Scalloped Rectangle Gift Card Holder

With the paper collection I chose to use for this card it was super quick and easy to do. I hope you like it and let me know what you think.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Gift Card Holder

This is the gift card holder I made to hold one of the gift cards I'm giving my son for Christmas. It was super easy to do and I used the Cricut Close to my Heart Artiste Cartridge. I cut the card base at 4.9 inches on my gypsy. If you don't have a gypsy you can cut it at 5 inches and that would be fine. This one uses the entire length of an 11 inch piece of paper, so if you go up to 5 inches, I would say you would need to use a 12 inch piece. Let me know what you think.

I give you all the measurements on the video encase you are interested in making one like this.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Homemade Chalking Tool

Most of you have probably seen that some chalk sets come with a tool to use to help you chalk your images with. Well, mine didn't and I couldn't find one outside of the sets of chalks. I decided I could make my own and it was very easy. So I wanted to share this video with you.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Second I Feel the Love Project Card

Gobble Til' You Wobble

This turkey was cut with the Cricut Lite cartridge Celebrate with Flourishes. This card was made using nothing but scraps from my scrap bin. I love when I can do that. I hate to waste paper and my scrap pile is starting to get a little out of hand.

 

Usually when this happens I get in touch with a kid or two and bring them over to pick out some images they want to cut out from the cricut. We grab some pizza and soda's and we make a day of it. It looks like I'm going to have to start making plans for a fun filled card making day again.

 

The punches at the bottom of the card are from Stamp-in Up and the sentiment is computer generated. I used the Irock to attach the pretty blue gems on the top corner and "Viola" a card was made. This turkey is super easy to make and only has 3 cuts.

 

If you haven't checked out the I Feel the Love Project, I encourage you to do so. This month the cards are going to Surrey Place. A nursing home here in Live Oak Florida. My daughter and her friend Randa, are blessed and are going to be the ones to give out the cards this month to all the kind folks at Surrey Place when they go for Thanksgiving, to sing and spend time with the residents there.

 

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry



First I Feel the Love Project Card

Gobble Til' You Wobble

This was a fun card to make. I cut the image at 4 inches because I wanted to use my Peachy Keen Critter Faces (Large). What I didn't take into account was that the imagine would not be just 4 inches tall. The tallest piece cut was 4 inches but after you put the legs and the hat on it made it 5.5 inches tall. So I decided a 6 X 6 inch card was the way to go. The patterned paper comes for an old DCWV Harvest Gathering matstack. The ribbon I used was from Papertrey Ink and matched almost perfect. I used a Stamp-in Up border punch, scalloped circle and circle punch for the computer generated sentiment. Then I added a little bit of bling and the card was done. I definitely didn't plan on my turkey being that big but I love Peachy Keen stamps so much that it made it worth it to make a bigger card.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

You're A Survivor - Save The Ta Ta's

My daughter just found out that the librarian at her old high school had been diagnosed with breast cancer and asked me to make a card for her. I sure hope she likes it.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry



The Last of Mariah's Royal Duties

Mariah and Daddy in the parade and her other dress for the homecoming. I think this one is even more pink than the other one, if that's even possible.

She loved every minute of it. Our friend Anna was kind enough to allow them to ride on the back of her convertible. My little princess had a great day and I'm sure she will remember it forever.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Marquette's Monster

My wonderful daughter-in-law is a teacher and she needed me to make the biggest monster I could make from the "Bump in the Night Cricut Cartridge". So my monster is 11.5 inches and I used all Colorbok card stock from Wal-Mart. She is going to play a game with her class called, Pin the Eye on the Monster. So I made 1 monster and 50 eyeballs. She has 45 kids but encase someone lost their eye, I figured she might need a few extra ones. Pin the Eye on the Monster sounds a little gross to me but I know she is a great teacher and I'm sure her class will think it is fun. My son did good (great), Marquette is a true blessing to our family. Can you tell I love her - A LOT!

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry



My Little Princess and her 1st. Homecoming

Mariah was on the homecoming court and her daddy was her handsome escort.

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God Bless

Sherry

Nathan's Christmas Cards

Before I tell you about my cards, I'd like to let you know that I messed up with the address on the video. The state is Virginia (Va. not Av.). I really need to be a better proof reader. LOL I made two Christmas cards to share with a little boy named Nathan. He is suffering from cancer, again, and this time it has come back and is even more aggressive. I will post the link for you to check out the news story on Nathan and his address after the video. I hope you like the cards I made and that they get you inspired to make a card for Nathan too.

Here is the link so that you can go and hear about Nathan and his family.

Nathan's Story

 

His address is;

Nathan Norman
81 Dunivan Drive
Rustburg Va. 24588

 

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Children's Church Bulletin Board

This was so much fun. Some of the leaves are from the B is for Boy Cartridge and the rest was cut from the Create a Critter Cartridge. The squirrel was cut at 11 inches and the saying was cut at 11.5 inches. The acorns and leaves were cut at all different sizes.

