Girly Purse Card

This card was so much fun to make...saw it in an old card making magazine and knew a friend who it was perfect for. It was made in Cricut Craft Room by welding two marquee shapes together from Storybook...it is an actual card that opens at the bottom. I also made two slightly smaller single shapes for the white piece on the outside and one on the inside to write on. The scalloped border was made with an edge punch, and then snipped at every "valley" between the scallops (much like when you are sewing on a curve, it is snipped to the seam so it sits flat) and then you manipulate it so it can follow a curve...hope that makes sense. The ribbon flower was made from a pin on Pinterest...instructions are here if you are interested...very simple to make. (its the red one with white polka dots...you have to scroll down a bit to see it)

Some New Cards

Whew...got back from a wonderful trip to Pigeon Forge TN...and actually got to make some cards last week. These were for RAQ's card challenge on the cricut mb...hope you like em.

Teddy Bears!!!!

What could be cuter??? This week at My Sheri, we are submitting projects with teddy bears...be sure to add yours...here is mine...

Baby Banners

Made these for the weekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts..."Babies" is the theme this week...these banners are for a friend who just became a gramma of twins...at the top of my blog is a page titled "Baby Banners" with all the instructions and supplies to create this project.

Garden Art

Made this for my back yard garden. We got the doors free at a yard sale...they came out of an old church, and I knew exactly what I wanted them for. So we stood them up against the block wall that borders our property, and then dh bought a print in a frame, and I altered it...its not up yet, but will be hung on the door

Spring Garden

This is the first in a set of three layouts for my scrapbook this year...Spring , Summer and Autumn Garden...showcasing the many blooms in my garden through out the season. The challenge came from My Sheri Crafts, and the theme was flowers...All the instructions can be found here as well as a supply list for the layout. If you have any flower related projects hop on over to the My Sheri Crafts Blog and post your creations...we would love to see 'em.

Thinking of You

Made all three of these card for RAQ's card challenge...boy, I am finding it hard to get all the cards done each week, now that the weather is so nice...but this week we had a lot of rain, so I did get them done. I had to make a sympathy card, so I made 3 thinking of you...which will totally work, seems we always need this type of card. Not much cricut going on here...the first card has a cut from SB...on the third card, the bflys are ms punch...first and second cards were made with GCD Studios Zen Garden paper and the last with a K & Company set I got for Mothers Day

Wedding Card

Made this card for an upcoming shower I'm going to...the bridesmaids will be in purple and the bride in ivory...hence the color scheme. I used Just Right Stamps that I got from My Sheri Crafts...and they were the perfect touch for this elegant card. I also got the patterned paper there too...isn't it rich looking...it is DCWV La Creme Stack...love love love this paper. It is so elegant. The scalloped circle is from SB...punched edge is the scalloped scallop punch, got that at My Sheri as well...hmmmm...couldn't have made this card without her products it seems...lol

Note Card Set

Made this for a friend from church...she asked for 50 notecards, and 100 stationery...whew...I'm very happy with the end result, and she was too. Found a box at the local dollarstore, that held them all with the envies and even matched in color. I think I cut out 300 roses from WIMG (tops and bottoms)...my poor little cricut was overworked those days.

My Sheri Challenge Week # 2 - Special Fold Cards

This was such a fun card to make. It is called a criss cross and I got the instruction from Splitcoast Stampers...click here to get instructions. It was easy to make and I love the way it turned out...the paper is Basic Grey, Gypsy line, and the cs is Bazzill. The big flower on the front, I cut from one of the papers and popped it up. The band around the card was punched with the Dotted Wave Punch. Sentiments are clear stamps. Flower and swirl are from HD, bfly and card pull are from SB, and greenery are ms branch punch. For complete instructions and supply list click here. There is a misterlinky on myshericrafts challenge if you are inspired to make your own special fold card

Live Laugh Love

Made this card for RAQ's card challenge this week...for some reason, I really like the red/yellow/green combo...maybe its the K & Co paper that ties it all together...swirl is from SB and sentiments from HA

