Happy birthday TOOL you!

My dad and brother-in-law have birthdays a day apart.  They are both handy guys and I was inspired by a pun I came across on Pinterest.

The wrench is from the Cricut Indie Art cartridge and the hammer is from Everyday Paper Dolls.  It was not a layered image, so I cut out one in black and one in gray, cut the top off the black one and glued it on the gray one.  The oval is from Cricut Font and Basic Shapes.  I ran it through the Cuttlebug Diamonds in the Rough folder.

This card will be entered in sketch challenge #251 at Die Cuttin' Divas.

Hope your day is purrfect!

My friend's little girl is turning 8.  Knowing that they have several cats, I decided to go with that for making a card.  I used the cat and the word "purrfect" from Create a Critter.  The other words were printed from my computer.  The turquoise background was run through the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder.
I am getting her a package of embroidery floss for making friendship bracelets and a box to put the floss in.  I decided to use vinyl to put her name on the lid.  I used the Cindy Loo cartridge for that.

This card and project will be entered in the Anything Goes challenge at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

A wedding card for my niece

My niece is getting married next weekend and Tiffany blue is her wedding color, so I tried to match the color of the card as closely as I could.  I am including a recipe card in the envelope because I was unable to make it to her shower, so I had to use a larger envelope.  Because of this, I had a little space next to the Cuttlebug (Scrollwork) design, so I decided to run a piece of ribbon down the side.  The sentiment was a freebie from Paper Crafts Mag.  I printed it and cut around it using my Creative Memories Custom Cutting System.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut #254--anything goes

Die Cuttin' Divas #222--anything goes

Happy Mudders Day!

The idea for this card came from this pin I came across on Pinterest.  The sketch came from Die Cuttin' Divas.  The cow die cut is from the Create a Critter cartridge and the background was run through the Juli's Garden Cuttlebug folder.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas #214--sketch challenge

Scrappy Moms--All about mom

Lego birthday card

I needed to whip up three boy birthday cards this morning, and these Lego cards were quick and easy.  I just cut out three 1.25 inch circles and put them on foam tape.  Graphically Speaking is my go-to cartridge for circles.  The sentiment inside reads "I hope 'Everything is Awesome' on your birthday!"

I also made a green one, not pictured.

These cards will be entered in the kid themed challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas.

It's Pass-ture birthday!

Here is another cow birthday card, in keeping with the tradition I have with my best friend.  I came across the pun on Pinterest.  The cow is from Create a Critter.  The orange piece on the left was run through the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog #215--sketch challenge
Little Scrap Pieces--Saturday Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp--Monday challenge: Anything Goes

Beer's to You!

I came across this saying recently and knew it would be perfect for my dad!  It was the inspiration for this Father's Day card.

The  mug of beer is from Smiley Cards.  I ran the foam through the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.  The sentiment was printed from my computer.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack #54--I love you Dad

Fantabulous Cricut #214--Celebrate Dad

Cute Card Thursday #325--So Macho

More Than Favors #91--Father's Day

Congrats on your little squirt!

I am helping to host a baby shower for a coworker tomorrow.  She is having an ocean themed nursery, so I wanted to make an ocean themed card.  This whale is from Create a Critter and the font on the front is from Life is a Beach.  I ran the background through the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack #51--Life's a Beach
Scrappy Moms--Summer, Here We Come!
My Craft Spot #138 Congrats and Grads

Simple Mother's Day Card

For the first time in a long time, I'm not making this card the night before I need it!  This is largely due to a fun Facebook event I came across, NSD 2014.  There are lots of challenges, and I wanted to try to enter as many as I can, getting cards and projects done for several upcoming events.
For this card, I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder as the background.  The flowers are from the Locker Talk cartridge, but rather than cut out the ribbons that go with the image from paper, I recycled some ribbon from a Victoria's Secret shopping bag.  I cut out the yellow centers for the flowers using a regular old hole punch.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon# 94--Bright Summer Colors

Pause Dream Enjoy #9--Flowers

Die Cuttin' Divas #163--Make it Girly

More Than Favors #89--Mother's Day

CAS-ual Fridays #131--use 3 of something on 1/3 of the card

Simon Says--Anything Goes

NSD 2014 Facebook Event Challenge #2--Flowers

A FINtastic Birthday Card

I have a birthday party for a 2-year-old to go to this afternoon.  Part of his gift is a shirt with a shark on it, so I thought I'd make a card to match.  I like punny cards, but couldn't think of any shark ones.  A quick Google image search resulted in a FINtastic pun :)  Since the birthday boy is only 2, I thought a simple card would be fine.  I cut out the shark from Life's a Beach.  The dark gray layer on the cartridge is actually a thin border that gets glued on top of the lighter layer.  That sounded like a bit of a hassle to glue, and probably a frustration to cut out, so I modified it on my Gypsy so it was like a shadow layer.  I wish I had a water waves embossing folder, but I thought Chevron was close.  Unfortunately, I didn't plan that out ahead, and the "waves" go the wrong direction!

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

NSD 2014 Event Facebook Group, challenge #1--Birthday Card

Simon Says Stamp Blog--Anything Goes

Hope your Birthday is Scraparrific!

