One Scoop Or Two?

Here are a couple of cards I recently made.  The pink one is made from current Stampin' Up! products and colors.  I made it for a swap.  The purple one I made for a class and it uses some colors that are retiring.  The stamp set is called Sweet Scoops and I love it!  Speaking of classes, I am having a class on Monday, June 28.  If you are interested in coming, let me know.

Have a great day!
Sheri

Two In A Row

Can you believe I am posting 2 days in a row?  Me either!  It's going to be quick because I have a really busy day ahead of me.  The first photo is a canvas I made for one of the teachers for her birthday.  I am thinking of adding a large black and white striped bow to act as a hanger, but I am not sure.  I am giving it to her today so I guess I'd better decide quickly!

The second photo is the birthday card I made for my nephew.  I kind of like how it turned out. 

Have an awesome day! (I told you it was going to be quick).

Sheri

Hello Again!

Well, I have had some classes and done some crafting since the last time I shared.  My computer that has all my photos has been down, and still is.  I was able to convince my hubby that I should go back to what I know how to use!  Here are a few cards from my latest class I had over the weekend.  I have some classes coming up in May, if you are interested let me know.

The first card features a set called Sweet Scoops.  It will be available in the new Summer Mini that begins May 1.  There are some cute sets in the new mini.  You can view them at my Stampin' Up! website.   The sweet scoops card is a replica of one that Diana Gibbs made.  She is my upline and my go to if I need some inspiration.  The only thing I changed was the colors (slightly).

The butterfly card was cased from a gal named Ilina Crouse.  I changed just a few things as well.  There was no stamping.  The butterflies are from the emblosslits die.  It is so cool.  It cuts and embosses all in one shot!  All of those butterflies were from just one die.  I used double sided designer paper and flipped some over.

This vintage card was my own creation.  I wasn't sure at first because it is not my usual style, but I love the elegance of this one.  It is hard to see in the photo but there is some glitter on the center of the flowers.

This guitar card uses a color combo I have never used before, but I like it!  The card was inspired by Renee.  I am going to have to get a link to her blog because she has some fantastic work!

Well, I have missed being able to share my creations with you all!  I will have some more for you soon.

Have a fantastic day!

Sheri

A Few More Cards

I tried to add about 10 cards for your viewing pleasure the other day, however, things didn't work the way I wanted.  So now, I am trickling them in.  I have a really full day, so without further ado...

Here are two more cards from a recent class I had.  Does it make you want to sign up for my next class? I have one on February 20.  I still have just a couple spots open if you are interested.  If you are busy, I still have some spots for my March 12 class.  

The first card is my own creation.  The second card I borrowed the design and changed just a few things to make it my own.  Molly was the creator behind the original.  Her blog is http://mollyslazydogblog.blogspot.com/.  In honor of the upcoming Hallmark holiday holiday that fills the air with love and gives me ample opportunity to create gifts and cards, I am showing you two pink cards.   

Have a romantic, love filled weekend! (I didn't even use a sarcastic tone)
Sheri

Who's Been Missing?

Get it?  "Who's" been missing, or should I say "hoo's" been missing?  OK, never mind!

Here are two cards from my recent class.  The first one uses a ton of punches!  I took the design from the recent regional event I attended.  I just changed the stamp set and some of the colors.  I am very happy with its outcome.  The stamps are For All You Do and Well Scripted (occasions mini).  

The second card uses Fox and Friends stamp set.  I used the new clear mount stamps.    It also uses the scallop trim border that you can earn for free during sale-a-bration.  If you would like to know how let me know!  The leaves are cut out with the little leaves die and big shot.  I just cut off one branch and glued it under the white layer.  My gel pen is one of my favorite embellishments.  Look how much detail just a few highlights add.

I have added a class to my calendar for March.  It is a 5-5-10 all occasions class.  It is on March 12.  You can choose from a 9am class or 6pm.  Let me know which one you would like to attend.  Thanks!

