Birthday Card

Hello again,
Here's my 3rd post of the night. I'm finally getting around to posting some of the neat projects I've been making.  Here's a simple birthday card I made for my best friend in Georgia.  I also included a gift card.
I must admit I used mainly scraps for this.  She's definitely worth more than scraps to me.  I love her dearly.  More than she knows.  I've done so many things with pink and zebra pattern that I had plenty left over to make this super cute card.  I used my Pink by Design stamps for the sentiment and shoe.

Happy Birthday Deb....and yes I'm posting this almost 2 months after her birthday.

Liz

As Promised!!

Hello everyone!
So sorry I haven't been able to post.  December is a very busy month for me.  Aside from the holidays hustle and bustle I have my wedding anniversary, my birthday, hubby's birthday, brother's birthday, mother in law's birthday, school parties.....etc  To top it off I decided to make myself even busier by participating in a craft fair.  Thankfully it was a success.  I had a great time and met some very wonderful people.  Here are some pictures of my table along with all the goodies I was selling.  If you're interested in purchasing anything let me know.

Good Luck and Hello Christmas cards

Can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. To all those that venture out on Black Friday...GOOD LUCK!  I hope you find everything you're looking for.  I'm not that brave.

I didn't make any crafts for Thanksgiving but for Christmas I have so many ideas.  Here's one I just started.  I will be selling these at a local craft fair.  It will be the first time I participate in one so I'm a little nervous.   The cards come in packs of 12 including envelopes.  I'm also going to be making a Christmas banner, tags, more cards and hopefully alter a frame or two.  Have a great day!!

If you're interested in stopping by the craft fair.  here's the info:
Friday, December 10.  8:30am-5:00pm
Creative Learning Center
12455 SW 104th Street
Miami, FL

Babies are FALLing

Ok...so I had time to post something else before I begin the mad dash through kids birthday parties.  I have a dear friend who is having twins.  Her baby shower just past and I helped out with the invites and favors.  In keeping with the fall season.  We used my "old faithful" "Stretch Your Imagination" cricut cartridge to make the little pumpkins on the invites and the leaves on the favor bags.  The card was for the gift I gave her.  I used my Imagine machine. (Nursery Tails cartridge)

inside of card

here's the shadow

we cut the pumpkins using the silhouette feature and laid them  on top.  Added the eyes and the mouths. (that process took FOREVER!)  phew!!

Here's the final product.  Cuteness!!!

These are the favors which contained a really cute fall scented candles in them.  

My love affair with.....

TWINE!  You're probably thinking why Twine? A while back ago I went to my local crafts store and saw it on sale. I had never used it before and thought I was probably wasting my money but I bought it anyway.  Months and months passed by and it just sat there in my ribbon stash.  This ugly and dingy roll looked pretty pathetic surrounded by rolls and rolls of beautiful ribbon.  One day among all that ribbon I couldn't find the right one for the project I was working on.  I grabbed the twine and the love affair began.  I use it all the time.  It's obsessive already...here are a few projects I've done recently...

Have you done any projects using twine?  I'd love to see them.

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE THEM LARGER.  

Father's Day Cards

Hello Friends!  Father's Day came and went this year.  I know these are a little "over due"  I was on vacation and have now been able to resume back to normal life.  Here are some very cute cards I made for the special daddies in my life.  All of them were very simple.  :) Best of all...they were made with love!!

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY card

Just a note to wish everyone a very Happy Mother's Day.  Made these two cards this morning for my mom and my mom in law.  I'm loving these butterflies.  Paper is from We R Memory Keepers.  Butterflies are from "Gypsy Wanderings" and "Gypsy Font" cartridge.  

MPS Challenge #9 - "Take Shape"

Can you believe it?  I've done 10 of these.(posted #10 before #9 oops!!)  For this one we had to create a card, project, layout in some sort of shape.  I used my gypsy to weld two butterflies (from Gypsy Wanderings cartridge)  on the top. wasn't sure how it would look with the colors I chose but I'm happy with the outcome.  Also cut out a little tag from the Gypsy Wanderings cart.  Used My Pink Stamper stamp collection for the sentiment.  Enjoy!!

