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Happy Thursday, everyone! I'm here to share some decorations and a recipe from our recent International Dinner we held at our church. I am also featuring this project over at SHE'S A SASSY LADY  so be sure to stop over there and see the amazing new projects that are shared there every day!  Our church hosts this dinner every year to "celebrate" all the missionaries that we support throughout the year and this year I took Greece. We just do appetizer-size portions because everyone likes to sample from all the tables. I made a Garlicky Feta Dip that surprised me by being a total hit! We all just decorate our tables however we want so I kept it kind of simple by just having a few decos. My sign before decorating it..... A centerpiece that I made with images from the MY WORLD cartridge and the DESTINATIONS cartridge.  Close-up of the luggage tag that I wrote GREECE on.  Close-up of the centerpiece.  Here is my table all ready t...

Hello everyone! Today is my turn to share over at SHE'S A SASSY LADY  and I am sharing some fun party decorations that I and our daughter made for our grandson Truman's 2nd birthday!  First of all, here is a picture of our precious boy - He makes us so very happy! Truman's party theme was The Lorax so all the decorations were bright and colorful!  My daughter had everyone sign inside the front and back covers of this book as a memento! Such a great idea! I used a flower shadow from the Bloom cartridge to look like a truffula tree for the banner. The font was from Chalkboard Fonts. The clouds are from the April Showers cartridge.  This was how it looked all together! Close up of the cake my daughter made! Cotton candy made the truffle trees! Cute truffula tree cupcakes! My daughter made these with paper pom poms and attached them to large wood skewers to look like truffula trees! I think they are so cute!...

Happy Thursday!  It's my turn to be a guest designer over at SHE'S A SASSY LADY  today so I am revisiting a project that I shared over a year ago. (Life has been a little crazy and busy so I pulled this one out of my archives!) :-) I'm sharing a memory file that I made for a friend's 16th birthday.  I love Heidi Swapp's memory files so I created one to help my friend remember her special day! Here is a picture of the completed file and then I'll go into more detail. I started with a plain, standard size file folder. Next, I covered it with paper and stamped the corners with some decorative stamps in my stash. I then began making some elements and embellishments for the cover and inside. I used several Cricut cartridges, including Fabulous Finds, Graphically Speaking, Art Philosophy and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I stamped them with stamps I had. Next, I made a mini book to go inside for putting pictures. I, again, used stamps from m...

Hello everyone! It's my turn to share over at SHE'S A SASSY LADY  and this is what I shared: a graduation card that I made in a jiffy for our nephew who recently graduated! :-) This card and the coordinating envelope is on the Wild Card cartridge and I cut it at 4.5".   Since I was in a little hurry when I made this card, it took me about 10 minutes from start to finish!  Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to stop by Sheila's blog, SHE'S A SASSY LADY  to see lots of fantastic projects to inspire your summer crafting!! 

Hello everyone! I am here today to share with you a fun bridal shower that I helped plan for a sweet young lady at our church! We went with a Country Picnic theme and we had so much fun! Today's post can also be seen over at  SHE'S A SASSY LADY  since I am the guest designer over there! Here are a few pics and then I'll give you more details under each one: These are the centerpieces we made featuring the, ever popular, mason jars! The mats are 12x12 Kraft paper that has been corner punched with a Lucky 8 punch and an 11x11 bandanna paper that was also corner punched with my Lucky 8 punch. The "Mr. and Mrs." tag was from the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge and was cut at 3". This was a cute journaling prompt tag that my friend found on Pinterest so I printed them and then created a tag to fit it! This is a tag that I found on the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and, using my Gypsy, I unlinked the H and W to stretch it to the size I needed it to be! Eve...

Hello everyone! I am here to share a fun birthday banner that I made for our youngest grand baby who just turned 1 in April!  First of all, here are a few pics of our adorable little Collin! He just melts my heart!! This cheesy little grin makes me want to grab him and start smooching him! :-) Ok! Now to my project! I made this banner using the Creative Memories Total Sports cartridge, Hello Kitty Greetings, Mickey and Friends and Mickey Font. These pennant banner shapes with the letter cutout are from Total Sports. I simply attached them with colored twine to a piece of natural twine. These suns that I used as banner anchors and the large sun at the bottom of the banner are from Mickey and Friends. The letters for COLLIN are from Mickey Font and the sun shape here is actually a card that I folded over the twine and is found on Hello Kitty Greetings!  Some close ups: Thanks for stopping by today! Now, go make some...