Card for Mom

Remember those wooden letters I got that I was having fun with?

Here they are again, hanging from the clothes line!  This was a quickie card made on glitter paper.  I enjoyed using the wooden embellishments in a different way.

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge: Vintage Feel

Ok... If you follow my blog you know vintage is not my typical style.  Lace, certainly not something I have used.  Embellishments... very lightly used.  So this put me WAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE!  I did it though- I THINK.  usually when I finish a project I can tell if it is trash or treasure and the jury is still out on this one.  However, when there is a challenge to be met I don't back away.

I was so unsure what to do I called my sister... a bunch of times... from the store for help.  I was sending picture texts, she was googling products.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh the stress.  Then it turned out fun once I got home and used mostly what I already had.  Probably didn't need that trip to the craft store- don't tell hubby that though ;)

So here is my attempt at vintage:

I used Core'Dinations from three lines.  Core Amour is the stripes in the background, black magic for the girl and boy, and whitewash for the frame and roses.  I am covered in dust!!!  I sanded more firmly on the outsides of the striped paper to reveal the underneath design.

The kids are cut from A Child's Year, I seem to be using this a lot lately!

The strip on the bottom is there for one reason... it was my original inspiration and I bought it to make this project.  Of course once I started I realized I didn't need it but I am stubborn and bought it for this project so it is here.  This strip is Wedding stacked border from Karen Foster Design.

I have a tutorial on how to make the flowers here.  They are very simple to make if you haven't done them before I think you will find them a fun easy thing to do.

 

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut- Remember

Delicious Doodles- Texture 

A Spoonful of Sugar- flower power 

Cute Card Thursday- embellish it 

Crafty Catz Weekly- Circles... my circles are the roses and the rings ot bottom 

2 Sisters Challenge Blog- Silhouettes

Easter Card

Happy Sunday!
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I am out of town on vacation and had to bring my Cricut.  I think I have a serious illness :)  I just made a cute little Easter card.  There were a few more things I would have done or done differently but without access to my full craft space I was limited.  Then there are not craft stores anywhere near me!  How will I survive an entire week?!

I used Core'Dinations for the cardstock that is torn.  It is from the Whitewash Collection... how cute is that?!  I took a ton of before and after photos and process photos.  Then I realized that this laptop I have with me doesn't have a place for me to insert my camera's memory card.  YIKES!  I had to take the finish photos with my cell phone which is less than ideal but hey at least I got them!

Supplies:
* Core'dinations and Bazzil cardstock
* Gypsy Wanderings for bunny and Give a Hoot for butterfly
* Queen and Company pearls (Which are made to match Core'dinations!)
* Prima pink flowers
* Glue Dots

I am entering this into the following challenges:
All Sorts Challenge (sketch)
Fantabulous Cricut (Pink, green, yellow)
My Sheri's crafts.. a bunny
CWC Cash in Your Stash (I am finally breaking out my packs of Bazzil cardstock I was saving for special projects)
Paper Variety... use flowers
Die Cut Divas... 2 diff cuts 2 diff cartridges
Flutter By Wednesdays ... butterfly and soft pastels

Spring Card

Tonight I got home from grocery shopping and it was just about 25 degrees.  I have had enough of the cold!  Tomorrow's high is said to be 36 degrees.  So, I wanted to do something SPRING like!!!

You may have seen this fabulous blue flower paper in an earlier post.  I posted it here.  Well, little did I know you actually CAN sand that paper!  I loved it just based on the embossing and bought a ton of it.  Now I have seen even more potential in it.  So you know what I did? Went back to the store and bought more.  I can't WAIT to play with that!!!  This paper is made by Core'dinations.  The green paper is made with that too.  You should have seen hubby's face when I asked for sandpaper.  He had to explain the numbers on the sand paper to me ;)  I used 150 for this.

For the lamb I looked at one of my favorite blogs, Jessica at Chick N Scrap.  She does a much better job on the patchwork.  This was my first attempt and I will try again for sure.  Jessica has a nice tutorial on her site.  I cut the lamb from Animal Kingdom.

