Frogs-n-Butterflies

Newest project

2011-03-22T14:02:00.002-05:00

I have been making these beanie hats like crazy lately! They are so stinkin' cute and I can whip 'em up in no time! Not to mention my little models are such good sports! Little cutie patooties!!!

Hugs~

Cheri

2010-11-03T14:35:00.012-05:00

I made this using a Basic Grey black chipboard album "Ethan's Album". I used up a bunch of my boy stuff that I don't ever use because I have a girl! :)

So it was fun and a bit challenging restraining myself from frilling up this one with lace and bling.

Of course I had to get a flower in here and there. lol But I think I accomplished the "play down" tactic by adding some green buttons and chunkier ribbon to tie on the button center.

I used an overload of My Minds Eye that I have had for a long while and got all of them through PeachyCheap: tags, rubons, and die cut titles.

This baseball cap die cut came w/the package as well.

For the tags I put some of the die cut tags back to back and a few I put patterned paper on the back. And of course I inked and distressed all of the edges of the embelishments to make it all pop.

I really like the way it turned out and hope that
my friend will enjoy it for her new baby boy! :) Thanks for stopping by to take a look!
Hugs!!
~Cheri

2010-07-18T17:28:00.003-05:00

Shadow Boxes

2010-07-07T21:23:00.004-05:00

It has been a while since my last post, I know. I am a little embarrassed to have neglected this little blog so. I have been very sick for a little over a month, in defense. But, it has been longer than that. And I have been busy with work, which is really not a very good excuse either. So I am here now to share with you a couple of shadow boxes that I got from Crafty Secrets. These were too stinkin' fun and a little addicting!! I also got some super fun and cute image cuts there that made this the perfect gift for the ladies in my life!

Aren't they just too sweet??? They turned out a little awesome if I do say so myself and it was admittedly pretty easy. So try this one out yourself! I'm going to have to try a few more techniques on the backgrounds, but all in all a great project! Promise to share more soon! Thanks for visiting and hope you enjoy it!

Hugs,

Cheri :)

MIA.....

2010-03-03T17:39:00.002-06:00

I am so sorry, but this blog will be down for a few weeks due to my computer CRASHING again. I am so stinkin' frusterated, but hopeful that I will get it fixed soon. Thanks for being patient!!!
:) Hugs, Cheri

Austin on a chilly day

2010-01-30T19:01:00.008-06:00

Lauren was walking around my mom's property just outside of Austin on our last visit and just shooting what she saw. She caught some pretty cool pictures. I love this one!

A neat close up of some dry grass.

A dead butterfly that she found. He's a beauty!!!

It has been a long time since I have had a picture of Momma and Me. LOVE it!!!

And finally a wonderful picture of my lovely daughter, Lauren. I can't get her to pose for me anymore!! It's impossible, so I guess these will do for now. LOL I really should use this for next year's Christmas cards. I think she looks like a reindeer. Oooooh, she would love that....he he he!

Well, I need to clean up dinner. We had some awesome tacos tonight! I promise to post some crafty stuff tomorrow. I do have some new mini's to upload! I am sooo happy with how they turned out!!! Trying to steal a little time whenever I can as the job and kiddo keep me pretty busy...oh and hubby too. Thanks for taking a few minutes to stop by!

Hugs and blessings, Cheri

Pink Week Giveaway!!!

2010-01-30T15:03:00.003-06:00

Scoot over to bloomingonbainbridge.blogspot.com for some awsome PINK prizes by some super crafty and generous peeps! 10 whole days full of PINK PARTYNESS!!! I've got my party hat on and I'll be heading over there everyday to check out the newest giveaway! Good luck! & :) Hugs

Cheri

Simple Stories by Memory Works

2010-01-04T21:15:00.002-06:00

I just found this pretty darn cool scrapbooking site that you really need to check out!!! You can find it at http://www.mysimplestories.com/. I am so going over to check it out. I found it through Ali Edwards blog.

Y'all take care and hugs to all of you!

:) Cheri

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T21:19:00.013-06:00

Wishing all of you a beautifully Blessed 2010!!!

A picture of my dd w/my newest toy. She has also picked up the photo fever. LOVE this picture!!!

