Card Patterns #138 - 50th Birthday card!

I've been making cards but not posting them! This was a great sketch and I was going to party last night anyway! I just used paper in my stash and cut the words out of the cricut forever young cartridge!

X-Mas Cards (2 Sketches 4 You) + Give Thanks!

Yesterday, I finally sat down and figured out how many cards I need that are extra special for close family and friends(haven't done those yet) and how many I need for those that aren't as close. I'm making several of these for friends and people at work! I used the Cutting Cafe (see link to the right of the blog) Bingo Cards. I used paper that I got last year and ribbon that I had gotten on sale at Michael's or had in my stash. I embellished with penguins or the metal holiday wishes. Both were in my stash. The penguins I got in the summer at Michael's for 49 cents on clearance! Glad I'm using them and didn't just lose them in my stuff! Thanks Laura for a great sketch!

I'm also including a Thanksgiving door hanger I made for a friend of mine to give to her daughter who teaches school! I used a card patterns sketch but it is way past the week when it was posted! I used both quickutz and the cricut on this one!

Have a great turkey day!

Card Patterns #89 - Kayla's Birthday Card

Shaina needed a birthday card for a party she is going to today. We had bought this cute felt bag to put the gift card in and she wanted something to match. I used scraps of paper and quickutz for the 13 and sizzlets for the cupcake and gift! The circles were cut with the cricut!

Have a great week!

Guy Cards, Thank You's, and starting Texas Scrapbooks!!!

I've been home from vacation about a week ~ getting caught up at work and home so this weekend had some time to be creative (and I needed it!!!). The first 2 cards are done using Card Patterns Sketch #74. Both use Graphic 45 paper. The first one (the golf one) is for a guy at work. I don't usually just use white cards with nothing behind them, but the dark greens were hard to figure out what I would do. This graphic 45 paper is pretty cool because it has different "guy" like scense on it ~ golf, pool, cars, tennis, etc!

I made the wine bottle card using Basic Grey paper and the shadow for the wine bottle and glass from the summer in paris cricut cart. A guy in my office is quite the wine enthusiast and I thought it would be fun to make a wine card. Hope the flowers aren't too feminine!! He does really enjoy the cards I make so I'm sure he won't mind.

I started my Texas scrapbooks (see below) and suddenly was inspired to make a birthday card for another man in my office who is from Texas ~ his birthday isn't till next March or April but for once I'm ahead of the game!!!

I also needed a bunch of thank you cards for work for a project that a group finished. I used 2 Sketches 4 you sketch from last week (but didn't post these cards) as a guide and used up many of my scraps. I actually made 17 of them and this is just an assortment of a few of them!

Last but not least, I started getting the Texas scrapbooks ready ~ For once in my life I'm pretty organized on this. I've got the pages sketched out on a piece of paper and knew I would need 2 scrapbooks for the trip (and I'm making 3 sets, one for me and one for each of my kids!). I had these tapestry albums in my stash (enough to do all 6 books!) so the first thing I worked on was the little window thing. Usually I wait till I'm all done but this time I decided to tackle it first thing! More to come on these books!

Thanks for looking and have a great week!

Retirement Card (2S4Y - Laura's Sketch #55)

I know at least 3 people retiring in the next 2 months so Laura's Sketch #55 allowed me to use some scraps and make a cute card that could be used for retirement or another happy event where congratulations are in order. The happy for you is from the cricut cartridge "just because cards" and also used fabulous and enjoy from the Wild Card Cartridge for some of the others I made. Now I will have a little stash so I'm ready! Thanks for the great sketch Laura!

Card Patterns #67 - Bee Happy!

This is a door hanger ~ not a card! I found the the bees and the bee happy on one of the new cricut cartridges and just had to use it. I've had the buzzz paper for years as it came in a DCWV summer stack years ago. A perfect match! And card patterns sketch #67 was the perfect template to use! Thanks for looking!

2 Sketches 4 You and Pink Elephant

I turned Kazan's sketch #48 to make some Christmas cards! I know it is early but my new year's resolution was not to be stressed out about x-mas cards in December! The paper is all a me and my big ideas x-mas paper pack. Die cuts are all cricut!

I used the 2 Sketches 4 You bonus sketch this week to create a spring door hanger (spring was the Pink Elephant Challenge this week). I had so much fun with it. I got the new spring glitter stack from DCWV and used coordinating paper from it. The bird house and the S are cut using the cricut songbird cartridge (lovin' it!). pring! are from Don Juan. I made the flowers using a technique I discovered in the recent issue of creating keepsakes. It was very fun. The butterfly is from the floral department at Michael's (a clearance item).

Thanks for taking a peak!

