SHELLY'S ART

Mission Organization: Ink Pads

2012-01-30T15:43:00.000-05:00

Howdy! I'm sooo excited I just have to share! My last post shows the card I made to participate in Papertrey Ink blog hop. A random number generator picked 3 lucky winners from the 131 participants. Guess what I was one of those lucky winners! I get to pick out one free PTI stamp set of my choice! Woo Hoo! Okay now back to the next topic in my mission organization series: Ink Pads.

Papertrey Ink Jan 2012 blog hop

2012-01-25T22:53:00.000-05:00

Woo Hoo! I did it I created a card within a couple hours and am making the deadline. Okay now that I am done patting myself on the back I will tell you more about this challenge. PTI wanted us to pick our favorite project and also CASE ourselves by copying something from that project into a new project. So...here a greeting card I did in July of last year. See the original post here. And

Mission Organization: embossing folders and a freebie

2012-01-23T17:27:00.000-05:00

Hello, Welcome to the 3rd installment of my mission organization series. I do hope you are enjoying these post and are inspired to get your space organized. Next up we will discuss embossing folders. I am always amazed at how much depth and interest embossing can add to a project. However, before I had my folders organized I did not use them. I saw Christie Hund's idea for hanging the

PTI MIM #49: Ghost Masking and a few other cards

2012-01-22T15:16:00.001-05:00

Hello, When I saw this MIM video demoing a technique called Ghost masking..my eyes were glued to the screen. I had never seen this done before and I loved how it added dimension to a flat card. This would be perfect for Operation Write Home cards. You can see the video here if you missed it. I will say this technique works better with larger stamps I think. Unfortunately, I do not have

Mission Organization: Glitter glue, liquid pearls and paint

2012-01-16T14:51:00.001-05:00

Hello, Welcome to the next installment to my organizational series. I do hope you have made some head way with your ribbon. If you missed the ribbon organizing post you can check it out by clicking here. Today I am going to discuss with you how to store glitter glue, liquid pearls and paint. You can easily line these up on a shelf but if you start collecting many colors you may run out of

Mission Organization: Overview and Ribbon

2012-01-08T22:28:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone, I don't know about you but there is something about the start of the new year that makes me want to get organized and make the most of my crafting time. Are you tired of searching and searching and searching some more for that perfect embellishment you just know you have...somewhere?! Are you tired of pushing things and stacking things so you can have some room to craft? Are you

PTI Make it Monday#47 and mission organization

2012-01-06T18:58:00.001-05:00

Howdy, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and 2012 is off to a good start. We had a great and blessed Christmas but the holiday season went way too quickly. I can't believe it is 2012 already! So....what are you goals? One of my goal is to get my craft room organized. So....I figured just in case you guys have a similar goal for the new year...I would share my methods for organization.

Paperthreads Xmas card swap slideshow and snow people.

2011-12-20T11:11:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone! Are you ready for that special day? We are just about ready...have to pick up a few gift cards and I need to finish up one more legal pad cover gift today. I would like to make some cookies yet and haven't mailed out a single Christmas card. I will mail them even if it's after Christmas. I figured getting one late is better than not at all. My sale continues in case

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge and Sale

2011-12-16T22:32:00.000-05:00

Howdy, I know we are all busy getting ready for that Christmas so I decided to just put my whole store on sale all month. You can buy any of my designs the whole month of December 2011 for 30% off. So if you are crafting away in the wee hours of the morning or the wee hours of the night my store is always open. Please stop by click here. I absolutely loved the new Papertrey ink technique

Card A Day challenge

2011-11-30T21:20:00.001-05:00

Gosh is it really the last day in November. Where has this month gone? I have been meaning to post a Card to the Card a Day challenge so I'd better do it before the month is over! I think this will fall under the category celebrate Christmas since Poinsettias and Christmas goes hand in hand. I was inspired by an awesome card by Dawn McVey. You can see her wonderful card here. I made a

Thanksgiving sale and new files.

2011-11-25T09:47:00.001-05:00

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know I need that little reminder to count my blessings. Often I get soo wrapped up in daily life and complain about the kids fighting, doing chores and rushing here and there. However, I need to be glad I have two healthy active kids, clothes to wash, food to eat and a good vehicle to allow me to go where I need to. I am very blessed indeed!

Happy Halloween! Get a treat for yourself at 40% off.

2011-10-30T17:10:00.000-04:00

Happy Halloween! Can you believe it is Halloween already..this year is just flyng by! Hurry into my store and get yourself some treats at 40% off. Click here to go shopping! Do you need some ideas for treats. I do have a few examples for you below. Using my Halloween Wrapper file you can turn a plain candy bar into a festive Halloween treat. Click here to purchase. Another popular

No Tricks only Treats

2011-10-27T22:32:00.001-04:00

Sorry I have been MIA lately. Honestly, I didn't realize how much time has passed since I blogged last. The cold weather has hit here and cold and flu season too. The whole house is suffering from sniffles and coughing. Poor Tyler is suffering the worst! I feel soo bad for him! I hate it when the kids get sick..I wish there was a magical wand I could wave and make them better! I just came

Happy World Card Making Day, Sale, and Freebie

2011-10-01T13:15:00.000-04:00

Howdy, So are you a card maker? I soo enjoy making cards! I love to scrapbook but sometimes it seems to take me forever to complete a page. I love that I can use all the techniques I use on scrapbook pages but have a complete project quickly. I also love sending handmade greetings to friends and family. If you haven't tried making a card..you really should. It is soo satisfying! Your

New files, humdinger of a card, and aquarium photos

2011-09-20T21:43:00.000-04:00

Howdy, I do apologize for not blogging lately. It has been on my mind to do so but I honestly don't know where time goes any more! I did use some of my time to get some new files into my store. These files were previously only available in my membership. Now you can purchase them individually if you desire. Above you'll see one of my most favorite files. It was inspired by a project

We're back from Myrtle Beach and a wonderful firefly card

2011-08-27T22:25:00.000-04:00

NOTE: Lots of photos...sorry! Howdy, The in-laws go to Myrtle Beach every year and they have been asking us to go with them every year. We took Tyler when he was about 2 but they wanted to see Adoree's reaction to the beach. So we finally agreed to go this year. We just returned on Thursday and fortunately didn't have any problems with the weather or traffic. I will share some photos with

Papertrey Ink MIM #27 and gorgeous CDT project

2011-08-14T22:39:00.001-04:00

Howdy, Once again I am posting at the last minute before the Papertrey ink Make It Monday challenge deadline is up. Good thing we are on the same time zone! Oh well better late then never right....now on with the show! First off I must apologize for the bad photo...I prefer taking photos in daylight but there isn't any of that right now! LOL! This is based on my sketch that I designed

Creative Cupcakes and Adoree's new bed

2011-08-12T12:19:00.000-04:00

Howdy, My creative design team has been having lots of fun with my cupcake card file. I can't wait to show you what fab creations they have made. First up we have a wonderful card by CDT member Johanne. Here is what Johanne had to say about her cupacke: