My "Thrown Together" Card

DH has a friend retiring at work and needed a card...of course he tells me the night before, so... I have no sentiment stamps for retirement verses & no time to go to the store. I found the verse online, printed on card stock, cut out with Spellbinders Nestabilities and inked to give a frame effect. The patterned paper is from an old stash of Heidi Grace & the card stock is from my scrap basket. The flowers are stickers that I just had...probably bought for some other project that never came to be. The rhinestones are one large flourish pack cut into pieces. the ribbon came from my scrap basket. For a 'thrown together' card I think it came out pretty.

Spring is in the air!

That was the theme for the swap I was working on. I found these cute dimensional felt stickers at Jo Ann's and I knew I had to use them...My original idea was a scalloped egg with spirelli and then the stickers in the middle. As you can see I went with the scalloped circle...after cutting both with my Cricut, the circle scallops are deeper and therefore easier to wrap. Since I was making 12 I thought I would go with the easier:) The papers are from a stack pack I picked up at Tuesday Morning...I am not a pastel girl, so these were perfect for me...springy but not pastel. I think they turned out pretty cute.

A Holiday Behind!

I know it is St. Patrick's Day and I should be crafting in green, but I just finished scrapping my Valentine's Day pictures! I used elements from a swap. The papers are Echo Park: Be Mine Collection.

I really like how the banner came out in the layout below...I used Storybook to cut the hearts & letters to make the "Sweet" banner. Everything else came from the swap...I still have a lot left to create more pages.

1 hour + 3 stamped images =

3 PRETTY CARDS!

So, I had one hour to create...I just received a stamped image swap so I decided to pick the first 3 images & see what I could come up with...

I loved the peacock...it was stamped in blues & greens. I added stickles in purple, blue, green and silver, some rhinestones and Smooch inks. Glittery!

The turtle was cute & I decided to keep it simple...color, ink edges and layer.

Finally, the rose. This was my stamped image & I have never made anything with it, even though I love it. I colored the rose with Smooch in a sunflower and pumpkin. the paper is from a DCWV stack pack, Indian Summer...perfect colors

All in all, not bad for one hour....now to do my errands:)

Chill Out!

I got two new Cricut cartridges and I just had to use one for my last swap...I decided on Simply Charmed. The penguins were just too cute....don't you think?

I just love them....I flocked the black party and did a little inking for dimension. Too cute...can't wait to use them on a layout.

I am off to my craft room for a little bite...will post if I get to do anything more creative than straightening up:)

I am swamped with swaps!

I have been working on several swaps...even did a few for my sister who somehow managed to break BOTH of her elbows!


Card Swap...

Theme: Birthdays & I picked 'teenage boys'....kept is simple, it is for a boy. The background paper is metallic. I used the "Dude" cartridge to cut the skateboarder and printed a label with the sentiment for the inside. It is a gift card holder, too....what else do you give a teenage boy?




Next Swap....this is a new one on my FB site...recipe cards. I am really having fun with this one. I did my card (French Country soup) and my sister's. My card is made like a conventional card...opens up. On the inside I have the ingredients and directions. I made Noels like a standard recipe card...title on one side and recipe on the other. I am really having fun with this swap and just think...at the end of the year I will have a wonderful collection of recipes.




I have been working on ideas for our Suprise Swaps on my FB site...next month I am going to try inchies. I thought I should make a set up and give an example of what to do with them...I kept it simple...stickers and pen lines. I really like the card though. I did alter the size...many of the ladies on the FB group like to do Cricut cuts, so I increased it to 1 1/2 inches t give them a little more work room.
I can't wait to see what they do!

Final project...an accordian album for one of my "pay it forward" swaps. This is one is for someone who just moved into a new home and likes to garden...I thought she could use it to show off either pictures of the new house or her garden when it comes in. I really loved these papers...they were from the Indian Summer stack pack by DCWV.

I still have my Cricut Cut Swaps to do...and I just got two new cartridges in the mail:)

Valentine's Day....how was yours?

Mine was a little crazy since I still had not come up with a good gift for my husband the morning of...then it his me..."KISS". I had been working on scanning in old pictures and several I came across were of us kissing during different stages of our lives...I would make him a 12x12 layout for his office wall. So, I came up with my sketch, picked my pictures , gathered my supplies and got to work....I think it turned out pretty good! A wonderfully unique gift for my wonderful husband.









Now to finish the candy bouquets for DH and DS....I had never made these before and I think I got a little bored with idea about half way through, but they still turned out nice.








I made us a spaghetti dinner with chocolate fondue for dessert...YUM! We had a nice quiet evening...and for once my husband listened to me...no flowers or candy, just my perfume.






I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day with your loved ones.