Thank-You Cards with a Mascot!!!

My good friend is in the middle of her first year as a Cheerleading Coach at East High. The girls have been fund raising all summer and have gotten many donations from the local businesses. Here are the Thank-You's they ordered from me with their mighty eagle on it!

Hope you have a great year girls!

The eagle is cut from Car Decals at 3 1/2"

All of them are embossed with different Cuttlebug folders.

The sentiment is stamped in black and is from the Greetings stamp set.

Hope you like 'em!

My Pink Stamper Design Team Call !!!!!

Those of you who follow my blog or know me know that I am a huge fan of Robyn over at My Pink Stamper. Well the time has come again for her to pick design team members!! It would be the highlight of my crafting career!! I didn't have much time due to school, but now school is over and I'm so ready for some much needed Cricut time!

The challenge is to create a card, scrapbook page or other cricut project with your favorite cricut cartridge using the colors.......Orange, Turquoise, Green and Brown!

Here is everything I got out and ready for this challenge!!

My card is A2 size in white and the first layer is turquoise.

The background pattern paper is the the DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack.

The top of the umbrella is from the same stack.

The umbrella is from the seasonal cartridge, April Showers!

It's cut at 3 1/2" with the help of my handy Gypsy!

 It's impossible to have a favorite but this one fits perfectly because of all the rain storms we've had lately.

My sentiment is from the My Pink Stamper stamp set, Friend-Tastic!

It's stamped in Memento brand ink, Rich Cocoa color.

I won this set and two others in the National Scrapbook day event. I love them so much and use them like crazy.

My little green flower brad is from Hobby Lobby by The Paper Studio.

This card is for my soulmate Jeri who is my crafting buddy, mentor and best friend!

Wish me luck!

Throwback Thursday Challenge!!!

Hello everyone!!! I have been so busy with school and weddings that I have been neglecting my blog!! I figured I'd get back into it by participating in Emma's Throwback Thursday!

I made this card for my boyfriend's mother who absolutely loves dragonflies!

This is from the live simply cartridge, which isn't that old but is one of the older Cricut Lite Cartridges.

The dragonfly is cut at 3"

I embossed his body with the Swiss Dots folder.

The sentiment is from My Pink Stampers Birthday Crazy set.

Background paper is from DCWV Summer Dream Stack.

I used stickles in the circles on his wings.

Hope you like it!!



Happy Graduation!!!!

 

This year I had the honor of making Graduation announcements for 3 local graduates!! It was my first year doing them and I absolutely loved it!!

My first Grad was a friend of my sweethearts, Caleb. He went to my old High School, the home of the mighty BULLDOGS!

He left all creative control in my hands, so here is what I came up with.

The card is A2 size.

The "Class of" is cut from Wild Card at a Real Dial size of 1 1/2".

The year is embossed in white Zing powder, with an alphabet set from Hobby Lobby.

The background layer is embossed in the Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder.

The Diploma is from the Happy Graduation Cartridge cut at 4"

On the left of the inside I mounted his senior pics with some clear photo corners. Below that are his name cards I had printed up. At the same print shop I had the piece to the right printed up with all his info and the school logo in the background.

 

My second graduate of the season was a friend of a friend named Jessenia. She graduated from County High School and their mascot is the Hornet!

When she came for a consultation I showed her some samples and this is what we came up with.

A2 size of course. The background paper was a pearl gold embossed with D'vine Swirl.

The year is embossed with green metallic Zing powder and the same stamp set as the first card.

The hat is from Lockertalk and is cut at 3"

The satin ribbon is 3/8" from Joanns.

When I started this project there wasnt a hornet on any of the cartridges I owned, but then Provocraft released Everyday Pop-Up Cards! Here was the perfect mascot so I stuck him on the inside top flap. It says bee, but he looks like a hornet to me. 

For the wording I used a little saying that was in my announcements. She didn't want name cards so I incorporated her name is the words.

She also ordered some party invites to insert in them!

My third graduate who was referred to me kinda late and was hoping for anything since it was too late in the season. I was happy to take on the challenge!

For Kaycie's she also gave me creative control and trusted me completely. Which is a great feeling!

For hers I used the same design as Jessenia's only Kaycie's is embossed with the Victoria Cuttlebug folder.

