Onsie Shape Card

Hello Crafty Friends.....

today is my day to post at She's a Sassy Lady.....I know it is a bit late...but  I am not feeling well.....pretty sure it is the flu...uugghh and I was convinced all day that it was Monday...it is now 9 pm and I am discovering that it is indeed Tuesday.....so I would like to say how sorry I am for being late....

now lets get to my project.....it is a Onsie Shape card......

cute right......lol

so after designing my shape card on my Gypsy...

using the onsie shadow feature from the New Arrival Cartridge, 

I welded 2 together the onsie is 5.70 height 5.73 width

 the paper is DCWV

 the sentiment is also from New Arrival, cut at 7.40 height

 also using my Gypsy, I made a stencil for my I-Rock (love this tool) 

each little circle is .18 in height and .19 in width....

you definitely need to work with the zoom on making these stencils...

the font is from the Pooh Fonts Cartridge....

I use 2 layers on my Gypsy to design the stencils

on the first layer is the word I choose....

the next is where I place all those little circles over the letters....

it takes a little time, but so worth it....

 than placing the stencil on the card, I place all the bling, 

then using the I-Rock, I adhere all those little gems 

 and here is the card finished....

It fits into a 6x6 envelope

this was for a baby shower gift, so size was not an issue...

it was just a little to big to fit the standard A2 envie, but this would be easy to shrink down to fit if you needed to mail it....

thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you like my card,
all the girls at the baby shower loved it.....
please let me know if you have any questions.....
and now a big thank you to Sheila....for putting up with my tarttiness....lol
Happy Crafting
❀Sherri❀

Happy Thanksgiving

to all my fellow Canadian Crafty Friends!!!!

❀Sherri❀

Personalized Dog Leash

Hello Crafty Friends,
Today I have a project to share with you and my friends at She's A Sassy Lady,
Thank you Sheila, for letting me share my project with you today, I needed to pick up a new leash for my puppy, Lola....I couldn't really find anything I liked.....so I went with a black one knowing I could pretty it up with some vinyl,
so with my Gypsy and my Expression this is what I came up with,

using some Cricut Pink Vinyl, and some Zebra Vinyl from Vinyl Couture, 

LOVE IT Zebra Vinyl!!!!

 so using a plain retractable leash

and my pink and zebra vinyl, cut at 3,3,3....blade speed, pressure and depth  

and my tweezer bees....a must have for working with vinyl... 

the Letters are from Birthday Bash and the polka dots are from Plantin Schoolbook

 here is the new leash for my puppy Lola....it was a bit plain so I added some polka dots...

and here is my 9 month old puppy Lola sporting her new leash...

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed my project, and next time you see something that isn't quit what you want...maybe you could just add some vinyl.....

❀Sherri❀

Hello Crafty friends.....I can't believe summer is almost over, the leaves have  already started to fall :( I LOVE summer....and this has been a great one....well let's get to it....today is my day to post over at She's a Sassy Lady, thank you Sheila, for this opportunity to share my project with you and your followers...

Today I have made a 3D Robot, made from the Robotz Cartridge, I just recieved this in the mail...a free cartridge from Cricut, they had a little promo going on a  bit ago, where if you buy 2 carts at Michaels you could one free, I had a few choices, now this was not my first choice but I think I will have fun with it just the same....

I cut it out using my Gypsy, he is cut at 8. you will need to angle the image on your Gypsy to get it that big or use a 12x24 mat, I made it for a friends son, it was so much fun to make, and not hard at all, I was a little worried at first, but it was really pretty easy.....let me show you....

here he is all done, I used a craft knife to cut his mouth open and stuff some birthday money in it, 

Isn't he cute..... here are all his parts....

 and here is the robot pieces, you definitely want to use a bone folder to get nice tight creases...

 I used this red sticky tape to keep him together, it is for an 8 year old boy....

I inked all of my edges....

                     

here is the robot body and the green piece is the middle of the robot, what you use to stand the robot up, 

 here he is, all done...

 side view

I thought he needed a little more, something....so my buddy is turning 8 and I thought I would add his name.....this cartridge also has a GREAT font...I love fonts.....I also decide to give my Robot some goggley eyes...in 2 different sizes....

here is my little buddy with his Robot...he loved it!!!!

and here is the beautiful Niagara Falls, Houseshoe Falls(Canada side) we had his birthday party on top of the Fallsview Casino, at the Indoor Waterpark, yes a waterpark ON TOP of the Casino, I think it is on the 8th floor which is the top floor, I took this photo from up there...what a view, I am so lucky to live so close to this amazing place....I don't live in Niagara Falls, but I am pretty close at only 20 mins away...  

I hope you enjoyed my Project today, I would love to read your comments.....

Thanks for stopping by today and thanks again to the Fabulous Sheila.....if you haven't been to here blog, you must visit, there is soo much going on over there everyday...