She took a ton of pictures of her gingerbread house and she did a pretty good job! If I do say so myself. lol :)

It has been a pretty busy and eventful holiday season this year! We had to let go of my lovely Nissan Xterra and get a Chevy Cobalt. Not really much of a comparison, but it will go to my daughter in about two years. If I can drive it that long. :) It's small, but it gets much better gas mileage! We took advantage of the cars for clunkers program and, because we were having so many problems with the Xterra, it worked out fine for us.

I was able to attend our church's Ladies' Retreat in November this year and took some pictures of my trip. Messiah's Ranch is a few miles east of College Station and is very rustic and peaceful. They are preparing the 'camp' for youth retreats as well and are in the process of building a few more cabins and infirmary. I really love it out there and always feel refreshed, renewed with God, and at peace to return to the hustle and bustle of life. The spider picture was unexpected and a little creepy, since I'm a bit phobic. It came out really cool though.

Then our furnace/ac motor went out and since we have a dinosaur of a system it is going to cost a mere $6,000 + to get a whole new package installed. Not too happy about that one, to say the least. I could have definitately spent that $$$$$ on something else...like some lovely scrapping stuff! Needless to say my scrapbooking has suffered a bit recently and I have been a bad blogger because I'm a little discouraged. I have picked up some stuff on sale lately and plan on posting some pictures very soon. I made my first mini scrapbook and totally love it. So I will show you that very soon! And I also made a Christmas one for my Mom, that totally turned out too perfect! Very festive. Here's a little pic of my messy scrappy spot in my den. Work in progress, so it's a bit cluttered. I like it that way.

We are about to leave to go see 'Blindside' tonight because we haven't really done anything all day. We were LAZY couch potatos watching bowl games and making rice crispy treats. We also saw 'Avatar' twice and I have to encourage you to see it in 3D if you haven't seen it yet! It was sooooo awsome!

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my blog and I love all of your comments!

Hugs, XXXX

Cheri

Woooo Hooo ~ I'm back!!!

2009-10-19T21:25:00.003-05:00

Yaaay! I wanted to get on here and breathe a sigh of relief that my computer is fixed. ...for now. Whew, that was agonizing! I didn't really realize how dependant I am on this stupid thing. I remember when.... You know how the rest goes! LOL Now I have a phone with internet too! Wow, times have changed!

Well, I had an aniversary (11 yrs. - Woooo Hoooo!) and a birthday (we won't mention which one...) last week. It was waaaaay fun and I got something that has been on my wish list for a while now. A new Canon T1i! Yep, I am a proud owner of a dslr.

Now if I could just figure out all of the settings. I have been playing around w/it and am totally in love. :) I haven't uploaded any pictures to share yet, as I just got it a few days ago. I will do that soon, I promise. No pictures to share today because my hubby wiped the computer clean....none to choose from. I have to upload all of my stuff back on here. I have some stinkin cute stuff to share w/y'all so be sure to check back. Thank you all for visiting and I'm so glad to be back! Hugs ~Cheri

M.I.A.....

2009-08-22T23:41:00.002-05:00

got a virus...thanks so much for following! i have so much to share, but will have to get hubby to wipe it clean and re-load everything. i hope to be totally back very soon! barely got this posted.....:(

On FIRE for Jesus!

2009-06-27T21:45:00.002-05:00

Well, yes, she finally returned from camp a totally renewed young lady! Like I mentioned before, this was the first overnight camp that she has been to and didn't want to go. Of course, when it was time to come home, she wanted to stay longer! lol The first thing on the list of things to do was to get a decent meal. The cafeteria food wasn't that good....I guess it never is. And then I had to go to Lifeway Christian bookstore and pick up a few things. Like; a new 'teen' bible (since the one she had was a bit on the little girl side), and a few daily devotionals (one for her, one for me, and one as a gift).

She really likes it and is so far reading every day. I am so impressed by her each and every day. She has changed so much this year and even though it has been hard (WOW!...What an understatement!!!) I am so loving the new and improved 'her'. Good night for now and thanks so much for stopping by to listen to my blubbering! LOL ~Hugs, Cheri

Away at Youth Camp...

