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Feb 202015

Good morning! Hope everyone is staying warm and you’re not buried under feet of snow. We’ve had our first major snowstorm for the year and it’s been bitterly cold . . . let’s hope it warms up for all of us soon!

During the last month, I’ve been working on some favors for my sorority province meeting . . . wish I had gotten a picture of the completed box. I die cut and made some fabric flowers that were attached to the front of a take-out box which we put a few treats in.

I’ve also taken the time to organize and clean my work space. I’m so glad I did . . . I finally feel that I have a room that suits me and that I actually like working in. (If you follow me on Facebook, you can see all the photos there!)

I have a few projects in the beginning stages for Ken Oliver using his new products. Love his new Color Burst! These will be hopefully finished over the upcoming weekend and I’ll have a few things to share next week.

The last few days I’ve been working on a project for Quietfire Design.

I used lots of old product that I’ve had in my stash for some time: An old Darcie’s Offset Square Shadowbox Frame, GrungePaper, Tattered Floral die (I know . . . don’t faint). I also used some new Graphic 45 paper I picked up at CHA, Artisan Style, and a Quietfire stamp. Please hop over to the Quietfire Creations Blog, check out all the details and more photos. I would love it if you could leave me a comment over there and let Suzanne know you visited!

Thanks for stopping by today!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

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An Anniversary Gift for Special Family!

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Dimensional Flowers, DIY, Home Decor, Metal/Foil, Mixed Media, Prima, Spellbinders, Techniques 4 Responses »

Jan 242015

One of the big projects I worked on over the Holidays, was a special gift for a family member. Before I give you the project though, I would love to share some back story.

My grandmother was the oldest of 9 children. She passed away in the early 80’s never having the opportunity to see my girls, her great-grandchildren. Her mother, my great-grandmother passed away in 1985 . . . I was pregnant with my oldest at the time. My grandmother has one sibling still living (age 86) and I get to see my Great-Aunt and her family once a year at our family reunion. Luckily, I have been able to connect with a few of her children on Facebook and we can stay in touch more than simply at the reunion. This past year, my Great-Aunt and Uncle celebrated their 70th anniversary! One of my cousins who I have contact with on Facebook and who has seen my cards, canvases, etc., asked me to make something special for her parents’ anniversary.

We talked a little at the reunion this past October to firm up what they were going to do. Since it was their 70th and platinum is the standard gift (and difficult to find), they settled on the colors of silver and purple. They scanned and sent me a picture they had of my Aunt and Uncle when they were both young and starting out.

Knowing this project was for such a special occasion, I wanted it to be fabulous. After thinking about it for more weeks than I want to admit, I went to work with my heart and soul to create something that would pay tribute to my Great-Aunt and Uncle.

The stand is one I found at Hobby Lobby. It was black and I believe the center might be a chalkboard. I couldn’t say for sure, because I just didn’t think to write on it to find out. I spray painted it silver, leaving all the rough texture from the distressed black.

Since I had the picture, I needed a frame. Numerous pieces of chipboard were die cut, glued together to make a deep frame. A piece of silver metal was then die cut, embossed with an embossing folder and antiqued to add just a tad of aging.

Most of the flowers are from Prima, but in order to add some balance and fill space, I die cut and made the larger purple roses. I also found a poem that I printed out to celebrate the many years of the marriage.

A tag on the bottom, computer generated and backed in black, was attached with dyed seam binding, to commemorate the occasion.

I think that’s all . . . except to say what an honor it was for me to create this special gift to help celebrate my Great-Aunt and Uncle. In some small way I was also able to honor my grandmothers. As I stood in the shower the morning I was to deliver the gift, it occurred to me that my grandmother, if still alive, would be 103 years old this April!

My next big project is to make 50 fabric flowers to be attached to take-out boxes for an event the first weekend in February! Stay tuned . . . they are of course, fabulous!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

Special Gifts!

Dimensional Flowers, Home Decor, Mixed Media, My Mind's Eye, Prima, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Techniques 2 Responses »

Jan 232015

I’ve been meaning to post this project for weeks now and just haven’t had the time to do it. So I figure since today is gloomy and we are inside once again, no time like the present.

I was contacted by a friend to make something special for her sister’s birthday, which was days away from Christmas. We talked about sentiments, colors, card or plaque, etc., and finally settled on something that she could set out and display.

Here’s what I came up with and I’ve been told that my friend’s sister loved the gift! (By the way, if you click on the photos it will enlarge them and make them clearer!)

The plaque measures a little over 5×7 and is placed on a frame easel back.

The sentiment was one found by my friend, which was typed and die cut/embossed with ovals.

The flowers surrounding the sentiment are from Prima which I felt matched the paper (MME Lost & Found Rosy) and were in the shades of earth tones.

