Simple stuff....

These were just a few quick, simple items I made for a swap I was in. The swap was actually for a mini quilt, but these were the extras that were sent along with the gift. The quilt was a fall quilt--the reason for using a fall card... The card was done with my Cricut using Stretch Your Imagination cartridge... The refrigerator lister was made using a Whipper Snapper set made by Anna Wight...

Merci!!

I made this card a few days ago for a friend of mine. Making this card was kind of interesting! I found this argyle-type paper and thought it would be cute with the little french birdie.... At first I cut the brown paper out with my Nestabilities and added the image. I just didn't like it! It needed some sparkle! I looked everywhere--no brown glitter!! ACK! So I found my old copper embossing powder from Stampin Up... Well... I was trying to figure out how to apply it only to the edges to make a frame for the piece... Then I got the bright idea!!! I put the brown die cut into my Xyron machine and added the adhesive. I added the image to the top and then added the copper EP. After dumping the excess off and embossing over the adhesive, this is what it looked like! It was not at all what I anticipated but it turned out so cool!! It reminds me of a metal belt buckle. It just turned out different! And I think I like it!

Hatchling

Here is the card I made for the baby shower. It took me a while to post--been busy with spring break! Anyway, this cute little guy is from Whipper Snapper. It was perfect since she is having a boy! The CS colors include Baja Breeze, C Celery, Handsome Hunter, W White. Image is colored in with prismacolor. The sentiment is from Paper Trey.

Umbrella Card

I think this umbrella card is perfect for this time of the year! I made this one as a New Baby card. This is relatively simple to make. The tools I used with this card include: a circle cutter, the Cricut (using the Storybook cartridge), Cuttlebug dies and embossing folders, paper trimmer with scoring blade, scallop scissors, and scalloped circle nestabilities. Also used on this card: Bazzill and SU CS, Stampendous and Paper Trey stamps, Swiss Dots embossing folder, prismacolor pencils and gamsol, Lasting Impressions buttons, ribbon, cording, vellum and SU inks.

1. To begin, cut out a circle of any size. This one is appx 8 inches. I used my Making Memories circle cutter.

2. Next score your circle. On the cutting mat shown, I lined the edge of the mat with the circle and found the center. Once you find the center, I usually make a small crease with my finger nail on both the top and the bottom and then score. Next place the circle back on the mat with the scored line laying horizontally, matching the score to the lines on the mat. Find the center again and score again, making the new score line perpendicular to the first line. The next score line is centered between the first two score lines as shown. This last score line is a valley fold. The first two are mountain folds. Bring the two sides of the valley fold in toward the center and your card should look like this:

3. To make the handle I used my Cricut and the Storybook cartridge. I cut out the 'J' in the alpha to make my umbrella handle. If you don't have a die cutting machine, making on by freehand is just as good!

4. This picture here shows the underneath side of the front of the card. To make the ruffle I used vellum. I cut a quarter piece of the vellum (from a full 8.5 x 11) and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss dots embossing folder. Then I matched corner of the paper to the backside (this piece of the umbrella should be perpendicular). Holding the paper in place, I used the scalloped scissors to create the ruffle-type edge. Then I added the umbrella handle.

5. The opposite side of the circle was stamped with this sentiment:

6. Decorate the front of the card and you are done! *** If you would like to share this tutorial please be kind and provide a link back to this page! ***

Four Leaf Clover

I love Changito. I love the saying on this card! The inside says "hard to find and lucky to have!" .. So sweet! I like that it is not necessarily a St Patty's day card, since I hardly ever send any St Patty's cards out.. Enjoy!

Monkey Love

I love this monkey from Whipper Snapper! I dug out my cuttlebug folders and found this vine-like one. I don't know the name!! Anyway, I thought it turned out cute. The ribbon is from May ARts. It is so pretty in person. It is variegated and has gold strands throughout.

Also used are SU CS--Wasabi, Celery, Cocoa, White. Bazzill CS, LI brads, Cuttlebug Folder, and corner rounder. I suppose you could use it for V-day, but that was not my intention! Hope you like!