2009-06-14T14:05:00.002-05:00

A little anxious today. My daughter went off to youth camp for the first time yesterday morning. She can't use her phone except as an alarm clock. I am missing her already and it doesn't help that we just watched the movie An American Crime last night. It was a good movie, a little off with the facts, but very disturbing...not for the faint of heart. And not the right movie to watch, when your 'baby' is with people that we casually know through church. I have been the one reasuring my hubby about the whole camp thing and now I am having doubts too.

I know she is totally going to have a ton of fun! And my worrying is unnecessary. Growing pains are not fun!!! I am praying that she will come back from this retreat renewed in her faith and on fire for Jesus! I need to get her something when she comes back. Maybe something from James Avery. We are off to see a movie! Hugs!!! Cheri

My Very First Blog Award!!!

2009-06-13T12:46:00.000-05:00

Wow, I'm so excited to be recognized with all of the other super talented ladies receiving this award! I don't really feel like a deserving recipiant. However, I will try really hard to live up to it! I really appreciate all of the friends that I have made here and am inspired everyday by all of your creations! I recieved this award from the awsome MLTD!

Time to pass it on to some fabulously deserving ladies!

Here are the rules:

1. The winner may put the logo onto their blog

2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.

3. Nominate 10 blogs

4. Put links to their blogs.

5. Leave a message for the nominees.

So, here are my pics! Always hard only picking 10 out of all of the ultra fabulous blogs out there!

1. Making Lemonade Design Team

2. Sankari's Sunshine Corner

3. Paper possibilities

4. The Whimsical Butterfly

5. My Scrapbook Life

6. Scrappalific

7. Cindy Haffner's Corner

8. Outside the Lines

9. Raquel, Chris and 2 Chihuahuas

10. Zany not Crazy

Woot, Woot!!! I want to put so many others on this list, but rules are rules. So maybe I'll make my own award to give out! :D I am sorry I hadn't posted this sooner when I was first nominated! I started to and couldn't figure out how to link to their blogs. --snicker-- Still learnin' this html junk.

Pretty is as Pretty does!

2009-06-06T17:46:00.006-05:00

It seems that Saturday's are the only days I have time to post lately. I really enjoy viewing all of the other wonderful blogs I subscribe to, but currently I am a little 'stuck' with my scrapping. I am starting to feel like I am hording my stash! LOL!!! I have received the April AND May Unity Kits of the Month and haven't used a single stamp yet!!! I think maybe I am just a bit intimidated due to all of the wonderfully creative girlies out there. I feel that maybe my 'stuff' just won't measure up.....stupid, I know! I have got to just dig in and do it! I know it will turn out fine, but I'm a newbe with all of the stamping and coloring thing. Card making doesn't seem as easy as scrapbooking! Do I use pencil? Or copics? How much layering is good? A little or alot? Insecurity isn't my best atribute.

So I dove into a layout that I started a couple of months ago and couldn't figure out how to finish. I really love how it turned out! I'll have to force myself to make a card and post it this weekend. Please come back to give me some feedback on what you think...and be honest. :) Any tips will certainly be appreciated! Thanks for visiting!!! Many blessings for a beautiful weekend! ~Cheri

Layout deets:

Paper: daisyd's, the paper studio

Flowers: Prima, fancy pants, handmade

Bling: Prima - Say it in Crystals

Trim: basic grey

Lace: the paper studio

Title: K&co - Anna Griffith

Paper clip: Making Memories

Jounaling tag: mme-tres joilet

Brads: SEI, Making Memories, the paper studio

Heritage layout and some roses!

2009-05-31T11:53:00.007-05:00

I have been wanting to scrap this page for soooo long, but just couldn't decide on what paper and materials fit best. I had picked a few papers and I called Lauren in to help me decide. She thought this paper from K&co. Urban Rhapsody was the perfect fit, and I have to agree. I used so many different products on this that it almost made me dizzy! But, hey, that is what it's all about! I just love how it turned out!!! Thanks for looking! Blessings~Cheri

Wow! This has been a busy week! I have been running like crazy with field trips, school assemblies and birthday parties. I have been a little artistically (is that a word?) challenged as of late! Anyway, I had to grab my camera one morning and snap some pictures of my climbing rose that is on the side of my garage. I got it last year and it bloomed, but I failed to get any pictures. These roses are so fragrant and sweet. I just love 'em!!!