The lettering is from Lyrical Letters.  I used my Cricut Ink for the first time!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!

Thank you so much for visiting!  Thanks in advance for all of the blog lovin'!!!

Challenges:
Queen of my craftroom use ugly paper

Here are 2 of the pieces I cut down for the lamb.  Ugly enough? :)

CWC lions and lambs

Delicious Doodles is floral fantasy.

Paper Cutz Challenge 3 patterned papers (all on the lamb)
 My Sheri's Crafts is spring

Thank You Card, Life Is A Beach

This is a thank you card for one of my friends that made me a meal while I was recovering from my surgery.

This card went through SEVERAL attempts before I was ok with how it came out.  So, I have plenty of scrap cards LOL!  

The flower is cut from Life is a Beach per the challenge for CCCC.  I had to adapt the flower because the stamen sort of shoots out of it, and frankly without a layer option it looked bizarre and male anatomy like.  I know that is totally inappropriate but it was way too much for me to look at so I cut it off.   Sorry if all that offends you but hey you should have seen the card. :)  I made the colors in yellow, blue and white with the card/border option per the challenge at Cricut Cardz Challenge.

I cut the card, used colored pencils for the flowers, and "pearls" from the dollar items at A.C. Moore.  The stamp is part of a stamp I picked up out of a dollar bin somewhere.  The yellow card stock is some Bazzil Basics stuff with texture.

Thanks for visiting!  Welcome to any new followers!!!

Spring card... if it will EVER come to us!

So I am finding that I enjoy the challenges on the blogs WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much!  One thing I really love doing is seeing how many I can combine into one project.  It gives me an incredible challenge instead of just a challenge.  I am sickly competitive so I compete against myself.  I want to see if I can make something better than the time before.

This is my first time using a flower or button on a project!  I really like it too.  I can't believe that I like it this much and now it is ONE MORE thing to spend MONEY on!  YIKES poor hubby... less money and bigger laundry piles are in his future :).

Below the pic is the information on the challenges I put this car in!

THANK YOU so much for visiting my blog.  Thanks in advance to new followers and for blog love!

 

Isn't the blue card stock so cute?!  It is from core'denations

The "Time 4" came from the Cuttin' Up, it actually said "Time 4 fun" and I cut the fun off.

"Spring" is from Stretch Your Imagination.

The paper flower is from Bazzill Basics Paper.

The "pearls" were something I picked up for a buck at A.C. Moore.

I used scraps for the flowers and for the strip of paper on the bottom of the card.

The "stiching" is with my favorite Fiskars gel pens.

The card is 9x4

Challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps has a sketch challenge going on that I followed for my layout on this card.  The twist, add some bling.  Notice the bottom right hand corner ;)

Claudia and Company have a recipe challenge.  This was my hardest one to follow! 

Stitching (real or faux)- I am really starting to like stiching
2 patterned papers- my flowers
buttons- center of my flower
a sentiment
circles- button and pearls
scallops- This was my harder one to fit in.  I used scallop scissors to cut the pattern paper stripe
Pause Dream Enjoy challenges us to do a fun fold.  I used a long fold.
Cricut Cardz Challenge is to do a tall card, so I did and then laid it on it's side.
 For Fun Challenges and Patti Lynn Creations is to do a spring card!  I LOVED doing something springy.  Winter is depressing me.
Paper Craft Star  challenges you to make a spring card using specific colors.
Tuesday Throw Down is to use scraps.  That is what I used for the lettering, flowers, and paper strip.
Cooking With Cricut is challenging us to use a time piece or reference time in our card. 

Wow! I am tired just typing all that :)

Thank You card, Stretch Your Imagination

Another card for today.  I actually have a bunch I want to make this week for thank yous for all the help during my surgery.  I also have a triple birthday party coming up Saturday night.

Over at More Than Favors they are challenging you to use the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge this week.  This was one of my very first cartridges and I always forget to check it.  It has a huge variety of cuts on it and is worth checking out more often!  I used the card feature on the cut to make this card.

