Happy Easter Everyone !!!

I've been busy making Easter Treats and Eastercards!!! My family and I rejoice and celebrate in the Easter season,after the 40 days of Lent.. And I can't wait to share with you what I have done.

First of all, my Easter cards are cased from Ronette's class that she had a couple of weeks ago. She sent me the flyer and I thought the cards were so beautiful, I recreated them for myself (did I ever tell you that my spiritual gift is forgery? ). Here are some of the cards that I made. I don't know if you can see it or not, but the middle card, I used the mother of pearl technique.


I also made some "carrots" that hold treats using the petal cone die for the big shot. Aren't they cute?


Here's a close up.I texturized the cone by using the texture plate, and then swiped Tangerine Tango across the texture to give it more of a 'Carrot' look. I used a Spring Vintage Pear Pizazz Designer button and threaded grograin ribbon through. The little rabbit is from the retired set "8 Great Greetings" and For You stamp. Finish with some pom-pom trim and a few
rhinestone accents and you have a winner.

The other thing I did was make little square Easter Baskets. I thought these would make really cute place settings at my Easter table.


Here is a sample of these:











I hope you enjoyed seeing my Easter projects! Have a joyful and blessed Easter!!!

Here are some of the treats that I made for my little boos who will be visiting tonight. I LOVE Halloween! Ladies, anyone else do something special for Halloween?

Sheryl

The Weddings

I've got two children; both boys and this year they decided to get married with in 5 weeks of each other. I'm in wedding overload! I thought I would share with you what I have done, Stampin' Up wise for both weddings.

The first wedding was my oldest Matt and his bride Alex. They were married on August 7th. What I did for them was at their rehearsal dinner, held at the IVY club in Peoria Heights. I created flower center pieces; with punched out stars and their picture.

The paper and the star punches were Stampin'Up small star and star punches. In addition, I made favors which consisted of the Big Shot Fancy Favor Box. I used the retired color Brocade Blue and the stamp set Elements of Style. I glammed them up by spraying them with Champaign Mist Glimmer paint which was mixed with rubbing alcohol to give them sparkles. I also used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die and some Vellum card stock to make the beautiful butterflies. I made 65 of these (with the help of my friends at work) and they had a bag of Hugs and Kisses in them.

Here is a close up:

For the wedding coming up this week (September 10th), Jeff and Renae, I made all 300 of the wedding favors. The flowers are made from the scallop circle punch. We made all 300 of them while on a weeks vacation in Wisconsin. My son, my grandson and my husband all helped. My 6 year old grandson is quite the flower fluffer! I made 150 of the Matchbox boxes and 150 of the Scallop bag (now retired). Chocolate chip and Tempting Turquoise with a touch of Old Olive made up the flowers and bags. The paper is the retired Bride specialty paper.

They are currently in my basement - all lined up like little soliders. They are everywhere! I am now a self proclaimed expert on putting together the matchbox die cut boxes and I now have "flower maker" on my resume. My short term memory is shot and my hands ache from all the punching, folding, and tieing, but by golly, I got them done and on time!

Bird Punch Challenge

This is a card we made in the Card Club. It is so much fun to use the Bird Punch and of course, the Big Shot ! The top of the card is cut in half so when it is opened you see the embossing, but still have room to write your message. Challenge...post a card you made with the Bird Punch.

Inkcited Top 10 for April

10 Candis Fralick
9 Barb Fehr
8 Carolyn Black
7 Judy Elting
6 Judy Miller
5 Marsha Markas
4 Lisa Howard
3 Christina Staes
2 Avis Janes
1 Leslie Buhl

Congratulations, ladies!

Congrats Card

Hello everyone, this is my first post on this Blog. I have been a dem for about a year and a half under Dawn. I consider myself mostly a hobbyist. I do love maing cards and home decor items for all occasions. This card I made for a dear friend of mine who is expecting their fourth child any day now. I just love the bird punch. It offers a lot of possibilities. I am loving the clear mounts as well. It is so nice to see exactly where I am going to stamp. I never got the hang of the stamp-a-magig. Anyways I hope everyone has a blessed day and hopefully our spring will return soon.

Clear Block Storage

Can you believe it, 2 posts in 1 day!? I have been trying to figure out how to store and transport my new, awesome blocks! I decided that today would be the day I would figure it out. Guess what? I did! This might not be ideal for some of you, but I think it is going to work out great for me. The bottom of the box is 4 x 6, the front comes up 3" and the back comes up 5 1/2". I added additional card stock and DSP to the sides and the flip top to add some strength. I also cut some cardboard backing to slide in the bottom to give it more strength. I keep all of the board backing from the packages of DSP, the Big Shot Dies, etc. I use it for projects that need a little extra something for strength. When I added the ribbon, I criss-crossed it so that the box would be less likely to topple when I picked it up. To keep the flap on the inside of the box where I want it to be, I added 2 little pieces of magnets. The DSP is the Sweet Pea pack from the new mini. I used Dusty Durango and So Saffron card stock, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets and the new Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon. I think it turned out great and will definitely help to protect my wonderful, new blocks!