Have a fabulous week!  Mine is full of fun craftiness!

Sheri

Mambo And Her Rich Twin

I love making the same card in different colors.  They look very different.  Obviously I added brads to the pink one, otherwise they are twins.  The pink is using melon mambo and the purple is rich razzleberry, thus the title is born!  The rich razzleberry looks brown in the photo, but I assure you it is an amazing purple shade!  These cards were very quick to put together, but took forever to cut!  This was one of the cards we made at my last class.  Hopefully, it will help entice you to sign up for my next class coming up.

I hope you have a great weekend!  Mine will be wonderful and busy!

Sheri

The Love Workshop

I had a workshop this week.  We made 3 fun projects.  The hostess made tons of yummy food!  Food and crafting....I am certain life doesn't get much better!  Bandit stole our hearts in the first project.  If you look closely you can see the white gel pen we used on his heart and tail.

The next project was a little nugget purse.  Both the Bandit tag and the purse used the Big Shot two tags die.  The second photo shows the loot!  My boys were arguing over who gets to eat the chocolate out of this one.  Never mind that there are 120 more undecorated ones in a bag.  I guess that proves my theory that goodies really do taste better when they are decorated first!

Side view.

This card makes me very happy.  It is fairly simple, but still eye catching.  Unfortunately, you can't see the sparkle in the photo.  The designer paper is from the new mini and has glitter already on some of the flowers.  Then we added more shimmer by spraying the images with shimmer paint mixed with rubbing alcohol.  The edges of the love you much stamp were sponged with pretty in pink.

As always, if you have specific questions just ask.


On a side note, I still have some openings for my upcoming all occasions card class on January 29.  Let me know if you are interested.

Have a fabulous weekend!
Sheri

Computers 101

Sorry for my extended absence.  I am a creature of habit maybe a little more than most (especially when it comes to computers). There is a little love hate relationship with them!  I love them when I know what I am doing, and not so much when I don't!  My hubby switched the pictures to a different computer than I was using before.  It is a different program and works differently.  It might be the equivalent of me rearranging the furniture and him getting up in the middle of the night and not really remembering and stubbing his toe.  That would only happen until he got used to the new set up.  Well, it's the same sort of thing for me.  Once I figure things out I am golden until he changes something again.  My point of is that I finally had him show me how to upload from the other computer.  Remember when I was fussing about not being able to find the spell check but being able to cross out anything at the touch of a button? I figured it out...with a little help from my man.  

This is another card from my last class.  Man, I have managed to stretch those cards out much longer than I planned.  It's a little strange looking at this springy number with Christmas right around the corner, but you have to remember it was like 90 when I created it.

Speaking of class, my next class is December 19.  I had to change the date.  I still have some openings so let me know if you are interested in taking it.  It is a 10-10-20 thank you card class.  Just in time for the holidays!

All products used are Stampin' Up!

Vintage Flakes

I love the vintage look of this card.  I had the perfect embellishment opportunity.  I eyeballed the greeting.  It was heading downhill.  I was going to leave it but it was sloped a little too much for me to let it go.  So, I cut out another piece of brown an restamped the greeting and edged it with white ink.  You'd never have known I messed it up if I hadn't told you!  The snowflakes are popped up with 3-D glue dots.  I pierced around the kraft piece and roughed up the edges a bit.  I used Winter Post stamp set for the snowflake and Home For Christmas for the greeting.  Chocolate chip and kraft are the cardstock colors.  Add white craft ink and satin ribbon and you have all the ingredients!

I guess I'd better get stamping because I only have 4 more samples from my 10-10-20 class to share!  I will reward myself with crafting time as motivation to get my house cleaned.  Nothing says I love you like clean sheets and homemade cards ;)

I will have family in town for Thanksgiving so my blog may be neglected next week. 

