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!

Spring Church Bulletin Boards

Here are my spring church bulletin boards.  I love how they all turned out.  My EasterNews paper one I got the idea from another site and changed it up just a little. I did not use my Cricut at all for this one.  The one with the pond took me quite a while to do but I think it turned out really good.  My other one I did not have to do a whole lot to it.  Very simple yet very spring like. 

This is my Easter Board

For the Pond bulletin I used:

The Clouds: Mullberry Paper

My Gypsy
Cartridges I used for it:

Cat Tails: Everyday Paper Dolls

All the Animals: Animal Kingdom

Two different grasses: Paper Doll Dress Up/Everyday Paper Dolls

The Tree: Stretch Your Imagination

The Simply Spring Board



Butterfly Birthday Card!

This card was for my SIL.I think it turned out really pretty. My camera just did not like to take pictures of it...(or maybe the operator did not check its settings.) opps!  Well, what can I say, you have to learn from your mistakes...That is what happens when you are in a hurry and trying to get it in the mail box before the mail man comes.  LOL  Actually, the card is a dark purple and the paper is purple and dark gray. Oh well, to late to retake any pics, because it is already at the post office. Well I hope you like what you see!
I used:
My gypsy
Paper from DCWV The Luxury Stack paper (really shimmery) ♥ it!
Card Stock
Stickles on the butterflies
Paper Flowers from Michael's
Gypsy Wanderings Cart. for the butterflies
Sweet Treats Cart. for the message
Rinestones

Gentle Thoughts During a Difficult Time

I made this card for a friend who recently went through a very difficult time of loosing her sweet baby girl at about 16 weeks into her pregnancy.  What a difficult thing to go through.  So I just wanted her to know that there are people praying for her and thinking of her and her family as they go through this.  She is not alone.  I hope that it will encourage her to keep on moving forward. 
Well, this one I used the Forever Young cart for the sentiment. and I used MS punch on the corners and some Michael's paper flowers showered with some homemade glimmer mist. The stamp comes from an older set of SU.  I love the paper, which is from DCWV, "The Luxury Stack".  I think this card turned out really "peaceful" looking.  I hope that it did encourage her.  Thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Fishing at dusk!

I made this card for my BIL...He recently purchased a small fishing boat for him to...of course to go fishing on.  So naturally, this was my inspiration.  I love how the sun turned out.  Last summer my hubby and I got to watch the sun rise out over some water and it was amazing how as the sun was rising how peaceful and yet all the geese and how nature was just absolutely breathtaking.  So that memory helped me to create this card, too.  I think I did a pretty good job.  LOL  I used my gypsy to weld the boy in the canoe.  The canoe is from  Paper Doll Dress Up and A Child's Year for the boy in the Canoe.  Also, I used Plantin SchoolBook for the "Sun", and Potpourri Basket for the fish.  I also used my Cuttle bug to make the happy birthday greetings and a very old stamp for the "Happy Birthday".  The sun was made with a very bright yellow card stock covered with Stickles of orange and yellow.  Then the sun and the orange card stock were all edged with a brown stamp pad.  I love how this turned out. Well, thanks for looking.

Leafy Hello!

My kids have truely enjoyed my Gypsy!  The have all been fighting who gets to play with it!  And when I tell them, "not now", they walk away pouting.  LOL  Either way if you noticed my blog name, it is for the reason that it is not always about me, sometimes it is about my family.  I have really enjoyed sharing and spending time with my kids, and teaching them to be creative.  They love watching and seeing what I can come up with next. LOL  Well, the results have been growing in my oldest 13 yr. old daughter!  She has met a friend on a very well monitored web page, from another country and has enjoyed teasing and chatting with him along with alot of other people from all over the world.  Kinda like a pen pal, but a little less personal...  Either way this one friend has recently been diagnosed with cancer, and she wanted to send him a card to hopefully lift his spirits all the way to the UK.  This is the results!

Didn't it turn out GREAT!  I think she did a wonderful job, and a natural!  I hope he is blessed by it, and encouraged too!  Well thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful day!