Happy Birthday Grandma!

Happy Friday evening!  The first week of the new year has passed and 2012 is off and running!  It's off to a good start for me, and I hope it is for all of you as well.

The card I have to share tonight is a birthday card I made for my grandma.  I decided to make her a shaped card and found this one on the Sweet Treats cartridge.  I kept it pretty simple and just added a little Glossy Accents for some shine and a 'happy birthday' rub-on sentiment in the inside of the card.  Thanks for coming by and have a great weekend!

Recipe:
Bazzill cardstock
Cake shaped card from Sweet Treats cut at 5.5 inches
Glossy Accents

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Good evening everyone!  I hope the first week of the new year is treating you all well!!

The project I have to share today is a card I made for my grandpa's birthday.  I try to leave the images fairly plan on cards I make for guys, but I have a really hard time and feel the need to add some sort of sparkle.  I'm sure my grandpa can deal with a little glitter!  :)

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Cupcake from Sweet Treats cut at 4 inches
Rub-on sentiment
Ribbon from my stash
Glitter, Stickles and white Sakura gel pen

Monday Challenge #39

Good evening everyone and Happy New Year!!  I hope 2012 is off to a good start for you all!  I got an Imagine for Christmas and have spent quite a bit of time the past two days trying to figure out exactly what I'm doing with that thing.  I think I'm catching on, but haven't made anything to share just yet.  I'm sure I will before too long though!

This week over at My Craft Spot, the challenge is Winter Wonderland - you must use glitter.  I needed to get some post-holiday thank you cards made to send out to family and friends and added a bit of glitter to my project so that I could participate in this challenge.  I think it worked great to help add a little something to the 'snow' on my card.  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio

Snow angel from Winter Frolic cut at 3.25 inches

Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment

Sentiment from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings set

Glitter and white Sakura gel pen for the eyes

New Year's Eve

Hello!  Can you believe 2011 is coming to an end?  This year went by so fast!!  One year ago today, my sweetie proposed to me, so New Year's Eve will always have a special meaning from here on.  We are getting married in just a couple of weeks and are both very excited.  The past week or so, I've been counting the days and reminding him how close we're getting.  He smiles and pretends to start hyperventilating and asks if anyone has a paper bag he can breathe into.  Well, I've decided to take that little joke of his and turn it into a card.  At the grocery store I got a long brown bag that they usually put bottles of wine into.  I folded it into thirds and it ended up just a little smaller than a standard A2 card.  I left space for me to write him a message - and the best part is he'll have the paper bag handy just in case he needs it!  LOL!!

Have a safe and fun New Year's Eve!!

Recipe:
Brown wine bag
Solid cardstock from Recollections and DCWV
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Champagne bottles and glasses from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3.5 inches
2012 from Lyrical Letters cut at 2.25 inches
Swirls Embossing folder
Ribbon from American Crafts
Glossy Accents

Final Holiday Card

Good evening everyone!  I have one more day off tomorrow before I have to head back to work and I'm trying to enjoy every minute of it.  I hope you've all had a wonderful time around Christmas with family and friends and hopefully you're able to enjoy some time off from your usual stresses of work, etc.

The project I have to share tonight is a gift card holder that I made for part of a gift to my mom from my sister-in-law and me.  I think the images from Three Birds on Parade are so cute and just had to use the one of the bird in the Santa costume.  The inside of the card is made to hold a gift card just like I did inside the card HERE.  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Patterned cardstock from DCWV

Bird from Three Birds on Parade cut at 3.5 inches

Sentiment from Hero Arts Holiday Sayings set

Twine from My Craft Spot

Glitter and google eyes

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone!  Did you all have a great day??  My day started with a nice long run along a new route so I was able to enjoy some new scenery.  That was followed by a wonderful breakfast, Christmas dinner and some good quality time with family.

The project I'm sharing this evening is the Christmas card I made to send out to family and friends this year. It was a bit more time consuming than I was expecting when I planned the card out in my head, but I was happy with the way it turned out and definitely think it was worth it.

The card base is a multi panel card that I got the instructions for HERE.  The card base itself was very easy to make, but the cutting and gluing of the strips and squares of paper took longer than I was expecting.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Heidi Grace Designs and DCWV
Snowman from Jolly Holidays cut at 3.5 inches
Face from Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Glossy Accents

MCS Challenge #38

Happy Friday!  Only 2 days til Christmas!!  Are you ready??  I finally have all the presents wrapped and under the tree.  I think I'm ready!

This week over at My Craft Spot, the challenge is Tag....You're It and we're asked to create tags for our Christmas gifts.  This worked perfectly for me as I had a few more tags I needed to make.  Thanks for stopping by to check them out!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill, Recollections and DCWV
Round tag from Tags Bags Boxes and More cut at 4 inches
Rectangle tag from Tags Bags Boxes and More cut at 4.2 inches
Santa from Doodlecharms cut at 2.2 inches
Bell from Jolly Holidays cut at 3 inches
Reindeer from Doodlecharms cut at 2.25 inches
Ornament from Jolly Holidays cut at 2.75 inches
To and From sentiments from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Google eyes, Glossy Accents and Stickles
Ribbon from my stash