Just another Tuesday

Good Morning bloggy friends,

Oh that's right, today is Valentine's Day. BAH HUMBUG.

I just haven't been in the mood to celebrate holidays lately. I was asked to do two cards for a coworker. If she wouldn't have asked, I wouldn't have done any crafts for V-Day.

Sorry about the bad lighting in the photos, I forgot to snap pictures before I came to work today. The bee is cut from Create-A-Critter (3 inches) and the hearts are from George and Basic Shapes (1.25 inches). I printed the sentiments from my computer.

Have a wonderful day.

Valentine Lollipop Wrappers

Good Afternoon,

It feels like I haven't been very crafty the last few weeks. I have 3 large orders that I need to work on and work is starting to pick up too.

I did have some time to put these quick Valentines together

I would say the size really depends on the lollipop you use. I used some Caramel Apple pops which were a little smaller than 3 inches square. I cut my paper 7 inches by 3 inches. I then scored at 1/4 inch on both sides. I folded and punched a hole in the small "flaps" using my hole puncher. I then used my ATG gun to put the two flaps together. I cut the ladybug from Create-A-Critter at 2.5 inches on all layers and attached it to the front. I stamped the back with Just Wordz stamps.

I have these listed on my Etsy shop here.

Thanks for stopping in and checking out my project.

Stay Crafty

Hurricane Irene Crafting #2

I created the following card for the following challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion #27 - Circle Shape Card

Cricut Cardz Challenge #89 - Child's Birthday Card, Jungle theme





I'm not completely satisfied with this card. Here are the details:

Card Base - Cut from Pagoda at 5.75. I didn't have any plain circle card bases so I used this one and covered the kanji.
Alligator - Cut from Create-A-Critter at 2 inches.
Pond - CAC (Hippo accessory layer), 2 inches



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Happy Birthday Mommy

Good morning all,

This week my mom will celebrate yet another birthday. I'm so proud of who my mom is and how she came from Germany at a young 19 years old to the US. I admire so much of things she does. So what better way to celebrate than to make her a card.







She'll just live the sentiment!! Hahahaha, I'm evil! I'm sharing this over at Alex's You Had Me at Crafts Link Up Party.

Details:
Z-Fold Card (measures 5.5 x 4.25), card base is basic black cardstock
Pattern Paper - DCWV Mango Frost stack
Ribbon - from my stash of Oriental Trading supplies
Cupcake is cut from Create-A-Critter at 1.25 inches on all layers, adhered with a pop dot to act as a latch





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Cats & Dogs - Challenge #10 Amber's Crafts and Stuff

Good Morning Bloggers,

This week over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff is an adorable challenge!! This week the challenge is all about cats and dogs. You are to create a project about your cat or dog, for you cat or dog, or with an image of a cat or dog on it. Now personally, I'm a dog person. I like cats, but my allergies don't get along with them very well. My first dog was a purebred German Shepard named Chi-Chi. (My mother named her, and I will never live it down) The only dog I know that was scared of water! We had to give her away when we moved to Europe the last time because we didn't know what are living arrangements would be. She got to go live on a farm in SE Georgia and I know she just loves it there.

My mom and sister currently have a Maltese named Bienchen. She's just the cutest little thing. My sister has had the dog since she was 2 and that poor dog has been tormented by that girl for almost 12 years....LOL. Anyway on to my project.

I created this card for Miss A's birthday. She wants to be a vet when she grows up. And if you haven't noticed, her favorite color is pink.

Details:
Standard A2-sized card (4.25 x 5.5)
Yellow mat is cut at 2 inches and punched with a Martha Stewart punch
I cut the kitty from Create-A-Critter at 2.5 inches on all layers

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to head over to Amber's blog and enter your own project for a chance to be entered in the monthly grand prize drawing

Stay Crafty

NSD Project #2

Well this project is about 7 months behind, but better late than never, right? A friend from college welcomed her first baby, Daniel Zane, about 7 months ago. Since she is in West Virginia an I wasn't able to make it to the shower, I wanted to give her something for the baby's room.

I took the colors from her baby shower and incorporated it into this project. This will fit into a 11 x 17 frame. I'm going to let her choose that herself.






On to the next project...

