Shadow Box

Hello Crafty Friends,
I am ready to share my exciting news......
Pam from The Bugbytes has invited me to be part of her DT......I was so honored to be asked, of coarse I said YES!!!!!!
I was so nervous to do my first project.....I didn't know what to do.....
I have been wanting to do a shadow box for so long.....and my puppy Lola just turned 1....so what a great time to do one....here is a quick peak at the finished project...

Using my Gypsy, I designed this paw print photo mat to display photos of her over this first year......this is why I love my Gypsy...I do not own a cartridge that has a paw print on it....so I created my own.....using a 10 x 10 square as my frame on layer one, On layer 2 I found a paw print I liked on CM This and That Cartridge,and here comes the fun part...finding shapes to match the CM paw print....the ovals are from Plantin Schoolbook bigger part of the paw is from B is For Boys....it is the nose of one of the animals.... the bone is from Create a Critter and the word Lola is the font is from Close To My Heart-Artiste (love this cart!!!)

 this pink paper has the cutest damask embossing on it, it is from Michaels by American Craft.....I cut it down to 10 x 10 and placed it in the centre of my mat

 I also picked up this shadow box at Michaels for half price

 using this cute puppy paper, some of the bones are pink, I am not sure if I like this paper so I have not attached my project to it yet.....

 here is the pink paper after being cut, and weeded

 I added a black mat to the pink....it is 10.5 x 10.5

 now time to add pictures of my little cutie....Lola the top left is the day I brought her home 8 weeks old.....next she is 4 months old, the next pic she is 6 months, then 8 months....and the final picture, the big one she is a year old....

 I added some brads and a little heart and at the bottom is her first little bling bling collar....it needs more bling....I am not done with this project.....I think I need to pull out my I-Rock.....but we will see....

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and a big thank you to Pam for letting me share my project with you today....
❀Sherri❀

Secret Santa Revealed

Hello Crafty Friends,
just a little post on a little fun we had over at She's a Sassy Lady, we did a Secret Santa Gift Exchange, we did this exchange between She's a Sassy Lady and The BugBytes ....it was so fun.....

I was Santa for Melody, from A Splash Here and There, here is the gift I sent to her.....

she had a little hint on her blog as to what she would like Santa to bring her(thank you for the help Melody...lol) and 2 of the things on her list were the Martha Stewart Mini Score board....now I had not heard of this, I do have the big one, but not the mini.....LOVE it so yes Santa had to bring me one too...hehehe and she needed new Tweezer Bees....I have heard from her and she Loved her gifts....you are so welcome Melody....

Now onto who my Secret Santa was..... Denine, from Pumpkin Spice 

 She wrapped it soo pretty......and that card......LOVE IT!!!!!

now we were asked to leave some hints on our blog to what we may want, now I did not do that, I really wanted to be surprised, and I just knew I would LOVE anything crafty she gave me........and was I right!!!!!!!!

looky looky what I received.......PAPER!!!! love love love paper, and one can never have to much paper...am I right..... and a package of border trims and bling lets not forget the bling....I love me some I-Rock gems, Thank you SO SO SO much Denine

I can't wait to do this again next year, so so so fun to wait for that mailman to deliver that package.......

I hope you all will stop by my new friends blogs, they are some very crafty ladies.....I think you will enjoy......

Happy Crafting everyone......

❀Sherri❀

Zebra Ornament

Hello Crafty Friends,

How are you all doing....I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, I did....
Today is my day over at She's A Sassy Lady, thank you so much Sheila for letting me share my craft with you today....

I have one more quick and easy Christmas crafty for you.
I just received my Christmas gifts from my SIL, did I mention she is a Stampin' Up Demonstrator...Yea for me...all my gifts were from Stampin' Up!!!!

here a quick pic of my gift... look at all those goodies!!!!!

I have been wanting that punch and stamp set for a while now....
so I just had to play with it and make one last ornament.......
ok maybe its not one of your tradition ornament, but I think it is pretty cute....

So using my Ornament punch, my mini Martha Stewart Score Board and some of my favourite paper....Zebra, I started punching

After punching out 7 ornaments I scored them all down the middle

using my ATG and zip dry I attached all the pieces, but just about half way I attach some twine down the middle...

I left a little hanging out the top and bottom so I could add a bow and a little bling bling 

and there you have it, I love how it turned out,......I will be making alot of these next year......
Thank you so much for stopping by today,
and be sure to come back in January I have a little announcement to make, I am pretty excited about this announcement.....stay tuned.....
and I would like to wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.

❀Sherri❀

Snowflake Shape Card

Hello Crafty Friends, 

I hope you all are well, 

I was having some issues blogging but I think I have fixed them, so I can get back to posting, this is a card I made for my monthly post at She's A Sassy Lady, but I was unable to post, but I still wanted to share it with you all...

I love to make shape cards, so I decided to make this snowflake shape card, I love snowflakes, each one so different and so beautiful....

this snowflake is from the Cake Basics cartridge, with the inside hidden, 

cut at 5.24 H 6.21 W

I welded 2 of the shadow feature together cut at the same H  and W 

using my new mini martha stewart score board...lovin it!! 

 using zip dry to adhere the layers, 

stamp on the inside and outside of card is from 

Joy's Life Stamps, Oh Christmas Puns Set, love her stamps..... 

 ink from stampin'up  

  I thought it was a little plain looking so I added some mini jingle bells and twine, 

I hope you enjoyed my card, 

I think when I make this card again, I will shrink the size a bit, to fit 2 on a mat, and be able to fit into a regular A2 envie....or a 6x6 envie....

Thanks for stopping by today..

Happy crafting

❀Sherri❀

MAKEOVER!!!!!

Hello my crafty friends....
just a quick post on my new look!!!!!!
I just received a Blog Makeover!!!!
I am so excited, a while ago I won a prize from the Fabulous Joy, from Joy's Life....the Illustrated Makeover Me package.... from Madeline @  The Shabby Vanity.
It was such an easy process...Madeline is FABULOUS to work with.....and hello look at what she can do!!!!!!!!
so IF you are thinking about a new look...head over to see Madeline.....
and of coarse if you are looking for any crafty inspiration.....head on over to see Joy.....you won't be disappointed.
I would love to know what you think of my makeover.....leave me a comment
Happy Crafting, 

❀Sherri❀

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❀