Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Time To Celebrate..hubby's card

Hello ladies.....This card is for my husband's birthday which is tomorrow. I really love how it turned out and I have never used this cartridge (Disney Classics) before so it was really fun. Card recipe: Card cut @ 5" with Birthday Bash (love this card shape) have to use more of these. Rabbit (from alice n' wonderland) cut @ 3 1/2" with Disney Classics Doodled and used Whimisical Design stamps - Everyday sentiments " Happy Birthday to you" Added a irock jem to the button of the rabbit inside: I cut "Time" @ 1" with Birthday Bash To cut @ 1" same cart Celebrate ...I used a scrappy cat stamp used white gel pen to doodle and wala a cute card for my wonderful husband. I think he will like this one. Even though he is not really a Disney or alice n' wonderland fan...LOL Thank you for stopping and have a wonderful day!

Friday, January 18, 2013

MY LOVES

Last post for today.... This layout is of my beautiful daughter's Isabella and Lillian....they are my world , MY LOVES!!! I really love how this turned out. Layout recipe: Circle cut @ 5" with George cart, inked in black. Hearts cut @ 1 1/2", 2" and 3" with George cart My LOVES cut @ 1 3/4" with George cart, doodled with white gel pen. Roses from my stash, journaled in black gel pen. DCWV paper stack ...isn't the dinosaur cute...my daughter Lillian loves Dinos too.

Hello Kitty Valentine's Card

Hello again...2nd post for today. This card is for my daughter Lilly...she loves Hello Kitty. So I made her a Valentine's Day card. Since it is right around the corner. Trying to keep up with birthdays and Holidays. LOL. Card Recipe: Heart with wings cut @ 2 1/2" with HK Greetings Hello Kitty cut @ 3 1/4" with HK Font Used Bobunny "LOVE" clear stamp Popdots, added twinkle glitter writer to the heart with wings and Hello Kitty....I used whimisical Design stamps inside and doodled with white gel pen. I also added some ribbon. and used a corner heart punch. I used cb folder for background and I inked with pink ink.

Dream Big birthday card

Hello ladies....Yesterday was my mother in laws birthday ...you all might know her as Wanda from http://myscraphappyplace.blogspot.com/ ....She started me into scrapbooking and I love it. I needed to make her a card so I finished this the other day and haven't had time to post. So today I wanted to share before we give it to her. ...yes she will see it but I am hoping she really likes it. I also made this for the Stuck on U card sketch...http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/2013/01/january-2-2013-original-card-sketch.html.....I did not get this one In on time...oh well. things happen right....but I did manage to win the blog challenge on Stuck on U for the deerly challenge. Go check them out they always have some amazing sketches and give me such inspiration and always challenges me to get better at creating. Thank you gals. Card recipe: Hexagons (8 of them) cut @ 1", and 1 3/4" with George cartridge Circle cut @ 3 1/4" and 2 1/2" with George cartridge Used personal impressions stamp "Dream Big" inkadinkado stamp clear stamps for the butterflies used twinkle glitter writer on them. Used scrappy cat stamps , added a flower from my stash, inside: More stamps and another butterfly stamp, some more hexagons..... hope you enjoy and stop back for more.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Monkey Valentines easel card for my hubby

3rd post for today...I have been busy making cards and layouts and wanted to share. This card is a Valentine's card for my husband. I thought I should make him a cute card this year..no mussy card...LOL. Monkey is cut @ 4" with create a critter #2 (my new favorite cart) Bananas 4 u is cut @ 3" (same cart) Vines cut @ 4 1/2" with same cart....used ms border punch, cb folder , inked cheeks and ears with color box petal paint, doodled with white gel pen and white marker. added red ribbon and pop dotted everything...hope you enjoy. Have a wonderful day!

Froggy Valentine Easel card

Hello again...2nd post for today. I got some cards done over the weekend and would love to share them with you. This is an extra Valentine's day card...not sure who I am giving this one too...started out for my husband and then I made it more girly...so I scratched that. Card Recipe: Frog cut @ 3 3/4" with Create a Critter 2 Cattail and lilly pad cut @ 4 1/4" same cartridge Heart cut @ 3 3/4" Happy Valentine's day cut @ 1 3/4" cut with Create a critter 2 ...used some twinkle glitter writer...some ribbon, hope you enjoy.

