A couple weeks early to say Happy St. Patrick's Day! but you know being a crafter you have to start projects a bit earlier than usual. ;p

Here is a set of cards & matching gift box I made with this amazing printable stamp set made by the very talented Regina for her The Cutting Café.

All the clovers, jumbled words, lucky me frame, flower pot and circle stamps are from her huge St. Patrick's Day Printable Stamp Set and I didn't use everything! There's actually more!



I absolutely LOVE this shimmer paper by Heidi Grace!


I love the design of Regina's clovers:


Here's one of the circle stamps from this set which you can use a 1 1/2" punch with it:


I printed the Lucky Me frame and then cut out the frame from some gold cardstock and I just had to cut out more clovers from this gorgeous shimmer paper:





And another one of the circle stamps:




I printed a couple of the Jumbled Words stamp together on a PP and then cut out more clovers with this gorgeous shimmer paper (can you tell yet how much I love this PP!) and added a few rhinestones:






And of course I just had to add another big clover with, yes you guessed it, the gorgeous shimmer PP and also some rhinestones:




I printed the pot on some PPs and CS, but them out and popped them up:


I combined the flower pot of clovers with part of one of the circle stamps:


And the matching gift box I made holds all 4 cards and matching envelops. This also can be found by Regina from her Box for Quarter Fold Cards template/cutting file.





Lucky Pot of Gold:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Capers", "Palo Verde", "Safari" & "Curry Spice"
-PPs: Heidi Grace Shimmer Paper "Harvest Row/Mini Floral", Anna Griffin Ivory Floral and Kelly Panacci "Mini Daisies-Chocolate"
-Fluid Chalk Ink: Colorbox "Yellow Ochre"
-Primacolor Pencils: PC1005 Lime Peel
-Ribbon: Sweet Petites Grosgrain Moss and Offray Simply Sheer Willow
-Misc: Gamsol, Gold & Moss Green Rhinestones, Gold & Brown Thread, Sewing Machine, Adhesive, Chipboard, Mini Pot Dots & MM Sticky Squares

This set is available on my Etsy store here.

TFL!!!

My aunt (who just celebrated her 25th anniversary with my uncle) is celebrating her birthday this week. She was born on Feb 29th, so does she get a birthday this year??

I did this based on Taylor's Expressions Cupcake Challenge #56. You don't have to use a cupcake (although I usually do when I participate in one of her challenges) just as long as you go along with the sketch, which this is #56:

You really should check out her challenges, they're a lot of fun!

So here's my take on the sketch:


First time I got to use the cool clear stamp set from Stampendous:


Just a little embellishment to the inside:


And of course a little more embellishment to the envie (on both sides):




Cake Mix:
-CS: The Paper Co "Antique Rose" and Bazzill Basics "Tutu Pink"
-PPs: Sandylion Kelly Panacci "Daisy Stripes" and "Floral Crochet-Cream"
-Stamps: Stampendous "Feminine Friends" perfectly clear stamp set
-Cricut carts: Storybook for A & M letters @ 1 1/2"
Opposites Attract for the rest of the letters welded and cut at 1 1/2"
-Misc: Adhesive, Colorbox Black Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat gun, mauve thread and sewing machine

TFL!!

Here's a relatively quick card I made for DF for his birthday that was on Monday. I'm please with it as it's so hard to make a card for a guy without making it too embellished and frilly. ;p



Such a cute stamp from Stampabilities, his name is Maxwell:


A bit of stitching around the stamped image and the Say Cheese deco paper:


Inside of the card, appropriate paper, huh?:




Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Lily Pond", "Desert Marigold" and TPC Black
-DPs: DCWV Glitter Stack, Paper Pizzazz "Say Cheese" and "Green Lines"
-Stamp: Stampabilities House-Mouse Maxwell Say Cheese
-Primacolor Pencils: PC939 Peach, PC945 Sienna Brown and PC1003 Spanish Orange
-Fluid Chalk Ink: Colorbox "Dune", "Yellow Ochre" and "Olive Pastel"
-Computer doodlebat: DB Borders-Birthday using the character "Y" @ 55 pts
-Cricut carts: Mini Monograms for the Smile cut at 1 1/4" with a shadow and Scott cut and welded at 3 1/8", 2 1/2", 2", 2" and 2 1/2" with a shadow/blackout
George for It's Your Day cut at 2 1/2" with a shadow
-Misc: Adhesive, gamsol, yellow thread, sewing machine

It's Monday and back to work (that in itself will make you sad! LOL) and it's after a weekend that went way too fast (as always!).