Boo Kitty and a kitchen chair

2009-05-23T18:51:00.004-05:00

Just a little post for now until I get a few pictures taken of the crafty things I've been throwing together. I'll have to post those after we go to the movies to see Angels and Demons and Terminator Salvation. Yes...I know...you can tell my hubby picked out these movies! But, we haven't been to the theater in a while and I, being the sweet wife that I am, let him pick this time. Especially since he watched Calendar Girls in bed with me this morning, as we were being lazy. It was a little rainy , so we started our holiday weekend off very slow. It was great!!! :)

Love this picture of the sweetest kitty baby named Boo (we named her after Monster's Inc.). She is sitting on my favorite kitchen chair that is also a step ladder. My mom picked this up for me in Austin and gave it to me a few years ago. A little rusty and worn but I love it that way!!! Hope you all have a relaxed and blessed Memorial Day weekend!!! Thanks for looking!

Aristocats glamed up!

2009-05-13T22:34:00.006-05:00

I loved this book, but the pages were water damaged. So I tore them out and thought I could use the cover for a project. Not really sure where, but I think I saw a repurposed Dr. Seuss book somewhere. I swirled and pearled the cover and added some coordinating flowers and crystals. Then took some chip board from cereal boxes and cut them to make the pages. A mixture of Basic Gray and Love Elsie paper and die cut embelishments from Fancy Pants, MME, and K&co jazz it up. Still need to ad some more emblishments to the last few pages, but I am definately going to do this again!!! I really love using repurposed items and making something beautiful out of something my husband told me "would you just throw this away, please!??". He just doesn't get it sometimes. lol

Hope you all had a wonderfully blessed day! Thanks for looking!!!

~Cheri

its knarrly dudde and i love it !

2009-05-08T20:13:00.013-05:00

I let my daughter write the title & of course she wrote it like she was posting something on her myspace. I was looking over her shoulder saying, um...that's not how you spell that. She turned and says, 'it looks cool like this, i don't care how you spell it'. And she's right, it does look cool like that and sometimes it doesn't matter how you spell it. (get over it perfectionist!!!) She continues to teach me! LOL Since she was two she was telling me how it really is! AMAZING~This motherhood thing!!!
This was a super fun project!!! I taught my dd how to decoupage and we had a blast. She really loved this paper from Love Elsie and KI so it was a perfect fit! We also used some dictionary paper, Ranger Stickles, Modge Podge, Perfect Pearls and Glossy Accents on a few of the letters to make them stand out a little more. This is her new jewelry box. Just need to ad a little something to the inside to finish it off. Good night and God bless you all!!!

Cards for my Mothers...

2009-05-07T07:42:00.005-05:00

I know it has been a while since my last post, but I am putting posting into my routine and making time for it from now on. Thank you all for your wonderful comments!!! I really enjoy reading them and visiting all of your blogs. Here are a few cards that I have finished and mailed off to my three Moms. (real, step, and in law) :)
I recently purchased a cuttlebug on sale and LOVE it! As you can see that is what I used on the background of these cards. A little obsessed with it right now, but I'm sure that will fade some with time. lol I will be posting some other projects I have been working on either tonight or tomorrow morning. Blessings and Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

Products used:

Love Elsie and MME; paper

Cuttle bug

Prima; flowers and crystals

Martha Stewart border punch

Fancy Pants pins

Treasure boxes

2009-02-07T17:40:00.013-06:00

Yes, I am still alive. Sorry for the long gap between posts. I started a new job right before the Holidays and it has been a little hectic getting back into the swing of the whole routine/schedule thing. Anyway, here are a few projects I managed to create and give as gifts to family this year. I love the way the 'treasure boxes' turned out. It was so much fun and really quick to put together too!

Thank you all so much for visiting and commenting. It really means a lot. All the best to you and yours! God Bless! :)

Breast Cancer Awareness

2008-10-26T22:32:00.000-05:00

Here's what I have been working on for a few days. It is my entry for the Melissa Francis' Altered Bra Contest. The other entries are all so beautiful. I only hope I have a chance to contend!

