Hi all!

Today I'm playing catch up again!  I'm really trying to be better about posting my crafty creations.  I like being able to document them...so they are not just forgotten in my card boxes somewhere.  As I was thinking about what to do for the last card class before the summer break, my mom came across this braided card tutorial ...so I decided that we would create a theme of "fun folds" for our class.

Next, I found this folded paper frame tutorial and had some sweet seashell stamps that worked perfectly.  I even made my own B&T (background and texture) paper by stamping with versamark ink.  I used a sentiment from one of the stamp set from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Collection.

Lastly, I decided to make this Twisted Gift Card Holder.  I sealed the front so I only had one pocket on the inside.  Also, the diecut and sentiment were from CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Collection.

I think the ladies had fun and they weren't too complicated.

Mother's Day and Father's Day gift ideas

Hi all,

I'm so far behind in posting my most recent crafty creations...so, of course I now have to play catch up.

Here's a very easy and cute Mother's Day gift, especially if you have a lot of Mother's to celebrate!
I diecut and stamped the sentiment with my CTMH Art Philosophy Collection as well as the doily.  And I admit, I did not come up with this myself...I found this idea on one of our CTMH blog hops from Here.

And of course, we cannot forget the Dad's...what man doesn't like a little chocolate...well, mine doesn't, but if it's full of nuts, then he'll eat it.  That's why his was a Mr. Goodbar!  I cut these ties from the CTMH Artiste Collection.  The ones we made during card class were smaller chocolate bars and had mustaches instead...so cute!

Lastly, here are a couple of Father's Day themed cards I taught to the ladies at church.  I followed this fabulous tutorial on how to do a sailor's knot on a card.

And I couldn't resist making these cute Hero cards...the card base was cut from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge.  Love this cute Lawn Fawn set too...did you guess it's a Halloween set?!?

Baby Shower projects!

I've been MIA because I've been so busy working on baby shower projects!!  My sister is having her first baby and we are all very happy for her and very excited to meet the new member of the family.

My Cricut really makes party planning so much fun.  I won't say it's any less work, because many times, it's more work than just going to the store to buy pre-made stuff...but it is so gratifying and so very much more personal (and usually much cuter!!).

We (my mom and I) decided that her theme was going to be Onesies...so we used our Gypsies to weld some onesies together from the Wrap It Up Cricut Cartridge to create a Onesie invitation and coordinating thank you card.  I also used the onesie for the front cover of her guest book and my mom made the baby a beautiful banner to hang in her room (which we hung over the gift table).

 

My mom and I made the little shoes from the CTMH Cricut Artiste Collection as the favors...filled with trail mix and M&M's.  They came out so cute, even if I do say so myself!  One thing we learned...do not store them too long because the raisins in the trail mix can bleed through the paper. Thankfully that only happened to a few of the shoes we made.  My sister in law also made a Onesie cake as well.

I've attended a few showers where some version of a book poem was included with the invitation, requesting a book instead of a card.  So we decided to do that and also tie it into the theme by adding books as part of our centerpieces, which were of course, mini diaper cakes.  I also made cupcake wrappers, from the Cricut Lite Cupcake Wrappers and Cricut Life is a Party cartridge and cut some food plaques from the Cricut Wall Decor and More cartridge.  I think everyone enjoyed themselves.