Teacher Appreciation Week- Day 3

Hello Diva's!! I am feeling Much Better today (hence the Early post lol)! I'm glad to because being sick Really does Suck!! But Anyway, The girls came home with Rave Reviews from their Teachers about their Gifts and that makes me feel GREAT! I'm glad they have enjoyed them thus far, hopefully they will be as Pleased as I am with Today's gift.

Todays Projects are Altered Cans:

      I started with this

and ended up with this

 Closer View of Sentiment and Faces

Recipe:

Carts Used: Create a Critter, Locker Talk, and American Alphabet

Sentiment: My Creative Time ( My Teacher Rocks)

Faces: Peachy Keen Stamps ( Everyday Face Asst.)

Nestabilities: Oval Die  

Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)

Ribbon: American Crafts

Paper: Recollections

Omgoodness let me tell you that I just LOVE how this came out! I am going to make this for Every person I know who has a Desk lol!!

I decided to make all the little apple faces different because I'm pretty sure that they have to deal with all the different little faces @ some point and time if not everyday lol. So I thought it would make it a little more fun. What do you guys think? I hope their Teachers Enjoy it as Much as I do!

Well that's it for today! I have to get all these germs out of my house so it's Laundry, Lysol, Bleach and Fresh air for me! See ya tomorrow!!

I will be Joining these Challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps: 3D Objects Souper Fun- Create a 3D Project using a Soup Can

Thanks for Stopping By Guys have a Great Day and Remember,

~Keep GOD 1st in Everything!~



My Sheri Crafts #83

Hello Diva's! Hope this Saturday finds you having a Super Super Grand Time!! Today marks the beginning of a new challenge over @ My Sheri Crafts and this bi-week we are making Monogram Projects! We are joined by the Awesome and Talented Peggy R. of Colorful Designs. Make sure to stop by her blog as well as the Whole DT as they have some Wonderful Projects!!

Since I wanted to get ahead (for the 1st time in a long time lol) I decided to go ahead and get one of my sister's birthday presents out the way. She has started to write in a journal so I thought an Altered Journal would be Perfect for one of her gifts. I'm glad she doesn't check my blog because this would totally Ruin the Surprise as her birthday isn't until May!

This is how it started off.

Final Project!

Recipe:

Cart: American Alphabet

Paper: Solid( Recollections), Print ( MAMBI)

Pearls: Recollections

Nestabilities Die

White Gelly Roll Pen

 Her favorite color is Purple and a hint of Gold so that's why I used those colors, I think she is going to Love it, what do you think? Ok well I am headed to a Theme Park for my little brothers birthday Weekend yayyyy!! I am looking forward to all these Roller Coasters as I haven't been on one in about 2yrs.

Make sure you all stop by My Sheri Crafts to join us for the Monogram Challenge!

Be Blessed, and Remember

~ Keep GOD 1st in Everything!~ 

Happy 2nd Birthday My Sheri Crafts!

Hey Diva's!! Today is a Really Exciting Day as it is My Sheri Crafts 2nd Birthday, yayyyyy!! I am really honored to be apart of this Celebration!! This bi-weekly Challenge is All About Birthdays! We want to see your Birthday Projects for toddlers or kids under 5. Bright colors, balloons, cupcakes....NO elegant cards...FUN, FUN, FUN!!!  This bi-week our Awesome Guest Designer is Jessica of Cricut After Dark, her Talent is Out of this World so make sure to stop by and check her blog out once you leave My Sheri Crafts.

For my project I decided to get a Head Start on a Birthday Card for my Best Friends Daughter in GA who will be Celebrating her 4th Birthday next month. I know its Early and I know that my friend is probably reading this so I just want to say "Keitha don't let Janai see her card yet, lol". She is having a Team Umi Zoomi Birthday Party ( for those that don't know Umi Zoomi is a Cartoon that comes on Nick Jr) so I wanted something that kinda fit in that theme. The 1st thing that came to mind was a Robot Card since on Umi Zoomi one of the Main Characters is Bot ( a Robot). So without further Ado here is my Project:

Do you guys think it's as Cute as I think it is??  I wish I could get my Camera Skills together because this picture does it no justice. Im really thinking about taking a Photography Class do you guys have any recommendations?

Well that's it guys I have to get ready to go pick up Crew Members 4 & 5 as they have been with my Mom for the past week and I have missed them dearly! Make sure to Stop By My Sheri Crafts for the Birthday Challenge and check out my Awesome DT Sisters projects. Then once your done come join us with your Very Own FUN FUN FUN Birthday Project!

I will be joining these Challenges:

Birthday Sundaes: #49 Numbers

Be Blessed Guys and Remember

~Keep GOD 1st in Everything!~

25 Days of Christmas: Day 1

Hey Divas, Happy 1st Day of December!! Can you guys believe that today is the 1st Day of the Last month of the year?? OMGoodness this year went by sooo fast! So as you guys read in the heading this is the 1st Day of my 25 Days of Christmas Challenge to myself. Ok so this is what happened, I looked through my posts and I noticed that I did not get but 1 Fall card done last month and I was upset w/ myself because I have kinda been putting crafting on the back burner w/ Everything else. So I was chatting with my FB friend Christel of Scrapping Sista and I asked her if she thought it was a good idea for me to do a 12 Days of Christmas meaning I would make a differernt card each day and post it to share w/ you all. Of course being the Awesome and Encouraging person that she is, she said "I know you can" so I said ok Cool Beans I'm going to do it. BUT I took it a little further ( just can't quit while I'm ahead) and said well how about 25 Days of Christmas so here we are!!

Diva's so you all think I'm Crazy?? Because I think I have stepped in some deep poop w/ this one lol. I am going to try my hardest to get this challenge done but I will need you all's Support! Will you guys help me out a little, by leaving Awesome Comments (as if you don't already do this) and letting me know you are there so I don't feel like I'm blogging w/ myself lol.

So for the 1st project in the series I decided to get started on my daughter's Christmas Party Decorations, she asked if she could have a little get together w/ some friends, I told her that was fine so we are now starting to prepare for the 17th. I will post more pics of other projects as we finish them.

Recipe:

Carts: Winter Frolic cuts @ 6 1/2" (Garland on tree)

American Alphabet cuts @ 5 1/2" ( Scallops) and 3 3/4" (Letters)

CuttleBug Folder: Victorian

Tulle: My Stash

Bling: I-Rock

Pop Dots: Recollections

Snow: Buffalo Snow

Adhesive: ATG

Paper: Print (Recollections: Jingle Bells), Solid (Recollections)

So I hope you guys enjoyed this first Day and come and join me for the next 24 days! Hopefully I will be on time lol Pray for me Guys :)

~ Keep GOD 1st in Everything!~

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge

Hey Diva's! Happy Sunday Monday! So over the weekend I was traveling and also attended the MOST EXCITING Football GAME of my Life (Cowboys vs. Redskins) I was so excited about the game that when I typed up this post I didn't realize that I didn't schedule for it to post on yesterday like I should have so it was just sitting there as a Draft...My Bad!!

I am so happy to be joining the Wonderful Girls over @ Getting Cricky for this week's Simply Sunday Challenge! As you guys know I got picked up for the GC team and I am soo so Happy! For this week's Simply Sunday Challenge we are to Give Thanks! I am Thankful for so many things so it was hard to just pick one project! But the one thing that did stick out in my mind was when I lived in GA we really didn't get to enjoy the Seasons. GA has really one season Summer lol, even though it does get a little chilly you don't get to see the changing colors of the leaves in Fall or the Snow in Winter. So since moving to VA my family has really been able to ENJOY the seasons. I also looked at things in a spiritual aspect of it, even though we loved GA our season there was up and it was time for a change! So that is what my Card represents me be thankful for "Seasons".

The inside sentiment reads as:

"To Everything there is a Season and a Purpose under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3-1

Recipe: 

Cart: American Alphabet ( preloaded on E2)

CuttleBug Folder: Polka Dots

Sentiment: K Andrew Designs ( Scripture Sayings)

 Ink: Memento (Rich Cocoa)

Pop Dots

Ribbon: Autumn Inspirations (Print)

Crinkle Ribbon: My Craft Spot  ( Milk Chocolate)

Bling: i-Rock

Adhesive: ATG, I-Rock

Paper: Print (Recollections "Simply Autumn"), Solid ( Recollections)

Now that you have seen my project Stop by Getting Cricky to see all my DT Sisters AWESOME projects and also come join us in this week's Challenge we would love to have you!

I will be linking to these challenges:

Crafty Sprouts: Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenges: Giving Thanks
The Shabby Tea Room: Colors of Nature

~ Keep GOD 1st in Everything!~

Recycled Project!