I put together this card yesterday for my Sister-in-law's birthday. This one is really different from anything I normally make, but I thought it was cute! I love this cupcake set from Stampendous. It was a limited edition set I believe. You can put whatever face you want on it and this one fit perfectly for my SIL. I think the only thing from Stampin Up on this card is the CS (Elegant Eggplant), and orange ink. Other supplies I used include: Lasting Impressions paper, Sizzix candle dies, prismacolor pencils, stickles, Cricut Embossing Folders, White gel pen...

Changito Winter Wishes

Here is the perfect "politically correct" holiday card! I found this set Changito Snow Play by Stampendous. Apparently it is an exclusive set for whatever reason. You can buy the individual stamps in rubber, but this is a clear set of stamps. It's so stinkin cute! The glitter on this one was messy... I used glitter glue on my Martha Stewart snowflake punch out and glittered it up with silver. The background was cuttlebugged. Also used: Copic Markers, SU NON, Bravo Burgandy, Buckaroo Blue, W White CS, Nestabilities, gems, and metallic ribbon.

Baby Shower Thanks..

This was one of my trial Thank You cards.. I decided to go with the other set because this would have been too time consuming. The image is from Gina K and the sentiment is from Paper Trey.

I used my cuttlebug die for the baby pins and attached them to the ribbon with the tag. The image is colored in with Copics and stickles used on the buttons and baby. I used the Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder for the background. Other supplies used: Nestabilities scalloped square, Pink Pirouette, Positively Pink, and W White CS, Lasting Impressions Buttons.

Thank You cards...

This is a set of 15 thank you cards..I swear this is the most cards I have made in one sitting for a very long time!!! These were made for my niece. She just had a baby shower and needed some thank you cards to send out.. They were all done on raised-edge note cards. I used SU's Bundle of Joy setI masked the square center to stamp the border. The thank you sentiment is from Paper Trey. I painted the giraffe using an aqua painter, ink refills and blender pen refill solution. The edges and sentiment were inked with the old Positively Pink ink pad.

Gingerbread Man

I cannot believe we are into The Holidays already! Where did the year go?? Yikes! Only 38 days until Christmas....it is coming so quickly! I sat down and made these this weekend. The gingerbread man is from Whipper Snapper. Other supplies include: SU Cranberry, Kraft, and Vanilla CS. SU Christmas DP, Nestabilities, Lasting Impressions buttons, assorted ribbon and ric rac, Quickutz tag die, 'business card holder' tin (from http://www.effectuality.com/), Prismacolor, A Muse 'Sweet Holiday Wishes' sentiment stamp, Whipper Snapper Gingerbread man, Coluzzle pillow box template.

Upsy Daisy

Life has been crazy here! Since I have been off of work I have been in the which-way-do-I-go funk. There are so many things that need to be done it's hard to find a place to start. I did take a little time out for crafting... This card was really easy to make. I used glossy white CS and sponged it with the following SU inks: M Mustard, C Caramel, M Moss, C Celery, S Saffron, R Rust. The flowers were stamped using Chocolate ink. Other items used include: SU Chocolate and Caramel CS, Brown Bazzill CS, Coppermine Fabric Fancies Prima flowers, Nestabilities tags, and brown gingham ribbon.

Pink and Black challenge

This one is for my SBS 10 sisters! Lastel, I know I didn't heat emboss, please forgive me! But, Hey!! I got the challenge done! I love this elephant! This card was made for my daughter. Her favorite animal is an elephant. She loved it!

The recipe:

• Bazzill pink CS
• SU W White, B Black, Pixie Pink CS
• Copics
• Whipper Snapper Elephant stamp
• nestabilities
• cuttlebug embossing folder
• word window punch
• Paper Trey's Paper Tray set
• LI brads
• unknown ribbon
  

Ruff Day

Okay, so the picture didn't turn out so great!!! I guess I really need a photo/light box. Anyway, I thought this one turned out cute. I used my SU punches.. haven't used them in a LONG time! I need to make this quick because I have to leave for work so the recipe is below. The recipe:

• Bazzill CS
• SU Blue Bayou, W White CS
• Stamps by Whipper Snapper, Cloud nine, and Penny Black
• SU tag punches--large and small
• antique copper brads
• SU Choc Chip, B Black inks
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Stamp-a-ma-jig
• May Arts ribbon

You're Sweet

I played around with my Cricut again today! I bought this new cartridge "Doodlecharms". This watermelon was calling to me! I thought it turned out pretty cute. The card size is 6 x 5.5. I used 8.5 x 11 CS and cut it longways down to 6 inches. I also used my Cuttlebug for the tags.

