Sunday, February 14, 2010

Valentine's Day Cards

These are all the Valentine's Day cards I made to send to our immediate family. Valentine's Day is really not my favorite holiday so making these cards was not extremely fun for me...but I got them done!!

The hearts in this card were made on my Cricut with the Doodlecharms cartridge. I cut the scalloped hearts at 1.5 inches on shadow and the pink hearts at 1.5 inches with the shift button on. The word LOVE was cut with the Stamping Solutions cartridge with plaid patterned paper from the "Sweet Treats" paperstack. I used the "LOVE YOU" phrase but stopped the Cricut before it cut the "YOU." That way I wouldn't waste any paper. Otherwise I just added buttons. I did not decorate the inside of this card.


I purchased these pink cards from Target in the $1.00 section. They were already scalloped and glittered. I added the two scalloped hearts cut at 2.5 inches and 1.5 inches with the Doodlecharms Cartridge. I used white glitter cardstock on the top to give it some shimmer. I added pink ribbon and flowers that I got from Hobby Lobby. I decorated the inside of this card. I cut out the fancy heart from the Stamping Solutions Cartridge and used the same cut on shadow to get the layered affect. Added the word Love, also from the Stamping Solutions Cartridge, some ribbon and stickles!



Again, I used a card that I purchased from Target and turned in vertically. I put a strip of silver glitter paper with a pink ribbon vertically down the card. I finished it off with an embossed heart sticker that I had in my collection - sorry, not sure what company made this sticker. I left this card very simple.


I used a white premade card for this one. I cut out a heart at 1 inch with the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. I then cut out a heart in the same hotpink cardstock with the same cartridge at 1.5 inches. I put the larger cut a few inches in on the cardstock so that I could put the smaller heart inside the cardstock, as shown in the picture. I cut out LOVE at 2.5 inches with the Stamping Solutions Cartridge and then again on the shadow feature. I used stickles on the smaller heart and with dots on the LOVE. I also added a pink ribbon with light pink hearts on it (this is my favorite ribbon...it's soooo cute!) On the inside of the card I kept it simple. I cut the double heart at 2 inches with the Stamping Solutions cartridge. (This is actually a border but I cut off the other two hearts to make it fit.) I also cut out the same hearts on the shadow feature and then added a little bow with the same pink heart ribbon.



I used a premade card that I bought from Target on this one. The patterned paper is pink polkadots and I cut the "Heart Envelope" at 3 inches with the Doodlecharms cartridge and shadowed it with light pink cardstock. I inked the envelope so that the details stood out. With the Shift function I cut out a light pink heart and added stickles before adhereing it to the envelope. I then put a strip of pink ribbon along the scalloped edge and used my Crop-A-Dile to set the 4 silver eyelets. I really liked the way this one turned out.


I used a piece of pink cardstock to make this card. I put a piece of plaid patterned paper from the "Sweet Treats" paper stack and a piece of darker colored pink cardstock along the bottom that I cut with "fancy scissors." I then added a piece of pink rickrack to hide the edge where the two papers meet. I cut the hearts from the Doodlecharms cartridge. The scalloped hearts were cut at 2.5 and 1.5 inches on the shadow feature and the solid pink cardstock hearts at 2.5 and 1.5 inches with the shift button on. I then added some pink flowers from Hobby Lobby. This is my favorite card! The inside of the card is pretty simple with the word LOVE cut from the Stamping Solutions Cartridge at 2.5 inches and with a strip of the same plaid pattern paper as the front of the card cut with "Fancy Scisssors." I used a pink scalloped heart cut at 1.5 inches and a blue button. It is just so darn cute!

Friday, February 12, 2010

Welcome to the Family!

My neice, Abigail, was born on 1/18/10. I have not been able to meet her yet as my brother and his family live in Florida...so I am really bummed about this. To welcome her to the family I made her this card and gave it to her with a blanket. Here are some pics...hope you enjoy!

This is the front of the card. The saying "Spread Your Wings and Fly" and the butterfly are from the "In Flight" set from Oriental Trading. The paper is out of my scrap tub.


For the inside of the card I used a peach colored cardstock and stamped it with brown flowers. I then inked the edges of the cardstock and put a strip of ivory lace across that I inked with brown ink. The flower is also from the "In Flight" set from Oriental Trading.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

"Doggie" Birthday Card

Here is the card that I made for my Nephew's Birthday. He turns six this week! Happy Birthday Javon! I saw this dog on my Doodlecharms cartridge and just had to use it because it is so adorable!!


I cut the dog and doghouse at 3 inches and the Happy Birthday from my Stamping Solutions cartridge at 3 inches.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Altered Clipboard

Hey Everyone! It's been a while since I've posted something. I'm working on Valentine Cards, my nephew's birthday, my sister-in-law's birthday, my brother-in-law's birthday and the thank you cards for my son's birthday presents. Plus, my neice was born on 1/18 so I'm trying to put something together for her! It's been a crazy month so far! But, I did finish this altered clipboard and wanted to show you some pictures. This is my first clipboard that I've done, so it didn't quite turn out exactly as I had imagined but I'm going to keep practicing. I figure by the 5th or 6th one I should have it the way I want it. So, here are some pictures and I will post the pics of everything else I've been working on very soon. Hope you like it! Have a Happy Saturday!

This is the whole clipboard. I used a package of paper/embellishments called "Bohemian." I used a few stickles here and there and cut out the word "details" with the Stamping Solutions cartridge. I cut the tags with the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge and embellished them with flowers, ribbon and fiber.



These pictures are close ups of the tags. These were a lot of fun to make! I think I will eventually put pictures on here but I haven't decided yet.


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Altered Letters






Okay, so this is a take on an idea I got from Creations with Christina and Custom Crops. I thought that it was just the cutest idea and I've been looking for new things and ideas to decorate my house. I think that these turned out so cute. I made them while my husband was at work and when he got home he thought that I had purchased them this way, so I was excited about that! They do look a lot better in person than in pictures.

The letters were 50% off at Hobby Lobby and I painted them with Acrylic Craft Paint and then traced around the letters on my paper and adhered the paper with my Glue Glidder Pro. The bird and branch (with flowers) were cut on the Cricut with the Serenade Cartridge. I also used Stickles for the first time on the flowers and the bird.

Again, I am just so excited with how these turned out and would encourage anyone to try it. It's really easy and you can customize them to your style (and spell out any word). Hope you enjoy!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Monster Birthday Cupcakes



Here are the cupcakes that I made tonight for my son's birthday! I can't believe that 3 years ago tomorrow I was in the hospital having him! And, it was the worst weather day of the entire year. There was a blizzard and everyone was snowed in :) Well, here is my first try at the cupcakes. These are for the kids at his daycare and then I will have to make another batch for his family birthday party. I figured even if these didn't turn out very well the kids wouldn't care...they still taste great!! My son asked for "extra chocolate" so these are double fudge cupcakes. I think they turned out cute and he really loves them! Enjoy the pics!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Monster Birthday Invitations



Okay, so here are the Monster Birthday Invitations I made today for my son's 3rd Birthday Party. They are VERY simple, but I had to make a bunch of them, so I wanted them to get put together as quickly as possible. On the back I wrote "Our Little Monster is turning 3" and the information for the party. I think they turned out really cute.

I used the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge for the "monster head" and the envelope. The "blast" is cut on Roly Poly at 4 1/2 and the envelope is cut on Roly Poly at 4 3/4.

Hope you enjoy!