Day #7- MPS 12 days of Christmas

I know I skipped #6 because I just couldn't do it.  But number seven I was actually able to do the day of the challenge.  I just didn't post it till now.  Challenge #7: Make a gift box or bag.

I made a gift box for my daughter's First Grade Teacher.  She really liked it and I like how it turned out.  Enjoy!

Cartridge: TBBM

Bazzill paper

Cuttlebug

Colorbox ink for shading (green)

Stampin' Up shading (red on tag)

ribbon

green pen from Creative Memories

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up (but hand written)

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!  I welcome comments!

Day 5-MPS 12 Days of Christmas

Challenge #5-Make a gift card or money holder.  This one wasn't too bad I made it pretty fast for me.  I made it simple and sweet since I am running out of time to finish all of the challenges.  Hope you like it.

Cartridges: Doodlecharms and Gypsy Wanderings

Stampin up ink and stamp

very simple.  Thanks for stopping by, Merry Christmas!

Comments are welcome!

Day 4-MPS 12 days of Christmas

Challenge #4 was to make a treat or goodie bag with a pink/green color scheme!  I had fun with this one, and am pleased at how it turned out. 

If all goes well, you should be seeing a lot of posts from me today.  Now that kids are out of school for the holiday break I have a built in babysitter at home to help me and I don't have to be running kids everywhere!  I am hoping to get a lot done today!

Here is my project, I hope you like it as much as I do!  I am planning on giving it to a good friend of mine.

Cartridges: Plantin schoolbook, Simply Charmed, Mini-Monograms

I used Coordinations paper for the bag, and the rest is from my scraps

Colorbox ink for the shading

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up

and of course Stickles

Day 3-MPS 12 days of Christmas

I would have had this posted earlier but my camera battery died and I had to wait for it to charge.  Challenge #3: Make a holiday themed card.  Here's mine!

I really like how this one turned out.  Don't you think Santa is so cute?

Cartridge: Simply Charmed

Fiskars border punch

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Stickles

Day 2 of MPS 12 days of Christmas

I just don't have enough time in a day to do everything!  I am playing catch up today for the 12 days of Christmas with My Pink Stamper.  I really enjoy doing this, but this year has been a lot harder with everything else I am juggling. 

Well, day 2 was a random act of kindness.  I made a bag and filled it with some homemade goodies to give to someone when I go shopping!  I am hoping to spread a little Christmas cheer at the store!

Cartridges: Once upon a Princess, Christmas, TBBM
Paper is from my stash (as always)
I used stickles on the berries, you can't tell in the picture
I hand wrote the Happy Holidays on the tag (I don't have MPS Christmas stamp set, yet)

Thanks for stopping by!  Merry Christmas!

Away in a Manger-(MPS day 1 of 12 days of Christmas)

Good morning all.  I just love the holidays, and participating in My Pink Stamper's 12 Days of Christmas celebration! 
Day one is to make a Christmas or winter project using a cricut cartridge that is not for the holidays. 
This was perfect, I needed to make a centerpiece for my ward Christmas party that is tomorrow night.  I LOVE how it turned out! 

Cartridge: Paper Doll Dress-Up

All the paper is from my stash/scraps

I used Colorbox ink for the distressing

I hope you all like it just as much as I do.  It was a lot of fun to make.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look.  Happy Holidays!

Happy Happy Birthday!

Good morning!  I know it seems all I do is birthday stuff.  I really do a lot more but these are really fast to make and I like to keep up as much as possible on birthdays! 

Here is a Birthday bag for another soccer player.  I am almost done with them for this year. 
I really like this one. I thought it turned out sooo.. cute! 

Cartridge: Once upon a Princess

Paper from my stash

ink from Stampin' Up

Stamp: MPS-Everyday Occasions

Stickles

Sweet Wishes

Good Morning everyone, sorry I have been MIA for such a long time, life is just so busy and it never lets up.  I realized I just have to take the little bits of time throughout the day to do the fun things that I want to do. 

Boys are so different than girls.  My little man just doesn't stop going!  Can I just say nap time is my favorite time!  I have a lot of projects going and I hope I can share them with you as I finish them.  I have been busy this last little while making more of my birthday calenders.  I recieved so many orders, it was crazy! 

Well, on to my project for today.  I made a cute little bag to celebrate Arryn's birthday!  My oldest daughter helped me pick out the paper and said to cut the ice cream cone. 

• Cartridge: Once upon a princess
• Paper from my scraps
• Stickles
• Ink from Stampin Up
• Stamp from MPS- simply sweet occasions

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the world

Good morning all, I can't believe it has been like a week since I posted last.  I'm sorry. It is just crazy around here. 

