Precious Memory

Good morning! The Sisterhood of Crafters started a new challenge today with Lisa as our hostess. The theme is "Something Old, Something New". Lisa would like you to use something old from your stash and a new product to create your project. For my focal point I used a baby picture of my favorite aunt and used my Spellbinders eyelet and oval dies to make the frame. I was going to use my mom's baby picture, but I didn't get it loaded onto my computer.

 

The designer papers for the background and frame are from a free pack of 6" x 6" paper that came with a card making magazine. The green cardstock strip is SU's Always Artichoke. The silk flowers and butterfly sticker are my new products. 

I have traced my mom's family back to the 1600's in England. I would love to get together with one of my nieces in South Carolina and do some more research. She and her sister are really interested in family history. My brother (their dad) didn't know a lot of the family history and he passed away 3 years ago. I am trying to give them as much information as I can.

My mom was the 8th child of 10 children. She had 5 brothers and 3 sisters plus 1 step-sister. One of her brothers passed away when he was about 1 year old. I never knew my mom's parents. Her mother died when my mom was 3 years old and her father died after my mom was married, but long before I was born. They all were born in Kentucky, but moved to Ohio in the 1940's to work in the factory. 

I loved spending time with my aunt. She made me feel so special. Since I was the youngest of 5 children, I loved the individual attention I received from her.

Well, that's enough about me and my family.

Now, why not check out the inspiration my "sistah's" have created and then enter your project. You could be our next winner.

Muscle Spasms

 

Good morning everyone! Sorry I haven't posted much lately. I have been suffering from back spasms since last Thursday. Trying to heal through home remedies (ice, heat pad, aspiring and rest), but if it doesn't improve soon I will have to go to the doctor.

I woke up to a snowstorm this morning. Thankfully, the snow and high winds are supposed to die down by lunch time. Looks like we got about 2 inches of snow so far.  Great day to stay inside and work on craft projects and cleaning.

Also, wanted to give you a quick reminder about the new challenge for this month at Crafting With An Attitude. The Design Team  has created some amazing projects for your inspiration. Our sponsor this month is Deliciousl Doodles by Teri Sherman and the prize is 3 digi images.

I chose this cute image called "Snow Cuddles". I would love to have a cape like the one pictured. Looks like it would really keep you warm on these cold winter days.

Well, that's it for me today. Time to put my feet up and turn on the heating pad again.

Have a great day everyone. Stay warm!

Hugs from Ohio,
Terri

Snow Cuddles

Today I want to share the card I created for the new challenge at Crafting With An Attitude. I chose this cute image from Delicious Doodles called "Snow Cuddles". Teri Sherman is the artist and I love her work.

I colored the image using generic colored pencils, then fussy cut around the image. The background papers are from a paper pad I have had for years. (So long that I couldn't find the company name of the pack.) I then placed a paper doily heart at the top and adhered the image with dimensional dots. The lace at the bottom was purchased in the material department at Joann's and was adhered with red line tape. The sentiment panel was created with a stamp from "Fun Stampers Journey" and cut out with my EK Success Label punch. Last, I used my Martha Stewart snowflake punch to cut snowflakes from 2 different colors, layered them and added gem centers.

This is an Anything Goes challenge and my design team has created some gorgeous inspiration projects to share with you. We would love to see your creations, so why not head on over to the blog and enter your project?

Hugs,
Terri

Silver Bells

Sandi Lee is the host for this week's challenge at the Sisterhood of Crafters. This is a color challenge using aqua, red and silver. I pulled out my pad of Martha Stewart Christmas papers that just happened to be red and aqua.

Since I was at my friend, Darlene's, for a play date, she printed out this beautiful picture of silver bells and the corner dies for me. She also had these cute little snowflakes left over from a project she had been working on. Thanks Dar for helping me create this card. You are always an inspiration.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
Fresh Brewed - Anything Goes Christmas
Crafty Creations Challenges - Happy Holiday 

Okay, now it's your turn. Head on over to the Sisterhood for more inspiration from my talented team members, then enter your project.

