You are Classic - birthday card

My Father-in-law's birthday is this weekend.  He's so hard to buy for because he already has everything. But at least I know he won't be getting another card just like this one.  lol. : )

Here's what I made:

I cut the car and the word "classic" from the Nifty Fifties Cricut Cartridge.

The hearts I cut by hand. (I needed to add something pink to meet a challenge criteria)

The stamp sentiments are from My Creative Time.

The ribbon is from my stash.

All the papers are DCWV except for the striped background paper. That's Echo Park.

I'm entering this in a couple of challenges:

1) My Creative Time's Imagine That Challenge

(I don't own an imagine, so I used patterned paper)

(You had to use Teal, Red & Pink)

2) DL.ART's Thankful Thursday Challenge

(anything goes)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you'll come back soon.

Your comments are blessing.

U R Sew Fun

I'm entering the following card in two challenges:

1) Challenge Me Monday #98 over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog
      Fun with Puns challenge

2) Cricut Cardz Challenge 102 over at the Cardz TV blog.
     A Stitch in Time  - make a project using real or faux stitching, any occasion, any cartridge, any color

Here's my card:

Close up

 Inside

My double "stitches" are done using the We R Sew Stamper tool.  (I'll be honest, I'm not having the best of luck with this tool.  I bet other people do great with it. I probably just am not using it right.)

I used the Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge for the Sewing Machine,Dress, Dress Form and for the "UR Sew Fun" letters. 

Most of the papers I used are from my scraps. The background paper is DCWV. 

Ribbon is from my stash. 

I used Martha Stewart Lilac ink to ink the edges. 

I used my Marvy corner punch to round two of the edges. 

The "You are the Best" stamped sentiment is form My Creative Time's "My favorite sayings" set.

I used sandpaper to rough up the gray layers. 

I think that covers everything.

Thanks so much for looking.  Don't forget to leave me a comment. I love hearing your thoughts on the project. 

DCWV February's Stack-a-holic Template Challenge

So HERE'S the challenge for February from DCWV.  Make a layout using DCWV papers using this sketch from Sketch Savvy.




And here's my version of the sketch.

The majority of layout is using the Tattered Time Stack (which I won --- Thank you Erin!)

The gears are from one of the papers from the Tattered Time Stack. - I just cut them out and used them for my circles.  I added some colored pearls to the centers to brighten them up a bit. 

The "May 1962" letters are also one of the papers from Tattered Time which I cut out and used as my banners. 

The light aqua paper is from the Textured Cardstock Stack-Brights. 

The brown shimmer paper is from the Holiday Shimmer stack. 

The Flowers are from The Craft's Meow grab box I recently bought. 

The "Jim & Andrea" were cut out using my Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge. 

My parents will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this May. That's a whole lot of love!  I'm making them a scrapbook in celebration of this awesome event!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you'll take some time to leave me a comment and let me know what you think. 

Door Hangers

We had a party for my daughter's first birthday. It was a family party with all her cousins from both sides of the family there.   Most of the cousins are much older and the typical "treat" bags just don't work for them. I wanted to do something different.  I found these foam wavy door hangers at Walmart.  They come 9 to a pack.  I can't remember the price but they are really cheap. So I made one door hanger for each of the kids and decorated them specifically for each of them.  I apologize for the picture quality. I was in a big hurry when I took the pictures so there's a lot of shadow.  

I used my cricut machine for most of the images. I used the Create a Critter, Nifty Fifties, & Graphically Speaking cartridges.  The papers were from my scrap stash.  I used some stickles, some liquid pearls, some stickers and some gems.  Some of the letters for the names are rub ons; some are pre-cut, some are stickers, some are from the Cricut Cartridges.   I think they were well liked by all that received them.

Thanks for taking the time to look. I'd love to hear your comments. Do you have a favorite?