My first welded project!

I finally figured out how to weld on my gypsy. The irony is that I used to work for the American Welding Society...so welding must have fallen off of my vocabulary.  HA!!  Seriously, though, I loved my job there, but I enjoy being a mom and working for my sister. (Wow...that was a tangent I just went on).

Okay, I made this little purse for my niece, Lizzie.  She's 11 years old and let's just say today was a special day for her.  I thought she needed a card.   And I needed an excuse to make one.

The purse is from Forever Young.  It's cut at 4.5".  The bottom layer is Bazzill cardstock which was bought at Big Lots for (READY????) $0.50 for an entire pack!  The top layer is Nana's Kids by DCWV.  The flowers are from Michael's.  I used glitter buttons from American Crafts and stickles on the flowers.

Inside, I added a whisper white square (Stampin Up) to write her a note.  I didn't want to put a sentiment in case she wants to do something decorative with the card.

Sweet Sixteen Birthday Presents

HI everyone,

I've been so busy helping my friend with her daughter's birthday party.  It's been amazing!  Today's the big day! The ballroom looks beautiful and we are excited!

Today I made her two little goodies.  The first is my card and the second is a little purse so that my sister can give her a gift card or money.  Both are from Forever Young cartridge.  Hope you like.  I'll share the recipe below:

This is the Think Happy Thoughts set from Stampin Up.
 I used a brad for the center of the flower and liquid pearls to add dimension.
The black circle has stickles on it to make it shiny.

This is the purse on page 64 of Forever Young.
I did it "fit to page" and then scored it on the fold marks.
If you hit shift and Purse you will get the inset.
I had to make it larger for the effect I wanted.  

This is a really cool sticker/jewel from Michael's $1 bin. 

Card base is Basic Gray from Stampin Up.
The first layer is White Georgia Pacific card stock cut at 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.
I used a Martha Stewart corner punch to make it round.
I also put it through the Happy Birthday embossing folder on my Cuttlebug.
I took some pink chalk and gave it a little pink hue
The purse is cut at 3".  The shadow is black recollections paper from JoAnn's.
The pink is Melon Mambo from Stampin Up. I used swiss dots embossing folder from the cuttlebug.
The damask paper is from the JoAnn's paper area.
I used a flower from Daisy Doodles and used liquid pearls "Platinum" for the center.  

Dressed to Thrill

My sister, Damaris, lives in Tennessee.  Over Christmas our other sister, Debbie, gave her a new bath ensemble called Dressed to Thrill.  She wanted some wall art, so I took our my Forever Young Cartridge and cut some images.  They are cut at 8".  I loved making this project.  It looks pretty good up on the wall, huh?

This is the ensemble from Bed Bath & Beyond.  Super chic and girlie! 

My Pink Stamper Design Team 2011 - Challenge & Submission

   My very first Cricut tutorial was by Robyn at My Pink Stamper.  I was hooked! I had no idea how to use my new Cricut Expression which I bought on eBay for next to nothing (seriously) until she enlightened me.  Naturally, I became an instant fan.  Although I've only been a craftologist ;-) for a short period of time, I LOVE the art of papercrafting and it's becoming a little bit of an obsession for me.  It is an amazing outlet. 
   Robyn is having a design team submission call and challenge.  We are challenged to use our favorite cartridge and the colors pink, green and brown.  We could also add another color of our choice if we want. While I don't expect to make the design team, (there are so many amazing designers out there who inspire me), I did want to push myself to do something out of my comfort zone!  This was the perfect opportunity.  Check out her challenge and Design Team call for submissions Here


Here's what I came up with using my current favorite cartridge, Forever Young.  

Recipe:

• Standard A2 Card size - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" in Pear Pizzaz by Stampin Up
• Layer 1 - Stampin Up Chocolate Chip cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
• Layer 2 (top half) - Patterned Paper is Colorbox Red Flower and cut at 2 1/2" x 5" 
• Layer 2 (bottom half) - The Paper Company purple passion pack cut at 2 1/2" x 5". I used an EK Success edge punch to cut the border.
• Flower is from Page 73 of Forever Young cut at 3".  The flower was cut from Stampin Up Pear Pizzaz (Used Wild Wasabi marker to accent the leaves...which my hand was shaking for...sorry).
• For the flower itself, I used Stampin Up Melon Mambo (I love this color), Pink Pirouette and Pretty In Pink.  
• To embellish (because sparkly stuff is a MUST) I used stickles in cinnamon and cotton candy. I also used the Martha Stewart glitter markers, which I LOOOOOVE!!!
• The ribbon is a satin ribbon swatch I had left over in chocolate.  
• I used Stampin Up Dimensionals to adhere the flower to the card.  
• Sentiment:  None other than My Pink Stamper - Everyday Life Set - "If Friends Were Flowers, I'd Pick You"

My picture was taken with my iphone so the quality is not great.  

It looks really pretty in person.  :)

This was fun! Push yourself!!  Maybe I'll do another one.