Dolls from China die

Played with a die set I got from overseas.  I love making them.  Don't know what I'm gonna do with them but their cute.

Perpetual Calendar

I got a PDF from http://frommycraftroom.blogspot.com/2015/03/perpetual-calendar-blocks-tutorial.html.  (You should check out her blog.  Very very talented crafter.)

I transferred the PDF into my Silhouette Cameo software and changed the top shape a bit and did a bit of tweaking.  I made one for my office and this s the one I made for my Church's advent feast for a door prize.  I had not gotten the months on the blocks when I took this picture but they are on now.

The praising people stamps, the Praise the Lord stamp and the Amen on the bottom are from "Praise the Lord' stamp set from maymaymadeit.

Tulle & crepe paper rosettes

Youtube tutorial


Some Tulle & crepe paper rosettes I made and a YouTube tutorial.

Coffee Cup Crafts with Kelly

Coffee Cup Crafts with Kelly is hosting a subscriber giveaway and sharing her wonderful channel gets me another entry and gives you a chance to see her great videos.

Impossible Card

I was inspired by Maymaymadeit's video on YouTube to create this "impossible" card.  I am officially obsessed.  I asked for MayMay's permission to share my Silhouette files that I created from her templates and she said yes so here you go.

6x6 Impossible card
5x7 Impossible card
A2 Impossible card
A6 Impossible card

Grandma & Grandpa layout

I was a very small child when my grandfather died (I think almost 3) so I never knew him.  I was born and raised in Illinois and my grandmother lived in Arkansas.  So I only got to see her once a year on vacation.  I one thing I remember most about her was her LONG white hair that she would let me brush and that she chewed tobacco.  I never had a good picture of them before and have asked my cousins that grew up in Arkansas with her to share one.  I have tried for years to get a good photo of them and then the other day one of my cousin's finally posted a photo of them on Facebook.  I have no idea when this photo was taken or why they were dressed up.  I printed the photo at Wal-Mart and when I got there to pick it up I went straight to the scrapbook paper (although I have more paper than Wal-Mart has) and looked for paper to match the photo.  I thought this Colorbok 12" Designer Wild and Free Paper Pad worked well to match grandma's jacket, the sky and grandpa's suit.

I used a Fiskars diamond border punch on the top & bottom of the teal strip of grid paper and fussy cut flowers from another sheet in the pack.  I had the Studio Calici chipboard cameras in my stash and put one of each color in each of the 3 embellishment spots and added a different color lens to each.  Then I put another color dot on each so that I had the grey, yellow and blue in each.  I matted the photo in a yellow patterned paper in the paper pack and I had some Thickers in my stash AMERICAN CRAFTS THICKERS: IMPRINT | CREAM & GOLD FOILED CHIPBOARD.

.  I absolutely love the way this turned out and so glad I have a nice photo of my paternal grandparents...finally.

Fall door hanger

Everything is from Dollar Tree except the scarecrow which is from Wal-Mart.