It's Graduation Day!

Design team sister Glenda challenged us with a Graduation Day theme at My Sheri Crafts. Today, I am doing something that I have never done before in all the years I've been blogging. I have a guest designer.

My three-year old's student teacher was also graduating, and his teacher was requesting for the kids to make cards as a surprise for Miss Aubrey. Kiko came up with this. After three attempts, he managed to stamp a straight, crisp image on the white cardstock. It's off-centered, so he added a diploma sticker to the side. I gave him a choice on which ink color to use, and he chose Glacier. The stamp set is from Congratulations Graduate from Close To My Heart. The end result was a simple, sweet card. Once again, I'd like to thank Sheri for allowing me to have my proud mommy moment here.

I'd like you to come join us at My Sheri Crafts for our biweekly challenge!

A Birthday Bash!

Design team sister Marge challenged us with a birthday-themed card, and part of the challenge was to make a matching envelope. I used the Time To Celebrate paper pad for this challenge once again. I layered an image on two designer papers, added some Prima flowers, vintage lace from former DT sister Charlotte, and a pearl flourish from Recollections. The envelope is just a simple one using coordinating paper. I make my own envelopes sometimes. I just add an extra 1/2 each per side, and make sure that there is a 1 1/2" allowance between the top flap and the envelope opening. I do have two Cricut machines, but I feel that there is too much waste on the paper if I use it instead of my template. I made the envelop first and used the scrap for my A2-sized card.

We'd love to see what you've made at My Sheri Crafts!

Happy Mother's Day!

We are celebrating motherhood at My Sheri Crafts! Our Design Team sister Sandy challenged us to come up with a girly project. What could be both of that except Graphic 45's Time To Celebrate paper pad? The new trend in crafting right now is pocket letters. It's basically filling up a baseball card/trading card protector with 9 ATC-sized cards. It's optional to fill up the pockets with goodies, but the main focus would be the letter that you send to your pocket letter pal. It's like writing to a penpal, but with artwork enclosed.

I did a lot of fussy cutting and layering to come up with this pocket letter. I added some twine for the banner, and some Sparkles Black Flourishes-Small from Close To My Heart. I also inked the pocket cards with Desert Sand Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad.

Come celebrate Mother's Day with us at My Sheri Crafts!

National Humor Month

We need a little laughter in our lives. Our design team sister Sarah, is the hostess for our biweekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts. April is National Humor Month, and we'd like to invite you to share your funny projects with us.

I had hoarded this clip art from My Crafty Secrets for years and decided to make a card out of it. The designer paper is a retired paper pack from Close To My Heart. I love the colors and decided to let the paper speak for itself. All that I did next was add a White Shimmer Trim and a polka dot butterfly that I punched using my Martha Stewart punch and my card is done! Do check out the My Sheri Crafts blog for and have a smile!

Easter Wishes

We are celebrating Easter at My Sheri Crafts! Design team sister Sue, is our hostess for our biweekly challenge and she challenges us with making a card featuring either a cross, bunnies or eggs. I had to play with the Hopping By stamp set when I saw how fun the images were! Can you imagine a car made out an egg or a carrot, or even a hot air balloon egg? I colored the images with Copic and ShinHan markers, and I also used some Tim Holtz Distress Markers for the wheels. The designer paper is Hopscotch, from Close To My Heart. I added some White Enamel Stars, White Shimmer Trim, and the sorbet hearts from the Chalk It Up Assortment. I embossed the background coordinating cardstock with Honeycomb, Chevron and Vine Embossing Folders.

Come join our fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts!

Erin Go Braugh!

Glenda, our design team sister at My Sheri Crafts, asked us to create a project featuring shamrocks! I found this 8x10 photo frame at the dollar store and decided to put collage art in it. I used the Word Collage Cricut cartridge and cut the Green Glitter Paper at 9" and trimmed it to size.

Come join our St. Paddy's celebration at My Sheri Crafts!

Spring Houses...In Move-In Condition!

Spring comes reaaaally early here in sunny AZ, so I wanted to push the date forward and celebrate my favorite season at My Sheri Crafts. This biweekly challenge is "Welcome Spring". I wanted to make some fairy-sized houses, so I came up with these three. They were cut using files from SVGcuts.com, and the paper that I used were from DCWV, Graphic 45 and Basic Grey. I added some Flower Soft, Prima Flowers, vintage lace, washi tape, White and Gold Shimmer Trim, a sparkly doorknob and a Bling Gem Gold Assortment as my flower center to personalize each fairy house.

We'd love to have you join our challenge at My Sheri Crafts!