I made this card for my picture-taking, scrapbooking sister.  The inside sentiment (the title of this blog post) is a little joke from our scrapbooking group.  The camera is from Campin' Critters.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack--#44 Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts--#213 Pastels (The colors look much brighter in this picture than they actually are!)

Simon Says--Happy Birthday

Thanks a Latte

I was able to obtain a large number of free postcards with a turquoise and brown border.  They were the right size for cardmaking and I thought the colors would work well to go with some coffee themed stamps that I have.  I decided to crank out a large number of thank you cards to beef up my stash a little.  Since I was going to be making a large number of cards, I wanted a simple design.  I used the cup from Smiley Cards (hiding the face with my Gypsy) and added the steam from Graphically Speaking.  As soon as I had everything cut out, I immediately wished I had done the colors the other way around, making the cup turquoise and the saucer brown.  That way I could have stamped "Thanks a latte" on the cup.  I decided to just put both sentiments on the inside instead.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack--#44 Anything Goes

My Craft Spot--#131 Thank you card

Snail Mail Belated Birthday Card

My dad's birthday was yesterday, so this will obviously be a belated card.  I chose the snail from Create a Critter to represent the slowness!  I hope that the colors I chose make what could be a girly image (with the flower on the snail shell) manly enough.

The sentiment inside reads, "Sorry I'm late.  Hope you had a happy birthday."

This card will be entered in the following challenges.

Jo's Scrap Shack--#36 Anything Goes

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog--#196 Use red

Totally Papercrafts--#205 Use a cute image

Main Dishes

This divider page for my friend's recipe album was based on sketch #58 by Card Positioning Systems.

The plate and silverware are from the From My Kitchen cartridge.  I used my Cricut markers to trace the silverware before cutting it out, leaving a nice outline around the pieces.  The words are from A Child's Year.

This page will be entered in the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut--#195, 3 different patterns of paper

Scrappy Moms Stamps--use yellow and red

My Time To Craft--use 2 images--1) the plate 2) the silverware

Mixes Page

This year my friend and I got together to try making some mixes--herb rice mix, ranch dressing mix, and onion soup mix.  So, I decided to make a "mixes" divider page for her recipe binder.

I used a sketch I found here.  The jars are from the From My Kitchen cartridge.  I used my Gypsy to get rid of the labels they came with and then used my Gypsy and Cricut markers to write labels on them.  The dark blue strips on the side were run through my Cuttlebug in the Argyle folder.

This page will be entered in the following challenges:
Desert Island Crafts Challenge--#70 No flowers, Not a card, Do not color your image
Simon Says--Emboss it

Appetizers page

I had a little trouble thinking of an image to put on the appetizers page for my friend's recipe album.  I decided to use sketch #6 from Card Positioning Systems, using some of my scraps from the previous pages instead.  The font is from A Child's Year and the flourish under it is from Gypsy Wanderings.

This page will be entered in the following challenges:
Desert Island Crafts Challenge #68  die cuts (the letters and flourish), 2 or more papers, make a gift
Cute Card Thursday--#301 anything goes

Side dishes page

This is the latest divider page I made for my friend's recipe album.  It was based on sketch 261 from Card Positioning Systems.  My friend was visiting today and I was able to borrow her Country Life Cricut cartridge for the veggies.  The words were from the Holiday Cakes cartridge (welded with my Gypsy).

This page will be entered in the following challenges:

Desert Island Crafters Challenge #68--die cuts, 2 or more papers, make a gift

Cute Card Thursday--#301 Anything goes

Little Claire's--#40 Make a gift

Soups page

This is the latest installment in the set of divider pages I'm making for my friend's recipe album.  The layout is based on a sketch from Pamela's World of Scrap.  The bowl and spoon image is from the From My Kitchen cartridge.  Although hard to see in the picture, the background behind the bowl and spoon was run through the Scalloped Dots embossing folder by The Paper Studio.  The word "soups" is from A Child's Year  (I welded the letters with my Gypsy) and the tag behind the word is from Gypsy Wanderings.

This page will be entered in the following challenge:

Little Claire's--#40 Make a gift

Christmas Cards 2013 version 2

This is the second design of the Christmas cards I made today (yes, December 21st!).  I used the Christmas Tree embossing folder by The Paper Studio.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Paper Playtime--#25 Winter fun
Simon Says--use a stamp
Die Cuttin' Divas--#146 Anything holiday related
Scrappy Moms Stamps--Christmas greetings
Tuesday Throwdown--#176 What Christmas means to you

Christmas Cards 2013 version 1

It is December 21, time to start making this year's Christmas cards!  Since I got going so late, I needed a REALLY simple design.  I decided to let some embossing serve as the design rather than a multi-layer Cricut image.  Here is one of the two designs I made, using the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder:

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Paper Playtime #25--Winter Fun
Simon Says--use a stamp
Die Cuttin' Divas--anything holiday related
Scrappy Moms Stamps--Christmas greetings
Tuesday Throwdown--#176 What Christmas means to you
Totally Papercrafts--#197 Christmas using non-traditional colors