It's a Busy Time of Year!!!!!!

Hello! Long time no blog! Sorry for my absence, but I celebrated my birthday right after Easter, and it's been crazy busy in my house! Must apologize also for not getting around to posting my Easter projects, gifts, crafts and cards. BUT, I do have a couple of cards for you today!! (Patting myself on the back for getting these up on my blog in all the craziness going on!)

I married into quite the big family, and we have just kept growning over the years. Anyhow springtime at our house means religious events, communions, confirmations and graduations. We have 3 communions coming up in the next couple weeks, so I thought I would share my cards with you.

I made a male version and a female version of the first card, and the last card is for my youngest daughter's best friend who is celebrating her first communion on the same day as my daughter - they are so excited!!!









I used my Cricut to cut out the cross on all the cards, using the Wedding Solutions cartridge. The stamped sentiment is from Stampin Up! (of course!) as is the top note die cut (the shaped background). Let me know what you think, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me!

Take care till next time!

Tying the Perfect Bow

I've always had problems with tying bows on my cards. Here's the perfect video to help everyone out!

Cut and paste the following link into your browser, I know it will work that way!!

http://www.stampinup.com/ca/enc/10712_16483.asp

Let me know if this was helpful for you!!!

Take care,

Birthday Wishes for my SIL

I made up this cute little card for one of my SIL's birthday's. Well I liked it so much, that made another one and put it up in my Etsy shop! LOL!!!

I used my cricut for the swirl/flourish cut and some Stampin Up! products for the mini top note and best wishes stamp.

Thanks for taking a peek and hopefully in the next day or two I'll share my Easter creations for my daughter's classmates. They're all finished, I just need to get a picture of them! Stampin, crafting, cardmaking I love, photographer and techy type person I am not!

Stampin Up! supplies

Chocolate Chip and kraft cardstock
Curly label punch
Scallop edge punch


Take care!

Been MIA This Week

Good Morning,

Just wanted to say sorry, I've been away from my blog this past week, life sort of got in the way of fun! LOL!! It's been a busy week, doesn't seem to be an end in sight either! With Easter fast approaching (acckkk got to get working on those little gifts for my daughters school friends!) and the kids off of school for a couple of days, and running to work and shhhhhhhh my birthday coming up, it's been crazy!

So I haven't forgotten you guys, just had to do other stuff this week.

OH AND A QUICK REMINDER - ONLY 3 MORE DAYS TILL SALEABRATION IS OVER AT STAMPIN UP! IF YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT OF ORDERING FROM STAMPIN UP!, NOW IS THE TIME! GREAT FREE PRODUCT AVAILABLE WITH EVERY ORDER OF $65 OR MORE. GO CHECK IT OUT ON MY STAMPIN UP! WEBSITE, link on the top right hand side of my blog! And remember FREE GIFT WITH THE FIRST ORDER THROUGH MY STAMPIN UP! WEBSITE (see blog post a bit below)

I will be back in a day or two with some photos of a few things I've been working on while I was MIA!

In the meantime, take care,

Yummy Little Icecream Cone Birthday Wishes

Just sharing a cute little card I made using my Cricut machine for the icecream cone, and of course my Stampin Up! stamps.......my favorite combination!

Used some DSP for the background and cardstock for the cone and rounded the corners for a little change in look. I put the red cardstock through my Cuttlebug embossing folder for the dots on the strawberry for some added texture!

Supplies

DSP Sending Love
Corner rounder punch
Birthday Bliss stamp set
1 3/8 circle punch
Scallop circle punch
Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Chocolate chip and kraft cardstock

I love to hear comments, so please feel free to leave me on!

Take care,

Quick Birthday Card

A simple little card, with a sort of masculine feel today. Punched some circles out of red and blue cardstock, then added a couple stars (cut with my Cricut of course) used the scallop punch for an added embellishment and stamped with Happy Birthday. Sweet and simple I thought!

Supplies from Stampin Up!

Real Red, Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, Gable Green and kraft cardstock
Scallop punch
1 3/8 circle punch
Well Scripted stamp set (from the Occassions Mini Catalog)


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Remember I'm offering a FREE stamp set to the FIRST person to order through my Stampin Up! website!!!! (see the blog post below a bit to see a picture of the stamp set).

Things are a bit busy here with spring break, but I'll be back in a bit!

Take care, and enjoy the gorgeous weather we're having!

Easter Bunny Has Come Visiting

I'm trying to get a head start on Easter, and so far this is what I have come up with .... an Easter card! It was actually simple to make with my handy dandy cricut machine and the Animal Kingdom cartridge along with the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. I used the oval punch from Stampin Up! for the eggs and the Sizzix XL bigz Top Note die cut for the background. I thought the card turned out pretty cute so I made a couple of them! My girlfriend sells my cards for me at her office, so I am trying to get a couple of new ones made for her, along with one or two for my Etsy shop!

The supplies!!!

from Stampin Up!
Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and kraft cardstock
Large oval punch
Sizzix Top Note die cut
Well Scripted stamp set from the Occassions Mini catalog (quick only available till April 30th!!)

Cricut cartridges
Animal Kingdom for the bunny
Plantin Schoolbook for the grass

Take care till next time, and remember all comments are appreciated!!

Pink Invitations

We're having a party for my youngest daughter shortly and I made up these invitations to send out. She's quite the girly girl so I thought pink invitations would do the trink!

These were super easy to make, and lots of fun too. Took 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock and cut in half, then do two folds to make the base of the card. Used the scallop trim punch on the edge of one card. Then cut another (white) piece of cardstock in 4 for the inside and used the corner rounder punch on all 4 corners. After that stamp the floral image and then stamp with the invite stamp and you're pretty much done. For the belly band I used DSP and then stamped You're Invited on the pink cardstock and punched out with the small oval punch. Then punched a bunch of the scallop ovals out and adhered them together on the belly band. Put it all together and VOILA!

I love all the Stampin Up! accessories along with the stamps because everything works together so well!

Supplies
Pretty in Pink, Real Red and Chocolate Chip cardstock
Small oval punch
Scallop oval punch
Corner rounder punch
Scallop Trim border punch
Wedding Sweet stamp set (for the flourish)
Introducing stamp set

If you want to leave a comment, I'd love to hear what you think!