~ a paper {life}

~ you have my ♥

2012-01-26T08:46:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

I recently had an order for 25 white quilled hearts

and the customer backed out

soooooo what to do with all of the hearts

.....cards of course

I didn't want scream valentines

but it could be used for that too

so I thought black and white

it could be anniversary, valentines, wedding

or just because

♥

~ cheryl

~ quilled bowling card

2012-01-25T08:41:00.000-08:00

~ good morning peeps

got a chuckle from Paula's blog post today

she started it out by saying Sorry it's been awhile since my last post

it made me chuckle because it sounded like a confessional

sorry blogging GOD, it has been a while since my last post

so I thought I better do a post before I feel the need to confess too {hehe}

this is another special request card....
love my cardie peeps who keep ordering from me

the recipient loves bowling so pins and balls it is

I resisted the urge to call this post quilled balls

but then there is only one bowling ball
so it wouldn't have worked anyway

and, of course, I made some for work and my etsy site

{which I will upload as soon as I take the pictures}

~ cheryl

~ quilled {funny looking} reindeer

2012-01-23T07:32:00.000-08:00

~ so here he is in all his glory

the funny looking reindeer

just so you can see where I was coming from

here is the graphic that was the inspiration for this little fella

and I sold out of him too

so he did go to good homes in the end

hmmmm lets see what I have coming next
I have 3 more special order cards {gotta love special orders}
~ cheryl

~ quilled christmas tree #2

2012-01-22T09:28:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

now the second Christmas tree {which I called the swish tree}

turned out more how I had planned it

it still was a little chalenging to make each tree look the same

but after a while I got into the swing of it

and this one was my favourite

next time I will show you the funniest looking reindeer :)

~ cheryl

~ quilled christmas tree #1

2012-01-21T10:26:00.000-08:00

~ thanks for all of the positive comments about showing my Christmas cards

IN JANUARY!!

I am either very late or really early

I choose the latter

oh well.....better late than never

this is the first of two ~~rocket ships~~ {ooops I mean} trees I made this year

it didnt turn out as well as my sketch did

sometimes what looks good conceptually doesn't translate well

but I sold them all so somebody like them

the tick is to have each piece line up in size to the one above

but that was harder than I thought

oh well....I loved the colour

~ cheryl

~ quilled white angel

2012-01-20T09:10:00.000-08:00

~ no this is not a valentines card

I changed my mind and decided to wait until Feb to show them

because I just realized I didn't show the (few) Christmas cards I made this year

I used 1/4" quilling paper for this one

it was a bit big so I think I will stick with the 1/8"

but she sparkles and has a bit of bling :)

~ cheryl

~ national popcorn day

2012-01-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

~ ok so I did promise you I would post my valentine cards next

but I had to interrupt this regualrly scheduled program to remind you it was

National Popcorn Day

who knew.....certainly not me

I was also in another popcorn treasurey a few days ago
you can check it out here

~ cheryl

~ happy birthday Nicole

2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

recently it was my nieces birthday and if you have been a follower here
for a while you have seen my memory cards before

what I've started to do was instead of making a card is I just make the card front

and add a magnet to the back so it can go on the fridge

everyone loves getting the card fronts so they can enjoy the picture

every time they open the fridge rather than tucking it away in a box

my niece is actually blonde but in this picture she

was dressed up as Snooki for halloween

{no I didn't know who she was either...thank god for google}

and it says channeling your inner Snooki

I used a black envelope with coloured pens

{love this look}

thanks a lot for stopping by

and next time I will show you a few valentine's cards I have made

~ cheryl

~ quilled stick family {special order}

2012-01-16T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ here is a special order I did before christmas and I love how it turned out

you can see the original listing here on my etsy site

it is great how it can be customized to any family

I like how sparkle turned out but after I had mailed it I realized

he should have had some bling or glitter glue

even just because of his name

why do all the good ideas come after it is too late

oh well

~ cheryl

~ quilled stick girl

2012-01-15T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ I have two more orders to show you from different customers

this first one is my stick girl which you saw here with the rest of her family

but this time she has a bit of bling

It was for a wonderful customer of mine, Christine from Little Bugs & Things

for her daughter's 1st birthday

and tomorrow I will show you a stick family order from another customer

~ cheryl

~ quilled skier

2012-01-11T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

thanks for checking back to see the last of the 3 special order cards I made

the person ordering the 3 cards said for the first card to quill a playing card {check}

for the second to quill a camera {check}

for the third they said the recipient likes to ski but that is too hard so quill a flower

