Get Well Wishes Card

Thanks to all who sent me encouragement and love regarding my last post about my sister's breast cancer diagnosis.  A little update on her; the surgery is done.  She's recovering from it pretty well. Lots of pain but she's back to work (she's a teacher.)  The best news of all is that she doesn't have to do any chemo.  They believe that they got it early enough and removed what was there... so we are celebrating this extra special blessing.

Now on to the card.  I finally got brave and used some of the black card bases and envelopes that I have had for quite some time.  I don't know why I was intimidated by them but I was.  

 This picture is of the inside and of the envelope. I really love how this turned out. It's up there toward the top of my all time favorites.

The beautiful patterned papers and the bicycle tag and inside flower are all from Webster's Pages.  I LOVE their products.  So, so pretty and great quality. 

The "get well wishes" stamp is from My Creative Time's Pain Pain Go Away set.

The "feel better soon" stamp is from Sweet Stamp Shop's set called Scootin By.

The flower stamp on the envelope is a 2007 Stampin' Up stamp.

I'll throw in a few bonus cards today... no deets...just pictures.

These are some cards I've made lately and haven't had time to share.

If you want details, just drop me a comment and I'll get back to you. :)

This little guy is on an action wobble! Love those. They are so fun!

(if you want a good deal on action wobbles, check out Pink & Paper's store)

Thanks for taking a look.

Hope you're "keeping calm and crafting on."  .... 

lol... I keep seeing those quotes like that and they are stuck in my head. 

God bless.

-Chris

 

Enjoy the ride - layout

My layout I want to share with you today is another one for my parents 50th wedding anniversary scrapbook.   I'll be honest and say that this layout was a little out of my comfort zone for a couple of reasons.  One, I'm always intimidated by paper with big prints or  words on it because I have a hard time covering them up.  Two, I have a hard time not using a lot of pictures or using big pictures.  So I struggled a little with this but I'm happy with how it turned out. It's good to get out of your comfort zone sometimes, right? : )

(you can click on the pic to make it larger)

Here's a few close ups:

The bicycle was cut using the Summer in Paris Cricut Cartridge.

I cut two of them and offset to give some shadow and color.

I did a little journaling on the bike with a white gel pen.

I also added a gem from Webster's Pages.

The plane I cut from the packaging of my Webster's Pages papers.

The clouds I stamped on some Webster's Pages paper using Sweet Stamp Shop stamp.

Another Webster's Pages gem in the corner.

Enjoy the Ride was cut using the Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge.

A few more Webster's pages gems. 

A few more details:

The bottom border is actually the part you are to cut off the 12x12 page because it's the "packaging-title" or whatever you want to call it.  

I also added two sets of "4 black gems" to the middle sides.  I felt it needed a little more black to tie everything together. 

I'm entering this in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge, Challenge Me Monday # 108.

You need to make a project with a car, bike, plane , train, etc. 

Thanks for spending some time with me today. 

God Bless.

Party Thank You Treat Bags

Tomorrow while we are with my husband's side of the family for Easter, we will be celebrating my son's 6th birthday. (Even though he doesn't turn 6 until the 22nd.)  So on top of making Easter baskets for the kids, I made little thank you bags too. Here's how they turned out:

(you can click on the pictures to see them larger)

I needed to make for 2 girls and 3 boys.

I decorated these cute little canvas bags with Cricut Cuts (except for the bunny - That's a Bugaboo Digi Stamp.)  I also used Sweet Stamp Shop stamps for the sentiments and names.

Just for fun I made some funny face Straw Toppers using a cut from Graphically Speaking.

I added Googly Eyes to make them more fun.

On the back of the straw toppers I added magnets. That way they can remove the straw topper and put it on the fridge to use the next time. : )  (That's of course if the topper doesn't get destroyed on their first time using it.)

I also made a few popsicle stick characters for the youngest 4 to play with. 

These were done quickly and not with a lot of detail.

They were cut using the Best Images of 2009 cartridge.

I used the Cricut Craft Room to make them, flip the image for the back side and to hide the eye cut out on the back image. I also used the Cricut Ink pen to trace them first before I cut them. 

So along with the straw toppers, some extra straws and the stick figures, I added some candy and a snack pack.

Thanks for taking a look. Hope you got some inspiration. Let me know if you have any questions.

God Bless.

Girl with Balloons - Birthday

I'm new to using Digi-stamps but I'm finding that I like them very much.  I made the following birthday card for my niece and want to enter it in the Catch the Bug Challenge for Bugaboo Stamps.

 This is the tag that pulls out from the pocket.

I used the Bugaboo WO Balloon Girl digi stamp.

I colored her with colored pencils.

I added some Stickles to the balloons and her shoes.

I had fun coloring her tights different un-matching patterns because that's how the kids are wearing them.

I used some liquid pearls to add a little to the pocket and to the scallop trim.

I stamped her name using Sweet Alpha Doodles stamp set from Sweet Stamp Shop.

The star is from Stampin' Up.

I inked the edges with different shades of Martha Stewart inks.

The happy birthday sentiment is a rub-on.

All the papers were from my scrap pile.

That's all folks!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Come back soon.

Cupcake Card

The challenge over at Cardz TV this week is to make a card with a birthday cake or a cupcake on it using any colors and any cartridges we want.

Here's my card. 

I used  the Best Images of 2009 cartridge for my cupcake.

The papers are all DCWV  

except for the brown polka dot base layer on the cupcake. That's Echo Park.

The sentiment is a stamp from Sweet Stamp Shop's "Scootin by" set.

I used Stickles on the cherry.

I used my crimper on the cupcake wrapper. 

Inked all the edges with Colorbox Chestnut Roan ink.

I used my Marvy corner rounder to round one edge on each layer. 

The cupcake is popped up with foam squares. 

That about covers it for this card.  Thanks for taking a moment to look.

CAS-ual Fridays, The Clean And Simple Challenge

Over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog, they have a weekly challenge. This weeks challenge is Clean & Simple Paper Piecing.

Here's my card:

I don't think you can see the sentiment well in the picture -

it says "turn up the Music and float away"

I used the cloud stamps from the Sweet Stamp Shop's Scootin' By set

I used the sentiment and the volume stamp from the Sweet Stamp Shop's Old School Rock set. 

Thanks for looking.  Hop on over to CAS-ual Fridays and join the fun with your own project.