Hugs,
Terri 

The Big Present

For today's challenge at Crafting With An Attitude, I chose this image "Big Present" by That Craft Place as the focus. 

I used colored pencils to color the image, then fussy cut and adhered to the die cut oval panel with dimensionals. The background paper is from DCWV. Next I wrapped red organdy ribbon around the base card like a package and added a red organdy double bow. Last I added the little red pointsettias and a large white silk flower. 

I'm sure there are lots of kids hoping for a big present like this from Santa. Do you have your letter for Santa written? Only 23 more days till Christmas and still so much to do. I wanted to get my tree up this weekend and start baking cookies, but I have my grandson's Chrismas program on Friday, a card class Saturday morning and a Christmas Party Saturday night. Hopefully I will have time to work on some of my projects after church on Sunday.

Now why not head on over to Crafting An Attitude and check out more inspiration from my Design Team, then share your projects with us. You could be one of our winners.

Hugs from Ohio,
Terri

Jolly Santa

A new challenge begins today at The Crafty Addicts with Anything Goes or alternate theme "Tis the Season". I chose this image of Santa by Robyn's Fetish.

I started with a base card of white card stock and added Christmas designer paper by DCWV. After coloring Santa with colored pencils, I fussy cut around him and ahered him to the designer paper. Next I die cut two Memory Box "Snowflake corners" and used mono glue to adhere to the card. Last I glued 2 different sizes of felt pointsettia petals together and added pearls to the center. The pointsettia was adhered using mono glue.

What a quick and easy card to put together. Now I just have to get all my Christmas cards together and get them ready for mailing. The time is certainly flying by quickly. 

Well that's all I have for today. I hope you have time to relax during this busy time of year.

Hugs,
Terri

Christmas Pointsettia

Thanksgiving is over and we are officially in the Christmas holiday mood. Time to get out the Christmas music, decorate the tree and start baking cookies. Christmas shopping is done, but presents need to be wrapped, Christmas cards addressed and mailed.

But before I start on all of that, I wanted to share this card with you.

I used white card stock for the base then cut a mat from DCWV's Silver Lining Stack. Aren't those silver swirls gorgeous. Next I used my Spellbinders Pointsettia dies to create the flower and added silver glitter for the center. The sentiment was stamped with Brilliance "Moonlight White" ink onto a black strip and adhered the pointsettia. Last I added white organdy and black satin ribbon tied in a knot.

I like this card so much, I might just keep it for myself. Maybe I will put it in a silver frame to set out every Christmas.

Off to start on my decorating and baking. Hope you will stop by again soon.

Have a great day.

Hugs,
Terri 

Warm Wishes

With two Christmas parties coming up fast, I decided to work on favors for all the girls. For my Euchre card group I made these cocoa packs. I found the snowman and cut image on Pinterest. Then I copied it into Publisher and added the "warm wishes" sentiment.

Since taking the picture, I have added a candy cane to each packet. The girls will also get a Hersey bar with a Christmas wrapper and one of my snowman tea light pins.

My stamping group will receive one of my popcorn pouches, hot spiced cider and a Hershey bar. My next project will to make something for my "Women of Faith" Sunday school class. Still trying to decide what that will be. Since I have plenty of cocoa packs let, I may make more of these cocoa pouches.

Don't forget to stop by the Sisterhood for the new challenge "In the Meadow We Will Build a Snowman." You have until 8pm Sunday December 6th to enter.

Hugs,
Terri
 

Walking Bonnet

We have a new challenge beginning this month on Facebook. It is the Crafty Addicts Facebook Group Design Team challenge. All members of this group have a chance to win a prize from the month's sponsor.

I chose this cute image called "Walking Bonnet" from our sponsor A Day For Daisies. Our challenge was to add flowers.  

The background paper is from Paper Studio's Floral Shoppe pad. I used Stampin' Up's sage green and pirouette pink card stock to mat the image. Regular colored pencils were used to color the image. I found the flowers in the bridal department at Pat Catan's and the sentiment is from Michael's $1.50 bin.

