Happy Bird-day Card for My Sister

Hello everyone!  The card that I have for you today is a birthday card for my sister!  She is the best sister anyone could ever ask for, and I love her very much!!!!!  Happy Birthday Joni!  :)  My sister loves owls, puns, and colorful bling and this card has all of those things!!!!  Woo hoo!  I also wanted to enter some challenges, so I went lookin' and I found some fun ones to enter...  This card meets challenge requirements AND it's perfect for my sister's birthday....  so, I guess you could say it "kills two birds with one stone" (sorry, I couldn't resist, seeing as my card has two birds on it)!  :)  Okay, onto the card...

My Craft Spot- use bling
Paper Playtime- use some brown
The Cuttlebug Spot- use squares
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- embossing
Mojo Monday- use the sketch

 

A2 sized card
George and Basic Shapes- rectangle cut at 2.13 x 3.64", squares cut at 1.59"
Hoot 'n' Holler- owls cut at 2.76" (left one), 2.06" (right one)
Wild Card- branch cut at 3.24"
Cuttlebug- wood grain (Papertrey Ink)
Joy's Life Stamps- Wild Life Puns
Twine
Rhinestones

Okay everyone, hope you like it....  Thanks for stopping by!!!!  :)

Thank You SNOW Much Card

Hello everyone!  I have not been doing anything over the past couple of days!!!  All I have been doing is cleaning, organizing, crafting, etc...  Tomorrow I am getting out of the house, and I am thrilled about it!  I can't believe that I have another card today, and I was able to squeeze it into a few challenges!  YAHOO!!!  Next week I will be back at work, so I won't be able to craft like a maniac (as much)...

Little Scrap Pieces- winter
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- use your favorite embellishments (mine are Stickles & twine)
Creative Cutter Room- shaped thank you card
Mojo Monday- use the sketch
Go Fish Challenge- snow or winter
My Paper Crafting- snowflakes
Shabby Tea Room- monogram madness & photo inspiration

      

Wild Card- scalloped card base cut at 5.47"

George and Basic Shapes-  circles cut at 2.29 & 4.65", rectangle cut at 4.06"

Winter Woodland- large snowflake cut at 1.82"

Christmas- smaller snowflakes cut at .65"

Doodletype- "L" cut at 1.71"

Cuttlebug- snowflakes

Joy's Life Stamps- Wintery Puns

Stickles- star dust

Twine- stone

Thank you SNOW much for stopping by!  :)

Happy Easter Card

Hello everyone!!!  I am having so much fun making Easter/spring cards!  I didn't have my blog at this time last year, so I am excited to join in on the fun this time!  It's my design team day over at Joy's Life, and the challenge this week was to create a project for Easter.  I love these colors, and I just had to use a rabbit on at least one of my Easter cards, so this is what I came up with!  :)

 

Wild Card- scalloped card cut at 4.65"
Celebrate with Flourish- rabbit/grass cut at 3.35"
George and Basic Shapes- circle cut at 3.82"
Cuttlebug- d'vine swirls
Joy's Life Stamps- Holiday Occasions

That's it!  I love the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge!  You can make a really detailed card, and it doesn't require a ton of layering, etc...  Hope you enjoy, and thanks for hopping by on this fine spring day!!!  :)

White Snowflake Card

Hello everyone!  Hope you are all enjoying the new year so far!  :)  I have been so busy on my Christmas vacation that I have actually enjoyed the last two days of doing nothing!  This is my last week off and I just plan on relaxing, going to lunch a couple of days, hanging out, etc...  Last week I went to Disneyland and it was so packed that they were actually not selling tickets anymore!!!  I have never seen the park that busy!!!  Luckily we were able to get in because we had already gone in earlier that day and we had the "magical" hand stamp for re-entry....  Anywho, here is a card that I made to enter into some challenges...  YAY!  :)

My Craft Spot- Winter Wonderland & use glitter
Go Fish Challenge Blog- white on white (this was tough for me)
BBTB2- Winter Woodland ice skate
Victorine Stamps- use a punch
A Muse Studio Challenge Blog- use heat embossing
Exploring Cricut- winter scene or activity
Pile it On- anything goes
Ladybug Crafts- anything goes, use your new stash (my rhinestones)
Fresh Brewed Blog- use something new
Jellypark Challenges- use something new (rhinestones) and something old (MS punch)
Creative Cutter Room- use glitter/Stickles

Wild Card- scalloped card base cut at 4.88"
Winter Woodland- ice skate cut at 3.35"
Cuttlebug- swiss dots, snowflakes
Scrappy Moms Stamps- Winter Wishes
MS snowflake punch
a la mode sparkle embossing powder (used on the snowflakes & ice skate bow)
a la mode detail silver embossing powder (used on ice skate and sentiment)
MS glitter- crystal fine (I added this to the embossed snowflake background with a Zig glue pen)
Silver ink pad (I inked the edges of the ice skate)
Rhinestones
Pearl

Hope you enjoy and hope you have a wonderful day!  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

Penguin Spinner Christmas Card

Good morning everyone!  I must start off by saying....  WOOO HOOOO!!!!  I have reached 200 followers!  I am going to do a giveaway of some kind, so keep your eyes peeled for that!  :)  It will be my first giveaway, so I'm a bit nervous (not sure why)....  But, I really want to do this because I want to say THANK YOU to all of the people who are taking the time to visit and follow my blog!  I can't believe that with all of the talent out there, my little blog reached 200!!!  Okay, onto my card for today...

