Father's Day Tie Card

Good evening!  I hope you're all having a great week!  The weather here has been hot this week - something I'm not quite used to yet.  Summer is officially here I guess!

I wanted to share another Father's Day card I made.  This one is for my Grandpa.

I used the card feature on the Wrap It Up cartridge, then cut it in half so that I could use the tie image as a layer on my card instead of as the actual card base.

I layered pattern paper that reminded me of a tie print between the card base and the tie image.  Some stitching around the edges with a white gel pen finished off the card.  Quick and easy!  :-)

Thanks for coming by to check out my project!  Have a great Friday and weekend!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from SEI Homestead pack
Tie from Wrap It Up card feature cut at 7.25 x 9 inches
White Sakura gel pen

FCCB 160 - Congratulations Graduate

Happy Monday!  Mondays mean a fun new challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Congratulations Graduate and we want to see you graduation projects!

I made this card for a friend of my sweetie's who is getting his undergraduate degree this Friday.  I wanted to incorporate the school's colors, yellow and blue, into the card somehow.  Because this card is a guy, I decided to go with a couple simple bands of ribbon in the school colors.

I embossed the background paper for a little added interest, wanting to keep the card fairly simple overall since it's for a guy.  Cards for girls are so much easier I think - it's so fun to add glitter, bling and bows!!

Be sure to link up your graduation projects at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections and DCWV
Graduation cap from Wrap It Up cut at 3 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Polka Dots embossing folder
Black embossing powder

Belated Birthday Card

Happy Saturday!  Do you have some fun plans for the weekend??  I got my run in this morning, but the rest of my day is pretty free.  The crummy weather here has forced us to alter our plans.  While I'm a bit disappointed, I'm going to look at the bright side - having a pretty free day means I can now spend some time downstairs crafting.  It's National Scrapbook Day and I'm excited to work on some projects!!

Die Cuttin Divas is having an Anything Goes challenge this week.  Perfect for me as I'm getting back into my crafting goove.  I created a pretty simple belated birthday card, sticking with bright primary colors against an embossed white background.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  I'm heading downstairs shortly to get to crafting.  I hope you're able to spend some time scrapping today too!!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Recollections
Balloons from Wrap it Up cut at 3.75 inches
Happy Birthday embossing folder
Twine from My Craft Spot
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
White Sakura gel pen

Birthday Balloons

Happy Wednesday!  I feel like I have been absent from blogging forever!!  I got busy last week (such is life, right?), then of course the Super Bowl on Sunday.  I started this week off working on a sewing project (I'm a newbie sewer so it takes me some time to think through those projects!!). 

Anyway, I am back.  :-)  I'm hoping to spend some time crafting this week to get starting on a few scrapbook pages and cards.  I also have an afternoon set aside with one of my good friends to get some scrapping done this weekend.  Very excited for that!!

I needed a birthday card for my sister-in-law.  I kept this one pretty simple and I'm please with how it turned out.

I cut the balloons from the Wrap it Up cartridge.  Instead of cutting all the layers, I only cut out the layers with the basic balloon shapes (I had to hide a few cuts on my Gypsy).  Then I took twine and glued it on the balloons for a fun pattern and texture.  I cut off the balloon strings from the Cricut images and instead used twine to make the strings and tied a simple bow which I tacked on to my card using a glue dot.

I added a birthday sentiment on the inside to finish off the card.  Like I said, it's pretty simple!  Thanks for stopping by to take a look and I hope you're all having a great week!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Balloons from Wrap it Up cut at 4.8 inches
Twine from My Craft Spot
Sentiment from Scrappy Mom's Stamps Everyday Greetings set

Gift Card Holder

Good evening!  I hope you all had a nice weekend.  Mine was very busy between holiday parties and trying to get various projects wrapped up.  My Christmas cards are nearly done and just about ready to put out in the mail, and I also managed to get a gift card created.

I knew I wanted to participate in the challenge this week over at Fantabulous Cricut - Bells are Ringing.  I got some inspiration from a number of gift card holders I've seen on blogs and Pinterest recently, and also from one of the FCCB Design Team Members, Missy.

I folded a piece of 6.5" x 4.5" cardstock in half and glued the two side together, leaving the top open.

I used the Book feature of the Elegant Edges cartridge to cut the tag and punched a hole in the top, tying a bow with crinkle ribbon.  I tied a jingle bell to the bow - thanks for the idea of using an actual bell Missy!  There you go, gift card holder complete - just decorate as you wish!