Since I didn't have time to emboss all the numbers indiviually for the year, I used my Gypsy to weld together numbers from the Baby Steps Cartridge. This hat is also from Lockertalk cut at 3"

I used the same wording inside that I used on Jessenias also. I used a different font so it matched the outside a little better. 

Here they are in their packaging! All my Graduates ordered fifty announcements each! I used photo boxes to deliver them in with their name in the front. I also used labels I had made for my Grotto on the lid. I provided the envelopes and sealed them with a business card.

Hope you like 'em!

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2011!!!!!



Happy Birthday Mama!!

Yay!! Today is my Mama's Birthday!! She is 49 years young! She was worried about being so close to fifty, but she is beautiful at any age. We had a lovely Barbeque at home and now movie night!!!

My Mama was looking through my latest issue of Cricut magazine and absolutely fell in love with this cute little bee who was used on a couple of the projects inside, so I decided to use him for her card this year.

I cut him from Create-a-Critter at 3 1/2".

I used my Gypsy to hide contour on his eyes so I could glue on my googly eyes!

The card is 5x5 with two layers.

 The ribbon is 1/4" satin ribbon from Walmart.

Stickles made his little wings shine and Stickey-doos made them pop!

 The sentiment is from the Greetings stamp set!

The background paper is from the DCWV Nana's Kids. I just love Argyles




 

 






This is a cute b-day coupon I made her! The icon is from the Slumber Party Cartridge cut at 4" The face is from Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face assortment





Here it is on the inside top flap of her card. I used a Martha Stewart punch to make matching photo corners to hold it in place. On the back it says,"Good for one pedicure!"

Hope you like it!

Happy Birthday Mama!!



My Nephew's Last Day of Preschool!

My sweet little nephew Cruz just had his last day of Pre-School! His mama asked for some Thank-you's for his teachers. I never met them, but from all of the things my darling has told me I know they taught him well!!



I immediately thought of this cute little worm from Create-a-Critter. I cut him out at 4" and gave him big googly eyes!

 The apple print background is from the All Seasons Paper pack.

 The 1/4" ribbon is from Joanns. The red is satin, and the blue is grosgrain.

The sentiment is from the Greetings stamp set.

I also used a Alphabet stamp set to stamp the Teacher's names on the envelope.

Hope you like 'em!

Congrats Cruzito!!

Happy Birthday Soulmate!!!

Well today is my Soulmate's birthday! She absolutely loves the Pirates of the Carribean movies and this year the newest one came to theaters on her birthday!! My Mama and I planned to take her to dinner and to see the movie premiere at midnight!!! Here is the card and gift bag I made for her to open at dinner!

The card is cut from Life's a Party Cartridge at 3 1/2" I used a gold paint marker for the embellishments on the Treasure Chest card.

For the Pirate ship I cut two of them out from Paper Doll Dress Up at 4 1/2". One in black and one in Brown so I could cut out my own layers to glue on. The Skull and Crossbones are also from the cartridge on the same button.

I also cut a Card out at 3" so that way I could cut my own layer on the inside because it was black.

 



For the words inside I found a cute website that had piratey sayings and I saw this little saying that was just perfect. One of her gifts was a Pirate medallion I bought when I was in high school when the first Pirates movie came out so this saying fit very well!

Hope you like it!

Happy Birthday Jeri!!!

Congratulations Card for a Friend!

A good friend of mine recently became a Cheerleading Coach at one of our local high schools! I decided to make her a card to say congrats! The schools mascot is the mighty eagles so I was thrilled to see this eagle on the Car Decals Cartridge.

The eagle is cut at 3.5". I left out a layer to keep my eagle gold because that is their main color.

I used the Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the white layer on my card

Inside I used the Cheerleading stamp set to make it look more Cheerleading related.

Hope you like it!

Congratulations!



Happy Mother's Day!!!

I thought I'd take a break from the National Scrapbook Day madness and make a post for Mother's Day!

My mother has to be the most important part of my Grotto! She is always there with me, giving me her perspective and keeping me company. It's so hard to make things for her because she's always by my side cheering me on, like she has my whole life. I owe everything to her from my life, to my happiness and also my strength. I love you very much Mama and I hope you have a wonderful day!

