Happy St. Patty's Day!

Well, Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! 

 I made a fun little goody to give to the ladies I visit teach and for my 3 kiddos;  I had fun making these and they took no time at all.

 I have to say I absolutely love the Lunch Box Notes Die set from Simon Says Stamp. I have used it for so many fun things and there are so many more ideas and projects that I will be using it for!

Supplies:

Cricut Expression 

Clover from PPDU Cartridge

Cuttlebug

Swiss Dots embossing folder

white gel pen

Lunch Box Notes Die set from SSS

paper and cardstock is from my scraps

I got the skinny bags from a local craft store

Skittles for the candy rainbow!

Thanks for taking a look at my blog today!

  I love to read your comments!

Pastel Birthday Calender!

Hello blogging world, long time no see. Life has been so crazy-we moved into a newer and bigger house and it has just taken all of my time.  I have many old projects to share but not as many new ones but I am working on it.  In the mean time I am going to share with you lots of old projects that I just never got around to posting!  

First up is one of my Birthday Calenders-this one is white and pastel colors.  I make and sell these at our local fair in Hurricane.  I only had three left over from last year and this is one of them.  I am hoping to sell some of my crafts online to get some extra money that we need to help pay off some bills and be able to let my kids be involved in activities like dance and soccer.  

I really like how the pastel calender looks, it is so pretty in real life and there is a little bit of sparkle on it that doesn't show up in the picture.  I sell these Calenders for $20.  If anyone is interested just leave me a comment with your email and we can make arrangements to get it shipped to you! 

Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my creations!  Have a wonderful day!

Well, I am finally back to posting again.  I am really bad at keeping up with posts.  I make and create things all the time, and take pictures of everything but then I forget to post it or I just can't find the time.  I love to look at what everybody else is doing and I get sidetracked, you all are so talented and I just love to check out what you are doing and get some inspiration. 

Today I am sharing my "SPOOKY" banner.  I actually sold this one so now I need to make another one for myself.  I really liked how it turned out.  You will have to tell me what you think!

 

Cartridges: Happy Hauntings and Paper Doll Dress Up

I used white glitter paper for the spider webs, all of the other paper is from my stash.

I used sparkly black, orange and purple tulle to tie it together

I shaded and distressed it with Stampin' Up black ink

The letters, bat and the ghosts on the ends were popped up with dimensionals

 

I hope you like it! Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you all have a great day!

My first "BOO" Banner!

Good day everyone.  In this post I wanted to share with you a banner I made for the Halloween season. It's not a very big banner, I think it is a good size for displaying under a shelf.  I like how it turned out but I have ideas for other "BOO" banners that I want to make. 

Cartridges used are: Art Philosophy, Paper Doll Dress Up, and Boy will be Boys Font. I used a white glitter paper for the ghosts, the green and orange are just cardstock, and the purple is from the K and Company Spooktacular paper pad.  I inked the edges with a black ink. The drippy goo punch is from Martha Stewart, I used black eyelets to anchor the sides for tying the tulle.  I used some glittery orange and black tulle for tying it together.  I also used some smooch spritz in a silver/pewter color but you can't see it in the pictures.

I told you about doing a booth at our fair & this year I decided to make banners and see how well they sell.  I am guessing where I live it just hasn't hit quite yet.  I made eleven banners and only sold 3 of them.  Let me know what you think, your comments only help me get better and know what people want to see.  Thank you for visiting my blog.  Tomorrow I will show you my "Spooky" banner!

Visiting Teaching Halloween style!

Well, today I am sharing halloween goodie bags I made for my visiting teaching for this month.  I like how they turned out.  I kept them easy and simple, but still cute. 

Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook, PPDU, Mini-Monograms

Stamp from MPS-Spookalicious set

Stampin' Up ink

white gel pen

Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook, Mini-Monograms, Mini-Monsters

Stamp from MPS-Spookalicious set

Stampin Up ink

paper from K&Company Spooktacular stack

Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook, Mini-Monograms, PPDU

Stampin Up ink for shading

paper from K&Company Spooktacular stack

I hope you were all inspired to create something for someone else too, Thank you for stopping by to see my creations.  I have more coming up tomorrow!

Jentry's Bapstim Card

I just had a nephew get baptized recently now it is my niece Jentry's turn.  Her big day is coming up this Saturday.  I made her baptism card to look like her of course.  I hope she likes it.  I included in the package that I sent to her a cute flower hair clip that is white with some bling in the center.  Her card is very basic but elegant.

Sorry about the lighting I just couldn't get it right to show the whiteness of the card.  For some reason the lighting turned out really dim.

Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge

Martha Stewart border punch

MPS stamps- Simply Sweet Occasions

ink and chalk for shading

stickles for the center of the flower and on the dress

Thanks for taking a look. Let me know what you think. 

See you later!

Chase's Bapstism Card

How is everyone today?  In this post I will be sharing a card I made for my nephew Chase who just recently was baptized.  I am so proud of him and his decision.  He is such a special young boy. My sister really liked it and told me how Chase thought it was pretty cool too.

I was with my sister when she bought a new little suit outfit for Chase.  I made my card based off of his suit. 
Of course the boy on the card is Chase in his new suit.  I made the pattern on the yellow paper myself using some stamps.  It was based off of the tie. 

Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge

Martha Stewart border punch

MPS stamp (congratulations) "Everyday Occasions"

Stamps for the patterned paper are Stampin Up

I used Colorbox & Stampin Up inks

White gel pen

Thanks for taking the time to stop and check out my work!

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!

I'm Back!

Sorry I have been MIA.  My life just got really busy.  I have some projects to share with you, I just haven't had time to post them.  Most of my projects have been for birthdays.  I did do a little bit for easter too.  I will post them when I can grab a minute or two.  Today I am going to share with you a birthday card I made for my nephew. 

I kept it pretty simple, after all it is for a boy.  He love superheroes, so I just had to make this little guy using the PDDU cart.  I did a little bit of shading with some chalk, and ink.  The sentiment is just hand written with a white gel pen.  I hope he likes it!

I have a lot more to share with you so come back and take a look. 
See you soon!

Relief Society Project

Hey everyone,  I finally have a little bit of time to put up this quick post.

One of the projects I was recently in charge of was doing the invitation for our Relief Society Birthday dinner.  The theme was Old Nauvoo.  I did the invitation first.  Hope you like it.  I used the PDDU cart for the covered wagon, and for the tag/label I used the Once upon a Princess cart.  I used brown chalk for most of the distressing.

They wanted me to do some little things to go on the tables with the centerpieces.  I used the covered wagon again only smaller and distressed it just like the invitation.

On a dessert table they wanted me to make their little annoucements "cute".   So this is what I came up with based on what they said.  The first one talks about homemade gingerbread cookies they used to make in pioneer times.  Once again I used the PDDU cart for the gingerbread, and distressed it. 

The other one talked about how the pioneer women cooked and baked bread.  I just had to make this cute little pioneer woman from, you guessed it, PDDU.  I thought she turned out so cute with her little mixing bowl and spoon.

The dinner was nice and the company was great.  It was nice to have a night with my husband, away from home. I'm sure many of you feel the same way sometimes.

Well, I will see you soon.  Thanks for visiting.

MPS 8th Day of Christmas-Color Challenge

Good Morning everyone. 

I don't know how the weather is where you are at but here it has rained for 5 days straight now!  We never get this much water, we live in a desert.  But we are all grateful for it, we really needed it.  I hope things are all going well for everyone. 

I love the holidays, we are busy here making a bunch of treats for our friends and neighbors and my girls love to help out.   Well, in all the bustling around that I did yesterday I still had time to put together this quick card for the challenge over on My Pink Stamper. It is for the 8th day of Christmas and it was a color challenge, make something using blue, green and brown.  When I think of those colors I think of a little boy. So I made a card that you could use for a birthday or just about any celebration. 

I cut the frog from the PDDU cart at 3" on real dial size.  The blue paper is heat embossed using the "On the Spot" stamp from Stampin' Up and some clear embossing powder.  The ribbon is from Mrs. grossman's. The "hoppy for you" stamp was also from Stampin' Up.  I liked the cute little frog, it looks like he is jumping for joy.  Hope you like it.

6th day of Christmas Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone,   I have had a pretty good day and hope you have too!

I just finished a Christmas card for the 6th day of Christmas challenge over on the My Pink Stamper blog.

I used the PDDU cart for the gingerbread man, cut at 3" with the real dial size button.  I rifled through all my other stuff to finish the card with some patterned paper that went perfectly with the gingerbread and the ribbon is just from my stash.  And I finished it off with stickles.  Pretty cute!

I have a pretty big week ahead.  I need to get my house ready for company that will be visiting for Christmas (including 5 year old triplet boys), I am baking some goodies for my visiting teaching ladies, wrapping and sending some gifts to family, and finishing some projects for christmas presents.  Thankfully school is out and I will have my 12 year old daughter to help me out! 

Wish me luck and hopefully I will be able to find a little bit of time to post some more during all of my chaos.
See you soon!