Recipe:
Pattern and glitter cardstock from DCWV
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Jingle bells from Wrap it Up cut at 2.5 inches
Crinkle ribbon
American Crafts twine
Jingle bell

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

Graduation Card

Happy Friday and start of Memorial Day weekend!  We have a lot planned for this weekend, and I'm looking forward to it all!

I had a bit of time this evening to get a card created.  One of my cousins is graduating from high school in a few weeks, so I went ahead and got a card made for her.  I decided to make a shaped card and used my Gypsy to weld two hats together.  Earlier today I saw a post  on the Cricut Circle blog about using twine to fill in shapes on your project.  I knew I wanted to decorate the tassel of the hat somehow, and I wanted it to be in my cousin's school colors (black and gold).  Well, when I saw that post this morning, I decided to give it a try.  It was very easy - I ran the tassel through my Xyron upside down, the put the twine on the adhesive, starting by going around the outside of the image and working my way in.  I like the dimension that it gave.

I'm going to submit this card into the challenges at Fantabulous Cricut and Celebrate the Occasion, both of which are hosting Graduation-themed challenges this week.  Thanks for coming by and have a fabulous weekend!

Recipe:
Graduation hat from Wrap It Up cut at 4.45 inches
Twine from My Craft Spot
Rub-on sentiment
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Glossy Accents

Belated Happy Father's Day!

What a weekend!  I was hoping to be able to spend some time making cards and working on layouts, but apparently mother nature had something else in mind.  We had really heavy rain and strong winds early Saturday morning - winds strong enough to blow over a very large tree in our backyard.  Might not have been too bad if our house hadn't gotten in the way of the falling tree!  Yes, the tree landed on the roof and part of it even made its way inside the house.  So in the wee early hours of Saturday morning, my sweetie and I were scrambling to try to find bins to catch all of the rain coming in to the house and trying to figure out what we were supposed to do in this situation!  We did sit down about an hour after it happened and say our thanks that we were okay, that our animals were okay and that our house was still standing.  We thought of all the people in Joplin who lost their homes, friends and/or family members to the devastating tornado and reminded ourselves that we were lucky and that it could have been so much worse.

So, needless to say, my weekend plans changed just a bit and crafting and blogging didn't make it too high on the to-do list.  These are the Father's Day cards I made for my dad and for my sweetie's dad.  My dad is a big golfer and was a big part of my coming to love the game as well, so the golf card was of course for him.  My sweetie is taking his dad to a baseball game this week for Father's Day, so we decided to make the card themed toward that.  Thanks for coming by to check them out!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Golf bag from Wrap It Up cut at 3 3/4 inches
Baseball diamond from Everyday Paper Dolls cut at 3 1/4 inches
Baker's twine from My Craft Spot
Glossy Accents on bases
White Sakura gel pen
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

CTO Challenge #12 Graduation

This week over at Celebrate the Occasion the theme is graduation.  I didn't think I had anything I needed to create along these lines until my mom reminded me that my cousin is graduating from college this spring with a degree in biochemistry.  I'm very excited for her as she continues on her path to pharmacy school!  Here is the card that I made for her to help celebrate her accomplishment.  You can't see it very well in this picture, but I used a glitter pen to make lines on the tassel to represent the threads.  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Bazzill
Patterned cardstock from my stash
Graduation cap from Wrap it Up cut at 2 inches
Ribbon from American Crafts
Sakura pens
Jewel and pop dots

Cupcake Gift Tag

Tomorrow is my sweetie's birthday.  This was a quick and easy tag that I made to put on his birthday present.  I got the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge with the Gypsy update last fall but haven't used it yet, so I was excited to check it out.  I haven't made many tags and think I need to start making more for gifts that I give.  They can add so much to the present and really don't take too much time!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections in my scrap stash
Tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 3 1/2 inches
Cupcake from Wrap It Up cut at 2 1/4 inches
Sentiment from Hero Arts 'Cupcakes' set
Ribbon from American Crafts
Stickles of course!

Birthday Cake Card

Tomorrow my sweetie's Grandpa turns 91!  I seem to have a hard time making cards for men, because I tend to make them too girly.  Well, it happened once again....  I found this image on the Wrap It Up cartridge and thought it would be a neat card to make.  Of course once I got it all cut out and assembled I thought it needed a little something more.  So, a few jewels and some Stickles later and I managed to create yet another 'girly' card for a man.  Oh well.  He's getting it anyway!!

Recipe: Cardstock from Recollections and Bazzill
Birthday Cake card from Wrap It Up cut at 5 inches
Jewels and Stickles