Living the Art Life™
by Cheryl 7 Comments
2011 is bound to be a great year! To get it started, I am excited to announce that I have once again been selected to serve as a Design Team member for Sassy Lil’ Sketches. Have you seen any of these sketches yet? How about some of the amazingly talented DT members and their work? Sassy Lil’ Sketches has great sketches for layouts AS WELL AS specific card sketches (however,
The gals over at the Sassy Lil’s Sketches forum have been challenging one another to make this year all about using only your scraps for cards. Realistically, I know I couldn’t do that. Nevertheless, I do know that I need to start using my scraps more, so maybe I can set a personal goal of making x number of cards a month using only scraps. I haven’t quite decided on a
by Cheryl 5 Comments
Yes, Halloween and Christmas are over, but I still have a layout from Nightmare B4 Christmas to share with you!!! These are pics from our Halloween party this year when dh and I dressed up like Jack and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas. My hubby really wanted to dress up and I couldn’t figure out what to really do. This dress was literally thrown together that morning from an old
by Cheryl 5 Comments
Twas the Day Before Christmas, and all through the house, I’m thinking of New Year organization! Hopefully, by now you have your gifts wrapped and are getting ready to celebrate this special time with your family. First, I want to say that I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. I am so blessed with the friends I have made through my crafting world and am honored to be
by Cheryl 6 Comments
I did finish my 12 Tags of Christmas and have finally mounted them in my seasonal wall art frames. I just had fun with these tags and followed Tim’s directions rather closely. I decided I wanted to just create and not have to put a lot of thought into it. I also have been looking forward to participating with his 12 Tags all year and, therefore, had been slowly collecting supplies and
I am having so much fun with T!m’s 12 Tags of Christmas. I’ve learned a new technique or approach to a technique each day and that has been the best part. Day 1 was fun playing with inks and my Cricut. I don’t have the rickety house die or the fence die, so I improvised by using cuts from my Cricut. I used a house from Jolly Holidays. Since this