I have decided that I am going to give it to my mother in law, Joan, for her 6th year aniversary of being cancer free!

First Crop!

2008-10-26T22:20:00.000-05:00

Well, folks, I did it! I attended my first crop Saturday. It was at a friend's church and we were really just looking for an excuse to get together away from other's wants and needs of us. I loved being able to give my full concentration to creating layouts and getting some of those pictures, that I set aside long ago, into a book! Here's a few of the successes of the day...

I have a few more pages that I will post tomorrow. I need to ad a few embellies before I deem them finished. :) Being that I had not done this before, I found myself scrambling to find ways to make everything portable. And, hoping I didn't forget anything. Which I ALWAYS do, no matter what I am doing. I should have made a list. lol

Butterflies

2008-10-20T09:38:00.001-05:00

Well, I was just looking through my new Redbook magazine and turned the page and found this! All of these cute butterflies just popped out of the book and started flying around. The butterflies are attached to sprial cut acetate. No glueing except where the acetate meets the paper. I don't know if you have seen this add yet, but it was my first time to see this eye catching add for Fruit of the Loom underwear! Yep, all of the butterflies' wings are made out of underwear!!! So dang cute and ingenious! I am going to have to figure out a way to do this in a greeting card! Without the underwear, of course!

Little Miss Fright

2008-10-18T22:37:00.001-05:00

I came across this picture and it had to be scrapped! This was Lauren's first 'Trick or Treat' and she confirmed that she was a 'good witch' several times before we left the house. ;o) We only visited three neighbors that night which were people that we know on our block. She would NOT go to anyone elses door. After the first house, she discovered that she would get candy in her bucket so she was easily persuaded to knock on a few more doors. Our target was my Uncle's house where he and my Grandmother were waiting for Lauren to knock and say the wicked phrase. This was, of course, where this picture was taken. Lauren was so proud of her stash!

Boo Crew

2008-10-13T08:20:00.000-05:00

I did manage to put together a layout yesterday that I had kind of been working on already. I really like the way it turned out. I did, finally, manage to purchase (50% off) an embossing heat tool and tried it out on this project.

Angel

2008-10-10T14:36:00.000-05:00

My sweet angel girl! This is a very simple layout that only took a few minutes. Didn't think I could do this! lol I did have to crop the picture down a little on the top and bottom. This is one of my favorite posed pics of my Angel Baby. :)

BOO!

2008-10-10T08:19:00.000-05:00

I know the title is revelational! lol I just HAD to jump into my Halloween collection and create Something. So this little card was the perfect thing to satisfy my itch! Didn't really do anything too fancy, but it sure was fun playing around w/all of the spooky stuff of this season.

Stuff: Best Occasions card stock, Target $1 halloween scrap paper pack and glitter font, dictionary flower cut out w/Cricut, Best Occasions yellow & white flowers, K&co owl. The spider I just added Glossy Accents, and then added the spiral paper clip. :)
~Cheri

Another Card

2008-10-09T11:36:00.000-05:00

This one was so fun to b/c I am learning some creative ways to use pieces of the different die cuts on my Cricut cartridges. I used a small piece of wire for the ring and part of the watering can die cut from the Walk in My Garden cartridge. The circle and deco edge background are both from the Accent Essentials cartridge. Glossing Accents on the white polkadots then added a bit of glitter. Then some felt letters top it off!

Christmas Already?

2008-10-07T10:02:00.000-05:00

Christmas Already?
Ok, I am having a little bit of a hard time getting in the CHRISTMAS mood since it is still 90+ degrees here! We just had a little rain this morning so hopefully it will cool off (which most of the time our cool fronts only bring it down like 5 degrees!). So I answered a challenge over at Creative Journey (http://creativejourney.typepad.com/creative_journey/) to make a Christmas card to help me get in the mood.

The items I used:

green cardstock: Best Occasions
pink zebra stripe background: Glitz designs
multi-color lined paper: the Paper Studio
pink grid paper: the Paper Studio
Christmas tree paper: the Paper Studio
scalloped circles were cut out on Cricut
I cut the Christmas tree out using my Martha Stewart circle cutter. (love that thing!)
I used Glossy Accents on the pink dots and then applied pink sugar glitter.
Then, I applied Glossy Accents to the Christmas tree.

