Monica's Crafts



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Cortland, Ohio, United States
I married for 17 years to a wonderful husband who has supported me ever since i have been going blind and deaf. He has been at my side at the start. He helps me with my colors as i do have trouble with colors so i ask him alot which colors go together.We take care of each other as it should.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Calendars-2012



here is the October calendar that I made for a swap. I have 11 more to make. frankenstein is made from the small top note die from quickutz, 1/4,1/2. 3/4 inch circles for the eyes. the spider is made from leftovers of frankensteins hair. I used 3 for the legs and the 3/4 in ch circle punch. all punches from stampin up. I used pumpkin pie ink from stampin up also.

Reindeer Tags



here is 2 of the 6 tags I made for a swap I am in for christmas tags. it has been a yearly thing and oh so great to see the other tags also. :) the oval i cut by hand with a template I have. the ears are done on the cricut called home accents cartridge. I also used the word window punch by stampin up as the circle punches for nose and eys. which they are 3/4 and 1/2 inch punch. the ears i cut at 3 inches on the cricut. this is all there is too it.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Falling Leaves



here is just 3 of the 8 cards that i did for a swap in SAT. the leaves are from sizzix dies that I put thru the embossing folder to get the swirled effect. I ran all this thru my new sizzix die machine. love it and works perfectly. :) the ribbon i used has leaves and acorns on it.the paper i cut in 2 different lengths. glue dots from stampin up was used for the ribbon.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Aunt and Uncle


















Here I did this layout of my aunt and uncle from grandpa r's side. this is his sister and brother in law. they had lived down the street from us for years. I did all the cutting on the cricut also.




It's Twins

















I did this layout of my twin sister and me when we was just babies. the pics was taken at my grandma's r's house and my aunt harriet's house on her front porch. I did everything on here with the cricut.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Butterfly Family







here I did this layout of all my nieces and nephews from my younger brother Jeff and my younger sister Kymm. this is the first time they was all together and i just had to get a picture of them so i make this layout. oh, how i love them. they give me joy. :) I used the cricut to cut out family,leaves, flowers,butterflies. the lace pattern behind is what the paper brought to it as it was already on there. makes it nice doesn't it. I put yellow glitter glue in the center of the flowers and on the 2 of the butterflies.





Thursday, October 13, 2011

Fishing Day




here randy is fishing at a bridge or deck. the leaves, flowers , and letters are all cut from the cricut. I use buttons for the middle of the flowers.


Painting


















here is my husband painting his parents bedroom when it was first getting built. the swirls on here are cut from the cricut. the house also. I took a white gel pen from stampin up and went around the the black to give it some omph. this house can also be used as a huanted house with ghosts coming out of it also if you like. :)