Summer Fun

A few nights ago I was working on several projects and ended up with a pretty good scrap pile in front of me. I challenged myself to create a card using that pile.

I came up with a mini card (3.5 x 4) inspired by our trip to Corpus Christi last weekend. My daughter had so much fun playing in the sand.

I used Simply Charmed for the sun and pail cuts. The tiny shells are from a punch I bought last year and finally used for the first time.

I added a fun sentiment inside the card. All of the stamps are from a rubber cling set I found on clearance at Tuesday Morning.

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Challenges:
Exploring Cricut: Summer
Shopping Our Stash: Tool
DL.Art: Splash
Card Makin Mamas: Rubber stamps
Cut it Up: Mini
2 Sisters Challenge: Outdoor fun
Creative Inspirations Paint: AG

Mother's Day Card for MIL

Mother's Day is on Sunday, so I created a card for my mother-in-law, because I know my husband hasn't even given it any thought. : )

I used a sketch from Cricut Fanatics for the layout. The flower was cut from Formal Occasion.

I love the colors on the Citrus paper. I just bought it yesterday during my lunch break, and I had to use it right away. I used glitter glue all over the rose and added a little ribbon bow. I've had that ribbon for almost five years (crazy!) and I have just a bit of it left. Then I added a few gems inside and out. The sentiment inside is from Simply Charmed.

Thanks!



Challenges:
Hybrid Chick: Flowers
Pile it on: Mom
Fantabulous Cricut: Mother's Day
Pink by Design: Flowers
Corrosive Challenge: Mother's Day
Cardz TV: Mother's Day
Broken Box Stock: Mother's Day
Cut it Up: Mother's Day
Chocolate, Coffee, Cards: Mother's Day
Designs by Lisa Somerville: Feminine touch
My Sheri Crafts: Mother's Day
Go Fish: Mother's Day
Cricut Fanatics: Sketch
Creative Inspirations Paint: Mother's Day
Pink Elephant: Mother's Day
Bitten by the Bug: Mother's Day
Exploring Cricut: Mother's Day
My Craft Spot: Mother's Day
Craft Your Passion: Flower
Tuesday Throwdown: Mom
Scrap-Creations: Mother's Day
Celebrate the Occasion: Mother's Day
Shopping Our Stash: Mother's Day
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Sparkle, bling
Little Red Wagon: Mother's Day
Crafty Creations: Something old, something new
My Paper Crafting: Flourishes
2 Sisters: Bingo (die cut, sentiment, flowers)
Scrappy Moms: Mother's Day
Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Mother's Day
Sisterhood of Crafters: Flowers

Sun and Friendship

I found this stamp mixed in with my collection and decided to put it to use. I think I've only used it one other time before.

This is a "just because" card that would be perfect to send to a good friend.

The sun is from Simply Charmed and the tag is from George and Basic Shapes. I added ribbon and glitter glue for the glasses.


Thanks!


Challenges:

Glitter n Sparkle: Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey: Anything goes

DL.Art: Anything goes

Crafty Ribbons: Anything goes

Pin and Tack: Anything goes

Hiding in my Craft Room: Colors (pink, blue, orange)
Simon Says: Happy mail
Challenges 4 Everybody: AG
Docerela Creations: Sun

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

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

Easter Treats

I usually try to make little treats for my coworkers for different holidays. This year I just ran out of time, so I decided to just buy some cookies and take them into the office for everyone to share. But at least I added a little 4x4 note card.



I used Simply Charmed for the chick and added ribbon. The sentiment and chick are on foam tape for dimension.

Happy Easter!


Challenges:
DL.Art: Spring
Go Fish: Ribbon
Ribbon Carousel: Spring
Scrap-Creations: Easter
Simply Create Too: Animals
My Sheri Crafts: Easter
Drunken Stampers: Birds
Simon Says: Anything goes
Exploring Cricut: Easter
Cupcake Inspirations: Easter
Fantabulous Cricut: Easter
Pile it on: Dots
Crafty Ribbons: AG 
Sisterhood of Crafters: Easter/spring
Crafty Creations: Easter
Craftin Desert Divas: Easter

Go Fly a Kite -- We Did!

A few weeks ago we went to the Zilker Park Kite Festival in Austin. It is a great event and we had a blast, even though one of our kites ended up in a tree.

Last year was my daughter's first time at the event, and I was reminded that I haven't added those pictures to her scrapbook. So here's the layout from last year's festival.

I used Create a Critter for the kites and Simply Charmed for the phrase "take flight" at the bottom. I used stickers for the title and added coordinating ribbon.

We used that tiny ladybug kite again this year, and we were much better flying it. We could barely get it off the ground last year. We had a bigger version of the ladybug this year, but that was the one that ended up in a tree.

Thanks!

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut: Kite or balloon
DL.Art: Anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey: Ribbon or lace
Go Fish: Ribbon
Ribbon Carousel: Spring is in the air
Tuesday Alchemy: Anything goes
Pause Dream Enjoy: Anything goes
Red Carpet Studio: Ribbon
My Paper Crafting: Spring
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes

Favorite Peep

I wanted to share a quick Easter card I made using the cute chick from Simply Charmed. I've never used him before, but he is adorable and really easy to layer.