MPS Challenge #10 "May Days"

Happy Monday!!  I know Monday's can always feel like you're dragging a bit but I hope this project picks you up a bit.  
The purpose of this challenge was to make a project that was springy or using flowers.  As you can see I used tons of flowers.  I cut the bag out from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.  The flowers are from Creative Memories.  The tag is actually from a box of 100 I bought at Staples.  I used my "fake" glimmer mist to make it pink.  
I think it makes a great little favor or gift card pouch.  You can put candy in it or a small gift.  
Enjoy!

MPS Challenge #8 - Monochromatic

OK.  Its 1am.  I still have 4 more challenges after this one.  Don't think I'm getting to them tonight.  I may try tomorrow but Mondays always end up kind of crazy even if I don't have anything planned.  So here's my take on Challenge #8.  It has to be monochromatic (all one color & a neutral)  I stuck to all one color.  PINK!!  I have two boys, a husband, and a male dog so I try to get the "girly" stuff in wherever I can.
For this card I used the "Wild Card" cartridge to cut the overlay.  Then I used the "Gypsy Wanderings" for the scalloped circles.  I embossed both of the circles with my Cuttlebug.  Its 1am and I'm not looking for the names of the embossing folders right now. From my "stash" I used some pink ribbon, the pink chipboard flower and the clear pink flower.  Also added stickles to the center of the flower (but I may change that to bling...let's see how it looks once its dried.  Oh..and I can't forget to mention..the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper stamp sets.   I think it goes perfect with this card.

MPS Challenge #7 - "Hey Dad!"

The title says it all. This is a challenge to create something for your dad or a dad in lieu of Father's Day.   This has been my favorite challenge so far.  I used the "Paper Dolls Dress Up" cartridge for the Cricut.  It was my first time using this.  It was so much fun putting this little guy together.  This cartridge will quickly move up to my top 5 list.  It has a bunch of different outfits and accessories.  I used the "Locker Talk" cartridge to cut out the #1 and used the "Plantin Schoolbook for "Dad."  Also used twine for the belt.  The paper is from a small Basic Grey paper stack.  Hope you like it!  On to Challenge #8.

MPS Challenge #5 -"Teacher Appreciation Days"

Yes, I know.  I'm out of order.  Oops!  Didn't mean to do that.  TOO MANY POSTS!!  Can you stand to see more?  The purpose of this challenge was to make something for a teacher.  I made this cute little tag for now.  I used the "Locker Talk" cartridge and cut the "crayon" image along with the layers.  The center of the crayon I embossed with translucent powder and it gave it a bluish glittery look.  The wording is from the Gypsy font cartridge.  I'll be posting another teacher gift in the days to come.

MPS Challenge #6 - "Kids Craft Too"

The purpose of this challenge was to either make something for  a child or have your child help you make something.  Mine was a little bit of both.  My son LOVES sports.  He's crazy about the "Sports Mania" cartridge.  So we made this cool football and "Nets" banner.  He helped me press the buttons on the Cricut machine and to glue some of the stuff.  This was so much fun.  BTW, we're not Nets fans, die hard Miami Heat.  Just so happen that we went to a Heat game and they played against the Nets.  :)

MPS Challenge #4 - "I Like You the Least"

This challenge was a little difficult for me.  The purpose was to use our least favorite Cricut cartridge.  Personally, I love all of them.  I chose 2 of them. The font is from the "Wild Card" cartridge.  I use this pretty often but I've never used the font feature on it.  The other cartridge I used is "Going Places"  See the little silhouette brown mountain region on the right side of the layout?  That's pretty much the only image I could use from there.   Again, I'm so glad for these challenges.  This is another layout I had pending to do.

