Grandma's Mother's Day

Hello to everyone!  I hope everyone will be having a wonderful weekend and especially a wonderful Mother's  Day!  I can't wait to reveal my projects that I have made for my DM and my MIL.  I know they will love them.  Alot of labor of love!  Either way, I made a card for my DH's Grandma.  This was a result of things leftover from other cards that just may have not gotten used.  So if you want to say, it is made from my "scrap drawer".  Not bad for being made from "scraps", if I do say so myself!  The sparkle and glimmer is just what a mom's card should be.  You can never get to much of that, right!  My oldest daughter may say differently, though!  It is a simple card, yet it turned out very pretty!  I am not sure where everything came from, since it did come from my scraps. 

Things I do know though are:

The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby

Both images are stamps, and I just added "Stickles" to them and of course "Tattered Angeles Glimmer Mist, Mustard". 

And the Cuttlebug folder, Textile.
The bottom edge of the card is cut with a Martha Stewart punch.

 The rest, I am not sure! 

So without further delay, here is the card...



Thanks for looking and may you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Aslan 14th Birthday

I can't believe it that my oldest daughter is now 14 years old.  She is so full of life and joy.  Well, we had a small celebration for her birthday today...later we will have the bigger one with the grandparents.  She is a huge fanatic of the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. So naturally, I made "Aslan"! I used the Animal Kingdom cart., and mulberry paper for the mane.  I also used the Gypsy Wanderings cart. for the layers of the sentiment. It is not as beautiful as the "real Aslan", but I think it turned out pretty cute and she loved it and that is all that matters.

Well thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

A Sneak Peek for Mothers Day!

I am working on a BIG project, (for me it is) for Mothers Day, for my Mom and my Mother-in-Law!  I love challenging myself to see what else I can do and learn.  I love it, and it is so fun and rewarding, in the end!  So these are sneek peaks of what I am doing.  I can't wait to finish them.  Can you guess what it is?  I am so pleased at what I have already done with it.  As of now, the pictures I am posting with this post are just for one, and it is for my Mom.  The other one that I will be doing for my DMIL will be totally different, (upon request from my husband, LOL).  So I can't wait to finish this one and get started on the other.  Well, enjoy the little peak I am giving you for now...The finished product will have to be posted after Mothers Day.  Why?  Because my MIL is a follower!  :-)  LOL
So here it is!

Thanks for taking a peek with me and have a wonderful day!

Waterfall Birthday Card

This is for my niece who is turning 14 this weekend. I wanted to do something unique yet fun, and I think I found just the card. It turned out way better than I thought that it would. The pictures just don't do it justice at all. The cake looks so yummy, that my 13 year old DD said, "if it doesn't make her cousin want some cake and ice cream, there is something wrong with her." Hahaha! I love my DD! She is my big encourager on doing cards and I think my number one fan! LOL Either way, these waterfall cards are really cool and fairly easy to make, too! If you have never seen one of these, the ribbon at the bottom is to pull and it causes each picture to flip up to see the next one under it. 

What I used:

DCWV sparkle paper (LOVE IT)

Card Stock

Sweet Treats Cartridge for all my cuts of the ice cream cones and the cakes. 

The "charms", grommets and the back ground paper are things that I have had for so long that I don't even remember when or where I got them. 

Then I placed some Stickles on each of the charms (What is a girls card without lots of sparkle!)

I drew the "doodle dots" and "squiggly lines" around each pictures.  

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Have a very wonderful day!

Another Mothers Day Creation

I made another Mothers Day Card for the 7 mothers in my family/life.  Weather they are mother in laws or sister in laws or grandmas or sisters and of course my mother, they all get one from us.  Plus it is a great excuse for me to make cards and spend lots of time crafting away with my favorite things...Ahhh, the smell of paper!  LOL
Well this card is again the same flowers as the ones I posted earlier, only the buds were made by folding/smashing into the shape.  I did not do the centers of the bud because no one would see that part.  These flowers are so beautiful and so simple to make.
  
I used:
Martha Stewart Trellis Punch
Cuttlebug folder "Textile"
Gypsy Font Cartridge for the letters
Velum papers (for instructions on flowers and things used for the flowers, see previous post)
Pink Satin Ribbon (From my stash)
Blue, yellow and pink cardstock
Blue rhinestones

Well, thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Mother's Day Dogwood!

I made this for Mother's Day for one of the many mom's in my life...I got the idea from the amazing "JoySikes" on the Cricut Message Board, for the dogwood flowers (THANK YOU), and changed mine up to what I had available to me.