Since New Years, little by little I've been taking down the Christmas decorations and putting them in one of our spare bedrooms...but finally yesterday we did the deed and took down the the little house village in our master bedroom:

This is a very large shelf that leads up to our attic, see that tiny door, that's how we get into the attic. This little village is so pretty and gives off the prettiest glow at night when we go to bed. We have it set up on a timmer to go off at midnight, as I'm sure most of you crafters are up with me at that time or later. ;p

Well of course that had to come down in order to be able to get to the attic to put everything away even though it's something that would be pretty to keep up for the winter, like some of the snowmen that I keep out.

And to make it worse we took down the tree and the large village houses under it. :(
Now it's so bare!! We put our tree in the corner of our livingroom where there is a closet to the water heater and the side door. If it wasn't for those doors we would put a peice of furniture there so it wouldn't look so pathetically bare. I know, after a 2-3 weeks it will look back to normal...

So to get some cheer back I thought I would share my Bitten By the Bug challenge! Usually I don't get to post this until Monday or Tuesday night, but I thought I would sneak some time out of work and cheer myself up. Especially since a collegue of mine just stopped by and told me how excited she was when she was watching TV yesterday and saw the Cricut infomercial with my card. Oops, I forgot to tell a few friends here about it! Been extrememly insanely busy here at work that I haven't had much time for socializing...

So anyway, this week's challenge was to use one of the hearts from the Wedding Solutions cart. Which I don't have yet, and eventually should get since I'm hoping in the somewhat near future I will be able to start planning my wedding and this cart would be great for my scrapbook. So first I would like to thank the very talented Regina for sending me a PDF version of the cut so I could import it into Inkscape and then import that into Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) and cut it out on my Cricut (this one was a bit too intricate to cut out by hand). Thanks Regina!!!

So here's my project:


I also used Regina's Heart Bag cutting file (minus the heart cut out):



If you want to see a version I did with the heart window in the bag, click here. And if you would like to purchase this cutting file, go on over the The Cutting Café where you can purchase this and many other very cute bags, boxes, shaped cards and printable stamps designed by Regina. There's also a gallery of all the things you can do with these files showcased by the very talented and creative design team members.

I decided I wanted a few layers for this card so I used the words Love from the Stamped and Beyond Birthdays carts:


The letter U is from the Alphalicious cart using the Shortstack and Shadow features:


A little machine stitching:


And with the envie, using the Heart border punch from Fiskars:


Love Potion:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Carob", "Malted Milk", "Quick Sand" and "Ruby Slipper"
-PPs: DCWV Love & Wedding Stack
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Creamy Brown", "Chestnut Roan", "Dune" and "Merlot"
-Pigment Ink: Colorbox "Frosted White" (dabbed onto the red CS for the love words)
-Stickles: Diamond
-Template: Heart Bag from Regina's The Cutting Cafe
-Cricut carts:
Wedding Solutions for the Heart cut at 2 1/2" for the card and 2" for the bag.
Stamped for the word Love cut at 3" for the card and 2" for the bag both using the shadow feature.
Beyond Birthdays for the scripted word Love cut at 2" and 1 3/8" both for the card.
Alphalicious for the letter U cut at 2 1/2" for the card and 2" for the bag both using the shortstack and shadow features.
-Misc: Brown thread, sewing machine, ribbon, Fiskar's Heart border punch and black gelly roll pen

Here's another Christmas card using the adorable Santa Hat from The Cutting Café designs by Regina.

