Fiesta!

Fiesta just wrapped up here in San Antonio. It is a great celebration filled with food, parades and a carnival.

My daughter's day care celebrated by having its own parade. Each child created a "float" made from a shoebox. Then each class walked around the school showing the others kids their creations. It was adorable.

My daughter is only 21 months, so she needed some help, but she had a blast making her float. We worked on it over a few days, and she was so excited.

I used Pretty Pennants and Alphalicious for the banner. The digi image of the dancing bears is from Paper Crafting World.

Here is my Madelyn working on her float. She colored the digi with crayons, glued the paper and flowers to the box, and added glitter glue to the banner.

I was lucky enough to leave work for a bit to see the parade. It was the cutest thing. All of the kids were so proud of themselves and loved showing off their floats.

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Challenges:
Paper Crafting World: Digi
That Craft Place: Altered item

Mother's Day Tag

Mother's Day is coming up in a few weeks, and this year, it falls on the same day as my mom's birthday. So, it will be extra festive this year.

I made a quick tag for one of her gifts using George and Basic Shapes for the tag and Formal Occasion for the flowers.

I stamped butterflies and the sentiment. I added a little glitter glue in gold and purple, which were $1 bin finds. I get these whenever I can, but I need to use them more. I used the gold for the first time. I finished off the tag with twine.

Pretty simple. Now I have to think about a card.

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Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations: Floral

Forever Friends: Flowers
Docerela: Flowers
Broken Box Stock: Mother's Day
Whimsical Wednesday: Flowers
Scrap-Creations: Insects
Creative Inspirations Paint: Anything goes
Dream Valley: Things with wings
Simon Says: Anything goes
Exploring Cricut: Flower
Die Cuttin' Diva: Flower
Use it Tuesday: Flowers for mom
Shopping Our Stash: $1 bin
Pinspirational Challenges: Bouquet
Paper Crafting Journey: Sentiment
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Mother's Day
DL.Art: Mother's Day
UnstampaBelles: Anything but card
Go Fish: Purple
My Paper Crafting: Tag with plant

Baby M is Coming

My sister-in-law is having a baby girl soon, and her baby shower is this weekend. I made a picture frame with her daughter's initial and a matching card.

I used Simply Charmed for the baby and cut the background mat from Formal Occasion. I added ribbon and put glitter glue on the carriage. I also added pearls to the wheels. I found those pearls in the $1 at Michaels, and I've had them for years. I also put the carriage on foam tape for dimension.

Inside the card I added another mat and a sentiment.

I also made a frame for one of her gifts. I've made these before, and they always get a great reaction.

The frame is black, so it's hard to see, especially since I took the pictures really late at night. I used Alphalicious for the letters and added ribbon to the frame. The baby shower theme and baby's room is ballet, so I added ballet slippers to the letter. I think they are from The Paper Studio.

I hope my sister-in-law likes her gifts.


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Challenges:
That Craft Place: For a Child
Fantabulous Cricut: 3D Project
Lexi's Creations: Lace or Ribbon
Corrosive Challenge: Special Occasion
Shopping Our Stash: Dollar bin (pearls)
Oldie but Goodie: Girly
Crafty Creations: Pink plus 1
Simon Says: AG
Crafty Ribbons: AG
Moving Along with the Times: Baby
Simply Create Too: Baby
Designs by Lisa Somerville: Black, White plus 1
UnstampaBelles: Anything but card
Little Scrap Pieces: Baby
Creative Inspirations Paint: AG
Sisterhood of Crafters: AG

Pretty in Pink Tri-Fold Card

A few coworkers have birthdays in May, so I decided to get a head start on making cards for them.

I found this really great floral paper and decided to create a tri-fold card to show off as much of it as possible.

The center mat was cut from the Formal Occasion Cricut cartridge. The glittery butterfly is a chip board piece that I've had for a while. Then I just added pearls in the corners.

Inside the card, I used Create a Critter for the sentiment. I left a lot of open space for other coworkers to sign.

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Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations: Floral
Hybrid Chick: Color inspiration
Forever Friends: Flowers
Docerela: Flowers
Crafts 4 Eternity: Flowers
Designs by Lisa Somerville: Bloom
Broken Box Stock: Flowers
Whimsical Wednesday: Flowers
Scrap-Creations: Flowers
Creative Inspirations Paint: Anything goes
Dream Valley: Things with wings
Paper Playtime: More than 1 fold
Scrap-Creations: Insect or animal
Oldie but Goodie: Girly
Inky Chicks: Birthday girl
Crafty Creations: Pink plus 1
Paper Pretties: Fab folds
Simon Says: Anything goes

Get Well Friend

I made a quick get well card to keep in my stash.

 I love the girly floral paper and border punch. I added blue ribbon to bring that color out a little more. I stamped the sentiment on a small banner and added the star embellishment.

I bought the embellishment months ago; I don't know why I haven't used it. It sticks on, so it is really easy to use, and has cute stitching and a button.

Inside the card I added another button from my stash.

Thanks!

Challenges:
Hiding in My Craft Room: Banner
My Time to Craft: Stitching
Ribbon Carousel: Showers and Flowers
Cupcake Inspirations: Floral
Hybrid Chick: Color inspiration
Forever Friends: Flowers
Clear it Out: Buttons
Southern Girls Challenge: Button
Docerela: Flowers
Crafts 4 Eternity: Flowers
Designs by Lisa Somerville: Bloom
Raise the Bar: Friendship
Inspired by Stamping: Color challenge (rose, blue, tan)
Tuesday Throwdown: Sentiment
Die Cuttin Divas: Star
Cardz TV: Button
Broken Box Stock: Flowers
Whimsical Wednesday: Flowers
Scrap-Creations: Flowers
Pause Dream Enjoy: Friendship

Dream Vacation

I got the new Formal Occasion Cricut cartridge and just had to play with it. I created this fun card of a dream vacation spot.

This cut is so cute, and I had the perfect background paper to go with it. I just added ribbon and a sentiment. The image has a lot of detail, so I left the rest of the card simple.

I was able to use paper from my stash, and the ribbon was from a wedding favor. I just couldn't toss it, and I'm glad I got to reuse it on this project.

Here is the inside:

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Challenges:
Cut it Up: Arbor Day
3 Girl Jam: April Showers (umbrella)
DL.Art: Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
Crafty Boots: Recycle (ribbon)
Card Makin' Mama: Ribbon
Pin and Tack: Anything goes
Lexi's Creations: Lace or ribbon
Fantabulous Cricut: April showers (umbrella)
4 Crafty Chicks: Tree
Crazy 4 Challenges: Wood (tree)
My Sheri Crafts: Tree
Hiding in My Craft Room: Scraps
Simon Say: Travel

Ahoy!

My goddaughter is turning 3 this weekend, and we're so excited. She is having a pirate-themed party, so I wanted to make a fun birthday card for her.

I used Create a Critter for the octopus and phrase. I left off the skull on the pirate hat and added a 3 using Alphalicious. After that I decided the card was still missing something. So I made the balloon using George and Basic Shapes and used twine to tie it to the octopus.

I also used glitter glue to add sparkle to the balloon and #3. The octopus and balloon are on foam tape for dimension.

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Challenges:
DL.Art: Anything goes
Sisterhood of Crafters: Animals

More than Favors: Birthday

My Craft Spot: Anything goes

Craft Your Passion: Animals

Paper Pretties: Birthday
2 Sisters Challenge: Hat
Ladybug Crafts: Child or teen
Corrosive Challenge: Special occasion
Dream Valley: Birthday
Come and Get It: Kid birthday
Inky Chicks: Birthday girl

Pretty as a Peacock

I was going through a stack of patterned paper the other day and came across a peacock feather design. I'm not sure how long I've had this, but I figured it was time to use it.

I used purple, blue and teal to bring out the peacock colors. I used a stamp with a saying from William Butler Yeats, which I love. I then used a border punch and added ribbon and pearls. I attached the pearls with glue dots that I luckily found hiding in my pearl bag. I thought I was out, so I'm glad I found them!

I don't normally go this dark on cards, but I think it works with the theme.

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Challenges:
DL.Art: Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
ABC: 1, 2, 3 (1 patterned paper, 2 pearls, 3 cardstock colors)
Simply Create Too: Use your stash
Pause Dream Enjoy: Friendship
Pin and Tack: Anything goes
My Craft Spot: Anything goes
Use it Tuesday: Sticky situation
Go Fish: Purple
Craftin Desert Divas: Peacock
Tuesday Throwdown: Sentiment
Oldie but a Goodie: Girly

Happ-Bee Birthday

 I made a quick birthday card for a friend over the weekend.

The cute bee is from the Paisley cartridge. I added ribbon, a border punch, and a little bling on the card. I was also able to use up some scraps in the process! Everything except the base of the card is from the scrap pile.

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Challenges:
Forever Friends: Die cuts, punches
DL.Art: Anything goes
Simply Create Too: Use your stash
Sisterhood of Crafters: Animals

More than Favors: Birthday

My Craft Spot: Anything goes

Craft Your Passion: Animals

My Time to Craft: In the air

Hiding in my Craft Room: Scraps

Cards in Envy: Things with wings
Creative Moments: Things with wings
Crafts 4 Eternity: Wonderful wings

Under the Weather, Part 2

I really liked how my last card came out, so I decided to make another, more masculine, version. I like to have these kinds of cards in my stash in case I ever need them.

