Bee-U-Tiful Birthday Card for Grandma!

Hello everyone!!!!  I'm still here, ha ha!  It's been so hard for me to post, but I have made a lot of things, taken pictures of all of them, AND wrote down the directions for making them...  they've just never been posted...  So much has been happening, especially seeing as it's been a year since I posted last!  One big thing that my husband and I did was move.  It's still in my same little town, but we are in love with our new house!  We hope it will be our forever home, but it was still a little bittersweet to let the old house go.  It's also been weird crafting in a new space, but I think I've got the hang of it!  I told my hubby that I really, REALLY want to start crafting more and posting on my blog again!  Hopefully he'll let me slip away from his side occasionally, so that I can accomplish that goal!  :)  Anywho, it felt really good to make this card and find some challenges that I can enter it into, so here it goes...

Pile it On- stitching
Simple Create Too- be funny (or in this case, punny)
Seize the Birthday- birthday card
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Challenge- anything goes
Bitten by the Bug 2- bulb flowers (I used tulips)
PDE Linky Party- anything goes
Cardz TV- use a butterfly, bird, or bee
Mojo Monday- use the sketch

 

 4" square card
Create a Critter- bee cut at 2.52"
Walk in my Garden- tulips cut at 3.71"
Wedding- banner cut at 1.24"
Cuttlebug- swiss dots
Hero Arts Stamps- birthday messages
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Punny-licious
Peachy Keen Stamps- The Moodies Face Assortment
Stickles- star dust, yellow
Glossy Accents

That's all folks!  Thank you so much for stopping by, and I really do hope to see you again soon!  :)

Little Birdy Gift Card Holder

Hello everyone!  I am so excited to be here with another Krafty Girls challenge!  The challenge this week is: Birds of a Feather- create any paper craft with a bird theme.  I LOVE birds, so this was fun for me!  I also thought it was time to change things up a bit, so I made something other than a card...  I decided to make a gift card holder, since that seems to be what I always give to my family and friends these days!  Everybody loves gift cards...

Wedding- pillow box cut at 4.65"
3 Birds on Parade- bird cut at 1.82"
Cuttlebug- poteeka birds (The Paper Studio)
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Tweetie Hoo Puns
Joy's Life Stamps- Wintery Puns
Stickles- yellow

That's it!  Thanks for stopping by!!!!  Be sure to flock on over to Krafty Girls to enter the bird-themed challenge!  :)

Yappy Birthday Cupcake Card

Hello!  Today is another challenge over at Krafty Girls!  Woo hoo!  The challenge this week is: Very Punny- use a pun.  I was so excited to see this theme because I love puns!  I am a huge nerd, so I get a real kick out of anything that is punny...  The card that I made today serves a double function.  It meets the challenge requirement, but it is also going to be used as a birthday card for my friend Debbie!  Her birthday is actually today, so the timing couldn't have been better!  :)

Create a Critter- cupcake cut at 3.47", dog cut at 3"
Cuttlebug- d'vine swirls
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Even More Punny-licious
Stickles- star dust
Twine
Pearl

Now, I know you can't wait to come up with something punny for this challenge!  Head on over to Krafty Girls, we love seeing your creations each week!  :)

Bug Hugs Card

Hello!!!!  I can't believe that tomorrow will be my last day with my students!  I am always excited and sad to wrap up another school year....  This is my seventh year, and it never seems to get any easier!  Today is another challenge at Krafty Girls!  Our challenge this week is Mission Impossible: have someone help you create your project.  It's pretty much anything goes, you just need to have someone help you with it!  :)  As you can see, my niece Chloe helped me with this card...  She is a little crafter (just like her Aunt Amy) and she loves bugs (NOT like her Aunt Amy)!  Hee hee...  Chloe obviously created the artwork for this card, and she thought it needed some ribbon, and she picked out the sentiment! 

A2 sized card
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Buggy Punnies
Ribbon
Adorable artwork (kids make the cutest stuff)  :)

Hope you will all link up this week at Krafty Girls! 

Disco Ball Card

Hello and Happy Monday!  I am excited that I am going to be finishing up benchmark testing my students this week, and we are going on a field trip on Wednesday...  Should be fun!  :)  It is another DT day for me over at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge this week is Promenade- make a project using a tux/dress/dance theme.  When I think of the prom, I think of disco balls!  I'm not sure why, but it always pops into my brain...  Maybe it's all of the cheesy prom scenes from movies...  Hmmm... :)

4" square card
George and Basic Shapes- circle cut at 2"
From My Kitchen- "shine" cut at 5.82"
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Spectacular Sayings
White embossing powder
MS fine glitter- sterling
LOTS of square rhinestones (The Paper Studio)
Twine

Okay everyone...  Now boot-scootin' boogie over to Fantabulous Cricut and link up your project!  :)

