Friday, August 31, 2012

If Friends Were Flowers....

It's finally Friday!  I've been trying to keep myself busy with my sweetie being away on his camping trip this week.  I'm so excited to finally have him back home this weekend!!

Last weekend I got together with a good friend and she taught me one of her favorite crafts - crocheting.  I had learned to crochet when I was a kid, but it had been years since I've picked up some yarn and a crochet hook.  Well, it's safe to say that she has me hooked!  I have two scarfs that just need some finishing touches, and I'm giving my first hat a try.  I'm going to get together with her again this weekend so she can help me finish up the scarfs - I'm so excited!

I wanted to make a thank you card for her, not only for teaching me yet another fun craft, but also to let her know how much I appreciate her friendship.  She likes things with an Asian theme, so I found this flower image on the Pagoda cartridge and used some Bo Bunny paper with an Asian flair.

I'm going to link this card up to the challenge over at Krafty Girls.  They are hosting their last challenge for a while, so I wanted to be sure to take part.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!



Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Bo Bunny
Flowers in vase from Pagoda cut at 3.2 inches
Frame from Elegant Edges cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set
Crinkle Ribbon
Brown chalk
Pop dots

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Anniversary Card

Happy Sunday!  I wanted to share the anniversary card I made for my parents.  I always like to try new card styles, so I decided to give a swing card a try.  It was easy to make and I really like the way it turned out.  I'll definitely be making more of this style of card in the future - an easy way to jazz up cards!



Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Bell from Tie the Knot cut at 2.75 inches
Frame from Elegant Edges cut at 3.65 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Anniversary Explosion Box

Happy Saturday!  I hope you're all having a great weekend!  Last Sunday my parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.  They have insisted that we do not give them gifts, but I have recently seen some wonderfully crafty ladies post explosion boxes on their blogs and just had to give it a try.  I decided that their anniversary would be a great time to put together an explosion box with various pictures of them and their family through the years.

A few years ago, my grandparents scanned a number of family pictures and put them on DVDs for us.  I went through those pictures and was able to find a lot of pictures that would work for the box from those DVDs - including pictures of my parents graduating from Pharmacy School and their wedding!




The box that I made used 3 sheets of paper, so I was able to fit 20 pictures in the box.  It's hard to fit 40 years of memories in just 20 pictures, but I managed to get pictures of my brother and I as babies, young kids, teenagers, our weddings, as well as pictures of my parent's 3 grandchildren and their great-grandbaby, so I think I managed to capture many of the milestones.

My mom really seemed to like the album and was surprised that I was able to find so many old family pictures.  I had so much fun making this album!  Thanks for coming by to take a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Bo Bunny
Pair of hands from Something to Remember cut at 2.75 inches
Love from Sweethearts cut at 2.25 inches
Family from Gypsy Wanderings cut at 2.25 inches
40 from Opposites Attract cut at 3 inches
Rings from Sweethearts cut at 1.9 inches
Monogram from Tie the Knot cut at 1.8 inches
Frame from Elegant Edges cut at 2.6 inches
Flower and leaves from Flower Shoppe cut at 3, 2 and 1 inches
Ribbon from my stash

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

You are Elephant-astic!

Good evening!  We're one day closer to the weekend, and I don't know about you, but boy am I ready for it!  It's been a busy week at work and we've been pretty busy in the evenings so far this week too, so I'm looking forward to a couple days off.

The card I have to share today is one I made this past weekend during my weekend full of crafting.  I created this card for two reasons.  One is the challenge over at Krafty Girls.  Their current challenge is Very Punny - create a project with a pun.  The second reason I created this card is for Madison's I Feel the Love Project.  For the month of August, Madison is collecting cards for Olivia, a girl who lost her mother at the age of 8.  Shortly after her mother's passing, Olivia founded Kids Involved in Cancer Research (KICR) with a goal of raising awareness and money for colon and lung cancer research.  I knew I wanted to make a card for Olivia and when I saw the challenge over at Krafty Girls I looked through my stamp sets to find a sentiment with a pun that I thought would work well.  This is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and try to create a card for Olivia and/or the Krafty Girls challenge - you still have time for both!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Elephant from Create a Critter cut at 2.5 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Jungle Fever set
Crinkle ribbon
i-rock gems

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Sending Warm Fuzzies

Good afternoon!  Are you all enjoying the weekend?  The weather here is fabulous, which is a very welcome change from the high 90s and 100+ temps we've had for much of this summer.  I've also had a lot of time for crafting this weekend, so no complaints from me!!

The card I have to share today is one that I made for my sweetie.  He's leaving later this week for a week-long camping trip with my dad, my brother and a few other family friends.  They're really 'roughing it' so no bathrooms, no electricity and no cell phones.  This will be the longest that he and I have been apart and we've definitely not gone this long without at least being able to talk on the phone.  I hope I survive!!  I'm going to try to sneak this in his backpack so that he finds it sometime after he's left home.  We'll see how well I do....  :)

I'm going to submit this card into the challenge over at My Craft Spot which is Under the Stars - create a project with a camping theme.

Thanks for coming by and I hope you are all having a great weekend!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from DCWV
Bunny in sleeping bag from Campin' Critters cut at 2 inches
Sentiment from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings set
Google eyes
Black Sakura gel pen

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Get Well Soon Card

Happy Thursday!  I hope you are all having a fabulous week!  Mine is going well - most of all I'm looking forward to this weekend.  I have a fun scrap night planned with one of my best friends  - something we haven't done in quite a while and I can't wait!!

The card I have to share today is one I made for the girl who lives two houses down from us.  She was so excited to tell us that she was finally riding her bike without training wheels.  Well, not two days after she shared that exciting news with us, my husband saw her sitting on her front porch with her dad, and the poor girl had a cast on her foot.  He asked what happened, and what do you know??  She fell off her bike and broke her foot!!  Poor thing - so soon after finally getting those training wheels off too!

I just had to make her a card and this is what I came up with.  All the images came from the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.  I created the cast by cutting the 'bed' image that looks like the little pajamas with the footies.  Then I just cut off one leg and the tip of the toes and voila - a cast!  I cut the bike image out twice, once in grey and once in black, then fussy cut the tires and seat for the layers.

I'm going to submit this card into this weeks challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut, which is 2012 Olympics - make a project with a sports theme.  Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my creation!!


Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Girl, dress, bike and crutches from Everyday Paper Dolls cut at 3.75 inches
Sentiment from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings set
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment
i-rock gems
Brown chalk
Black and white Sakura gel pen


Monday, August 13, 2012

DCD #77

Good evening!  Did you all enjoy the Olympics as much as I did??  I have to admit though, I am a little glad they are over.  I've been staying up later than usual watching all the events on television and haven't been getting as much sleep as usual.  And I also haven't been spending much time downstairs crafting!  So, now that all the excitement of the Olympics is over I can get some crafting done and can get caught back up on my sleep!

This past week over at Die Cuttin Divas, they were having a sketch challenge with a twist.  The twist was to add a child's theme to your project in honor of National Kid Day.  Well, my sister-in-law is graduating from college on Friday, so I made her a graduation card.  It's not a real young kid's card, but kids graduate eventually, so I'm hoping this works!  :)

Here's the sketch:
And here's the card I created:

Thanks for coming by to take a look!  I hope you all have a fabulous week!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from my stash
Diploma from Wrap It Up cut at 1.5 inches
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Twine from My Craft Spot
i-rock gems
Black Sakura gel pen

Saturday, August 4, 2012

DCD #76

Greetings!  Hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start!!

Die Cuttin Divas is hosting another great challenge this week - Anything Goes!  I thought I would take this opportunity to try something I've never done before.  Have you seen some of the fabulous cascading cards out there in blogland??  There are some amazing creations out there!!

I found a great tutorial HERE and had no problems getting the card base put together.  I will admit though, once I got that complete, I was a bit overwhelmed thinking about how I was going to add on to the card.  There just seemed to be so much space to fill in!!  Here's my first attempt at a cascading card - I'm sure I'll be making another card in this style sometime!





Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Flower from Sugar and Spice cut at 1.25 inches
Stroller from 9 Months cut at 1.75 inches
Safety pins from Sugar and Spice cut at 1.75 inches
Onesie from New Arrival cut at 2 inches
Rattle from 9 Months cut at 2 inches
Butterfly from New Arrival cut at 1.5 inches
Bottle from 9 Months cut at 2 inches
Frame and shadow from Elegant Edges cut at 3 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby set
White and brown chalk
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Glossy Accents
Stickles

Friday, August 3, 2012

CTO #73

Hello and happy Friday!  I feel like I am finally getting some crafting mojo back and have been trying to spend more time downstairs working on projects but I'm also pretty addicted to the Olympics!  I have been staying up later than usual watching coverage on tv and trying my hardest to avoid spoilers on the internet all day.  Are you all going through this too or is it just me?!?  :)

This week over at Celebrate the Occasion, they're having an I Scream for Ice Cream challenge.  I thought I'd make a quick birthday card that would work for this challenge.  I decided to make this card a #10 size card so that I could fit 3 ice cream cones easily across the front of the card.  These cones are from Simply Charmed but I didn't cut all the layers because I wanted to use some cute Peachy Keen faces on them.  Thanks for coming by to take look.  Now back to the Olympics!  LOL!!


**I've just learned of a new challenge blog - Tuesday Alchemy and this card fits their current challenge.  I'm going to link up there as well.  Thanks Corrinne!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV Sweet Stack
Ice Cream cones from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids assortment
Tim Holtz Burlap embossing folder
Brown chalk
White Sakura gel pen
Pop dots