Birthday Fairy

A sweet little fairy for a sweet little one year old.  The fairy is cut from the A Child's Year cartridge, the Tooth fairy Shift cut, at 3 1/4".   I used some pink Stickles on the gift box and then some Blossom twine from The Twinery, tied in a knot and then cut on both ends to poof it out.  The printed papers are both from K&Co, Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl collection. 

The frame behind the fairy is also from the same Tooth fairy cut but, it's the Card Function, shift, at 3 3/4" in solid grey.   The sentiment is a cartouche punch from EK Success that I cut a couple times in different colors and then added them to the back of the cartouche to help frame it.   The stamp is from Studio G and the twice is the same Blossom. 

The inside is another piece of the EK Success punched cartouche that is framing a stamped sentiment from Studio G.  

Teacher Appreciation Drinks

I never got around to posting my Teacher Appreciation Gifts earlier in May but, I took in a 'gift' every day to my son's 1st Grade teacher.   This was on Tuesday, her favorite drink, Diet Coke.  I took it Tuesday since the carrier had room for 4 drinks....if she wanted to have one each day for the rest of the week.

The carrier is from Dairy Queen, which my husband is addicted to.   When we go, we usually go through the drive through and they give us these carriers so, I have been saving them.   This turned out to be perfect!  I used some school alphabet paper from the DCWV The Stack 6 to cover each side and the handle part of the top.  I cut the crayon from A Child's Year cartridge at 2 1/4" and wrote her name on it.   Then I cut a smaller one at 1 3/4" and stamped 'World's Greatest Teacher' on it, from a Stamps Happen stamp set.

I added a couple of other stamped items to it from the Stamps Happen set as well and then tied ribbon around the pop bottles to hold them in place.   NOTE:   Because these are heavy, I also used some tape to reinforce the bottom of the carrier and then I used glue dots to hold the bottles in place.  

Under the Weather?

I've been trying to do a couple variations of cards so that I would have some extras...today is one of those days.   I made this 'Get Well' card using the umbrella icon from A Child's Year.  On the above picture, I just used a white gel pen to add some detail to the umbrella and then a black marker to color the handle (since there aren't layers on A Child's Year).  Background paper is from K&Co. Daydreams stack and I printed the sentiment. 

The only difference in this card is that I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the sides and added some green ribbon.   The inside of this cart is below.

So, the next variation used the same paper and same Cricut cut.   I also added the same sentiment and gel pen details BUT, I added this blue trim ribbon that has little white balls at the end, to the bottom of the umbrella.  The ribbon is from Joann's dollar bin.   I also cut different colors of paper in the same size rectangle shape to make a cascading rainbow sentiment mount. 

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's, 'hanging' from an American Crafts piece of ribbon. 

New 'dog' Home

A close friend and her fiancee just bought a massive old tudor home that they are completely in love with. I haven't been able to visit yet with my own house stuff going on but, I am sooo looking forward to it. They have three massive dogs as well so, what better themed card?

This was cut using the card function of A Child's Year, at 5".   The cut includes the scallop and the bones cut out.   I assumed the layer for this would fit inside but, that wasn't the case so I had to cut it down to make it fit.  Sentiments are from Studio G and paper is from SEI.

Teacher Card Set

My son's kindergarten teacher this year was just amazing!  He absolutely loved her and so did we.  As an end of the year thank you from me, I made her this set of Thank you cards because she always sends thank you cards.

I bought a sheet of paper from Archiver's that was a kindergarten theme.   One side was this mat yellow with the word kindergarten all over it along with red crayons and easels. 

For the above card, I just added a strip of red paper and then the Thank You sentiment stamped onto orange.

The second card, I used the same paper again and then a lined pattern stamp, stamped in four different colors and then a Thanks sentiment stamped onto green cardstock.   I mounted it all together and then added two yellow brads.

On the reverse side of the paper, there were some cut outs and one was this 'Simon Says'.   I mounted it onto green and added four square brads in each corner.

The last card, I cut two apples from A Child's Year, one at 3 1/2" and one at 3".   I stamped them with the sentiment and added inked the leaves and stem.

Big Sis Explosion Box

Day 3, this is the gold and black themed box for my older sister. The only Cricut cut here was the steamy mug from the Child's First Year cartridge, it's an icon cut from one of the winter themed main cuts. I did emboss quite a bit and used some great papers for hers as well as snowflakes from the MS snowflake border punch.

Best Witches

Yes, another Halloween card today but, this one made with the 'A Child's Year' cartridge which I love. I don't think it gets nearly the credit it deserves. The reason I like it so much is because it's really versatile, especially if you didn't have many cartridges. It has LOTS of holiday cuts on it although, no layering. So, today I tried to create some layers! I cut the little witch from the Hallown2, shift key at 4". I only cut two layers, one cream color and one black. On the cream colored layer, I colored the girls socks and the pumpkin pail in orange using my Sharpies and then the broom stick and the pumpkin pail handle in black.

