Happy Birthday Part 2

Just another quick birthday card using two of my favorite companies, Papertrey Ink and My Favorite Things.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Sentiment-Spellbinders, Papertrey Ink-Flower Fusion #1

Paper:  Bazzill, The Paper Company

Ink:  Papertrey Ink, Versafine

Misc:  Crochet Flowers, My Favorite Things Grass Die, Buttons

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Another Birthday Card

Here is another card for Operation Gratitude.  I found this die set at Sugar Pea Designs.  The banner is from My Favorite Things.  

Supplies:

Paper:  The Paper Company, Echo Park

Misc:  Baker's twine, Sugar Pea Designs - Letter Message Die, My Favorite Things - Banner Die, Diamond Glaze

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Happy Birthday

I decided that my box of cards for Operation Gratitude would be for birthday cards.  So, I decided to do take out of my favorite Papertrey Ink sets started stamping.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Flower Fusion #1

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Paper:  The Paper Studio, Pebbles

Misc;  Embossing folder, buttons, Papertrey Ink flower dies, pop up dots.

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You Were Born to Fly

I love lots of things, including airplanes.  This is something I share with the world's greatest Dad, my Dad.    I used a combination of paper piecing and Copics for this card.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Hero Arts- CM324

Paper:  The Paper Cut, Echo Park

Ink:  Versafine & Momento

Misc:  Pop Up Dots

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We're Gonna Need A Bigger Cake!

Jaws is one my favorite movies, and I've recently added two new shark themed stamped sets to my hoard!

I decided to make a fun box birthday card.  It is accented with some glittery paper punched balloons and tiny cakes made with my Cricut.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Avery Elle-Hello Chum; The Stamps of Life-Shark Pudgie

Ink:  Momento & Versafine

Paper:  Recollections, Bazzill, The Paper Studio

Misc:  Copics, pop up dots, Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Stickles, clear acetate, paper punch, glitter pen

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Happy Birthday Easel Card

Just working on replenishing some of stash of cards.  I love making easel cards, I just think they are fun.

This card was made by combining the Pure Innocence Happy Banner with the Papertrey Ink Birthday die.  The cake was made with my Cricut.  Flower and balloon embellishments were made with paper punches.  Lots of pop up dots (as usual), stickles, diamond glaze and hand drawn ballon strings finish off the card.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Happy Banner

Ink:  Versafine, Memento

Paper:  Bazzill, Pebbles, Recollections

Misc:  Liquid Pearls, diamond glaze, pop up dots, Cricut, birthday die, Stickles, paper punches

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Birthday Balloons

Sorry this picture looks so dark.  It looks so much better in real life.  I just love the look of the simple white cards with a splash of color.

Supplies:  

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Big Greetings

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Recollections, The Paper Company

Misc:  Cricut Design Space, baker's twine, pop up dots, white gel pen

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Zombie Birthday

On my birthday, we went to our favorite scrapbook store, Violette's in Lakeland.  I treated myself to some new stamp sets, including this one, called Undying Love by Sugar Pea Designs.

My lovely little Zombie girl was colored using Copics and then fussy cut.  The banner was made using my new handy dandy Cricut Explore and a Scary Spiders dies from Memory Box.  The drippy goo on top of the sentiment is from a Martha Stewart punch I bought some time ago.

I've been anxiously awaiting tonight, American Horror Story is back and I can hardly wait!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Sugar Pea Designs-Undying Love

Ink:  Versafine, Momento

Paper:  Snap, Bazzill, Recollections, Velllum

Misc:  Copics, brads, baker's twine, pop up dots, Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch, white gel pen, Memory Box Scary Spiders

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A Birthday Card for My Dad

Today is my favorite kind of day off.  It's cloudy, rain in the forecast, and I don't have to go anywhere!  It's perfect scary movie watching crafty kind of day!

