I Promise

I have been meaning to share this card for several months.  It was a fun card to make for someone who had surgery on their foot.  Their job is related to trying to collect from folks who owe money. It was fun to find an image that worked well for the situation!  For some reason, I failed to write down sizes for this card, so the listings below are estimates.

Here are the details:

Size:  A2

Card Stock:  Recollections

Patterned Paper:  Unknown (possibly My Mind's Eye) 

Girl with Broker Leg:  Dr. Checkup Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/2"

Label:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 5 1/4" 

Conversation cut:  Paper Shapers Punch

Flower:  Unknown 

Embossing:  Cuttlebug

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog!

May Your Birthday Sparkle

I am sharing today a birthday card I made for a dear friend a month or so ago.  She loves bright colors and bling.  Can't you tell from the card?  LOL.  My inspiration came from a card on Pinterest with gems on it that said, "You Sparkle."  Here are the details of the card:

Size:  5 1/8" x 6 1/8"

Card Stock:  American Crafts, Bazzill

Embossing folder:  I'm not sure.  It doesn't have a manufacturer name on it.  I thought it was Darice, but I can't seem to find it online.  (You can barely see the embossing in the photo anyway.)

Label:  Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge cut at 3".  The scalloped square is a 2" punch.  I then put two layers of squares on top of that and topped it off with 16 gems from my stash.

Tag:  Punch; Sentiment: computer generated

Black decorative piece at top of bow:  Punch

Rose:  I am Roses

Ribbon:  Unknown.

Hope you like it.  Thanks for commenting!

  

Hold Onto Your Hat!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  It's election day here in the U.S.  I voted early and will be happy to have an end to the commercials and phone calls!!!  LOL.  I am sharing with you today a birthday card made for a co-worker.  She is starting her life over as a single lady, so hopefully this year will bring lots of great things for her.  That is why I used the sentiment;  "Hold Onto Your Hat!"  I thought it was very appropriate for this die cut.  Also, she loves pink and green, so I decided to make her card a little bright.

Here are the details:

Size:  A2
Patterned paper:  Recollections
Card Stock:  American Crafts and Bazzill
Silhouette Lady:  Suburbia Cricut Cartridge cut at 3"
Label behind Lady:  Elegant Edges cut at 3 3/4"; I cut it using the frame feature and then ran the green insert through my Cuttlebug to emboss it.
Sentiment:  Computer generated and punched using the Stampin' Up Word Window punch
White spiral strip:  Bazzill Just The Edge
Flowers:  Prima (Old, old, old -- from my stash - the brad is old too!)
Pearls:  Unknown

Thanks for taking the time to comment.  I appreciate it more than you know!

 

Have a Berry Sweet Birthday

This was our granddaughter's birthday card that I made for her back in August.  She wanted a strawberry pie for her birthday dessert, so I decided to put a strawberry on her birthday card as well.  Here are the details:

Size:  5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Card Stock:  Core'dinations and Bazzill
Patterned paper:  Recollections
Strawberry:  Hello Kitty Cricut Cartridge cut at 4 1/4"; the strawberry is on a wobble, which she really loved!
Scalloped circle:  Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge cut at 4 3/4"
Berry Sweet:  Country Life Cricut Cartridge cut at 2"
"Have" and "Birthday" were computer generated and punched using the Stampin' Up Word Window Punch
Rose:  I Am Roses

Thanks for taking the time to comment.  Have a blessed, crafty week!

 

Catch You Later Mr. Leaf

Another week has come and gone, and we are almost into fall.  Maybe you're thinking like me, "Where did summer go?"  It seems that just yesterday it was Easter!  We will see those leaves falling soon.  In fact, some  are already falling here.  And that brings us to today's reveal over at Stuck On U Sketches.  Our die cut challenge this time is "Rake, Pile, Jump!"  I found this picture of our granddaughter from several years ago and decided to use it with the title "Catch You Later, Mr. Leaf."  Here are the details:

Label behind photo:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 10 1/2" (oblong feature and shadow)
"Catch You Later:"  Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge cut at 5"
Label behind "Catch You Later:"  Phrases Cricut cartridge cut at 3" (I think)
"Mr:" Phrases Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2"
"Leaf:" Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art Cricut cartridge cut at 1 1/4" (using Gotham font)
Banner behind the word "Leaf:"  Phrases Cricut cartridge cut at 2"
Leaves:  Phrases Cricut cartridge cut at 4", 3" and 2 1/4"
Scarecrow Girl:  Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/4"
Border with holes:  Fiskars border punch
Clouds:  Fiskars punch
Small leaves:  Various punches

That's about it!  Hope you like it and are inspired to play along with us!  Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Celebrate

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to my blog.  Today I am sharing with you a birthday card I gave to my Mom last month.  She is someone that really likes and appreciates my cards, which is very nice.  Here are the details:

The card ended up being 4 3/4" x 5 1/4"
I cut the card shape from the Quilted Christmas Cricut cartridge at 5 1/4" (p. 74 of handbook)
Celebrate:  Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art Cricut Cartridge cut at 1 3/4" (p. 48 of handbook)
Scalloped border (which you can barely see) was cut from the Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art Cricut Cartridge at 5 1/4" using the fit to length feature.
Leaves were cut from that same cartridge at 2 1/2"
Flower:  Recollections
Label:  Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge cut at 3"?  (I failed to write this size down.)