I put him on pop dots for dimension and added a fun stamp that I used for the first time.

Here is the inside:

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Challenges:
The Pink Elephant: Easter
Pink by Design: Easter
Celebrate the Occasion: Easter
Pinspirational Challenges: Easter
Broken Box Stock: Easter
Simply Create Too: Easter
My Sheri Crafts: Easter
Glitter n Sparkle: Easter
Pause Dream Enjoy: Anything goes
Designs by LS: Spring
Bitten by the Bug: Egg
DL.Art: Easter
My Paper Crafting: Spring
Little Red Wagon: Easter
Simon Says: Easter/Spring
Docerela: Pastels

Baby Bunny

It's almost Easter, so I wanted to share a simple card I made using the Simply Charmed cartridge. I've never used this cute bunny, and I'm glad I finally did.

When I was putting together this card, I didn't find a background paper that I liked in my stash, so I made my own. I pulled out uninked Easter egg stamps and used them for the background. I used ink that I've had for a while, but don't normally use. The pastel inks are perfect for this time of year. The ribbon also was a scrap that I found.

Here's the inside.

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Challenges:
Paper Pretties: Create background
The Pink Elephant: Easter
Pink by Design: Easter
Die Cuttin' Divas: Bunny
Celebrate the Occasion: Easter
Use it Tuesday: Die cuts, punches
Pinspirational Challenges: Easter
Crafty Ribbons: Anything goes with ribbon
Go Fish: Ribbon
Broken Box Stock: Easter
My Time to Craft: Bunny
Simply Create Too: Easter
My Sheri Crafts: Easter
Glitter n Sparkle: Easter
Pause Dream Enjoy: Anything goes

Teacher Appreciation Day

My daughter just started day care last week for the first time ever. Of course, we were nervous, but she seems to really be enjoying it, especially arts and crafts. I think she gets that from me.

The school celebrated Teacher Appreciation Day last week. Even though my daughter had only been there for a few days, I wanted to make something special for her teachers. They have been really great at helping my daughter adjust to her new environment.

I made these treat bags using Simply Charmed for the crayons. I added a little glitter glue for sparkle. I thought this stamp was perfect for the bags because it looks like a child's writing. The great thing about this type of project is that I was able to dig into my scrap collection. Everything was made using scraps.

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Challenges:

Paper Playtime: Anything goes

DL.Art: Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey: Anything but card

Hiding in My Craft Room: Scraps

Pin and Tack: Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes

Make it Monday: Anything goes

1st St. Patrick's Day Layout

I've been trying to catch up with my scrapbooking layouts from my daughter's first year, and I just finished her St. Patrick's Day layout. I apologize for the poor picture quality. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to photograph these. It would probably help if I took the pictures during the day, instead of around midnight. : )

I used a combination of stickers, stamps and the Simply Charmed cartridge for this page.

I used the pot of gold for journaling and added glitter glue. The border punch is so cute, but I don't use it as often as I should.

This is a cute picture of my niece and my daughter at a baseball game. After the baseball game, we went to a football game. It was an interesting St. Patrick's Day.

I love this leprechaun from Simply Charmed!

Thanks!

Challenges:

Simply Create Too: St. Patrick's Day/green

Hiding in My Craft Room: Greens

Go Fish: Gold

Celebrate the Occasion: Luck of the Irish

Shopping Our Stash: Border punch

Crafty Creations: Use green

Melinda's Paper Crafting: St. Patrick's Day

Paper-Crafting Journey: Anything but card

Paper Playtime: Anything goes

Wee Bit of Luck and Happiness

I decided to get into the spirit of St. Patrick's Day and created a fun little card with the leprechaun from Simply Charmed.

He's a cute little thing. I added glitter glue to his buckle and used a gem for his button. I also used foam tape to pop him up since he looks like he's jumping for joy.

The tag was cut from George and Basic Shapes. I stamped it with a set I've had for a while but never used. Here is a close-up of the tag.

Here is the inside:

Thanks!

Challenges:
My Craft Spot: Pop it up
Pause Dream Enjoy: Hat
Cardz TV: Luck of the Irish
Use it Tuesday: Uninked stamp
Shopping Our Stash: Tag
Paper Playtime: Sentiment stamps
Scrap-Creations: Green
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Divas by Design: Anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint: Anything goes

Sketchy Birthday

Most of my friends live in different cities, so one of my resolutions this year is to send them all cards for their birthdays -- actual cards, not just text messages wishing them well.

My dear friend Jessica, who I've known since the sixth grade, has a birthday next week. I used a sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges as the inspiration for her card.

I used Simply Charmed for the cupcake and added gems and glitter glue. The birthday sentiment is ribbon.
I also decorated the inside.

