Gorjuss Girl Doll Halloween Card

I'm a little late in sharing the last few Halloween crafty things. I'm just not ready to start working on a lot of Christmas just yet.

Here is a Halloween card that I made for a friend who collects the Gorjuss Girl doll stamps.  Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!

~ Shelly~

KC Croppers Wicked Crop

The Wicked Crop was a success.  We had several dress up as witches. They did an awesome job with their costumes.  It was a lot of fun! 

Here are all the name tags I made.

~ Shell ~

Fall Card Challenge

I participated in another monthly card challenge.  This month's challenge was to create a Fall card. I created this quilted card by using a thin metal die from My Favorite Things and a Fall Stamp set from Close To My Heart.

Happy Fall!!!

~ Shelly ~

Quick Card

Made this quick card for a friend who was about to leave for a trip to Germany.  I didn't have any German scrapbook paper or embellishments so I printed images I found from online. Those of you who know me, know that I love fussy cutting.  I had to make it quick so I didn't get time to emboss the red cardstock.  I know it looks kinda plain. But I'm glad she liked it. 

~ Shell ~

Ribbon, Lace, Trim Swap

One of our swaps at the September Crop was 36" of 2 - 3 different Ribbon, Lace, or trim.

I printed and fussy cut an image of a girl from a vintage pattern cover I found on Pinterest.  (See pic below) 

Then I twist tied three different pink ribbon/trims and taped the twist tie to the back of the cutout to create the bottom of her dress.

Here are the ribbon, lace, trim pieces that I swapped and recieved from my swap partners. Thanks  so much to Rhonda, Christa, and Lisa!!

   

   

I'm looking forward to our groups next swap! Fun! Fun! Fun!!

~ Shelly ~

Groovy 60s Crop Photo Props

I didn't make any decorations for this crop but I did make a few photo props... Thanks to hubby John for creating the cut files for me and hanging up our groovy back drop.  

My GROOVY selfie! 

~ Shelly ~

Groovy 60s Crop Name Tags

This past Saturday was the KC Croppers Groovy 60s Crop.  Each September we have a decade themed crop... Started with 80s now down to 60s. So next year it will be the 50s!  

Here are the name tags I made for the 60s Crop. I purchased the peace sign necklaces from Oriental Trading. My good friend and fellow KC Cropper, Bobbie, helped repaint all the plastic peace signs bc they were such poor quality.  They turned out great!  I also used up a ton of little flower Brad's that I've had forever.

 ~ Shelly ~

August Card Swap

Each month a few friends and I get together and have a card swap.  Where we each create a card (as our sample) and make kits for each to make that same exact card. I went a little over board this month bc I was trying to use up all my scraps, so I created 3 cards for the swap instead of just one. 

 ~ Shell ~

Eiffel Tower

The Paris Crop was a lot of fun!  My dear hubby, John built this amazing cardboard Eiffel tower for me.  It was a huge hit at the crop.  

~ Shell ~

Paris Crop Nametags

I'm hosting a Paris themed crop this Saturday.  I'm such a procrastinator... started working on our name tags today.  I have 65 name tags to make... This is what I completed today... Plus I cut all the pics and pc's for photo props using my Cricut.  Hopefully I will get the rest done tomorrow.

I have a feeling that I will use ALL my pink cardstock for this crop.  More pics tomorrow.

~ Shelly ~

Storm Trooper Mini Album

Each month we have a crop of about 60 some of us.  And each month we have a different theme for the crop.  Our May crop was a Star Wars theme bc the crop day fell on Star Wars Day (May 4th).  Which also happened to be National Scrapbook Day. 

So I created this mini album to add my pictures from the Star Wars crop to.  My hubby and his friend, Michael built actual Storm trooper costumes to wear.  They were a huge hit, even with our local police officers who came over for pictures with the Stormtroopers and to join us for lunch.  

Here is the album I made... And below that is pics of our Stormtroopers. 

Michael & John

~ Shelly ~

1980s Pocket Letter

I love making pocket letters.  They are quick and easy.  Here is an 80s pocket Letter I created using cut files.  For the background, I splattered florescent tempera paint onto black poster board pieces cut at 2.5" x 3.5".

Front of Pocket Letter:

Goodies in the back of Pocket Letter:

~ Shelly ~ 

Planner Layout

Here is this week's planner layout... Before the pen.  Free printables from Victoriathatcher.com  Victoria makes decorating planners easy and fun! 

~ Shelly ~

Going Away Party for Missy & Paul

My sister and her husband are moving to China! She's going over there to teach for a couple of years. We had a Going Away party for them today.  Here are some of the decorations I made.  It was hard finding China themed party decor ideas unless it was Chinese New Year, so I didn't do much... just made a few things.

~ Shelly ~

This week's planner layout

I have started using my planner again... Although it's more of like a diary of what I have done bc I tend to use my cellphone calendar the most.  These printables are free over on Victoria Thatcher's website at https://www.victoriathatcher.com/

~ Shelly ~

12x12 Crafty Layout

I started out scrapbooking layouts back in 2000, but now it seems like I get less than 10 layouts completed in a year bc I'm doing other paper crafts.  Here's one of the latest layouts I have made... Still need to print and add my pics to the layout.

   

~ Shelly ~

Pocket Letter

A few years ago, I started participating in pocket Letter swaps.  They are so fun to make.  Here is one of my latest pocket Letter creations.

Front:

 Goodies in the back:

~ Shelly ~

Christmas In July Card Challenge

I'm participating in a monthly card challenge.  This months theme... Christmas.  

I love making Christmas cards no matter what time of year it is.  Here is my card for this months card challenge.  The snowman stamped image is from Heartfelt Creations.
  

 Card Front:

Inside Card:

~ Shelly ~

Deer Cards

As I was cleaning my craftroom, I came across this small 8x8 pad of paper that I have had forever and a day.  So I decided it was time to create something with it.  I was able to make nine A2 sized cards.
    

~ Shelly ~

Saturday Card Swap at Expo

Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Card Swap Day 2

I participated in both card swaps at the Stamp &  Scrapbook Expo in KC last weekend.  Here is the card I created for the Saturday Card Swap.

A funny waterfall card.  I saw this idea on a card making fb page and it looked easy enough, since I have made waterfall cards a few years back.  However, it took a village to complete this card.  I was having trouble with the mechanisms and over an hour trying to get it to work and about 9 people helping me, we finally figured it out.  

I had to make 21 of the exact same card for the swap.   I didn't realize what I was getting my self into when I decided to create this card for a swap.   I'm thinking next time I may go the easy route. 

As you pull down on the toilet paper tab, the toilet seat opens to reveal two different messages...

~ Shelly ~

Friday Card Swap at Expo

Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Card Swap Day 1

I participated in both card swaps at the Stamp &  Scrapbook Expo in KC last weekend.  Here is the card I created for the Friday Card Swap.

A shaker card using Simple Stories Enchanted paper and teeny tiny stars that was donated by a very sweet lady (Jan Hankel) in our local KC Croppers group.

I had to make 21 of the exact same card for the swap each day.    It was a lot of work but fun! 

   

~ Shelly ~

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Cards

Heartfelt Creations

Merry & Bright Christmas Cards

One of the classes I took last weekend at the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo was the Merry & Bright Card class.

We each made these three cards in class.  The instructor was great. I love the Heartfelt Creations classes.

  

And here is my haul

 from Heartfelt Creations 

booth at the Expo.

~ Shelly ~