MPS Challenge #3 - Thinking Outside the Box"

You tired yet?  There's more!  Challenge #3.  The purpose of this challenge was to use something you've never used before in scrapbooking.  You see that sun there?  Does it even look like a sun?  The picture doesn't do it justice.  I made it out of a paper bag.  Used some yellow stickles and there you have it.   The great thing about these challenges is that I've been able to catch up on my personal stuff.  These pics are from 2007!!!  Look how little the boys look.

My Pink Stamper Challenge #2 - Getting "Scrappy"

The next Pink Stamper challenge was to create something using only scraps.  Check out what I came up.  This was made for my hubby.  Paper is from "We R Memory Keepers"  I used some of it for a layout a while back and just had it there along with the heart-shaped flower (never used it for its original purpose)  Added some stickles in the center, some ribbon, a sentiment (from my pink stamper stamps) and VOILA!!!  You never know what you can come up with.

My Pink Stamper Challenge #1 Here goes!! One of many posts!

This is a series of challenges hosted by My Pink Stamper with the help of her design team and some other very talented ladies.  Its twelve challenges in total.  For each challenge you complete you have the opportunity to win a prize.  If you're up to it visit her website here and check it out.  You have until Monday to complete them.    

Here is my first one.  A card for  your mother or any other mother or motherly-like person.  I used the gypsy wanderings cartridge for "mom" used a Martha Stewart  punch and made the rose using a Tim Holtz inspired technique.  Spritzed the rose with "fake" glimmer mist. (very light pink and a shimmery gray)

Teenagers and Skulls

Happy Monday!  Hope you are already home and relaxing with your families.  I know Mondays can always be a little crazy.  Just wanted to show you this card I made for my nephew's birthday.  He's 12 years old now.  Not sure why but the latest craze among the teenage world is skulls.  YUK!!!  I must say, I really can't stand it.  I don't understand what on earth is so enticing about a skull.  However, I now understand my parents a little more.  I'm sure they hated the "big hair" (with 20 pounds of hairspray) craze.
So the card...I cut the skull and sentiment out with my trustee Cricut machine (what would I do without it!) I used the Paper Dolls Dress Up Cartridge for the skull and the Wild Card Cartridge for the "Happy Birthday"  Put a couple of buttons and tied a string across and VOILA!!!  I'm not sure that I love this card but I know my nephew will get a kick out of it.

Graduation Card using my scraps

Hello!  Happy Sunday!  Its been pretty drab here lately.  Rain Rain Go Away the kids need to go out and play.  On the upside,  I have been able to do a little crafting.  Here is one of the cards I made.  Best thing was making it out of left over scraps.  (I hate to waste paper so I have tons of scrap in a bin)  GOING GREEN!!  Saving paper, saves trees!  Anyhow, I was going to wait until next week to post this but I couldn't help myself.  It came out so cute.  I'm sure when she reads this she'll know its for her.    YES it's a pink graduation cap with a glitter tassel.  HOW GIRLY IS THAT!!! I used my Locker Talk cartridge to cut out the cap at 3"  then shadowed it in brown.  Ran it through the Cuttlebug and used the Stylized Flowers folder to emboss it.  The tassel is done using the layers feature on the Cricut and I used some left over white card stock from DCWV Glitter Stack. (great pack..i got it at Target.  It comes in a bunch of different colors.  It's very thick so I had to use my multi-cut function to get the image cut out.  Then used my Martha Stewart punch on the pink border.  The sentiment is from the My Pink Stamper stamp set.  Enjoy!  If you have any questions let me know.  Have a great day!

Birthday Card/Glimmer Mist

Hello!  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  Here's a birthday card I made for my sister in law.  I love how this came out.  Paper and stamped image is from We R Memory Keepers.  I used TIm Holtz Distress ink along the edges and the on the paper.  Then I stamped the tree in black and I used my markers to stamp the leaves. I used copper Glimmer Mist to give the whole card a bit of shimmer.  The sentiment is cut out from the "Wild Card Cricut cartridge.   Enjoy!!