Here's the recipe:

• Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge
• SU B Black, Rose Red, W Wasabi, W White CS
• SU retired Mini Mates
• SU Wild Wasabi double stitched ribbon
• Irridescent cording
• Cuttlebug tag die
• Stickles
• Lasting Impressions paper

Something different...

This is something totally different for me. I have had a Cricut for a while now and I have not used it much. The Cricut cartridges have been on sale at Michael's this week and I bought a few of them. We have a birthday party to go to for my twin niece and nephew this afternoon and this is what I came up with. They are really cute. The only thing I do not like about these is they are very time consuming. But they are fun to put together! The color on the Mickey card is Brilliant Blue, although it doesn't look like it. All of the paper is Stampin Up except for the turquoise blue and the pink for the base of the Minnie card, which is Bazzill. The cartridges I used are Mickey and Friends, and ZooBalloo.

Double pocket cards

AHHH! I finally have some time to post something!! I just spent the last 48 hours trying to find my camera... there's nothing more irritating than trying to find something someone else hid! Things have been going so fast for me lately. I hardly have time to do anything!!! Here's a couple of double pocket cards that I came up with. The teal one is made from Heidi Grace papers and rub-ons. The peach one is made with Paper Trey's On a Limb set, and Chatterbox cardstock.

Thinking of you...

I've had this image colored and sitting on my table for the longest time! I finally finished it... I love the new Swiss Dot embossing folder for the Cuttlebug. I thought it went perfect with this stamp! The image is by Whipper Snapper... I bought it because my daughter loves turtles--and this one is just too cute!

Here's the recipe:

• SU Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, W White CS
• Bazzill lime CS
• Whipper Snapper Turtle and Frog stamp
• Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon sentiment
• SU White Grosgrain ribbon
• Cuttlebug die and embossing folder
• Prima flowers
• Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
• Corner rounder
• MM pastel brads
• Stickles

Dirty Dog!

I had a little time to play today... I just bought this cute little dirty dog stamp from Whipper Snapper.. He's so stinkin cute! It took me a while to come up with a saying that would fit this. I thought it turned out pretty good. The card is 5.5 x 5.5.. I swear, it takes me forever to find the right papers, stamps, supplies, etc just to do ONE CARD!! I get going with an idea and for whatever reason the whole thing goes in a different direction! Anyone else feel like that? anyway, here's what I came up with.

The doggone recipe:

• SU Creamy Caramel, Choc Chip, Brilliant Blue, W White CS
• SU Jersey Shore DP, KI memories striped paper
• Whipper Snapper stamp
• Quickutz Sunshine alpha
• American Crafts ribbon
• Prismacolor and gamsol
• Circle punch and paw print punch (Paper Shapers)

Hang In There

I had a little time to play this morning. I had to play with this new stamp from Whipper Snapper... This one was fairly easy and quick to make. I used Quickutz leaf die. I had a heck of a time with my Quickutz handheld Squeeze tool... It kept cutting only half of the die. I have several of the die cutting machines/tools.. And I gotta say that the one I use the most is my Cuttlebug. Its compact, and for the most part its the right size for most of the projects I use. I also have a Big Shot that I use for other large projects, but it doesn't get near the use my Cuttlebug does. It's the best!

Here is the recipe:

• SU Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Chocolate, W White , Creamy Caramel, Wasabi CS
• Whipper Snapper Monkey stamp
• SU retired Mini Mates set
• MM brads
• Quickutz leaf die
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Distressor
• SU Close to Cocoa ink
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• corner rounder
• dimensionals