Graduation Card

So from my previous post of the Graduation Jar, you have to make a card to go with it, so that the recipient knows who it is from.  Sounds like a good enough excuse to play in paper, right?  Anyways that is exactly what I did.  She needed a card because the jar could get broken in her haste and need for candy!  LOL  So a card is something that she can keep and store away more easily along with the rest of her graduation cards.  So this is what I came up with.  What I forgot to take a picture of is how the "Cap" part lifts up.  That is where I put the "Message", but you could just as easily put it on the back of the card, too.  Quick and simple.

I Used:
Blackletter Cricut Cartridge for the numbers
Black and white cardstock
Blue Iridescent Cardstock
Blue and Silver and Black Ribbon from my Stash
White tassel from Hobby Lobby
Blue Glitter brad from Stampin' Up!

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Graduation Jar

I just got back from a trip celebrating my niece's graduation and open house.  It was fun yet very busy helping my sister get everything ready for the open house.  Most importantly it was great spending time with my family.  Before we left though, I had to make a gift and a card for my wonderful niece.  So I wanted to do something fun and yet creative for her.  So I again saw an idea on Pinterest of making a candy jar and hiding the gift/money in the middle of all of the candy.  So as if the candy was not enough of a distraction I had to take it a step farther and decorate the jar up with vinyl using my Cricut.  And also as if this wasn't enough, I used a large 1 gallon "pickle" jar.  Whew, that was a lot of candy and fun!  Vinyl is fun and fairly easy to work with once you figure it out.  Sometimes I get to the point of "what else can I put vinyl on"!  LOL  Anyways, here is what I did up the jar before putting in the gift and candy!  Very simple and yet fun looking!

I Used:
Blackletter Cricut Cartridge for the numbers
Cricut Craft Room Basics Cricut Cartridge for the Letters and welded them together
Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge for the Owl
Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge for the diploma and graduation cap
Red/Black/White/Orange Vinyl
Heat tool to smooth out and help the vinyl stick better
Googley Eyes for the owl

Side 1

Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

The Lid!

 

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Father's Day Pop-Up Gift Card Holder Card

Hello again!  Well I was able to take some time and make a few more Father's Day cards.  These were made for my dad and FIL.  I wanted a fun, unique to give them their gift cards.  So this card idea I found on Pinterest.  I love that site, it is wonderful for inspiration and finding tutorials too. These are very simple to make.  I do believe that I will be doing this type of card again for others! 

I Used:
Mustaches and Glasses Cricut Cartridge
Grey Textured cardstock
DCWV The Natural Stack (love this paper stack for masculine cards)
White Printer paper for the Gift Card envelopes
WRMK Envelope Punch Board for the Gift Card Envelopes
Circle Punch for the envelopes
The Paper Studio Mustaches embossing folder
Time Holtz Black soot Distress Ink
Googley Eyes
Brads from my stash
I-rock gems
Ribbon from my stash

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  I hope you have a day filled with lots of happiness!

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Celebrate Dad!

Nothing like waiting till the last minute to get my Father's Day cards done and in the mail!  Yikes!  I guess, they will receive them after Father's Day.  It is the thought that counts, Right?  I love having an excuse to make cards and all the fathers around us on Father's day is a great reason to make them.  I used a lot of different things in the making of these cards.  They were simple and quick to make, once I figured out the paper choices and such.   I have about 3 more to make yet, so I need to go get busy in my little crafty corner! 
I Used:

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2014 Graduations

It is that time of year again, where we have graduations and open houses to attend.  Next year will be my first time being one of those Open Houses that people will come to!  I cannot believe that I have a amazing young lady who will be a senior this next school year.  Where does time go?  Anyway, this year we have a couple of young men and a niece who are graduating.  This card is what I made for the young men.  Simple yet very striking in the colors.  I love it!  I hope they do too!

I Used:
Blackletter Cricut Cartridge for the number cuts
Everyday Paper Dolls for the "Diploma" cut
Red and Grey Textured Cardstock
Graduation Paper from Hobby Lobby
Shimmer White cardstock for the "Diploma" and the Sentiment
Sentiment stamp from Michael's stamped with Black Staz On Ink
IRock and gems
Dimensional Tape

Thanks for looking around!  

I hope you have a great day filled with many blessings!

Get Well Wishes!

Well, it finally stopped raining for a day here.  So glad it finally did.  Just a little break and maybe we will get to see a glimpse of the sun today too.  Sunshine is good for making things seem so much better, including the healing process from surgery.  You see my SIL just recently had a major surgery and is going to be laid up for quite a while and is in a lot of pain.  So naturally, a get well card was in order, one to make her smile.  Because you know the saying, "Laughter is the best medicine"!  So I knew I wanted to make something that would make her smile a bit.  So this is what I came up with.  Something so simple yet bright and cheery!  These little band aid people are sooo cute!  They kinda remind me, of little Minions!  They sure do make me smile!  I really hope they do that for her too!

I Used:
Band Aids from my medicine cabinet
Elegant Edges "negative" cut from a past card
Recollections Comic Heros Paper Pad for all the patterned papers
White/Yellow Cardstock 
Googley Eyes from my stash
Stickles for the tiny flower on the one band aid
Get Well sentiment stamp from Hobby Lobby
Ribbon from my stash 

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I hope you have a great day!