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Teacher's Appreciation Gift

So I'm totally behind and forgot that this was teacher's appreciation week. Miss A asked if we could still make a card for her teacher. That kid, I tell you. So I rummaged through my post-Christmas Bath & Body Works Haul (seriously, outlet + end of year blowout = Major Deals) and decided to give her teacher a nice smelly hand wash.






I knew I wanted to wrap this somehow, so I got a little creative and used a new function on my Cricut. I don't have any circle punches, so I used the Center-Point feature. Figured out where I wanted my hole, moved the blade to it's center and hit cut. Easy Peesy.






To make the enclosure I took a 12 by 12 sheet and cut it down to 4 by 12. Then cut another piece that was 4 by 5 for the back. After cutting the circle in the larger piece, I fitted and folded to meet my needs. Then I used my ATG to adhere the back piece to the front.






Nothing like a sweet apple for your teacher. I cut the apple and it's layers at 3 inches. The gingham mat is cut at 3 3/4 by 5. The green mat is 3 3/4 by 3 and punched with the Threading waters punch. I inked around the edges of the apple (before I put it together, a first), but forgot to ink my other edges. The stamp is from a set I bought through Oriental Trading. I've decided, I need better ink. :-(

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay crafty

Entering this in the M.A.G Challenge - Create-A-Critter pg 25

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FCCB Challenge #52 - Happy Birthday

Good Evening everyone,
I know I'm cutting this submission close, but I finished my "Pinkalicious" Birthday Banner for my BFFs daughter's birthday. I gave a sneak peek the other day. Please excuse the 70s paneling, my basement isn't the most up to date place in the world. 


While I was cleaning up the scrap cave, I went through my stash of yarn and found pink and white Fun Fur. I decided to use this as the string to hang the banner. I tied some ribbon in between each of the letters. You can't see it in the picture, but's it's pink with white polka dots and pink with crowns.





I'm not completely happy with how this turned out. I might go back and add some more details to the cupcakes before I put it in the mail. I hope Miss Madelyn LOVES it. I'll be back tomorrow with some pictures of the pages I completed at the crop.

I'm entering this banner into the Challenge Me Monday contest over at http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com

Stay Crafty


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Attending My First Crop/Sneak Peek

Good evening bloggers,

Just finished packing for my first crop. I hope I got everything! The plan is to finish working on the black and coral wedding album, but I'm dragging the other along in case I need a color change. While I was down in the scrap cave (it's in my basement, far away from everyone and their iPods, iPads, and what have you), I decide to clean and organize. Then I decided to test out an idea for a birthday banner.

I've been seeing them everywhere on Etsy and other blogs. One of my BFFs daughter has a birthday coming up and I had been sending a scrapbook of the previous year in pictures. Sadly, I'm behind. So I decided to send something for the party since it will be the first with friends being invited.

It's not completely done, but here's a sneak peek;

Oops, sorry it's upside down. My iPhone 3G needs to be upgraded in the worse way. Her theme is "Pinkalicious". I'd never heard of it until then, thank goodness for Google. I still need to add some "sprinkles" and punch the holes for the ribbon.

I cut the cupcake and layers from Create-a-Critter at 5 inches. I didn't cut the face since it would be covered up by the letters. The 4 is cut at 3 1/2 inches and the "th" is cut at 1 1/4 inch. I used Sans Serif for the font. I wanted to use a darker shade of pink, but it was hard to read.

Check back for the finished product and the party favor I'm going to send as well.

Stay crafty

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Thinking of You - Spring

Good Evening Everyone,

I've been super busy the last couple of days. On Friday I was accepted as a member of Amber's design team over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff. I also was the winner of a giveaway over at Circutology. With all of that excitement, I unfortunately had to come home to some rather disturbing news. My man-friend's daughter had a bad grade on her progress report due to not turning in her homework. He and I are both rather easy-going and this wasn't how we wanted to kick off the weekend. So after a brief discussion and removal of internet privileges and her most cherished iPod, I was able to get back to my new duties.

I spent most of Saturday night down in the scrap cave. I have a wonderful project for you later in the week, but I wanted to also share this quick card that I came up with.