I have a friend who just gave birth and I made a card for her to go with a simple gift.  She is a very simple person.  So I made my card simple.  I think it turned out cute.  Hope she likes it.

Cartridge: B is for boy

paper from my stash

Cuttlebug swiss dots folder

sentiment from SU

Pop dots

Thanks for coming by for a visit. Hope to see you again soon.

Hope your Holiday Sparkles!

Thank you to all who have commented recently on my blog.  I love to read them all, and they just make my day!

Well, tomorrow is my card swap group and for this month and next month we will be doing Christmas cards.  I love making my own homemade christmas cards for family.  I am excited to get some different ideas from these other ladies.  Let me share with you my idea. 

you can't tell in the picture but I used smooch spritz (vanilla shimmer) on the black paper just to give it a subtle sparkle.

Cartridge: Gypsy Wanderings

Cuttlebug on the black paper

SU Stamp(tree) and Ink

White gel pen

Stickles in silver and red

ribbon from stash

Thanks for coming to my blog, I hope you like what you see, let me know by posting a comment please! 

MPS-Pinkalicious Blog Hop Challenge

This month over at My Pink Stamper we were challenged to do a goodie bag or 3-d item for a holiday or occasion.  This was right up my alley!  I love making goodie bags.  Since Halloween is right around the corner of course I chose that for my holiday.  I couldn't decide exactly what to do since I had a lot of different things I wanted to try.  So I made a couple of different ones for some friends.  Hope you like them!

Cartridges: TBBM, Plantin Schoolbook, Happy Hauntings

Paper and ribbon are from my stash

sentiments are hand written

SU ink for shading

Thanks for visiting,  Hope you all have a great day!

Home is where the haunt is

Good day to you all,  I made this treat bag for a friend of mine.  I borrowed her stamp set a while ago and need to get it back to her.  I thought I would make her something with it as a thank you for sharing with me.  I think it turned out really cool, let me know what your thoughts are.

TBBM cartridge

Orange paper is bazzill

ink is SU

stamp is SU-Home is where the haunt is

Sentiment-My Pink stamper-Spookalicious

embossing powder is Stampendous

-Detail white

-Detail black

-Marcasite

Pop dots on the house

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are inspired!

MPS-Christmas Card Challenge

Good morning everyone

Here is my card for the My Pink Stamper Christmas Card Challenge.  I am getting this in at the last minute the challenge is about to close.  Here it is!

Cartridge: Christmas

Cardstock from my stash

Paper is SEI

Stamp from Stampin Up

Punch from Martha Stewart

Silver Stickles

Ribbon from my stash

Thanks for stopping by, Enjoy!

Hey Pumpkin!

How is everyone this morning?  I wanted to share with you my first Halloween treat bags of the season, because there are many more to come.  I really liked how these turned out.  I made them for my visiting teachers.  They are coming over this morning and neither of them really like Halloween, so I just did a simple pumpkin with fall/halloween colors.   Enjoy!

Paper from my stash

Mini-Monster Cartridge

Martha Stewart Punch

My Pink Stamper-Spookalicious

White gel pen

Stampin Up ink

Thanks for stopping by! 

Card Swap-Birthday Card

Good day everyone, thanks for stopping by to take a look at one of my newest projects.   Last week I participated in my first card swap.  A new friend of mine invited me to be part of a group that she has been with for a while.  The theme for this month was Birthday.  This is what I came up with.

• Once upon a Princess Cartridge
• Martha Stewart Punch
• My Pink Stamper stamp-Simply Sweet Occasions
• Cuttlebug-Divine Swirls folder
• Paper from my stash
• Ribbon from my stash
• Stampin Up ink 
• Smooch Spritz-vanilla shimmer

Thanks again for taking a look, let me know what you think!

"Beary" cute cards

Hi all,  I made a couple of cards for some challenges.  I was going to use just one card for both challenges but then noticed after I had finished the one that I accidentally used something I wasn't supposed to.  So I just made another one.  Hope you like them.

Cartridge: Doodlecharms, Gypsy Wanderings

Punch: Fiskars

My Pink Stamper: more punny-licious

Colorbox ink

White Thread

Stickles

White gel pen

Cartridge: Doodlecharms

Punch: Fiskars

My Pink Stamper: more punny-licious

Colorbox ink

White gel pen

Stickles

Challenges they are going into are:

crafty sprouts getting sketchy with it challenge

and M.A.G. Challenge by the page

Thanks for stopping by!

Comments are welcome, I love reading all of them!