Easter Door Hanger (Card Patterns)

I used this week's card patterns sketch to make an easter door hanger. Happy Easter, the grass, daffodil, and egg were cut using the cricut easter 2010 cartridge. The bunny is one of my favorite quickutz die cuts!

Have a great day!

card patterns #52 - Retirement Card

A woman at work is retiring and she loves purses so I decided to do a non-traditional retirement card. I used paper from the DCWV Whimsy stack. Enjoy is cricut graphically speaking and the purse is from cricut paisley (it actually has more layers but I decided to "bling it out" a bit.

The pearls I got from Yvonne Yam in a RAC. Thanks Yvonne. This is the 2nd time I've used them. I made a really cool wedding card with them back at the first of February (with this same paper). Loving them!

2 Sketches 4 You ~ St. Pat's Day Door Hanger

I decided to make Kazan's sketch #46 into a St. Patty's Day door hanger. I got this really cool green sparkly paper at Michaels (My Mind's Eye, Home) and used that for all my pieces of patterned paper. The clover is from the cricut cartridge "indy art." I believe st. patrick's day is from the designer calendar cricut cartridge. The little leprechaun is a quickutz original (I'd actually cut a bunch of them out years ago and hadn't used them all ~ there are so many pieces I bet I wouldn't have had the patience today to do it anyway!).

Hope you are all having an enjoyable weekend! It is beautiful and sunny in Oregon!

Spring Door Hanger - Card Patterns #51

I used the Card Patterns sketch #51 to make a spring door hanger. The paper is all K and Company. Welcome, Spring, and the flower were cut with the cricut. The butterfly is a revolution 3-D die.

2 Sketches 4 You (Wedding Card) and some more Disney layouts

I used Kazan's sketch 45 from 2 Sketches 4 You to create a card for my friend Lisa to give her dear friends for their wedding. I was so flattered when Lisa asked me to make one of my "fancy cards" for Lauren and Glenn's wedding. Their colors are greens, blues, corals, seafoam, pastel oceany colors. I used DCWV Whimsey Stack for the papers because they were just this color. The heart is from the cricut gypsy font (digital) cartridge. I used these cool pearls I got from Yvonne Yam as a RAC (thanks Yvonne!). Lauren and Glenn are cut using the cricut songbird cartridge (I'm loving that cartridge). The photo corners are Quickutz (my old standbys!). The rest of the stuff is random things I had. It is very "collagy". I hope Lisa likes it!

Here are some more Disney layouts I've finished.

The first is Pluto (Pluto and the GRRR are cut using the cricut Mickey Font cartridge). The paper is basic gray.

I used the new cricut sentimentals cartridge to cut the crown and card. The Queen is cut using cricut blackletter. She was so funny!

We saw the white rabbit at Minnie's breakfast at the Plaza Inn. I used graphically speaking to do the "most important", base camp for A and I can't remember which cartridge I used for date (but it is cute and had a heart like the white rabbit). The clock was cut using the old west cricut cartridge.

It is always great to see Mickey and I used the Mickey font cricut cartridge to cut Mickey's head and Oh Boy! I had a lot of fun using black, white, red and yellow!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I need to make a b-day card for my dad so need some inspiration!

2 Sketches 4 You and Pink Elephant #51

I loved Laura's sketch #44 at 2 Sketches 4 You this week! I actually used it twice today! Both cards are here!

The first one is a birthday card for someone in my office that has birds. I love this little birdcage from the cricut songbird cartridge!

The next card is a valentine card that also uses the elements from the Pink Elephant challenge #51 (pink, polka dots, and bow).

I'm scrapping with my friends today so I'll be back working on Disneyland layouts in just a few minutes!

2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch #44

I made a couple cards using Kazan's sketch!

The first one is a thank you card for a gal who made our executive team a great lunch! I used my new "From My Kitchen" cricut cartridge to do it!

The 2nd one is a thank you card (I'm actually making 22 of them) for a project team. I used the cricut gypsy font and shapes to do it. I really liked the way Kazan did the button on her card and I tried to do it similar to that.

Thanks for looking!

Pink Elephant Challenge #50 - 2 cards!!!

This was really a fun challenge for me and I needed to make some cards so it was perfect! I made 2 using the sketch!

A friend of mine is having surgery tomorrow so I made this get well card. The patterned paper is from Making Memories Chloe's closet (I've been hoarding that paper and decided I better start using it!). The bird cage and get well are from my new cricut cartridge "songbird." Very cute and perfect for a get well card!

The 2nd one is the one I made 4 of for my birthday gift thank yous. My birthday was last week! The paper is Basic Grey Sultry. I used my new cricut cartridge "sentimentals" for this one. Very fun, very "blingy."

I'm working on a bunch of thank you's using the word "merci" and the 2 sketches 4 you sketch so I hope to post more later this week!