At Fantabulous Cricut they are challenging us to put a tree on a project.

The stamped "thanks" is part of a border stamp I had kicking around.

As always, thanks for taking a minute to check out my project!!!  I put a couple of pics because it is sort of hard to see the tree and how it lays I think.

A shape card :)

My intentions were to craft all day Friday and Saturday. I am so disappointed that that hasn't worked out for me :(  I had some cysts removed and I kept thinking that was easy enough and I would be up on my feet in hours.  God has a funny way of working though.  The anesthesia and pain killers had another idea for me and I have been sleeping non stop.

Anyway, enough whining.  I HAD to get out of bed.  We are headed to a birthday party at a Mexican restaurant for a 5 year old so my daughter picked the card.  The zebra in car is from Paisley.  The hat is from Designer's Calendar.  I did the Happy Birthday from Zoobaloo.

If you are visiting from a challenge link PLEASE feel free to check out my other projects.  There may actually be one you like :).  I love followers too... I was always that way :)

I am putting this in a couple of challenges too.  It is not my best work but hey it was fun.  I did put a green strip on the inside to tuck money into it- since I have been unable to shop, yet another tragedy!

For challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut is challenging us to use a shape card.

Celebrate the Occasion is challenging us to use white, green and another color.

More Than Favors  has a challenge going on where you create something with a zoo theme.

St. Patty's Day Card

The entire pot is gold but with flash and cameras it just looks yucky!

Here is a fun St. Patrick's day card I made this morning while watching MORE SNOW fall.  I don't think we will EVER see grass again but at least there is some green on this card.

The hat is cut using A Child's Year.  The shoes and pot of gold are cut using Paper Doll Dress Up.

I embossed the hat using my Stars Fiskars embossing plates. 

For the hat I used foam dots to make it stick out off the page.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  I love reading comments and tips. :)

This card is for a few challenges.  I enjoy trying to combine elements, it makes it more of a challenge.  For the Peachy Keen Challenge I had to have the banner.  I REALLY struggled with what to do with that.  I redid things about 30 times and was just about to give up when I got this one.

Over at Cricut Cardz Challenge you were to make a St. Patrick's Day card with no shamrock.  So I used my Gypsy to get rid of the shamrock on the hat.

Then at The Paper Variety you are challenged to do the "Sew Much Fun" theme and have some real or faux stitching.  I actually saw this challenge, that a fellow addict sent me , and thought there was no way I could pull it off.  Turns out I had fun with it.

Dina is having her first blog challenge over at Crazy for Cricut go on over and support her there!

Check out "Just Green It" at DYSU

Again, THANK YOU for visiting!!!  I think I will go make more projects so I can tell hubby I was too busy to clean today. :)

Tacky Enough?

This card is for the Tacky Tuesday challenge at September 9th.  The card needs to have the word "chick" on it and a chick.  I got the chick from A Child's Year.  The "Rule" comes from Give a Hoot.  It actually says "Trees Rule" but I used my Gypsy to get rid of the "trees".  I cut the "Chicks" out with Base Camp.

Tacky and quick... but hey it was cool to practice using the tool on my Gypsy where I hid the word trees.  I liked trying that out.

Challenge Card

HELP!  I can never seem how to use my heat embossing tool!!!  I burn everything.  I don't know when to STOP. (Not knowing when to stop is not a problem for me just with this.  Turns out I have an issue with that in general.  I am assuming advice on that is far more expensive!) I start heating it and I keep thinking it needs more.  I need advice!!!  So PLEASE give me some tips.

This is school vacation week for us.  Of course I end up sick, so I am crafting between naps.  Why is it that we end up sick on vacation weeks?  I am thinking it may have something to do with my classroom full of 5 and 6 year olds coughing and sneezing on me prior to vacation... just a thought.

I found a  bunch of challenges this week.  I have also found some pretty darn cool people on here!  I love that they are sending me more links to challenges and feeding my addictions!

Guess why the flower is there?  Yep, an embossing screw up!

