Manly Birthday Card

Recently my uncle turned 60 and we were all going to dinner to celebrate so I wanted to make him a card.  I knew I needed something masculine so I chose brown and blue papers and then I thought I would try a window/shadow type box because I have never done one before.  Here is the card:

I used Art Philosophy and cut the card using the card feature at 5 1/2, then I used the center cut feature to cut the window at 3inches.  I then used Lyrical Letters and the Jumbo feature to cut my 6 and 0.  I added some stitching with my white gelly roll pen and I was all set :)  I do not get to do manly cards much but I think this one turned out nice using the brown and blues!

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CWC Weekly Challenge # 72-Grown-Up Valentines-Must use black and a brad!

Hello and welcome back for another CWC Weekly Challenge.  This weeks theme is a grown-up Valentine and you must use the color black and a brad.

So I have to admin I forgot about the brad but found the perfect place for it at the end of making my card.  I will giving this card to my hubby along with some cupcakes and beer (his favorite :)).

Here is my card:

The lighting is off for some reason but the paper is pink, dark/bright pink

I cut the black heart from Lyrical Letters, then I used some $1 stamps from AC Moore for the big white heart made of little hearts (I used a white ink pad and then sprinkled a little bit of embossing powder on it) and for the sentiments (did the same thing with them).  They are hard to see in the picture but you can see them in person.  I added a small piece of solid string to make a tiny little bow above the heart.

The cute cupcake bear is from Paper Crafting World and can be found for purchase here, I added the brad to the bow, I printed two prints and cut out the cherry, put some glossy accents on it then attached it with a pop dot, I also lightly added some purple stickles to the wrapper part of the cupcake and some pink stickles to the icing.

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A Mini Papertowel roll album

I had seen those mini albums using toilet paper rolls online and wanted to try one but...I am not a fan of saving toilet paper rolls (sorry but I just think about my children and what was on their hands when they touched it and it grosses me out).  So I decided to save my papertowel rolls and it worked out just fine, LOL.  I made this mini album for a young lady in my office how just had a baby girl.  It took me a while because I needed to get a crop a dile to punch the holes because one you wrap the rolls it is pretty thick and my hubby  broke my standard old hole punch trying to do it.  I used some pink and purple paper I had, some patterned paper from a 6X6 paper stack I had from Making Memories, some stickers I had on hand and then I cut the name, Justice, from Lyrical Letters after I welded it on my gypsy.  I used some binger rings I already had to make it a "book" and I cut some tags, added ribbon to them and put those in each pocket so she can add her own pics and carry it around or hang it up at her desk when she comes back to work.  Hope she likes it!  TFL.

 

Baby Baby Baby!

A young lady in my office is due to have a baby later this month so we planned a surprise shower for her.  I made a banner, a card, a Mommy to Be button, a diaper tricycle and some party favors (party favors and diaper tricyle are thanks to my good friend Stephannie (http://www.born2beach.blogspot.com/).  I really enjoyed making everything, especially since it was girly :)  I used Sugar and Spice for the banner (except the triangles, I used lyrical letters and cut off the tag piece) and for the card.  Stephannie cut the pillow boxes (minus the bunny) from her Easter cart and she made the little It's a girl sentiments on the computer!  The Mommy to Be was very surprised by the shower and LOVED everything!  Success!  Can't wait to do another one, I hope someone I know has a boys soon, I would love to do some blue stuff!  (sorry some of the pics are not great, I forgot to take a good picture of the banner and the lighting is off in some of the others). TFL.

 

 

CREATE!

So my daughter has officially moved upstairs and now is sharing a room with her sister, so far so good!  They have slept there for 3 nights (one is in a crib and one is in a toddler bed).  Now that I can officially start making the craft room/office/multipurpose room mine I decided to do some vinyl on the wall.  I know the word CREATE is probably in most craft rooms but it is what I wanted for mine too!  I put it above a window where I have a cheap little curtain rod with some drapery rings on it so I can hang items after I am done creating them, I think this is a perfect way to show items and also give myself inspiration, I could put some templates or ideas I find online up there as well.  I have another wall of windows in her and want to put another word or quote above it, but I need more vinyl and a good idea for above that because it is a longer space!  I used Lyrical Letters for the letters for this one.  TFL.

Cropping with the girls!

I cannot remember the last time I did a scrapbook page, it has been a LONG time!  This past weekend I had my girlfriend and my sister in law over.  I vowed to get my oldest daughters 2nd birthday and my youngest daughters 1st birthday done...I did half :)  I got 6 pages done (I take WAY too many pictures) for my oldest daughters 2nd birthday.  I did the actual day of her birthday, we went to dinner, and then the day of her birthday party.  I honestly was in a crafting funk for some reason but am glad I got these pages done.  I still need to add a Diego sticker to the first picture, above the Ally banner, but otherwise I think I am done with these!  The only Cricuting I did for these was the banner, it was cute from Lyrical Letters, I cut off the little loop that was at the top with it and just taped it down onto the string versus stringing it.  I used border punches for the candle border and the cupcakes which I then decorated with stickels.  TFL!

 

A Sympathy Card

Unfortunately my son's 4th grade teacher lost her mother last week.  I wanted to make her card to let her know our family it thinking of her and praying for her and her mother.  I used my Gypsy to create this card, I used Lyrical Letters for the words and Blackletter for the "windows".  I used stickles to give it some shine.  TFL.

Cards-I love this Pop Up Gift Card Holder!

So I needed to make a couple of cards for a babyshower and a retirement.  I decided to do the Pop Up Gift Card Holder I found online.  It is fairly easy.  First I made a card for my cousins babyshower using my Imagine and the Nursery Tails cart.  Then I made a retirement card for a colleague using Lyrical Letters, Hello Kitty Font and Life's a Beach.  TFL!

Green, Yellow and Brown???

So green, yellow and brown are not colors I would normally pick for a card...however Robyn from http://www.mypinkstamper.com/ was having a challenge and I needed a Thank You card for a Parent Party for my son's school that we went to over the weekend so I thought I would give it a try.  Here is the result:

I used Lyrical Letters for the Thank You and the dragon fly.  I used an embossing folder for the brown background.