Its getting to be spring

I am working on a Spring 6x6 book for a swap thru Bellas Creations, Sisterhood group. I have been so busy with teaching and doing my sample for the pre schools that I have hardly had time to do scrapbooking.

Cutter made his first little piece the other day...I forgot to take a picture of it! I take pictures of everything...just forgot.

I have made a mini-mini album that is about 2 inch square. I will post that tomorrow.

for now

Luv ya

Sherri

and a special hug to Linda and Marcia

As posted on geckogalz.com...Wild Buckaroo

Instructions for m yWild Buckaroo

Hi guys..glad to be featured. It is an honor.

To make this amazing piece, with WildBill paper from the Deadwood Collection which just came out this month...very Rodeo friendly. I took the paper and took the Digital version of the Wild West Stamps # CD15 which I had print in the 8.10 version and ran WildBill thru the printer to get the Stamp to print on it. Then I mounted this sheet on a cardstock sheet which had a gold/brown color. From here I mounted this on watercolor sheet, with about one inch border showing, and on this one inch section I used Acrilic Daubers and actually just dabbbed the colors on the sheet.....black, brown, and gold, then Daubed the edges with clear embossing ink, and used Bronze Utee embossing powder, heated in the usual way. The small frame was cut from Cricut Wild West from Basic Grey paper. The Wild West frame was further enhanced with coffee color nailhead hotfix gems.

The boots were also made from the new stamp set, digitally run off and painted brown and embossed with Black enamel. I added a square of the Basic Grey behind it, and a Tim Holtz ticket.

The bottom edge is the Gecko Galz star border stamp, stamped in clear embossing ink, and also embossed with Bronze Utee, then cut out and adhered with pop dots.

The Verbage was cut from the same Cricut Wild West, painted again with the same Daubers. It was mounted so that the letters are about a half inch above the top edge of the canvas.

The whole set of papers was again glued to a Canvas board for stability, and the edges were wrapped with a jute twine, knotted and secured in the back.

Last thing added was a frame stand which I purchased in bulk from Texas Art Supply.

Please feel free to comment or if you need clarification, please ask.

Luv ya

Sherri

It is almost 3 AM again and I already am up. I just pop up and want to do something, thou I am tired. So, let me share this funny story. My husband really likes the Curio and he wants me to start collecting miniatures of all sorts of things so I can make Curios for Christmas, but not 2011, for 2012! He knows they are time consuming and the pieces need to have meaning, so that is why the target goal is 2012. Ok, I usually do make alot of gifts, but this is asking alot. He doesn't understand...but why argue, it will give me almost 2 years of excuses...I can't cook tonight...I am working on the Curio for Aunt Betty. Sorry honey.....can you do the wash, Im very busy......now I need to actually search for stuff, that is not easy either because it really has to be small, dollhouse size but the pieces need to have some kind of personal meaning......thats even harder.....hunny can you vacuum so I can find little things with meaning!

I want to make one for Cuter now but he doesn't understand that I know it is not a toy...he doesn't think Cutter will either...I said it is going on his wall...Robert said a US map should go on Cutters wall.

I am sure I will make a Curio for Cutters room now, but it will still give me almost 2 years of excuses...hmmm..heee heee...think I can get away with a maid! Yes dear, if I am devoting my time to searching for the rigth miniatures, there will be no time for dusting,,,,arm over head, sort of a fainting position...my life is rough dear, I am working!

Luv ya

Sherri

PS..my husband is great and he will really pitch in to help, he always has. He loves when I put my love into gifts...to him that is what tradition is all about, and for most of our years together, I have made things for all the family. I am thinking we will be having a wedding in the very near future for our daughter, so in addition I will need to make her a wedding album. I am still working on the album for baby Sierra...the album pages are finished, just need her pictures...she only was born in August, my sweet little baby girl!

Luv ya twice

Curio is done!

Ok, yall...I finally finished. I remade it the inside atleast three times. My final opinion on making the boxes...

1. Paint the sides of the box inside first




2. Place your paper on the back wall next




3. After you have tissue taped the boxes, then put in floor paper, and if you want ink the front edge




4. Don't forget that the back legs atleast can't be put on until the end! (eeee...guess how I found that out!)




5. It was driving me crazy where the frame tissue tape met the frame paper and I had to trim it with a ribbon. You could use paper, or even use paper that you have border punched.




6. I did alot of adhere items with hot glue.




7. I made things angled with folded scrapes of paper.




8. Really think outside the box...I have a close up of one piece that I especially love...it was a small oblong kind of like a tray for a necklace...probably the inside area is almost 1 inch by maybe 2.5 inches..I cut off the bail with a Tim Holtz scissor and was just going to use a strip of paper in the inside, but I had a kind of Gibson girl sticker, and put it on the area and trimmed with a craft knife.




9. I also wanted to give a bit of unisome and painted everything with a wipe of gold acrilic paint...the cheap kind, or a Dauber.

Please ask any questions...we all learn that way1

Luv ya

Sherri

Auroras birthday

Bet you can t guess whos birthday I am going to scrap next...Aurora...she just turned three! There were so many adorable faces, it is going to be hard! Aurora is in purple, Olivia is in pink, and baby has the cute denim y grandbabies!

Can't sleep...nohing unusual but decided to just say hi. Hope you are all nice and comfy. Going to try again.

Luv ya

Sherri

Unfinished Configuration box

I am not finished with my configuration project. It took me all day to remake the back, and decide what to put in it. Tomorrow I will take it apart, paint the sides of the box, put on the legs and curio knob. I already have preped to make my next one of my late Mother in laws sewing things...still in her machine. Will repost the first one after it is fully dresses.

Luv ya

Sherri