Here is a card I made for my Dad.  He has always loved model railroads and when I went home for Father's Day, I found my old bedroom was now converted into a railroad of Carson City during the Gold Rush.  It was very impressive!  So, a card with trains was very fitting.  Some of the very first dies I bought where Quickutz, and this cute little train was one of them.  I did buy it especially for my Dad.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Big Greetings

Ink:  Versfine, Mememto

Paper:  October Afternoon, Bazzill, Recollections, MME

Misc:  Papertrey Ink alphabet dies, foam mounting tape, Quickutz train die

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Buttons, Butterfly, and a Birthday

The picture of this card didn't come out so great.  There is a big storm on the way and it's very grey outside.  Red, white and blue are my favorite colors and it's a perfect card for my stash.  I'm hoping that I am coming out of bad card slump!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Button Bits and My Favorite Things -Big Greetings

Ink: Versafine & Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Bazzill & The Paper Studio

Misc:  Buttons, paper punches, half pearls, Papertrey Ink Button dies

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A Sun Shining Birthday!

Just working on my card stash, another birthday card!  You can never have enough cards, and you can never have enough Pure Innocence stamps!

Again, I used some of my favorite techniques...stamping, die cutting, fussy cutting and paper piecing.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things Pure Innocence-Freckles and Big Greetings

Ink:  Memento & Versafine

Paper:  Bazzill, Recollections, MME

Misc:  Quicktuz Sun Die, IO Cloud Dies, button, baker's twine, Copics, pop up dots

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Happy Birthday Patriot Style!

It's Sunday, so that means it's time for some football.  One of the things I miss the most about New England (besides my Dad, of course) is the smell of fall and the way the sun starts to set on the football field.  I like to watch the the player's shadows on the field, it's really a neat thing.

Today is a perfect day to share some New England Patriot themed  birthday cards I made for my Dad and stepmother.  The little player and his cheerleader were cut using my Cricut.  I used my Papertrey Ink Modern Alphabet Dies to personalize each card.  My favorite stamp company, Dandelion Designs, provided the perfect sentiment.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-it's your birthday!!

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Bazzill, Recollections, NFL Scrapbook Paper

Misc:  Cricut, Create A Friend Cricut Cartridge, pop up dots, paper punches, rhinestone, half pearls, Papertrey Ink Modern Alphabet Dies

Are you ready for some football?.....I am!

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Happy Birthday Laura!

This is the card I made for my sister for her birthday.

My Hello Cupcake Pure Innocence was stamped, colored with Copics, paper pieced, and popped up on to my card.  Diamond Glaze was applied to the sprinkles and her shoes.  I wanted to personalize my card, so I made a banner and stamped her name.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Pure Innocence Hello Cupcake and Big Greetings,  Jo-Ann-Alphabet

Ink:  Versafine and Memento

Paper:  Wasau, October Afternoon

Misc: Copics, Diamond Glaze, pop up dies, My Favorite Things Fish Tail Die and Scallop Border Die

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Warm Birthday Wishes Tag

What the heck happened to Thanksgiving?!  I can't believe that I haven't posted in almost 2 months, really?!  I've been crafting/creating my life out, too.  I wish I had pictures to show, but, of course, I was so pressed for time that I didn't take any.  We won't mention that my blog got hacked, and it wouldn't let me access to it unless I purchased a domain for it?!  Thanks to two nice gentlemen from Google, I was able to fix it and not have to pay anything.

Let's see, I've worked Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.  For all of our great team members that worked that those days, I made small gifts to show how grateful we were that they came to to work on those days.  So, that would be anywhere from  45-60 people at our venue, multiply that times 4 holidays and that equals way too many to count.  I also did a small craft fair in early December.  The holidays are some of the busiest days for our us here in the tourist area of Central Florida.  Basically, I would get up early craft, go to work, come home, craft, go to bed and just repeat every day......  (Did I mention that I ride my bike to work every day and it's 6 miles each way?)

Additionally, I did some holiday baking.  I sent boxes of homemade treats to my Dad and Brother up in Massachusetts.  I did make some pretty neat tags with my Cricut for the goodies, and even kept an extra one that I will be posting.  

Today, I made a tag for my Mom.  Her birthday is coming up, and she has been reminding us of it!  In our family, we are very proud of our ages and make no effort to hide them.  We love our birthdays!

