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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Pet Card

Made with the  A Childs Year cart. Cut at 4 inches. 5x5 card.
Paper by K and co

Today I made a simple but meaningful personal card for a friend. His cat whom he loves more than anything is ill. Old age is catching up with dear old Pooka, a beautiful black cat. This is making my dear friend very sad. I want them both to know I'm thinking of them and wishing them well. Isn't that why we send personal cards and personal notes? We want the people we care about to know we understand and wish the very best outcome for them. That is why card making is such a joy for me. Its a way to express in a very short form, solidarity. Let it be either a happy birthday, welcome baby, or sympathy  card. No matter what the celebration or the trials, we stand with you. A card can remind a person in a small way they are not alone.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Werid or just me? True story, it happened to me

 Happy Monday!! I'm working on some cards and a mini album. Pics will be posted soon. I have to tell you a funny story from my adventure out yesterday. I decided I wanted a coke. I don't drink a lot of cokes so this in its self was weird. So I was making my way to Sonic for a coke. Then I decided I wanted the new chocolate turn over at Arbys, oh but they only sell Pepsi(yuck). I decided Id make two stops, one to Arbys then to Sonic. All will be good. Arbys was out of the turnover but they would be fresh baked in 18 minutes. Ok no problem I think. There is a Half Price Books there in the parking lot with the Arbys. So Ill go there look around and come back for the turnover. So now I've decided since I've gone to all the trouble for the turnover I should get two. Off to Half Price Books I go. I get a couple scrapbooking magazines. Good side trip. Now I'm back to the drive through at Arbys. Ill take two turnovers now. Oh sorry the guy says they are out. Oh I say they aren't ready yet? I'm the lady who was here 30 minutes ago and went to half price book, now I'm back for my turn over!!!. He says a lady came in and bought all they had just made. GRRRRRR. 20 minutes more a fresh batch will be out. I guess he heard the desperation in my voice. He then tells me if I will drive around he will sell me 2 frozen turnovers. I said excuse me? He whispers in the mouth piece of the intercom that they are easy for me to bake. This made perfect sense to me and I say ok then give me 3. He then ask if I want some extra to pipe on the top. I feel like I just scored some drugs and look around then say,Yes I want that too!!! I drive around to the window. He hands me some hand written baking directions and I slip him my money and I get a bag of frozen turnovers!! I wondered if it was his first time too? When I got home he had given me 4 but chagred me for 3. I think hes trying to get me hooked.


Weird or just me?

Friday, October 22, 2010

A hard week..

Sorry, there hasn't been a new card posted since Monday. We have had some family business to attend to and that has kept me very busy. I'm hoping to have pictures of a new mini I'm working on posted soon. I've added some more bling to my Cricut. I cant wait to show you that. Its crazy when life gets in the way of crafting. Just doesn't seem fair. Have a great weekend and check back Monday for some ramblings from this Texas craft room.




Until then enjoy some pictures of my grand daughter and I pumpkin hunting at the local market.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Card making with Kimmy

Kimmy glimmer misting her paper



Im holding the heat gun for her


She loved the cuddle bug. Embossing is her thing!!



She is tearing her paper just like the video she watched


 she added the string

The ATG was hard for her but she did it

Stamping her sentiment

Happy card maker!!

Today was  card making day with Kimmy.She is my granddaughter. She choose a card from Youtube ( made my Chris416Ward) Kimmy made her card with very little help from me. I did help her do the cutting and I held the heat gun. The rest was all her. I made a card too. Her card turned out beautiful!!! and she's only 4 years old. Can you tell which card the adult made and which one the 4 year old made?  lol me either. We had a great day together making cards and laughing. We are both very mess card makers. Our table is a mess!!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Looks hard but oh so easy to make Card


Good afternoon Everyone!! I am posting a pic of a card I made this morning for my friend Evelyn. She has someone special in mind that she wants to give this card too. I hope Evelyn and her friend enjoy it. This card is so much fun to make.


I'm on my way across town to pick up my granddaughter for a few days. My daughter tells me they have made the decision to move back to Louisiana on Nov 1st. I am so sad to see them go. I will miss her and my granddaughter so very much!! Makes me want to follow them.

