Tims 12 Tags of Christmas ---Tag #1

I'm done!!! I'm finished!! Ive reached the end!!!
Oh wait this is only the FIRST Tim Holtz 12 days of Christmas Tag (http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/)

 I wanted to make Tims 12 Tags of Christmas this year. However I didn't have not one of the long list of products he used to make his amazing tag. So I did what any crafty woman would do. I torn my craft room apart until I assembled a ton of product on my table. This is what I made!!!
 Tim's is so much cuter but I'm happy with mine.

99% of the die cuts for this tag came off one cartridge. I used Stretch Your Imagination for everything except the NOEL. I used MS Seasonal Cake for that. I cut 3 leaves ( pages 48, pg 75 and pg 76) in different shades of green. I cut the flourish on page 77 in Black. The tag was on page 82 ( I trimmed the top off). The pine cones I cut by hand but any circle paper flower would work. Instead of pushing the middle of the flower in you will pull it out to make a cone, when done rolling. I inked around the edges with brown. I used Snow-Tex to add the snow. I also didnt have the embossing folder so I used a cuttle bug one that looked as close to snowflakes as I could.
  I'm not sure I will make all 12. This would be a full time job trying to match up all the supplies he uses. But this tag was fun to make. He is to talented. Thank you Tim for sharing your talent with us!
 
Happy Crafting
Terri

Last of the Fall cards

Happy Day everyone. I'm sorry I haven't blog as much as I wanted to this week. It has been very busy. I have a part time job that usually is about 10 hours per week. Since it is Christmas the hours have tripled. This should be the last week for such craziness. All the displays are set and stocked now. So I hope next week to finish up some cards and project and get them posted.

Today I am posting the last of the fall cards I did. They were both so simple I didn't make a tutorial for them. I saw the Kraft and white card in a magazine awhile back and loved it. The card they did was for a fall wedding. Since there will be no wedding for me in the future I made mine for the Fall that I love so much. I just love Kraft paper. There is a homey vintage feel to the cards you can make with it. I love love love the contrast of the Karft paper and the white cardstock.

The second card I did is an easel card. It is very simple to do. It takes two rectangles and a hole punch and ribbon. This card will fit into a regular business envelope. The pocket on the inside is perfect for a gift card.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog
As always email me if you have any questions.
Happy crafting
Terri



I took 2 retangles the same size. The top retangle I came down 1 inch from the top and scored a line across (right where I placed the first patterned paper). This gave me the lip to open and close the card. Then I punched two holes and tied  the card together with ribbon.



The leaf paper is only glued on the sides and bottom. Making a great gift card pocket.

              Thank you so much
                
             for stopping by

4 Part Tag Card

I'm hoping everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had beautiful day here in Texas. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. I've made a video on the 4 part Tag Card I made yesterday. It is a very simple card to construct. No Gypsy or Cricut needed to make this card. All you need is card stock and a corner rounder. I will be making Christmas cards soon. I have a couple more ideas for Thinking of You cards and Birthday cards before I start on my Christmas cards.

Saturday night my grand daughter Kimmy and I worked on getting my old Christmas tree up and decorated. She had a great time and I loved her helping me. They are heading back to Louisiana  on Sunday and I will miss them terribly. Here is a picture of her working on the tree.
Happy Crafting
Terri

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

                                               
                              


I'm so thankful that you let me share my love of crafting with you. Thank you so much for reading my blog and commenting. Thank you Thank you Thank you!
   My turkey is done and the last of the pies are in the oven. My family will be here soon. I am looking so forward to a great day. I have one son missing from our celebration. Im praying God will bless Jason in his travels and bring him home soon.
    I pray your celebration is wonderful and filled with Love. I plan to eat my way through the day! Bring on the pie!!
Thank you again!
Happy Crafting
Terri

Christmas Card 2011

Hello everyone
I am posting a video of a card I made for a Nov Card Swap. I did 2 cards for this swap. One of them is this Christmas card cut from A Childs Year. I love love love this cartridge. I hear they will be retiring this cartridge. So if you dont have it , now is the time to purchase it. Soon you wont be able to get it or the price will be tripled.
Thanks for watching
Happy Crafting
Terri

Snowman Wall Hanging

Hello

Thanks for stopping by my blog. My granddaughter is here visiting from Louisiana for her Thanksgiving holiday. We made a video for you today. Her and I will be showing you how to make this adorable Snowman wall hanging. It is a very simple and quick project to make with the kiddos. We hung ours in the hall way from a door frame. The wall hanging would be precious made with a snowman for everyone in the house. You could hang a welcome sign where we have our heart. It would be perfect hung on the front door to welcome everyone.
Thank you so much for letting us show you our video. Kimberlee is very excited. This is her first video.
Happy Crafting
Terri and Kimberlee

My first guess designer
Kimberlee

I Heart You This Much Card

I'm back!!! I'm so excited to be showing you a card I made in my new craft room.