Have a wonderful day!
Sheri

Simple, Yet Elegant

This card is super simple, but so classy.  This is a new background stamp named Medallion.  Love it!  This one is pretty straightforward.  Some layering with a big brad in the center.  When I mail it I will probably add a greeting in the white space, but I wanted to wait and see what occasion arises.  The color of ink and paper is bordering blue.

I forsee  foresee predict (darn missing spell check)lots of quick posts in the near future.  I feel like I am on a magic carpet flying through life.  I am hanging on tight and hoping I don't fall off.  Do you ever feel that way?  

So, I am tossing around the idea of adding a class to my calendar on Friday, December 4 in the evening.  I think it will be a gift type class.  One idea is gift tags.  I actually have several other ideas but I wanted to put a feeler out there and see if there is any interest.  Leave a comment or email me and let me know.  Thanks.

Hope your day is filled with fun!
Sheri

Rolling Hills

At first glance this card appears to be pretty basic, but let me just tell you...if you receive this baby you better frame it! I love how it turned out, but I slaved over designing it.  It also takes a long time to reproduce.  So that you can really appreciate it I am going to give details:  the striped background is actually background paper.  the polka dot paper was stamped as was the foreground flower paper.  Each layer had to be hand cut to get the rolling hills.  The tree stamps are two step stamping.  For those of you that don't know me, I am an eyeballer (that sounds really weird).  I actually broke down and used the Stamp-a-ma-jig for this one.  The trunks had to be stamped then added the leaves.  The middle tree is actually cut out.  The rest of the card is pretty self explanatory, but I will always answer questions if you have any. 

All products are Stampin' Up!  The paper is old olive, really rust, whisper white, and certainly celery.  The ink is soft suede, really rust, old olive, versamark, white craft, and crushed curry.  The stamp set is Trendy Trees. 

I have no complaints or funny stories today...just the facts!

Have an amazing Monday!
Sheri

Seeing Spots

My card class was today and was lots of fun.  I had some new stampers.  I LOVE sharing my crafting passion with others so that made it a great day.  I had a teenager that stamped for the first time and she did a fabulous job!  The colors in this card make me very happy!  The dimensions are 6"x3".  The design on this card works well for someone with limited supplies.  The only fancy thing I used was a circle punch.  The image is from the hostess set called The More The Merrier.  The colors of paper are tempting turquiose, melon mambo, lovely lilac, black, and whisper white. 


So, if you see any misspellings send me email telling me to get a dictionary just mentally correct them and feel sorry that I am so computer illiterate! I did some sort of upgrade, and now I don't have to be a genius and know how to write code to get the strikethrough feature.  I just have to click a button.  However, I have to be a genius spelling bee champ because I don't know where spell check went.  Once again, I am too stubborn to ask my hubby don't want to bother my husband with such trivial help.  I like to save it for the big stuff, like flat tires.  Now don't go fussing at me for sounding like a helpless female who can't change a tire.  I could, but if my fingers are going to get black stuff on them, I want it to be ink or paint that's all.  How was that for a random tangent?

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for looking!
Sheri

2 Down 8 To Go...

Here is another card for Saturday's class.  I think this skunk is so cute.  The sentiment says "I stink you're sweet!"  It could possibly mean different things.  The way it is written it is supposed to mean I think you are sweet.  If you add a comma you could use this as an apology card:  I stink, you're sweet!  The stamp set is called Pun Fun.  I used real red, very vanilla, and black card stock.  The skunk is stamped on watercolor paper with stazon and colored with a blender pen and watercolor pencils.  I added a little gel pen to the flower petals.  All products are Stampin' Up!  If  you have any questions, let me know.

Have a fun filled weekend!