A simple thank you card

Hello ladies...I finished some cards over the weekend and thought I would post today. This is a card for my Aunt ..she made my daughter Isabella a blanket. This was a very simple card to make. I used Everyday pop up cards cricut cart for the butterfly cut @ 3" and the thank you "inside" cut @ 2". I used cb swissdots and swirls , and added twinkle glitter glue and some blue pearls. Silver ribbon and a simple card is made.. Thank you for stopping by.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Butterfly Chipboard minibook

Hello ladies....I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday. Even though it is a gloomy day here...I am loving today. Today I have a minibook for my daughter Lillian....back in October I made a Halloween mini book and she saw it and loved it. She asked if I could make her a mini album just for her. I had a butterfly mini book that I won on a challenge by studio 18, I also had some others. I let her pick out what she wanted and she said she wanted me to make this butterfly book. Butterfly mini book Butterfly chipboard mini album from studio 18 (my daughter picked out the papers she wanted and all the accessories) I just put it together. Used Sandylion butterfly stickers (popups) butterfly button, some ribbon, my glue gun, added twinkle glitter writer to the title "Memories" cut from Graphically speaking at 2" I think. 2nd page = horse button, cardstock paper, ribbon and inked 3rd page = corner punch, purse, mirror , nailpolish and lets pretend buttons..glued with gluegun 4th page= ms fence border punch, ribbon, a small tag made out of cardstock, more butterfly sticker popups, a flower charm and I had a picture of my other daughter Isabella....Lilly wanted me to add her to the book. 5th page = ms fence border punch again, cut a hexagon @ 1 3/4" with George cricut cart added twinkle glitter writer to the butterfly which I stamped and cut out. Added some tags for journaling or pictures. 6th page = another picture I had of my other daughter Isabella when she was only a week old, some ribbon, a chipboard butterfly from the spring collection 7th page = 2 tags made out of cardstock, added flower brad, ribbon, icecream sundae button, and a chipboard "Love" , border punch 8th page = another tag for journaling or picture, photomat, and just a snowman picture that was made with cardstock and snowman sticker, added a Christmas paperclip and a blue brad 9th page (last page) = corner punch, cardstock, another little tag for journaling, some snowman stickers, and another Christmas paper clip....I also used a file to distress the book and added some ribbon to the ring to keep the book together. I still have to add more pictures to the book, so I will get some pictures developed and finish it. I hope you enjoy , I know I did making this and creating this with my daughter....she had a big hand in it with picking everything out and helping me design it....I hope you create memories with your children and continue to craft for the people you love.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Cute as a cupcake

Hello again...This is my 2nd post for today and my 2nd layout for this week so far. I used my gypsy handheld cricut machine to weld the title. I used gypsy font for the title. I used Create a critter 2 for the cupcake..sorry not sure on the size...forgot to write it down. added some ribbon and used a EK border punch. added some buttons and wala another layout. I will add pics of Isabella when I get them developed. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy New Year "2013"

Hello ladies on this beautiful Tuesday! The sun is shining and I am feeling in a good mood. Got some of my crafting done and feeling on track again. This layout is for the new year 2013. I hope it is starting off great for all of you. I haven't been able to print on my printer since my windows 2007 crashed back in November, I got a new windows 8 computer and it is now not compatible....so I have just been making the layouts and later I will print and add pictures. This layout is going to be of my beautiful daughters , Lillian 7 years old who stayed up all night to watch the ball drop and she got to drink sparkling cider to bring in the new year...Isabella is 3 mths old , so I took a picture of her earlier when she was up and smiling. So I will add that on to this layout. Layout recipe: Title "Happy New Year" cut @ 3" with create a critter 2 Penguin cut @ 3" with create a critter 2 Party hats cut @ 3 1/2" same cartridge Squiggles cut @ 3 1/2" same cart 2013 cut @ 1 1/4" with George cartridge... I added a gold bow to the penguin, added tag with some ribbon..red on front and then back is for journaling. I also cuttlebugged the photomats and journaling tag with stars folder. Hope you enjoy I know I did making it. Have a great day...be sure to stop back for more of my creations. Thanks so much for taking time out of your day!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Joy of Christmas

Hello ladies....Here is my 2nd post for today. I love how this came out. I made this layout for stuck on u sketch challenge "Deer". I still have to add the photos but I finally finished it. I used CB swiss dots folder for the snow which I cut out by hand. Reindeer is cut @ 3" with Create a critter Sleigh is cut @ 5 3/4" with create a critter 2 pop dotted and added bakers twine for the reindeer collar, added snowflake button. Tree is cut @ 6 1/4" with Create a critter 2 added 3d paint and googly eyes presents cut @ 2 and 1 1/2" pop dotted some Title is welded with my gypsy handheld cricut machine...love this machine. Added star button, santa button, and ribbon and decorative paper clip. Added journaling tag behind 4X6 photo mat. 2nd page I made as a big present, used ms drippy goo punch and I will be adding photos to the photomats on this page...hope everyone has a wonderful day.

lifes little moments

This layout is for my daughter Isabella who was born in September...I need to get me a new printer is not compatible with my new computer or go develop prints...that is why there are none on this layout. Flowers are made with the Graphically speaking cartridge cut @ 2 1/2" (4 of them) inked and made them into 3d flowers Also cut @ 2 1/4" (4 of them ) and 1 3/4" (4 of them) The clock is also with the same cartridge cut @ 3 1/2" and Life's little moments cut @ 1 1/4" with same cart. I really love how this turned out but I should of made the clock at 10:30am..that is when she was born...oh well. I will put a journaling tag on here behind the big picture...stop back I am posting another layout. Plus I have more layouts I am working on...so I should have more to post for next week. Thanks for stopping by.