Birthday Wishes cards

Good morning!  I have a couple of birthday cards to share with you today!

I based them on the Scrapbook Steals Monday Card Madness sketch - funny story about my take on this sketch!  As you can see, I only copied the sketch on the left side...for some reason, my printer printed the sketch really big and it only printed the left side!  I had no idea until I went to post this and added the sketch and saw that there was a whole other part to it that I didn't know about!  So that explains why you are only seeing the left side of the sketch represented on my cards!  ;-)

The balloons were cut from Simply Charmed cricut cart, the sentiment stamp is from The Stamps of Life 'birthday2celebrate', the patterned papers are all from the Recollections 'Bold Basics' stack, the cardstock and buttons from my stash and the twine is from The Twinery.

I popped the balloons up with pop dots, as you an see from the picture below, to make them look like they are flying off the card!  :-)

Just a simple piece of white cardstock, inked with yellow around the edges, on the inside where I can write my message!

Here's the 2nd card, just the patterned paper on the balloons and banner piece is different!

I'm entering these into a couple of challenges...
My Craft Spot Monday challenge #52: Make it Pop!
Scrapbook Steals Monday Card Madness #80
Bitten by the Bug 2: birthday card using balloons

Enjoy your weekend!  We have a yummy pancake breakfast at my son's preschool this morning, can't wait for that!  :-)

Pumpkin patch LO

I made a LO tonight based on the sketch below and will be entering it into the Mid Week Mojo challenge -Amethyst #2 on the Scrapbook Steals blog.  

Here is my LO - sorry for the poor lighting, I worked all weekend and didn't have time to get this done - so I just finished this (its 11pm) so I had no natural light to work with.

I used the Georgie Porgie collection from Piggy Tales - I think it may be my newest favorite product company!!  The paper is the perfect weight, cuts beautifully in my cricut, the colors are bold with great patterns - I LOVE it!!  The journaling card, the border strips and letters as well as all the paper are from that same collection!

I was flipping through my paper and saw the background paper and thought it would be perfect for a fall LO and I loved the blue addition to the oranges, browns and greens and it fit perfectly with my pictures since my son is wearing a blue shirt!  

I used Simply Charmed Cricut cart to cut the pumpkins, using my Gypsy to hide the faces.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Easter bunny LO

I made this LO based on the sketch for the February challenge on Love Joy Paper - I love this sketch so much and look forward to using it on more LOs!

Here's the sketch...

And here's my take on it!

I used Simply Charmed and Doodlecharms cricut carts to make the easter symbols and the title is made using thickers.  I plan to add 'not so sure about the' above the title using mini alphas - I ordered them this morning thanks to free shipping at Joann's :-), so they will be here next week!

Some close-ups...

Valentine's day goodie bags

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I made these goodie bags for my son's valentine's day party today!  I used Simply Charmed for the conversation hearts - putting one of each on each side of the topper!  I used twine from The Twinery as well as cardstock from my stash.  I made 15 total but had already given some to his non-school friends before I took this picture!  Sweet and simple, full of goodies for his preschool class!

My camera wasn't cooperating when I was trying to get a close up picture of the toppers for some reason, thus the semi fuzzy picture below but you get the general idea!  ;-)

I'm entering these into Paper Playtime Challenge #67 - Cricut creations using hearts or a love theme.

Krafty Girls challenge blog is launching today with their first challenge and blog hop - stop by to check it out!  One of my very dear friends Chris of Get Inspired with Chatterscene made their design team and I'm SO happy for her - she's having a great giveaway on her first DT post today!  I can't wait to participate in their fun challenges!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy this day of love!  :-)

Cute as a Button!

Now that I've finally got the boys healed up from being sick with RSV for the last 2 weeks :-( , as well as myself after a 2nd bout with Mastitis, I can start to have mommy time again!  The baby still is waking up every 2-3 hrs at night as we try to get my milk supply back up to where it should be, so I'm tired but its worth it to get back to crafting - I've missed it terribly lately!  So last night after we got the boys to bed, I headed down to play for awhile!

I love the way this card turned out, perfect for a new baby girl!  I was excited to see this stamp as I was making this card, perfect to use with the HUGE stash of buttons I now have after my last Joann order!

Supplies:

baby carriage- Simply Charmed cricut cart, cut at 3 inches
sentiment stamps - 'Sweet Baby' by My Pink Stamper
ribbon - American Crafts
paper - K & Company 'Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl' pad

ink - Stampin' Up 'Basic Black'
adhesives - Zig 2 way glue pen, ATG gun, Stampin Up 'Stampin Dimensionals' 

Crystal Stickles

buttons - Autum Leaves Foof-a-La Bag-O-Buttons 'Savannah'

'Happy Birthday!' card

Supplies:
card base - DCWV
birthday cake - Simply Charmed cricut cartridge
paper - from my stash
sentiment stamp - 'Happy Birthday' by The Paper Company
ink - Stampin Up 'Basic Black'
sprinkles - i-rock & pink gems from 'Frames Stencil' kit
ribbon - American Crafts
corner rounder punch - Fiskars

Another 'Happy Birthday with a Cherry on Top!' card

Here's another birthday cards using the same materials as one I made a couple of weeks ago, just arranged a little differently!  I'm working on building up my stash of cards, so I'm making some variations as I make them!

Supplies:

cupcake - Simply Charmed Cricut cart, cut at 4.5 inches

card base - DCWV

print paper - stash

cardstock - The Paper Company

adhesives - Stampin Up 'Stampin' Dimensionals', ATG gun, Zig 2-way glue pen, Scotch dot roller

sentiment stamp - 'A Word for You' by Stampin Up

ink - Stampin Up 'Basic Black'

ribbon - American Crafts

punch - Martha Stewart 'Loops'

Crystal Stickles

'Have a Tree-mendous Day!' card

I have loved this tree ever since I saw it and since I had the perfect stamp to use with it, I made the two into a card!

Supplies:
card base - DCWV
tree- Simply Charmed cricut cart
sentiment stamp - 'More Punny-licious' by My Pink Stamper
ribbon - 'The Boyfriend Collection' by Cosmo Cricket
paper - from my stash
adhesives - Zig 2 way glue pen, ATG gun, Stampin Up 'Stampin Dimensionals'

'It's your bird-day!' card

I made this for my sister-in-law's birthday next month!

Supplies:

bird - Simply Charmed Cricut cart, cut at 4 inches

bird's eye - i-rock, Hot Rocks Compact 'Crystal'

card base - DCWV

print paper - from my stash

cardstock - The Paper Company

adhesives - Stampin Up 'Stampin' Dimensionals', ATG gun, Zig 2-way glue pen, Scotch dot roller

sentiment stamp - 'Punny-licious" by My Pink Stamper
ink - Stampin Up 'Basic Black'
ribbon - American Crafts

'Happy Birthday with a cherry on top!' card

I made this for one of my good friends from nursing school - we don't live near each other anymore and we're both busy with our families, so we don't keep in touch as much as I'd like - but I do always remember her birthday and hope she enjoys this card!

Supplies:

cupcake - Simply Charmed Cricut cart, cut at 4.5 inches

card base - DCWV

print paper - stash

cardstock - The Paper Company

adhesives - Stampin Up 'Stampin' Dimensionals', ATG gun, Zig 2-way glue pen, Scotch dot roller

sentiment stamp - 'A Word for You' by Stampin Up

ink - Stampin Up 'Basic Black'

ribbon - American Crafts

Crystal Stickles