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Even though I haven't been very active on my blog...OK...nonexistent...that doesn't mean life stopped here.  Been doing plenty of living, loving and crafting.  Here's some of the crafting goodness that has gone on.

This is a One Sheet Wonder class that my mom and I taught at church.  Ladies made their own patterned paper and these 14 cards.  Mom picked different sentiments for each card so the ladies had two stamp options to pick from FOR EACH CARD.  Don't know I'll offer that again...it was a lot of prep work, but I think they came out great!

Here's where I got the pattern for all the cards: One Sheet Wonder.  Also got some inspiration from Here and here.  My color and pattern combination inspiration came right out of our Annual Inspirations, pg. 85. Lots of CTMH stamps and inks.  Used Pomegranate, Cotton Candy, Goldrush, Glacier and Pear inks.  Used So Many Smiles stamp set to make the patterned paper and a sentiment, plus a ton of other CTMH stamps (Happy to be Friends, Festive Congrats, Bitty Birthday, Happy, Happy Birthday, Beyond Awesome, Victorian Gratitude, Finding the Words, and Joyful Birthday plus some retired and non-CTMH stamps).  Added in some embellishments and we were good to go.

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.

I originally made this card at a class I attend once a month Here.  However, I was not able to stamp the sentiment before I had to leave, so I took it home to complete.  I love how this stamp fits perfectly and the color matches the paper very nicely!

Lagoon Ink
Believe in Yourself Stamp Set

Marriage, New Life and Death!

I recently had to make a wedding card and a "you're pregnant" card and several sympathy cards...doesn't that just make you think about how short our time is on this earth!  We need to make sure we are glorifying God with our lives...everyday!

Sweethearts cartridge and Divine Swirls embossing folder

New Arrivals cartridge

Easel Card

Scriptures from Our Daily Bread.  Colored with Copics

Springtime Sparrows from Sweet n Sassy Stamps

Cased from Here

More Cards

Here are a few cards we created at our February Women's Craft night at church...I wanted to teach the ladies how to make an easel card.  These were stamps that my dear friend bought at a yard sale...two ladies who came each got to take them home as door prizes!

Also, I just wanted to share this Valentine Card I made my loving hubby! Love these cute birds from Lawn Fawn!

Card In A Box

These have been popping up all over the place.  I really wanted to make one and had the perfect excuse...my grandmother turned 90 this past winter.  Quite an achievement!!  I put my Gypsy to good use.  I used the hide contour button to make the pink background behind the "90"solid by "hiding" the "POW" from the Indie Art cartridge.  I also used the Cricut gel pens to "write" the happy birthday sentiment and then cut it out.

Cupcake from Doodlecharms.

The balloons, Happy Birthday, horn and hat are all from Celebrations.

Lawn Fawn Tag, You're It Dies

Some Crafty Creations!

It's been awhile since I posted any projects that I've done.  Every month I teach, along with my mom and dear friend, a women's craft class at my church.  Here's April's projects.  The first is a Mother's Day treat card.  Perfectly holds 5 Hershey Nuggets...all mom's deserve some chocolate on Mother's Day!  I worked off a template I found Here. 

CTMH Dotty For You paper (no longer available)

This is a variation of a card from Sweet & Sassy Stamps-Jesus Paid It All

A fun little 3x3 card!

Gift Bag Ensemble

Here's another project we taught at our church.  We wanted to make a gift bag ensemble...coordinating tag, bag and card.  Lots of stamping and a little coloring with regular markers, paper piecing and some yellow fun flock.  Recollections- Doodle Birthday for majority of stamping, inside sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Birthday cards

Here's a few cards I have made within the past few months.  I just love this Darice embossing folder...this is my take on a card my dear friend had given to my mom.  It is very striking, even without a lot of embellishment.

 My nieces have birthdays 10 days apart from each other and one was really into mermaids...I used my copics to color her.  For my younger niece, I used an action wobble to make this cute pegasus wiggle (so cute!)

Lastly, I made this castle card for our best friend's youngest daughter.  It cut beautifully on my cricut.  Love how it came out for her Princess themed party.

Bookmark card

I love books and bookmarks...but in this day and age of e-readers, this little novelty is getting replaced more and more by an electronic one.  I have room in my heart for both.  So, I made my sister-in-law this bookmark card, using this really cute stamp set from Papertrey Ink: All Booked Up  The bookmark is perforated, so she can rip it off before she throws the card away.  Colored with my Copics.

Mother's Day

Life's been a little crazy, but I wanted to showcase the Mother's Day project we did at our craft night.  I'm casing one I saw at our local stamp store over a year ago, but of course, I had to find a different stamp.  I wanted to teach the ladies how to roll the 3D flowers, so I thought this sentiment went perfectly with flowers.  I cut the two different types from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I love how this turned out.  I actually added glitter after the fact but didn't take a picture.  I also had a different stamp that I used to make one for my mom...I'll have to see if I can get a picture of it.