Monday, April 25, 2011

Mothers Day Card

Fantabulous Cricut's Monday Challenge is to create a project with the word "Mom" in it.  So here is my card:


I have been wanting to use the A Child's Year cartridge for a while now but I didn't know what I wanted to do. Mother's Day was the perfect opportunity to use it.  I really like how sweet this particular cut is.  I just used white cardstock to cut out the image.  "Mom" is cut out from the Mother's Day 2010 cartridge in white cardstock.  The card is lavender cardstock cut at 5x7.


The ribbon is from Sugar 'n Spice.  I added a little rhinestone embellishment to the center of the bow.

My first award!



 Lolis at My Creative Corner shared an award with me!  Thanks so much Lolis!!!  Her blog is pretty awesome (I love the easter bunny card) so check it out. 

Here are 8 random things about me:

1.  I love Hello Kitty.  My craft room has lots of little Hello Kitty trinkets in it!
2.  I drink one cup of coffee every morning.  I try to wake up before my daughter so I have time to savor it.

3.  My favorite genre of books is fantasy.

4.  I used to hate outdoorsy stuff until I met my hubby.  Now hiking is one of my favorite things to do.

5.  I can still remember how to play the clarinet even though I haven't had lessons since I was 13.

6.  I would move to Colorado in a heartbeat if there was the opportunity!

7.  I love cooking for family and friends and I always make too much food when I do!

8.  I adore Peeps.


Here are 8 blogs I shared this award with:

1.  Wendy
2.  Theresa
3.  Nicole
4.  Claire
5.  Carol
6.  Heather and Lani
7.  Chris
8.  Silvia
 
To receive this award the rules to be followed are:

Step 1 - Make a post linking back to the person who gave you the award.
Step 2 - Share 8 random things about you.
Step 3 – Award 8 recently discovered bloggers with this award.
Step 4 – Contact these bloggers and tell them they have won the award.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Easter Cards

It's Easter weekend!  I'm enjoying time with my family, I hope you are too!  I thought I'd post a few Easter cards that I made. I used the Easter cartridge for them.  The background paper is something I had, I'm not sure what brand it is.

The first card:


 A side view.  I cut the egg out with yellow paper and again with pink paper and used the flowers from the pink egg.  They are attached with pop dots.


Here is the inside:

 Here is the second card:


I embossed it with the Cuttlebug textile folder.  I used glossy accents in the cut out parts of the egg.

The inside of the second card:


I hope you have a terrific weekend!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Fantabulous Cricut "Spring Fling" Challenge

Fantabulous Cricut's Monday Challenge is "Spring Fling".  The submission had to have the colors pink, green and yellow.  What terrific colors to work with!  This also came at the perfect time because I needed to make a birthday card for someone.  This is what I came up with:



I made this card  (it's 5x7) using the Stretch Your Imagination cart for the watering can with the bird perched on top.  It's cut at 3 3/4".  The flower on the can was from the Create-A-Critter cart. I used pop-dots to give it some dimension (I love pop-dots!).
The grass is from the Easter 2010 cartridge and is textured using Cuttlebug forest branches folder.  I think it's pretty "Springy"!
I cut out "It's your day" using the phrase from the George cart.  The paper is from the 7gypsies pack 5th Avenue Journey.
 

The inside of the card is just stamped with "Happy Birthday".  Simple!!



I used  the Scalloped Diamond edger punch from EK Success on the bottom edge of the white paper.

Happy Spring and thanks for checking out my card!!

Pink Stamper Challenge

I love when the Pink Stamper has challenges.  I have so much fun making my cards for it.  There are so many great cards submitted for the challenges and I don't think mine are very fancy or anything but I still enjoy making them!  So here is my submission for the Pink Stamper's latest birthday challenge:



The cake is cut using the Gypsy Smiley Cards download.  I haven't used it yet so I thought I would for this challenge.  It's cut at 4 3/4".  The card itself is 5x7.  Happy Birthday is cut using the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge.  The printed paper is from a Tinkerbell pack that I have had for a while now.