Thanks as always for your comments.  I hope you are inspired!

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Your Birthday is Music to my Ears

This is a card made for one of my best friends.  She celebrated her birthday last month.  She loves music, so I borrowed the Quarter Note cartridge to use.  I liked it so much that I ended up buying it.  It has lots of great cuts on it.  Here are the details of the card:

Size:  A2 (I cut the size of the card down by 1/2" so I could let the label set a little higher on the card.)
Card Stock:  Bazzill; Recollections
Patterned Paper:  Striped and music paper (Unknown)
Scalloped rectangle:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/4"
Musical Note:  Quarter Note Cricut cartridge cut at 3"
Flower:  A Prima from my stash and a punched flower; leaves are Prima
Sentiment:  Computer generated
Gems:  Queen & Co.
Inside sentiment:  "Because it means you're one year closer to my age."

Thanks so much for looking and commenting.

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We're Sew Glad (Birthday Card)

Happy Monday to all my blogging friends.  Today I am sharing with you the birthday card I made recently for our youngest daughter.  She really likes my Country Life Cricut cartridge, and she likes vintage things, so this little sewing machine looked like a good choice for her birthday card.  Here are the details:

Kraft colored shaped background:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 5 1/2".  I cut this, ran it through my Cuttlebug with one of the larger 5"x7" folders and glued it onto the back of the card itself, which is approximately 4 1/4" x 5".
Sewing machine:  Country Life Cricut cartridge cut at 2 1/2"
Card stock:  American Crafts; Core'dinations; Bazzill
Patterned papers:  Recollections
Sentiment:  Computer generated and punched.
Gems:  Queen & Co.
Ribbon/Button:  Unknown
Inside sentiment:  "That God allowed us to be your parents.  Happy Birthday."

Hope you like it.  Have a blessed, crafty day!

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Big Bucks!

Sorry I have been MIA.  I even missed last week's die cut challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches!  But please, please jump on over and check out what the other gals did.  I was so impressed with their designs!  You can find it here.

It has been a really crazy, busy summer for me.  And to top it off, this past weekend, we stripped the ugly wallpaper down in our half bath and painted.  Plus, I had a little accident on Saturday night with glass from a 24"x36" picture frame.  I had purchased the frame at Michael's.  I took the glass out of the frame and put my bathroom mirror in it, so that I would have a new bathroom mirror, without the expense of one (the frame was 50% off, and therefore was definitely cheaper than buying a framed mirror).  Anyway, I leaned the glass up against the side of my bed when I took it out of the frame, and both my husband and I completely forgot about it.  On Saturday night when I was getting ready to get into bed, I suppose I was reaching for the sheet, and I didn't see the glass at all (the only light in the room was coming from the TV), and I hit my arm into the corner of the glass.  Of course it started bleeding immediately.  I ran to the bathroom and saw that it was bleeding badly, so I told my husband we were going to have to go to the hospital, and quickly.  At that point, I couldn't even see how big the cut was because there was so much blood.  I looked in the mirror, and I was as white as a sheet!  I think it scared both of us.  We wrapped a towel around it, and I held pressure on it until we got to the hospital. Thank goodness it wasn't as bad as we originally thought, but I still have 10 stitches in my lower arm, and am thankful that the cut wasn't 2 inches lower because it could have been my wrist!  I have a very sore arm now, so I'm not sure how much cardmaking I will be doing in the next week, but I have 11 cards to make in August for birthdays and an anniversary.  Somehow I'll get them done!

Today I am sharing my nephew's birthday card that I made last month.  As you recall, I made this card for my other nephew's birthday.  His brother also likes to play cards, so he got a poker card as well.  Here are the details:

Size:  A2
Poker Chips/Money:  Father's Day Cricut cartridge cut at 3"
Label:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/2"
Buttons:  American Crafts
Wavy black border:  Bazzill Just The Edge
The sentiment was computer generated and punched.  I then punched holes to add my twine.
I know he loves professional basketball, and I found a logo for the Milwaukee Bucks and put it on the inside with a sentiment that said, "And you thought you were getting money?  My bad!  Happy Birthday."  LOL.

