Sunday, April 26, 2009

Finally...time to post!

Good morning! It's a beautiful day in Western New York and it was a fantastic day yesterday! I was with Stampin' friends ALL DAY at the Western New York 2nd Annual Spring Fest. There was fun, stamping, laughing, talking, sharing and PRIZES! Tracy Harp deserves a medal for pulling off this amazing event for 75 lucky papercrafters! Cheers to Tracy!! I still have to go through all the loot I brought home, but here are some photos I squeezed in time to photograph before the event. It would have been just like me to package them up and forget to photo, but I have so many loyal visitors to my blog that I had to get some pictures for you! (And for me, so I can make these again!)
This was what I took for the gift swap at the end of the day. Claudia picked my gift and she seemed very happy with her prize. The small tin box (no idea where I got it now, but it's important to save these things! It match my paper perfectly, which was good because I made this Friday night and had no extra time to alter the box!) held a Tilda image from
Magnolia-licious!
I altered a $1.00 journal from Michael's. These are really neat because you can open the black spirals to get the cover off and slip on your hole punched new cover! I love doing these! The holes in the original cover are really square, but I used my regular 1/4" round punch and it works fine. Sometime I'll try my square punch.

Of course, the paper is from My Mind's Eye new collection called Grow. The colors are perfect for this Dragonfly Tilda. Diana has these stamps coming in soon!

Tilda is colored with my copics and she is large, but still fits on the largest size of my petite ovals. Lucky for me! I've got to get out and do a little yard work, but I hope to stamp some today. Being with all those wonderful women yesterday has gotten my creative juices flowing!
Thanks to my friend Lisa (lakind) for getting us there. It was so good to see Tracy, Diane, Michele, Lynn and so many others and to meet Rose and Susan and so many others!
Lisa and I gave our little copic marker demo and let the gals try them out. We loved sharing with such great women.
Thanks to Greg and others for manning the kitchen and putting my salad together for me! Lunch was as good as the rest of the day!
Better go!
More soon!!
Cheryl
IF you have any questions about the above project, please ask in your comments and I will happily answer. The template for the box is one of Lauren's My Timeless Template for sale at Papertrey Ink.

28 comments:

dolcreations said...

I love this..Great job. I think I am going to have to make this for my kids teachers!!!!

Ilonka said...

hi Cheryl, What a fantastic things did you make. Really gorgegous!! The paper is in the Netherlands populair too Love it.

Big Hugs Ilonka

Jacque said...

Cheryl, what a cute set...and YES, I missed seeing your work...seems like forever!! lol...so happy you had a great experience and am looking forward to your next post...Hugs...Jacque

Danni said...

This is so very adorable! Wonderful creations!

Jacqueline (Sjakkie) said...

Wonderful creations you have made today, realy super.
Jacqueline

Riet said...

Ohhh wowwww Cheryl,what a beautiful creations,l love the image and papers.

Hugs Riet.x

stampingtink said...

What a great journal! I didn't realize that the spiral came off. Love how you colored her and the small box is adorable! I've got that template and am getting ready to print if off. Great idea to use it with the notebook. Your event sounds like great fun!

Lisa T said...

Awesome gift set!

Sharon Caudle said...

Wow!!! Claudia is one lucky woman to receive such a wonderful set of goodies, Cheryl! Glad you had fun! Enjoy your afternoon in the sun!
hugs
Sharon

Suzan L said...

Hello Cheryl,
Love the desk set that you made!! It is so cute!! The lady that received it sure is lucky. I'm going to look for those journals at Michaels and try making one. Isn't the $1 section great? Never know what you will find.
Hugs,
Suzan

Tracy said...

Love your project and wish I had been the one to get it!!! But I am thrilled we were in the same 3-D group. I so appreciate that you and Lisa taught the Copic demo. It was great to spend the day with so many wonderful stampers!

Froggy said...

WOW! I love it! so ROCKS!

Michelle said...

Oh Cheryl, this is a FANTASTIC set!! I'm so completely jealous of the lucky lady who ended up with this!! Just beautiful....& more papers that I really want that just have to be put on my wish list for now!! Thanks to you, I can't get my mind of that Bo Bunny Dot Paper, lol!!!

Lisa Kind said...

Of coure this is lovely, Cherly! Claudia was lucky to receive it! You always put so much into your gifts! I had a blast yesterday with you and all the others, and I agree Tracy should receive a medal for all her hard work to make the day so memorable and fun!

Candy said...

Hi Cheryl!

Seems like forever since we have heard from you!

This is a wonderful gift set and beautiful. You definately colour perfectly.........

Sheri said...

She is just beautiful and you're colring as always is superb!

Laurel said...

What an awesome set! I just love it - what a fantastic idea and your coloring and color choice and great! Hugs

Alex (Paper-and-More) said...

good morning,
it´s a very lovely set. i love the colours and the image.

hugs
alexandra

Anonymous said...

Dear Cheryl, I always enjoy seeing your latest creation. You never disappoint me for following your blog. You are a lucky gal to have stamping events near you. I don't think Alabama (atleast in the area I live in) has a clue as to how popular stamping is. If they saw your blog they would know what they are missing!Sending my prayers for Gods blessing to you.
~Pam SCS-Craftea19

I would love for you to stop by for a visit sometime. I'll put on a pot of coffee for you! :o)
http://stampsinc.blogspot.com

Mae said...

Beautiful creations. I also love making these & appreciate seeing other examples.

Kim said...

cheryl what a FABULOUS gift! I would have LOVED to pick this one!!!! :) Gorgeous work hun!
Hugs~ Kim

Cami said...

What a GREAT set this is Cheryl! I love how you covered the notebook and used the Dragonfly Tilda on it. Your color choices is absolutely gorgeous and the complete set is just awesome!!! WOW! Great job! Hugs, Cami

diane zechman said...

I loved your gift! I'm sure she'll cherish it! It was so good to see you and I loved having time to chat with you. Can you believe I haven't had a chance to unpack yet? yikes!

Kerry D-C said...

What a gorgeous set!! I {heart} this paper too. And of course this is colored beautifully! Wonderful!

Unknown said...

This is so cute and it sounds like you had a great time!! I need to try some of Lauren's templates, they make the cutest projects and your coloring is fantastic of course!!

Ila said...

This is Absolutley Gorgeous Cheryl...I love the book and fabulous box!!..Your coloring and papers are Fabulous!!..Hugs, Ila

marsha said...

Gorgeous creations!

Hugs,
Marsha

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