You're the Bee's Knees Card

Hey everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter yesterday!  I am excited to be posting another design team project for Fantabulous Cricut!  :)  The challenge this week is:  Challenge 106- Buttons & Bows: create a project using at least one button and one bow.  I was having a tough time coming up with an idea, so I took out my stamp sets and tried to find some inspiration that way...  I have to do this sometimes and it really does help!  Once I saw this sentiment, the idea came pretty quickly!  :)

Create a Critter- hive cut at 4.76", bee cut at 3"
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Buggy Punnies
Peachy Keen Stamps- Critter Faces SET A Medium
Twine
Buttons
Prima Flowers

Hope you'll join us over at Fantabulous Cricut!  :)

Wool You Be Mine Card

Hello and happy Monday everyone! 

For the Joy's Life post click HERE.
 
It is my design team week over at Fantabulous Cricut!!!  The challenge this week is #104- Out Like a Lamb: create a project that incorporates a gentle animal (such as a puppy, lamb, kitten, etc.)...  I was having the hardest time coming up with an idea for this one!  I don't know what was going on, but it was a major case of crafter's block!  Once the idea did pop into my head, I was so excited and I like how it turned out...  :) 

Create a Critter- sheep cut at 3.94", banner cut at 1.63 x 5.59" & 2 x 6.88" (I ended up cutting part of it off), bow tie cut at 5.94"
My Pink Stamper Stamps- More Punny-licious
Peachy Keen Stamps- Cute & Cuddly 1/8th inch faces
Fuzzy Fun Flock- cotton ball white
Twine
Glossy Accents
Eyelets

Hope you like my fuzzy little sheep!  Enjoy this beautiful spring day!  :)  Would love for you to head over to Fantabulous Cricut and join in on this fun challenge!

I am also going to enter this into the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge- Just cards, use faux stitching.

You're the Cat's Meow Card

Hello everyone!  I am so thrilled to be a part of the Fantabulous Cricut Design Team!!!!  Today is my design team day, and the challenge is In Like a Lion- create a project any type of cat on it...  I am definitely a dog person, but if I had a cat I would want an orange, striped one, so that's what I created!  Be sure to head on over to Fantabulous Cricut and link up your cat project!  :)

Mini Monsters- card & layers cut at 5.01"
Cuttlebug- distressed stripes
My Pink Stamper Stamps- More Punnylicious
Stickles- cotton candy
Glossy Accents

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!!!!  :)

A Hoppy Frog Card

Hello and Happy Leap Day!!!  :)  I wanted to make a card for my friend Debbie because she is going through some medical stuff and she will be back to work on Friday...  I hope this card makes her "hoppy"!  I have had a ton of stuff going on lately!!!!  Oh my goodness!  I am now on 3 different Design Teams, so I am trying to make sure that I get all of the things done for those!  I am also really busy at work because we have parent/teacher conferences next week and report cards are due!!!  YIKES!  My sister and I (and my niece, Chloe) wanted to go bowling  yesterday, but it was a league night, so we are going to try and go on Friday...  I need to do something to let off some steam and take it easy!  :)  Anywho, here is my card...

Perfect Sentiments- anything goes, use a die cut
Papercraft Star- use a frog

Create a Critter- lily pad cut at 3.12", frog cut at 2.53"
Cuttlebug- spots and dots, swiss dots
My Pink Stamper Stamps- Even More Punnylicious
Googly eyes
Twine

That's it everyone!  This was a super easy card to make...  Thanks for stopping by!  :)

Conversation Hearts Valentine Coupons

Hello everyone!!!  I hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day yesterday!  My day was wonderful!  My students were so adorable, and they could hardly wait until after lunch to pass our their Valentines!  They kept asking me all day if it was time...  They showered me with gifts, and I felt really spoiled!!!  One of my kids said that "I spoil them, and they spoil me"!  How cute!  :)  I then went up to my parents and had a nice dinner with my family....  Can't complain about that!

Yesterday I was doing a candy heart graphing activity with my students and the idea for this Valentine popped into my head!  It was like a beautiful candy lightbulb going off over my head, and I don't care that Valentine's Day is over, I had to make it!!!! :)  On the back of the little hearts I would write down little love notes, or coupons that you can give to your sweetie!  For example, I would write "good for one movie night of your choice", etc....  Hope you enjoy!!! 