Happy Mother's Day, for our Mom's

Okay, this is the final post for Mother's Day cards this year.  Each set of cards were all so different from each other and for totally different family members.  So these two were so different and yet sorta, kinda, complicated to make.  I was trying to make a book card with less folds to keep it more shallow but yet, get that layered look.  I don't know if I accomplished doing so or not, but I am very pleased how they both turned out and I think my Mom and my MIL enjoyed them too.   These two ladies have been such a blessing to our family and we are so blessed that God chose them to be our Mom's. So I wanted to give them that dimensional look yet not to deep. And again, these images were free printable from Pinterest.   Anyways, here is what I came up with.

I Used: 
Printable Images found on Pinterest
Purple, Pink and Blue Textured Cardstock
DCWV The Luxury Stack for the Pink Card BG
K & Company Life's Journey Designer Paper for the Pink and Blue card
Purple Velum Paper for the purple flowers
Adhesive pears and gems from my stash
Purple, Pink, green, yellow Stickles
Pink Dogwood flower sticker set from my stash
Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punches for the purple flowers
Ribbon and lace from my stash
Dimensional Dots from Michaels
Quotes and Scripture were computer generated in Word
Mother's Day Stamp from Hobby Lobby
Cuttlebug Embossing folder: D'Vine Swirl for the Dogwood card frame

Thanks for stopping in again and I hope you are inspired to create!  I hope you have a fantastic day too! 

Happy Mother's Day, Sister in Law's!

I have two wonderful SIL, that I love and enjoy spending time with.  Each one has a special and unique quality that I love.  Anyways, they both are special to us all, and have been great moms to some wonderful kids.  As always, I try to make them a card too.  So this year, I used free printable images that I found on Pinterest, which has a wealth of choices to choose from.  Picking just a couple can be a bit of a challenge.  I knew the look I was wanting and I knew I wanted to do something with birds and their babies with a bit of a vintage/distressed look.  I think I may have accomplished that look.  I am very happy how they both turned out.  Pretty, yet simple ...

I used:
Printable images found Pinterest
Blue/Burnt Orange Cardstock
Craft Paper Cardstock for the actual cards and the BG "Crimped" scrap papers
Buttons from my button can
Sentiment Stamp from Hobby Lobby
Green Flowers from Hobby Lobby
Adhesive Pearls from Michael's
Burlap scraps
Bakers Twine: Brown and white
Vintage Lace from my stash
Vintage Seam Binding from my stash
Paper Crimper from Hobby Lobby for the brown BG craft paper

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Happy Mother's Day, Sisters!

Well I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!  I know I did even though it was very busy!  My family spoiled me and took me to my favorite restaurant for my favorite steak!  MMMMM, was it ever good!  Anyway, these two cards were for my two wonderful sisters who live so far away.  I think they turned out so pretty yet so simple!  I LOVE the Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punches.  They are so pretty and versatile.  You have many choices and things that you can do with them.  Either way they both said that they really enjoyed getting them and thought that they were so beautiful. 

 

I used:

Textured Pink and Blue Cardstock

White Velum Paper

White Pearl Cardstock for the frame and the BG behind the frame on the Pink card

DCWV Linen Closet Stack for the BG paper on the blue card

DCWV The French Country Stack for the Pink BG paper

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge for the frame cut

Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge for the Ivy

Cuttlebug Folder: Textile

Martha Stewart Pine Branch Punch

Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punches

Martha Stewart Scalloped Circle corner punch

Liquid Pearls

Well thanks for stopping in and checking out what I have been busy doing!  I hope have a wonderful day!

Steadfast Tin Solider Birthday

Yesterday was my beautiful, oldest daughter's 17th birthday!  I cannot believe that I have a child that old already.  Where does the time go?  She is growing up so quickly and is such a special young lady to all she comes in contact with.  If you ever get the chance to meet her and spend time with her, she will leave a positive impression on you, that will stick with you forever.  I am truly blessed that God chose me to be her mom.  She has a heart for God and for people.  She has so many things that she likes and loves.  One of her non-stop favorite things, since she was little, is books.  She loves to read and own books.  She is finding that she really loves the older type of books that were written many years ago.  Some of them are Sherlock Holmes and stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.  But since she got a large book of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, she has come to love a lot of his stories.  This is her favorite so far is, "The Steadfast Tin Solider".  Such a great story, yet tragic, but with a great moral to it.  No matter what that little one legged tin solider faced, he never gave up or wavered, even down to the end.  What a great inspiration for our lives.  Don't waver when it comes to doing what is right in life.  So because at this time this is a new favorite, and because she loves books, I knew I wanted to make her a beautiful book card.  Well, I think I succeeded at just that.  I am so very pleased with how well this turned out.  The pictures just do not do it justice.  It is soooo much more beautiful in person.  The basic idea of the card is fairly simple.  The embellishing is up to you when you make one of these, it can be simple or more elaborate, like mine. 

I Used:
Lots of ribbons and flowers and pearls, and decorative tape and stickers, all from my stash from past projects.
Martha Stewart Hearts boarder punch
Gold and Silver Gel pens for highlighting some areas on the pictures
Printed images
dimensional tape
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Corduroy
  

 

 

 As you can tell, I printed 2 extras of the images and cut the ballerina and the tin solider out by hand and then used dimensional tape and layered them on top of each other.   So it raised the  main characters in the story and made them pop out of the picture.  

I just love how this came out! 

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