Mother-in-Law's Birthday card

Hi again!   Today I have the birthday card I made for my MIL, which I also got done at the crop I went to this past weekend.  I just love the way this one turned out.

I originally cut this card from some BEEEUUUtiful K & Co. double sided cardstock at 5 1/4" x 12" to make the card 5 1/4 x 6 finished size.  I cut out the label cut with Gypsy Wanderings and just wanted to see if the cuts lined up well and was going to cut down the brown to fit the inside of the top so it would be a floral card with the brown "lining" inside the cut.  But when I laid the two pieces together and saw that brown edge I just fell in love with it!

The sentiment is from Pink By Design and originally said "Fishing you a Happy Birthday", but as you can see, I used a brush marker (Stampabilities) to only ink up part of the stamp.

The rose 3D sticker is from La Petit' and the inner mat is from Creative Memories.   Their vintage papers matched up exactly in coloring!  I just LOVE this paper and the way this card turned out! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderfully blessed day!

Entering this card here:

My Craft Spot - anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles - make it girly

Crafts 4 Eternity - What are you up to?

Wyatt's 1st B-day layout

Hello!  I hope you are having a great weekend.  I got to spend Friday night and Saturday at a crop here in town and it was a blast!!!  So relaxing and productive!  First I'm showing a layout I did of Wyatt's first birthday.  The original post of birthday decorations pictures is here,  I used the decorations to embellish the layout pages. 

Mickey was cut with the "Fit to Page option.  He was used to "hold" one end of the birthday banner.

"Wyatt is 1" was cut with Pooh Font set.  The border was made with the border feature on Mickey Mouse and Friends, cut 3 times and mounted on a simple red strip that was embossed with the Cuttlebug Circles folder. The background paper is from a disney paper & embellishment book.

 Pluto had the other end of the banner tied to his tail!  He's also cut with the "fit to page" feature.

 The rest of the characters were table decorations and cut at 4"  (I think).  Aren't they cute!?!

This sentiment stamp is from Pink by Design and I added some doodling around it.  These layouts were a lot of fun and went together pretty quickly since the decorations were already put together.  I've had them on my workdesk for a year, so it was time to get them in the book and off my desk!!!

Thanks for stopping in!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and have spent some time with God today.

I'm entering this project in
Wacky Wednesday-Animated Character challenge
Gettin Cricky Simply Sunday - Fantasyland

Hubby's Birthday Card

Hello!  Happy Birthday honey!!!  He's a real tough hombre' in my book.  Fighting a terrible disease, aggressive Rheumatoid Arthritis, he still works everyday and is coaching our granddaughter's basketball team in our Upward program!   My favorite cowboy!!!

Here is the card I made for him:

 This is the first time I've tried this type of card and I really thought it was fun.  Folded it is a standard A2 card.

 The cardstock is from my scraps and the patterned paper is from My Minds Eye. 

The font and the ropes are cut from the Old West cartridge. 

The cow skull sticker was bought at Hobby Lobby ( I don't know the company) and the horseshoes, hat and boot stickers are from Creative Memories.

I enjoyed making the card and he liked it, so overall I call it a success! :0)  Thanks for stopping in!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Birthday Sundaes
Celebrate the Occasion #47-male birthday
My Craft Spot - Let's Hear if for the Boys

Time for a NEW challenge at My Sheri Crafts!

Boy, did I mess up this week!  I was thinking I had another week before it was time for submissions for this challenge.  It was a very busy week and I realized on Tuesday that I needed to get decorations done for my grandson's birthday party, so about 11:00 Saturday night I realized I had miss the challenge this week! :( 

But you can still join in!  The challenge this week is:

This week's challenge is brought to you by DT member Michelle and she is asking us to include in your creation a NEW technique, NEW things you got for Christmas, NEW NEW NEW!

****ALSO, You MUST tell us what the "NEW" thing is in your post!!****

The other DT members have some really great projects posted for your inspiration.  Be sure to stop by their blogs and give 'em some attention!  Head on over to My Sheri Crafts to join in the fun.  Can't wait to see your projects ---have fun!

Less Is More Week 50 Challenge

So last week I entered a card in the Less Is More challenge and really didn't even think about what I was doing.  It totally didn't qualify as "Less".  So this week I'm trying to do better!  The challenge is one layer cards with birds.  So here is my submission:

The bird stamp is an acrylic spring set I got at Hobby Lobby.  I can't remember the name!  The sentiment is from Pink By Design's "Simply Everything" set.  I drew in the music notes.  The ribbon is a scrap from my stash.  I wanted a little softer look around the edges of the stamp, so I inked up a cotton ball and rubbed it around the image. 

I think this one is better suited to the challenge rules!  Sorry for messing up last week, ladies!  But your comments were very sweet.

I'm also entering this card over at Do You Stack Up.

PK Flower Notecards

I made some notecards for my co-workers with these cute Peacy Keen flower stamps, colored with Crayola Colored Pencils. 

 I stamped a similar flower on the envelopes.  The stamp is from an old foam set in my stash.

The sentiments are from Studio G. 

I just love these flowers, they're adorable!  I'm entering these in the Peachy Keen link-up party. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Let's Chill!

Well, we have really had a mild winter so far here in SW Missouri!  We have only had a skiff of snow and a few days of really cold weather.  Personally I kind of like some snow, especially if I don't have to drive in it.   I usually build a snowman with my granddaughters, but I don't think I'll be building one this year!  So I found a few challenges that call for snow or snowmen.  Here's a fun little card I made to "build" my snowman for this winter!

The patterned paper is from "The Basics"  stack from Hobby Lobby.  The red strip is a scrap I embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder and I used a Creative Memories corner rounder on the right side.

 This little guy is from Santa's Village Imagine cartridge, cut at 3" with all the layers.  I added a little clear glitter glue for some sparkly highlights.

The sentiment stamp is from Pink By Design, "Simply Everything" set and the balloon it's on is a cut that comes with the Imagine at 1 1/4".

What do you think?  I hope you like it.  I appreciate your visit and hope you have a great week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Cooking with Cricut - photo inspiration
Getting Cricky Simply Sunday - Let It Snow, Use Embossing
Fantabulous Cricut #94 - Snow Fun
Kaboodle Doodles #102- Baby It's Cold Outside
My Craft Spot - Snow Much Fun
Celebrate the Occasion #46 - Any occasion, use Polka Dots