Cherish The Moment...Layout

I finally had a moment to craft something again-yeah!!! I made this layout for a picture I took with my mom and sister a few days ago. I'm developing the picture in black and white in size 5x7. I used my new lace stamp to make the background (which I love). I used stamps from Papertrey Ink (Movers & Shakers stamps) for the "15" and Close To My Heart (Moments in Time) for the month and year on my date tag. The embossed sentiment at the bottom is from My Creative Time. I added some light pink tulle and flowers with brads in the center. I like the way this layout turned out.

I will enter this layout in these challenges:

1. Papertrey Ink- Wrap it up with fabric

2. Simon Says Stamp Stamp Challenge- Emboss It

3. Docerela Creations- Anything Goes

A Peachy Blue Birthday Wishes To You

I made my own pattern paper by stamping the peach paper all over with a flower stamp from CTMH's Word Puzzle set.

Yikes, if you ever forget to Cuttlebug emboss your piece of paper before you put adhesive on it, no problem. Just stick it on a piece of wax paper and it will pill right off with out destroying the paper or the adhesive. 

I will enter this card into the celebration challenge that Jovan at Cards By Jovan is having to celebrate her 3 year blogaversary. I will also enter over at Tammy's Scrapin Corner in the anything goes challenge.

Smile Butterflies Layout

Today I have a BEAUTIFUL layout to share. I seen this idea in a scrapbook magazine and new I had to make one for myself. 

My butterflies are cute at 1.5" from Cricut Art Philosophy. There are two butterflies on the cartridge, this one is #35. The brown background paper under the butterflies was embossed with a wood grain folder and inked for texture and dimension. Some of the butterflies I colored with Faber-Castell pencils and then went over them with a water brush. After doing so, they get a water color effect--LOVE it. I will be found these in one of my shelves...I forgot I ever even bought them. Boy, the treasures I find around here sometimes. LOL. I used a Close To My Heart stamp called Take A Picture #C1440 and embossed it with white embossing powder. The green scallop border was welded and created on my Gypsy. The pretty teal and white polka dot paper is from the Dotty For You CTMH paper pack.

I water brushed the butterflies lightly. I didn't want to wash them out too much. 

If you like the Close To My Heart stamp you seen

You can purchase it here

I will enter this layout into these challenges:

1. Dutch Dare Card Challenge - flutterfly butterly

2. Come and Get It Challenges - Cute As A Bug

Papertrey Ink June 2012 Blog Hop Challenge

Hello Crafty friends,
I have some beautiful sweet cards I made for the challenge at Papertrey Ink based on this photo inspiration:

I used the Papertrey Ink Movers and Shakers Sentiments on my cards. And some green and yellow paper and inks I had in my stash. I also inked my ribbon yellow, since I only had this style ribbon in white. I used some CTMH stamps to make my background paper. I made two cards for this challenge.

Father's Day Card for Unlce

Hello Paper Lovers, 


I have a Father's Day card I made for my Uncle. I just love the way this card turned out. Everything was cut on my Cricut. I made the mustache and tie on my Gypsy. The hat comes from B is for Boy and the glasses were on the Paisley cartridge (I just trimmed off the corners of the glasses so they could look more masculine). I added some acetate in the lenses of the glasses.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

1. Fantabulous Cricut - #115 Father's Day

2. My Craft Spot - King of the Grill

3. Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge 69 Happy Father's Day

4. Celebrate the Occasion - #66 Father's Day

5. Crafty Sentiments Design - Father's Day

6. LEJ Design Challenge - Challenge #7 Daddy Dearest
7. Cards For Men - Father's Day
8. Make My Monday - Father's Day/Masculine
9. Dream Valley Challenges-  Challenge #34 For the Special Guy
10. Sentimental Sundays - For A Special Guy
11. The Crafty Pad Designs - Let's Hear it For The Boys
12. Platypus Creek Digitals - For the Boys
13. Card Makin' Mamas - Father's Day
14. Phindy's Friday Challenge - Father's Day or Masculine
15. Simply Create Too - Father's Day or Male
16. Cardz Tv - Father's Day - #110

Have a great weekend everyone. As always new follower are welcomed and appreciate as you follow me on my Crafty journey.

A Minnie Birthday

Hello everyone,
I have here an adorable Minnie Mouse birthday card I made for an 8 year old. I cut the the 8 from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. Minnie is cut from Mickey and Friends. I added some black and white twine and heat embossed the sentiment. I made my own background paper by stamping cupcakes in grey ink.

I will enter this card into the challenge at My Craft Spot.

Eat Cupcakes First Birthday Card

Time for a cupcake. To bad its made of paper--lol. I prefer the real sugary kind. I guess this one will have to do.

This is one of my favorite Cricut cupcake cuts. I stamped it with a coordinating stamps from CTMH.

I will enter this card into 3 challenge:
1. My Creative Time - Birthday theme.
2. Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Sweet Tooth.
3. Capture the Moment - use scraps for the background & PTI product ( I used PTI white embossing powder-LOVE it)

Valentine's Day Layout

I finally made my Valentines layout!!! One month down...lots more to go. I got my candies from the Cricut Imagine Yummy cartridge and my title was welded together from the Songbird cartridge.
On the right page there is a cute pocket that has a pull out for journaling or a hidden picture. The tag was cut from Cricut Art Philosophy. I decided to go the extra (time consuming mile) and hand stitch the area around the journal pouch...and I'm glad I did because I LOVE the way it looks as always. I have not laid my pictures down yet. I will put some that we take on Valentine's Day. Hope you like it.

I will be entering this layout in a challenge at:

1. Docerela Creations.
http://blog.docerelashop.com/

2. Simon Say Stamps Challenge
http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

PKS- Sketch Challenge #65

Hello,

I am sharing a card I made for the PKS challenge. I stamped the snowman and sentiment with CTMH stamps. I used my Copic markers to color the snowman. I used some Stampin Up Chocolate Chip and embossed it with some clear powder so I would be able to color the image with my Copic markers on this type of ink. I used the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge for the circle-scallop like shape. I really love the way it all came together. It one of my favs for sure.

Christmas 2011 Layout

Hello,
I am very excited to share this new layout I made to go into my "2011 Family Scrapbook." I do a layout for each month of the year. I got a jump start on this one as part of a challenge over at MPS. I am in love with the paper collection I used. I bought it at the Scrapbook Expo I went to earlier this month. I got the last of everything they had in the collection. There are several spaces for me to put some Christmas pictures on each page. The only thing I cut on my Cricut was the word Christmas. I welded it together and added some Stickles (I heart Stickles). I stamped and embossed the words "merry and bright" with a MPS stamp. I hope you love it as much as I do. Feel free to look around for some of the other Crafty things I have made and ones I've entered into MPS challenges. As always, new friends are welcome to follow. Have a Crafty day!