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Yesterday I made a ton of cards with the Geo-die. I cant stop !!!! I have been experimenting with several types of paper and materials. The felt didn't work well at all but I've not given up. Foam worked ok but the look wasn't worth the effort ( for me). Cardboard with the ridges looked great. The contrast of the smooth side and when you fold it you get the crinkle side. That was worth a another look. I will work on that tomorrow. Here are a few of the cards I made. Thank you so very much for stopping by. Please leave a comment. Id love to see what you think.



Terri

Here is a pic of what im working on next week. I took a $1.00 plastic frame for the Dollar Tree. Once you turn it over you get a stand. I put designer paper  inside and added a note pad
You could move the note pad to the top and add a photo mat. I will make a few this weekend and see how they turn out. I plan to sell them at our church bookstore.

Happy Crafting from Texas

Geo- Die Card

Here is the card I made this morning. I think I love this die!! It is so easy and it makes  great embellishments.

Made with two  4" square's  of card stock glued together.

         

Rubber Stamp Show

I was at the Rubber Stamp Show in Grapevine Texas this past weekend. I got so many great stamps and supplies. The one thing I got that I have never seen before was a Geo-Die. This is a very cool pattern die that I use in my Cuttle Bug. Here are some of the examples I made yesterday. It cuts out a geometric design  you simply run through the Cuttle Bug with 2 sided paper, fold and tuck the flaps. The one die I bought you can get two cuts/ two designs from the same die. Here is the link to the demo.WWW. Geo-Dies.com. I cant wait to get all 10 they make. The price range from $16-$26. They have  great tutorials and instructions. This is going to make some wonderful cards.

You run it through once you get this design.



Run it through twice you get this wonderful design.
 Sorry about my Pic. My camera is acting werid.



Card Swap for January 2011

Hello Happy Wednesday!! Its card swap day! With a card swap you mail off 12 cards.  6 of 2 designs. The only rule is the cards need to be made with your Cricut. You will get back in the mail 12 different cards. Its is a wonderful way to share the love of card making.The ones I got back for the Christmas swap blew me away. There are so many talented ladies in our group. Here are the 2 cards I made.

Made with A Child Year Cart. Its hard to tell in the pic but the back ground paper is very shinny. I added pearls around the edges. If I had to do it over again I would have made a shadow for her. But I like the card over all

Also made with a Childs Year cart. It is one of my very favorite carts. The small bird on the shovel handle is bend in the pic. I did notice and  it was fixed before I mailed them out  LoL

Today I mailed off my cards for the card swap. I did enjoy making these cards. I'm excited to get the other ladies cards back. Its always exciting to see what the others card makers are doing. I made these cards while making about 40 for the church bookstore to sale. I will show them in the next few days. i hope you enjoy these.
Terri

Happy Sunday !!

Hello
Happy Sunday Everyone!!!


I hope you are all ready for some bad weather. I'm afraid the cold and rain will turn to ice and snow. It was cold and rainy today as we traveled to church.

I have been working on a ton of cards. I took some time out this morning and took a few pics of the Valentine ones I have been working on. I dropped about 25 cards off at the church bookstore today. I sale my cards there and donate the money to our church. It was been a blast seeing everyone's reaction to a simple home made card. They have been selling well and the manager of the bookstore seemed please to receive a new batch. I will download pics as I'm completing them. Here are the Valentine ones.

Yesterday, I spent the day at a Rubber Stamp show. That was the best fun I have had in a long time. I spend way to much money BUT I am pleased with my selections. I have been having a hard time finding some religious stamps locally. I was about ready to order some from the net. Yesterday I found all I needed from the first booth I saw at the show. It was a great blessing!!! I also bought a new die cut from Geo-Dies and Nellies Multi-frames. I cant wait to make a few cards with these. The Geo-Die is so different than anything else I've found. You cut out the design then fold it around the edges and it looks like something you braided. It is very cool. I plan to make a few today. I will download the pics in the morning to show you. I hope everyone is warm and safe throughout this bad weather spell we are expecting. I will be happily in my craft room. I got so many new stamps yesterday. It may be spring before I remerge. That would be ok with me.
Have a great week. Check back tomorrow for the new die-cuts. I will also be done with my cards for the card swap. I'll download those pics as well.