My god-daughter and niece helped me put all the pieces up and then after we finished we HAD to make a trip to the Dairy Queen. We were met there by 3 other kids from our Children's Church. It was truly a great afternoon. I really treasure my time with these kids.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Just Wanted To Check In

Hi Everyone, I wanted to apologize for not having posted in a while and say thank you to those of you who sent messages and emails to check on me. Things have been a little rough here. My husband and I drove 3 hours yesterday to get me to a good neurosurgeon in Zephryhills Florida. He was the doctor who put my shunt in 13 years ago. I have a brain tumor and he put a shunt in the base of my spine to keep the pressure down from around my brain. Well, for the last 2 years I've been having seizures and headaches but about 2 months ago things kinda kicked into high gear. The seizures are coming regularly and the headaches are excruciating. But God has been good and I have not lost any more of my vision, which I am very thankful for. The doctor decided that risk to me where far greater than the benefits would be at this point, so I am seeing some additional doctors to help deal with the pain and seizures and praying that God gives me the strength to handle what I have to deal with. I have a big God and I know that with Him nothing is impossible and I will get through this.

 

I decorated my church bulletin board which I will try to remember to photograph when I go to church tomorrow. Then my niece is getting married next weekend in West Virginia and with all my health problems I can't be there but I was able to help with some things for the reception and my cricut was just buzzing. I was able to make tags for the candy buffet and since the theme of the wedding was fall, I cut out some squirrels, acorns, pumpkins and leaves to decorate the candy table with. I wish I could be there but still being able to help her has made me so happy. It almost (almost) feels like I'm there. I took some pictures on my phone to send to my niece but was in such a hurry to get them to her that I forgot to take pictures with my regular camera. I'll try to get them loaded and show you what I made.

 

Again I would like to thank you all for caring and being so kind to me.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

I Feel the Love Project Card

This is my card for Madison's Project. She posted today that she has officially made her quota for this months recipient, Casa Pacifica.

I used the Paperdoll Dress Up cartridge. The paper comes from a DCWV mat stack, Harvest Gatherings. I inked around the edge with Tim Holtz Dried Marigold distress ink and chalked around the main with my Stamp-in Up Chalks. I used a Stamp-in Up Punch for the computer generated sentiment and my Peachy Keen Stamps for his adorable little face.

 Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

I Spent Way To Much Money Haul

Hi everyone, I haven't had a chance to finish my card yet for the I Feel the Love Project. We have all been sick here. But I had done a haul video of the things I got last week when I went to Valdosta with my wonderful daughter. Who, believe it or not, bought more than I did. LOL So I sat down this morning and loaded it to YouTube so I could share it with all of you.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

I Feel The Love Project (project share)

I don't know if you've ever participated in the I Feel the Love Project but there's no time like the present to start. This month all the cards go to Casa Pacifica, a facility were up to 70 children live at any given time because of emotional, physical or family crisis issues. Madison wants to be able to give each child a card before their Halloween party. Right now she has 17 cards, so you can see why she needs your help. I'm asking you to help me help make Madison's mission a success by making a card for Halloween or fall and getting it to her by the end of the month. Here is the link to get to Madison's blog, so you can get all the information.

http://funkycards.blogspot.com/2012/09/i-feel-love-project-september-2012.html

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry



Bulletin Board for Senior Adult Class

The Sunday School teacher for our senior adult class asked me to make a bulletin board for her class and this is what I came up with.

All of the letters were cut with my cricut from the Child's Year Cartridge. The pumpkins were cut from the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Lite Cartridge at 6 inches. The leaves came from two different cartridges, Everyday Paper dolls and Stretch Your Imagination in 3 different sizes. My husband helped me do the large 4 inch letters. His side is perfect and mind is all wonky. I'll let you figure out what part was his. LOL I really hope that the lady I made it for, likes it.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

RAK from Tricia (alittleshabbychic on youtube)

Tricia lives in Great Britain and she and her family went to London. Which I think is so cool. So while she was there, she picked some really cute things up for me and my family and sent them to us. She also sent Mariah something special.

Mariah loved her bird house. The only problem we've had is that I've caught her several times trying to take it outside so the birds can come live in it. LOL Tricia said that she had heard that their chocolates and ours are different, so she sent some of those goodies to us too. My family completely flipped over the happy hippos. Those happy hippos were delicious - they would bring a smile to any one's face.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Quick Craft Tip to Get the Most from Your Glue

Hi everyone. I started using this glass to put my glue in. I just hate when I know that there is still glue in the bottle and I have done everything I can to get the glue to the tip but still can't get anything out of it.  Knowing I am going to have to throw it away, just burns my biscuits. That just seems so wasteful and with crafting supplies costing as much as they do, I can't afford to waste anything. Here is my video and my solution to that problem. I hope that you like it.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry



RAK from Ms. Evy (Turquesadot on YouTube)

Evy sent Jesse and Mariah all kinds of goodies all the way from Puerto Rico and they were so excited. She also sent me some really cute things and I wanted to share the video with you. The kids stood in front of the door so it really made it difficult to record the video; so I wanted to apologize for the quality of this video before you see it.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry

Mrs. Bell's Count Me Book

I made this book for my little girls class. The top half of the book has the numbers 1 thru 10 with circles that corespond with the numbers. Then the bottom half of the book has different punch art and the numbers are mixed up. The kids have to find the page with the one picture on it. Then they turn the page to number 2 and they have to find the page that has two pictures on it.

The one thing that I did add after I finished the video was I put tabs on the side of each page. I used Wal-Mart cardstock and it was kinda flimsy and made it difficult for Mariah to only flip one page at a time. So since I didn't have any heavier white cardstock, I thought this would make it easier for the kids to flip the pages. It seemed to work great because Mariah was able to flip the pages without any problem after that.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.

God Bless

Sherry