Card Patterns #12

At first when I looked at the Card Patterns Sketch #12, I just couldn't see anything! But then I noticed another cool Cutting Cafe Printable Stamp ~ see the link to the right ~ from the All About Mom set. And then I found this cool Junkitz paper in my stash that I've had for a long time. It is absolutely beautiful and colorful and I have 4 sheets of several patters so why I've never used, I don't know why. I love this quickutz revolution 3D butterflies and they look great with the junkitz paper! The I love you in the middle is from the cricut cartridge Lyrical Letters.

I'm really loving the Cutting Cafe Stamps and the Card Patterns Sketches!

2 Sketches 4 You (Week of 4/20/09)

I'm on the last day again to do 2 Sketches 4 You! But here is my card for Laura's Sketch 24! I got some really cool printable stamps from the Cutting Cafe (see the blogs I follow on the right for a link!) ~ Thank You Big Circle and All About Mom ~ and just thought this was a cool sketch to use them for! I added some bling and viola!









My second card is for Ewonne's Bonus Sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. I used some printable stamps from the Cutting Cafe again! The Happy Graduation Big Circle and the calendar circle! My daughter gets "promoted" from 5th grade to middle school on June 10 so this is for her! She likes lots of bling and so this worked out really good. The owl and arrows are quickutz dies.

I spent most of the day taking a very cool class at my local scrapbook store (Scrapbook Fever) ~ it was to make a frame from the fancy pants 6 window frame. I need to put some pictures in it and then I will post pictures!

Thanks for taking a peek! And have a great rest of the weekend!

Use It ~ Challenge #7

Wow! This was a tough one!

I don't know if I got everything in but it was a great way to get my daughter's birthday party invitations done! She is only inviting 2 girls because we are going to a small amusement park in Portland and then they are staying the night. So it wasn't one of those massive card making exercises!

I knew I wanted to make a shaker because I found this cool confetti that was tropical themed! We had bought a bunch of cool tropical party stuff last year thinking ahead for now! So, let's see how I did on the challenge:

**Use black or white cardstock as the base: I used both (sneaky, huh! maybe I'll get extra points when I don't have one of the other elements!)

**Use 4 different patterned paper: green on the tree is DCWV Christmas Glitter stack from years ago, Brown on the tree is Basic Grey, flip flops are WR Memory Keepers, and the yellow sun is making memories

**Non-scrap item: This is where I have some problems, unless you count the confetti which is technically not a scrap item but I bought it with the intention of making shakers!

**Doodling: Yeah - I did it!

**Use whatever is laying around: I had this tropical flower ribbon that I used in another project 2 years ago and was able to use it all up! Whoo Hoo!

Have a great rest of the week and Happy Scrapping!

Card Patterns #11, A Cutting Cafe Card, and a Card for Administrative Assistant's Day

My first card is using the Card Patterns Sketch #11. I got this cool mother's day bingo card from thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com (see her 3/16/09 post for a link to these cool spring bingo cards). My mother loves purple so I pulled out some very old Rob and Bob paper that I got at Michael's for the card (almost my own use it challenge!). I cut the bracket from the cricut storybook cartridge and the heart and I love you from the cricut lyrical letters cartridge. Then I added some bling! And there you go - I did the challenge and I've got my mother's day card done!




This second card is for Sue, my executive assistant ~ Wednesday 4/22 is administrative assistant's day. I'm glad I looked at the internet for the date! I might have missed it. The paper is all basic grey. I cut the hibiscus frame from the cricut storybook cartridge and the youre simply the best from the cricut wild card cartridge. I also added bling and you have to look close but I used that Ranger glass affects and went over the words, outlined the flowers, and also the pattern on the left ~ very blingy too!




This last card is made using some more rob and bob paper! Yeah! And the big printable stamps from the cutting cafe - see link on the right. Regina Easter has had some awesome sales lately and this one is very cool. I actually made 10 of these because they are for a thank you event at work for a project team. Each one will get one and they will be signed by the director, deputy director and myself. In these tough economic times it is the little things that we can do to make people feel valuable! The Thanks in the middle is from the cricut don juan cartridge.

2 Sketches 4 You week of 4/13/09 and Use It #6

I used Kazan's sketch #24 from 2 Sketches 4 You and the Use It #6 challenge to create this card. The Use It Challenge was to:

• ~Make a masculine card. My son is going to be 12 on May 7 so this was the perfect challenge - I'm done with my card early!

~Use Heat Embossing. This is really cool because I just did a make and take at our local scrapbook store (Scrapbook Fever) and they did heat embossing. I had a bunch of stuff to do it but I'd never tried it. This was the perfect opportunity to do it again at home!

~Use some of your favorite things. Ever since I got those quickutz birthday candle numbers, I have used them a ton! I don't know how many Oregon 150 Birthday cards I've made with them ~ almost 60! I think these count as one of my favorite things.