A Day for Daisies has some beautiful digis. Why not stop by and check them out. I am so excited to be a part of this team. These ladies are very talented.

Well, that's all for today. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Terri

Fairy Lili

For my project for the Crafty Addicts challenge this month I created this simple square box. The image "Fairy Lili With Snowglobe" is from Inky Impressions. I can't believe Christmas is only 7 weeks away. Thankfully, most of my shopping is done and I can concentrate on Thanksgiving (my favorite Holiday) and decorating for Christmas.

Now for my project:

Using SU's Always Artichoke card stock, I created the box top and bottom. The designer paper is from DCWB. Next I used the same green and red cardstock to create the mats for the image with my Nestibilities Label Five dies. The snowflakes were punched with the medium size Fiskars snowflake punch. Last I added red organdy ribbon and a bow. The snowflakes on the top of the box have crystal gem centers and the snowflakes are the sides of the box have pearl centers.

This is a very simple box to make. I started with a 8 inch square for the bottom of the box. Then scored at 2" on each side. The top is a 6 inch square, scored at 1" on each side.  On two opposite sides, cut to make flaps then glue together.

Now, I just have to decide who is going to get this as a gift at Christmas and what will go inside.

You can check out this fun monthly challenge at here. We would love to have you join us. You could be the winner of a fabulous prize from our sponsor Inky Impressions.

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,
Terri

 

Giving Thanks

My husband and I are having a quiet dinner at home and then heading to our older daughter's house to visit with her family and her in-laws. Our younger daughter and granddaughter will also be there. We are truly blessed.

Wishing you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving.

Hugs,

Terri

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Our host for this week's challenge at the Sisterhood is Vicky. The theme is "In the Meadow We Will Build a Snowman. Create a card or project with a snowman as the focus. My friend, Darlene, let me use this cute snowman stamp for my card. I colored him with colored pencils. 

The background paper is Martha Stewart. Darlene was kind enough to die cut these fabulous trees and I used a Fiskars punch to make the snowflakes. The snow banks were created by fussy cutting white card stock and I made the sentiment panel by punching two scalloped circles and cutting off the tops and bottoms of the circles. I found the sentiment stamp in a dollar bin at Joan's Craft Store.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes 
Crafting From The Heart - Always Anything Goes
Love To Scrap - Anything Goes 
 
Would love to see a scene like this outside my window on Christmas morning. Then all the snow could melt away for the rest of the winter. Can you tell I am not a fan of winter? I love  how the snow sparkles, just don't like the cold or driving in it. My favorite time of year is Fall. Love the colors, smells and mild temperatures.

Okay, now it's your turn to share your creations. Hop on over to the Sisterhood for more inspiration from my talented sistahs and enter your project.

Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Terri

Snowman Popcorn Pouch

Today I am working on more Christmas treats for friends and family. This is my version of the popcorn pouches seen on Pinterest.

The designer paper is from Creating Keepsakes and was cut to 6" x 12". Score at 3 3/4", 4", 8" and 8 1/4". The band is 2 1/2" x 9 1/2". Place sticky tape at one end of the 6 x 12 strip, wrap around popcorn and adhere. Next do the same with the band. I added a snowman sticker. I have had these stickers for so long, I don't remember where I purchased them. They may have been from the dollar store, because they don't have a company name on them. Last I threaded white organdy ribbon through the top of the band and tied in a bow.

They are so easy and quick to put together. I know I will be making lots of these. All my friends and family love popcorn. What a cute and inexpensive gift. They will go great with the hot cocoa pouches I am making.

Well, I am off to work on more challenge projects for my DT team challenges and other Christmas gifts. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Terri

Snowmen Tea Lights

It's a beautiful day here in Northeast Ohio. Temps in the low 60's and lots of sun. Yesterday I began working on my version of the snowmen tea lights. They are so easy and quick to make. I found tea lights that change colors and decided they would make cute pins.