Card Patterns #47 - Yee Haw!

I worked on a bunch of Woody and Jessie from Toy Story layouts this weekend and had a bunch of "western" products left as scraps! There is a guy in my office who is a cowboy off the job so I made him a birthday card (his birthday isn't until March or April but at least that is one I don't have to worry about!).

I used the Card Patterns sketch #47, creative imaginations paper, the cricut old west cartridge, and some quickutz dies that I've had for awhile!

My sister in Texas sent me this cool ribbon that I used similarly to one of the Card Patterns design team members! I don't know how long I've had those gold star brads but it is nice to use them!

Happy New Year and My New Toy!

Happy 2010!

I had to make some door hangers to celebrate! I actually made 5 (one for each of my sisters, one for my mom, and one for my house and one for my office). Each one was a little different. The red one I kept for my house and the blue one I took to work!

These were really fun and it was different to just work with black and white paper!

I have quite a stash of "shiny" paper so it was fun to actually use some of it.

I used the cricut Gypsy Font for the words and the stars all came from the cricut Hannah Montana cartridge.














I am also so excited. I finally got an Epic thanks to scrapbook.com. I had ordered something from their 12 days of Christmas sale and got a "golden ticket." It was worth $100 and it was so cool! Thank You Scrapbook.com!

Birthday Cards and Cake Balls!

I've been in the mood to make birthday cards! Partly because there are alot of people having birthdays and partly because I'm trying to get organized for the year!

This first card uses the Laura's Sketch 42 from 2S4Y. My sister, Teresa, gave me this quickutz cake die that I've been wanting for a long time for Christmas and I just had to use it! The paper is DCWV and the lace is Fancy Pants. The tag is also a quickutz and I used one of the dollar stamps on it!

I'm going to save this for my mom's birthday in June!


A guy at work had a birthday on the first and I tried my new cricut "Sweet Treats" cartridge to make this birthday cake card. The paper on this is Basic Gray "Cupcake."

I used some stickles to make it "sparklier!"










I had so much fun with this cricut cartridge that I made several different versions using the Basic Gray paper....












And then I used some other paper I had that said Happy Birthday so I didn't cut out the sentiment for the front!












My friend Bonnie's birthday was this last week (although she was in Arizona and won't be back till Sunday) so I found this cool tutorial on Split Coast Stampers for a "flower pot" card. I used birthday paper for the "pot" and then cut out flowers and leaves with my sizzix. These were so fun......










That I made 24! I used the non-birthday ones for thank you's for x-mas presents and little things people gave me at work! Here they all are (picture isn't that great but you can see I was busy!).














I also made these yummy cake balls to take to work this week. They are super easy and look cool! Here is the recipe:

1. Make a cake (any flavor) from a cake mix in any sort of pan (I used 9 X 13 because it was the easiest).
2. When the cake is done, crumble it into a large bowl while it is still warm. Stir in a can of frosting mix (any flavor) until well blended.
3. I then let it set an hour or so to cool down.
4. Form small balls with the cake mixture (the recipe I found on the internet said to use a melon baller but I found it just as easy to roll in my hands). I then put them on a plate in the freezer for a 1/2 hour or so.
5. Dip the balls into melted chocolate and place on wax paper to set.

Everyone at work loved them!

Christmas Door Hangers!

Just in the Nick of time! I made a couple Christmas door hangers ~ one for work and one for our front door! All the letters are from the cricut! "have a" and the "J" in Jolly are Gypsy font. The M in Merry is from Hannah Montana (it is a really cool font and you don't have to like the show to like the cartridge!), H is from story book and the rest of the letters in jolly, merry, happy are from Base Camp. Holiday is from Alphalicious.

I used a potpourri of paper that I had lying around ~ I got out a bunch of Christmas paper when I made cards (which I think totalled somewhere just under 100!). I'm going to start early next year (I've got 4 left over from this year so that is a good start)!




Merry Christmas!!

Kazan's Sketch #40 (2S4Y), Card Patterns 42 and 43

I'm very last minute, but here is my take on Kazan's Sketch #40 over at 2 Sketches 4 You. I used scraps to do this so it was very fun! The Thanks is from Cricut Beyond Birthdays and So Much is from Cricut Don Juan. The parens are from Cricut George. The little medallion is a Wilton Favor I found in the wedding aisle at Michaels!









I'm always in need of Thank You's so I also made a thank you for Card Patterns Sketch #43 (I'm ahead on this one!). I also used scraps. It feels so good to use some up!











And last but not least is a card that I started for Card Patterns #42 before the deadline but didn't finish until after. I thought it turned out cute so I still wanted to post it!

I hope everyone had a happy turkey day! I've got turkey enchiladas in the oven as I write this!

Take care and have a nice rest of the weekend!