Alayna's Groovy Party

Hi guys!

If you've been following, you know that my great-niece Alayna turned one last week.  She also welcomed a baby brother on Wednesday.  :)

My sister (her grandma) hosted a first birthday party-GROOOOOVY style.  She had asked for my help with making a banner, which I did gladly. I forgot, though, to take a picture so I hijacked hers from Facebook.  Her mom is going to hang it above her crib!  YAY!

For the banner I used the Groovy Times cartridge and my gypsy.  Hope you like.

Build A Banner

Hi friends!

Tonight I am thrilled to show you a card I made for my great-nephew, Alexandre Joel who was born yesterday in Tennessee.  Yes...I have three "greats"....and one is the same age as my youngest.  I guess my sisters ended one generation and I am part of the next one.

Anyhow, for this card I used My Creative Time's Build A Banner Kit.  I have to say that Emma is awesome.  She emailed me and sent me a tutorial on how to use it.  I was very impressed by her!  I really love this set.

I used sahara sand from Stampin Up for the base and used DCWV for the patterened paper.  The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper and the ink is Chocolate Chip from SU.  To add dimension, I popped up the yellow circles and also popped up the little pennants.  I love this card.  I didn't have letter stamps, so I used rubons.  Not bad, huh?

Felicidades Siempre

Hi crafty friends!

My cousin, Max, turned 40 this week.  His wife, Becky, and I have been working on a surprise party for him.  Unfortunately, I was not able to attend because I have been battling a cold...and all the work from setting up under the rain kind of did me in.  Anyhow, I made this card for Max.  I used a card I saw in a magazine as a guide.  I'm sorry I can't remember which magazine.  It was probably Papercrafting or Scrapbooks etc.

1. I used Sahara Sand from Stampin Up as my card base.
2. The first layer is Certainly Celery and so is the green star.  
3. The patterned paper is from JoAnn's, but I don't know the manufacturer.
4. Light blue paper is Bashful Blue from SU
5. White layer is Georgia Pacific cardstock.
6. Blue striped card is Stampin Up DSP
7. Sentiment is in Lucky Limeaid from SU and the stamp is SU "Felicidades Siempre" set.  It means Happiness Always. 
8. I used Stampin Up chalk to ink the edges for some texture.  The dark blue paper is Brocade Blue.  

Mummy Invitation

Hi friends!

I decided to recreate a card that I saw on the cover of the September/October 2011 Papercrafts issue. I used different materials, but it came out cute.

1. I took a piece of white fabric and ripped it into strips and wrapped it around the front of a piece of white cardstock measuring 4x5 1/4.  I taped the fabric on the back since I wasn't wrapping it completely around. 
2. I then added tacky tape to the back of the piece of cardstock to adhere to my card base (Sahara Sand by SU).  Then, I took a piece of the fabric and tied a knot and glued it to the top of the mummy's head.
3. I used two circle punches for the eyes.  I had 1 and 1 1/8" punches.  The black circle was outlined with a white gel pen to make it look like eyes.  You could probably use large googly eyes for them as well. (I may make some mini mummies for school...with googly eyes.  Hmm....)
4. I used basic black ink from SU for the sentiment and the stamp is from a Stampin Up set called For the Bride.  

This card is super easy to make.  Really.  You can probably use ribbon as well, but since I will probably be making many of these, I thought the fabric would be less expensive.  I will probably be using a more rusty color card base, but we will see.  :)

I hope you like!

Country Life Birthday Card

I had a good time making this card.  I used the Country Life cartridge and cut the vase at 3.5".  I'm still working on inking the edges.  I didn't do a very good job, but that's the beauty of a hand made card.  I also used Brocade Blue by Stampin' Up for the ink.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.  It's called Felicidades Siempre.

Alayna's Birthday Cards

Like I mentioned in my earlier post, Alayna turns one this month.  I made three cards for her from the Miami Mafia (which is what we lovingly refer to the Cuban clan in South Florida).  She's having a tie-dye party, so the themes are very colorful and glittery.  Hope you like.  I feel kind of guilty that I didn't put too much effort into the cards.  I used paper scraps and used cuts that I had in my die cut drawer.  I've been so busy these last few days, I just hadn't had a chance to sit and make her cards, but the clock is ticking and the Fedex needs to go out tomorrow or the next day...so I had to crack the whip!

Alayna's Turning One!!!

My grand-niece (yes...I have two grand nieces and one grand nephew and one on the way) is turning one!  They live in TN, but I really wanted to do something fun for her birthday, so I made these cute skittle treat bags.  I got the idea from Norma at Pink Bling Crafter.  Norma is my SU demonstrator.  She is awesome!!!  Anyhow...they are having a tie-dye themed party for her.  It is definitely fitting in her family!  They are fun!