Hope you like it.  Have a blessed, crafty day!

Welcome Baby

Happy 4th of July to all of my American friends.  And welcome to everyone!  Today I am sharing a baby card I made last month.  The shower invitation had a monkey on it, and it used these colors, so I made the card to imitate the invitation.  Here are the details:

Size:  5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Card Stock:  Bazzill and American Crafts
Patterned papers:  DCWV, and the green paper I used for the cards is My Mind's Eye I think.
Scalloped square background:  I cut this using the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge at 5 1/2".  It is the background of the card.  In other words, it is glued onto the back of the card itself.  The brown part is the actual card.
Grass:  Fiskars border punch
Welcome Baby:  Cuttlebug die
Monkey and tree branch:  Create-A-Critter Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2".  I used punches to make her a little flower for her head and added a mini pearl.
Pink border:  Martha Stewart border punch

Thanks for visiting and for leaving a comment.  Have a blessed, crafty day!

 

Hope Your Birthday is Poodles of Fun!

Happy Little Friday everyone!  I heard someone call Thursday that, and I thought it was pretty appropriate.  LOL.  I am sharing today a birthday card made last month (yes, I am far behind) for a dear friend.  She loves animals, and poodles are her favorite dog.  When I saw this sentiment, I put a reminder on my calendar to use it on her birthday card.  She, of course, thought it was cute!  Here are the details:

Size:  5" x 5" (approx.)
Scalloped border:  Spellbinders die
Open scalloped border:  Border punch
Poodle:  Create-A-Critter Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2"
Label behind poodle:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/2" (p. 67 of handbook)
Ribbon:  Unknown
Flowers:  I am Roses
Sentiment:  Computer generated and punched

That's about it!  Hope you like it.  And thanks for your kind comments.  Have a blessed, crafty day!

 

She Digs Summer

Another Friday is here, and time for another die cut challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches.  Our latest challenge is "I Love Summer."  I decided to make a layout of our sweet granddaughter digging in the sand a few years ago -- thus the title, "She 'Digs' Summer."  Here are the details:

Card Stock:  Die Cuts With A View and Core'Dinations
Patterned Papers:  Recollections and My Mind's Eye
"She:"  Baby Face Cuttlebug font
"Digs Summer:"  Don Juan Cricut cartridge cut at  1 1/2"
Sun:  Pack Your Bags Cricut cartridge cut at 2 3/4"
Clouds & Wave Border:  Fiskars punches
Top Note Label Behind Pictures:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 10"
Sand Bucket:  Life is a Beach Cricut cartridge cut at 3"
Circle and Lacy Scalloped Circle:  Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies
White Scalloped Circle Border:  Bazzill Just The Edge
Flowers:  Recollections and Prima
Flourish:  Recollections

I hope you like it.  And I hope you are inspired to come and join us on the challenge!

Thanks as always for your kind words about my work.

I am submitting this for the "Anything Goes" challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas, the "May Flowers" challenge over at Cooking With Cricut, and the "Under The Sea" challenge at Do You Stack Up?.

Happy Mother's Day

I decided that I should go ahead and post this card because there may be someone looking for a last bit of inspiration for a Mother's Day card.  Of course, I am assuming you find inspiration here.  :o)  I got the idea for this double Z fold card from Glenda.  You can find the post here.  Her card was so pretty that I really wanted to try it myself.  I like how it turned out.  It will be my mother-in-law's card.

Here are the details:

Size:  4" x 5 1/4"  (5 1/4" x 12" -- scored at 2, 4, 8, and 10")
Card stock:  American Crafts; Bazzill
Embossing:  Cuttlebug Divine Swirls folder
Band around card:  1 3/4" wide x 9 1/2" wide
Flower:  The die cut flower is cut using the Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art cartridge at 2 1/4" (page 40 of the handbook);  Mini rose is Recollections
Scalloped oval:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2" (page 50 of the handbook)
Happy Mother's Day (inside):  Mother's Day Solutions cartridge cut at 2 3/4"
"We Love You" sentiment:  Computer generated and punched using a Paper Shapers punch

Front of Card:

Inside of Card:

Hope you like it.  Thanks for those kind comments you leave.  Be inspired!


 

Healing Rains

I am happy to share with you today a get well card I made for a friend who had shoulder surgery a few weeks ago.  And the card is my design for the latest die cut challenge at Stuck On U Sketches.  Our theme is "April Showers."  I hope you will decide to join us!  Here are details of my card:

Size:  5 1/4" x 5 1/4"
Card Stock:  Recollections, Bazzill, American Crafts
Patterned papers:  K and Company WB Gypsy Baby Paper Pad
Girl with Umbrella:  Nursery Rhymes Cricut cartridge (without the duck) cut at 3 1/4" with a shadow (page 55 of handbook)
Label behind Girl:  Elegant Edges Cartridge cut at 3 1/2" (page 36 of handbook)
Scalloped border:  Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art cartridge cut at 3/4" (page 65 of handbook)
Flowers:  The blue flowers are at least 4 years old, so the manufacturer is unknown.  The white/pink flowers are Prima.
Sentiment:  Computer generated and punched with a Stampin' Up punch
The inside sentiment said:  "May they fall on you from heaven and heal you is our prayer."

