Garden Thank You

I made this card for a lady at work who always buys her Thank You Cards from me.  She asked me a while back to make her a few more once my life settled down a bit, so here goes.  I used George cartridge for the larger flowers with brads holding them together, a flower hole punch for the smaller flowers and Everyday Paper Dolls for the grass x2.  I also inked the grass to give it more depth.  I also inked the blue sky.  The stems of the flowers were freehanded.  And the sentiment was computer generated.  Created 01/02/10

Thank You

 2010 #3 Sketch
Ok, I am not loving this card.  I don't know what is wrong with it.  It could maybe be the colors, I did use the same 3-4 pieces of paper for all 3 sketches.  Anyways I first cut out the weird shape from the Calligraphy cartridge  it is a type of tag (? I think).  Anyways then I cut out the middle of it and added the floral print and cut 2 strips of hunter green paper one to hide the seem on the lower part of the floral print and the other one just to even out the design.  I then cut the flowers using George 2 different sizes and then finished it off with a red button center.  I glued it down along with 3 clear dew drop on the other flower centers.  (They are really hard to see in the photo) I then started on the top I inked the edges of both the rounded pieces.  Then I uesd a Martha Stewart border punch for the circle cut out.  I then stamped the sentiment and assembled the card on the light green cardstock and then pasted it to the white card.  Created 01/02/10

Thank You Flower

2010 #2 Sketch

I used George to cut out the flower 3 times in differnt sizes.  Then I pasted each flower on top of the next one and the n on the top one I used a red marker to jazz it up a bit.  I used a small circle for the center.  Once the flower was complete I cut it in half and pop dotted it to the card.  Then I stamped the senitment and attached it to the card as well.  Created 01/02/10

Thank You Bird

2010 #1 Sketch

I received several new cartridges and suplies for Christmas and here is the out come.  The bird is cut from the Home Decor cartridge and the letters are from the Calligraphy cartridge.  Once again I cut the front shorter and pasted the sentiment to the inside of the card.  I used 2 different paper for the background and the I cut the bird from dark red cardstock.  Then I used a piece of the stripe paper turned sideways for his wing.  I pop dotted the bird.  And also to hide the paper seem I used a white ribbon on the left side.  Created 01/02/10

My Scrap Space

This is my scrap area.  It isn't much but I wanted to share my scape with you.  This table is extendable/collapsible so it makes it great when I am having company and need more space.  Also when I was younger we use to have all of our holiday dinners on it.  When my husband and I purchased our home back in 2004 my mom handed this down to me.  She received it from my great grandma.  Because of all the family memories that came with this table I feel it helps me be inspired.

I have 3 rolling carts without the wheels that I store my supplies in and the currently 2 12 x 12 paper holders.  I modeled my ribbon holder after other that I have seen in other blogs.(I used 2 medium size dowel rods, ribbon, cup hooks, and binder clips)   I then have 3 baskets for my markers and a larger basket of my regular use items.  Plus I also have my lamps (table & floor), TV and of course my cricut.

Dad's Birthday Card

I had to make this card in a hurry so there isn't much detail.  However I still love the way it turned out.  One of my newer things in cutting the front of the cards shorter and actually putting the sentiment on the inside.  I used George to cut out the letters and then just glued them on the a coordinating piece of light blue cardstock and the angleing the rectangle onto the striped background using pop dots.  I then used a white gel pen to add some jazz.  Created in December 2009

Thinking Of You

I also created this card for another lady at work, who's mom was also hospitalized due to an illness.  I love poka dots so when I came across these craps I decided to put them to use.  I glued the 2 rectangles down one going vertical and the other one hortizontal and the cut out a smaller rectangle and inked the edges and pasted it on top of the 2 poka dotted ones to semi hide the seems.  Then I cut out 2 circle one a little smaller anf inked both of them and added a glittered Thinking of you sentiment and pop dotted it to the card.  Finished the card off with a ribon embellishment and a inked daisy with a button center.  I loved this one so much almost didn't want to give it away. 

Created in November 2009

Thinking of You

I created this card for a lady at work, who's mother was very ill and ended up being hospitalized.  I used 2 different color background papers with the same pattern and then covered the cut with a large purple ribbon and a smaller blue ribbon directly on top of the purple one.  Then I added a small blue bow on the right side.  Then I picked a coordinating printed paper to accent the ribbons and then stamped on the sentiment.  Created in November 2009

With Sympathy

Another extra sympathy card.  I used left over scraps to creat this card.  The sentiment was cut using Jasmine and the 3 flowers were cut from George.  Each flower has a coordinating button center.  Created in October 2009

