Home Again Home Again Show Me Thursday

For the past two weeks, I've been visiting a couple of my Sassy Cheryl friends in Washington state. The trip started with a lunch outing with Judy, Anna and me to the neatest cafe inside a greenhouse. The tables were set up like little rooms and the food was delicious. Here are some shots inside and outside the Greenhouse Cafe.

Besides doing some sightseeing we also did some crafting. I won't show what the others made, but have to tell you about one of neatest things we did. Anna's sweet husband signed she and I up to take a glass class making a paperweight. Here we are at the class and then my finished paperweight. Talk about hot work.

Returned home Sunday morning to jump in the car and head 250 miles to a college graduation. I don't have a picture from that trip. Today we have a wedding for a neighbor's son, so I spent the morning personalizing a wedding gift for them. I bought a casserole carrier with dish. I did heat transfer vinyl on the cover of the carrying case, and etched the glass of the casserole dish. I have leaves on one side and their names on the other.

So that's a little of what I've been working on. Let me see what you've been up to while I've been away playing with friends. You might not make it into this week's SMT post on Sassy Cheryl's blog, but there's plenty of time for the next one.

Let Us See Your Layers

Are you sitting down or did you fall down when you actually saw I had done two posts in less than a week? I have been terribly bad about participating in any challenges or posting on my blog. I wish I could tell you I'm going to be better in the coming weeks, but I can't. How I ever found time to work is beyond me.

I have finally made a card to enter in the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge blog for this week. The theme was lots of layers, and I think I've complied with that request.

I saw a card on Pinterest using trapezoid layers. I started in that direction designing in my Silhouette software, but then I wanted a sentiment that had something to do with angles. When I found this sentiment, I changed my layers from trapezoids to triangles(sorry girls it's the mathematician in me). I even created the triangle edged border with my Silhouette software.

The papers are from Lily Bimble's digital kit called Fiesta. I used photoshop to match the colors in the paper in order to create some solid colored cardstock. I found the sentiment by Googling angle quotes. I guess they figured I couldn't spell, because I got a lot more results for angel quotes than angle ones.

This image from the Sassy Cheryls Stamp Store is called Just so Be Yourself.

There's still time to join the challenge, so come on get busy.

A Show Me Thursday Post

Here it is the end of March, and I've done exactly two blog posts this year. It doesn't mean that I haven't been doing anything, just the opposite, doing way too much.

Most of my doings have to do with using my Silhouette Cameo(have I told you lately how much I love my Cameo?). I use it for making just about everything. The software is so versatile especially with the Print and Cut feature.

One of the neighbors has a daughter graduating from the Mississippi School of the Arts. She only gets 6 invitations, so I made announcements to send out.  Along with the announcements I also created some thank you cards that matched the announcements.

My latest toy is a heat press machine. My Weigh Watcher buddies are doing our 10 Anniversary Camp Taz next week. We're making new T-shirts, and this time I'm making them rather than paying to have them made. Everyone is bringing their shirts and those not coming mailed me theirs. I cut the design out of vinyl, and used my heat press to firmly affix  it to the shirt.

Finally, it's April and time for my walking buddy's annual Spring neighborhood get together. Here are the invitations I created along with the envelopes. Hopefully she got them in the mail today.

So that's what I've been up to so far this week. Now to get myself back into card making.

Now let's see what you're working on and post it on the Sassy Cheryls Blog for Show Me Thursday. You have until Wednesday, April 2 at 5 p.m. EST to get your entry in for a free Sassy Cheryls image.

Having Fun With Vinyl

Well I've been anything but regular with posting recently. Hopefully, once our vacation is over, I'll be able to get back into a regular routine.

For this week's SMT post, I wanted to show the fun I've been havingn with vinyl and my Silhouette Cameo.

First off, I got a new keyboard case for my Kindle Fire HDX, so that I won't have to take my laptop with me. I'll be able to type my post rather than swipe.

I purchased a new toiletries bag, since my old one was showing some major signs of wear. It even came with bottles and since they all looked alike, I decided I needed to label them as well as personalize my bag. I love the way it all turned out.

It's only week one of the challenge, so you've got plenty of time to get a couple of entries in to the Sassy Cheryl's Show Me Thursday two week challenge. Looking forward to seeing what you're all up to this week.

Anything Goes with an OWH Thank You

I'm killing two birds with one stone today. This week's challenge over on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog is Anything Goes. That works perfectly with my latest project. My BFF who heads up Happy Hearts,  the Seniors Group(of which I'm old enough to be a member) at our church. This month is National Thank You month, so she asked me to do the program with Any Hero Thank You cards. You know I'm never going to pass up an opportunity to get folks to thank our servicemen. It does however mean that I also have to come up with some cards for them to write in.

I decided Drumming Noah would be perfect for a card to thank one of Our Heroes in the military.  I haven't colored in so long, that I think I better do some practicing. I have 3 more of these to color so that will be a good thing.

The background paper is called Freedom Subway Art. I wish I could tell you where I got it, but I can't read the copyright, and didn't save it with the name. The sketch I used is this week's Sketch Saturday.

Thanks for stopping by. I better get out to TM and start working on some more Any Hero thank you cards. I only have a week until Happy Hearts meets.

A Final SMT for 2013

I don't know about the rest of you, but the last two weeks of December have been nothing less than hectic for me.  It was a madhouse between Christmas baking and lots of socializing.  My Christmas decor this year was totally minimal, but that was good since it didn't take me long to undecorate on the Thursday after Christmas. I was so busy that I didn't even get over here to see that I was one of the winners in the last Show Me Thursday challenge.

Instead of thinking I could sit back and rest, it was back into design mode. I had a Honey Do shower invitation to make for a friend. What's a Honey Do shower you ask? It's a shower given for the groom in order to get him some gifts to take care of those Honey Do jobs that will certainly be on a list shortly after the wedding.

So here's the invitation. I found this poem on a invitation I found online and incorporated it in the invitation. I think these turned out very masculine.

I of course designed them in the Silhouette Designer Edition software. The only thing that was cut with the Cameo was the Honey Do tag.

So this is my final SMT post for the Sassy Cheryls Show Me Thursday challenge. You still have until tomorrow at 5 p.m. EST.

Ribbons and Bows

This week's challenge for the Sassy Cheryls' Challenge Blog is ribbons and/or bows. I sure hope paper ribbons count, otherwise I'm out for the count. Never fear, I still have a use for the card. It's going to my great grandson with his Christmas present.  He's not quite one so it won't matter.

I chose one of Cheryl's newer images called Max the Red Nosed Reindeer for my card. The image is colored with pencils. The papers are from a free download from I have no idea where, and the word art is from a Silhouette download.

So I basically squeezed in under the wire again this week. I'm sure hoping I'll find more time after the first of the year.