Portrait Layout

I've decided that part (definitely not all) of the reason for my lack of blogging is that I feel like I need to have all the details of what papers I used, etc. Well, I'm still going to keep track in a spiral notebook that I have, but I'm not going to feel guilty about not having them on here. Let's see if that gets me to post sooner. If you want to know what I used on a project, definitely shoot me a note and I'll let you know. :)

Here's one of the layouts I did way before McKay was born. I'm finding that having two kids is a lot busier than one self-sufficient child. My hands are usually full with a precious little six week old and trying to entertain her older brother. Let's just say that my house is a PIT that I'd be embarrassed for anyone to see.

This is one of those pre-done sheets of paper in a stack that I've always disliked. But it seemed to work ok to throw this layout together.

Keep Calm and Teach On

I did a craft show at a high school in the beginning of March. I knew that there would be some teachers there so I made these cards. All the teachers loved them!

Details:

Recollections - Kraft, Red & White

Imagininsce - ?

EK Success - Notebook punch

Notebook paper

Pink by Design - Craft On

twine

Good Friends are Like Stars

Here's the third and final set of thank you cards I sent to a friend of mine. I love the simplicity of these cards.

Details:

Recollections - Kraft; Bright & Basic stack

Pink by Design - Wonderful Life

Marvy Uchida - star punch (green)

Gratitude Stars

Here's the second set of thank you cards I made for a friend of mine. I'm loving the blue/green combo!

Details:

Recollections - Kraft; Bright & Basic stack

Pink by Design - Definitely Definitions

Marvy Uchida - star punch (green)

Thankful for You

I made a bunch of thank you cards for a friend. Here's one of them. As you can tell, I've kind of been in a anti die-cutting phase. I think I get like this when I'm pregnant because I have to stand at my Cricut and Big Shot, and that puts a lot of pressure on my belly and takes energy. It just seems easier to sit. Hopefully this phase will end soon because I need to cut a bunch of elephants for McKay's birth announcements and the invites for Carver's birthday party.

Details:

Recollections - Kraft; Bright & Basic Stack

Pink by Design - Bountiful Blessings

Marvy Uchida - Star punches (blue & green)

Yellow & Gray Wedding Shower

I hosted a wedding shower for one of my oldest friends today. Our moms became friends when we moved to Ellensburg and I was 2 1/2 years old. That was before she was born so I've known her all her life. haha

Anyways, she's getting married so I had to throw a shower for her. Her wedding colors are yellow and cobalt blue. Her favorite color is yellow so I took that and added gray. Gray and I have had a thing lately and I've always secretly wanted to throw a yellow/gray party so it was perfect!

I kept the invites pretty simple since I had to plan this shower and Carver's party (last weekend) at the same time.

Details:

Core'dinations - Elephant & Yellow

ribbon

Fiskars flower punch

The LONG awaited bacon card

Here's the card that I mentioned, gasp!, forever ago. This is the Valentine card that Chris and Carver gave me this year. Chris said that he loves bacon so this sentiment was perfect. :)

Pink by Design - You Are
Marvy Uchida heart punch

Carver's presents for his friends

Here's 3 of the 5 mini mailboxes Carver gave to his friends (and the one we gave to Chris). They were in the dollar section at Target. Then Carver and I found some stickers, notebooks, fruit snacks and nail polish (for the girls) to put inside the mailboxes. Carver picked out a sock monkey for Alijah. :)

Here's the one 'we' made for Alea and Sadie (Sadie's of course, has an S)

This is Alijah's - or Alea baby as Carver calls him. :)

Here's Chris's. He originally said he didn't want one but we gave him one anyways and Carver filled it up.

You're Got my Heart on a String

With all the snow/ice going on, I've been able to get some crafting done! However, our power was out for about 4 hours yesterday so I was limited to what I could use. In total, I was able to made three different cards! I'll post the other two over the next few days.

Sarah Hamer Designs (aka Pink Cricut) has a new link party every Tuesday. It's a great place to get ideas and you've got a couple more days to link up to the current link party!

Details:
Pink by Design - Grow & Be Mine
EK Success Dotted Scallop punch
Marvy Uchida heart punch (blue)
Core'dinations St Valentino
Recollections white
twine & ribbon

Challenge:
Card Patterns - sketch
Celebrate the Occasion - any occasion / polka dots

Wedding Thank Yous

Yay! I got to my craft desk yesterday and today! My mom asked me to make some thank you cards for the gifts they got at their wedding. She needed 20 and didn't really give me any pointers so I used the wedding colors (red and gold). She did mentioned a wedding bell somewhere in there. I combined all of that and this is what I came up with.

Details:
Stretch Your Imagination 3"
George & Basic Shapes 3"
Wausau Paper white & black
Core'dinations Burgundy
EK Success Dotted Scallop punch
CB D'vine Swirls embossing folder
ribbon
Gold Stickles
Pink by Design "Here Comes the Bride"

Challenge:
Mojo Monday - sketch

Come back tomorrow to see the Christmas cards that I mailed out this year! :)

So glad we're friends

First of all, sorry for the lack of posting. I have been busily working on Christmas cards, making presents and favor bags for a Christmas party. I got a couple projects done yesterday so I feel comfortable being on the computer right now. :)

My mom's fiance wanted 20 cards to send to his mom as a Christmas present. Originally he wanted 5 sets of 4 cards. This was the first set I made for her. I made another set yesterday (I couldn't take a picture because my hubby took my camera to work). And then while my mom was here for the day yesterday, we decided to do 4 sets of 5 cards and I pulled two sets I already had done to finish the 20 cards. Yay for getting it done and saving time in the process!!!