I used Create a Critter for the umbrella and cloud. I also added ribbon and bling for the raindrops. I raised the umbrella and cloud with foam tape for dimension.





Thanks!

Challenges:
Pause Dream Enjoy: Dew drops or anything else
Cardz TV: 3 patterned papers
My Paper Crafting: Rain
Drunken Stampers: Singing in the Rain
Crazy 4 Challenges: Movement (falling rain)
Creative Card Crew: Clouds
Forever Friends: Die cuts
DL.Art: Rain
Ribbon Carousel: Showers and flowers
Pinspirational Challenges: April showers
Cupcake Inspirations: Polka dots
Pile it on: Wood
Simon Says: April Showers
Bitten by the Bug: Umbrella
Pink by Design: Thinking of you
Crafty Boots: Diamonds

Under the Weather

April is here and it brought its showers to San Antonio this week, so I decided to make a card inspired by the weather.

I used Paisley for the umbrella and Create a Critter for the cloud. I also added gems to look like falling rain. I love those little things, but I don't have very many. So I think I have to add more to my collection.

I also added another cloud on the inside.

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Challenges:
Pink Elephant: 3 patterned papers
Pause Dream Enjoy: Dew drops
Celebrate the Occasion: April showers
Cardz TV: 3 patterned papers
Paper Pretties: April showers
My Paper Crafting: Rain
Drunken Stampers: Singing in the Rain
Crazy 4 Challenges: Movement (falling rain)
Cuttin and Stampin: Showers
Fab n Funky: April showers
Creative Card Crew: Clouds
Little Scrap Pieces: April showers

Life's a Beach

I've been playing around with sketches this week, and I found another one I wanted to try. This one is from Craft Your Passion. The recipe is one sketch, one patterned paper, one image, one sentiment and one embellishment.

I found a sea-themed stamp set at Tuesday Morning awhile back, and I finally got around to using it. The image is from Simply Charmed, and the "sun" is a button on chipboard. I chose the patterned background paper because it looks like waves.


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Challenges:
Craft your Passion: Sketch
Paper Playtime: Pun
Craftin Desert Divas: Button
My Creative Time: Rainbow colors
My Paper Crafting: Rain/water
Cut it Up: Wet
Hiding in My Craft Room: Anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint: Anything goes
DL.Art: Anything goes

Simple Birthday

I've been trying to spark some creativity, so I've been looking for sketches to design my cards. I saw a simple card sketch on Cricut Fanatics and decided to give it a try. I'm always trying to bulk up my birthday card stash, especially for boys, so I figured this was a great way to do it.

The balloon is cut from George and Basic Shapes and I added twine. I also put the balloon on foam tape for dimension. I added dark blue ribbon to finish it off.

Here is the inside of the card.

Challenges:
Cricut Fanatics: Sketch
Hiding in My Craft Room: Anything goes
Simon Says: Birthday
Inspired by Stamping: Kraft, blue, green
Moving Along with the Times: Kraft
Creative Inspirations Paint: Anything goes
Crafty Ribbons: Anything goes
Pin and Tack: Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
DL.Art: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes
More than Favors: Birthday

Man's Glory

I saw a sketch challenge on Raise the Bar and wanted to play along. It's a simple sketch, so I was able to put something together quickly.

I turned the sketch and used really pretty paper. I also went through my stash and used ribbon and the flower that I have had for years. This was also the first time I used this stamp. It is a quote from William Butler Yeats, and I really love it.

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Challenges:

Raise the Bar: Sketch

Pinspirational Challenges: Photo (flowers, pearls)

Forever Friends: Girls

Go Fish: Flowers

Crafty Cardz: Quote

Crafty Ribbons: Anything goes
Hiding in My Craft Room: Anything goes
Simon Says: Anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint: Anything goes
Pin and Tack: Anything goes
Pan Pastel: Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes

Hello Birthday

One of my coworkers had a birthday last week so I made her a card. She is a big fan of Hello Kitty, but I don't own that Cricut cartridge. Instead, I used stickers that I found in the dollar bin at Target.

The stickers are dimensional and full of sparkle. I added to the sparkle with blue glitter paper. The small stars are stickers, and the bigger stars were cut from George and Basic Shapes. Then I just added twine in yellow and pink to finish it off.

Here is a shot of the layers.

I tried to get a good shot of all the glitter.

And here is the inside of the card.



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Challenges:

2 Sisters: Sparkle and shine

Glitter n Sparkle: Cute

Pink by Design: Sparkle and shine

Pinspirational Challenges: