Zebra Birthday gift

Good afternoon bloggies! I hope everyone is having a great, relaxing day. I got the house close to clean, grocery shopping done and some craft time! I even recorded a video! I'll post that later tonight hopefully.

This afternoon, I worked on a gift for my husband's little cousin. Her birthday is coming up so I wanted to make her something special. Her mom said they are redoing her room with hot pink, black and zebra. This is what I came up with. I'm pretty happy with it since it was my first time working with Modge Podge...pretty easy! The picture is stretched canvas I bought from Hobby Lobby. The pink pattern fabric is, well, fabric! Gray paper from Stampin Up, ribbon from Hobby Lobby. Her name is from Gypsy Font and zebra from Create a Critter. I also distressed the edges with ink.

More on the trifold shutter card soon...this is what my video is on! They are sooooo easy and so cool!

Scooter Girl card

Happy Saturday night everyone! I am getting ready to play some Wii and relax. I got soooo much done today! Got a little crafting in, got a pedicure (it's important!), did some yard work, picked up the house and made spaghetti for dinner :) Tomorrow, my daughter is going over to my mom and dad's house to have fun so I plan on cleaning and CRAFTING of course!

I made this card for a 14 year-old's birthday. I think the scooter girl from Sweethearts is so cute! I hand stitched the white thread on the side through the border punch. I think it's a cool effect and it's really simple.

Have a great rest of the weekend bloggies!

Gorgeous card

Recipe:
Stampin Up solid card stock
Patterned paper - Mango Frost DCWV
MS border punch
Gorgeous stamp - Inkadinkadoo
Ribbon from Michael's
Stickles
Bling

Throwback Thursday Challenge: Doodlecharms

Emma over at My Creative Time is hosting another Throwback Thursday challenge! These are so fun. This week, we were challenged to create a scrapbook layout using Doodlecharms. It was a great challenge for me because recently I've been doing cards and the scrapbook layout was a nice change of scenery. I also don't use Doodlecharms (at all). It's good to mix it up! She used Peachy Keen Stamps on her layout, so she inspired me to use mine too. I've decided: I need more Peachy Keen Stamps. Surprising, I know!

Recipe:
K&Company patterned paper
Recollections card stock (pink)
Stampin Up Kraft card stock
Peachy Keen stamps - Critter faces
Studio G stamps from Michael's

The Unmentionables Card

I am in a girly mood with my projects recently. I love the bra and undies! :) This is from Forever Young. The off white paper has a shimmer shine to it you can't really see in the picture.

Recipe:
Forever Young cartridge
Ribbon from Hobby Lobby
Purple Core'dinations card stock
Stampin Up card stock
Prima flower
Pink brad from Oh My Crafts
Martha Stewart border punch (yeah, I messed it up a bit)

Make a Wish card

Recipe:
various card stock
Cuttlebug Disney Princess embossing folder
Clear stamp set from Michael's
EK Success punch
patterned paper - DCWV Linen
Cricut Once Upon a Princess castle

Stamps Winner....

I always find it humorous when I use random.org, enter 1 to 6 and it pops up with 1! I guess the early bird gets the worm, so congrats to....Ladybug! Ladybug, please email me your address so I can mail your stamps! 

Ladybug said...

Oh my, am I really the first one to comment? :-)

Thanks for a chance to win this gorgeous stamp set. (I love angels!)

Welcome back me!

I have missed you bloggies! I've been on vacation, so no crafting time for me. This pretty much sums up my vacay...

stamp winner posted soon!

First Challenge Win!

Oh My Crafts!, an online craft retailer (which has excellent prices by the way), held a wedding-themed challenge a few weeks ago on Facebook. I was excited to enter a card I made for my cousin's wedding.

I just found out this morning that I won! They posted the 2 winners on Facebook, and I had to read it twice to make sure that was really my name listed. LOL. Anyway, I'm really excited about this - my first challenge win! Thanks for being a part of my excitement. They are sending me a prize, but winning was an honor enough. 

Here is the link to their Facebook post:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orem-UT/Oh-My-Crafts/31250764811

105 Follower Giveaway!

Hello my lovely followers! It's late, I'm up processing a video. Hope you enjoy it!

I have 105 followers! I am super excited about that. Time for a lil stamp giveaway! Next time I'm going to give away a cartridge, so be on the lookout! This stamp one is good practice for everyone ;)

I will use Random.org and draw the winner Friday morning. You don't have to be a follower, just leave a comment on this post by Thursday at midnight. I hope everyone has a great week! Here are the stamps I'll give away. Good luck!

Rock Star card - Episode 3

After the video, I added the rock on stamp on the guitar as well as a bottom strip of card stock and used the scallop border punch, it needed more! :)


Recipe:
Stampin Up Card Stock
Patterned paper - Mango Frost (Hobby Lobby)
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Stamps from Studio G (Michael's)
Hobby Lobby ribbon
Fruit Punch Stickles
Black Stickles

Go Wild birthday card

Recipe:
Stampin Up yellow card stock
Old West Cartridge - cards
Create a Critter cartridge - Go Wild
Hero Arts stamp

Hello Summer card

I created this card for Emma's Thursday Throwback challenge over at My Creative Time. She always makes THE coolest cards with her Gypsy - I'm learning a lot from her! The challenge was to use red, brown and blue colors.

Recipe:
Red solid card stock
Blue patterned paper - DCWV Mango Frost stack
Stickles (can't remember the color name, sorry!)
Sand paper - DCWV
stamps from Hero Arts and Studio G
Prima flower
EK Success border punch
Life is a Beach cartridge cuts on Gypsy

Papa's Father Day card

My dad just bought a gray BMW 135i convertible. I told him I was going to buy it from him when he was done with it! It's VERY cute and VERY fast :) I designed this card on my Gypsy. I sewed the "road" with my sewing machine.

Recipe:
Paisley cartridge (zebra in a car)
Create a Critter cartridge (sun)
Cloud paper - American Crafts, Michael's
Studio G stamp, Michael's
Epoxy buttons, Michael's
Recollections card stock, Michael's
Peachy Keen Stamps, Critter set

Sweet Girl Card

I made this card for some friends that just had a baby. The glue was still drying on the sentiment when I took the picture!

Recipe:
Once Upon a Princess Cartridge
Background Patterned Paper from DCWV Mango Frost (Hobby Lobby has it now!) and Spring Showers from JoAnn's
Recollections card stock
Peachy Keen face stamps - Critter set
EK Success punch

Koala Love card

So excited! I linked all my cartridges tonight to my new Gypsy! It was super easy. Still trying to figure it all out but I love it so far!

Hugs + Kisses Froggie Card

My friend's little girl is having surgery today after finding a brain tumor. My heart is heavy for her this morning. Lots of thoughts and prayers headed her way. She loves Princess and the Frog just like my daughter, so I made her this card to send to her today. I hope it brings a smile to her sweet little face. xoxo Madi!