Sheri

Another Class

Well, I have been super busy between sick kids, holidays, preparing for my upcoming class, and life!  I am not complaining, just telling ya like it is!  Saturday is my 10-10-20 All Occasions class.  Here is just one sample of what we will be making.  The designer paper is so yummy that it makes it really easy to make fabulous cards!  All the products are Stampin' Up! which makes it very easy for me to tell you where to get them *wink*.  The stamp set is from a hostess set called The More The Merrier.  The acorn is stamped three times:  once in taken with teal ink, and twice in basic brown.  I cut one brown one completely out and just the top part of the second one.  Just a little added dimension.  If you are coming to my class, be prepared to do some serious snipping!  I am trying to keep it to a minimum but it is very hard because I love the look it gives.  I used creamy caramel and basic brown to color the acorn.  There's a little gel pen highlight.  Pretty basic.  OK, so maybe it's the basic plus package.  I am going to dribble the rest of the cards out one day at a time.  I don't want you to feel overwhelmed with so much eye candy at one time.  After all, we are just getting off the Halloween real candy rush!  Now I just need to keep my eyes open for some good blogging material! 

Thanks for stopping by!
Sheri

Crimping My Style...

This is the other project we will be making at my workshop.  It is an enevlope that is crimped.  It has a litte notecard in it (very obvious in the next photo).  I wanted to do something other than just a card.  These are a lot of fun to make.  Last year for Valentine's day I made these (with a different design) for my boys' classes.  Inside of them instead of a card, they held fun dip candy.  That meant I made 70 of them.  They weren't quite as much fun to make in that quantity! 

There is a wonderful tutorial here.  I used the stamp set Fresh Cuts.  I used Regal Rose, Old Olive, and Black ink.  I also used the tag punch and half back pearls from the Pretties kit.  The ribbon is old olive striped grograin.  All products are Stampin' Up!  Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to cutting paper I go!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Sheri

Same Card Different Color...

So have you ever bought a shirt or pair of shoes that you liked so much you had to buy one of every color?  I haven't but I know many people that have.  Instead, I buy cardstock in every color!  I ran out of the garden green cardstock so I flipped the designer paper over and used old olive instead.  I also stamped the greeting on the designer paper instead of the plain.  That really wasn't on purpose, but I couldn't flip the paper over because I already did! It's funny how different the cards look with relatively small changes.  Oh yeah, I changed the ribbon too.

My friend is hosting a workshop for me this weekend.  Would you like a sneak peek of what we will be making?  If you have already said you were coming you can't back out now or you will give me a complex!  The photo doesn't give this card nearly enough credit.  The Medallion stamp on the cardbase is so awesome!  I can see myself using that stamp over and over again.  I also used For All You Do for the flowers and the greeting is from Trendy Trees.  We are actually doing another project, but I am going to wait until tomorrow or Monday to share it with you. 

I have some card classes coming up. Consider this your personal invitation to join me!  The November class is a 10-10-20 (ten cards, ten envelopes, $20).  It is on Saturday, November 14 from 2-5, and it will be repeated on Tuesday, November 17 from 11-2.  The cards will be all occasions.  I have a thank you card class scheduled in December as well.   Details can be found here.

If Only...

I thougt in code rather than all things crafty I would have had this post to share a week ago!  However, my post might look something like this:  (cute) div center:  (/) end (cuteness) add (color) + (ribbon) except the whole page would be written like that.  It took me asking my computer nerd engineer husband to help me google and figure out why my pictures were being rotated once I uploaded them.  If I were more of a bullet point type of person I would take pictures perfectly centered and straight instead of perfectly kattywhampus!  Then I would also not have the problem of blogger trying to tell me the orientation of my pictures.  Whew!  OK I'm done now.  Onto the cards you have been waiting so patiently to see.  Now don't feel yourself full of regret for not signing up for my first card class.  There will be more to come. AND... since I am feeling extra nice I will offer this card class again if there are at least 5 people interested in taking it.  Please email me or leave me a comment and we can figure out a date and time. 

If you have any questions about any specific card, let me know.  I will try to post specifics at a later date.  If you were one of the individuals that took my first class, thanks for taking a chance on me!  I had fun teaching you what I love to do!

