Happy Birthday Princess

Hey everyone!  How's your Monday going?  It's hectic here!  My son finished up day camp last week so he's home with me till school starts on the 14th.  I LOVE having him home with me, but forgot how difficult it is to get work done.

I have another sketch card to share this afternoon.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my interpretation of the sketch:

I was going through my stack of cards and realized I needed more kids birthday cards.  The pattern papers come from the DCWV stack, Nana's Nursery, baby girl.  The felt flowers were mixed in with my ribbons and I added pink glitter gems to the centers.  The sentiment is a papertrey ink stamp.  The wand is cut from Princess Party and I added stardust glitz.  I had come across these stickers at the Dollar Tree and thought they were so cute!

They had a wide variety, girls, boys and baby themes.  I'm sure I'll be using them on more projects!

I used Elegant Edges and Princess Party for the inside.

Hope you like!  Sorry so quick, but I need to get busy!!!  :-)  Hope you're having a fabulous day!!!

Linking to Jo's Scrap Shack

Thank You tag

Hi everyone!  Today I have a quick Thank You tag to share.

I used the Artiste cartridge to make the base of the tag.  I used accent 4 under the 6 key at 3".  I cut it out 3 times, once in the front paper, once from a cereal box for stability and once from the back paper and I glued them all together.  The paper is from a Prima 6 x 6  pad called Nature Garden and I inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Stormy Sky distress ink.  

close up to see how they are welded together

For the sentiment, I used the stamp set Casual Expressions that coordinates with the Artiste cartridge.  The cut for the sentiment is from the B key using accent 3 feature at 1 1/2".  Then from the Home Decor cartridge I used border 1 - this is found on button 2 under the basic feature at 1 1/2" an welded it to the cut for the sentiment from the artiste cartridge.  I stamped the sentiment with slate ink. I added some Prima flowers and some buttons to complete the front.

For the back, I found this confetti-like parchment paper in my scraps to use and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink.  

I used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole in the top and added some ribbon to finish it off.

Have a  wonderful day!!!

Linking to: Little Scrap Pieces

August Special Sweetening the Deal - spend $50 and get the August stamp of the month for FREE!!

Fishing up some Christmas Wishes

Hi everyone!  I have another Christmas card to share with you today.  I was sitting here with my husband this morning and said I was working on something with candy canes.  He tossed out the idea of fishing candy canes.  I love that man!  He sure does help me out when I run into a creative block  :-)

I started with a red card base, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I cut a blue and white polka dot paper 1/8" smaller, inked the edges with indian corn blue and ran it through my cuddlebug using the snowflake folder.  The background paper came from My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad called Sweater Weather.  All other paper came from scraps. 

 I used quite a few different cartridges for this one.  The clouds are from This & That, sized at 1/2" and inked with indian corn blue ink.  The trees were cut a various sizes from Paper Doll Dress Up.  I colored the trunk with a brown marker and added silver glitter like garland or snow.  The snow was cut from the grass border on Plantin Schoolbook under the RolyPoly feature at 1 1/2".  I cut three of these, inked the top with indian corn blue, alternately layered them and spread some stardust glitz over them for glistening snow. 

The pond was also cut from Plantin Schoolbook, the oval under the Basic feature at 1 1/4".  The deer was cut from Campin Critters at 2 1/2" and I just cut the fish off the line.  The wreath over the antlers came from Christmas Solutions and was cut a 1" and added green glitter glue.  The candy canes were cut at various sizes from Tis the Season.  I cut these out of red and added the white stripes with my gel pen.  I  popped up the deer and a couple of the candy canes with foam tape.

I didn't have a stamp that I liked for a sentiment on this card so I typed it up in a word doc and used a free font called Beyond Wonderland.  I had some scraps from the same Sweater Weather paper pad left from another project, so I trimmed them to 1/4" and added to the top and bottom.

Hope you enjoy!!  And I'm sending a BIG thank you to my husband for the creative idea!!!!  

Linking to:

Bitten by the Bug 2 - Christmas in July

Festive Friday - Candy Canes

Paper Crafting Journey - Punches and/or Die Cuts

Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes

Sunshine and Happiness

Hi everyone!  I was cleaning up in my craft room a little bit last night, putting away stamps that were laying out etc...and I came across this stamp set that I've never used before.  

