Blog Candy by Sweeet Designs By Cheryl

Candy from Sweeet Designs by Cheryl. It's her 1st Anniversary and she's giving away CANDY!!!! Go check it out ... click on the title

Candy From TRUE GIFTS FROM THE HEART!

Click on the title to go check out the candy!!

I GOTTA learn how to post a button on my sidebar .....

EXCITEMENT

I'm attending my first SWARM at the end of the month!!! I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this!!! I am SO very excited.

This month has been very busy for me in terms of Guard responsibilities with my daughters, so I'm ready to "cut" loose and enjoy my girls' weekend!!

I've been working on a couple of posters and an anniversary card. Will post pics soon.

STAY WARM!!!

For all those Sweet Tooths!!! MORE CANDY

Can you believe it!! I found some more ... must be the time of year!!

THANKS so much Nanne for sharing!!!

Click on title to go to her page and leave a comment!

MORE Candy!!! at Wennie IN Wonderland!!

Always, always, LOVE CANDY!!!! Click on title to go to Wennie's in Wonderland!!! She's sharing the wealth!!!

VERY SWEET BLOG CANDY!!!

WOW!!! Fern has some incredibly generous blog candy going on this month!!! One Ben Franklin!!! yep, $100!!! Click title above to check it out!!

Paper Dolls

I got Paper Doll Dress Up for Christmas and I'm SOO in love!!!! There are so many accessories and options that it's worth every penny!!!

Here are a couple of dolls that I've made:



This is Lady Gaga and her "twin" haha. My brother couldn't go to the concert, so I made him a "consolation".

Ariel and her friend


Super fun!!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!! I'm starting the new year by joining a swap on the Cricut Message Board and also participating in my first SWARM next month! I'm SUPER excited! I'm hoping this will keep me crafty active and productive.

I spent my evening organizing my craft supplies on the new shelf that my husband built for me for Christmas. It's six feet tall and i want to add some dowel rods for ribbon. When I'm finished "embellishing" it, I'll post a picture. HAPPY SCRAPPING!!

Card from Santa

The picture above is the inside of the tri-fold card, The sleigh is holding the gift card. Click on picture to see the whole image. Not sure why it's being cropped....

I used SCAL to cut Merry Christmas.


I'm so disappointed that wasn't able to finish the details on this card because I ran out of time since I had to get this in the mail. But, I sure had fun designing it. I used SURE CUTS A LOT and a little bit of Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge. I designed the fireplace my self and used images from Michelle at the Scrapping Table for the Santa, reindeer, tree, and sleigh. She has such WONDERFUL images to use with SCAL.

BELIEVE!!!

Not so quick gift bag

Had to spruce up a $2 gift, so I put this together. Not sure if the recipient will enjoy this as much as I enjoyed putting it together!!! I used Stretch Your Imagination cartridge that I borrowed from a friend. LOVE IT!!! The bag is cut from Plantin Schoolbook. I cut the bag on a 12" X 12" and fit to page. My small box of chocolates and individual package of coffee JUST fit!!!

technical difficulty

all the sudden I can't open my "add image" button ... be back soon ... after I pull my hair out!!!

More Marching Band Stuff - PAPER DOLLS

I am SOO in love with paper dolls!! AND, I don't even have the Cricut cartridge yet!!! I did all these with cuts using SCAL, images from google and from Quilling Patch. I had so much fun!!! I've gotta get the paper doll cartridges for my Cricut so I can play some more!!

These cuts were for decorating gift bags for the seniors of the marching band during Senior Night. Since it was ANOTHER rainy night in GA, I covered the front with Dollar Store contact paper that removes pretty easily.

Cup cake tower made by my Creative Sis

Trying to share this with someone on Cricut MB ... I haven't mastered photo posting yet ... but am learning ... not at the speed that I'd like though

So, click on title to see picture ...

Gypsy Giveaway

Check it Out!!!

