Give A Hoot Butterfly

My cousin, who is like a sister to me, had surgery on Monday. I wanted to send her a card to let her know we were thinking about her and wishing her a speedy recovery. I love all of the animals in the "Give A Hoot" cartridge! I chose the butterflies because, well, I like butterflies. (Unlike my youngest daughter who is deathly afraid of them.......that's a story for a different day)

So I grabbed some paper, tried to match it up, cut out the butterflies with the help of my Gypsy (so I have no idea of the size) and put the card together. Of course I had to use pearls - my favorite bling. (I think I need to buy them by the case!)

I added some stickles to the butterflies antennas, inked the edges of the paper, stamped the solid cardstock with a florish stamp, added pearls and this is the finished project. I didn't want to add a sentiment onto the front of the card because I liked it plain. I wanted the attention on the butterflies. The inside say "wishing you a speedy recovery".

Houston Circlets

The Houston Circlets met up Saturday night, for the first time, for a swarm at Archivers. Well needless to say I didn't get anything done! I was there for about 3 hours and talked the entire time, even while we did a little shopping! What a fabulous group we have! It was so much fun to meet in person and Provo Craft even sent some goodies for us! We all got the new Cricut Imagine sunglasses. Even though my kids and husband and mother, and well everyone that has seen me with them on, laugh at me, I wear them with pride! A shout out to Debbie O'Neal, our coordinater for the evening! She made everyone their own notebook, personalized with our names, cut out with what else - her Cricut! Here's to the Houston Circlets! Thanks for a great evening girls. I can't wait until the next get together!

Embossing, Nestabilities, Hero Arts Stamps, Wall Decor and More, Pearls for bling!

A friend asked for a b/d card for her daughter. She said she liked the shoe card. I don't like to make duplicates, so I played around to come up with something similiar that had it's own unique character and this is it! I embossed the background with my cuttlebug (swirls folder). I cut out the round shapes with my nestibilities, which is really neat since I can print out the sentiment (Happy Birthday Jennifer), then center it before I make the cut! I used some black ribbon with white stitching, my shoe stamps from Hero Arts, the MS border punch and added some pearls, my favorite bling!

I used the Wall Decor and More cart to cut out the shoe to place on the inside, then printed out the sentiment, cut it to size and inked the edges with a soft pink.

Twin girls - 1st birthday

One of my bosses twin daughters just turned one year old! I made these cards for them! I used A Child's Year cart, which is one of my favorites! The background paper is from SEI. I used a MS punch for the border.

Pelican birthday card

I made this card for my boss - he loves pelicans - and we're both from New Orleans originally. We still love our state bird!




The inside:

French Manor birthday card

I copied the project in the handbook to make this card. Instead of using the "merci" sentiment I stamped it with the "you make me smile" stamp. I tried to arch the pearls to match the arch in the sentiment, bu they kept moving around! Ugh. Other than that, I like the way it came out. I can't wait to play with that cart some more!

Wedding Memory Box

This is what has taken all of my time and the main reason I haven't posted in a long time! I had the box made because I wanted something larger than what I could find in the craft stores. The box is 12" x 12" x 8". I primed the box, then I used my sunflower stamp to stamp the sunflowers on the top of the box. I then used my LePlume pens to "paint" the flowers, then I filled in with the blue paint around the flowers and on the rest of the box.

After everything was painted and dried, I glued on some different shades of brown jewelry crystal beads to give it dimension.

I added some shiny brass handles on the sides, a hook closure, the hinges, some felt pads on the bottom corners and viola! I lined the bottom of the box and the inside lid with blue velvet. I enclosed the shower invitations and adhered the wedding invitation to the inside lid! My nephew and his fiance (now wife) loved it! I hope they will cherish it for years to come.

Lots of cards

Well, I've been really busy lately and haven't posted in quite some time so here goes.....


Father's day card for a friend to give to her son. I used Coredinations paper and the ACY cart.



Father's day card for husband. I used the Coredinations paper and Give A Hoot cart.

Father's day card for new day of twin girls! Coredinations paper and the ACY cart.

Blank note card. And finally Coredinations paper with the Wedding solutions cart.

This was for a wedding shower for my nephew and his fiance. I used the CB dotted swiss embossing folder for the card and the swirls folder for the middle heart and used Plantin Schoolbook cart for the hearts.

Thank you cards

I was asked to make a few thank you cards and this is what I came up with:

In this one I used all Core'dinations Color Core cardstock, which is wonderful to work with. I used the Heritage cart for the tree and bird and I used Beyond Birthdays for "merci".

For this one, the background paper is from DCWV Luxury Stack. The frame is cut from a flourish I welded and flipped from the Give a Hoot cart using DCWV Cardstock stack. The butterfuly is also cut from the Give a Hoot cart, then stickled for a little shimmer. I added pearls to the butterfly to compliment the pearlised background paper. I used Beyond Birthdays for the thank you.

I had been thinking of doing something like this, just to have a quick thank you note at hand. I just used DCWV cardstack and Blackletter for the initials. I don't remember what cart I used for the frame, but I do remember tweaking it with my Gypsy to get the right size.

