Give Thanks!

I figured it was time to give myself a little break from the Halloween scene and work on some Thanksgiving cards.  I found this adorable stamp at the Stampin' and Scrappin' Expo awhile back and I love it!  It was super easy to color in with my markers and of course I had to add a little glitter to just about everything :)  Thanks for stopping by!

The Deets:

Cricut: Elegant Edges

Stamp from DeNami Design

Paper: Stampin' Up

Markers: SU!

Glitter and Punch: Martha

Twine: The Twinery

Cuttlebug and Embossing folder

Best Fishes!

Today my project is all about fish!  I love goldfish and the shaped card challege over at FCCB was the perfect excuse for me to make this cute little card...which then turned into more of a project!  So last night I started making a set of Thank You cards to give to a friend who will doing some job interviews in the next couple of days-- so I set to work on those.  The thank you cards were very simple-- I used a white card base and I also used some random colored pieces of paper I had in my stash.  I embossed the colored sheets with my Cuttlebug and a thank you folder. 

Then I remembered over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog the challenge this week was to do a shaped card-- so the hamster started running at full force that's for sure!  So I pulled out my trusty Create-A-Critter Cartridge and whipped out a fish... the layers of the fish ended up being a big bust as I had hit the real dial size button on accident!  Opps! 

So I cut the fish out 4 times-twice for the base and twice for the top layer in orange at 3 inches. And I smashed the card together at the tail so it was able to be a "card."  I added a little white gel pen around the edges and did some highlighting with a sponge and some orange ink.  I then added the "best wishes" sentiment which is from My Pink Stamper. 

Enjoy! 

How I started out... a simple thank you...

Then I decided I needed more colors....20 cards in total.

The fish...minus all the layers :)

Ta-Daaaaa!  The final package!

Recipe

Cricut Cartridge: Create A Critter cut at 3 inches

Paper: Stampin' Up

Stamp: My Pink Stamper

Bag and Ribbon...from my stash I think the baggie is from M's

So many challenges...so little time :-)

There are soooo many fun challenges out there this week and I had a blast playing with a handful of them I came across while searching some of my favorite blogs!  The Creative sisters Linda and Patti-Lynn at http://lindascreativity.blogspot.com/ had a challenge today to use something that is embossed--I embossed my coffee cup!  Challenge #48 at http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ was also to emboss!  So I thought I'd would enter this challenge as well :)

Also while I was wandering around the Internet I noticed yet another cool challenge and this was found at http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/  The challenge presented here was to use a cup!  So I took a look through my cartridges and found a cup that I enjoyed!  And lastly for this card I also embossed as that was the challenge at http://cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com/  the ONLY cooking I really do is with my Cricut!

Recipe:

Cricut: Lyrical Letters for the coffee cup

Paper: dsp DCWV stack, SU! Sahara Sand solid

Ink: SU! Sahara Sand

Punches: SU! small oval and key tag punch

Stamp: saying is from MorningStar stamps

Other: I used a white gel pen to do some random marks around the card

I love daisies!!!

I suppose it's a little too early to be making cards for Mother's Day but I decided that for another challenge with the lovely ladies at http://stamping411.blogspot.com/ I would create a Mother's Day card using their sketch challenge for the week.  I had to have a new toy to play with so I went out and picked up the Cuttlebug quilling dies-- my oh my soooo cute and fun to play with.  I did have a 50% off coupon so that made the purchase even more worthwhile.   It didn't take long at all to put the card together.  I used some of my neglected nestabilities dies and am pleased with how this card turned out.  Thanks for checking it out! 

Recipe

Paper: SU! paper

Die: Cuttlebug Quilling Die: Daisy, Nestabilities label 1 I think

Ink: Old Olive-SU!

Punch: SU! modern label punch

Ribbon: unknown--I think Target



27 Dresses!

Oh my I simply can't believe I have been away from my blog for sooooo long!  I haven't been crafting in the last couple of days either-- work has been simply just way tooooo stinkin' busy!  However, my BFF asked if I would "help" her make some invitations for her nieces baptism. 

I remembered seeing some cute onesies at one point at Splitcoaststampers and decided to use that idea to create a dress.  I believe the pattern for the original onesie started with Lauren http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/  I don't have the specific link to her project but I do know this is the address of her blog! 

I hope these are a big hit with the guests who will be invited to the baptism!

Recipe:

Paper: Stampin' Up Whisper White

Punches: SU! 1.25 circle, two different SU! border punches

Ribbon: Offray I think??!??!

Other Stuff: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder

Flocking Obsessed!

Oh dear I hate to admit it but I am officially obsessed with flocking...seriously I better hide my flocking and my Create-A-Critter Cartridge because clearly I just can't stop using either one.  I am in love with this little monkey--heck I know I say that about all of the little critters I cut with that cutie cartridge.  For this card I aslo used my cuttlebug again and I must say I love that little machine--it adds soooo much without any work at all.  Ugh please ignore the not clean edges it's clearly time for me to replace the blade on my trusty old cutter.

Card Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge: Create-A-Critter for monkey, vine and banana

Punch: circle punches from SU!

Flocking: Stampendous is the brand.

Paper: All SU!

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Divine Swirls I think?

Stamp: My Pink Stamper

You're A Deer!

Hey everybody!  I hope you're doing well tonight.  Thanks for stopping by.  I needed to make a thank you card for my friend Jackie who is my super duper SU! demo and I just placed a sweet order with her so I wanted to send her a little card to say thanks!  So, I decided to take some time to play with the Wacky Wednesday Color Challenge that was posted by Paula at www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com  The challenge this week was to use brown, pink and green!  So of course I had to use my Create-A-Critter yet again to create this card. 

Card Recipe:

Paper: Stampin' Up for all of the paper

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Seeing Spots

Martha Stewart Grass Punch

Dark Brown Flocking...not sure of brand!

Stamp: My Pink Stamper

Black brad from Recollections

Rhinestones from Achievers