Merry Christmas

I wanted to take a moment and thank each of you for stopping by this year. I am so appreciative for each one of you!

I hope and pray that you all have a very Merry Christmas and that you are surrounded by those you love. I wish you peace, joy, hope and love on this most Holy of Days. May God bless each of you and those you hold dear with His grace and love and keep you safe.

Until later,

Sharing some EXCITING NEWS....

Hi all!

First of all, my heart and prayers go out to those affected by this senseless tragedy in Connecticut. May God hold them in his arms and lessen the pain that has been afflicted upon them by a sick individual. If you are a faith based individual, please a moment and say a prayer. Thank you.

Okay...now, on to the good stuff!!!

I have some exciting news to share and here is a small part of the announcement...copied from Penny Duncan's blog (with her permission, of course!)

I DO want to  share some WONDERFUL WONDERFUL news with you.......Remember several months ago when the Silver Bullet Professional Cutter was announced...and came out........BTY....I am LOVING my machine!!!  There was a person trying to cause drama

Please go to her blog and read the greatest news!!!!

I hope you will stop by again soon. Until then, have a blessed and creative day!

It's that time of year again...

Hello Everyone!

I trust you all had a great Thanksgiving (those here in the US) and a fabulous Black Friday with all of the shopping and sales going on. Lots and lots of good buys out there...not to mention Cyber Monday and shopping in the pjs with a nice cuppa...now that is my kind of shopping! No crowds, no pushing or shoving...just putting it in my cart and pushing the purchase button, oh my...and my bank account is proof of that! LOL

I've been pretty busy lately with making Thanksgiving cards and cooking and all of the fantastic stuff that goes along with that holiday...now on to the next big one.....CHRISTMAS....woohoo!! I have the cards (most of them anyway - LOL) made and the music flowing through the house...can you hear it?!? Mmmmm, loving me some Bing Crosby, his voice flows like melted chocolate...and I L-O-V-E chocolate! Haven't taken the decorations out or bought a tree...I try to wait until December 1st to do that. And that, my friend, is this weekend!!!! Are you ready, huh...huh...are ya?

Okay, I have some projects that I've been working on that I can't share just yet, one is a Secret Santa gift for a friend on the That's Scrap Forum RAK list- so I will have to wait to share that one, because as soon as it's seen...those in the "exchange" will know exactly who it's for!!! LOL Buuutttttttt, I do have some pics of some of the cards I made this year for Christmas, so those I will share...forewarning...picture heavy!

 Sorry, didn't realize some of them weren't very clear!

Anything that was cut, paper wise, was done so using my Silver Bullet Professional that can be purchased  from Sherri at That's Scrap, Inc. A-W-E-S-O-M-E machine by the way!!!!! See those reindeer antlers??? Those are cardstock...YES cardstock, not regular paper!!! This is on an A2 card, so those are really thin and those teeth...hahaha, those are 110# cardstock by Georgia Pacific. They are about 1/16th inch wide and 1/8th inch long, and all of it was cut at V800 F105 on my Silver Bullet! Did I say it was an AWESOME machine, or what??

I have to give props to Pinterest for some of the ideas that lead to some of the cards. I just love Pinterest, it's like one stop shopping!!

Well, if you have lasted to the end of this post, I really appreciate you taking some time from your day and visiting with me. I hope you will stop by again real soon, and I will do my best to post again soon (not take a month or two off - I'm so sorry - really, I am - I've been busy and productive - just haven't posted).  

I wish you a blessed and creative day!

Winged Angel

Hey everyone!!

I hope you are having a super day!! Well, I had the chance to play a little in my Art "studio" LOL. It was really nice to be able to just have some fun and do something "just because"...

I have a dear friend, Gigi, that sent me an email with a new (at least to me) technique that I wanted to try...and believe me...Gigi is an encourager **cough, cough** enabler **cough, cough** LOL!!!! Buuuutttttttt, I am thankful for her showing this to me!!! LOL

I played around with a file of mine to get the technique down...and then I played with an Angel that I got from Rob at ScrappyDew. I hope you will take the time to visit his shop...he has some awesome files and he sends out a freebie in his newsletter, HOW COOL IS THAT??!!!!????? His design team The Dewettes, does an amazing job showing off his fantastic files!!