❀Sherri❀

Sandal Mini Album

Hello everyone.....
how have you all been....
I know, I know....I have been MIA for quite a while now, here is a little bit of what has been going on in my world....since my last post  I have lost my Dad, he was only 60...Cancer......I miss him so much, before my dad passed he knew how upset I was at loosing my furbabie earlier this year and told me to find a puppy and he would get me an early b-day gift (I think he knew he would not be here for my B-day)......sooooo I found this little cutie..... this is Lola...at 8 1/2 n weeks old, she is a pug......( she is almost 6 months old now, and oh my..how much work is a puppy!!!! it has been 19 years since I have had a puppy!!!!!)

 I have really not been feelin to crafty, but it is time for me to get back in the craft room, and get creative!!!!
I would like to Thank Sheila (from She's A Sassy Lady) for being so patient with me and giving me this time to heal.....
 so for my project today at She's a Sassy Lady I have made a mini album.....a Sandal....so cute right....well here it is you be the judge...and please let me know what you think....
using cereal boxes I cut out a sandal for the first and last page(don't forget to flip 1 of your images for the last page)

Then I cut 2 in black card stock

 now glue it together, I used Scotch's Quick Dry

 next, I chose some patterned paper( from my stash) and inked all my edges...

 using my crop-a-dile big bite I punched holes in every layer

                     

I used binder rings to join it together

 so so so cute.....now to embellish....

a quick peak at some of the inside pages 

 Some embellishment, all from Life's A Beach Cartridge

putting embellishments together, fun fun fun 

 All done....now to show off my pages...lol

here is the cover

 and the inner pages...all ready for pictures and journaling

 Thank you so much for stopping by today, and I hope to be back posting weekly again......
I will be posting the Gypsy File for this project, but boy have I been having some Gypsy Issues......I did the update a while ago, and tried to use it the other day....an hour and a half later, with the help of the SWEETEST csa from Cricut we got it working....but today trying to cut this file....trouble, it keeps cutting the top of my sandal!!!!! so I want to re-do the file so no one has to waste as much paper as I did today...... so check back near the end of the week for the file to make your own!!!!

❀Sherri❀

Scrapbook Lay Outs for She's A Sassy Lady

Hello my Crafty Friends......

Today is my day to post at She's A Sassy Lady, and a few friends that visit Sheila's blog have asked for more Lay Outs.....so..........

lets get started with a little chat....

I have had quite a week ....

a week ago today I lost my furbabie Brodie...it was just the saddest day, he was 13 and had been sick for about a month, we had to make the decision to put him down, it was the hardest thing I have ever had to do....he was the best dog, and just the love of my life, we rescued him when he was 2 from an abusive home, how anyone could have abused this beautiful creature I will never know, but I am so happy to have had him be part of our lives....

here is a picture of my Brodie, he is a Belgian Malinois, R.I.P. buddy, momma loves you......

 oh but wait, it doesn't stop there
 last Monday my dad ended up in the Hospital for 6 days,
he is very sick, he has Multiple Myeloma, he is doing well for now, he was diagnosed over 6 years ago... so everyday I have him here is a gift....
so needless to say, I have not felt very crafty this week.....
So instead I decided to share 2 scrapbook lay out's I did 2 years ago with you....

 This LO I lifted from the Talent Christina from Creations With Christina,

 it is hard to see in the pictures, but on the top right hand side of the blue is 4 blue hearts (cut from Plantin Schoolbook) at 1 inch. I also double matted my pictures and brodie was cut out using jubilee

 I did the same on the brown as I did on the blue and along the bottom of both sheets I cut out 7 more 1 inch hearts, and if you look hard enough you can see the brown on brown, it is really pretty in person...and the ribbon is from my stash.....

 here is a picture of the blue hearts on blue paper, 4 hearts are layered in the corner and then 3 along the bottom....( in the picture is my Brodies tongue, he had black spots on his tongue....I just loved his spots....it was so hard to get a picture of his spots...LOL

 here is a close up on the brown, I hope you can see the hearts....

and here is another LO I did of my Brodie, sorry for the glare....
I loved to dress him up....he did not love it as much as I did,,,
but doesn't he look just too cute!!!! LOL

 boy oh boy can you tell this LO is pre Cricut......and one of my first scrapbook LO's...thank goodness for Provo Craft, my Expression has really improved my LO's, oh and a little tip Ladies, when I first started scrapping, I bought the cheaper adhesives.....I can tell not a great idea, unless 3 years later you want to re-do those LO's. All the LO's I did before my ATG all let go, I needed to re stick them all......wow what a job......so don't CHEAP out on the adhesives.....

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and letting me share my story, I miss my boy everyday, and this was really helpful for me to talk about my furbabie.......
Have a Scrappy Day everyone.....
Hugs
❀Sherri❀