DCD #71

Good evening!  My sweetie and I just got home from a great dinner with one of my besties and her husband.  Earlier today, I escaped the heat for a bit and spent some time crafting downstairs.

Die Cuttin Divas is having a fun challenge this week - Summer Fruits and Vegetables.  I recently got the Preserves cartridge so I thought this was a great opportunity to make a card for the challenge and use a new cartridge!  I decided to make a simple card that could be used as a simple note card for any occasion, so I left a sentiment off.  Here's the card I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope you're having a great weekend!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern papers from DCWV
Cherries from Preserves cut at 1.75 inches
White Sakura gel pen
Glossy Accents
Pop dots

Quick Birthday Card

Good evening!  I've been neglecting my scrap area and blogland lately it feels like. It's been so hot around here that I really haven't been motivated to do a whole lot.  I've been trying to get all my runs in as early as possible to avoid the heat, so I've been running at 4:30 or 5 in the morning some days.  It's been between 75 and 80 degrees at that early hour which is still pretty warm, but no question it's a lot better than running in the triple digit heat after work!!  With all the heat in the midwest, the fires out in Colorado, the floods up in Minnesota and down in Florida we're having a rough start to our summer.  I hope everyone is staying safe and escaping the worst of it!

I was in need of a birthday card for one of my aunts and got downstairs for a bit this evening.  I had an idea in my head earlier today and I was able to pull this card together pretty quickly.  I started looking through my scrap stash for a piece of pattern paper that jumped out at me and I found this flower print.  I love the bright colors, so I decided to go with that for a little bright summery fun.  Here's the card I came up with for her.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned paper from my scrap stash
Present from Life's a Party cut at 2.5 inches
Sentiment from TPC Studio's Greetings set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
i-rock gems
White Sakura gel pen

PKS Sketch Challenge

Good evening!  I hope you are all having a great week so far.  The weather here in the Midwest has been nice - nice and hot that is!  Summer has definitely arrived!!  To stay out of the heat this evening, I spent some time crafting inside.  I needed a birthday card for one of my uncles and I saw a sketch challenge over on the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge blog.  I love the cute PKS faces and the added touch they give to Cricut images.  This challenge gave me all the inspiration I needed to get my uncle's card made.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Party hat from Birthday Bash cut at 3 inches
Banners from Birthday Bash
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment
Rub-on sentiment
Black and white Sakura gel pens

Father's Day Card #3

Happy Father's Day!  The card I am sharing today is the one I made for my dad.  He is an avid golfer and is one of the people that I can thank for my love of the game.

I saw a sketch over at Die Cuttin Divas last week, but I didn't have time to get a card created before the challenge ended.  I liked the sketch though, and decided to use it as the template for my dad's card.  I'm going to enter this card in the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut, which is Father's Day - make a card using an outdoors theme.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Father's Day and weekend are wonderful!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern papers from The Paper Studio
Golf bag and clubs from Everyday Paper Dolls cut at 3.5 inches
Buttons from my stash
Black Sakura gel pen
Glossy Accents

Glass Luminaries

Good evening!  I hope you are all having a great weekend!  We're having great weather here, and I've been taking advantage of it - getting outside to run, watch my sweetie's cousins play softball games, and working in the yard.  I also got a project done today that I've been thinking about doing for a while now.

I saw a project on the Cricut Circle blog a while back where luminaries were made out of recycled glass jars.  I decided to make something similar for my sweetie and I, based on our wedding.  I found some cheap glass vases at a home store near us and decided to use them.  I cut vinyl and adhered it to the glass jars.  On the first vase I put a bride and groom image on one side, and intertwined rings and our wedding date on the other.  On the second vase I put a sand dollar image on one side (we had a beach wedding and my sweetie found 6 sand dollars while we were there), and the site of our destination wedding (Turks and Caicos) on the other.

Then we sprayed both vases with frosted glass spray paint.

Next I carefully peeled off the vinyl, using an exacto knife to help get the edges started.

Finally, I added a tea light candle and turned out the lights!  

The pictures didn't turn out the greatest, but hopefully you get the idea.  We're so pleased with the final product, and love the way they look both with the candles lighting them up and without.  And the best part.....this was really a very easy project!  This was my first time using vinyl, so I was a little worried about how to cut it, how to get it on the glass, etc, but it was really simple.  :)

Thanks for coming by to take a look and enjoy the rest of the weekend!!

Recipe:
Glass vases
Vinyl
Frosted Glass spray paint
Bride and Groom from Wedding cut at 3 inches
Rings from Wedding cut at 2 inches
Date from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 1 inch
Sand dollar from Life's a Beach cut at 2.75 inches
Destination from Lyrical Letters cut at 1 inch

Father's Day Card #2

Happy Friday eve!  This week is going by fast, and I must say, I'm looking forward to the weekend.  Not only is Father's Day this Sunday, but this is US Open weekend - one of the biggest golf tournaments of the year and one of my favorites!!

The card I have to share today is for my father-in-law.  He's very handy and has been so helpful to my sweetie and I for a variety of projects around our house.  He's also a wonderful resource when we need to borrow some tools.  :)  I thought a handy-man themed card would be perfect for him for Father's Day.

I'm going to submit this card in the challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas, where the theme is Father's Day.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope everyone's week is going well!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from DCWV
Toolbox from Handy Man cut at 2.5 inches
Hammer from Handy Man cut at 2.75 inches
Ribbon from American Crafts
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happeist Moments set
Black and white Sakura gel pens

Father's Day Card #1

Good evening!  A little more craft time this evening and I got another project crossed off my to-do list.  Yay!  :)

The card I have to share tonight is the Father's Day card I'm sending to my Grandpa.  I kept it pretty simple, mainly because I was having a hard time thinking of a good image to use on a card for him.  My Grandpa is one of the first people to introduce me to the game of golf, so I definitely could have gone that route but I feel like I have made a few golf cards for him already and wanted to do something different.  So, this is what I came up with.

I'm submitting this in the challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion.  This week's challenge is Father's Day!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're all having a fabulous week!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill
Pattern paper from DCWV
Card base from Elegant Edges (2 5-inch images welded together)
Sentiment cut from Father's Day cartridge at 2.8 inches
Brown and white chalk
White Sakura gel pen

MCS #58

Good evening!  Where has the time gone??  I feel like I blinked and we're already 11 days into June!!  The weather here has been fabulous and I've been enjoying it, that's for sure.  Lots of golf with my sweetie and tending to the flowers and plants in the yard.  Unfortunately, not much time for crafting but my list of projects keeps getting longer and longer!  I finally got downstairs for a while today and got a couple things crossed off my list.

The card I have to share tonight is a birthday card for our sweet neighbor girl who turns 9 in a couple of weeks.      I went to my go-to birthday cartridge, Birthday Bash, and saw this cute butterfly with the number 9.  Perfect!  On that same page of the handbook, I used the font image for my card base, welding it to a simple rectangle.  I put the butterfly on an action wobble for a little extra fun.  I'm submitting this to the challenge over at My Craft Spot - Birthday - What's your age? (Must include a number.)  Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope you're all enjoying some fabulous weather like I have been!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Butterfly and number 9 from Birthday Bash cut at 3.25 inches
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment
Black, White and Clear Star Sakura gel pens
Crinkle ribbon
Action wobble