A few birthday cards

I made these using the Thumbellina collection from Piggy Tales, I love these pattern papers and they are perfect for birthday cards since I don't have any girls to scrapbook for!

I made 2 variations of the same card, I'm trying to build up my stash of cards!  I used the Cricut Cake cart 'Birthday Cakes' to cut the tulips and based them on this sketch!

Here's the first card.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Everyday Life', the twine is from The Twinery and the ribbon on the second card is from my stash.

The inside of both cards are the same...the sentiment stamp is also from My Pink Stamper 'Everyday Life'.

I'm entering these cards into Challenge Me Monday #103 at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog - Celebrate Spring (make a project with at least three flowers).

Mini valentines

I made some "Dino-mite" cards for my son to hand out at his valentine's day party - they turned out adorable and perfect size for 3 yr olds - 3x3!

I stamped the inside then I plan to write my son's name as well as have him "sign" them!

I used Create A Critter for the dinosaur, CTMH Art Philosophy for the card base, 3 different My Pink Stamper stamps to make the front (you're and dino-mite were separate sentiments, so I taped off and made them one phrase!) and inside sentiments and a heart stamp with versa mark ink to stamp the heart because I realized that I didn't have even one piece of Valentine's day paper in my possession and I needed to get these done, so I improvised!!  All the card stock I used was from my stash!

I'm adding some candy with these and into an envelope they'll go and ready for him to exchange at his party - I think mama is more excited about his first valentine's day party then he is!!  :)

I'm entering this into the following challenges...
Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday #96 - Valentiny cards (create a 3x3 card for Valentine's day)
My Craft Spot: Monday Challenge - anything goes (show us something wonderful you have made!)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great Monday!

Believe in the Magic

I didn't manage to get too many Christmas cards made this year, time just didn't allow it and I had to let some things go and unfortunately, that meant my cards.  I have high hopes for next year though and hope to get an early start on them - if the stars align, I plan to start next week with some new Christmas stamps and paper I got in the mail from my friend Chris!  :-)

But I did make a few for my scrappy friends as well as some to serve as thank you notes for family members who gave us gifts but we were unable to thank in person due to our boys being sick and us missing Christmas with my extended family.  It was as easy as changing the inside sentiment stamp I used - I love it when that happens!  ;-)

The snowman stamp is from CTMH 'Pair-a-Phrase' set and the sentiment stamp is from a set that I won not too long ago and love - Robin's Creative Cottage 'Gingerbread Holiday'.  Both the tags are cut from CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cart, the twine is from The Twinery and the paper/cardstock I had in my stash.

I'm entering this into the following challenges...
*Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's challenge #94 - Snow Fun  (include a snowflake or snowman on your project)
*Paper Playtime challenge #65 - Tags & include a sentiment (make a tag or include a tag on your project with a sentiment)
*My Craft Spot challenge #41- Snow much fun (snowflakes, snowmen, anything to do with snow)

Happy Friday!

Follow your dreams...

I wasn't liking this card as I was making it but I kept with it and now that its all done, I love it!!  I showed my husband last night and his response was WOW :-), so that definitely made me feel better that I kept going and worked at it until I was happy with it!  I think it will make a perfect graduation card to keep in my card stash!

I used Locker Talk for the books, but because of the layering on the cart, I had to cut the books 4 times to be able to make them all different colors - I'm glad I did because I really like the way it looks.  I used Tim Holtz 'Pumice Stone' distress ink to ink them and make them look worn.  The card base is DCWV, the yellow star paper is from DCWV 'All About Boys' stack and the rest of the cardstock is from my stash.  I used a Martha Stewart punch on the bottom of the blue cardstock, twine from The Twinery and the sentiment stamp (inside & out) is from CTMH.

I'm entering this into Challenge Me Monday #85 - Book Lover at Fantabulous Cricut and Week 22: Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me at Craft.


Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!

Halloween blog hop!!

Good morning and welcome to our Halloween blog hop!  We have severalvery talented ladies who will be sharing fun Halloween projects with you today, to hopefully inspire you to create some Halloween crafts of your own!  If you just happened upon my blog, you are at the beginning, so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the hop!  There will be some fun giveaways along the way, so be sure to hop by each of the blogs so you don't miss any!

For my project today, I made a BOO banner!  My son is having a trunk or treat at his preschool next week, so I wanted to make it to decorate my trunk!  I went fairly simple but I think it turned out pretty cute - my son loved it and that's all that matters to me!  :-)

I hung it on my mantle for now, so we can enjoy it until we need it for the trunk or treat. My bats didn't want to all fly the same way and with the ceiling fan on, they were all flipping around, as was the BOO, so excuse the pictures! I'm not good at taking banner pics - they are so not easy to photograph!

I embossed the BOO using my Cuttlebug and Seeing Spots embossing folder.

The ghosts and bats were both from Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cart, the BOO was from Robotz - I love that font!!  I used The Twinery twine to string the banner as well as hang the BOO from the banner.  All the cardstock was from my stash.

I'm entering this into Challenge #83 - Spooky Time (create a project with a ghost on it) - at Fantabulous Cricut challenge blog.

I do have a giveaway today, all you have to do to be eligible to win is be a follower of my blog, live in the United States and leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you!  I will draw the winner on Sunday morning, Oct 30!  I couldn't find anything Halloween related that I loved for the giveaway, so I picked up one of my favorite mat stacks instead - the colors are amazing!