*Blogger won't turn the picture (it's right side up on my computer but blogger turns it. So you'll have to crane your neck a little. Sorry!*

Details:
Create a Critter 3.25"
Value Pack white & black
Bazzill Chablis
Recollections Light Pink Stripes
twine
Stampin Up! Ticket stub punch
Pink by Design "Friends to the End"

Alea's Thank You Cards

My friend will be having her baby in two hours!!! Sorry, just had to post that. :)

Here's the thank you cards I made for Alea's party. You can tell, they are pretty similar to the card I made for her.

Details:
Simply Charmed 5"
Recollections Light Pink damask
Bazzill Limeade & Chablis
scraps
Fiskars tag punch
Pink by Design "Bountiful Blessings"

Link Parties:
I Heart Naptime
Joyful Stamper

Beautiful Birthday Girl

I feel horrible for not posting anything!!! I sat down every day since Saturday ready to post this card but then something always came up. I'm going to schedule the thank you cards I made for tomorrow so that I definitely have something then.

This is the card I made for my niece's birthday. According to Alea, she wanted a 'mermaid-princess theme'. Well, her mom got invites that had cupcakes on them and from there it turned into a cupcake theme. haha

Details:
Simply Charmed 4"
Recollections Light Pink damask
Bazzill Limeade & Chablis
scraps
Fiskars cupcake border punch
Pink by Design - My Type & Take the Cake
Gems

Link Parties:
Blue Cricket Designs
You Had Me At Craft
I Heart Naptime

Trick or Treat Ghost

Here's the ghost that inspired Carver's Halloween cards. Like I said yesterday, I've had this ghost cut out for a couple weeks and just sitting on my desk.

Details:
3 Birds on Parade 3.75"
Recollections black
Bazzill - Limeade, Desert Marigold, Orange Slice
DCWV Ghosts an Goblins
twine
Martha Stewart gooey punch
Pink by Design - Cute Halloween (Boo!) & Ghostly Greetings (skull)

Challenge:
Fantabulous Cricut - ghost

Link Parties:
Patches of Pink

Oct 31

Here's one of the cards I made yesterday. I used Card Patterns sketch #135 (it closed yesterday). I am loving DCWV's Ghosts and Goblins stack. I wish I'd gotten the small stack to go with the 12x12 so that I could use some more of the bigger designs on cards.


Details:
Recollections black
Bazzill Orange Sice
Core'dinations Boysenberry
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins
DK Success border punch
Marvy Uchida 2" circle punch (yellow)
Pink by Design - Cute Halloween & Ghostly Greetings
Stampin Up! Pumpkin Spice
Black Diamond Stickles

Challenges:
Paper Playtime - Black, Orange & Purple
Fantabulous Cricut - Pumpkin
More than Favors - Purple, Green, Orange & Black (hopefully this is enough green)
Crafting for all Seasons - Fall leaves or pumpkins

You Keep me Grounded

Since I'm a stamp of the month member at Pink by Design, I got this freebie with my September set. I'm in love with these two stamps!!!

Details:
Pink by Design "Coffee Grinder"
Core'dinations Coffee
My Minds Eye Always Floral/brown
scraps
Fiskars in stitches punch

Challenge:
Peachy Keen - sketch

Paper Playtime Ch#55

Today is another challenge over at Paper Playtime. This challenge is to make an easel card. Since I forgot to make my dear hubby a birthday card I decided to make this card for him. He'd never seen an easel card before (I don't know if I've actually made one) and he LOVED it! :)

Head on over to Paper Playtime to see what all the rest of the great design team came up with. :)

Details:
Create a Critter 4"
Core'dinations Guava
Recollections kraft
DCWV The Green Stack
Pink by Design "Woodland Critters"
EK Success leaf border punch
twine

Challenges:
Crafting for all Seasons - birthday

Get Well Mushrooms

Here's a random card I made. I have loved these mushrooms but haven't cut them until now. I really kinda like how this card turned out. :) I used Card Patterns sketch #131 as a jumping off point.

Details:
Freshly Picked 3.75"
Core'dinations - Jetstream & Deep Navy
DCWV The Green Stack
scraps
Pink by Design "Scripted Year"
Fiskars threading water punch
buttons

Buckaroo

I already had the baby cut out for this post but it ended up being too small so I stuck it in my pile of 'reject cuts'. i hadn't used my Old West cartridge in awhile so I pulled it out to see what stuck out to me. Here's what I came up with.

Details:
Baby Steps 2.25"
Old West: hat 2.5", Buckaroo 1.5"
EK Success Star border punch
denim - stash
twine
scraps
Value Pack chocolate
Recollections red

Well my son just came out in his boots and daddy's hat and wants to ride his horse. He makes me sit in his room with him while he rides. haha He must have sensed that I was posting this card today. :) Have a great weekend!

Whisk You a Happy Birthday

I recently got the two kitchen stamp sets from Pink by Design and am just now getting a chance to play with them. When they first came out, I didn't think that I had a 'need' for them but I was wrong. They are so much fun to play with!!

Details:
Pink by Design - What's Shakin' & Kitchen Puns
DCWV Nana's Kitchen
scraps
Stampin Up ticket punch

Challenge:
Fantabulous Cricut - birthday