Be sure to enter my GIVEAWAY!  :)

My Pink Stamper Blog Hop- use red, a circle, pink ribbon, more than 1 MPS stamp, a die cut
The Cuttlebug Spot- use hearts and a stamp
Little Scrap Pieces- anything your heart desires
Die Cuttin' Divas- choose at least two of these colors: red, pink, white, black
Celebrate the Occasion- Valentine's, use a heart
Paper Playtime- Cricut creation with hearts or love theme

Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More- box cut at 4.18"

Create a Critter- candy hearts cut at 2.18", heart window cut at 2.12"

Paisley- "sweetheart" cut at .61"

Doodletype- "for my" cut at .69"

Mini Monograms- scalloped circle cut at 3.06", red circle cut at 3.31"

Cuttlebug- doodle hearts (on the transparency), swiss dots

My Pink Stamper Stamps- Love-alicious

Pink ribbon

Transparency film

Okay everyone!!!  Hope you enjoyed my little coupon idea!  :)

Hoo-ray, It's Your Bird-day Card

Hello everyone!!!  I am both sad and excited about going back to work tomorrow....  I love sleeping in and having no schedule to follow, but I sure do miss my kiddos too!  Here is a really simple card that I made to enter into a few challenges.  This is probably the fastest card I've ever made!  I usually take forever to make something, but this only took about 20 minutes!  Whew!  :)

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- use a bird
Birthday Sundaes- make a birthday card
2 Sisters Challenge Blog- things with wings
Waltzingmouse Sketch- use the sketch
The Shabby Tea Room- use the photo for inspiraton

A2 sized card

Hoot 'n' Holler- owl cut at 3.35"

Cuttlebug- forest branches

My Pink Stamper Stamps- Tweetie Hoo Puns

Stickles- star dust

Ribbon

Corner rounder

That's it!  Pretty simple, huh?  Hope you enjoy!!!!  :)

Get Well Soon Card for Mom

Hello everyone!  I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday!!!  Woo hoo!  I am also relieved because my mom went in for surgery today and it went very well!  Her surgery took place about 45 minutes away, so my sister, niece and I are going to drive up there tomorrow to visit her in the hospital.  She had to have surgery on her knee (I believe it was a complete knee replacement)...  Luckily my dad was able to be there for her (check her in, wait with her, see her when the surgery was done)...  I whipped up this little beauty to give to her, and I had to incorporate crutches since that is how she will be getting around for a while! 

Celebrate the Occasion- any occasion (must be circle shaped)
Paper Playtime- anything goes

Mini Monograms- card base cut at 5.47"

Walk in My Garden- flowers cut at 1.47", 1", 0.76" (I just layered them on top of each other)

George and Basic Shapes- plaid circle cut at 4.06", green circle cut at 3.47"

Everyday Paper Dolls- crutches cut at 5.59"

My Pink Stamper Stamps- Spectacular Sayings

Button brads

White gel pen

There it is!  I kept this one nice and simple...  I wanted it to have a cheerful feel...  My niece also wanted to make a card for "gagga".  She came up with all of the colors, cuts, sizes, and the sentiment inside.  She even used the Cuttlebug all by herself (well, kind of by herself)!  We wanted to see what this little Kindergartener would come up with, and the result is so cute!  Here is a picture of what she created....  :)

Enjoy!  :)

Hay Neigh-bor Horseshoe Card

Hey there folks!  I am mighty excited because I finally own the cartridge being used at the M.A.G. Challenge by the Page blog!!!!  AND it happens to be my favorite cartridge:  Create a Critter!!!!  Yee haw!!!  The challenge is to create a project using only page 59 from CAC, which is the horse, star, horseshoe, and "howdy".  Here is what I came up with...  :)  I'm also going to enter this into the 365 Cards- So Random challenge (use a random sentiment).  P.S. Don't forget to click here to enter a comment in my 200 follower giveaway! :)

Create a Critter cartridge- horseshoe cut at 5.35", horse cut at 3.47"

My Pink Stamper Stamps- More Punny-licious

Stickles- star dust

Glossy Accents

Distress Ink- vintage photo

That's all there is to it!  Thanks for looking, and....  Y'all come back now ya hear!  :)

365 Cards Guest Designer- You're One of a Kind

Like hello everyone!  Like this card totally makes me think of the 80's!  You know!  It's, like, totally rad and stuff!  Okay, okay, I'll stop... :)  This card really does remind me of the 80's though, with the black and white and neon colors.  I'm so excited to be the Guest Designer this month at 365 Cards, and here is the second sketch and the card I came up with for it!  Yay!  :)

A2 sized card
Cricut cartridges used:
Mini Monograms- scalloped circle cut at 3.59"
Create a Critter- flower cut at 5", middle of flower cut at 7.31"
George and Basic Shapes- circle cut at 2.41"
My Pink Stamper stamps- Spectacular Sayings
Peachy Keen Stamps- Everyday Character Face Assortment
Stickles- star dust
Ribbon
Buttons

Well, there you have it folks!  Like totally have a good day okay!  :)

*P.S.  I am also going to enter this into The Paper Variety- create a project using the picture for inspiration.