Grandparents day cards

They will be late, but they're done!  :-)  And of course the grandparents won't care, but it still drives me nuts when cards are late!  I made these for the boys to give my parents, my MIL and my grandma!

All the card bases are 4x4, I cut the envelopes (not shown) using CTMH Art Philosophy cart.  I used Create A Critter cart for the animals, My Pink Stamper 'punny' sets for the stamps, all the paper/cardstock and ribbon is from my stash.  The twine on the squirrel card is from The Twinery.  I used the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder and my Cuttlebug to emboss the background cardstock on the skunk card and the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder to emboss the top of the acorn that the squirrel is holding. I didn't have Happy Grandparents day stamps, so I hand wrote it as well as a little note to each, then my son signed them.

Have a great weekend and Happy Grandparents Day to all the grandparents out there!

Snappy Birthday!

I made this card for my brother's birthday next month, I struggle with making cards for any man but him especially and I agonized over what to make.  Finally I threw my hands up and decided to go with cute/funny!  I really liked the way it came out, its exactly like I pictured it in my head, so hopefully he likes it!  :)

I used a DCWV card base, as well as the DCWV 'Baby Boy' stack and 'Neutrals' cardstock stack.  I embossed the brown with my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots, though its hard to see in the picture - I wanted it to look like sand!  ;)  I used my Cuttlebug again and D'vine Swirl for the frosting on the cupcake.  I used Create A Critter for the crab and cupcake and Gypsy Wanderings for the sentiment tag that I stamped with My Pink Stamper 'More Punny-licious'.

I'm entering this in the Birthday Sundaes blog challenge to create a project using this photo as inspiration.

I'm also entering it in the Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me At Craft!
Have a great day!

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge

I found a new blog, Flaunt It Fridays, that posts weekly challenges so I wanted to play along!  I didn't have the required cartridge, Simply Charmed, so I used the fish from Create A Critter instead, she is cut at 2.5 inches and the bowl I cut at 5.5 inches after I welded 2 together using my Gypsy!

I used my Cuttlebug on this card and 4 different embossing folders - Tiny Mosiac (fish), D'Vine Swirl (water), Forest Branches (seaweed), and Swiss Dots (sand).  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'More Punny-licious' and the face stamp (eye part) is Peachy Keen 'Critter Faces Set A Medium.'  The twine is from The Twinery.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Cherry Hello!

I've had my Preserves Cricut cart for awhile and haven't done much with it, so I'm bound and determined to use it more, as it works perfectly with My Pink Stamper 'Fruit and Veggie Puns' stamp set!  Here's my newest card with it!

Supplies used:
cherries - Preserves Cricut cart, cut at 3.5 inches
card base - DCWV
paper - various from my stash
sentiment stamp - 'Fruit & Veggie Puns' by My Pink Stamper
ink - Stampin' Up 'Basic Black'
Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' embossing folder