Please go to the very talented  Chris' blog next - here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way!

Kim @ Kimberli's Creations - http://www.kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/
Chris @ Get Inspired With Chatterscene - http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/
Tracy @ My Scrap Escape - http://myscrapescape.blogspot.com/
Maria @ Creative By Design - http://marlm-creativebydesign.blogspot.com/
Susan @ Cricut & Grasshopper - http://cricutandgrasshopper.blogspot.com/
Renee @ I Came, I Saw, I Created - http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
Dana @ Paper Memories 4 U - http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/
Lori @ Got 2 B Crafting - http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/
Crystal @ Creations By Crystal - http://crystal-kovach.blogspot.com/
Sis @ Paper, Craft, and Scissors - http://papercraftscissors.wordpress.com/

Happy Halloween and thanks for hopping with us!

First day of Preschool LO!

I made this LO for my son's first day of preschool pics.  I used both the title and subtitle from Locker Talk cart, the paper, brads and ribbon are all from a school LO kit that I had and the cardstock was from my stash.

I'm entering it into the following challenges!
Chatter Scene: School Time
Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday #75 - Add a splash of yellow
You Had Me At Craft: Week 13 Made It Myself Mondays

Have a great night!

Happy 1st Birthday - take two!

My sister has twins, a boy and a girl, who will turn 1 in October - I made his card last week and made hers on Sunday night!

I used two of my new carts - Baby Steps (cupcake) and CTMH Art Philosophy (card base and inside/outside layers).  The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper 'Sweet Baby' set.  The paper is all from my stash and the ribbon is from American Crafts.

The inside sentiment is from Hero Arts 'Cupcake' set.

I cut the flower twice to give it more dimension and adhered the top one with pop dots!

I stamped a cupcake on the envelope (also cut from CTMH Art Philosophy) from the same set as the inside sentiment Hero Arts 'Cupcake.'

I'm entering this card into some challenges...

Birthday Sundaes:  Challenge #23 - Color Challenge (Pink, Green, White)

Fantabulous Cricut:  Challenge #74 - Birthday Bash

You Had Me At Craft:  Week 12: Made It Myself Mondays

Don't forget about my friend Chris' 400 follower givaway on her blog and her School Time Challenge on her messageboard Chatter Scene - great prizes to be won on both!

Have a great day!

Have the Happiest Birthday! cake card

I made this card for my Aunt's birthday next week!  I found this pretty print paper in my stash and wanted to use it!  I'm really challenging myself to use more of the patterned paper I have in my stash - I have so much of it but keep buying more, so for awhile I'm going to try to use some up and see if I can make a dent in it!

I didn't use my Gypsy at all on this one since I wanted to use the carts that are preloaded on my E2, that was a challenge after using it so much lately! I used Just a Note for the cake and Cricut Essentials for the frame.  All the paper and ribbon was from my stash and the sentiment stamp from My Pink Stamper's 'Fabulous Phrases' set.

I want to start decorating the insides of my cards more as well as the envelopes - I usually forget but really do love the way it looks!

I used a sentiment stamp and a cute little cake stamp from Hero Arts 'Birthday Messages' set, I thought it matched the cake on the front perfectly!

I'm entering this into a couple of challenges...
Challenge Me Monday #73 at Fantabulous Cricut - Piece of Cake!
Use Your Stash Wednesday at Imagine, Create, Share

Don't forget about my friend Chris' 400 follower giveaway at her blog Get Inspired with Chatterscene as well as her Back to School challenge on her messageboard Chatter Scene!

And today is the last day to enter my challenge/giveaway, so don't forget to submit your entry! I am giving away a Preserves cart and because I've surpassed 100 followers, I've added another giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ice cream friend card

**Go here for my 100 follower challenge/giveaway!!**

I was able to sneak down into my scrap room for awhile yesterday during naptime, I was having crafting withdrawals!  I picked the colors based on the cute plaid paper I found in my stash, I love it when I find fun paper without leaving my house!  :-)

I used Smiley Cards cricut cart on my Gypsy to cut the ice cream cone.  I used My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases for the sentiment stamp, I love that it goes all the way across the card!  All the paper I used is from my stash and the card base is from DCWV!  You can't see it very well in the picture but one of the lines is lime green and I tried to pull that color out using the lime green ribbon - it looks much better in person!  I used the Argyle Sizzix embossing folder to give the ice cream cone some texture.

I'm entering this card into the Cricut 360º challenge for this week, to create a project with the theme 'Refresh Yourself' and to me, in the awful heat this summer (or really anytime of the year!) - ice cream refreshes me!!  :-)

I'm also entering this into the challenge this week at Fantabulous Cricut, to create a project for a friend!

Hope you have a great Sunday, thanks for stopping by!

Thanks a Melon card

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Today I have a fun thank you card, it screams summer with the checkered background and watermelon!

The watermelon is from Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons Cricut cart and the tags are from Gypsy Wanderings.  The A2 card base is from DCWV, the checkered paper and cardstock are from my stash.  The twine is from The Twinery and the sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Fruit & Veggie Puns' set.

I'm entering this card into the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #70 - this week's challenge is to create a project with a melon.

Thanks for stopping by!