....but of course I thought 'too hard to quill a skier?'

no way

so here she is

she was so much fun to make too....

so for the third card...quill a skier

{check}

~ cheryl

~ quilled camera

2012-01-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

I hope your weekend was relaxing and fun {mine was a bit of both}

here is the second of three cards that were part of a special request order

and if you read quilling blogs you will know where my inspiration came from for this card

yes...it is from Sandy D from The Sweet Spot

and she quills fantastic cameras {among other things} with an eye for vintage

for my next post I will show you the last card from this order

....and I have to say, my favourite

so check back again soon

~ cheryl

~ quilled card suits

2012-01-08T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ hello

this is the first of 3 cards that were a special order

for this request the buyer wanted something to do with poker

and had picked the saying on the front of the card

another quick and simple card

I think I might make more for a generic guy card

{which I struggle with so this would be a good one}

I would just change the words

enjoy your day

~ cheryl

~ quilled angels

2012-01-06T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

just a quick post today to show you the close-up pictures of the angles

enjoy your day

~ cheryl

~ quilled bird house

2012-01-04T07:00:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

today I have a card I made in October but am just getting around to showing it to you

it is a simple design, and the scale is a little off too - but cute all the same

with the bird house being so close to the ground the little inhabitants wouldn't last too long

but Sandie loved it....

~ cheryl

~ co-worker's gifts

2012-01-03T00:00:00.000-08:00

~ good morning

now that I am back I guess I should dig into all of the posts I have waiting in the wings

It took me quite a while to edit the pictures and load them up into drafts so

now all they need to finish them off are the words....so here goes the first one

I thought I would start off with the little gifties I gave out for Christmas at work this year

...you might remember from this post that last year I gave everyone a sheep

and this year they all received Angle Ornaments

I don't think any two were alike...just like snowflakes

I put them in a really cute, red, tiangle box but

{if you can belileve it} I forgot to take a picture of the box

we also do a cookie/bar/goodie exchange so I packaged them all up together

in a cute little white bag with lots of ribbon {working in a packaging store I have access to it all}

...and this is what they looked like

I came home with some amazing stuff myself and lots and lots of goodies

I took a pictures of the individual angels up close and will share them with you really soon

~ cheryl

~ an amazing gift

2012-01-01T17:03:00.000-08:00

~ hello and

happy new year

I took a {much longer than intended} break but now I am back

and there is no better way to start off my posts for the new year than with this

amazing gift

from Suzana at Quilling with fun

Suzana and I have been emailing

back and forth for a while now

and in those emails I mentioned

that I no longer wanted some

of my word rubber stamps

so she wanted to buy

them from me

as it turns out her brother lives a 25 minute drive from where I do

which is quite amazing to me since Suzana is from Serbia and I am from Vancouver, Canada

her brother came to my house to pick up the stamps so I didn't have to mail them

so I thought I would send Suzana a quilled sheep

and in return she sent me this

AMAZING GIFT

I was in shock at how personalized it was

starting with cards by cheryl nested between the two edges of the C

then on to the bird cage and bird, just like I have on my mantle...

but my most favourite part is the little stand I put my cards

on to take my pictures and the miniature quilled sheep card

{just like my real one}

I was in shock to say the least and am thinking of a way to repay her generosity

the pictures did not turn out as well as I had liked because the paper

in the background {though wonderful in real life}

looks washed out but her quilling still looks fantastic

thanks sooooo much Suzana
I think it is going to be an amazing year

~ cheryl

~ a mountain of treasuries

2011-11-19T08:34:00.001-08:00

~ well when it rains it pours

I have been in 13 treasuries in November but I have
been so busy I am just posting about it now

my plan was to have the link go to each treasury when you clicked the picture below but
I just don't have time to do that so if you get a chance, check them out here....

I hope to do a real blog post next week

~ cheryl