Cricutless Thank You Card

I made this slider card (my very first) for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge and gave it to my mom and dad tonight. I know that I don't say Thank You to them often enough and they are the absolute best, best, best parents in the universe.

They are going to be moving in with hubby and me when the contractor finishes our basement. They will pretty much have their own apartment except for sharing the kitchen. Since our daughter and 2 grandkids already live with us we will have 4 generations under the same roof. We are praying that the contractor will finally be finished before the New Year.

I used pearls from The Paper Studio, the flower is Paper Bliss Salon "Flower Garden" and the stamps are Fiskars "So Much Thanks/Merci Beaucoup". I used a window punch from Stampin' Up. I am now addicted to slider cards!!!

Sorry for rambling on.
Precious Hugs

Perpetual Calendar - December

I may have to temporarily abandon my 2 1/2 inch perpetual calendar. I cut all the pieces but some are just too intricate to be cut that small. I have not given up all hope but I want to give this calendar to my mom for Christmas this year so I am now making them 8x8 and they are cutting beautifully.

This is a cut file from RSMobleys Designs called December Snowman RM00103. I cut another snowman smaller so that neither of my grandkids feels left out and I will need to cut a baby snowman in June.

Their faces are from Peachy Keen Winter Face Assortment PK-520.
I used Gelly Roll glitter pens for the snowflakes, tree and December wording. The stitching was done with a white gel pen and Copic multiliner .03.
I added Glossy Accents to make an icy lake.
The "twinkle" stamp is from Stampology's Love Thing set and the frame is Papertrey Ink fillable frames #8.

Precious Hugs

Bryce's 4th Birthday

Since this has been birthday week for us here at home I made this layout for Bryce's 4th Birthday. I am also entering it into the GETTING CRICKY's CARTRIDGE CHALLENGE: BOYISH CHARMS.

I used my Gypsy for the very first time and it was sooooo much fun. Having all my cartridges in one place is just awesome.

The Astronaut came from the Paper Dolls for Everyday cartridge and all the other elements were also from the Astronaut layers. I did some stitching on the UFO and the Space Shuttle with my white Signo pen and the stitching on the space suit is Gelly Roll Silver Star pen. I used Spare Parts star brads on the corners of the pictures. The stickers on the shuttle are from the Paper Studio 100% BOY Sticker Pack. Last but certainly not least the paper is from the Paper Studio All Seasons paper pack. I love, love, love this paper and it fit the theme perfectly.

Precious Hugs



Mini Album

This album was made from 1 sheet of 8x8 cardstock. There were just enough slots for the pictures of our 2 grandkids so far. I will have to make another one for this years photos.

I used my gel pens from Chomas Creations to write their name and age on each tag and then attached their picture to the opposite side. I stamped with yellow, orange and green ink to give it a fallish feel and used EK Success Falling Leaves border punch on the top of the pages. I covered it with polka dot cardstock from the DCWV "All Dressed Up" stack. The "smile" rub-on is from American Crafts IM Phrases and the ribbon is from Offray.

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Little Princess turned 3

Our granddaughter turned 3 this week and her mommy turned 24 the day before her. We had a little party at the house on Tuesday but her big party will be on Saturday at Chuck E Cheese. She wanted everything to be Princess because she thinks she is one.

I used the Paperdoll Dress Up cartridge to cut the princess and her outfit at 2". Her face of course is from Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Face Assortment. The castle is a Quickutz die that I embossed with the Cuttlebug Tiny Mosaic folder. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Fillable Frame Set #4 and the frame is from Set #8. The little princess crown on the inside of the invitaiton is from Spare Parts.

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My Very First Blog Award

Yolie just awarded me my very first blog award and I am so excited. It is the "Attitude Award". Thank you so much Yolie, you are the absolute best. I am supposed to list 3 things that make me different from everyone else and nominate 5 blogs. This was so hard but I finally got it together.

3 things that make me different:

1. I am soon to have 4 generations living under the same roof. (My parents, hubby and me, our daughter and our 2+1 grandchildren) :-)

2. I am Joan's daughter, Tara's mother, and Bryce, Kylie and baby bear's Oma.

3. I drink soda like it's water.

5 blogs that I would like to nominate:

1. Mandie's Scrappin'

2. Made by Momo

3. Inking It Up Carzy

4. Jenny K. Scrappin' Addict

5. Deanna's Papercrafts

I hope you all like your awards. You also have a chance to qualify for a $5.00 gift certificate so hop over and check it out HERE.
Thank you all for being such great ladies, crafters and bloggers. You are such an awesome inspiration.

Some more Cards

The first card I made is for a friends birthday. I used a file from Cuttin' Up Designs.  I used AR Cena font for the Happy Birthday and inked up the edges with walnut stain Distress Ink by Tim Holtz. The ribbon is Offray GGPinDot that I purchased at WalMart. I embossed the card, to make it look like they are in a field, but I don't remember the name of the folder I used.

This Christmas card was made from a  Quarterly Membership Club file at Visual Designs by Chris. I added the "Dreaming of a" and outlined with Gelly Roll Glitter Pen. I used white flocking on the tree and some stickles for ornaments.

These 3 cards were all made using Provo Craft Disney Cuttlebug dies. The banner is from an Embossing Plus folder and I inked the embossed part with walnut stain Distress Ink. I used a white gel pen to trace Mickey and Minnie and the banner says "Meet Me Under the Mistletoe"

Precious Hugs