Happy Birthday Dad!

I apologize for the quality of the pictures. Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made for my Dad. I got my inspiration from a stamp made by Prima, which basically looks like a musical score. To make the shape card I took an image of a stamp, from B is for Boy, and welded two together to create a standard A2 size card. The top note shape is from Storybook. I made one top note slightly larger to use as a shadow. The music notes, aren't they cool!, are from Gypsy Wanderings.

Recipe
Background Stamp-Prima
Sentiment Stamps and Twine-Papertrey Ink
Kraft and White CS-Bazzil
Blue and Green PP-Heidi Grace ( they have a light damask print)
Background PP-Me & My Big Ideas
Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen

I didn't use any MME paper on this card at all, crazy huh?! Well, a girl needs to expand her horizons every once in a while.

Thanks for stopping by!

Throwback Thursday-Celebrations

Happy Friday! Wow, this week went by so fast. I'm so excited that my blog-lift is almost complete. I think I may be the only scrappin' blogger that doesn't have polka dots on my page, well I guess there's a few.

This week Emma, at My Creative Time
challenged us to use the Celebrations cartridge with a birthday theme. I would like to state that everything on these two pages are straight, and even...I know it doesn't look like it, but it's true. My type A personality is really struggling with the pattern on this paper and that it looks like everything is uneven! Aside from that this was a fun project and I tried some new techniques, which is always great.

Recipe:
PP-My Mind's Eye
Kraft cardstock-Bazzil
Flowers and Bling-Prima
Journal Tag-Anna Griffin
Glitter-Doodlebug
Twine and Ribbon-Papertrey Ink
Embossing Folder-Sissix, Tim Holtz-Gridlock

All of the cuts are from the Celebrations Cricut cartridge. I mixed some blue and teal glitter to get a color that matched the patterned paper I chose. I ran all the letters through my Xyron, upside down, and then glittered them. I added a layer of Glossy Accents over the glitter to keep it from flaking off. It does take a couple hours for the Glossy Accents to dry, but I think the effect is worth it. I strung some twine between each pennant to create a banner. The party hats are cut in 3 different sizes. I embossed my photo mats with the Tim Holtz texture fade Gridlock pattern. These are the some of the best embossing folders and create a really deep embossed pattern. I used my ribbon on the photo mats to create a photo corner and as an additional embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy my project!

Think Pink

Happy Wednesday. Thanks to a reminder from Robyn, a.k.a. My Pink Stamper I finally got my butt in gear to make a card for Monique Griffith. She is an amazing member of our cricut community who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I had the pleasure of purchasing one of the kits she designed in the past and had so much fun creating my LO. I have been following her journal entries since I found out she was diagnosed and she is such a strong and inspirational woman. She actually recently designed a new kit, and I believe you can still purchase some of her past kits. If you get a chance, check her out here and leave her some blog love!

I have to admit, and I know I'm in the minority here, I don't use pink very often. But I have to say I think my skunk turned out pretty stinkin' cute.

Recipe:
Paper-My Mind's Eye
Create a Critter-skunk (3 layers) and grass
Ribbon-Papertrey Ink
Peachy Keen Stamps critter face assortment
Prima flowers and bling
I also used a punch from EK Success to mount my sentiment on, and the sentiment inside is from Papertrey Ink and it says "Girly you Rock". The ink I used is from, where else, Papertrey Ink!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like what you see and come back to visit very soon. Have a sassy day!

Throwback Thursday Challenge

This is my entry for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge on her blog, My Creative Time.

This week she asked that we use the New Arrival cart, if we own it, and the theme is, baby. I don't own that cart so I used A Child's Year and Plantin Schoolbook.

Recipe:
Paper (including journal tag)-Fancy Pants 'Little Sprout'
Prima Flowers
Brads also from Fancy Pants
Twine-Papertrey Ink
Scallop Border Punch-Stampin' Up

The title 'Birthday Boy' was cut using Plantin Schoolbook. I welded the letters on my Gypsy. The balls, word art and the #1 are all from A Child's Year. I also used a a top note shape from Cindy Loo.

If you have time, please check out Emma's blog, she is very talented. Thanks for stopping by. I love comments and followers as well.

Mini Album-Organization

I'm working on a mini album that contains images of the stamps and cuttlebug folders I currently own. Not too long ago I purchased a new cuttlebug folder, and what do you know?...I already own that one. So, I heard of something similar and thought I'd give this new organization method a try.

I decorated the front of my mini album with paper, flowers and lace from Prima, as well as some glimmer mist and ribbon from Papertrey Ink. I raided my scraps and cut 2x2 squares that I ran through my cuttlebug and then labeled. I'm still working on my stamps and also will be adding some more embellishments. Hopefully this will help me utilize more of what I already own and prevent me from purchasing any more duplicates.

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Emma at My Creative Time, had another challenge for us this week. She asked us to use the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge and the colors red, blue and brown. Red is my favorite color, so I was happy to oblige.

I decided to make a scrapbook page. In general I do two page layouts, but I was only able to take one picture and so it became a single page. I plan on adding a coordinating page.

The pattern paper is from My Mind's Eye. I took some light brown/taupe cardstock and tore about a two inch strip to create the look of sand. The photo mats are from the SYI cart and I used the 'real dial size' feature on my gypsy to size them for my pictures. The word art, shells and sandcastle are all from SYI as well. Then I just added a prima flower, some red bling and a thick twine wrapped around the base. I also did a little bit of inking with some chai and chamomile ink from Papertrey Ink.

Throwback Thursday Challenge

My first post!
This is my submission for this week's Throwback Thursday. Emma, at My Creative Time, has weekly challenges where we use older cricut cartridges to create new layouts, cards or altered projects. This weeks challenge was to use Paper Doll Dress-up for an altered item. I don't have PDDU, yet, so I used Everyday Paper Dolls for the lion and the arch on the side of the box. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the oval and number 5. I also added a couple of Prima flowers and a stamp from Papertrey Ink.

My nephew turns 5 on June 27, and we are going to see 'The Lion King'! I thought I would create a fun gift box to place the tickets in. I really like how bright and cheerful it turned out.

Recipe:
Everyday Paper Dolls
Plantin Schoolbook
Happy Birthday stamp from Papertrey Ink's fillable frames
Fancy Pants cardstock
Black Sakura gelly roll pen