Fish You Were Here Card

Hello!  It's Tuesday, you know what that means...  Another Krafty Girls challenge!!!!  The challenge this week is:  Die Cuts- create any project, and incorporate a die cut.  I felt like this was almost an "anything goes" challenge because I use die cuts on everything I make!!!  When the sky's the limit, it's really tough for me to narrow down what I want to make.  When that happens to me, I just go to my stamp sets and start looking for a sentiment I want to use, then the ideas just start flowin'!  This card would be perfect to send to someone who you are missing...

A2 sized card
Zooballoo- waves cut at 1.35"
George and Basic Shapes- rectangle (welded to waves) 5.71"
Create a Critter- hearts cut at 7.47, 6.27, & 5.24"
Life is a Beach- fish cut at 3.94", seaweed cut at 4.88" (both are from the fishbowl cut)
Cuttlebug- sunshine impression plate (PaperTrey Ink)
Joy's Life Stamps- Wild Life Puns
Stickles- star dust, Christmas red, lime green
Glossy Accents
Googly eye
White gel pen (I hand wrote the word "love" onto the heart)

Thanks for stopping by!  I sure do "fish" that you'll stop by Krafty Girls and enter the challenge!  :)

Earth Day Card

Hey everyone!  Hope you are all enjoying your Tuesday!  I am back at work today, after the nice 4-day weekend...  I can't believe how fast this year is going by (both, the calendar year and the school year)!  Soon I will have to say goodbye to these kiddos...  :(  Anywho, today is another challenge over at Krafty Girls!  The challenge this week is to create a project using something recycled or create an Earth Day project.  As I was making this card, I was thinking about how excited my students get about saving the Earth.  They love to talk about recycling and they pick up litter on the playground, etc.  Last year, one of my students would thrust his fist into the air and say "We're Going Green"!  It was so cute!  I couldn't find any Earth images on the Cricut, so I had to freehand the continents onto a circle and then color it myself...  Hope you like what I came up with!

Create a Critter- hearts cut at 5.35", .76", .41"
George and Basic Shapes- circle cut at 3.12"
Zooballoo- tree cut at 3.59"
Scrappy Moms Stamps- Spring Fling
Stickles- Christmas red
Prismacolor watercolor pencils

Hope you'll join us over at Krafty Girls!  :)

Pirate Birthday- Twisted Easel Card

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone is enjoying their week so far...  Today I am taking a group of kids to a Poetry and Prose event about 45 minutes away from my school.  I am also taking them out to eat at McDonald's afterwards.  Then tomorrow, I am going to be taking my class on a field trip... We are going to watch a movie at the movie theater!  I hope I'm strong enough for this!  Just kidding, I actually have a pretty good bunch of kiddos this year...  Anywho, it's my design team day over at Joy's Life.  Our challenge this week was to create a card with an interesting fold...  I have made one of these twisted easel cards before, and I thought it would be fun to make another one!  :)  The video I watched is HERE...  Hope you enjoy!

Wrap it Up- pirate ship cut at 4.29"
Paper Doll Dress Up- pirate boy cut at 2.88"
Sweet Treats- party hat cut at 1.12"
Once Upon a Princess- cupcake cut at 1"
Zooballoo- waves cut at 1.24" (I welded them to a rectangle to make them taller)
Cuttlebug- swiss dots, d'vine swirls
Joy's Life Stamps- You're So Punny
Peachy Keen Stamps- Everyday Character Face Assortment

Hope you liked this, and that you'll head over to Joy's Life DT Blog to see more interesting fold cards using her awesome stamps!  OH, and Joy has just come out with 4 new stamp sets that you just have to see!  I'll give you a peek right here, and you can see all of her sets by clicking HERE...  :)

Krafty Girls Challenge Number 1 and Blog Hop!!!