Cutting Above is giving away 2 Gypsies!!!

Click on Title, above, to go to blog and learn how!

Thanks, Cutting Above!!! SOOO Exciting!

Skittles Candy!!!

"Skittles" available to win at karelj.blogspot.com. Click on title above and I'll take you there. BLOG Candy is SO fun!!!

HAPPY OCTOBER!!

Twins' Birthday Cards

So my twins turned 17 this past week. And, of course, I didn't get inspired to make their birthday card until the night before, after 11pm!!! I made these tag books so I could put a picture of their birthday present inside since they won't be getting their phones until next month.

All in all I like the way the Roll books turned out. They were fun to make, just wish I had more embellishments that I could have used. ANOTHER reason to go shopping!!!

My girls really liked them, so that's what counts!!

When making the Roll books, I wish I would had the time to flatten the rolls between something heavy. As it was, I just used a bone folder (?) to make the creases. Also, I used strong adhesive tape (the red kind) to attach the 4" X 6" pieces of paper. I did realize that some toilet paper rolls are different sizes. And, I just experimented with the size for the tags, using Plantin SchoolBook. (I'm still exploring all the different options for tags with PS.)

For the book rings, I used 1" book rings from the office supply store. They were pretty cheap for 100 count.

Business Card Holder

I wanted to make something special for a friend at work. She's always giving away her jewelry that she makes or taking photographs and giving them away. She's such a delight! Well, my last day was Sunday, so I wanted to give her something.

I had seen a business card holder that Nicole made posted on the Cricut Message Board. I actually found the old posting and got directions off her blog - www.undertheinkfluence.com, in the month of June, 2009. You can click on the title above to get to her directions.

I did alter her pattern a little bit. I made the box holder using Accent Essentials and cut the figure at 4 1/2" instead of her suggested 5". I also cut a little more off for the base.

Anyway, it was fun and I enjoyed the process. I wanted to add a lot of bling with crystals or glitter (because my friend is a blingy gal), but I didn't have the right paper to go with that. Maybe I should go shopping!!!

Found some more SWEETS!!

More Candy!!! at Sqiggles and Gliggles ... (click on above title to take you there)

Oscar and Daisy are SO CUTE!!!

Blog Candy is SUCH FUN!!

Sugar Alert!

NEW BLOG CANDY!!! http://paperphenomenon.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-candy.html#comment-form

Check it out ... she makes the most incredible bags!!!

You have to subscribe to her blog (not just follow) to be entered to win. Winner is announced at the end of the month.

Marching Band Items

Here are a couple of the items I created during Marching Band Camp ....

These will be the Seniors pins for the first home game ... used the Sure Cuts A Lot software and gift boxes as the tag board. Our mascot is the Longhorn, hence the western buttons. These are taking quite a while to create, but I think it will be worth it in the end.

No Cricut used on this item. These were little "badges" for the students to add to their gear bags. Kind of like girl scout's SWAP items ... The item is a snare drum because we all went to the Drum Core International Competition at the Georgia Dome. Again, these took a lot of time, but they turned out cute. Can't see that in the photo though. I started with small wooden spools and painted them, then wrote "DCI 2009" on each. The drum sticks are toothpicks with small beads on the end. Maybe next year I'll make them into earrings and they'll be more popular.

The bowling pins and bowling ball below were cut with the Cricut. It was interesting that foam from different companies (Hobby Lobby versus Michael's) cut differently. I believe I used the deep cut blade housing (whew, expensive) and not sure if it was needed or not.




Again, I used the SCAL software, found an image on line, and used Inkscape to make it compatible with SCAL version 1. Sure wish I had had version 2!!!! So, wasn't so happy with how some of the foam cut, but then some of the foam from HL cut a whole lot cleaner. Trial and error, I guess. AND, don't you know that I didn't write any of this down for future reference!!! UGH!!! Oh well. These were a lot of fun. They were badges for our bowling night during Band Camp.