My Mama's favorite color is blue, but I was feeling very pink and floral when making my cards so luckily I found a patterned paper in my stash that was both!

The sentiment is from Wrap It Up and I used a border punch and Stickles to jazz is up!

One thing my Mama doesn't like is to be called Mother, so for her banner I put only MOM!

The banner pieces are from Straight From The Nest cut at 5 1/2"

I embossed the pink layer with the D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder.

The letters are from Country Life cut out at 1 1/2"

I used light pink and blue 5/8" satin ribbon for the strings and little knots .

I love you Mama!

I also made a card for my sweetheart's mom.

She loves dragonflies so here's what I came up with for her...

The cute little dragonfly is cut at 3" from Doodlecharms.

Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl and Stickle really make him pop!

I used Pink 1/4" ribbon to make my sentiment stand out.

I don't remember where I got the stamp I used from but it's pretty!

Hope you like 'em!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mothers out there!

My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Challenge #9

Okay here we go! Challenge #9 was Use Glitz, Glam and Glitter in your project! I naturally thought of a cute card I could make. Here it is!


The paper is from Hobby Lobby and the sentiment is from The Girls Night Out stamp set.

My soulmate came by to see how the Challenges were going and she brought me her Gypsy to use!! I've missed using one! I cut this cute little dress from Gypsy Wanderings cut at 3 3/4"

Of course for this challenge I used some itty bitty green rhinestones and Stickles!

Hope you like it!

I'll hopefully get to finish these challenges tonight, if not then definately tomorrow!

My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Challenge #8

Challenge #8! Holy moly I'm getting exhausted but there is still more to come. Challenge #8 consisted of making a project summer themed. Since my favorite part of summer is Independence Day I decided to make a card for it!

Here it is!

My hat is cut from the Independence Day cartridge and embellished with Stickles.

My background is embossed with the Stars Cuttlebug folder.



The brads and ribbon are from Hobby Lobby

My sentiment is from the Celebrate Spring set by Recollections

Hope you like it!

On deck is Challenge #9!

My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Challenge #6

Well I was caught up lol! This card took awhile, but I had a specific idea and had to see it through. This challenge was to incorporate a tag into your project whether it be a card, layout, or 3D object. I chose card!

My background paper is from the Sweet Stack Mat stack.

My little jar is cut from the From my Kitchen Cartridge at 3" but I used hide contour so it only cut the jar on the left. I also hid the cherries on the label, and made the label alot bigger than the one proportionate to my jar.

My strawberry on my cute little jar is from Hello Kitty Greetings cut at 1 1/2"

Last but not least my TAG is from Cricut Classic Font cut at 1 1/4"

My sentiment is from MPS Fruit and Veggie Puns.

Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby Ribbon Boutique.

Hope you like it!

Lucky #7 is next!

My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Challenge #4

Challenge #4 is to make something for Mother's Day! Since I've already made my Mom's card I thought I'd make one for my Friend who is a new young mom. I already had My Pink Stamper Stamps and Block Party out so I mixed them together and here's what came out! It's not as traditional but I'm sure my friend will love it!

My watermelon is from Block Party cut at 3 1/2"

The background paper is Girl Dots from Hobby Lobby.

Ribbon is 1/4" from Wal-mart.

My sentiment is from MPS Stamp Set Fruit and Veggie Puns. This set is a must have for anyone with a Cricut!

Hope you like it!

Coming up is Challenge #5

My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Challenge #2!!!

I'm catching up! For the second Challenge we were asked to make a project using Kraft cardstock. Immediately I thought of a more masculine card. Normally I don't use Kraft cardstock on my project, but I thought this was an awesome challenge just to see what comes out of it!

I used the Kraft cardstock as my card base.

My cute hamburger is from the Cricut Lite Block Party cartridge cut at 3 1/2"

I couldn't help myself and i had to put Stickles on the lettuce! I think it look adorable.

My background paper is from the Nana's Kids stack.

I stamped my sentiment on a 1/2" border of Kraft cardstock and the stamp is from MPS Stamp Set Family & Friends.

Sticky-doos and my ATG gun help keep it all together!

My card can be used if you're invited to a BBQ and you make a dish, or as invitations to one!

Hope you like it!

Here I come Challenge #3!