Card Details:
A2 sized card (4.25 x 5.5 inches)
Tan mat (4 x 5.25 inches)
Grass mat and Vellum overlay (3.75 x 5 inches). Yes, that's right...I used a piece of paper that looks like grass!!
I cut the tulips from Create-A-Critter at 3 inches.
I finished the card off by adding some green brads in the corners and some stitching

I was going to enter this into a challenge, but in my sleepy daze it needed to be a layout not a card. Sooo, anyway.

I'm so ready for spring! My allergies, on the other hand, are not. I hope you enjoy the card. If you haven't already done so, stop by Natasha Crafts on Facebook.

Some Bunny

Good Evening everyone,

While I sat around waiting for the wonderful news of March's "Hello Thursday" cartridges, I decided to make another Easter card. I wasn't quite sure how it would turn out, but I LOVE it.

Details:
5 x 7 card
Bunny and basket are cut from Create-A-Critter at 3 inches on all layers
The eggs are Jolee's that were left over from another project
I cut a little piece of grass to go in the basket
I used my Martha border punch on the top green mat which is cut at 4.75 x 3. The pattern green mat is cut at 4.75 x 4. 5 (I think).
I printed the sentiment on my computer using the font "Chalkboard" at 20 pts.
I choose to use a button to challenge myself. I have a small stash of buttons, but have been hesitant to use them.

I hope you like.

Stay Crafty

Sweet Shop - Challenge Me Monday #43

Afternoon Bloggies,

This week's challenge over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, the challenge was to incorporate something sweet on your project (i.e. ice cream, candy, cake etc.). I'm on the tail end of a cold right now and I feel awful. So I took the day off and since I was home, I figured why not spend some time in the craftroom.

Here's what I came up with for the challenge:

The card is a standard A2 size.
The blue mat is cut at 4 1/4 by 5 1/4. I punched the bottom edge with a Fiskar's border punch.
The striped mat is cut at 4 1/8 by 5 1/8. It's from a mat stack that I bought YEARS ago. So I have no clue who it's by.
The cupcake is from Create-A-Critter and cut at 3 1/3 inches. I used the shadow feature with each of the layers.
The stamp is from a set a bought on Michael's on clearance.

I've been making a lot of stuff that was pink, purple, etc. So I wanted to make a card that was more for a boy. Hope you enjoy.

Stay Crafty

Happy Saturday

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful Saturday. It's soooooo cold here in Philadelphia. I've just finished following 2 blog hops and I'm tired. There were so many good ideas and very talented ladies participating today. I was able to do a little cleaning and organizing in my craft room. While I was there, Miss A and I made a card for a birthday party that she's going to tonight. Here's a picture:

She picked out everything: the colors, the images, the background paper. All I did was show her how to use the Cricut Expression and watch as she was applying the glue. I also adhered everything down (don't want little hands playing with my ATG!!). I'd say for her first attempt, she made a VERY pretty card. I may have an apprentice in the making!

I also wanted to share a new site that a friend showed me (ATTN: If you are easily persuaded into buying things, please do NOT follow the link). So this site is basically a Groupon for scrapbookers!! Are you ready? You sure? Scrapbook Steals has an AMAZING offer today. Bo Bunny It's My Party Collection for $9.99. Go check them out and make it a favorite on your bookmarks bar. You'll want to go everyday!! 

Stay Crafty

Scrappy Mom Terrific Tuesday Challenge

I FINALLY made it into my craft room. After a bought of crafter's block, I'm ready to get going again. This is for the very first Terrific Tuesday challenge over at Scrappy Moms Stamps.

The challenge was to use the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge. If you don't own Birthday Bash, you were to use something similar. I don't own it, so I used Create-A-Critter. Here's what I came up with:

I'll have to admit, I cut the hat a little backwards. The image has the hat and a pinwheel on it. So I used the "Fit to Page" button, which cut the image at 8 inches. The hat ended up being about 3.5 inches. I added a little bling with Stickles. The sentiment is from a stamp set that I bought at Michael's on clearance this past weekend. They have a lot of stamps marked down to below $5.

This card will be for a very special person. One of my besties has a daughter with Down Syndrome. She'll be 9 in a few weeks and of course her favorite color is purple. I hope she likes it.

Stay Crafty