Countdown to Christmas - Day One

Hello again!

So, my intention is to do a countdown to Christmas series of posts.  Each day, from today until Christmas, I plan to share with you a cute holiday project.  So, today is day one

and I thought I would share with you this really cute Candy Countdown from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

Now, I will admit that this took me a little longer than I expected, but that is because I am a little (a lot) obsessive about things.  I put a new layer and embellishments on each box and made sure that each box was different.  If I put it together just as the package came, it would have taken me less than an hour.

Here are some close ups.

 

Thanks for stopping buy.  See you all tomorrow!

Sherri

INTRODUCING........

We have a new nut to add to our mixed bag.

Meet Brownie.  We were lucky enough to adopt this sweet little fella just last night.  He is very tame and already well socialized.

Needless to say, the kids are already in love with him.

The only complaint I have is that he arrived in the evening, so getting the kids to stay in bed was more painful than usual.  But, they did move a little faster this morning so that they had time to play with him before school.

Thanks for stopping by.


Sherri

For (some of) my Stampin' friends

Hello!

First of all, I am going to have a small, tiny rant.  Please bear with me, and offer me some sympathy.


IT IS STILL SNOWING!!!!!!!  Grrrrrrrr.

Those of you who live here in Southern Alberta know the pain I am feeling.  Thanks.  That is out of my system now.

Second,

GO RIDERS!!!!!

 

Now, what you are probably here for.


I had my last stamping session the my Stamper 10 group at my friend Lisa's house.  Every Christmas I try to make them all a card and a little gift.  This year I gave them each one of these glitter ornaments that I made.

They are so pretty and sparkly!  I also made two different card styles that I gave with the ornaments.

This one is made using the Christmas Postcard stamp and the cracked glass technique.

 

This card is a little simpler (ok, a lot simpler), but still very pretty.  It is shimmered on the card base, but it doesn't show up well in the pics.  Actually, both cards are pretty and shimmery and look sooooooo much better in real life.  I promise.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by.


Sherri

Delightfully Digital

Whew!  It was tough picking a title for this post.

Hello.  I hope you all are well.  Me?  I'm great!  Thanks for asking.

I thought that since it had been a while since I shared anything digital with you I would show you something new.

 

Isn't this pretty?  I love the Deck the Halls and all the pretty vintage sets that we have this year.  I also love that even though I created this project digitally, everything can be made "in real life" too.

If you have ever thought of doing what I do or owning My Digital Studio, then there is a fantastic new offer from Stampin' Up!  It really is Simply Amazing!

Stampin' Up! is offering both versions of the Demonstrator Starter Kit for 50% off!  Unheard of!   So, if you wanted My Digital Studio you could sign up to be a demonstrator, choose the Digital+ Starter kit, and for $1.00 more than the price of My Digital Studio (yep, just one more dollar) you can get everything else included in the kit.  You will be getting over $385.00 worth of product, including My Digital Studio, for only $107.50.  This offer expires November 30, 2010 so contact me soon to join me in the fun of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sherri

Blog Revamp!

Hi!

Over the next few days you will see a few changes to the way my blog looks.  Only improvements, I promise.  For now, check out the Classes and Events page.  I had planned to add pictures of the class samples, but my order is sitting at the border waiting for clearance.

More to come!


Sherri

Punch Drunk

Hi, my name is Sherri, and I am a punchaholic.  I love Stampin' Up!'s punches.  I have a lot of them (not all, so there is some hope for me still).  I love that it is a crisp clean way to cut out an image or a shape.  I love that I don't have to perfect my paper trimming techniques.  Most of all, I LOVE finding new ways to use them.

So, some fellow demonstrators and myself threw an event for World Card Day and I was tasked with creating some masculine punch art cards.  I played and CASEd and tweaked and came up with these.

Isn't this a pretty little fish?  It's the ornament punch!

A perfect card for the handyman in your life.  The brushed silver cardstock makes great tool heads.

 

Cute little banana split card.  Thank you Heather for the inspiration!

 

This little robot is my favorite!  Some of the girls used other sentiments.  I think my friend Kim's choice was the best.  She picked "I like you".  One of the best things about this card was that all those little pieces were punched out with Stampin' Up!'s Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets on the back of them.  There was no messy sticky fingers!  FANTASTIC!!!!!!

I may offer this as a class in the New Year. 

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Thanks for stopping by.


Sherri

It's the Great Pumpkin Patch . . .

Hi gang!  It is almost Halloween, and I am so ready for it!  Well, not totally ready, I still have to get some candy, buy and carve pumpkins, and finish decorating the house.  I guess I am not ready at all.  Maybe I am better off showing what I have done.

Here are my kids in their costumes, ready for a day of fun at their school.

Pretty spooky right?  They were thrilled with how they looked.  I like it when they want fairly simple costumes. 

They also wanted to bring some treats to share with their classmates.  I got the inspiration for these from my friend Lisa when she had put them on her blog.

They are so cute.  I made them using My Digital Studio and the Pumpkin Patch digital brush set.  I simply printed out a loaded sheet of these on pumpkin pie cardstock and punched them out with my 1 1/4 circle punch. and punched the larger layer with my 1 3/8 circle punch.  Then, I sponged each layer and distressed them.  After that it was just a matter of assembly.  I wanted to save my Old Olive gros grain for some Christmas project I have in mind, so I used some ribbon I had lying around from my pre-demo days.  I haven't used non-Stampin' Up! ribbon in a long time, and you can sure feel the difference in quality.  I LOVE the quality of all of our products.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sherri