Have a great weekend everyone

Friday, October 15, 2010

Time to think Christmas cards?


Good Morning Everyone. Thank your for stopping by my blog. It is a beautiful day here in Texas. I have been working on some cards that I plan to send out Christmas. I saw a video over at CARDSTV that Mary did with a snow globe. Of course as always I never have the cart she used. However.. I did have a snow globe on the Joys of the Season cart. The snowman on JS cart was tall a thin not a cute fat snowman like Mary's. So I cut the tall snowman with my E and sniped his head off and used just the bottom half. He fit perfectly well in my snow globe. I did use acetate around the globe as Mary did. It does give it a glass globe appearance. I used stickles over the snowflakes. It doesn't show up well on the pictures but the snowflakes really sparkle great in person. The look on my snowmans face says, help I want out!!! The next one I make I will pen a different face on him. Still not sure if this is the card I will make for Christmas. As you can see I didn't even use a typical Christmas sentiment. It reads: How is everything in your Bowl : I will make a few more designs than decide.


I hope you are having a great day and have great plans for the weekend. My dear friend Richard is still in India. He is on a missions trip. His 3 weeks will be up next Saturday and he will be home. It will be good to have him safely back home. I have missed my Buddy. He tells me he has me a beautiful prayer shawl. I cant wait to see it. I will post pictures as soon as I get my hands on it.
 
Thanks again for stoping by
Terri

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Cricut challenge




Ive entered my wall hanging in the cricut challenge at ,
Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday .We needed to make a wall hanging using a cricut shape. I saw a wall hanging being made on youtube but didn't have the supplies she used. She bought some chipboard shapes. So I made my own shape's using my cricut. I cut the shape using heavy cardboard. I cut  the shape on page 62 in a 5 inch size. I used the Accent Essentials cartridge. The wonderful bonus was I able to used the inside shape that was left over. It makes a great mini-chipboard book. I also cut the designer paper from the design. The cutout paper fit perfectly over the chipboard cut outs. This project went together very quickly. It would make a great gift for a crafter's wall, I am making one for my granddaughter that says PRINCESS. There are a million sayings that would work. I strung it together with ribbon and used embellishments to decorate my wall hanging.














Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Pet layout

Hello World!!! I have been working on a lay out for my babies. I had a collection of pictures of them that had a running theme.  I have no idea why I have taken so many pics when they weren't looking at me or their eyes were closed.  However all of those pics did make for a few cute pages. I used my E and my cricut pens to write out the messages. Enjoy!!!


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Bling for my E machine!!!!

Hello Tuesday!!! So glad you could stop by and see my blog. I have been working on a new card. It is a Thank You card for Deb. She is a fellow crafter from my Cricut Yahoo group who was nice enough to cut me a most wonderful Cricut head for my E machine. She made me 1 large head and 2 small ones. I'm so excited to place them on my other machines. Thank You Deb so very much! Here is the head I placed on my E machine. Dont you just love it! Check out Debs blog Bug Juiced by Debbie
Thank you all for your prayers for my son. God is working in my sons life. We are expecting great things in the future for him. I'm trying to remember that God's answers are wiser than our prayers. He listens even if we dont know what to pray any more.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Pastor Thank You Card

Good Morning Everyone!! It is a beautiful day in Texas. I was hoping for some rain. The weather had other plans. I've had my air off this past week due to some mild days. It was so nice to have the windows open. However, yesterday it turned warm once again !!! So I was forced to shut up the windows and turn on the air. Darn, Im ready for fall weather.



We are having a Pastor appreciation day Sunday at church. This is the card I made for him. It is a simply fold card with a few embellishments. I hope he enjoys it. I placed a belly band with ribbon tie around it. Once its open it stands as a Zfold card. I used my cuttle bug to dry emboss behind the letters. Now I need to make an envelope for it. Then Im done!!
 
I ask that you continue to pray for my child. We are still in need of God's intervention. Thank you. Now go and enjoy your day and know that God is still in charge!!
Terri