Thanks so much for your comments.

 

Beauty in Bloom

Happy Good Friday bloggers!  If you are a Christian and celebrate Easter, I hope this weekend brings a renewed spirit within you.  I am excited to spend some time this weekend remembering what Easter means to me!  And I am also excited to share this layout with you.  It is reveal day over at Stuck On U Sketches.  We have a new die cut challenge for you.  Our theme this week is "Spring is in the Air."  Here is the layout I made for challenge, using pictures of our sweet granddaughter from a few years ago.  The layout  is entitled "Beauty In Bloom."  Here are the details:

Size:  12x12
Card stock:  American Crafts, Bazzill, Core'dinations
Patterned papers:  My Mind's Eye
I started by using a large scalloped circle frame cut using the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge at 11" (I think I used fit to page).  I cut it in half and will save the bottom half for another page.
Clouds:  Fiskars punch
Branch:  Bloom Lite cartridge cut at 2 1/2" (with a little glitter added)
Frame around large picture:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 6" (page 24 of the handbook)
Beauty:  Martha Stewart Seasonal cartridge cut at 1"
In:  Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art cartridge cut at 1 1/4" using the "chic" feature
Bloom:  Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge cut at 2 1/4" with a little glitter added
Scalloped oval behind the word Bloom:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/2" (page 23 of handbook)
Flowers:  Recollections
Flower next to the word "In":  I used a retro flower punch for this one.
Bird:  Stampin' Up punch
Butterflies:  Recollections
Satin ribbon from my stash

Hope you like it and can join in with us on this cool challenge!

Thanks!

Be inspired!

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And be sure to check out Nanne's awesome handmade flowers that she is giving away this month.  Check out the Stuck On U Sketches blog for details!

Sweet Baby Boy

Time to start a new week, and I have a baby card to share with everyone.  This one was made for a couple at church who had their second baby boy a few months ago.  In fact, he is already three months old, and I am just now getting this card and a gift to them.  But, I'm sure they will use it, no matter his age.  Here are the details of the card:

Size:  A2
Patterned paper:  Unknown (I've had it for years, and you can barely see it anyway in the scalloped circle)
Card stock:  Wausau papers for the blue, Core'dinations, and American Crafts
Scalloped circle (used about 1/3 of the cut):  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2" (p. 23 of handbook)
The elephant was cut using the Martha Stewart birthday cake art cartridge (cupcake feature) at 2 1/4" (p. 21 of handbook)
I added two little punched stars and pearls at the top, along with ribbon, and a baby boy outfit button  from Dress It Up.

I am entering this card into two challenges:  Card Makin' Mamas button challenge and Card Patterns sketch no. 158.

Thanks for your comments.  Hope you like it.  Be inspired!

Some Bunny Loves You

Hello everyone.  I'm sure at least one person has missed me, huh?  Surely?  LOL.  I have been so busy trying to find table linens, a rug, etc. for my new kitchen that I haven't really taken much time to craft.  And I miss it.  But, sooner or later, I will find the things I need for my kitchen and get back to the scrapbook room.  The problem is that the colors on my wall are pale yellow and a blue/gray.  The blue/gray is the culprit.  When you see something blue, the paint looks gray.  When you find something gray, the paint looks blue!  So frustrating.  I will never, ever paint my walls without buying my accessories first.  Or, at least I will shop to see what is available.  I have been to 20 stores, and haven't found the right accessories yet!  Anyway, for the reason I am here ---- today is the reveal over at Stuck On U Sketches for our new die cut challenge -- you guessed it -- bunnies!  I made this little treat bag with candy to showcase this adorable bunny.  Here are the details:

For the label that folds over and closes the bag, I used the label on page 39 of the handbook for the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2".  I stapled it on (and then covered the stapled part on the back with a punched scalloped oval shape that can be written on).  For the bunny, I used the Easter bunny on the Martha Stewart Seasonal cartridge cut at 4".  I actually cut it twice and popped it up with foam tape.  The sentiment was printed from my computer and punched with a 1 1/4" circle punch and a 1 1/2" scalloped circle punch.  I then added a little bow I purchased months ago at AC Moore and a tiny Recollections rose.

Closeup:

Thanks for your comments.  Check out what the other designers have done.  You won't be disappointed.  Hope you can join in with us!  Be inspired!