Hello and Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!  Welcome to my lil' ol' blog!  I am so excited to be a part of the Krafty Girls DT, and I'm super excited that today is the first challenge!!!  The challenge is to create a card, 3D item, scrapbook page, etc. that represents the place that you're from/live.  I live in California, so this is the card I made to represent some of my favorite things about living here!  California has soooo many things to offer (deserts, agriculture, some really big cities), but I chose to represent what I love most: a big redwood tree, the ocean, and (of course) Mickey Mouse because I love going to Disneyland!!!  I also added twine around the state, this represents the area of California where I live!  Hope you enjoy and I can't wait to see what all of you create over at Krafty Girls!!!  :) 

Do not forget to enter my awesome GIVEAWAY!!!!!

A7 sized card (10 x 7" paper folded in half) Zooballoo- waves cut at 1.24" (I welded them to a rectangle on my Gypsy so they would be taller)
50 States- state of California cut at 5.94", "California" cut at 1"
Gypsy Wanderings- sun cut at 3"
Create a Critter- "sunny" cut at 2.41"
Disney Princess Dreams Come True- pine tree cut at 3.12"
Mickey and Friends- Mickey cut at 2.76"
Cuttlebug- d'vine swirls, forest branches
K. Andrew Stamps- Positive Thoughts
MS Glitter- crystal fine
Twine

Hope you liked your visit to California, hee hee!  :)  Here's the Blog Hop order if you need it!  :)

Krafty Girls 
http://www.kraftygirls.com/
Amy  <---------  (You are here)
http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/

Candy
http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Chris
http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/

Cyndy
http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/

Jennifer
http://www.jennuinecrafts.com

Jessica
http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Karen
http://craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com/

Maribel
http://ilovescrapping.blogspot.com

Stephanie
http://www.scrappyrae10.blogspot.com/

Tracey
http://www.trailoftreasures.com/

Whaley Good Birthday Card

I have to start off by saying that Diana @ DL Art also gave me the Stinkin' Cute Blog Award!!  Thank you Diana!  Everyone really should check out her blog, and right now she's doing a 400 follower giveaway!  :)

I must say that it felt great to get back into my craft room, look up some challenges, and make a couple of cards!  I knew that I wanted to use a punny birthday sentiment on my card, and I wanted to use a whale (to make it a summer theme)...  When I looked through my stamp sets, I couldn't find any stamps that fit what I needed, so I made up this sentiment on my computer....  I think it turned out really cute!  Hope you enjoy!!! :)

Cooking with Cricut- anything goes using Cricut
My Craft Spot- anything that reminds you of summer
BBTB2-  use the starfish from Life is a Beach
FCCB-  water theme
Birthday Sundaes-  anything goes (must include a birthday sentiment)

A2 sized card
Cricut cartridges used:
Create a Critter- whale cut at 3.47"
Life is a Beach- starfish cut at 1.39"
Everyday Paper Dolls- clouds cut at 2.49" & 1.98"
Zooballoo- waves cut at 1.24"
Cuttlebug-  D'vine swirls, spots and dots
Peachy Keen Stamps- Animal Faces Medium (I used one stamp for the eyes, and a different one for the mouth)
Sentiment is from my computer- AR CHRISTY font at size 24
Stickles- star dust
Glossy Accents

Have a WHALEY good day!  :)

* I'm also going to enter this into the Craft Junkie Too T.G.I.F. Linky Party... :)

Dinosaur Birthday Card for Chloe

Since this blog is new, I haven't posted any projects yet, so I will start with a card I made for my niece's 5th birthday.  She loves dinosaurs and she was pretty excited about turning the big "5", so I made sure to incorporate both of those elements!  Her birthday was actually in February, but hey, I didn't have a blog back then, so here it goes!

Here's how I made it:
This is an A7 sized card (10" x 7" folded in half)
Cricut Cartridges used:
Create a Critter- Dinosaur cut at 4"
Sweet Treats- <cake2> cut at 3" & 5 candle cut at 1 1/4"
Zooballoo- Grass cut at 2"
Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder (blue)
Cuttlebug Forest Branches Embossing Folder (green hill), I freehanded the slope on the hill
Sentiment is from mypinkstamper stamp set: Punny-licious
Stickles: green, turqouise, dark blue
Fuzzy Fun Flock: Berry Pink & Lemonade Yellow
Glossy Accents
Black brad for the eye
Black polka dot ribbon (I believe mine is from papertreyink)

Hope you enjoy!