Matt's Birthday Card

This is the birthday card I made for my son, nearly a month ago! See, I have been stamping, I just put off blogging it. I cased (okay, pretty much flat out copied) THIS CARD. The stamps are from Inkadinkadoo and also SU's Extreme Elements and Extreme Guitar. Colors are Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, and Chocolate Chip. DP is old Basic Grey, Skate Shoppe I think. This was a really fun card to make. I think he liked it; he didn't really say much. He did, however, tell everyone at church that I made the 4th of July cards they were signing (see post below). I just thought that was so sweet. Thanks for stopping by today!

Fourth of July

This is the card I made for the shut-in and military members of our church. On the inside I stamped a quote from Abraham Lincoln that I love, and "God Bless America". Both are from the ODBD set God Bless America, seen HERE. I used my Cricut and the Stand and Salute cartridge, which my dear friend and stamping buddy Teresa gave me a while back. This is a cool cartridge and more versatile than you might think, but its focus is military. I cut the fireworks at 2" out of glitter paper. It's very sparkly IRL. However, using glitter paper with your Cricut is a bit problematic. It's very heavy, so you need the max pressure. And, it's in two layers. The glitter layer (at least on the white) kind of tends to peel up a little. After gluing several of these babies onto their shadows and getting very gluey fingers, I had the belated bright idea to use my Xyron. Great idea right? Not so much. I think it would be great for more solid shapes, but with these intricate shapes I had webs of adhesive that I had to deal with between the arms of the fireworks. So I went back to gluey fingers. I cut the "4th of July" at 4 inches from some patterned paper with metallic blue stars--very pretty. Stars were cut from the Wild Card Cartridge. There are some on the inside too. These cards weighed just one ounce, so even though they're 8.5 x 5.5", they only needed a regular stamp.

A "berry" fun card

I made this card with some of Lauren Meader's stamps and digital paper. You can find them HERE. These sets are Well Preserved and So Sentimental. My first step was to use the Well Preserved cut file and SCAL and my Cricut to cut out several jars. Then I stamped the image on the cut-out jar and colored it. This set has a separate plaid jar top which is so easy to line up! I also added a strawberry to the label. I printed out one of the patterns from the "Oranges and Strawberries" digi paper--so cute--on SU Whisper White CS. Card base is PTI white, layers are SU Gable Green and Ruby Red. Frame around the sentiment is from So Sentimental and has its own cut file; however, here I just cut it out. Ink colors are Green Galore and Ruby Red. SU border punch, Nesties and Dew Drops finish off this card. Hope you've enjoyed it!

Mojo Monday Sketch 144

So yesterday I had a whole bunch of stamps and digi papers from My Time Made Easy spread out on my desk along with the current Mojo Monday sketch, which I really liked this week. And this card just sort of came together. Yeah, yeah, I know I'm a little late for teacher appreciation--I'll hold on to it till next year. Any way, I used Lauren's School Ruled and Apples and Pears digi papers. The combination of those two sitting on my desk pretty much suggested the theme. And of course I have my new Home Accents Cricut Cartridge, which has the adorable apple in it. The red in the apple paper stumped me at first, until I remembered the small amount of Cranberry Crisp I had left from SU's first year of In Colors. One of their new colors should come pretty close as well. Other colors are Glorious Green and So Saffron (my least fave SU color next to Perfect Plum, so of course they are keeping it!) which is good for apple flesh and matches the digi paper. Ribbon is SU. Stamp set is So Sentimental. Hope you've enjoyed this card--thanks for stopping by!

Card for our pastor

Hi, everyone! Our pastor announced that he is taking a few weeks of renewal time--no one deserves it more than he does--he's the best. Anyway, I made him a card to let him know how much he is appreciated. Stamp set is Our Daily Bread Designs Flourished Christian Symbols. I stenciled the clouds using a very old SU cloud stencil in Bashful Blue on PTI's Stamper's Select White. I sponged some Not Quite Navy Craft Ink onto my stamp (I just have some of the craft re-inkers, not the pads) and stamped the bird and embossed with iridescent ice EP. The sent. is stamped in NQN classic ink. Silver cord is SU. If you haven't tried ODBD I'd encourage you to--their stamps stamp beautifully. Thanks for looking!

Card for a Friend

This is a card for a friend who is going through a rough time right now. Stamp sets are Gina K's Lovely Labels and SU's Thoughts and Prayers. CS is Baja Breeze, Soft Sky, and Whisper White. Ink is Baja Breeze. Butterflies are from an SU Embosslit. I highlighted them and the BG on the stamp with a silver gel pen. DP is ret SU, Urban Garden I think. Ribbon is PTI. Used the SU scallop border punch and Nesties. Thanks for looking!

Camp Scrap Fiendzy 2nd Week Challenge--S'mores!

Well, I know I'm in the minority here, but I HATE Smores! Why would you ruin a perfectly good piece of chocolate with marshmallows and graham crackers? Yuck! Anyway, the challenge over at SF this week was to use tan, brown, and white (the color of smores, get it?) plus a color associated with fire--red, orange, or yellow. All supplies are SU except red twill; I bought that at a fabric store at some point. I used Cricut Cartridge Stone Script for the title and Old West for the rifle. Journaling font is Handwriting Dakota.