Butterflies

It has been so long since I posted anything I see that Blogger has changed the way you upload pics.  It takes forever compared to the old way.

I saw this card on Lucy's Cards website and thought it was so cute I just had to make one.  Only problem was I didn't have the Spellbinders die she used so I decided to see if I could use my Gypsy and a butterfly cut out and achieve the same thing.  It worked.  I'm really starting to love my Gypsy!

I thought it turned out so well I would try and do a baby girl and baby boy card using the same technique and they turned out just as cute.  The cards were cut at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and the butterfly was from the Cricut Everday Paper Dolls cut at 2 3/4 and the baby feet were from Cricut New Arrival cut at 2 1/2.  The paper for the baby cards is K&Company Itsy Bitsy Boy & Girl stacks.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink for around the edges.  I hated to waste the little baby feet from the card fronts so I used them inside and used my Peachy Keen Everday Faces on them.

Here is the link to Lucy's Cards http://hedgehogsandladybirds.blogspot.com/2011/01/butterflies.html 
Check out her site, she makes beautiful cards!

RECIPE SCRAPBOOK PG. 2

I was on a roll yesterday and got the second page done for my daughter's cookbook.  I cut everything out with Cricut Life's A Beach cart except the fish which is from Stampin' Up's Fishy Friends stamp set.  I used my Nestabilities to cut around the recipe and colored the fish with my Copics.  Here are the numbers I used;

BG01, BG02, YG03, Y06 & V04

 I embossed the boat & sails with my Cuttlebug embossing folders for some extra texture and used my Peachy Keen Everyday Faces stamp set for the sun.

 I hadn't used my crop-a-dile for awhile so I screwed up the one eyelet and couldn't fix it without ruining my page so it had to stay that way.......sigh

MORE EASTER CARDS

Well my order from Custom Crops FINALLY arrived yesterday aprox. 1 month from when I placed the order.  Unfortunately it is too late to make any cards with the Easter cart as all my cards have to be mailed and it's too late now.  I bought the Mother's Day cart as well so I guess I can get going on that one.  I made this card for my grandma using Peachy Keen PK-261 Crunchin' Carrot Bunny stamp.  The patterned paper is from K&Company Brenda Walton Small Wonders 12x12 stack and the plain paper is from Colormates.  I used my Copics to color the bunny and the Fiskars paper crimper.  Boy is it hard to get that paper to go through that crimper straight.  I could not get a 2" piece to go through so I had to do a 6" piece and then cut it.  The flowers and buttons are from a little set I bought at Walmart.

This is a blantant copy of a card that I saved from the internet a couple of years ago before I started my blog so unfortunately I have no name to give credit too.  I just thought is was so cute so I made one for my sister and one for my parents for Easter.  I used the Cricut Doodlecharms cart for the eggs and the Happy Easter sentiment is computer generated.  Well I have a lot to get accomplished today......Have a great day and HAPPY EASTER everyone!

HAPPY EASTER

I was in the mood to play around with my Copic markers yesterday and one of the new bunny stamps (PK-258) I bought from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I was starting to regret buying the markers the last time I tried to color with them but this time it was better......thank god because they're not cheap!!  This is the first time I have used a Peachy Keen Stamp and I must say that I love the way the image stamps out!  For this card I followed the layout from their last challenge http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/  
I find if I stick to the lighter colors I do ok.  As soon as I use darker colors it`s not good.  I have also been testing different cardstocks and my favorite so far is Simply Smooth.  This image is actually colored on Neenah cardstock which is my second favorite.

Here are the markers I used:

Well I am going to try and get another card done up since I have another Peachy Keen Image I colored yesterday.  Unfortunately I only have one Happy Easter Stamp!  Do you believe that I went to Michael`s and they did not even have any Easter Stamps at all!!  We are so lacking here in Barrie, Ontario, what`s a girl to do.  I get tired of ordering everything online (and almost everything I order is from the States) and you have to wait for it to clear customs....................sigh