I hope you have a day filled with something you love to do too!

Sheri

ETA:  I have two new classes and times added to my calendar here.  One in November is an all occasions card class and the other in December is a thank you card class.                                            

I Can See Clearly Now...

Acetate (clear) cards are all the rage these days. OK maybe not all the rage, but they are pretty cool and fun. I made these two last night. The Halloween one was just for fun. The snowflake and tree one is similar to one we will be making in my upcoming 5-5-10 Christmas card class. We will be making 5 cards with 5 envelopes for $10. If you would be interested in attending one of my classes, let me know. There will be one on October 23 from 6:30-8:30 pm. The same class will be repeated on October 26 from 9:00-11:00 am. I still have a few spots open, but need to know by the 18th if you want to join.

My Stampin' Up! website has been set up and it ready to take online orders. I am trying to keep it current with my upcoming classes and events so check back often. There are quite a few specials going on right now.

Onto card details. The Halloween one uses 2 retired sets: Bitty Boo's and Booglie Eyes. The other one uses the set Snow Swirled. I used stazon for stamping directly onto the window sheets. It dries quickly, but you have to be careful so it doesn't smear. The tree part was actually a leftover piece from my workshop. I demonstrated the technique (rubbing) alcohol inks. I couldn't let the piece go to waste.

Clear cards are hard to photograph well.

The kids are on fall break so I must devote some time to them and some time to house duties.

Have a great day and enjoy the weather!

Sheri

It's Not My Fault...

I have been listening to my kids too much I think! Although, I may have found a cure for that or a similar phrase. I said, "someone please let the dog out." One of the boys instantly replied, "I'm not!" Any guesses as to who earned the privilege of letting him out? Yep, the one that said he wasn't.

I had great intentions of posting new material on Friday, but my internet was out all day Friday and most of the day Saturday. Plus, we were very busy on Saturday because my oldest became a teenager. We had a fun, full day. OK onto creative stuff!This one is just because I was in a silly mood and I probably won't actually send it to anyone. On the inside it says, "I blew it!" Get it? You may have to enlarge the photo to get the full effect (those are a can of beans over the fire). Anyway...

This is the card I gave my oldest. There really isn't a rhyme or reason to the card. He likes camping and of course, smores. There is lot of dimension. The set is from SU! and called Under the Stars. I used Flannel Plaid for the background.

Have a great day!

Sheri

Postin' On The Run!

Just when I think my week is going to be fairly calm, I remember all the house work that got neglected last week in the busyness. However, I couldn't possibly let you all down again. So I took just a little break to make this fun little card and three little friends to go with him. I pretty much copied one from the current SU! catalog. I changed a few elements, though. I used some new in colors: rich razzleberry, melon mambo, and crushed curry. I also used old olive and white craft ink. I used a fun sparkly ribbon I had on hand. I used a SU! punch to give the greeting some dimension. I might have also used it to cover up a crooked greeting.

I know I have mentioned it before, but I really like the shabby chic look. I was trying to make a shabby chic card in the gift set I posted last week, but I had to get creative. I had lost my "shabby chic'er" aka bone folder. I had the idea planted in my head that one of the short people around here may have borrowed it and forgot to return it. I don't like to be the one that accuses someone and then feels foolish when I find it some random place that I know I put it. I have a child that frequently, adamantly insists someone took a toy or loved item, and it almost always is exactly where he left it. What a fantastic learning opportunity. My kids teach me so much. My beloved bone folder made an appearance today, and I am so glad I didn't fuss at anyone over it because I am quite certain none of my children were in my rolling scrap bin.

The stamp set I used is called For All You Do. I got it in my Stampin' Up! starter kit. Speaking of which, I will have my first workshop/open house on October 2. I will be having a discount for orders placed that day and prior to that day. I will give you more details soon so get your wish lists gathered!

Have a crafty day!
Sheri