Thank You Leslie! You rock =)

Santa came early this year!!....A good friend of mine came by today and unloaded her SUV and said "Merry early Christmas Sherri"! She knew I did scrapbooking, and was just starting out, and wanted to get rid of the rest of her things since she no longer has the time to do it. OMG, I am in heaven! I was so surprised, and thankful for her kindness! (Serioulsy, it has nothing to do with the fact that her Son and Gabby are sort of "crushing" on eachother, I swear =) What a nice surprise and was I so thrilled!

Thank you Leslie, you really and truly ROCK!! (*Note~everything in the photo's are what she brought me, minus the Cricut Expression machine that I just got last month thanks to eBay!!)

Catching up soon!

Hi Everyone!
I know it's been a while since I posted anything new, however I have been very busy painting the house, finally! I'm so excited about how it's turning out so far...I have 2 rooms left to paint, and then I will post pictures =) I finally got some relief with the back pain long enough to start this long awaited painting project I've wanted to do for 4 months now!

On a different note, a good friend of mine came by the other day and brought me LOTS of scrapbooking goodies that she no longer wanted!! I was so thrilled and appreciative, since I am just starting out and a lot of what she gave me are things that I wanted =) I am going to take a picture of it all and post it this week. What a God-send she was and is, and I'm so thankful that our Daughter is "dating" (ha ha) her Son..LOL!

I will post later in the week once I am finished with the painting and have more time!
Have a great week everyone ;)

Surprise!!

Valentine's Day Gifts
These are a a few things I made for Matt's Parents for the Valentine's goodie box we sent to them. The first is recipe holder that I made with Heidi Grace papers, brad's, embellishments, ribbon, and a few other non-SU! products. I bound it with my Zutter BIA. I like how it turned out, and his Mom loved it. I also made a mini album with chipboard, Heidi Grace CS, brads, embellishments, and the BIA.

On another note, I have to say how much I love my Husband! He surprised me with a new toy for my scrapbooking addiction this past week. He bought me a Cricut Expressions =) How cool is that? I LOVE it! It even came with two cartridges, Plantin Schoolbook & Accent Essentials. I have been having so much fun with it, and even he and Gabby have joined in on the cutting and creating with me, and helped to make some really cool things! I had to go buy a spatula after trying to peel off the papers a couple of times and 'tearing' them, LOL, but other than that I am good to get scrappin!! I can't wait to make more fun projects with it for Easter. It is truly a scrapper's dream tool and I now see what all of the craze was about =)

I will post some finished projects very soon!!
Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day projects

I cannot believe it's February already. Last year this time, I was in Florida relaxing by the pool! Not this year, as the NC temps have been oddly colder than normal :( I will survive, as long as I have my projects that keep me inside where it's warm :)
Gabby and I made some Valentine treat bags for some family & friends this year. Nothing fancy, just a little treat that we put together using small zip-lock bags, card stock, ribbon, and Valentine's foam sticky hearts.

This is a cute little diaper fold pouch that I saw on a SCS tutorial page and had to make it! It was surprisingly very easy, quick, and is great for sticking little treats in, coupons, photo's, small gifts, or about anything you want. I made it for my MIL and put some coupons in it. This was made using my fav, Heidi Grace DSP, chip board embellishments, brads, a heart shaped paper clip, paper scorer, and 2 magnets. I added the magnets to the back so she could hang this on her fridge :) I'm happy how this turned out, and will definately be making these often as gifts for the army wives in DH's company!





This is the clip board calendar I made for Matt's Grandmother using Heidi Grace DSP, (I LOVE Heidi Grace!!) chipboard, Heidi Grace embellishments, ribbon, & brads, medium metal clip, & Always Artichoke Stampin' Up! ribbon. I printed the calendar from the Red Castle website. I've been having a lot of fun using my Zutter Bind It All. So far, I have made 2 memory books, a birthday reminder/card organizer book, & a recipe book. It's sort of a trial and error for me, but I think I am finally getting the hang of it. I hope the people I made them for like them :)




I made this greeting card organizer for Matt's Grandma. Sorry about the picture quality, this was taken with my cell phone camera :) I used Heidi Grace DSP, card stock, embellishments, ribbon, BIA, and printed the calendars from the Red Castle website.


























This is the medium memory book I made. This was the first project I attempted with my BIA, so yes, it's got some imperfections :) I used the Heidi Grace DSP, black ribbon, Live-Love-Laugh stamp from Stampibilities (I think), my Zutter bind it all with 3/4" wire, and various embellishments to decorate the inside. This was a 8 x 6 memory book.