I added a felt flower I made from a sixxiz die. They are so great for cutting felt.




Same here another felt flower



I cut this with my E. The small heart was a iron-on I found at Walmart.
I pop-dotted the Love

Hello 2011 So Glad Your Here

Happy New Year Everyone !!


I'm hoping everyone had a great holiday. 2010 is gone and we are on to 2011. My family and I had a wonderful Christmas and we are happy the new year has started. I spend the few days between Christmas and New Years making a few Christmas pages for friends and their new baby. First Christmas are always so special. I did one page for Halloween and a Thanksgiving page. I hope to send them a few pages for every holiday this year. Just so they can mark their first year with their precious baby boy.

Please for give the picture quailty. Not my best camera work. My dear son James gave me a mini video-camera for Christmas. As soon as I learn to use it and upload it on my blog. I hope to make some videos to place there.



Halloween




Thanksgiving page was done with a preprinted page. The scarecrow was already printed on the page. I added some stickles and some stickers. I made a mat for a photo. It made for a very simple but cute page.

   Sorry the glare is so bad. I took the pics while they were in the photo sleeve. I had already packed them to mail when I noticed it.

This is also a preprinted page. The horses were already printed across the top. I added the bling, letters and the squares.

This page was done with some old christmas cards, stickers and a preprinted page. I cut out the pictures from the front of the old cards.

Combo preprinted page and some Cricut cuts with lots of stickles

The singers and the tree were cut from old christmas cards. I loved the art work so I saved it. The small elfs were some great christmas stickers I found.

Snowman is from an old Christmas card and the cute Elfs were from a sticker set.

Barbie Bed is finally finished

Ok here is a pic of the Barbie bed I made over for my granddaughter for Christmas. I decided to paint it out white. It took several coats to cover the multi-colored paint job it had when I found it at the second hand shop. I then decided to cover the "mattress" with Con-Tact paper. I found some great white with pink Pooka-dot contact paper at Big Lots. Once that was covered I hot glued the gathered pink lace to the sides like a bed ruffle. I cut out the Barbie sign on heavy card stock using my Gypsy and glued it to the "head board". It was a lot of fun to revamp. I know she will enjoy placing her Barbie's to sleep on it each night. Her Mom plans to hang it in her room. We decided not to make pillows or covers. Mom had night mares just thinking about having to keep up with all that. This shall do just fine.

Before Pic cost $7.00



In Progress, several coats of paint
paint cost $3.00




I took wood putty and covered up the engraving
then covered the Head Board with contact paper
Coat of wood putty $3.00




Finished!!
Cost of Con-tac paper $2.00

Trash to Treasure  cost: $15.00                    
 Labor of Love   cost :  Hugs and Kisses

I love it~Terri

Merry Merry Christmas!

Hello Everyone
Merry Merry Christmas!!!

I'm hoping everyone has a great Holiday!. Here is a pic of my small tree. I love the red and white. With work and family obligations I will be very busy the next few weeks. I will be back after the holidays to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!! May God bless you all.

Here is a pic of the Barbie Bed I am revamping for my granddaughter. It was once used for someone's Beanie Babies. Kimberlee will be using it for all her Barbie's. I will post a pic after Christmas of her New Barbie Bed to let you see how it turned out. I plan to paint the side's white. The bed part will be Barbie pink. I will make small covers and pillows for each tier. I want to use gathered lace around each bed frame like a bed ruffle. We will be what all I get done. It may only get painted. Time is moving faster than I am!!
Happy Holidays!!!

Card Swap Received Today

Today I received a package in the mail. It was from the November card swap I did. Oh my goodness the cards were exceptional!! I loved everyone of them. What a line up of talented ladies. Thank you everyone who sent out cards. This was my first swap but it wont be my last. A friend asked which was my favorite. These are like my adopted children I love them all!! Scroll down and you will find the cards I sent. Enjoy

New Wall Art

Today I went to our local dollar tree and found this adorable vinyl cut outs. The color matched my craft room. It makes great wall art. If you have a Dollar Tree by you check this out. It would be great for a kids room too. Cute cute cute and only $1.00 for all.