End of Road Tile

Good Afternoon, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all of you! Today I am sharing a custom tile. I made for my dear friends niece Christmas gift who also happens to be Jenny, the baby sister of my best friend Deanna who I have known for 33 years. Their Aunt Jana is my crafty friend, she gave me the phrase and I ran with it! I really love how it turned out! 

Psalm 19 Tile

My dear friend came over for a Craft Social as you may know from previous postings. We had a great time making handmade gifts to give her family for the Christmas holiday. My crafty friend just so happens to be the Aunt of my best friend Deanna who I have known for 33 years!! Deanna was asked what her favorite bible verse was, and she said Psalm 19. So I took a couple lines from the verse and put them on a custom tile for her Aunt to give her for Christmas. It turned out so nice with the cross and praying hands.  

Personalized Mugs

These personalized initial mugs looks so fabulous! Who knew a Dollar Tree mug could look so expensive? They made a great holiday gift this year! 

Personalized Coffee Cups

Last week a friend of mine came over for a Craft Social. We were making last minute holiday gifts for her family. We had found a project on Pinterest where you take a sticker type letter, in our case a vinyl cut letter from my Silhouette Cameo machine, and we were going to speckle with Sharpies peel off the letter and bake in oven. After seeing how luxurious these cups looked with the font type she picked for her initials, we couldn't resist to leave them as is. They look so elegant! 

Etch Your Mug!

My first order of a set of custom etched mugs!

 So pleased with how it turned out! grin emoticon I used 

Armor Etch and vinyl was bought right off the

 Hobby Lobby shelf! Only 3rd attempt ever 

doing this!

Cake Platter

Here is a vinyl lettering on a cake platter I made for a friend. I had planned to fill with sweets before she came over for a Craft Social, but I didn't get it finished in time for the holidays, but that is fine I will just fill with sweets before I see her next time! 

I found the idea on Pinterest of course! 

Coffee tastes better with Friends

My first Silhouette Cameo file traced and cut image placed on a mug! I am so pleased with how it turned out! I searched the internet for images of friends having tea or coffee to go with the phrase I chose of "Coffee tastes better with Friends."  Once I found the image I saved to my computer. I opened my Silhouette program and imported the image to my library. Once in the library I was able to open the file and use my trace option. Be sure to uncheck high pass filter and then you will click on the trace option. I click on the image and drag it away to see what the cut file will look like in the end and use my erase tool to clean up specks if any. Then I cut using my Cameo and placed onto the mug! 

Thank You, Regina!

What a fabulous day! My dear crafty friend Regina Cooper is the sweetest! She does etching, I ordered a mug to have her etch as a Christmas present for the hubby. She went above and beyond! She made my day even brighter when I opened the package and not only seen the mug I ordered but a stunning handmade card, card making goodies, and a mug just for me!!!! Thank you so much Regina you are such a wonderful and very giving sweet friend!

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Wedding Tile

I LOVE my Silhouette Cameo! I made this for my husbands son Brian as a wedding gift. 

Love Butterflies Wall Art

So excited that my shadow box was shipped and I was able to create this beautiful piece of wall art for my cousin as a surprise! That is, if she isn't following my blog, which I don't think she is. I used my Silhouette Cameo and a cut file to create the butterflies and then I wrote the name with my Silhouette using the Silhouette pens. I just love how it turned out! 

Mousey Vacation Spot

Today I decided to add a little humor to my hallway. Using my silhouette machine and an image I found online I traced this and cut it out on vinyl. 

1st Vinyl Tile Project Redo

For my personal tile I decided to redo the wedding date at the bottom. You can see in the post that I posted yesterday. how it is different. I enlarged the font and now I like it better! I am going to seal it, and in a few days my stand should have arrived and I can find a place in my home to display my work of art! 

Family Established Tile

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend holiday with your family and friends! After the festivities I spent my days trying to attempt my first vinyl letter tile. I am quite fond of it and I really have seen so many wonderful ideas with tile and vinyl I am excited to keep on using up my vinyl until it is all gone! 

Anysoldier Holiday Cards Finished!

All that fun card making over the last month, using up my scraps of patterned papers and what nots sure paid off! I had a set of assorted holiday cards to send to the other participants in the Anysoldier Card Swap group on Facebook! I am looking forward to seeing all the cards I get back in return to include in my holiday care package to the soldiers currently serving. It sure makes you feel good to think maybe you just might brighten up a soldiers day after all they go through for this country! 

Holiday in Green

Holiday in Purple

Celebrate Snow 2

Using same layout as in the last card but changing the color of the card to shades of pink.

Celebrate Snow

I wish I could take credit for this card design but I found a card on Pinterest as my inspiration for this lovely card! I ran out of white card stock, and also of white blank cards to use but I still had these brown ones to keep my crafty mojo going so I found the perfect card to create.
 You will find the card I used for my inspiration here http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1135499?&cat=7606

Scrapping Holiday 2

Here is another card I created using up scraps' of not only papers but the ribbon was also from scraps left over. 

A Scrappy Holiday Card

It feels good to create such a pretty card by using up the little scraps!  Add a little holiday bling and a holiday sentiment and before you know it you could have a dozen of these whipped up and all of your scrapps finally cleared out! 

What does Snowballs and Toothache medicine have in common?

You got it! Tiny little snowballs to use on your cards! They pack these little boxes full of these little cotton balls and I have found they are perfect for using as snowballs! I think this box was in my mothers medicine cabinet for 10 years and I have saved it at least another 10 or so years, I'm a craft supply hoarder, I  knew I might use these for something one day! :D 

Simple Holiday Card 3

For this simple card I followed a card I had found on Pinterest for inspiration and created a holiday card in mostly shades of red but added a little holiday green on the back of the sentiment. 

Simple Holiday card 2

The second card I made in a set of 5 just like it today was this beautiful holiday card in shades of blue. I kind of took this card from Pinterest for inspiration and it is almost exactly like the card I used for my inspiration. It was quick and easy plus I used up more scraps!

Original card designer Here

Simple Holiday Card 1

Happy Friday Ya'all! Today I decided to mess up my recently cleaned and organized craft room, play with some scrap papers and make a few holiday cards. First card in the set of 5 just like it.