Here's the inside:


Hope you enjoyed!! Have a wonderful day!!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

The BEST Birthday Party EVER! Part 3.

Here is the final post on Cupe's birthday party!

I just bought a basic package of party hats from Party City and I added some stickers to them.  I bought these stickers from a seller on Etsy.  These stickers were actually dated in the 90's (I think, I threw away the packaging).  I was a bit worried they wouldn't be sticky but they were!  I was very happy to have found them!


  Here's a picture of the party hats displayed with some treats:


The bowl on the left is full of yellow, orange and turquoise gummy bears.  On the right is a plate of white chocolate apples (lowly worm drives an apple car) that I made.  The orange bucket in the middle is full of cookies that Cupe and I made (well, she tasted more than made!).  They are called playdough cookies because of the bright colors, they are really yummy sugar cookies! Here is another picture:



A final birthday party picture! I didn't take a great picture of the things hanging on the curtains but they are yellow, aqua and orange circles that I cut out with the cricut along with circles with the busytown characters.  I attached them to ribbon with my pink ATG gun! 


I had so much fun putting this party together and making all the decorations!  My sweet Cupe loved her party so I couldn't be happier!!

Friday, April 8, 2011

The BEST Birthday Party EVER! Part 2.

Cupe's party was not big but I really wanted to have a lot of personal touches throughout the living room, hallway and dining room where we would be spending our time.  Yesterday I showed you some of the pictures I framed to put around the house.  Here are some more personalized touches that I added.


I used Photoshop Elements to create this, just something simple to add a personal touch! I blurred out Cupe's name (I am sure it's not that big of a deal but just wanted to be safe!).

Here is subway art I made:


This was also made using Photoshop Elements.  I actually got the idea from Alison at Oopsey Daisy.  I personalized it by adding nicknames and her favorite things.  I love subway art!!

Here's the Cake/Cupcake Table:


Isn't the cake adorable?  I didn't make her cake this year.  I knew that I would have major time issues if I did so I ordered it from a wonderful bakery!  I did make all of the other treats for her party though including the cupcakes that are around the cake! The buckets are party favors for the kids. They have a giant lollipop with a label I made Thanking them for celebrating with Cupe.  The jars are cupcakes (yes, I made them!) for the adults to take home with them.  They have a thank you label on the top.  Here's a cupcake in the jar close-up:


They are very easy and fun to make! They are homemade vanilla cupcakes with homemade buttercream frosting!

I will post part 3 of cupe's party soon!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The BEST Birthday Party EVER! Part 1.

My sweet cupe had her 4th birthday recently! She wanted a Busytown birthday party (she loves lowly worm and huckle). I looked everywhere for decorations with that theme but there really is nothing out there! So what is a girl to do? I went to work creating my own decorations for her BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER! The colors we went with were turquoise/aqua,, yellow and orange with a bit of red thrown in.  I figured that even without too many actual Busytown decorations I could pull everything together with color.
Invitations:

Who, What, When, Where, Why, How? Are from Busytown Mysteries (tv show).


Decorations:

I used my cricut expression to cut out the apple shapes to make this. They are cut at 2 inches. I added random Busytown characters that I cut out from books. I used the center cut setting.




I mounted them on foam board using pop dots for dimension.  I just put the foam board into the frame and taped the back. 


Here are the table centerpieces:

I found the picture holders at Michaels and then I used my Cricut to make circles to mount pictures of Cupe from her birth and each birthday she has had.  In the center I had little buckets (from target's dollar section) that I put some orange flowers (from Michaels) in and then added some yellow filling.  The colors gave it just the right festive touch!


The picture holders have a little insert that you can add a picture, so I added a busytown picture!


Here are the wall cut-outs I made.





I used foam board and then free-handed the characters and painted them.  They were cut out using an exacto but I think that if I ever do this again I may not use foam board.  It's too difficult to cut out!

I bought some cheap frames (dollar tree) and framed some Busytown characters and had them in various places around the living room. 


I really hope you enjoy this post!  I had so much fun creating everything for the party.  I apologize for disappearing for so long, I've had a very busy few months!  I'll post part 2 before the end of the week!