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

 

Anniversary Card

I've just returned from spending a week at my parents house and spending time with my family.  So now that I'm back, it's time to get back into a routine. (especially since school will be starting in two weeks... yikes!)  Today, I'm sharing a card I made for my sister's wedding anniversary.

The patterened papers are from Webster's Pages.  I have a ton of 6x6 papers from them. So I cut them and layered them to make this 5x7 card. 

The ribbon is from Webster's Pages also.

The "Celebrate" stamp is from the Dollar Bin at Michael's. 

The "Happy Anniversary" stamp is from Hero Arts. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you're having a fabulously crafty week.

-Chris

Another Layout for my sister

Here's another layout for my sister's scrapbook. This will actually be the first page in the book. (I rarely do anything in order... lol.)   I used all Webster's Pages In Love Collection again.  Only the pearls and gems are from my stash. The rest is all Webster's Pages.

(I didn't think I should share her personal info, so it's blurred out)

I made this flower using an IN LOVE princess petal that I surrounded with some of the ruffled lace.

The stem is made using the soft velvet ribbon from this collection.

I added the pearl flourish and flower center from my stash. 

(This is a close up of the ribbon layered on this picture. I used the ruffled lace, added the velvet on top  and then some pearls to complete it. )

Hope you found something to inspire you.

Have a blessed day.

Chris

Started the album for my sis

Okay, I'm starting to get back into the swing of things. : )   I've started the album for my sister's 50th birthday present. Woohoo! Now I need to really buckle down and keep working on it.  

So for this layout I used  Webster's Pages products. Mostly from the IN LOVE COLLECTION.

I just love these pictures of her. What a cutie!

I trimmed the butterflies from one of the 12x12 pages I had. The Chevron paper was from a 6x6 piece. 

I cut two different pattern papers in a scallop circle shape using my Marvy Punches one at 2 1/2 inches and one at 3 inches. I added the "adore" fabric ticket to the top of it and put it all on the page with foam squares. The ribbon I used from the In Love collection is so awesome to touch because it's like velvet. SOOOOO  soft!  I just love it!  

The journaling card is from this collection also. 

The sticker letters I used to spell out her name are from the collection too. The only thing I didn't like is that all the letters are lowercase.  So I improvised and added an a "p" to the top of the lower case "r" to make it look like a capital "R." 

A few pearl dots from my stash and I'm done.

Thanks for taking a look.  Hope you're having a wonderfully creative week!

: ) 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.

Love Birds - 1962

Today's post is a layout for my parent's 50th anniversary scrapbook. I won the In Love Collection from Webster's Pages.  It is such a gorgeous collection and I'm actually having a hard time using it because I want to hoard it!  Shame on me. I know.   If you check out their website you can see all the incredible products they have and tons of beautiful sample pages on how to use them.   I really love the layered, heavily embellished pages that they showcase but I'm not so good at making those kinds of pages.  I guess I'm more of a clean and simple gal!  (probably because I'm hoarding the supplies!!!)  So anyway, on to my layout:

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

a little closer view of some of the embellishements

I love all the beautiful embellishments that Webster's Pages provides. 

The cameo, the resin heart, the rhinestone button, the heart ribbon trim, & the Love Birds journaling card are all part of the In Love Collection.

I cut out the words "Cherish" & "Forever" from the patterned paper.

I also fussy cut the flower part from the paper and used foam tape to give it some dimension.

The butterflies are stamps that I stamped and cut out. I added some Stickles to them and a pearl dot.

 Here's another layout I've made using Webster's Pages In Love Collection.

I cut the bird cage out of the In Love papers using the Best Images of 2009 Cricut Cartridge. 

The other layered border shapes were cut using Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge.

I used the beautiful fabric tag, princess petal, & flower cameo embellishements.

The word "family" is alpha stickers from the In Love Collection too.

Not hard to make a pretty layout with their incredible products. : )

Thanks for taking a look. 

Have a blessed day. 

Monster Truck

Hello crafty friends.  My post for today is a birthday card I made for my son.  He'll turn 6 on the 22nd of this month. He's a big fan of Monster Trucks.

I used the sketch from Stella Says Sketch Challenge #107 over on the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

The Monster Truck is a digi image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps and you can get it here.

I colored mine with colored pencils. 

The patterened paper is Echo Park.

I trimmed the green cardstock with my Fiskars grass punch.

My son's name is done with Webster's Pages sticker alphabet.  The color of the letters is actually tan but I went over them with the same colored pencil I used for the truck and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I added 3 gray pearl dots and that completed the sketch. 

Thanks for taking a look.  I look forward to hearing your comments.

Have a wonderful week.