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!  :)

CAS Wedding Card

Hello everyone!  Had a wonderful day shopping for "teacher stuff" on Saturday, and then we had a great time at our family/friend's house last night!  We swam, ate yummy stuff, did lots of chatting, AND we got to see our friend Robin's craft room!!!!  Her craft room is a-maz-ing!!  She's also working on an adorable album for my sister & my soon to be little niece!  So fun!!!  Anywho, it's Monday, which means it's time for another challenge at Fantabulous Cricut!!!!  The challenge this week is:  Wedding Bliss- make a project for a special couple (wedding, anniversary).  This really was challening for me!  I don't know why, but I have the toughest time making wedding cards...  I love wedding cards, but I just seem to draw a complete blank whenever I'm asked to make one!  I decided to make something CAS, and I really like the end results...

This is a 4" square card

Wedding Cartridge- couple cut at 2.76"

Sentiment: Inkadinkado Stamp Set- Friendship

Background stamp- Hampton Art

Stickles- lime green

Thanks so much for stopping by!  "I do" hope you'll stop by Fantabulous Cricut and link up your wedding projects!  :)

It's a Party Blog Hop!!!

Woo hoo!  Hello and welcome to the Joy's Life DT It's a Party Blog Hop!  If you just hopped here from the very talented Patty, you're in the right place!  :)

As most of you know, I love to make cards...  Well, this blog hop is quite the challenge for cardmakers like me!  :)  I couldn't come up with an idea for the longest time, and then suddenly it hit me...  I love animals, so I decided to make a "forest friends" themed party...  This could be for someone's birthday, or a baby shower, etc... 

All of the sentiments are from the Joy's Life Wild Life Puns Stamp Set!  Super cute!

I made these by using my 2" and 1.5" circle punches.  The owl image is from Hero Arts, and the fox image is from Hampton Arts.  I just attached them to a toothpick and VOILA you have the world's easiest cupcake toppers!

These pillow boxes are cut from the Wedding cartridge at 4.65".  Both animals were cut from Create a Critter: deer cut at 2.29", squirrel cut at 1.94". 

This place card holder is just a folded piece of cardstock, stamped with a Joy's Life stamp, and then I cut the owl from Create a Critter at 1.71".  My handwriting is not the best, but you get the idea... :)

***NOW!  Would it really be a party without a giveaway?!?!?!  Well...  Joy is so generous and she is donating a stamp set to one lucky follower!  You will get to choose which stamp set you want out of all of Joy's amazing stamps!!!!  :)  For a chance to win, become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment on this post...  Yahoo!!!  :)

Okay, you're next stop on the hop is the talented Jennie!  Thanks for stopping by!!!

Here's the order if you need it:

Joy: http://joyslife.com/

Nina: http://waffleflower.com/

Patty: http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com/

Amy: http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/

Jennie: http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

Laura: http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com/

Lori: http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/

Megan: http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/

Julie: http://www.cricutchick.com/

Sarabeth: http://www.chroniclesofsarita.blogspot.com/

Stacey: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Ashley: http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Susie: http://www.thedieshaveit.com/

iTunes Gift Card Holder

Hello there everyone!  Oh my goodness...  I had a wonderful time at the bowling alley last night!  I will just leave it at that...  for now!  ;)  Anywho, this project is for my Joy's Life DT post...  Our challenge this week was to create a project using one of Joy's new stamp sets.  I absolutely love Joy's new stamps!  They are so cute, versatile, and great quality!  I used two of the new sets to create this project!  :)  I am so excited that my project incorporates music!!!  :)  I have an iPod that looks exactly like this (of course it's green)!  I don't know how to play any instruments but I LOVE music!!!!  If someone gave this to me with an iTunes card inside, I would be a very happy gal!  :)  I hope that when I give this to someone, they feel the same way...  :)

Wedding cartridge- pillow box cut at 4.65"
George and Basic Shapes- green rectangle cut at 2.29 x 2.88", circles cut at .65", 1.12"
Joy's Life Stamps- Tag You're It One (sentiment) AND Two (music notes)
Stickles- star dust
Twine

Thanks for "tuning" in!  :)