I used:

MS hydrangea punch
White/pink card stock
Translucent white/pinks(gradually getting lighter in color) velum paper
I slightly nipped off the point of the flower with a Hole punch
Red stamp pad for the tips of the flowers
Next I punched with my hole punch a green circle and glued it into the center of the flower and put some Yellow Stickles on top.
Forever Young Cart. for the ovals.
Gray/ black/white cardstock
Slice Acetate Brocade over the cardstock
The actual card cut is from the Sentimentals Cartidge.
The sentiment stamp came from Hobby Lobby.
The silver ribbon is left over from Christmas from Michaels and the pink and white again are old supplies

I am so very pleased how this turned out. Thanks for looking and have wonderful day!

Marriage Takes Three

I came across this poem years ago, and thought that a little part of it would be great to put in an anniversary card as the sentiment.  Even though you don't see it on this card I made, it is actually on the back of it for the recipiants to read.  So here is the actual poem that I used just a little part of it. 

Marriage Takes Three
Marriage takes three to be complete;
It's not enough for two to meet.
They must be united in love
By love's Creator, God above.
Then their love will be firm and strong;
Able to last when things go wrong,
Because they've felt God's love and know
He's always there, He'll never go.
And they have both loved Him in kind
With all the heart and soul and mind
And in that love they've found the way
To love each other every day.
A marriage that follows God's plan
Takes more than a woman and a man.
It needs a oneness that can be
Only from Christ-
Marriage takes three.
By:  Beth Stuckwisch


Anyways, here is the card I made for some very special people in my life.  It is what people call a Tri-fold Card.  Lots of scoring  and fun, fun, fun!  I love how this card turned out.  It turned out beautiful!  So beautiful, that I am having a hard time giving it away.  WAAAAA!  

What I used:
Gypsy & Cricut (of course)
12 x 6 sheet of Card Stock
Velum Paper for the flowers
Lime Green Stickles
MS Hydrangea flower punch
Gypsy Font for the lettering
Sentimentals the center saying:  Always & Forever
Potpourri Basket for the Bride & Groom and the Rings

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

12 years ago!

My 12th birthday was recently celebrated and this it the card that I planned and designed on my Gypsy and the saved for months...Then ON THE DAY, of his birthday I made him stay upstairs so that I could could make it for him.  As you can see, it was pretty simple, so he did not have to stay upstairs to long. He loves bouncy balls and is collecting them.  He has about 70+ of them and counting.  That is where I got my inspiration and that is what all the circles are. (just in case you were wondering)  I just cut a bunch of circles out of different sizes.  Then I cut more circles out just one step bigger than each one was, for the shadow.  Next, I put my Crystal effect from S.U. on the printed paper of each circle to give them the look of rubber. Then I pop dotted the shadow with the printed paper, and glued them to card.  I stamped the image of Happy Birthday and pop dotted that too.  Then I drew the "bouncy lines" with my black stickles.  Then once the inside was done, I let him come down, and we had a BIG celebration of his 12th Birthday!  Yea!!!!  And guess what he got???  More bouncy balls from his Grandparents! 

1st Z-card!

I made my first Z-card the other day and then I did it again, but this time to actually give away with a little tweeking of my own.  It is called a Z-card because of its shape when it is all folded up, it makes a Z.  This is a fairly simple card to make.  I had to cut mine down just a little to get it to fit into my envelopes that I already have.  So this is what I came up with.  This is going to one of the ladies at our church. 
I used:
My Gypsy
an "old" edge punch
Paper flowers
some brads
S.U. Stamp
Satin Ribbon
The back ground for both my Stamped image and my message comes from the Blackletter cart.
I am sure I will be making more of these since they are so simple!  Well, thanks for looking and have a wonderful day.

The Front

The inside

The backside

 

Welcome Baby!

This card I made, was for my cousin who I grew up with.  Even though we live many states apart and don't hardly talk on the phone with each other, (due to hectic lives with kids and jobs), when we get together it is like we never have been apart.  So she is a very special cousin to me.  Either way, as you can tell, she had a little boy, and this is the card I sent her. 
The things I used:

I used my Gypsy to cut out the tree and the baby carriage are both from the Stretch Your Imagination Cart. The words and the boarder were printed from a computer program...then I did some stickles and some gems and just a touch of shimmery chalk on the tree and the carriage. The ribbon is from Michaels...the stamps behind the tree are from SU. I hope you like!