Happy Birthday Elisha

Yesterday was Elisha's birthday we had such a fun day!

She had her hair done on Tuesday for her big day, and she cut about 7 inches of length off! She looks so grown up! I can't believe how fast time flies!!

and for Her room we filled it with over 200 balloons!! Thank you Charlie for all your help, it took hours to do this but the results were worth it, she loved it!!

Have a great day!! ~Cheri

Sharing the love! Spreading the word...

Call it what you may.

Today I am sharing with you something I am totally excited about! Have you heard? Have you signed up? Did you miss it, if you did, it's ok. I'm going to tell you about it...

My friend Amy from The Paperlife has created an "Life Journaling" online class! Folks, this is exciting and she is amazing and I can't wait for it to start. If you SIGN UP early you will receive $10 off! The class starts May 15th so you will want to sign up before then for $30!! I have gotten to know Amy just a bit through The Paperlife, facebook etc. and I will tell you what I know for sure, this is going to be top notch she does not do anything half way she has put A LOT of TIME and THOUGHT into this, you will be so inspired. It is going to be AMAZING! Go to The PaperLife website to watch her video and then join me and many others and sign up. Don't forget to grab the class badge to put on your site for an extra special something - read the bottom of the her site for instructions.

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Today is my friend Sesil's Birthday!! 

Can you, my friends do me a favor? Could you hop on over to her BLOG and give her some extra birthday wishes? While you are there you really should "follow" this super amazing crafty girl.

Thank you for helping make her day extra special!!

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Last but not least, since I'm sending you to all these fantastic links I would like you to please help my friend who recently opened a new online store.  It's called The Hens Den. You can also find The Hens Den on Facebook to watch for new product so be sure to LIKE The Hens Den. She has FREE shipping going on until the end of the month and carries the latest releases of manufactures, like of course - Teresa Collins, Tim Holtz (those new ink stains are so amazing!!), BoBunny (I heard somewhere that Gabrielle is hard to find - she carries it!), Pink Paislee, Claudine Hellmuth (have you tried her paints or brushes? Swoon!!) I could go on and on trust me - The Hens Den has a ton of great stuff to get your crafty on!

Thanks for letting me share the love with ya! Have a great day!! ✿ ~Cheri

Happy birthday album

I was purging files yesterday and getting all organized and such on my laptop and came across one of my most favorite albums.  My girlfriend Paige's birthday album. It's funny, she's been on my mind a lot lately. I must go see my good friend soon. Paige picked out every thing and I just went to town with her choices. I put so much love and attention into her album. She took it to her party and had her friends journal in it, she's just smart that way. I can't believe I have not posted this sooner. Here's to you miss Paige!

The word Birthday is made with Shrinky dinks! Super fun.

Those are little pearl beads on her crown. I cut the frame out twice and layered it with glaze and sparkles. the wing/crown is from a package of Tim Holtz grunge board shapes. I painted the wing then added a decorative rub on that went perfect with it.

I used distressing embossing powders on the tops of the punched pages.

The flappy pieces are the strips that have the manufacturers name from the bottom of the paper cut off and instead of thrown away I just folded and sewed together for the border.

This was an acrylic page. Paige's party was at a winery, how awesome!!

I made the little envelope that's on the left, it would be great to hold party napkins or tickets, fun. That's a mini file folder album on the right, I binded it with a paint chip strip then sewed it on.

I love inking and glazing flowers, I love, love, love glossy accents!

So many details in this book, so many.  Thanks for looking!

So, I got a call today from a fan, my first call, I was so excited!!! She just had a question on how I had made one of my books. I thought that was so nice, Thank you Gwen you really made my day, it was great talking with you!

Have a great day! ~Cheri

In case you missed it *TC - Celebrate* Happy Birthday Banner

The Happy Birthday Banner was on Teresa's blog Wednesday and in case you missed it, here it is again.  If you have not seen the Celebrate line just you wait, it's a m a z i n g!!! Just at a glance I was smitten with the blues, reds and oranges. 

I was straightening up my paper mess and as I was organizing I discovered, this line has a few different looks to it, like I said the fun blues, reds and oranges. Then I noticed the creams and whites... My mind was flying, what could I do to show you JUST HOW VERSATILE this line is. Ahhhh, the excitement. I stared and stared and the next morning woke up with this great idea and I was in my scrap room before the coffee was done! (That says A LOT!)

Here's what I came up with:

Once I figured out the shape I wanted it to be I cut all my pieces, distressed all the edges and started layering:
My first layer was the back of the Blue Birthday Party paper

Then I layered it with the Happy Birthday Transparency

I then cut a circle and a strip from the back of the pendants paper. I used a scallop punch for the bottom strip and adhered it to the lined paper (the first layer).

I cut strips out of the Definitions paper, I did do this creatively to make sure I had the words I wanted at the the top of the strips. Then I pleated the paper to make a "Lolly" gluing them to a piece of chipboard so they wouldn't pop up.





















Then added the individual Banner letters to each piece.





















I then put doilies on the tops and bottoms to give it the lacy look and connected them with large brads.

And there you have it. I love it! I hope it inspires you to see things for more that what they seam to be at first glance too. Have a great weekend! ~C