Another flower pot card. Anyone who looks at the Cricut MB knows these are very popular because they are just too cute. I sealed the flower pot and inserted a blank "page", which can be pulled out by the ribbon attached. This is where you can write your sentiment. Everything was cut from the Walk in My Garden cart. I used DCWV Flower Power paper (what else?) and used a MS punch for the border.

Memorial Day - remembering

Yesterday I got the Stand and Salute cartridge from Big Lots on sale for $25.00. I have had the clear craft plastic for sometime, not really sure what I was going to use it for. I decided to make a door hanging for the front door. I used red, white and blue striped ribbon and all of the cut outs were from Stand and Salute. We'll keep it up throughout the summer in honor of Memorial Day and July 4th.







This morning my youngest daughter and I went to the local Veterans cemetery and placed this card on a random grave. Actually it was the grave of John Heardon Buckley who served in WWII. We chose this grave because my mother's maiden name was Buckley. The inside says "America thanks you".

85th birthday

My mom needed a card for her friend that is turning 85. I had these flowers and have been wanting to use them. So I thumbed through my paper and found the blue striped, from DCWV Baby Boy stack of all things! The card was cut from Wild Card and I used the Gypsy Wanderings for the Happy Birthday and scroll. I cuttlebugged the card and glue dotted the flower.

Happy Birthday

I got a stack of specialty cardstock from Me & My Big Ideas and in the stack ran across this paper. The brown leaves are flocked or suede and I really liked the colors. I decided to throw on some of the paper flowers I had made - used a brown pearl in the middle and stamped Happy Birthday on a tag cut out by hand.

Huge thanks to Chris Wooten

Huge thanks to Chris Wooten

I published the post below without thanking Chris Wooten for the cartridge. She was giving away the sweetheart cartridge on her blog, http://turnedgypsy.blogspot.com, and I won! I explained to Chris that both my nephew and niece were getting married within the next year and that the cart would come in handy; and it already has.
Thanks again Chris! I love the cart!

Couple's wedding shower card

My mom needed a card for my nephew's couples wedding shower (her grandson). His bride to be loves daisies so I knew I wanted to include those in the design. I used the sweetheart card to cut out the hearts. I cuttlebugged the larger heart as well as the background. I found the ribbon at Michael's. This is the front:



This is the inside. Now you know why I used the ribbon! I also used the sweetheart cartridge for this.

Birthday invitations

My neighbor's adorable little boy is turning 5 in a couple of weeks. He's having a pajama party, so I used the PPDU cart and some really cute paper from DCWV for the pj's and background paper. The font is from Plantin schoolbook

Quick graduation card

One of my daughter's best friends graduated from college Saturday. I needed something quick and this is what I cam up with. I used the wild card cart for the cap, "oh happy day" and card base. I just cut the back side of the cap card off and then inserted some embroidery floss for a tassel.

Mother's Day Cards....again

This card was for a friend to give to her daughter. I tried to keep it youthful. I had just purchased the set of shoe stamps - not sure who the maker is. I used my stash of The Paper Studio black and white paper (I LOVE black and white), some ribbon and pearls.





I like the way this card came out. I had the "mom" sticker from K & Company I believe and just loved it. The paper was from Me and My Big Ideas, sheer ribbon from Michael's.


I needed something bright and cheery. I used the Accent Essentials cart to cut out the flowers on DCWV Flower Shop paper. I used the MS punch and some ribbon. Quick, cute card.


I found this paper at JoAnns - It was "mother" quotes. I cut the butterfly from one of the carts - can't remember. Used some sheer Michael's ribbon, pearls on the butterfly - another quick card.



I needed this card for a pastor - I used Mother's Day 2010 cart for the lace background on a deep purple cardstock - DCWV. I then used the Easter cart for the cross on an aqua colored cardstock - Core'dinations. I stickled the cross, added pearls to the corners and pop dotted the cross on top of the lace.



This was a collaborative effort. I made the card from DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack. I used a square punch to cut out the holes and placed the flowers behind the dotted paper to give it a window effect. My daughter, Madeline, suggested I use the MS scalloped punch to make it appear like curtains. I like the way it came out.



Had these stickers - don't remember the brand. Put them all together on the DCWV Mainstreet paper. The circles and dots on the paper are felt and raised, giving the card great texture.

More Mother's Day Cards

For the past two weeks I've been making Mother's Day cards for friends and family. Here is a sample:







I used the Forever Young cartridge for the mirror, shoes and purse. I then used a metal sheet by QuicKutz for the glass in the mirror. This card was for a friend to give to her sister so I wanted to keep it young feeling. The paper was AC patterned paper "Metropolitan"

A friend needed simple cards to send his sisters. I Cuttlebugged t he paper and used stickers and ribbon for two quick cards.

This card was for a pastor. I had the bird and birdcage from a Tim Hotlz demo at our local Archivers.

I had made a similar card with the silhouette and was asked to make another by someone who had seen the first one. You can find the original further down in my blog. I used the Heritage cartridge and a rose sticker.

Cricut Giveaway

Check out this blog! They have great designs and videos and they're giving away a Cricut Expression, along with carts and paper!

www.cricutholiday.com

Mother to be card

A friend asked me to make a card for his wife; they are expecting their first child. This is what I came up with: