Up Up and Away!

This card took awhile for me to like it but I think it's won me over. :) I didn't like the empty space at the bottom but now I think that it goes with the idea that the balloons are floating up into the clouds. This is for a friend of mine whose birthday is a few weeks away.

Speaking of birthdays.... mine is coming up too! This year my birthday falls on Mothers day. This only happens every 7 (?) years. I never want to do much for my birthday but this year I wanted to do something. That was until I realized when my birthday was. So we're going to have a Mothers day BBQ with our families and call it good. We'll see what happens. haha

Details:
Scallop border - From my Kitchen 10.25" (fit to length)
Balloons - Birthday Bash 4"
DCWV Blue #2
scraps
Divine twine
CB D'vine Swirls embossing folder
Pearls (Scrapbook Expo)
TPC Studio "Greetings"

Challenges:
Card Patterns - sketch
The Paper Variety - polka dots
MAG Challenge by the Page - From My Kitchen pg 53

I'm on a Design Team!!!

I've known this for awhile now but I'm on the Paper Playtime design time! My term is for May and June and I'm so excited! I basically create a project for the challenge before it gets posted so that there are examples of the challenge.

Thanks Janis for thinking of me!!!

A Purse Party!

I'm hosting a purse party and so, of course, I had to make invites for it. :) If you've never heard of Miche Bags, go check them out!

Details:
Create a Critter 1.5"
Recollections black
Core'dinations Hawaiian Orchid
DCWV Celebration Stack
TPC Fern texture
Stripes - kiwi embroidery paper

Another baby on the way!

Our church has a lot of young families so there is always babies being born. Well in the span of about a week, 4 ladies announced that they were pregnant! I made this card for one of them since she's in my MOMS group and my bible study. Two of the other ladies that are pregnant are also in my MOMS group.

Details:
New Arrival 4.5"
Bazzill Pollen
scraps
twine
iRock
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

Challenge:
Scrappy Moms - New Arrival

A new baby and a big sister!

A good friend of mine had a baby girl on the 16th. Her first daughter is my son's best friend. So the day that they came home from the hospital we brought them Papa Murphys pizza and a little gift for Sadie (the big sister!). Carver wanted to get her a coloring book and some crayons since he LOVES to color. haha

Here's the card I made for the family. I was rushing to get these finished so the lighting isn't the best. Sorry!

Details:
Baby Steps 2"
TPC Studio Paradise Pink Shimmer
Value Pack - Heritage and Chocolate
Bazzill Pollen
DCWV Blue #2
Making Memories Pink Gingham
Printed sentiment off computer

Here's the card for Sadie. Carver picked out the cut. I wanted to do one that had a cute headband but this is the one he wanted. haha

Details:
Baby Steps - Girl 3", phrase 2.25"
TPC Studio Paradise Pink Shimmer
Value Pack - Heritage & Chocolate
Making Memories Pink Gingham
scraps
Shoes paper - Me & My Big Ideas

A Sketch and a Challenge

I'm still on the quest of making birthday cards so this is for one of my longtime friend's birthday. Her birthday is two days before mine and we've been friends since we were 5 yrs old! I already had this duck cut and assembled from another card (I ended up making it a little smaller for that card) so this came together really quick.

Challenges:
Scrapbookaholic by Abby - Animal and orange
Peachy Keen - sketch with a twist (metallic accents)

Details:
Create a Critter 4"
DCWV The Stack III
Bazzill Orange Slice
scraps
Prima flowers
brads
Stickles - diamond & orange peel
iRock gemstones
TPC Studio 'Greetings'

1st Birthday cupcakes

I have a couple boys in my life that are turning one next month and so I made a batch of these cards. I used my new Baby Steps cartridge. I am in love with it!!

Details:
Baby Steps 4.75"
Recollections Blue
Core'dinations Jet Stream
Bazzill Pollen
ANW Crestwood Burgundy
scraps
TPC Studio 'Greetings'

Fishing Pole

I sat down the other day and wrote down everyone that I know that has birthdays in the next couple months so that I could make cards. I have a bunch of cards in my stash but I wanted to get back to my love of creating a card for a specific person.

This is a perfect example of that. This is for my father-in-law's birthday at the end of May. His passion is fishing and would be out there all day, every day, if he could. So when I saw that Flaunt it Fridays challenge was to use the Fish in Simply Charmed, it was perfect.


Details:
Simply Charmed 3.5"
DCWV Blue #2
Colorbok Sage
Marcella Clove
scraps
Pink by Design 'Woodland Critters'

Singin Blue Bird

I had a hard time picking background paper for this card. I had cut the bird when I cut the owl but I couldn't find the perfect paper to go with it. I settled for this paper and I like that it looks like little guitars.

I've found that 3.5" is the perfect size to cut these at. Any bigger would be too big for the card. You could make it smaller if you had other elements you wanted to add though.

Challenge:
Getting Cricky - I'll sing you a song

Details:
Campin Critters 3.5"
Marcella Clove (Target - I actually found this stack at the Goodwill!)
scraps
twine
Pink by Design 'Woodland Critters'

Peek a Boo!

I have to say, I'm really liking Campin Critters! And it pairs nicely with DCWV's The Green Stack! And I got the stack before the cartridge. haha

Details:
Campin Critters 3.5"
Value Pack Desert & Chocolate
DCWV The Green Stack
scraps
Pink by Design 'Woodland Critters'

Hug a Tree

This card came together so quick and I love it! My husband even showed it off to a couple friends. haha I really like how the postage stamp border punch kinda looks like beaver teeth marks. :)

Details:
Campin' Critters 3.5"
Value Pack Desert
Bazzill Mud Pie
scraps
Fiskars Postage stamp punch
ribbon
Pink by Design 'Go Green'

A Bee to Celebrate With

I knew that the first cut I did with Birthday Bash would be this bee and I was true to my word. I love this cartridge! The layers are so easy to assemble. This card feels really plain but I don't want to change anything. I like that this card isn't strictly for a birthday.

Details:
Birthday Bash 2.5"
George & Basic Shapes 3" (regular & shadow)
Fiskars star punch
Recollections black & white
Bazzill Pollen
scraps
stickles
TPC Studio 'Greetings'

Cards for my Mom part 2

Here's the third set of cards I made for my mom. I got to use my new bakers twine that I got from Pink by Design!! I'm in love. :) I liked these so much that I made another set for me... in pink, of course!

Details:
Stretch your Imagination 4"
Recollections black & white
Core'dinations Grapevine / Lipstick
CB Perfectly Paisley embossing folder
twine

For the final set my mom actually designed. She wanted a graduation card for my brother's fiance and so she picked the colors and I showed her a couple flowers and she picked this one. We couldn't decide on the placement of the two layers (purple then white, or white then purple) so I made two of each.

I think I like this way a little better.


Details:
Ashlyn's Alphabet 3.5"
Core'dinations Grapevine
Recollections white
Bazzill Pollen
ribbon

Cards for my Mom

My mom asked me to make some generic cards so that she has some on hand. Her only stipulation was that they couldn't be "cutesy". Well, if you know me, that's a majority of what I do, so this gave me a challenge. I think they turned out pretty good and it stretched me to think outside of my box. :) I made four sets of four cards.

This first card is a repeat. I loved the simplicity and my mom liked it so this was the first set of four I made.


Since, according to the calendar, summer will be here in a couple months, I thought my mom could use some summery cards. These are 4.5x4.5 and they'll fit in a regular A2 size envelope (if you don't want to pay the extra postage).

Details:
Stretch your Imagination 3.5"
Recollections black
Bazzill Orange Slice
Core'dinations Yellow
DCWV The Stack III

Today's been a frustrating day around here. My son only napped for 30min - in the car! - and so I've been running after a cranky, tired little 22mo old today. Thankfully daddy came home a little early and they're playing. I'll post the other two sets tomorrow.

Party Hat

This started out using a sketch but then I abandoned that and just made a simple card. :) It's hard to tell but I put stickles on the white circles. The challenges this week seemed to be the same so that made it easy. :)

Challenges:
Crazy About Cricut - Birthday theme
M.A.G. Challenge by the Page - Doodlecharms pg.110
My Pink Stamper - Anything Birthday

Details:
Doodlecharms 4.5"
Fiskars threading water punch
Scraps
ribbon
TPC Studio 'Greetings'
Stickles on the white dots

I've been on a mission to use up some of my scraps and I saw this patterned paper laying around. The next cards you'll see out of my will be using my new cartridges (except for one more that I just remembered about!). I can't wait to play with them!!!



Details:
New Arrival 2.5"
Dollar Tree ribbon
scraps
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

Just a Note

Just a quick post today. I love the concept of this card, but I'm not sure about the sheep. Mojo Monday's sketch was my jumping off point for this one.

