Paper Clip Bookmarks

Howdy Folks!  I am back with another project I made for teacher appreciation week.

I decided to make them all a set of paper clip bookmarks.  Each set contained a butterfly, rolled flower and a regular flower in coordinating papers.  I made several styles, so I have lots of pictures to share!  I failed to take any pictures until they were packaged and ready to go, so please excuse the glare from the plastic packaging.

**I used a different paper pack for each set of clips.  I am posting this from work on my lunch break and don't have the list with me.  If you'd like to know about any specific paper, please leave me a comment and your email address and I will gladly respond with that information.  I will post the cut sizes when I get home.**

This one is my favorite...I think.  I keep changing my mind because I love them all!  I got the paperclips from Staples and they are jumbo size.  I chose gold instead of the traditional silver because they looked shinier.  True story.  I really like things that shine.  I put each item on the clip with a glue dot.  I will be doing a tutorial on these soon.

For each butterfly, I cut two sizes and adhered them together, then bent the top one to give it some dimension.  The butterflies were cut from Gypsy Wanderings.

This is glitter paper so it's all sparkly!

I have mixed reviews on this set.  I really like the "earthy" tones for a change.  And I love the patterned paper on the flower on the right.

All the rolled flowers came from the Flower Shoppe cartridge.  I basically just went down the line on the keypad and used a different flower for each set.  I have never been so sick of rolling flowers in my life!  Thank goodness I bought a quilling tool a while back because it really helped make it go faster. 

The rolled flowers on this set were a big pain in the backside!  Because I cut them so small, this one kept tearing on me.  I like the way they look, though!

And, last but not least, the men's sets!  There are only 3 male teachers and I really struggled with what kind of clip they could use.  I honestly figure they'll never use these, but I didn't want to do pencils or crayons since they're on the other boxes I made.  I really like how bright and fun they.  I may need to make some for me...

I put each set of clips on a card I designed on my Gypsy using George and Basic Shapes, then put them in the clear bags and taped them shut on the back.

That's all, folks!  I hope you're having a fabulous weekend.

Hugs,

Cheryl

Flutterby!

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Mine did not go as planned, but turned out OK.  I will be drawing the winners from last week's giveaways tonight and posting them tomorrow.  I had hoped to have them posted last night but was unable to.  Now, on to the card...

Birthday Banner

I mentioned in Monday's post that I made a birthday banner over the weekend. My dad is our Pastor at church.  Sunday was his birthday, so they planned a potluck dinner party for him.  I was asked to make a banner to hang up at the party.  Here's what I did...

I {heart} Valentines Day!

 Happy Thursday!  I hope you're all having a good morning so far.  I finally have something to share with you guys.  It seems like it's been forever!  Thanks to all of you for your kind wishes for me to get better - I am!

Grateful Card

I can't believe we are already in the second week of November!  This month is flying by so quickly.  You know, I said last Friday I was going to take a week off and I only made it to Wednesday!  I can't stay away from you all or my Cricut.  What can I say.....I missed you!

I made several Thanksgiving-ish cards last week, so I thought I'd share one today.

For the base of this card, I used Elegant Edges.  I sized it at 5" and welded the shadows together with my Gypsy.

"Grateful" is from Gypsy Wanderings and was cut at 3.5".  I added white dots with my Sakura Gel Pen and added an extra leaf just to give it some color.

The acorns are from Doodlecharms and the leaves are from Designer's Calendar.  I cut them all around 1/2" to 3/4" and inked the edges using Colorbox Chestnut Ink.  I glued some of the leaves down flat and then added some on top with foam dots for dimension.

A few weeks ago, I found these wooden buttons on clearance at Michael's.  They are great!  I tied some brown and white twine and added the button to the corner because it seemed sorta empty.

The polka dot paper is by Recollections.  A few weeks ago Michael's had their single sheets of 12x12 paper for .20 each.  I bought this one with Thanksgiving in mind.  It's been quite a bargain because this one 12x12 sheet has been used for 3 cards so far and I still have some left!  =)  (You will see it again soon...ha ha)

Have a blessed and fabulous day!

Cheryl

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Quick Project!

I wanted to share a quick project with you today.  As I've mentioned before, I always make a favor for our monthly ladies meeting at church.  This month, my original project was not working out like I planned, so I had to make a last minute substitution, and I made bookmarks.  They were really easy and fast and would be great for a party favor or to add to a card as a little something extra.