I had my thumb there while holding the image for the heat gun.

The inside is not fancy at all but the sentiment is from Paisley.

For this card I used all basic solid cardstock. 

I pressed silver pigment ink onto the sunglasses before sprinkling them with purple embossing powder.

I used my embossing heat gun.  I blow that on top of the cut, I saw something online that suggested heating from beneath... what do others do?  I really need help not burning my stuff!

Thanks for visiting!  I love followers.  If you find my projects amusing or my rants entertaining follow me.  I promise there will be many more pleas for help and total misfit crafts!

 This card was created using the Paisley Cricut cartridge for the Cricut Chaos Challenge.

The card is done as a shape card for the Jitter Buggin' Challenge

I am putting it in this other embossing challenge at Linda's Creativity with hopes that SOMEONE ANYONE can stop by and teach me how to do this right. :)
This card is also for the All About Girls challenge at My Sheri Crafts!

Cup of H2O card

HELP I am addicted to blogs!!!  Somehow I need to get other things in my life done.  The laundry pile is only getting smaller because we are pulling our daily outifts out of it.  The sink is not filled with dishes because we are ordering out and using paper plates.  Oh well, I do love seeing the projects others make! :) 

This week I saw two challenges of interest and thought I would jump in.  I love having an excuse to CRICUT!


First Cooking with Cricut, one of my new favorites, has a challenge to use embossing.  So I embossed cute little bubbles on the glass for the water.  I used my Fiskars embossing plates.  I also used a pencil and dabbed the eraser to emboss dots on the inside that show on the front.  I used some fun embossing powder and my embossing heat gun thingy.  Of course, I did burn part of the card, at least it wasn't my injured thumb from my last project!

Then over at  Cricut Cardz Challenge, a new blog for me, they are challenging you to use a cup cut from any cartridge.  Sweet, an excuse to use "From My Kitchen" for the first time!  So I cut the cup out with that. 

For the font I used "Don Juan."

I used Fiskars decorative edge scissors down the side.  Wouldn't you know it I just realized the dang paper is double sided!  I searched and searched for the right shade of blue when making the cup and it was right on the back side of the paper.  I feel like a TOTAL MISFIT!  I would love to tell you what the paper is but I don't have a clue how to read this side label thing to say what it is.  Someone please tell me the concepts will come.

This card is for one my favorite co-workers.  We have told each other we will start drinking water together.  My vice is Pepsi and/or Coke and hers is Iced Tea.  So, this card is a little encouragement for her!  She is also a fellow Cricuter so I think she will find it fun... maybe not perfect but fun anyway :).

Monkey classroom Valentines- cupid and heart challenge

Thanks for visiting from the Cupid and Heart challenge at Paper Playtime

For my classroom I wanted to make Valentine cards that weren't your typical pink and red with love phrases on them.  So, I went with monkeys.  I made them small just like the size of most store bought ones.  The are 4x3.

For the monkey I used the Paisley Cricut cartridge.  The hearts are from Stamping Up, Loads of Love.  I put one of the sticky foam squares under the hearts to add some dimension.

Also for Abby's Scrappy Mom's Challenge

What to do in a snowstorm- Layered Cake Birthday Card (Sweet Treats Cartridge)

Well, from outside my craftnook it looks like that!

 So what is a girl to do?  Clean, do laundry, shovel, catch up on the day job work not done, do one of those home projects I have been putting off for months????  Seriously, who wants to do that?!  So, I took a shower, put on a clean pair of PJs, spent a bunch of time on my new Nook toy, and started crafting.  Now, doesn't that seem like a better use of my time- I mean really! Hubby surely won't mind the mess, I will clear a path from the door to the shower to the fridge to the couch.  I may even lay the remote on the table by the couch with a beer for when he gets home- then he is far less likely to notice!

 I did this card with my new Sweet Treats cartridge that I scored at Michael's for $9.99!  I wanted to practice with layering and we have a birthday party this weekend so this was the perfect way to do it.  No fancy paper or anything but I think the colors are great- of course I am biased but I do like them.