Bitten by the Bug 2- use a penguin (I don't own Jolly Holidays, so I used Joys of the Season)
My Craft Spot- Christmas in July
Jingle Belles- O Hole-y Night: create a card with a window in it (I love the name of this challenge) :)
Paper Cutz Challenge- anything goes
Peachy Keen LFIF Challenge- use a pun (I LOVE puns) and a PK face

Cricut cartridges used:
Joys of the Season- penguin cut at 3.35"
Wild Card- card base cut at 5.59"
Winter Woodland- snowflakes cut at 1", 1.55", 1.86"
Peachy Keen Stamps- Critter Faces SET A Medium & Winter Face Assortment
Sentiment from my computer- Curlz MT font, size 18
Martha Stewart Ink: sea lavender & ocean
Mini snowflake stamp
A la Mode sparkle embossing powder
Martha Stewart fine glitter- crystal
Brad for the spinner
Foam tape

**I'm so excited because I made my own background paper!  To make it I stamped a mini snowflake (I don't even know the brand of the stamp) with Versamark Ink in various places on the white paper.  Then I sprinkled the embossing powder over it and heat embossed the snowflakes.  I then took my MS sea lavender ink and dabbed it over the entire card (and it doesn't stick to the embossed images).  I inked the edges of the card with MS ocean ink.

Before I end this post, I want to thank Cally Ann @ http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/ for giving me a blog award!!!!  She has a really cute blog, and posts really nice projects.  I would encourage you all to check her out! :)  You can see my original post for this award here.  Thanks again!

Okay, I snow you will have a cool day!  Thanks for stopping by!!! :)

Happy Holidays Card

Wow!  Another post today!  I must be making up for lost time....  Hee hee....  I had to make another card today because.... When I got home from Vegas, I found a lot of challenges I wanted to enter!  I just can't help myself!  :)  There are a lot of challenges going on now (and coming up) that have a "Christmas in July" theme, so that is why I made this holiday card in the middle of the summer!  It was fun to make.... Christmas is my favorite time of year, so this brings up good feelings.  Okay, here we go!

The Paper Variety-  Christmas in July
Celebrate the Occasion-  Christmas card using NO red (that was tough, I can just picture a red scarf blowing in the wind....)
My Creative Time-  Throwback Thursday, use Wild Card & incorporate embossing

Wild Card-  card cut at 4.69"

Christmas Cheer- snowman cut at 3.24"

Cuttlebug- polka dots, snowflakes

Peachy Keen Stamps-  Winter Face Assortment

Sentiment- Stampabilities

Martha Stewart glitter- crystal, sterling

Enjoy! :)

Stinkin' Sweet Thank You Card

Hello there!  I made this card to enter into some challenges, and I love the way it turned out!  I am actually going to be giving this to my parents.  They paid for the hotel rooms in Vegas and I think that was awesome of them!  :)  Okay, onto the card...  I came up with the sentiment all by myself!  I was cracking up, the skunk's stinkin' and the lollipop is sweet!  It's just too punny!  :)  I was also laughing at how difficult it was for me to take a picture of a circular card....  It kept rolling all over the place! :)  Hee hee....

Cricut 360- create a circular shaped thank you card
Die Cuttin' Divas-  create a card using the sketch
Peachy Keen LFIF-  use patterned paper & a PK face
More than Favors-  use Wild Card cartridge

Cricut cartridges used:

Wild Card- card cut at 4.65"

Create a Critter- skunk cut at 2.65"

Mickey and Friends- lollipop cut at 1.35"

Peachy Keen Stamps- Critter Faces SET A Medium

Sentiment from computer-  Maiandra GD font at size 16

Stickles- star dust, cotton candy

Glossy Accents

Mini button brads

White gel pen

Thanks for stopping by.... It was stinkin' sweet of you!  :)

**I'm also going to submit this in the Made it Myself Monday @ You Had Me at Craft!! :)

Sunny Days- Twisted Easel Card

There are a lot of challenges out there right now that have a summer theme.  It feels pretty appropriate because today is the first official day of summer, and in my neck of the woods we are supposed to hit a high of 105 degrees today!!!!  AAAAHHHH so HOT!!!  Anywho, I've been seeing this type of card a lot lately, and I wanted to give it a try!  It is called a twisted easel card/fold.  I did not know how to do this, so I looked it up on You Tube (the video I watched is here).  The beautiful things about this card are that it is completely flat when closed, and it fits in an A2 sized envelope!!  YAY! 

Gimme a Break Challenge Blog-  anything summer
Bitten by the Bug 2-  Celebrate with Flourish "sunny days"
Celebrate the Occasion-  summer theme, must have sun
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog-  include a sun
Getting Cricky with K Andrews-  use a face

Cricut Cartridges used:

Wild Card-  sun cut at 5"

Celebrate with Flourish-  "sunny days" cut at 2.41"

Life is a Beach-  bucket and shovel cut at 2.18"

My Pink Stamper stamps-  Spectacular Sayings

Peachy Keen stamps-  Retro Paper Doll Face Assortment

Stickles- star dust

Glossy Accents

White gel pen

Yellow eyelet

Okay folks, try to stay cool on this HOT summer day!  Now I'm off to drink some water and relax!!!  :)