For each one, I used word art from Gypsy Wanderings.  It has GREAT word art!  Each word was cut at a slightly different size.  I tried to keep them all around 5"-6" long and 2" wide when sized on my mat on screen.  Please forgive the background that doesn't match at all.  I have no idea what possessed me to use the kitchen counter instead of the plain white table for a background!  I was at church and in a hurry and it must have been a blond moment.

To make these, I welded a circle onto the shadow of each word.  I then placed another circle on top of it (not welded) so it would cut like a hole punch.

It took a little trial and error to figure out what size I wanted the holes to be.  This could vary based on the width of your ribbon.

As you can see these are sorta plain.  Since I was in a mad rush, I just used paper scraps I had on hand.  I hope to make more later using patterned paper, embossing and some bling.  I think you could really spruce them up and have fun with them! 

There are tons of artsy, swirly words that you could use from many different cartridges.  This is just a sampling of what I chose.

I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Blessings,

Cheryl

Flowery Thank You!

As some of you may remember, I mentioned a few weeks ago that several folks helped me out and spent a TON of time helping me with my booth at the conference earlier in the month.  Now that I've given them their thank you cards, I can share them with you! 

Lately, I've been totally enthralled with the work of Donna Mundinger over at Popsicle Toes.  She's fabulous at making shaped cards with tons of layers.  This card was inspired by her style.  I am not nearly as talented as her when it comes to layering, but I'm certainly gonna practice!

Here's a front view of the card.  I used Gypsy Wanderings, Serenade and George and Basic Shapes for the card. 

From the front, it's hard to tell how it's put together.  As you can see, the front of the card is shaped and the back is plain.  For the base, I used brown Kraft paper.  The patterned paper is from a stack by Recollections from Michael's.

This is an inside view.  I welded the shadow of the flowers and the phrase to the shape to form the card.  I cut a liner from patterned paper to cover the inside.

For each flower, I cut a few shadows and a few layers of each shape.  I added pearls to the center for accent on each flower.

I put some pearls on the letters because they looked sorta plain to me.  I've never been a big fan of pearls, normally I prefer something more "bling-y", but I am starting to love them after using them on this card!

On several of the blogs I follow, I've read about alot of folks using colored foam and making their own dimensionals, so I tried that with this card.  I bought a big pack of colored fun foam that's sticky on one side.  I've heard about people running it through their Xyron machine to make a sticker, but I just ran a line of adhesive from my ATG gun on it and stuck it on.  If you look closely, you can see a tiny bit of the foam, but since it's color matched to the flowers, it's actually quite camouflaged.  I never thought it would be that much cheaper, but now I'm a believer! 

Here's one last look at the front of the card.  There's just one problem - I didn't leave much room to write without my words showing!  Yikes!  It's for my mom and I know she understands beauty over function, so it's all good!  Things have to look good and then we worry about them being functional!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed day!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Happy Monday!

Is it Monday already?  Why do the weekends fly by so fast? I hope you all had a wonderful weekend while it lasted.  Mine was nice and relaxing.  I was able to get a lot of crafting time on Saturday which makes me a happy girl.  Now if I can just get a maid to come clean my house while I’m busy crafting…that would be great!

I have a couple more cards to share with you today.  The base for the first one was made using Smiley Cards.  I cut a few circles for the mats from George & Basic Shapes and the word is from Gypsy Wanderings.  The pink flower is a brad I got from Oriental Trading and I just tied some twine through it.  I added stitching with my white Gelly Roll pen.

For this next card, I cut it to fit into a size 10 envelope.  I used Serenade for the vase and leaves.  The stamp came from the dollar bin at Michaels.  As I was getting ready to post this, I realized I accidentally deleted some of my pictures of this card, so I don’t have one of the whole card…yikes!!!  Major blonde moment, apparently.  I decided to go ahead and share the pictures that survived the delete key anyway.

Blessings,
Cheryl

Halloween....Turtle?

Have you ever gotten a request for a card that totally stumps you? Or maybe sat at your desk and just stared at the cricut cartridges for hours trying to put it together? I have! A co-worker asked me for some Halloween cards for her out of state relatives. Easy enough, right? She wanted 4; I had 3 done and was planning the 4th card. Then it came - She asked for a Halloween card with a turtle. I don't usually associate turtles with halloween so that was a tough one for me. She said her daughter loves turtles and she wanted a turtle on it. So...here's what I came up with. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I hope it makes her happy. I used Paisley for the turtle and Gypsy Wanderings for the shape and the bubble.

Blessings,