Popsicle

It's a beautiful fall day here today, still warm enough to enjoy a popsicle or two!  The leaves are starting to turn and pretty soon I will have to be out raking them up!  I haven't been in my craft room for ages and decided to go down and spend some time.  I made this popsicle card using the Gypsy & Smiley Cards cart.  I have absolutely no little girls cards in my stash & this was very quick & easy to make.  The striped paper & pink paper were from my scrap drawer.  I embossed the white background with the Cuttlebug and took a chunk out of the popsicle with my round scalloped punch. The sentiment stamps are from Copper Leaf Creations.  Well I'm off to run some errands.

Have a great day everyone.

ONE OF A KIND

I made this for my mom's birthday this year.  The stamp is from a retired Stampin Up set I have never used before and I have no idea what the name is.  I paper pieced the one dress with paper from the scrap drawer and colored the flower with my Copics.  The inside verse is computer generated.

BEER MUG

I wanted to try my Puffy paint (which I cannot find in Canada grrrrrr) that my mother bought for me at JoAnn's.  I decided to use the Cricut Smiley Cards cart and make the beer card.  I gotta tell you that I love this paint.  It is so easy to apply and then you just use your embossing gun and it puffs right up.  It was so perfect for this card.  I used the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes folder on the mug.  I don't think it shows up very well in the pic but it adds a nice texture to the card.  The verse inside is computer generated.

SMILING SUNFLOWERS

This is the first time that I used my Gypsy to do a whole card and I was so proud of myself!  Thanks to Mrs. B for the great video tutorial.  The only thing that I don't like about cutting the card base out on the Cricut is the little fold marks that it leaves on the card.  They always show when I fold and score the card.  This video is great though because she shows you how you can remove things that you don't want to cut out and I didn't know you could do this.  Even if you don't want to make the card, check out her video.  I learned how to use quite a few of the keys on my gypsy from this video.  I made two of these cards, so the second one I just cut the card base with my cutter.  Here is the link to Mrs. B's video;

http://mrsbscraftroom.blogspot.com/2010/06/video-series-episode-2-sunflower-card.html

The inside sentiment is from Fiskar's Make a Wish Quotes clear stamp set.
Can't wait for her next video!

DIMENSIONAL LADY BUG CARD

I saw this card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts on You Tube and thought it was adorable and just had to make one.  I didn't use anything Stampin' Up on mine (yikes).  I used  Marvy circle & scalloped punch, EK Success Arch Scallop punch, the stamp on the outside is from a set from Michael's called Birthday Wishes and the inside sentiment is from Copper Leaf Creations.

Here is the link for Dawns;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrBeZh-g8mA and all the instructions are there.

It's just too cute and very simple to make!

QUILT CARD

Simply Elegant Paper Crafts had a cute quilt card on her blog and I decided to make one and use up some of my scraps.  Here is the link to her card complete with instructions. 

http://simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2010/05/basicgrey-lemonade-embossed-quilt-card.html 

SISTER

I made this card for my sister's b'day which is on Friday.  The paper is called Wild Raspberry from K&Company.  It is an 8x8 pad I bought at Walmart.  The punch is from Martha Stewart and the stamp is from Stamps Happen Inc. #60058 Bees.  The sister sentiment is from Fiskar's family clear stamp set.  I used my copics to color the image but I am still having problems with the bleeding and the shading on the brown is not the greatest because the colors were too far apart but it was all I had.  The paper that the image is stamped on is from Neenah but I prefer Simply Smooth and I don't have anymore until my mother comes to visit.  I had some shipped to her while she winters in Florida as well as some more Copics from Dick Blick's and a whole whack of other goodies!  When are you coming to see me mom??  It's gonna be like Christmas when she gets here.

The sentiment for the inside is from Copper Leaf Creations and I used my scalloped oval Nestabilites to cut and emboss it.