Special thanks to my friend Liz at WhichCraft for designing the images for me.  They were super easy to make once Liz did the artwork.  I used a 1 1/2" circle punch and a 2" scallop punch.  I got the cello bags from ebay (sorry Norma).  I needed them fast.

Hope you enjoy!

Crayon Wreath

As I was surfing the web yesterday with Cassie, we found this AMAZING crayon wreath project.  I know many others have done it before, but I HAD to make one to see if I could do it.  This project was so much fun.  We went to the store and bought crayons and a wire wreath and the rest was scraps.  My only comment is that when I purchased the crayons, I didn't realize that "rose art" brand crayons had updated their look, so one box was different than the others...but that was how it was going to stay.

The images are from Locker Talk and Preserves.  I had to cut them at various sizes depending on where they were going.  I used lots of glitter to accent and totally LOVED making this.  I need to learn how to make better bows, but I think all in all it turned out cute.  I'm going to be making one for my son's teacher some time this week.  :)  The chalkboard was cut by making two rectangles that fit into each other and then adhering the frame to the green.  The "chalk" writing was with a white pencil.  The chalk is a rolled piece of paper rolled up and hot glued.   It says Ms. Keen's motto:  NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS THAN YOUR BEST.  Love Love LOOOOOVE it!

Thanks to Musings of a Crafty Mom for the inspiration.  GO GATORS!!!

The frame is made with Kraft paper and I took a brown colored pencil and added wood grain details.

I will probably go back and use Crystal Gel on the shiny part of the apple...because I just can't leave well enough alone.

I also decided to link this up to Made it Myself Mondays at You Had Me @ Craft.  

I also linked it to the My Pink Stamper September Pinkalicious Blog hop.  

Sweet Treats

This is a cute cupcake card for an upcoming birthday.  The cupcake is cut at 3" from Sweet Treats.  The card base is ivory cardstock and the patterned paper is from DCWV Sweets mat pack.  I used pink stickles to add some interest around the edge.  Diamond stickles made the frosting more fun.  The sentiment is PaperTrey Ink Little Labels and I used Chocolate Chip ink from SU.  It looks nicer in person than in the photo.  (Don't you hate when that happens?)

Have a great day!

Create a Critter - Baby card

I love Create a Critter.  It's one of my favorite cartridges.  I decided to make a cute and simple card tonight.

Recipe:

• The lion is cut at 3" from the Create a Critter Cartridge.
• Shadow feature is in Soft Suede by Stampin Up
• Main body is Stampin Up Crushed Curry
• Mane is from the JoAnn's glittery paper section from DCWV.  It's like a burnt orange.
• Details on the lion's face are from scraps, but it's probably Pretty in Pink or Pink Pirouette by Stampin Up.   
• The card base is Lemon Tart from Papertrey Ink. 
• The ink is Brocade Blue by Stampin Up.  
• I used the Little Labels PTI set and die cut for the sentiment.  Isn't it cute?  It's the first time I use it...just got it.  
• I also embossed it with the polka dots embossing folder by Cuttlebug.  

I love this lion.  I probably should have made it smaller, but It's still super cute.

Labor of Love - Halloween Banner Blog Hop

Labor of Love Halloween Banner Blog Hop

Group 1 - Friday and Saturday, September 2 and 3

Group 2 - Sunday and Monday, September 4 and 5

I am so excited to be participating in this amazing blog hop that is taking place this weekend.  I cannot tell you what special event this is and all for an amazing cause.  This Halloween Banner Blog Hop is going to benefit the children of Pediatrics Specialty Care an amazing facility that helps children with very serious illnesses and facing life-threatening situations.  Over the course of the long weekend, we will be seeing banners that 40 crafters have created that will be displayed at Pediatric Specialty Care, adding some cheer for these kids.  

Our hosts are Madison at Funky Cards and Ellen at the Card Monkey's Paper Jungle.   If you would like to start from the beginning, you can join the hop by visiting Ellen at the CardMonkey's Paper Jungle.

For my banner, I chose to go with a simple theme-because I'm still kind of new to banner-making.  The kids in costumes are from Paper Doll Dress Up and the banner pennants are from Birthday Bash.  The pennants are cut at 5 1/2".  I had a great time making this and knowing that it would be displayed at this great place made it all worth while.  I hope you like it.  Make sure you read all the way to the bottom so that you can check out our sponsors and maybe participate yourself!


Next on the hop is Jenny - Crazy About Cricut

This is the banner up on the closet doors.  I didn't realize that the closet is a painting project in process.
 Sorry about that!  

Next on the hop is JENNY.  I cannot wait to see what amazing banner she created!

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