~ Use something you have been hoarding. So there are several things in this I've been hoarding. The heat embossing tools and powder (heaven knows how long I've had it - can you believe I have one those heat embossing "hair dryers" that I'd never taken out of the box!!!). I also have been hoarding stamps. The magnifying glass and the "I detect" stamp are from club scrap ~ my sister (Tscrappingblog - see the link on the right) belongs to club scrap and they had a sale so she ordered these for me! You've got to love your sisters especially the ones that feed your scrap habit! These are just 2 of the stash of stamps that I haven't used yet. I actually bought the other stamp (it is from a Technique Tuesday birthday set) on monday at Scrapbook Fever (it was double punch day so it is all good!). I just knew this particular stamp in the set would go so good with the others.

I finished this up with some ribbon that I had from Michael's and cut out the happy b-day to look like ransom letters! The background pattern paper is from a DCWV stack that I've had around for awhile and the paper in the middle is from the Making Memories Chloe's Closet set.

I feel like I'm really on a roll this week, getting all these challenges done early! It is hard to believe! Have a great week!

Card Patterns #10/Bitten By the Bug 24/7 Challenge

I combined the Card Patterns Sketch #10 with the Bitten by the Bug 24/7 (Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge) Challenge. Instead of 6 circles down the left side, I used the look of file folder labels and put some of the words that moms do 24/7! After all, moms work really hard! I know my handwriting isn't really neat but it was a fun thought! The paper is all making memories chloe's closet. The file folders were cut with the quickutz file folder die. The thank you and mom are from the Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge. It was a fun card to make.






The next 2 pictures are my "prototypes" for a project for my daughter's 5th grade class for mother's day. Her teacher likes it so I'm going to cut out all the paper and chipboard (from cereal boxes) - 5 X 5 Squares, some hearts, letters, flowers, and some other things. Then they will put them together. There is space on the back for them to do poems, pictures, etc. - whatever the teacher wants them to do. I've got so much patterned paper that it will use some up and goes for a good cause! It will be so fun to see what the kids do with just some of the items! The last 2 years, this teacher has had a mother's day tea and I've helped with the project and it was really cool to see what everyone did. I hope she has the tea again. Now I have a lot of cutting out to do!!!

Use #5 and 2 Sketches 4 You week of 4/6/09

This was a really fun card to create! I used Laura's sketch 23 from 2 Sketches 4 You along with the Use It Challenge #5. The Use Challenge was to:

• Use an old die cut. I didn't have many of these around since I have started buying die cut machines several years ago (quickutz, sizzix, cricut) but I found this cool 4th of July hat in my stash.


• Use a technique you used to use. I used to piece my die cuts together and chalk them (not the little cats eyes everyone uses today but the old kind with a q-tip!). Luckily I had 3 different colored hats so cut them apart and then chalked some of the pieces!


• Use a patterned paper over 2 years old. I don't know how old this paper was but I have a whole stash of 4th of July paper and I know I haven't purchased any for quite sometime!


• Use something on clearance. The trim on the hat was on clearance at my local scrapbook store a month or two ago. Seemed to work great with the theme.

I completed the card with the star and usa cut with a sizzlet (also an older set) and a me and my big ideas sticker and stickopatumus 4th of July letters (also been hanging around for quite some time) and the America ribbon was from Walmart (I purchased this in the last couple weeks!). The cool thing about this card was that I used a few more things than even the challenge called for! Loved it!

Have a great week and a very Happy Easter everyone!

Card Patterns #9 - Another 3 pages from the Silverwood Altered Book!

The Card Patterns Sketch yesterday was so cute! I made this card for my daughter for easter. I love the peek-a-boo bunny from quickutz and I have used it every year for something! I used this Basic Grey paper that I had in 6 X 6 and had to cut it down the middle and finagle (is that a word) it so that it would fit the card but with all the stuff down the middle you don't even notice!







Here are some more pages from my Silverwood (Amusement Park in N. Idaho) Altered Book. these are all the driving pictures. I had so much fun using my cricut on these pages. The old car is from the My World Cartridge, the Driver's License is from Locker Talk. Both of these patterend papers were in my stash! Yeah, I used something I've had for years!








For this set of pictures I also used paper from my stash! I used the Going Places and Graphically Speaking cricut cartridges. I love how it turned out!











For this last one, I had purchased this paper at my local scrapbook store, Scrapbook Fever because it was just so cute! It is double sided and the strip where Driving is is from the back side! All the words on this one are from the Storybook Cartridge and again I used Going Places!

I'm sure the kids won't get the "Driving Miss...." from the Driving Miss Daisy movie but the old cars and my son driving his sister and cousin was just too cute. In the picture on the left, if you look close you can see he has his thumb up!

This book is a little hard to take pictures of because it is just crammed full and will hardly shut. If I did it again, I think I would do it differently but even though it is really stuffed, it will be a keepsake for all of them!

Have a super week!

2 Sketches 4 You week of March 30, 2009

I finally had a few minutes this morning to do the Kazan's sketch 23! I just keep running out of time! I saw those circles as eggs right when I saw the sketch! This will be a fun easter card!

My friends will be here in a few minutes for a day of scrapping! Whoo Hoo!