Down By The Creek Bank Frog Card

Hi, all!  This week, I've got a post for you as part of Joy's Life's Design Team.

 Joy came up with the super cute theme this week....Down By The Creek Bank.  I remember as a kid catching night crawlers with my dad and finding salamanders in the window wells.  Yes, I was a tomboy.  

Growing up, I didn't see many frogs around but I wanted to use one for my project. This one is from Cricut's Create A Critter cartridge.

Lot's Of Pun was the first stamp set that I bought from Joy! You can get yours here.

For this weeks card, I used DoodleBug's Flower Box paper set.  The card is 4.25 x 5.5 in size.  I cut the frog at 3.5" and then played around with the paper strips to figure out what size I wanted.  I stamped the saying on a strip of white paper and then cut the tab by hand.  After adding stitching, ribbon, and a plastic flower, the card was done! 

Thanks for coming along with me on a trip down memory lane!  I hope you'll leave a comment and share one of your favorite memories with me.

Squirrel Thanksgiving Card

Hello, everyone!  I can't believe Thanksgiving is around the corner.  Can you?  

This past week, the DT over at JoysLife.com has been featuring cards made with her wonderful stamps!  

When Cricut came out with Create A Critter2, I just HAD to have it! I love the images, especially this squirrel! 

He was the first thing I thought of when I saw this stamp.  It's from Joy's It's All Fall Puns set.  If you don't already have it, you can grab your own set here.

 

With all the holidays coming up, I think this says it all.  Our family usually has a large get together.  It's loud and fun!  

This card is 4.25" x 5.5".  I used Bazzill paper as the base.  Both yellow and brown background papers were printed with my Imagine from the Enjoy The Seasons cartridge.  The frame is one of the basic shapes on the Imagine and I filled it with the yellow pattern from Enjoy The Seasons. I added some glitter to both of the acorns to add some flair.

Well, I am the last post of the week for the Design Team.  We'll be taking off next week to be with our families. 

 I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Back To School Encouragement Card

Hello, everyone!  Thanks for taking the time to drop by my blog.

 Today, I've got a project for you as part of Joy's Life's Design Team Back To School week.

I wanted to create a cheerful card you could give to any child in your life, encouraging them to have a great day at school.

This saying from Joy's new Pun In The Sun stamp set gets the message across. 

You can grab your own set here!

Now for the details on how I made this.  I used a 4.25x5.5 base for the card.  The notebook page is just just slightly smaller cut using my Cameo.  I also cut the books at about 3" on the same cutter.  The cute whale is from Create A Critter and he's cut at 3.5".  To finish it off, I scored lines across the notebook paper and down the pages of the books to add some texture.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my card for the day!  Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. 

 I hope you all have a whale of a great day!

Happy Bird-day! card

Hi, all you crafters out there! Hope your day is going well. 

 This week Joy's Life's DT is making projects all about the animals. This is such a fun subject.

 I fired up my Cricut Imagine for this project and made an easel card.  (I loved using bold colors for this one.)

The super cute saying comes from Joy's Wild Life Puns stamp set.  If you don't already have this fun filled set, you can get it here!  

I cut the frame from Elegant Edges at 5" and filled the background using the Imagine Hopscotch cartridge.  I then cut the bird on page 52 from Create A Critter at 3"  and the flower on page 47 at 3", also.  The striped paper is also from Hopscotch. 

Feel free to leave a comment.  I enjoy reading them!  

Have a great day!

All Occasion Cards

Hello, all you paper crafters out there! I hope you have been having a wonderful day so far!

I am so excited because today is the first day that I post as a member of Joy's Life's Design Team! Yay! Joy is such a nice and generous person and I am honored to be part of this great team! This group of ladies is super talented so I hope you'll stick with us in the coming months as we get creative with Joy's great products!

This week we were given the opportunity to create whatever we chose to. If this your first time visiting my blog, you'll see that I like to craft in vibrant colors.
For this weeks project, I came up with a super card set using Joy's Lots Of Pun stamp set. If you don't already have it, you can buy it HERE!

I used Cricut's Create A Critter for this project and paper from Pebbles Inc's Hip Hip Hooray! line. I welded a flower on my Cricut Gypsy for the base of each of these cards. They measure about 4.5" I used my circle Nestibilites to cut the frames and a scallop punch for the half circles. A Souffle pen was used for the hand drawn stitching.


What I love about clear stamps is that you can curve them if you want to


As you can see, this is a great stamp set. It comes with 21 puns and 2 images.




These super cute images go well with the Lots Of Pun stamp set

I hope you enjoy the projects for today. Thanks for stopping by! I read and appreciate every comment!

Nancy Kubo is in the house!

Hello, everyone!
If you are a fan of Cricut's Create A Critter Cartridge and have access to some of the other SVG programs and cutters out there, I just want to pass this along.

If you didn't know already, Lettering Delights came out with Nancy's Happy Holidays in December.



Aren't they sooo cute?

According to Jin at Under A Cherry Tree, there's a new set coming out SOON! Yippee!



I just LOVE Nancy's style and pretty much will buy anything she creates! So I thought I'd pass the exciting news along!

Hope you are all having a wonderful, crafty day!

Hoppy Birthday!!

Hi, Everyone!

I FINALLY finished this frog card! For some strange reason, this one took awhile to complete. I changed the original orientation of the card and then decided to stamp the saying on the top of the circle above the froggies head.

I used my Imagine for the background paper and to color the frog. That feature I do love! The papers came from Enjoy The Seasons. (Which I finally scored on Ebay for a killer deal!) The flowers are cut with my SD. I really love how they turned out and will be using them in future projects! The stamped saying comes from Joy's Life Lots Of Pun set. And of course, Mr froggie comes from one of my favorite cartridges, Create A Critter. The inside of the card says "Hope your day is unfrogettible!"

Better late than never, I'm entering this in Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday #74 Birthday Bash challenge!

Hope you are all having a great Sunday!

Another Mother's Day Card

Just finished this quick Mother's Day Card. The saying inside is of course "From your little stinker!" I love this skunk! He's one of my favorite images from Create A Critter. The paper used is actually the cover sheet of the Summertime Echo Park Paper Pack. It was a quick way to create the background! I believe the saying is an old Hero Arts rubber stamp.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

My Pink Stamper - NSB Day Challenge #4 - Mother's Day Theme
More Than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #37 Mother's Day Theme
My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #6 - We Love You Mom!

Hope you like the card! Thanks for taking the time if you feel like leaving a comment! I read them all! :)

FCCB Challenge #42 & Momo's Snow Theme Challenge

Hi, Everyone! I can't believe it has been almost 3 weeks since my last post. I got really busy with the holidays and several January birthdays!
I hope everyone's New Year is going well. This year, I am going to resolve to participate in more challenges. They're fun! It's gonna be tough with work and life but wish me luck!
This was a neat card to create. I used a 5.5" square as the base which I don't do often. I'm going to enter it in FCCB Challenge #42 - Winter Warmies. You had to use a winter accessory in your project. I'm also going to enter it in Momo's Snow Theme Challenge.
Hope you enjoy the card. As always, I appreciate any comments you might have! Thanks for looking!

Thanksgiving Card

This year I made a Tri-Shutter Card for my family for Thanksgiving. I had a great time designing this card and it gave me the opportunity to use several pieces of paper.

I am very thankful for my family. I've been blessed with a wonderful husband who is supportive of my hobbies.

This card has been submitted for the following challenges:

Momo's Turkey Challenge
Cricut Cardz Challenge # 51
Cooking With Cricut Give Thanks Challenge