Challenges:
More than Favors - From my Kitchen
Mojo Monday - sketch
Flaunt it Fridays - Country Life/sheep (I don't have this cart. so i used From my Kitchen)

Details:
From my Kitchen 1.5"
Accent Essentials (scallop circles) 2" & 2.5"
Recollections black, white & red
Dollar Tree ribbon
brads
TPC Studio 'Greetings'

Tweet a leet a leet

There's just something about this bird/duck that I love! I had to make another card with it. :)

Challenges:
Getting Cricky - For the Birds
Scrapbookaholic by Abby - Spring
Fantabulous Cricut - April Showers
The Paper Variety - April Showers bring May flowers

Details:
Creake a Critter: Duck & umbrella 3.5"
Everyday Paper Dolls: cloud 4", raindrops 2.5"
Wausau Paper black
DCWV Brights stack
Bazzill Chablis
DCWV Prints for the year
scraps
CB D'vine Swirls embossing folder
Pink by Design 'Go Green'

A Wedding Card

My mom is going to a wedding tomorrow and asked me to make a card for her to give them. My mom doesn't like 'cutesy' cards so it was a challenge to change my way of thinking but I think it turned out cute. I couldn't get the right lighting, so sorry for the dark photo.

Details:
Sweethearts 4.5"
Bazzill Mud Pie & Limeade
Recollections kraft
Blue - scraps
twine
Pink by Design 'Here Comes the Bride'

Graduation Kids part 6

It's the last pair!!!

Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
scraps
Core'dinations Grapevine
Recollections black & white
Martha Stewart butterfly border punch
ribbon
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

I'm giving this one to my future sister-in-law! She's graduating next month from college. Way to go Ash!

Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
scraps
Recollections black & white
DCWV The Stack III
ribbon
Gems
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

Graduation Kids part 5

Here's another pair of graduation cards. Are you getting sick of them? Only one more set to go. I'll post those tomorrow. After that, I'll be taking a break from paper dolls. They're great but a lot of work. I was having some issues with my camera and lighting so excuse the quality.

Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Recollections black & white
Dollar Tree ribbon
iRock rhinestones
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'



Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 4"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Recollections black & white
scraps
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

Sale at Michaels

Michaels has their cartridges on sale for $35. That's nothing new but Provocraft is giving away free cartridges if you buy 3 carts from Michaels during April and May. You just send in the UPC or proof of purchase (cant remember which) and pay $9 for shipping and you get to pick from a selection of cartridges. And I saw 3 Birds on Parade on that list! That's definitely worth it. Oh,and did I mention that they have the new carts on sale? I got Campin' Critters, Baby Steps (didnt think you could get it anywhere other than JoAnns) and Birthday Bash. I'm a happy girl!

They also have their 50pk tealights 2 for $3, open stock paper is 6 for $1 and their Celebrate It! Ribbon is half off. That's all I let myself look at. Haha

Graduation Kids part 4

Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
scraps
Recollection kraft
Value Pack Heritage
CB Swiss Dots embossing folder
ribbon
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'


Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
scraps
ribbon
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

Graduation Kids part 3

Round 3 - a couple of manly cards.

Details:
Everyday Paper dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
scraps
Recollections kraft
Value Pack Heritage
twine
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'



Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 3.5"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
scraps
Value Pack Heritage
CB Script embossing folder
ribbon
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'

Clearing the Clutter Challenge #8

For this month's challenge, I finished something that's been sitting on my desk for a couple months - except for when Carver would take it to the living room and stuff it with toys, that is. I guess he'll be able to use it next year.

If you're new to Clearing the Clutter, head to this post and see what it's all about. I post on the first Friday of the month. Feel free to join in. Just put your link in a comment. If I get enough people I'll start doing a Mr Linky.




Details:
Rhonna Farrer paper
Offray ribbon
scraps - paper & ribbon
New Arrival: Circle 2.5", Monkey 3.5"
Cuttin' Up 1.5"

Graduation Kids part 2

Here's the next two graduation cards I made. Again, I tried to keep them really simple as well as use up some of my scraps.

Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 4"
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Core'dinations Guava & Jet Stream
scraps
CB Congrats embossing folder
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'



Details:
Everyday Paper Dolls 4"
TPC Studio Turquoise Shimmer & Buttercup Shimmer
scraps
CB Stars embossing folder
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Pink by Design 'Hats Off'