Personalized baby gift

Today I'd like to share with you a shadow frame & a card that I made for a friend of mine who just had a baby.  As you can see from the picture below, the baby came a little early and is a tiny peanut at 3lb 14 oz but she's doing well in the NICU and we are thankful. 

(I had to "blur" out her last name since I don't have permission from her Mama to post that in blogland)

Here's some details:

The card I made using the New Arrival Cricut cartridge. 

The congratulations stamp is from Fiskars.

The papers I used are all The Paper Studio.

The frame is a shadow frame I bought from Michael's. 

For the inside, I used the Cricut Craft Room and laid out the design.

I used the Jasmine Cartridge, Art Nouveau, Beyond Birthdays, Disney Pooh Font Set & New Arrival.

Instead of cutting out all the cuts, I used the Cricut Ink and had it "draw" them on the white cardstock.

Then I colored them in with colored pencils.

I added some flowers and gems and Stickles for the extra touches. 

On the outside of the frame I added some ribbon. To adhere it I used Terrifically Tacky Tape and it stuck on there really well. : )   A few paper flowers and some gems on the outside to finish it off. 

I'm also going to make her some "devotional diapers" that I saw on The Better Mom website and then get this package in the mail. 

Thanks for spending a few minutes with me. 

Hope you'll come back again soon.

: )  

Fairy Dust Birthday

I'd like to share with you a birthday card I made using some digi-stamps from Bugaboo Stamps.

I wanted to participate in their Stella Says Sketch Challenge 109.

I'm getting used to these digi's and am really starting to have some fun with them. 

If you haven't tried them, I highly recommend it. 

Here's the sketch:

So here's my card:

I used the digi image of Girl Fairy Birthday Dust from Bugaboo.

It comes with the sentiment. "Birthdays are regular days sprinkled with fairy dust"

I colored her using colored pencils.  

I added Stickles to her petal skirt. And on the circle of the sentiment.

You can't see it in these pictures but I added Glossy Accents to her wings.

I really like the effect of the Glossy Accents.

The glitter paper for the mat is from DCWV.

The calendar paper is from Foof-a-la's Hall Pass collection.

I trimmed the paper with the Fiskars grass punch and added some ink and stickles.

The pink ribbon is from my stash.

I added some gems and doodled around the edges.

That about covers it. 

Hope you found something to take away from this card.

Pop on over to Catch the Bug Challenge Blog if you'd like to participate in any of their challenges.

Thanks for stopping by. 

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.

Anniversary Card

Today is my wedding anniversary.  : )   Mike & I have been married for 8 years.  We are wonderfully blessed. 

I'll be sharing the card that I made for him.  It was inspired by a picture I saw on the Moxie Fab World blog.

This is the picture that inspired me: 

This is the card I made:

I used the colors of pink & green because those were our wedding colors. 

The birds I cut at 3 inches using Create-a-Critter Cricut Cartridge.

The heart and the top hat are also from that cartridge. 

I used several different paper lines, Best Occasions, Paper Studio and K&Company.

The gray background paper was embossed with the Cuttlebug "Wicker Weave" embossing folder. 

I added some stitching lines to mimic the inspiration picture. 

The You & Me is a stamp from Studio G. 

My husband, a man of few words, did tell me that the card looked like one you would buy at the store.

I think that means he likes it. ; )

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Have a wonderful week. 

God bless. 

Owl my love birthday

Thanks for stopping by. I'm so glad you are here.

 My project today is a card that I made for an upcoming birthday. 

(you can click on the picture to see it larger)

I used a premade white card base.

The patterned paper is a 4x6 matt from the DCWV "Green Stack."

It already has the funny little owl up in the corner.

I added some Craft Smart brown and gold ribbon.

The gray and yellow "moon" layers were scraps already in those shapes.

The owl was cut at 2inches from the Cricut Create a Critter Cartridge.

I added some googly eyes to him. 

The stamped sentiment is from The Craft's Meow "Happy Owlentine's Day" stamp set.

I added some dots around the edge of the card and the owl (hard to see.)

I inked all the edges with Color Box ink in Chestnut.

That about covers it.

Thanks for taking a look. 

Have a wonderful day.