I am out the door in just a few minutes. I am heading to Louisiana to get my granddaughter for a Thanksgiving holiday. I haven't seen her since the summer. So I'm so excited to get this chance for us to spend some time together.

The card I made is such a cute card. I saw this card on another blog and just loved it. She said she saw it on another blog. So it may have been around for awhile but it was a new idea to me. And I loved it!!!

Here is the blog I saw...
http://minimozblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-love-you-this-much-card.html. She has lots of wonderful things on her blog. Go check it out of you have the time.

I used the child year cart to make the hands. I used George for the heart. I used Story Book for the letters on the front of the card. The letters on the inside were some I had in my stash. They are about 3/4 inches. My Cricut does not like to cut anything that small. So I skipped it and used some stock letters I already had.
Thank you for watching my video. Let me know what you think of my card.

Thank you
Happy Crafting
Terri

My New Room is Finally Done

Here is the video of my completed Craft Room. I am so excited to share it with you. It has been a whole lot of hard work but so worth it.Thanks for stopping by my blog and talking a look.
Happy Crafting
Terri

My Keepsake Box

As you can tell I'm back to posting. The reorigination is going slow but I am making progress. I have been working on cutting a ton of  vinyl for all the wall art in my new craft room. I now have at least one table cleared off. I have some of my supplies in order. My Cricut is plugged in and has been very busy. This project however that I worked on tonight, I didn't even turn on my Cricut.
 I saw a video on youtube by IluvVintageScrap. Her video is here http://youtu.be/RXcfZjWqWwg. She did a beautiful keepsake letter box. She got the idea from a tutorial on youtube by Micheles Rubber Room. Her video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2kArL5ydBw&feature=related.

Here is my take on the box. I made my box with more of a personal souvenir box than just a decorative box. I used an envelope on the top of my box that is a personal envelope that was addressed to me. The card that came in the envelope and the person who addressed the envelope has special meaning to me. Inside the box I plan to keep a personal keepsake from the person who addressed the envelope. This box technique certainly would make a wonderful decorative box. But it also is a great way to save a personal addressed envelope. We get so few handwritten letters anymore. Cards are about the only mail I have received in a last few years that has been hand addressed. How special it would be to save an envelope from a special person  that has been address to you. I cant wait to get one addressed to me by my 5 year old granddaughter.

You can used any size envelope as long as you can find 6-8 other empty envelopes ( new or used)  close to the same size to make your envelope stack.

 There are tons of important addressed envelopes. Such as you could use an envelope that was addressed to your teenager, when they were excepted to college. You could use that envelope for the top envelope and make a great keepsake box to celebrate that occasion.

I also did the inside of my box differently then Michele did on her tutorial. I couldn't get the inside of my box to look like hers. But I AM measure challenged lol Soooo how I did the inside was I cut 4 pieces to fit inside the box. One for each side instead of one fitted piece. I did add some sunflower fabric trim to the inside top of my box. Sunflowers have a special meaning to me so I added it to my box.

I hope you make one of these great boxes. I plan to sit mine on a shelf in my new craft room. I do plan to have some pictures posted of the new room. I worked on a video but it just was to shaky. I think pictures of each area will work better. So I will work on that this weekend.

If you have any questions about the keepsake box I made please leave me a note.

Happy Crafting
Terri

We call it family

I took this picture this morning. As the dogs and the cat were fast asleep. I have 2 very old dogs and one really mean cat. It made me smile this morning to see them all sleeping on the blankie and sharing. Its the small things in our lives that help us pull the big picture together. This small thing made me stop and count the blessing I have in my life.
Happy Halloween everyone. Have a fun but very safe night.

Happy crafting

Terri