From Holland to Canada

These pictures are I think my favorite of all the old pics given to me. They are of my family when they arrived in Windsor, Ontario, from Holland. The journalling tells the story of the trip across the ocean by boat, and then by train from Halifax to Windsor...as remembered by my mom, who is now 88. I can't even imagine leaving your homeland with 5 boys, leaving your family and friends, for a country where you don't speak the language or even have a job...what an accomplishment...I don't think I have even a portion of what it takes to do such a thing...so I have deep admiration for my parents who did. Suitcases are from PDDU, title was made with SB and OA.

Hope

I am almost as addicted to making sketches, as I am to making the card...lol This was designed by me in Adobe Photoshop with downloaded papers and images. I posted it in RAQ's card Challenge on the cricut mb...if you are struggling with ideas for cards...check out the link. The ladies there are awesome and so inspiring...they totally have brought me to where I am today with my card making. The sunflower is from SYI, the leaves from SB

Birthday Card...totally girly

Made this card for my son to give to his gf for her bday...It was so much fun to make...all pink and girly. The cake stand was done in scal with 2 "J" 's back to back...the scalloped border too was done in scal. The 18, scalloped rectangle with sentiment, and the butterflies are from SB, the candles are from SYI, icing at top of cake is ms punch, and the inside sentiment was computer generated. Cake on inside is from WC. I hope she likes it.

Stained Glass Card

This card was for RAQ's card challenge this week, and I am quite excited to share it. Part of the challenge was to try something new, so I tried some stained glass paint on a clear acetate sheet. My dh loves hummingbirds and stained glass, so that is where the inspiration came from. I cut a hole in the front of the card, and made another front the same...with a hole...then did my "stained glass" and when it was dry, I placed it between the two pieces, so to give a suncatcher effect. I only used a sharpie to trace the design which I downloaded from a stained glass pattern site, the imitation solder that came with the paints is not easy to work with for small projects, and it was globbing all over. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. The pink seems a little brighter in the picture than it really is, but other than that, Im pleased to show it off

Another challenge card...the two patterns used here were K & Co papers that came in a 4x6 stack that was adhesive...how easy is that...and the patterns are so delicious!!! The two boxes in the upper section were cut from storybook and the hope is from hd

Family Tree

I am so excited to share this layout with you. This is my family tree on my dad's side of the family...we are related to Mata Hari, the famous WWI spy for the French and Germans. My cousin in Holland did the research and passed it on to me...the brown matted names are the direct descendants of my family, and the beige matted are the descendants of Mata Hari, and we all link up to one family. The scalloped ovals are cut in storybook, the tree trunk is hand cut, and the branches are from home decor.

My Parents Wedding

I absolutely love love love this photo of my parents on their wedding day...see the onlooker in the background. This is the first page in my album of my life. Flowers were made with varying sizes of circles in George, and then crumpled up and layerd and a pearl in the center. Swirls are HA and HD, and title was done in Storybook and shadowed. Used my ms border punch on the patterns

This was another flower card...inspired first by IsabellaWheadon, and then by EdieShaw, who was inspired by my first flower card, then I saw Edie's and was inspired again with the watering can...made the pots and the watering can with scal, yellow flowers are george, sunflower is syi, leaves are storybook, swirls are home decor, and the orange, pink, white and purple flower all cut with scal, font common bullets. Everything was inked and popped up for dimension

I Love You

A Valentines card for my dh...done for RAQ's challenge...the red swirls are from Storybook, choose shift, tall border and 2 and voila...I think I cut it at 4 1/2 or 5", can't remember...but then I put it on an angle (as per the sketch) and snipped off the excess. The silver is foil paper from the dollar store that I embossed with my fiskars shape boss...you just have to draw lines on the back to get your shapes even... th "I" and "you" are from OA (opposite feature) and the "love" is from BB...just some simple lines around the edges to give it some more oomph. Tfl!!!