I am still having a heck of a time taking a decent picture with my camera.  You would think with a $500.00 camera your pictures should come out pretty darn good but I have not liked this camera since I bought it.  It is a Canon Powershot S3 IS and my cheaper Olympus (that fell in the lake)   took way nicer pictures than this thing.  I try to take them in natural lighting but they never seem to come out crisp looking.  I have tried all different settings with no luck.  I have also tried using the macro function but the camera will not allow me to do it on automatic for some reason.  Well I am off to make breakfast and then I will post another quick card I made using the Crafts Too Leafy Tree embossing folder.

SWEET 16

This isn't the greatest picture but I wanted to get it posted since I haven't done anything in quite awhile........sigh.  I made this for my daughter's 16th b'day using the Cricut Wildcard cart.  Well I am off to my craft room to try and get a card done for my brother-in-laws b'day which is coming up quick!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

My daughter made this card using the Stampin' Up Cheers to You set.

TIERS OF TREATS

Well we had sunshine here for about 2 hours this afternoon..........yea!! I bought this stamp the other day from Michael's. It is a Stampendous stamp called Tiers of Treats. The plaid paper is from a pad by DCWV called The Sweet Stack and the card base paper is from Best Occasions Pearlescent Paper Pack.

ENJOY YOUR DAY

Well the sun is back here, which means I have to get my butt outside and tend to the jungle! I made this with cardstock and paper we had laying around. The stamp is Parisbella from Stamping Bella. I hope the sun is shining wherever you are. Enjoy your day!!

TOADILY YOURS

I was up at 5:30 this morning having my coffee and decided I should make something with this new stamp I bought from Penny Black called "Toadily Yours". It is so adorable. The flowered paper is from KI Memories Daydream pad and the sentiment is from Stampendous. I colored the stamp in with my Prismacolor pencils. I know everyone seems to be using Copic markers now but I can't justify buying them when I spent so much on these Prismacolors. I don't even think you can buy Copics where I live. Well off to do more gardening..........will it ever end!!!

GARDENBELLA

My daughter made this card using Gardenbella and Martha Stewart's lacy punch. The happy birthday sentiment is also from Stamping Bella.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

This is for my mom's birthday which is tomorrow. She received it in the mail already so I'm ok to post now! I used Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Martha Stewart scalloped lace punch and Inkadinkadoo Butterflies & Bugs stamp set from Michael's. I used Cricut Beyond Birthdays to cut out the word Mom. I used a clear star gelly roll pen on the butterflies and to make the little dots in the corners. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!

PARTY AT THE NEST

Wow..........finally got this done. Only took me about 4 hours. I sure wouldn't make money if I was selling cards!! This is the first time I ever used my machine to do zigzag stitching on a card or anything for that matter. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Now I have to whip up another Father's Day card.........hope I get it done before it gets here : )

WE MAY NOT BE TADPOLES ANYMORE.....

I made this card for my sister's birthday. I used Marvy markers and chalk. The frog stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. The inside verse which is from Stampin' Up says "We may not be tadpoles anymore but at least we haven't croaked.

JUST SWINGING BY

This is my first accordian gate fold card and the first time I used my nestabilities. The paper is from Martha Steward Botanical paper pad and the stamps are from the Changito Dos set. I colored the monkeys using my prismacolor pencils and blended them with mineral spirits.

HAPPY EVERYTHING

Decided to get in the scrap drawer this morning and make a card. I usually don't go for the real glittery stuff (that's my daughter's forte) but decided what the heck. It's so overcast here maybe something a little sparkly will brighten my day. The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo Butterflies and Bugs clear set from Micheal's.

A LITTLE CAKE

My daughter decided to make a card with me this morning and wanted to use the clear cupcake stamp set and this is what she came up with...............Beautiful!!

MANHATTEN ROSE

This is a card I made for my Grandma for her Birthday using Stampin' Up's Manhatten Rose embossing folder. I embossed the card and then cut around the rose design and then I embossed it on to vellum paper, cut around it and adhered it with vellum tape. I used my Scor-Pal to score around the outside of the card. Hope Grandma likes it!!