Of course, I used two of my favorite companies, My Favorite Things and Papertrey Ink.  This tag was perfect to compliment a pretty bottle of hand soap from Bath and Body Works.  I just love that store and could spend lots of $$$ that I don't have in there!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-In The Meadow, My Favorite Things-Ice Princess

Paper:  MME, Neenah, Recollections

Ink:  Versafine, Memento

Misc:  Ribbon, sewing machine, pop up dots, rhinestones, Scallop Border Die-Namics, Papertrey Ink Snowflake Die from Winter Penguin Additions, Copics

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Nail Polish Cupcakes

So, while surfing on Pinterest the other day, I found these really cute cupcakes made with nail polish bottles.  Thinking to myself, I want to make these, how can add my own personal touch? Well, this is what I came up with....

Using my handy dandy Scor-Pal and some Wilton Party Cups, I went about making my cupcake base.  The icing is made with paper shred.  I punched/stamped my "cupcake pick" and adhered to the top of the bottle.  To add a little birthday flair, I fussy cut one of the images from the paper and covered it with Diamond Glaze.

To make a cute packaging, I just made took some cardboard and covered it with paper.  I placed it in a party favor bag.  The bag was tied with some tulle and seam binding.  A handmade matching button finished my project.

I think that these would make great party favors.  If anyone is interested in tutorial, just drop me a comment, and I will get straight to work!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-Sentiment

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  MME, Bazzill

Misc:  Nail polish, party favor bags, poster board, Wilton Party Cups, paper punches, paper shred, "riser" (to put the nail polish bottle on to make it taller), hot glue gun, Papertrey Ink Button Die, baker's twine, tulle, seam binding, Scor-Pal, Diamond Glaze

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It's Another Birthday Card

I couldn't come up with catchy title, so basically, this is another birthday card.  I, as usual, combined two of my favorite stamp companies, Papertrey Ink and My Favorite Things!  The flowers were made using my Cricut and I made some little flags with scraps and toothpicks.

This is one of those cards that looks better in person than in the photo.  The sun is shining, but its HOT outside, I think I'll stay inside!

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Big Greetings and Papertrey Ink- Fillable Frames #5

Ink:  Heidi Swapp

Paper:  MME, Bazill

Misc:  Cricut Sweet Treats Cartridge, buttons, thin wire, toothpicks, paper punches, pop up dots, library card

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Celebrating 50!

So, my best friend in the whole world/sister celebrated her 50th birthday.  In our family, we are not embarrassed of our ages, and we will gladly tell you how we old are!  We are grateful for every year we have lived, no matter if they were great or not so great.

I got the sketch from Pinterest, as usual.  You can find the original blog post, here.  As you can see, I made only a few changes.  While I know I need that specific stamp, I substituted with another PI-Cause for Celebration.  Which I picked up at the My Favorite Things Store in Eustis, Florida.  They were having a holiday celebration last Christmas.  There were snacks, free make and takes, and the shop was open with awesome sales.  I got this little baby for only $2.25!!  Of course, Laura (my bff/sister) and I went and had a blast and spent too much money!  We could have spent more, but didn't.

Let's see, my birthday girl is colored with Copics and her dress/bow is paper pieced.  Lots of dies were used:  Nestabilities, Papertrey Ink Numbers, My Favorite Things Scalloped Oval and Fish Tail Pennants.  Throw in a few paper punches, Diamond Glaze, ribbon, half pearls and some cat hair and it's done!  The cat hair was not intentional, when you have Diamond Glaze out and a rather large cat rolling on your table it's inevitable.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-PI Cause for Celebration

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  Neenah, American Crafts, My Mind's Eye

Misc:  Paper punches, Nestabilities, Copics, Diamond Glaze, Fish Tail Pennants and Oval Scallop Die-Namics, Numbers Papertrey Ink Dies, pop up dots, half pearls

I hope you have a nice afternoon.  It's sunny and cool here in Central Florida.  I have the windows open, fresh air blowing, good music playing, my kitties, and my craft stuff...how much better can it get.  My internet was down for a few days this week, so my cable company gave me credit for two free movies on demand, so I will watch some thing this evening.  I'm thinking Devil's Knot, I read the book, and I am interested to see how the movie portrays it.