Pink Sympathy

This is one of my exrta sympathy cards that I had.  Which I used to sent to my BFF in October when her uncle died.  I thought that this card being bright and cherry could make anyone smile.  I used 4 silk flowers and added button centers and glued to the background of the card and then added the stamped and inked sentiment.  Created in October 2009

Sympathy

Another sympathy card, not sure who this one went to the past few months have been sympathy crazy.  And I feel that these cards are always the toughest one to make.  I usually try to have a few extra on hand just in case.  I loved this paper it seems very calming.  I just paired it with some olive and cream cardstock and used my wavy ruler and cut into 3 sections and then  assembled and pasted to the card.  The sentiment is computer generated and attched with brads.  Created in November 2009

Daisy Sympathy

This card was also created for another guy and his wife that my husband works with.  Her mother passed away in the fall as well.  I used 3 silk daisy flowers together with a large button and the mounted it onto a circle and pasted it to the card and then accents with a few flower shaped brads.  Created in October 2009

Butterfly Sympathy

I created this card for a guy that my husband works with.  He lost his mother back in the fall.  I used Indie Art Cartridge for the butterfly.  I actually cut the same butterfly out twice and then glued one down and then glued only the center of other one on top.  That way it gives the illusion that the butterfly is actually flying.                                        Created in October 2009

Lilly

I made this card for Lilly.  Lilly and her mommy Cassie were at the local dog park and Lilly was in a horrible accident.  Lilly is a beagle puppy and was playing at the dog park when 2 full grown dogs (not sure of there breeds) came up to her a started playing with her like she was their rag doll.  The owners quickly called their dogs and left.  Cassie was left there devistated with little Lilly hardly moving.  Lilly was rushed to the ER Vet and they did all they could to save her little life.  It has now been 3 months since this accident and Lilly is doing great.  However since they other dog owners can not be identified no charges have ever been brought against them.
This card was pretty quick.  It took me longer to cut out the bone.  I don't have any cartridges that will cut out a bone so I had to find a bone, trace it and cut it out.  I then inked it up on the edges and pop dotted it to the background paper.  Then I just simply added a pink ribbon to the bottom and both the pink and brown and bone ribbon to the top.  Pretty, Cute and Simple. 3 things I love in a card.
Created in September 2009

Sympathy

I created this card for one of the Dr.s that I work for, she lost her grandma back in September.  The saying I found on a scrapbooking website. (I am not creative when it comes to words)It reads:

In Deepest Sympathy 

Like a flower which,

when the time is right,

scatter its seeds upon the wind...

This card was pretty basic made mostly with scraps that I had left over from my sister's wedding picture.  The base of the card was just cream cardstock folded and cut to fit in a regular size envelope.  I then cut the floral paper a little smaller and glued it to the center of the card.  I then cut a large red accent square and another piece of floral and then I printed the verse on clear velum, and attached it using green brads on the corners.  I then used pop dots to raise the square from the card.  I finished the card off with 3 ribbons and a button embellishment at the top and a gold flower at the bottom cut from George attached with another brad.
Created in September 2009

Dog Sympathy

I created this card for a lady that I work with. Back in the fall she lost her long friend, her 4 legged little girl.  I used a couple different cartridges for this card.  I cut the dog from Sweethearts and the little hearts from George.  Then I just attached the dog to the srtipe square and then to the background and tied 2 different ribbons together on the right side one has bones nad the other one says woof woof.  Then on the left side I added character to the edge by cutting a wave out and shading it with a stamp.  Then I just attached all of the hearts together with bone brads and added 2 extra round brags that are dog related. (sorry I can't remeber what they were, but I got them in a large pack from Michael's)  And finally I used a Thinking of you stamp for the sentiment. Created in September 2009

Leigh Ann & Mike's Picture Frame

I altered this very plain picture frame and made it into a beautiful handcrafted wedding gift for my sister and her husband.  I got this idea from a craft magazine.  I was really happy with the out come.  And she to seemed to love it.   I used a couple sheets of 12 x 12 scrapbooking paper to make the mat background and then outlined all of the photo openings with this cute yellow lacey ribbon. Then on the corners of the photo openings I attached  little yellow paper flowers cut from the George cartridge. I then accented the center of the picture  with an olive green ribbon.  Finally I printed off of the computer the center saying: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD  and mounted it using pop dots (so it is raised)  Then finished off the bottom with the saying: FROM THIS DAY FORWARD cut from the Calligraphy cartridge.

Created in September 2009

Mr. & Mrs. Petersen's Card

This card we created for my sister and her new husband for their October wedding.  I choose the orange background because that was their wedding color.  I used Sweethearts cartridge, and then just embellished the Mr with a bow tie and the Mrs with a veil and pearl necklace.

Created in September 2009

Happy 2010!!

I just finished my challange cards for this week. First time on a couple months. I have several things to post from the past I hope you enjoy it all.