Hey Diva's! I have been Super Duper busy around here I haven't had anytime to get any crafting done, the hubby had to leave for training in TX so I'm Mom and Dad right now. But that's neither here nor there ( lol I always wanted to say that) I first need to Announce the Winner of the K Andrew Stamps *Drumroll Please* lindaplus3 she said "Hello. I am a new scrapper, hopper and follower... looking forward to all the great ideas... " Congratulations Linda send me your snail mail to letilliaslaughter at yahoo dot com so we can get that stamp set out to you *You will have until Tues Nov. 1 to claim your prize!!* . 2nd, I need to tell EVERYONE Thank You for all the Love during the Blog Hop I had so much fun and found so many new friends, to All the New Diva's, WELCOME and Thank You for being a Fabulous Follower!! 3rd, Thank You to all that left me some tips on how to clean my Cricut I ended up using the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser ( Thanks Jo) and it cleaned it really good except for right up under the button ( how she managed to get in there is Beyond me) but for the most part it's squeaky clean again!

Now onto the project, So I tried to challenge myself to do a recycled project, my Bestie Lakeitha over @ L. Michelle's Creations10 ( GO check her out guys she has an Awesome Blog) is always Recycling things so I guess you can say she inspired me lol!

I started w/ this container 

And with the help of some Scrap paper, Glue and a little Bling, I now have a cute little home for my Memento Markers!

That's It, How simple huh! I will say if you are going to do this take the label off the can first, I learned the hard way because shortly after I glued the paper on, my paper kept popping off. But as soon as I took the label off I had no more problems! Well that's it guys, Thank You for stopping by I love you guys your the Best!

~ Keep GOD 1st in EVERYTHING!~

Football Card!

Hello Diva's! How have you All been doing? I have been busy busy with School just starting Tuesday and getting back into a routine. Today is Crew Member 1's Birthday he is 13 today :( I was so sad when I went in his room this morning to sing Happy Birthday 2 him ( on their birthdays I wake them up and serenade them w/ the Happy Birthday song they just smile and laugh!). Anyhow I didn't have time to get his card made before this morning but I just finished it so he will get it as soon as he gets home! I had a hard time on figuring out what to do because I wanted to tie in his 3 most favorite things (besides me lol) Football ( he has been playing since he was 6yrs old and he is very good @ it), Video games ( what 13yr old doesn't), and Snickers lol! But they all just didn't seem to come together like I wanted! So I seen this sketch design over on Skipping Stones Designs that I really liked so I went with it ( I am beginnig to really LOVE these Sketch Design Challenges)!!

I wanted it to really look like a football field so the numbers on the side represent his birthday 09-08-11 like yard lines.

Sentiment Reads: Each and every year you grow you just become more fun to know

                                           Recipe:
                                      Cartridges Used:
                               Life's A Party- Footballs 1 1/2"
                             Cricut American Alphabet (E2)- Numbers 1 "
                          Just Because- Cake Card Feature (pg. 45)
                                 Ribbon: From my stash
                Sentiment: My Craft Spot - Inside and Out        
Paper Used: Paper Studio-  Football Images, American Crafts Foil- Green, ColorBok- Brown and White, Yellow was from my stash!
                     I also used Pop Dots to give it a little dimension!


I will be entering this card in a couple of challenges:
Skipping Stones Sketchy Tuesday # 92
Creative Cutter Room- Sports Challenge
Cricut Cardz Challenge # 90- Use a card feature on any cartridge.

Thank You guys for stopping by today I truly appreciate it! Talk to you soon!!

~ Keep GOD 1st in Everything~

Butterfly Card

Hey Divas! So Crew Member 2 has a birthday on Monday and she has been counting down since last month (she is so my child lol)! I decided to go ahead and make her card before I got to busy and totally forgot and then have to go buy a store bought card (Not Cool!!) her favorite colors are yellow and purple hince the color scheme! I hope she likes it!

                                                Recipe:
                 Cartridge Used: Cricut Expression2 Pre-loaded Alphabet
                                  Butterfly: All Layers 2 1/4"
                                            Swirl: 2"
                         Ribbon: AC Moore in the dollar bin
                         Flower Stickers: K & Company
                       Sentiment: Sweetheart - My Pink Stamper Love-alicious
                       Happy Birthday - My Craft Spot Inside & Out #2
                        All the rest of the wording - K Andrew Designs Amazing You
 Paper Used: Blue- Bazzill, White - Recollections, Purple- My Mind's Eye Spectrum Pack, Yellow- American Crafts Pearl Pack.

I will be entering this card into Getting Cricky Winged Things Simply Sunday Challenge , Celebrate the Occasion #28 Sketch Challenge, My Craft Spot Monday Challenge , and Fantabulous Cricut Monday Challenge I have been trying to get into the fun w/ these challenges but didn't have time until today. As usual let me know what you guys think and I will talk to you Divas Soon!!

~ Keep GOD first in Everything!~