The face is a 1 3/8" circle with an "x" cut in the center to fit over the candle. I used red sticky strip to hold the face to the votive. I drew the mouth with a permanent marker and added pink to the cheeks with a colored pencil. Black pearls were used for the eyes. Next I cut 1 3/4" circles from designer paper and cut them in half for the hat. The window word punch created the bottom of the hat and 1/2" circle made the pop pom. Last I added a bow made from 5/8" burgandy organza ribbon. Now I just need to add the pin backs. These will be gifts for ladies in both my stamp group and euchre card clubs. 

My husband thought they would be too big for pins, but I tried one and I think they are perfect. I chose not to use Christmas colors so they will go through the winter. I have lots of ideas for gifts, so I better get busy.  Only 38 days left till Christmas and my first Christmas party is December 5th.

Guess I'd better start cookie baking and decorating the day after Thanksgiving. Thankfully, my Christmas shopping is done - just have to wrap everything and get my Christmas cards ready. I mail very few, most are handed out.

Well, off to get lunch and work on more projects. Have a beautiful day.

Hugs,
Terri

Mittens and Snowflakes

I had the opportunity to visit with my friend, Darlene, today for some crafting. After helping me with some issues on my laptop, I finally had a chance to work on this card for the challenge at Classy Cards n Such. I used the following die cuts from Dar's dies: "Stacked Mittens" by Poppy Stamps, "Large Snowflake" from Impression Obsession and American Crafts Designer Paper "Hot Cocoa".

I chose the black and white snowflake paper first, then decided to brighten the card up by using the red with white dot paper. Then I placed the big snowflake that Darlene had cut for me and layered the mittens over top. Last I tied a bow with red "Let It Snow" ribbon and adhered that to the top of the mittens. 

Although I could use this as a Christmas card, I think I will save it for when the snow hits in January or February and use it to send "Warm Wishes" to someone. Maybe I could include a pack of hot cocoa. In fact, maybe I will fill a mug with Hersey Kisses and a peppermint stick for snowman soup as a gift to someone special.

Now I think I will sit back and have a cup of cocoa and try to get my head to stop spinning from all the things I learned from Darlene today.

Have a great day everyone.

Hugs,
Terri

On Your Special Day

Hello everyone! What a week this has been already. Hubby had two days off and once again felt sick as his stomache. He thinks he had a virus, but I think he either ate something that didn't agree with him or he didn't want to work on some much need things around the house. Then my camera quit working so I had to get a new one and of course I needed to get a card reader in order to upload images to my blog.

Hopefully, everything is back to normal. Now I just need to get my photo box set up in my craft room so I can take better pictures of my project. I'm going to try to do that this weekend when I don't have to watch my granddaugher.

Okay, now on to my project for today. I decided to work on another card set from Anna Griffin. This time I chose the Anniversary set. 

I love the gold die cut behind the sentiment. It gives the card such an elegant look. It is so nice to have cards that can be put together so quickly for those last minute occasions.  I also love the vintage feel of these cards. The die cut and sentiment are popped up with dimensionals to give some extra definition. I am trying to decide if I should add ribbon or just leave as is. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you for visiting with me today. Before you go, just a reminder to visit the challenges at the following blogs:

Sisterhood of Crafters
The Crafty Addicts
Crafting With An Attitude
Crafting For All Seasons

Have a beautiful day!

Hugs,
Terri

 

Christmas Caroling

A new challenge begins today at the Sisterhood of Crafters with Darlene as our host. Get out those thinking caps and create a project around the theme "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas". 

The first thing I do after Thanksgiving is get out my Christmas cd's to play while I am decorating or baking cookies. So I decided to use this cute image of Christmas Carolers as my focus. 

I started with a base of white card stock, then added designer paper by DCWV. Next I cut the Madison Window, Window Box and Shutters from Poppystamps. The image was cut down to fit inside the window frame. Then I added the shutters and window box. Before adhering the window box, I cut a border of roses and holly leaves (K and Company) and adhered to the back of the window box.  Once the window box was in place I added this satin bow with pearl center. The holly spray at the top of the window is also K and Company. I fussy cut the snow from white card stock and added the pine trees. The sentiment was stamped with SU's Garden Green ink using a Stampabilities stamp.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
 
Working on this card made me realize how close we are getting to Christmas. I try to get my house decorated the first weekend of Christmas, so I can focus on baking and gift wrapping. Try to have my shopping done by Thanksgiving to avoid the holiday rush. That's the easy part because I only have to shop for 4 adults and 4 granddchildren. 

