A Simple Card for a Sweet Girl

After watching the newest video on mypinkstamper.com I was inspired to use Robyn's simple design to make a birthday card for a little girl. Fisher watched the video with me and wanted to help me make the card. We used A Child's Year cartridge to cut out the silhouette of a girl with an ice cream cone at 4". We then repeated the cut on pattern paper to make her dress. We trimmed the legs, arm , and head to get just the dress portion.

After piecing the girl together we used the cuttlebug to emboss the layer with spots and dots. Following Robyn's design we left a portion of the top without embossing. We then added the green dotted ribbon and stamped the phrase "You're so sweet".

After putting the whole thing together we felt it needed a little sparkle. We put a few dots of glitter glue on her hair and made a small heart pocket. This card is just perfect for the little princess whose birthday is coming up soon.

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!!

A Gift for Mama

The Pink Stamper issued a challenge to make something for someone. My mama loves to receive the cards I make so I thought I would make her a set. I chose to use the Snow Friends cartridge. I added something special to each one. One holds a heart (compliments of a Creative Memories punch) that says "LOVE", another has cute ear muffs with flowers on the shirt, and the last holds a sign saying "LET IT SNOW." (Which truth be known we do not need any more snow. My driveway still has an inch of ice from the snowstorm two weeks ago.) I enjoyed personalizing each one. I also used glitter glue on each one to make them sparkle.

For the background I embossed using my Cuttlebug with the snowflake folder. I also tore some white card stock to create a textured snowbank for each of them stand on. I made two of each type giving her a six card set.

I wanted to package the card set for a nice presentation. I found a clear envelope that was just the right size. I made a topper with a stamp that says "Snowmen melt your heart." I added a few snowflakes on the sides and sealed it all up.

I went into this without much of a plan. I just let the cards develop with each stage. I do hope my mama likes it and that I can surprise her before she reads this (HA HA).

Well, it is back to work tomorrow. They have already called a two-hour delay because it is going to be extremely cold and the buildings are going to need some time to get warm after being vacant for the past two weeks. I'll still have to get up a lot earlier than I have been. Hope I can continue to create a share with everyone. Thanks for taking the time to look and please leave a comment.

Thinking of You

The Pink Elephant actually hosted two sketches for this week's challenge.
Here is a card for the second sketch. I cut the bird and branch from the Home Decor cartridge. The circle was cut from Plantin Schoolbook. The stamp is from a new set for me from Inkadinkadoo called "Just Saying." I really like the medallion. I added a little sparkle to the medallion. I am not sure you can tell in the picture. I also added some to the bird. I am pleased with how the card turned out. Thanks for looking and Happy New Year!

A Friendly Card

For Christmas my sister-in-law had given me the cartridge A Child's Year. I hadn't really seen this cart and have been very pleased with it. Today I decided to try a new challenge from The Pink Elephant #47.

This sketch had me rummaging around my scraps trying to come up with an idea. At first I found the flowered paper. I really like the colors and wanted to use it. I put all of the papers together and still could not find the right stamp image I wanted to use.

I started browsing my cricut carts and found the perfect image for this card in ACY. It reminds me of the little girl on the salt container :) I thought of a friend of mine and knew this would be just right for her.

Thanks for visiting. Have a blessed day!

A Note for You

Tonight I decided to check out the challenge on 2S4Y. Laura has provided a great sketch 42.

I decided to go with a black and white theme. I crumpled up some tissue paper and adhered it to white card stock. I used a Fiskars border punch on black cardstock and tied some ribbon from my stash. I used my cuttlebug to cut out the note and stamped the sentiment.

Thanks for looking and Happy New Year!

Fish Hatchery Layouts

Although I would like to be one that is completely caught up on scrapbooking my favorite photos I have resigned myself to being behind - always. I sort of like it. In creating these pages from April 2007 I was able to revisit a fabulous outing that I took with my family, a friend and her two children.

We started at the playground where the children (ages 16 months to 2 years) loved the slide. Fisher was all about climbing up the steps. You can even get a glimpse of Dad taking Fisher down the slide. We followed this sliding adventure with a visit to the fish hatchery. There the children got to feed the fish. They squealed with delight every time they threw the food in because the fish would just splash the water in a feeding frenzy.

So the first layout is of the slide. I used the Locker Talk cartridge to cut out the slide and Plantin Schoolbook to cut out the lettering. (Thanks to my DH for the cricut jukeboxes for Christmas. I can now cut from different carts without turning the machine off.) I used a journaling block I received in a swap. I feel it needs a little more but I am not sure what. So for now the 2 page layout is complete.

For the second layout I used A Child's Year cart to cut out the fish. I had taken pictures of the different fishing signs at the hatchery and used those as embellishments. I am pleased with this layout. I particularly like the picture of Fisher standing by himself. He has grown so much it is hard to remember him that small. That is why I love scrapbooking and pictures. The memories are priceless. Anyway, here is the 2 page layout.

Thanks for taking a look. Have a blessed day!

Christmas Card

It has been a while since I posted anything new. Actually it has been months. The new teaching position, graduate school, and every day life take priority so I have had little time to take a retreat. I did find time to make Christmas cards and I wanted to share them with all of you.

I treated myself to three new seasonal Cricut cartridges. My favorite is When Its Cold Outside which has fabulous snowflakes. I chose the nativity snowflake for my cards. I wanted to keep it simple. I did emboss the background with my cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. I did a few with the snowflake folder. I preferred the snowflakes but I didn't take a picture of those before I mailed them off. I added a touch of silver glitter on the star and wrapped some blue ribbon from my stash.
I do hope you had a very Merry Christmas and may the Lord bless you and your family throughout the New Year!