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Challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges: Sketch
Broken Box Stock: Birthday
Designs by Lisa Somerville: Cut it out
Pin and Tack: Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
Bitten by the Bug: Purple cake
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Card Makin Mamas: Birthday

Sweet Valentines

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! I wanted to quickly share the treats I made for my coworkers. I made these little bags filled with goodies using Create a Critter, Paisley, Simply Charmed and George and Basic Shapes. I them embellished with twine, ribbon and glitter glue.



This is the first time I've made these little bags, but they were a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed the sweets.

Thanks!

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint: Valentine's Day

Ribbon Carousel: Love

2 Sisters Challenge Blog: Love/Valentines

Moving Along with the Times: Love is in the air

Divas by Design: Love

Crafty Creations: Love or hearts

Tuesday Alchemy: Hearts/things with wings

Berry Sweet

I recently purchased a new paper pack that included a strawberry print. I thought it would be a perfect match with my Simply Charmed cartridge, so I created a Valentine's Day card with red, pink and green colors.

I cut two strawberries and used the word feature for the sentiment. I finished off the card with gems, ribbon and a border punch. (Sorry for the poor photo quality. It was late and the lighting was bad.)

Inside the card, I stamped a Valentine's Day message.

 

Thanks!

Challenges:

Cricut Chirp: Sweet Valentine

Bitten by the Bug 2: Fontastic

Pause Dream Enjoy: Dessert

Die Cuttin' Divas: Edge punch with ribbon

Crafty Creations: 2 identical elements

Paper Crafting Journey: For a girl

DL.Art: Pink or red

Cut it Up: Love is in the air

It's a Girl -- Finally

There is a baby due very soon in my family. My aunt and uncle have three boys and now they are expecting a baby girl next month.

My aunt loves dragonflies, so I wanted to give a new gift that incorporated them. I bought a cute picture frame and used Alphalicious to add the baby's initial -- J. The background paper is pink and sparkly, and I added glitter glue to the dragonfly wings. It is from Simply Charmed. I really love the way this frame turned out. Their house needs pink, glittery cuteness after all those boys.

I kept the theme going on the card. I used the same dragonfly, but cut the flowers and background mat from Create a Critter. I added ribbon and pearls, and that was it. I love the soft, pastel colors -- perfect for a new baby.

I stamped my sentiment inside.

Thanks!



Challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion: Baby
Cardz TV: Baby New Year
Go Fish: Pastels
Crafty Boots: New
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
Pan Pastel: Nature
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces: Use a flower

Gone Fishin'

I've been working on building up my birthday card stash, and I am seriously lacking in cards for boys. So that was my project last night.

I used Simply Charmed for the image and phrase. The "U" is from Alphalicious.

Here's a close-up of the poor fish.

Inside:

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Challenges:

My Sheri Crafts: Sports
Tammy’s Scrapin Corner: Manly
Forever Friends: Birthday
Celebrate the Occasion: Boy birthday with blue
The Pink Elephant: Celebrate
Lexi’s Creations: Anything goes  
Divas by Design: Anything goes  
Paper Crafting Journey: Anything goes  

Love is in the Air

I've been seeing so much cute Valentine's Day decorations and crafting supplies, so I just had to make something for the upcoming holiday.

I wanted to start off simple, so I just made a little tag. This is my first Valentine's Day with my Cricut, so I'm just excited to use some of the cute cuts. I used George and Basic Shapes for the tag and Simply Charmed for the heart.

I just added a little glitter glue on the wings and the sentiment, and that was it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room: Black and white + 1
Crafty Boots: Black and bright
Fantabulous Cricut: Tag
Pin and Tack: Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year. I'm so excited to start this year with my great friends and family, and of course, crafting.

I created this simple card to celebrate 2013. I used Simply Charmed for the champagne flutes and Alphalicious for the year.

I used really great gold paper for the champagne and little gold gems for the bubbles. I also added glitter glue to make the flutes sparkle.

Inside, I used the word feature in Simply Charmed to cut the sentiment.

Challenges:
Exploring Cricut: New Year
Little Red Wagon: New Year
Paper Pretties: Bling
Just Us Girls: New Year
Hiding in My Craft Room: Freestyle
Scrappy Moms Stamps: TTC  (Baby New Year)

Holiday Birthdays

It's really easy to get caught up in the holiday frenzy, but I try to remember my family and friends with December birthdays. I've been busy making Christmas presents and crafts, but last night I finally made birthday gift card holders.

For the first one I used the cupcake from Simply Charmed.

I used pop dots for a little dimension on the cupcake and a little glitter on the cherry.

The inside of the card is a simple sentiment and a cupcake stamped on the bottom. (Sorry it's hard to see.)

I didn't use my Cricut for the second card, but I did get to use a new border punch I bought.

A little ribbon and gems for the flowers add nice finishing touches.

The inside is really simple as well.

I really like how these came out, but now I think I need to make more gender-neutral options. These will come in handy for last-minute gifts.

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Challenges:

Pause Dream Enjoy: December Celebrations

Go Fish: Anything goes

Pin and Tack: Anything goes

Make it Monday: Anything goes

Divas by Design: Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey: Anything goes