Merry Christmas Noah!

This is the card that I created for a little boy named Noah Biorkman who is battling Cancer ... the Dr's don't think he'll make it till Christmas so his parents moved their Christmas up and they Celebrated this past weekend with a visit from Santa Claus and the cards and letters and gifts are still pouring in .. there is a video that you can watch here .. he's just a little 5 year old boy who should have life to look forward to and to hear Noah say that an Angel figurine ornament was his favorite because it reminds him of heaven and that's where he'll be soon just breaks my heart because no child should ever have to think these thoughts. I have a 5 yr old grandson and can't imagine my life without him... My thoughts and prayers go out to Noah and his family, and this card is to bring an added smile to a darling little boy's face.

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Whilst Blurfing my favorite blog sites I stopped in at Andrea Walford's site and noticed a video tutorial for Top Note Envelope GC Holders.. FUN!! ... and really super easy to put together. The only thing I still need to do is run them through the Crimper. Now, if you click here it will take you directly to her site and under her November 2nd post Wandering Words Christmas Card (which is also on my list to create btw!) at the end of the post after her signature you will see "You might also like" .. and that is where you click on the Top Note Envelope GC Holder. It will take you directly to her video on how to create these cute and super easy holders! I made all 5 of these in no time flat and I'm stoked because we do give quite a few GC's at Christmas! So, I hope you check out Andrea's site, be prepared to spend allot of time there because she has allot to offer visually ( she is FAB-ulously Talented) but promise me you'll still come back and visit! I'm going to try to work on setting up my video camera and creating my own videos.. we'll see how that goes, maybe once the Christmas Season is behind us! lol!! Enjoy making some of these cute little holders and let me know if you make any so I can come and check them out!

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Falling Leaves

These cards were made with one of my newest stamp set additions called Branch Out! I was so excited to get this set .. it's on the Dormant list, dormant means that it is not in the Catalog and that they could Discontinue the set ... or they could potentially put it back into the Catalog but I didn't want to take a chance and with Fall upon us it was the perfect time to buy it! Now, anyone that knows and loves me knows that I love anything dealing with trees and leaves .. case in point, I just purchased a set called Trees Three that I cannot wait to ink up! ... but back to the card at hand! I looked out the window and saw the most spectacular sight.. the trees in the back lot were vivid shades of orange and yellow and red and I wanted to capture that beauty and about an hour later I heard my Brown Santa (UPS guy) coming up the walk.. know how I knew it was him... my cat started growling! .. seriously, she's so funny, I think she thinks she's a dog.. funny thing is though she growls and runs the other way, then peeks around the corner at him (still growling)! We just stand there and laugh at her! Anyway, he was bringing me my order which had Branch Out in it! I didn't even really think about it I just put it together and gathered papers inks and ribbon and since I already had the vision in my head I just sat down and made them... gotta' love when that happens! I used Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede ink, Kraft, Wh White and Choc Chip CS and DSP, sponged Soft Suede on my Wh White while it was still in the stencil added a sentiment with the stamp set Falling Leaves, added ribbon and Viola'! Easy Peasy!!

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Here's a Gate Fold Card!

I made this card for my Dad for his Birthday and he loved it! I am better versed with the GirlyGirl cards and always seem so challenged when it comes to making a Manly card. Now, I have wanted to make a Gate Fold card for some time so when I spotted the tutorial on SCS on how to make this card I was all over it! The video tutorial was done by Beate (rhymes with Miata) Johns **waving Hi to Beate** and let me tell you this gal is U-ber talented so when you get a few minutes go to Split Coast Stampers and check out her Gallery! Now, my Mom is always telling me that I use Brown way to much when I make cards and I tell her that I just can't help it! I love the warm earthy tones and get this... FALL is my FAVorite Season... GASP!

You know though, seriously I really do try to use other colors but I find it oh so hard not to grab my Chocolate Chip CS , and there is now another scrumptious shade called Soft Suede!!

Here are the deets for this card and believe you me I would love to divulge who makes this lovely Designer Paper and the stamp set and sentiment inside the card but since I am a Stampin' Up girl I can't .. rules, rules rules... we can only list what the Stampin' Up products are, so here goes ... the Ribbon is our luxurious Chocolate Chip Satin, the Card Stock or (CS) is Old Olive, Choc Chip and Whisper White, the ink color is Chocolate Chip and the stamp set used was our Bold and Basic Greetings!

I hope you like this card as much as I do and Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Parties,Parades and Goodies.. Oh My!

My daughter and grandchildren invited me along to help out at their Halloween Parties at school today! Hailey is 8 and in 3rd grade and Brandon is 5 1/2 and in "K" .. I of course had to make some goodies to take along for their classes and wanted to share with you what I created..

We made Halloween cut outs the other day and the kids had so much fun sprinkling.. they start out frosting but my daughter and I end up taking over that task the kids just wanted to do the sprinkling!

The caramel corn was a hit... a tasty treat that I made last night and the kids loved the goody bags.. I was going to buy some but forgot so I decided at the last minute to make some.. they were super easy to make! I found the idea on Dawn Griffith's blog, originally she had made hers for cocoa packets but I improvised and stuffed mine full of dollar store candy and pencils. These goody bags were made from a regular envelope and cut down, scored and folded and then stamped and inked.

The kids had the cutest costumes.. Brandon was "Luigi" from Mario and Luigi! That boy sure loves his video games!! He was absolutely A-dorable and when they held their Parade and his class walked down the center of the halls, the

other classes lined up on the sides and called out .. hey look it's Luigi, Hi Luigi! He was a hit!

Hailey was "Josie" from Josie and the Pussycasts, remember that cartoon? She had a little teeny bit of make up on but the girls in her class told her she couldn't wear it so she went in the bathroom and took it off and cried.. oh, break my heart! The teacher told my daughter that she wasn't going to make her take it off because it was 'in good taste' and she felt so bad that the girls made Hailey think she would get in trouble ... still her costume was very cute!

Well, I hope you enjoyed viewing the goodies made and pictures of my darling grandkids! I hope everyone has a Safe and Enjoyable Halloween!

Trick or Treat!

~Sherry

My Daughter's Birthday card!

Isn't this card fun?!! It's called a Wiper Card ... I spotted it over on SCS (Splitcoast Stampers) and I decided it would be a great card to make for my Daughter for her Birthday which is the day after Halloween! I think she's going to love it! It was fun to make, super easy and I will be making many more for family and friends! Since this was my first attempt I tried to stay true to the card posted but can see how you can really change things up to give it your own style!

If you'd like to make one of your very own you can click on the word Wiper Card above and it will take you right to the Tutorial on SCS! Please lmk if you make one I'd love to see it!!

I hope you like this card! Thanks for stopping by!

~Sherry

If you follow the Challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers you'll know that the Thursday Challenge is their "Ways to Use it".. if your not a follower yet after you read this post you should run right over and get yourself signed up with a Gallery!!
Then snoop around and check out all of the cool stuff you've been missing out on!


There is so much Creativity and Inspiration there that you will never E-ver run out of templates, sketches and techniques to use for Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, creating 3-D projects etc..the possibilities are endless! They offer Challenges every day of the week and they have forums for you to chat with other gals who share your passion! All you need to do is go here to get started, you'll be very happy that you did!

If you do sign up with Splitcoast Stampers let me know so that I can go check out your projects!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a very Creative day!

~Sherry