I always look forward to spending Christmas Eve with my youngest daughter and granddaughter, then Christmas Day with my older daughter, son-law, their 3 children and my son-in-law's parents. Hoping my younger daughter will join us this year. Everyone brings side dish or dessert to share and my daughter bakes a ham. It is such a blessing to spend this time with them. Good food and good company. The best gift I could get.

Now, why not head on over to the Sisterhood to check out the awesome inspiration projects from my sistahs and enter your creation?

Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Terri

Feel Better Soon

I love designs by Anna Griffin. So when I found some of her card sets marked down at Joann's Craft Store, I just had to purchase them. This card is from her "Get Well" set, which includes the cards, envelopes and embellishments.

 I was going to add pearls to the centers of the flowers, but realized I forgot to add them when I wrote the post. I will add them before mailing. Isn't this lavender and gold design beautiful? Now to get busy on the other sets. I purchased about 10 of these sets including: wedding, congratulations,  anniversary, Father's Day and Mother's Day.

They also make great projects for when I am watching my 3 year old granddaughter who demands a lot of attention. She always wants to help me, but I am afraid of her getting hurt because she wants to know how my die cutting machine, paper trimmer, punches and other materials work. When she is old enough I have a child's Cuttlebug and dies for her. I think she will make a great crafting buddy.

Well, that's all I have for you today. Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day.

Hugs,
Terri

Mentos Snowmen

I have been searching for favor ideas to make for my friends this Christmas. While at the grocery store, I found a six pack of Mentos Mints to decorate. My next stop was the local dollar store to purchase inexpensive gloves. My finished project is these cute little snowmen.

First I cut a piece of white copy paper 5 3/8" by 3" and wrapped it around the roll of Mentos, then adhered the end with runner tape. I cut the fingers off of the gloves and rolled the ends up to make the hats. Next I used a black marker to make the eyes, mouth and buttons. An orange colored pencil was used to make the carrot nose. Now I just need to add a pompom to the top of each hat. I may add a small snowflake also.

That's all there is to this quick gift idea. Super easy. I have six made so far and need to make about 25 more. I also plan to make snowman soup packs to go along with them.

It is such a beautiful day here in Northeast Ohio. In fact, the weatherman is calling for mid-60 to low 70 temps all week. Time to get outside and get my plants ready for winter. Thank goodness I don't have to rake leaves. Hubby uses the lawn mower to chop them up.

I'm so glad you visit with me today. Have a beautiful day.

Hugs,
Terri

Bells and Holly

Now that Halloween is over, I can start concentrating on the upcoming Holiday season.  I try to have my Christmas cards made by Thanksgiving. Over Thanksgiving weekend, I address the envelopes and start decorating.

I found these beautiful papers on sale at Joann's awhile back, but just couldn't decide what to make with them. So I started looking on Pinterest for some vintage Christmas images and found these gorgeous bells.

The gray papers are from DCWV's Basic 6 x 6 Basic stack. The silver foil paper is DCWV's 12 x 12 Silver stack. Love the blue, purple and silver together and thought it matched the papers perfectly. I cut the black mat 1/8" larger than the image panel to set it apart from the background. Before I put this card in the mail, I will add ribbon and a sentiment.

There are so many gorgeous patterns in the Silver Stack that would be great for wedding, anniversary and guy cards. Some of this foil paper will be used to make an anniversary card and a valentine's gift for my husband.

There are some great challenges starting this week. On Wednesday, The Crafty Addicts challenge begins and Thursday starts the challenge at Crafting With An Attitude. Why not stop by and check out the inspiration by the Design Teams and enter for a chance at some fabulous prizes.

Hugs,
Terri