I love it when someone asks me to make a special gift for them and I have one more to show you that I worked on for my Great-Aunt’s 70th Wedding Anniversary . . . coming soon!

Thanks for stopping by and joining me today!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

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Pinterest Inspired!

Altered Art, Christmas, Digital, Digital Cutting Files, DIY, Holidays, Home Decor, Mixed Media, Quietfire Design, Techniques 6 Responses »

Nov 182014

Good morning! I hope y’all are doing well and staying warm . . . it’s a whopping high temperature of 26 degrees here today (I miss my shorts and bare feet)! Let’s see, since I was last here my sister and I walked our first 5K. I finished in 47 minutes, which I’ll take since I didn’t jog, run or trot at all . . . just walked. I’m especially proud of my sister! Two years ago she fell and broke her leg right below her knee. She had 4 surgeries in the first week and has since had two more and a bone graft. (okay I’m guessing at the number, I might be off one or two surgeries but I’m sure she’ll pipe in and let me know for sure) For her to get up and start walking with a 5K is extraordinary . . . I’ve been walking all summer long and get lots of exercise chasing Hadlee around the house everyday . . . but for my sister . . . WHOA Nellie! She did fabulous and it made her believe that anything is possible now. I’m so proud of her!!!!

Let me see what else? I had a crafty Monday with my sister and we made ICE Resin pendants. We haven’t finished them up quite yet, but I’m pretty darn close to having mine all complete . . . then I can show you what I did! Honestly, I’m thinking I need to open up an online store and start selling some stuff off . . . anyone interested?

I’ve also been working on some gift boxes for an event my sorority is having and I’ve been gathering my thoughts to create a special 70th Anniversary gift . . . so much going on in this BAD mind of mine!

The other day I was cruising around Pinterest looking for some weight loss quotes (those Daily Inspirations on Facebook) and I happened across a shadowbox. I loved it . . . instantly . . . and pinned it for myself because I knew that I had to try my hand at it!

Yesterday I was finishing up in the studio after a Quietfire kind of day, and remembered that I had a small wood frame in my alterable stash. It’s something I picked up at Hobby Lobby one day a few years ago, probably with an idea for it at the time . . . but it never came to light. I decided to fill my afternoon with paint and stencils!

Here’s my finished project.

Here’s what the frame looked like before I started.

The frame was painted white, antiqued with a gray paint and then lightly sanded to add some texture to the frame. I found one larger jingle bell buried deep in a drawer in the stash closet, which I took outside and spray painted with oil rubbed bronze, then hung it up to dry while I finished the frame.

Suzanne Cannon, owner of Quietfire Design, recently created a Silhouette cutting file of her hand-calligraphy “Believe” which I knew was going to be the sentiment inside the frame. The file with cut from vinyl so that I could make a stencil in order to paint the lettering inside the frame.

To finish the frame, embellishments were added to the jingle bell and it was hung from the inside top of the frame. Can I just say . . . I’m loving this little frame and think I need to make a few more!

I guess that’s all I have for today . . . Believe it or not, I will be back tomorrow with another new project! I know . . . don’t faint!

I hope y’all have a great day!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

Project Supplies:

Quietfire Design – Believe Digital Cut File

Natural Wood Front Loading Shadowbox Frame

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Cameo – Electronic Cutting System

Silhouette 9″ Adhesive Vinyl

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Fall Decorations!

Digital Cutting Files, Holidays, Home Decor, Quietfire Design, Techniques, Thanksgiving/Fall, Walnut Hollow No Responses »

Oct 152014

Good morning! I can hardly believe that I posted one day and then turned around and the month is just about over. When I posted my last project for the Quietfire/Walnut Hollow Blog Hop, I truly had all intentions of posting again within the next day or two. In my mind, I was going to create another project similar to the one for the hop . . .

I turned around and here it is a few weeks later, the middle of October and everything I had planned just didn’t come together!

I have a family reunion this weekend and one of the highlights is an auction to raise funds for cemetery maintenance/upkeep. Last year was the first time I attended and didn’t know what to expect, so I didn’t take anything handmade. This year . . . well it’s a little different!

Instead of recreating the wheel this early in the morning (another of those best laid plans), I’m going to point you to the Quietfire Creations Blog to see the step-outs I did for the Walnut Hollow Blog Hop.

As with the other project, the wood sign is from Walnut Hollow. It was painted, antiqued and then sanded with my palm sander. Okay I’ll admit it . . . I’m hooked on the palm sander to distress! I’ve even gone around the house and sanded some shelves that I had previously painted that I felt needed more of a “worn” look. We can thank Joanna Gaines of HGTV’s Fixer Upper for that tip!