So who doesn't believe in Santa?!?! You better or you're gonna get coal in your stocking!







Elves Tools:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Snapdragon", TPC "Pastel Blue", MM "Smooth Cranberry" and DCWV Glitter Stack "White"
-PP: The Christmas Stack 2007
-Stamp: Impression Obsession "I Still Believe"
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Cocoa", "Brown", "Creamy Brown" and "French Blue"
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC1022 Mediterranean Blue
-Cricut cart: Joys Of The Season for the Jingle Bells cut a 1 1/2" and Christmas Cheer for the envie
-Misc: Thread, sewing machine, adhesive, chipboard and mini pot dots

Happy Holidays and TFL!!!

Hi! Here's another project that was a lot of fun using Regina's stamping files and her Box Just for Quarter Fold Cards.

The stamping files are from her adorable Cupcake Printable Stamps.

You should go over the The Cutting Café to see what the other DT members did with these fun files!

I had lots of fun working with all kinds of patterned paper in my stash...some that I completely forgot I had! It's funny what you find when you are looking for something else! :p

I also got to do some practicing with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol, I was really enjoying myself with that part of all the fun. :)

If you would like to purchase this set it is available in my Etsy store here.



The cute little gift box that holds all 4 cards perfectly!






Make a Wish!




Yummy yummy cupcake with a cherry on top!




Hope your day is the sweetest ever!




Little sweetheart cupcake:




Cupcake Mix:
Flower Cupcake:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Iced Cocoa" and DCWV Pink Glitter
-PPs: DCWV Once Upon a Time "Palace Throne"
-Stickles: Burgundy, Cinnamon and Tim Holtz Distressed Antique Linen
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Rose Coral"
-Prismacolor pencils: PC946 Dark Brown, PC1005 Lime Green, PC1008 Parme Violet and PC911 Olive Green
-Misc: Gamsol, Sheer Gold Ribbon, Rhinestone brad, adhesive and mini pop dots

Cherry Cupcake:
-CS: MM Purplish/Muave
-PPs: Deja Views Paper & Punch Out Tablet Fresh Print "Apple" (brown paper) and Paper Pizzazz "Friends Definitions"
-Stickles: Orange Peel
-Prismacolor pencils: PC946 Dark Brown, PC1008 Parme Violet and PC918 Orange, PC924 Crimson Red and PC902 Ultramarine
-Misc: Gamsol, Thread, Glossy Accents and adhesive

Heart Cupcake:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Tropical"
-PPs: MM Noteworthy Audrey Floral and DCWV "I Love U Red Vintage"
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Merlot" and "Celedon"
-Stickles: Yellow
-Prismacolor pencils: PC924 Crimson Red, PC992 Light Aqua and PC929 Pink
-Misc: Gamsol, Thread, K&Company Smitten Die Cut Hearts, Glossy Accents and adhesive

Candle Cupcake:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Tangelo" and MM Smooth Cranberry
-PPs: Deja Views Paper & Punch Out Tablet Fresh Print "Plum" (red paper) and Paper Pizzazz "Purple Party Words"
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Amber Clay"
-Prismacolor pencils: PC942 Yellow Ochre, PC1029 Mahogany Red, PC931 Dark Purple and PC1034 Golden Rod
-Misc: Gamsol, 4 mm self-adhesive gems, adhesive, Cricut cart Alphalicious for the scallop frame

Gift Box:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Tropical"
-PPs: DCWV Once Upon a Time "Palace Throne" and MM Noteworthy Audrey Floral
-Misc: Sheer Gold Ribbon, Fiskars Eyelet Lace Embossing Punch, adhesive
Flower Cupcake:
-Prismacolor pencils: PC946 Dark Brown, PC929 Pink, PC1017 Clay Rose, PC1080 Beige Sienna, PC992 Light Aqua and PC905 Aquamarine
-Stickles: Eucalyptus, Pink and Tim Holtz Distressed Antique Linen
-Misc: Gamsol

TFL!!!