Anywho... I took his Fall Angel file and played a little...I used my Silver Bullet Professional cutter that I got from Sherri at That's Scrap, Inc with my click blade holder, the 45 degree blade and my original holder with the 30 degree fabric blade (also from That's Scrap, Inc.) to cut the Angel and wings out. Used SCAL for the software to send the cut to my Silver Bullet...such an awesome combination!!!!!

For the White Card:
The Angel is cut from WorldWin ColorMates Smooth and Silky Cardstock that I purchased from Tyler at All That Jazz Supplies. This is an awesome card stock to cut...it cuts like a hot knife through butter...yum-my!!! The main card for the card base is Bazzill Swiss Dot 12x12...the wings are cut from basic white tissue and layered behind for the "feathery" look...I used this file as a Christmas Angel...the stamps I used (don't remember who made them - sorry) are some that I've had for a couple of years and I stamped them with VersaMark Ink and used Perfect Pearls over the ink and added some sticky back pearls from my stash to her dress and hair...sooooooo, here she is....

 what do you think??? Oh, the technique...sorry...it's cutting part of the image from the original card itself and then having the layers of tissue "popping" out from behind, so that it is a dimensional card!! LOL

I did another one, more in keeping with the "Fall Angel" theme originally intended for the file...same basic concept...I used SCAL again to send the cut to my Silver Bullet Professional cutter...used gold tissue for the wings, a basic shape in SCAL (leaf) and cut those from a coffee filter, colored those with distress inks, a pumpkin from basic shapes cut from orange mulberry paper, and various other papers from my stash...

 

wellllllll.....that's all for today!!!

So a great big THANK YOU to my friend, Gigi, for sharing this with me!!!!!

I thank you for stopping by and maybe, just maybe, you will visit again soon!!!

Until then, I hope you have a blessed and creative day!!!

THAT'S SCRAP FABRIC BLADE BLOG HOP WINNER!!!

Hi All!

I just wanted to let you know who the winner of the hop is, and since Penny tells it with such excitement and I thought I could never do any better...I copied it from her blog (with her permission, of course!!):



Sooooo.....I'm bbbbaaaccckkkkk.... ;)  But it's for HAPPY HAPPY news!!! We came to then end of our 2 week That's Scrap Fabric Blade Blog Hop....ended Saturday night at 11:59.......and we had lots of chatter and some entries........So then it came to decide on a winner........and weeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll......it was SO HARD TO DO!!!! So...just to show you JUST HOW AMAZING Sherri at That's Scrap Inc. is.....This is what she has done.........The winner is.......

The following people have been named FIRST PLACE WINNERS!!!!

Michelle -http://michellemybellecreations.blogspot.com

Lucy (Loopy) - http://loopylass2010.blogspot.co.uk/

CeCe - http://cececreates.blogspot.com/

Gigi Gleason - No blog

Yeppers...You read that right...Sherri was SO impressed with what you ladies created with the Fabric Blade and your cutters that she refused to choose and named EACH OF YOU 1ST PLACE WINNERS......And for that would you like to know the prize!!!!!????  

EACH of you will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate from 

That's Scrap Inc!!!!  

How COOL is that!!! Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo........CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!!! And THANK YOU so much for participating in the blog hop!!!!!

Now if anyone would like to see their awesome creations you're most welcome to come on over to the Silver Bullet Cutters Facebook Page and take a look....... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.221434287983851.47657.197911263669487&type=3  and you're also invited to join the Silver Bullet Face Book Page.

 Thanks for sharing in the excitement with us!!! And CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ladies!!!!!  I want to THANK YOU for stopping by and wish you all a VERY blessed week!!!!

 

 

 

I want to add my congratulations to all four of you, you have done a fabulous job with your creations! Thank you for you participation!!

Thank you for stopping by and spending some time with me and I hope to see you again soon!

Wishing you a blessed and creative day!

 

Until later,