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Warm Winter Birthday Wishes

 

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.  As usual, I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done, so I am still working on cards and stuff!

 

This is one of my favorite cards on one of my many Pinterest boards.

 

It's from Michelle Wooderson's blog, Mish Mash.   You can find all the details in her post here.

 

I decided to make it into a tag instead of card.  My Mom's birthday is in January, so I thought this would be perfect to attach to her gift.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-In The Meadow

Ink:  Versafine, Versamark Dazzle Champagne Water Mark Stamp Pad

Paper:  American Crafts, Bazzill

Misc:  Papertrey Ink Button, Mat Stack, and In The Meadow Dies, half pearls, sewing machine, paper punches, pop up dots, baker's twine

 

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Soccer Party Time!!

Happy Birthday to my Stepfather, Chuck!  Chuck is a huge soccer fan and one of the best coaches in the world!  So, for his birthday this year, I decided to a soccer theme.

 

First, a banner made using my Cricut.  I used the Alphalicious and Sports Mania Cartridge.  Each of the soccer balls was embellished with some silver stars cut with My Favorite Things Star Die-Namics.

 

 

Next a Hershey Miniatures cake.  I couldn't find any cute soccer paper, so I just improvised using this Bo-Bunny paper and some soccer ball stickers.  The cake topper looks like a Mickey Mouse head, but it's not supposed to!  I cut the circles out using a variety of Nestabilities.  A paper punched heart accents the sentiment that was stamped using one of my favorite Dandelion Designs stamps.

 

 

Chuck loves cupcakes, so I made some cupcake toppers.  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the cupcakes.  We celebrated his birthday the day he and Mom and to take me (at the crack of dawn) for a test at the surgery center.  Needless to say, I was nervous, cranky, tired, and hungry, and I didn't  take a picture with the cupcakes.  But they were really good. 

 

To transport his cupcakes home, and future ones that I will make for him, I bought a cake carrier at Walmart for just under $6.00.  For my first time cutting vinyl, I personalized the cake carrier with my Cricut.  So, now when ever Chuck wants cupcakes, he just needs to bring his carrier back, and I will fill it back up for him.

 

The carrier was very big and it was hard to take a picture showing the finished product, so I had to take it in three pictures:

 

Chuck and my Mom were quite pleased with it.  I had the banner hanging on the wall, and Chuck took it down very quickly and wanted to go home immediately to hang it up in his home office.  It was very sweet.

 

Supplies:

Stamp:  Dandelion Designs-It's Your Birthday!!

Paper:  Bo Bunny, Bazzill, Colorbok

Ink:  Versafine

Misc:  Vinyl, stickers, star paper punch, star Die-Namics, ribbon, pop up dots, cake carrier, Cricut, Alphalicious and Sports Mania Cartridges, straws

 

Are you ready for some football?!!  I am, it's Monday, my boys are playing tonight, and I have the night off!!!  Whooo hoooo!!!!!

 

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If The Shoe Fits

 

One of the ladies in my Mom's knitting group needed a birthday card for one of her friends.  It needed to be a shoe card and she likes purple.

 

After searching my favorite place....Pinterest.....I decided that I would make a shaped card.  I had sketched a shoe to make a "hinged" type card.  It has the normal back of the card, but the front is just the shoe that opens up so she can write a sentiment. 

 

To personalize the card, I used the My Favorite Things Fish Tail Pennants Die-Namics to make the banner.  Tiny flowers were paper punched, adhered, and finished off with some Liquid Pearls for the centers.  A larger flower made with Nestabilities and a button finished the card up.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  JoAnn Fabrics-Alphabet

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  MME Sweet Caroline, Bazzill

Misc:  Baker's twine, Liquid Pearls, button, Nestabilities, paper punch, pop up dots, My Favorite Things Fish Tail Pennant Die-Namics

 

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