAK's or swaps and I have seen different places that you could buy them from. So I thought that I would give it a try.
I had found some scotch shipping paper at Wal-greens and it was a little thicker than I had wanted but I'm sure you can find rolls of craft paper where you pick up regular wrapping paper or back in the craft department. I think the thinner paper would probably work better.
I used the butterfly fairies stamp set from Stampers Best, that I received in a RAK from Kerry Duff.
I purchased my Tim Holtz distress inks in Vintage Photo and Tea Dye from Joann's.
So here we go. . .
If you can see something you think I can do to improve on this, please feel free to let me know.
Just wanted to share a couple hauls with all of you. Be sure to check out LAcrafts.com and downtowncrafts.com, you will be happy you did. Anything that makes crafting less expensive is something we should share with each other.
Hey everyone, I sure hope that you all have had a great day today. Madison at Funky Cards has an amazing program called I Feel The Love. I've been ill with different things since the beginning of this year and have not had a chance to do cards for her program in what feels like forever. But I use to do it on a regular basis and even had the kids in my Sunday School class make a card each month for the recipient of this program. It's an incredible program and if you haven't already checked it out, I encourage you to do so. The story about this month's recipient, Brandon, is heartbreaking. Any time a child is hurt, my heart aches not only for them but for their parents. The other day I was looking at Madison's blog and it reminded me, "That no matter how sick I may be, I still have so much to be thankful for." So I made this card for Brandon. It's far from anything fancy but one that I hope will bring a grin to his little heart.
The stamps are Stampendous stamps called Changito Dos and I found them at Tuesday Morning. I used my Crayola colored pencils to color the images. The scalloped oval is from Stamp-in Up and the card stock is from Wal-Mart.
This has been one crazy day. It started with a transformer blowing on the poll beside our house at 1 a.m. this morning. Which nearly scared me to death. At about 10 o'clock a tree fell and landed on our patio. Jesse was on the patio at the time and it left a huge dent in the roof directly above where he was standing. I think my heart stopped on that one. I was watching him on the porch, I hear this loud sound and in the blink of an eye the tree was down and Jesse was gone. Thank God, he ran to the corner of the patio when it hit and I screamed for my husband to come help me. As I got to the door he came out from under the table he ran too. I think I held him so tight that I nearly squeezed the stuffing out of him when I got a hold of him. Then our washing machine decided to do something crazy and leaked water and kept running for some strange reason until it ran across the kitchen, through the family room, into the game room and under Jesse's door (completely covering his bedroom floor). I know this because I slipped and fell in it. This is one Memorial Day that I am ready to be over. Sorry about telling you all the bad things that happened today.
Let me show the mini album I made for a very sweet young lady, from my children's church, who came to see me when I was in the hospital.
Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.
God Bless
Sherry
I got up Friday morning and decided that I was going to make each of the kids in Jesse's class an autograph book for all the characters that they might meet on their trip. Plus a few kids didn't make it on my original list, so I made tags for them too. This ended up being an all day job and didn't allow for time to take pictures before I sent them off. Sorry about that.
Jesse's class raised enough money for their end of the year Disney World Trip and I just finished the tags for the luggage. I know they are all going to have a great time.
I had to go to pick up my glasses in Valdosta and while I had to wait on the lady to show up for work, my daughter and I made a trip to a couple stores. Michael's had a good sale on their Recollections bling and I was so excited. I don't have a lot of bling because of the cost. But for 40% off, it made it a very reasonable deal.