I don't even remember buying this, but at least I feel safe thinking I didn't pay more than a dollar!  :-)

It's so cute!  Here's my take on sunshine and happiness:

My morning coffee!!  Love it and can't be without it!

The pattern paper comes from a paper kit I bought through Oriental Trading called April Showers - all the rest came from my scrap bin.  You'd think I'd be making a dent in by now, but not so much....

The sun was cut from the Doodlecharms cartridge at 3 1/2" and popped up with one layer of foam tape.  The coffee cup came from the Love You a Latte cartridge cut at 3" - the top of the cup, over the sun is popped up with one layer of foam tape, but I used two layers for the bottom so it was level.  The mat for the sentiment is from Art Philosophy.  It is rectangle 7 on button 35.  I cut the yellow layer 1.75" and the white layer 1.5".

I stamped the sun from that cute Studio G set on the top in Buttercup yellow, and the sentiment is from a My Creative Time set called My Favorite Sayings.  I carried over the pattern paper from the front to the inside as well to dress it up a little.

This card makes me happy  :-)  Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Linking to:

Paper Playtime - pattern paper

Friday Mashup - polka dots and the word happy

Party Like a Rockstar!

Happy Saturday!!  Today I have a card to share with you that I made for my husband's birthday.  I started looking for cuts that had guitars - he is a phenomenal guitar player!  I came across this one on the Birthday Bash cartridge and thought it was perfect!

The card base and star layer were cut at 5".  Both papers came from the DCWV premium stack called dots, stripes & plaids.  All the other papers used for the card came from my scrap bin.  The fox and all his layers were cut at 4".  The Rock Star stamp is from Studio G.

Inside I simply stamped Happy Birthday so I had enough room for my message.  This stamp is from Unity Stamp Co.

Happy Birthday Husband!!!!

Linking to Craftin Desert Divas

Hello - Farm scene card

Good Morning!

I have a cute, all occasion scene card to share with you today.  I love making scene cards!

This is a regular A2 size card an the base is made with indian corn blue cardstock.  I thought it was the perfect blue for a sky!  All of the rest of the papers came from my scrap bin.  The barn and all it's layers were cut at 3.75" from the Country Life cartridge.

The horse was also cut from Country Life at 1.5".  I popped it up with foam tape.

The rooster was cut at 1" and was cut with the From My Kitchen cartridge.

The clouds were cut from the Creative Memories This and That cartridge.  I think these were cut at .75" but I'm not entirely sure.  The hello stamp is from Hero Arts C1488.  I can't find a name and I've had this set for a really long time.

The inside sentiment is from My Creative Time, Just a Little Note to Say.... stamp set.

I think by changing the sentiments this would make a great invitation to a kids party too!  Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day!!

Linking to 

Exploring Cricut - down on the farm

Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes

A birthday gift card holder

Hey everyone!!  Hope you are all having a fantastic week so far!  Today I have a simple birthday gift card holder to share  using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.  Have I told you how much I love this one???

I used the gift card found under the 'J' key

The base is cut with olive cardstock, the outdoor denim cardstock is some I had leftover from the Tommy collection. (love using those scraps!!)  The pattern paper is from the Avonlea collection which isn't available any longer - but the new idea book begins today!!  And with that new paper collections!!    Using the card function, I cut the holder at 2.75".  Once it was cut and scored I measured the top to know what size to cut my mats at.  Then, with the Casual Expressions stamp set that coordinates with the Artiste cartridge I cut the oval at 1 1/4" and stamped it with outdoor denim.

I matted the inside and using the Joyful Birthdays stamp set I stamped Happy Birthday in olive.  I added a button I had to the top to finish it off.

What a great way to dress up a boring gift card!!  Have a wonderful day!!

Linking to:

Craftin Desert Divas - Birthday 

My Craft Spot - gift card holder

August specials - 

NEW IDEA BOOK!!!

SWEETENING THE DEAL!

August is an especially sweet time to shop—when you place an order of $50 or more during August, you’ll receive the August Stamp of the Month set, A Chocolate Affair (S1308A), FREE! This D-size stamp set with a retail value of $17.95 includes 16 images and sentiments that will have your friends salivating over your chocolatey layouts and cards. Make every project a treat with this must-have set.