"SWEET" Sixteen B-day Card

Hello everyone,  My niece just had her 16th birthday.  I made her card based on her birthday theme.  Candyland!  My sister made her a Candyland cake and they gave her a surprise party.  I ended up printing off pictures of the characters from the game and used one on her card. 

Cardstock: from my stash and bazzill
Patterned Paper: Doodlebug
Candy border: Doodlebug
Cartridge: Mini-Monograms
Stamp: My Pink Stamper-everyday occasions
Candyland Character from the internet

Thanks for stopping by!  Comments are welcome!

Birthday Goodie Bag

Hello everyone,   I thought I would share with you today a little goodie bag I made for one of our soccer players.  The bag is actually done by hand, the only thing I used my cricut for was the scallop circle and the pink circle.  Enjoy!

The adhesive wasn't sticking with the black paper I didn't notice it until it was too late.  Just pretend that the black paper is flush against the pink paper. 

All the paper is from my stash

Cuttlebug Birthday folder

I don't remember the cartridge used

white gel pen

Stampin Up Stamps and ink

Heat embossed with Stampendous! Marcasite embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by!

Accordian Album

Good day everyone!

I just wanted to share with you a fun project I made.  It's a pocket size accordian album.  Perfect for teens and grandma's.  This one is made for a teenage girl to put fun pics of her and her friends.  I think it would be a fun gift for BFF's to give to each other too!.  It is double sided, so you end up with 14 pages or 7 2page layouts. 

I had fun making it and I hope you enjoy!

Pretty much everything I used for this was from a company that no longer exists.  But I wanted to share it with you anyway, maybe it could give you some ideas for something you are working on.

Thanks for stopping by!

Doctor Who? card

I have to say I love this card I made for my nephew.  It is hard making cards for boys/men especially teenagers.  When I was trying to figure out what to do for Connor, I remembered that he is really into the TV show Doctor Who?  We watch it too so that's what made this card even funner to make.  I did it all by myself.  I think it turned out pretty good, and I hope he likes it. 

All I used for this was paper out of my stash, a ruler, pencil, navy marker and white gel pen.  Ink from Stampin Up for the distressing and a square punch. Oh, and a pair of scissors.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Cake!

I have to share with you this little piece of cake made from the TBBM cartridge.  I had so much fun decorating this.  I hope you enjoy!

Cupcake cut from Home Decor Cart

Paper is from my stash (patterned paper, I think, is an old Stampin Up)

Cardstock is Bazzill

punch from Fiskars

Prima Flowers

Brads

Ribbon from stash

Stampin Up Stamp (Happy Birthday)

Thanks for stopping by, let me know what you think, I love reading your comments!

Inking it up Crazy--Home Decor

Over at Inking it up Crazy Kassidy has a linking up party going on.  You just need to make something that is home decor.  She would like it to be out of vinyl if possible.  I don't have any, so I thought I would share my Birthday Calender creation!

I have just recently made a ton of these for a booth.  Check out my blog post BIRTHDAY CALENDERS to see all of the different styles I have made this in.  Enjoy! (I am showing you mine, so you can see the birthdays written in)

Thanks for stopping by!

MPS-Pinkalicious Blog Hop Challenge

Whew, I just got through the Pinkalicious Blog Hop and it's late but I wanted to share my project with you. 

The Challenge:  Make a 3D object having to do with school.  I wish I had Robyn's stamps to go with mine but maybe next time.  Here is what I came up with.

Carts: Plantin schoolbook & locker talk
paper is from my stash
ribbon is from my stash
fiskars border punch
black marker for doodling
Stampin Up ink

I had a lot of fun and hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by!

Drama Queen Birthday Card

Hey fellow crafters,  I wanted to share with you this card I just finished making for my niece.  She just had her birthday and so the card will be a little late.  That's okay isn't it, it's the thought that counts right?   Anyway, she is turning 10 and is a major drama queen!  She really loves theatre and acting. 

I am entering it into a challenge over at crafty sprouts with Erika Valdez. She has a challenge to make a shaped card. I think this is only my 3rd try at a shaped card. I love this cut from Once upon a princess and had to try it.  I thought it turned out really cute, and I hope my niece likes it. 

Most of the paper is from my stash.  I used stickles on the crown and popped it up.  It really was a simple card to make, not much to it.

Thanks for stopping by, and I will see you next time!

Tanner (Little Man)

Here is another layout I did with my son's adorable pictures.  In this one he is such a cute little man.  I realized after I had completed the layout that I should have put "Little Man" for the title, oh well, I think it is still cute.

Another Liz Qualman sketch

Paper is DCWV and Breezy Design

Home Decor and Gypsy Font carts used

Prima Flowers

Brads

Fiskars punch

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you think it is as cute as I do!