So, I cut the witches hat, dress and some shoes. I had to do some trimming to make the rest of the dress hem jagged and trim back the arms to show hands. When I was done, I ran them through the Xyron (front side down so that they would be sticky) and then glittered them with black Martha Stewart Crafts black glitter. When I was done, I used the Glossy Accents on all the black pieces and let them dry. Once they were dry, I used Orange Peel stickles on the hat brim and the hem of the skirt. I inked the edges and the broom bristles and the witch was done! I am happy with her & I LOVE the stickles.

The mat on the front is from the DCWV Amber Autumn stack. I like that this paper has more of a vintage Halloween look instead of the cute, fun Halloween. I inked the edges of the paper with the Cat's Eye Tangerine ink pad. The ribbon is KI Memories self adhesive ribbon. The sentiment is a Studio G stamp on black cardstock with a self adhesive frame from the Making Memories Spellbound adhesive set and the glitter pumpkins from the (you guessed it) Target dollar bins.

On the inside, I used the same cream cardstock in the mat on the front and punched the corners using a Fiskars corner punch. I inked it with the tangerine ink and then stamped the 'Best Witches' sentiment from Studio G, also in tangerine. The black cats were paper punches that were in a set from Cutting Edge.

Back to School

Today's card is a back to school theme that I did using A Child's First Year cartridge. The card base was left over from my Robotz card and is from the Paper Studio's A Boy's Universe. The mat paper is from DCWV's Grade School stack. I decided to use the crayon shape, located on the Apple key, using the Icon shift feature, to make a border so, I cut alternating colors of red, green, blue & yellow each at 3/4". Some I had to overlap but, I like the border that it created. I cut the scissor at 1 1/2" using the crafts key, icon feature and silver mirror paper. The ABC & 123 were cut using the font function of the cartridge, each at 1". The 2+2=4 was cut from a different sheet of paper from the same stack, they mounted it and used some pop dots on it. On the inside, I mounted an orange sheet and added a scrap piece of the mat paper from the front and another blue crayon as well as a 'Reach for the Stars' sentiment that came from a Hampton Art graduation set. I also added a scribble from a blue crayon at the bottom to match.

For the Aspiring Pastry Chef

My cousin in Texas has decided to pursue her dreams of becoming a pastry chef and has moved to a different city to go to school AND the day I finished this card, she got an offer for an externship at a FABULOUS restaurant!!! I am so happy for her. I had been wanting to send her a card but, hadn't had the time to do so. I happened across the tag cut on the A Child's Year cartridge's cooking key and decided now was the time! I cut the cooking tag with the rolling pin and the shadow mount at 2". I felt like the shadow mount was huge in comparison so, I trimmed it down a little. The card is a solid brown base with a mount on the front from the DCWV Latte stack. I cut the shadow base using a cream cardstock and the top tag with the rolling pin cut out, from a green cardstock. I then used a Fiskar's border punch to scallop the front bottom edge. I cut 1/2" strips of the same green and attached a brown ribbon from Michael's to them and then attached one to the top and one to the bottom of the Latte paper. I mounted the tag and used pop dots to attach it to the card.

On the inside, I mounted a dark purple cardstock and then the rolling pin cutout from the tag and stamped the Dee-lish sentiment from Studio G. I can't wait to try some of her Dee-lish creations!!!!

A crabby July Birthday

Today's card is a change in color from the past week! Whoo hooo! I made this for a July birthday for someone that appreciates astrology. I used the Child's Year cartridge to cut the crab. It's the Icon creative feature on the cartridge and the key is the one that is the little girl sitting with a sand bucket, holding up a starfish. I realized it was there when I was doing my July 4 cards and the crab is more realistic than cutesy. Since this person is a Cancer astrology sign, she is really fond of certain crab themed items. The blue paper is cut from a Colorblok stack that I just recently bought at WM. I really like the distressed look of the paper and I think it made the crab look realistic. I can't remember where the brown mounted sheet is from but the Happy Birthday ribbon was in a set from the Target dollar bins (which I love)

Flying High on 4th of July

Today's card was cut with A Child's Year cartridge. This particular cartidge doesn't have layers outside of shadow so, I cut this boy on the firecracker at 4" using the blue pearly paper again with a red shadow. I added some smaller stars at the end and some ribbon. The star print paper is from the Colorbok 'School Life' stack. On the inside, I added more paper strips and the 'Celebrate Freedom' stamp.

Graduation Card #2

The card for our second graduation party that we didn't get a chance to go to. I used Design Studio to weld together the rectangle shape and the numbers from A Child's Year cartridge to make this 2010 card. The inside is lined with a gray cardstock that is printed with Graduation sentiments. I stamped the same sentiment on this card as I did the previous graduation card.