It's a simple design, but I love the way it turned out. Let me know what you think.

My favorite Card

2008-10-06T00:18:00.000-05:00

This is my entry for 'my favorite card' on the Mara-May blog b/c I made it for my awesome Momma! I used my Cricut for the font and blue heart, Clear Stamps by Autum Leaves for the flourishes, MM ribbon, a bit of bling, and some metal heart buttons. Anyway...I really like it, but I haven't made many cards (.....yet). :)

Had a hard time getting a clear pic. of this b/c of lighting. I finally got a few good ones, but if you have any suggestions for how to get the right lighting for cards and scrapbook layouts let me know. Thanks a bunch!

In the ZONE and Party

2008-10-05T19:52:00.002-05:00

Been feeling a little creatively challenged this week. Looking at all of the wonderful blogs out there inspired this layout. It just kind-of came together. I have noticed a lot of circles and scalloped circles in some of the blogs I have been following and that is one element that I really wanted to use in the lo. I used Glossy Accents on black cardstock for the word ZONE for the first time and it did curl at first, but I really like the leathery look it gave the letters. I will use a heavier card stock when recreating this look in the future. Thanks for visiting and I love reading your wonderful comments!!! Enjoy! ~Cheri

My Daddy & Clean up Update

2008-09-30T11:54:00.001-05:00

This is a recent LO that I did of my hubby and sweet baby girl. I just had to get these pics scrapped as they are some of the very few pics of my dh when he was "letting" me photograph him! Lauren was sooooo darn cute when we would go to watch him play softball. She would cheer for him with her tiny little voice when everyone else was being really quiet.

I got the sketch from Scrapbooks etc. May/June 2008 issue done by Lisa Swift. I chose color photos instead of b/w and I wanted to use a few more pics so I changed up the collage block a little. I used mme patterned paper and I used my cricut for the mixed up font and hearts. I also used the Bubble-a-bilities epoxy phrases by the Paper Studio. I Love it!!! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit! ~Cheri

Soooooo Cool!

2008-09-09T16:47:00.002-05:00

Well, this starts off my blog. I just recently discovered and have been exploring the "blog world". And, can I tell you, it is very exciting! I have been in a kind-of creative slump and haven't completed a layout in about two months. I have been feeling a little lost and anxious, until...I started to look up ideas on the internet and stumbled on several Youtube sites. I have been soooooooo sheltered!!! It never dawned on me that there was so very much information and inspiration out there!!! Some great, talented, sweet, enthusiastic, positive, super duper creative, lovely people!

So I learned how to make these flowers from Donna Salazar, Leah Fung and Johanna Peterson at http://leahfung.typepad.com/leahs_desktop_dictionary/ , and had to get right to work creating a layout! I used mme patterned paper and Colorbok cardstock and chipboard letters and embelished w/Clear Stamps, glitter glue, a few buttons, and cardboard. Lauren helped me add some embellies at the end. Yeah, I know she's 12 and I'm STILL doing baby pics! There are some softball layouts that I have done too, but she was such a precious baby!

Well, I'm off for now, but I have a feeling that this is the beginning of a beautiful thing (new obsession!). lol

Frogs-n-Butterflies

***Newest project ***

Shadow Boxes

MIA.....

Austin on a chilly day

Pink Week Giveaway!!!

Simple Stories by Memory Works

Happy New Year!

Woooo Hooo ~ I'm back!!!

M.I.A.....

On FIRE for Jesus!

Away at Youth Camp...

My Very First Blog Award!!!

Pretty is as Pretty does!

Heritage layout and some roses!

Boo Kitty and a kitchen chair

Aristocats glamed up!

its knarrly dudde and i love it !

Cards for my Mothers...

Treasure boxes

Breast Cancer Awareness

First Crop!

Butterflies

Little Miss Fright

Boo Crew

Angel

BOO!

Another Card

Christmas Already?

My favorite Card

In the ZONE and Party

My Daddy & Clean up Update

Soooooo Cool!

Newest project