Wishing Him to Feel Better

Good afternoon crafters, I hope everyone is having a great long weekend and are enjoying the lovely weather today.

For people that know me, know that m hubby Jim is having trouble with one of his teeth.  Well it came to a head last week and we are working through the pain and infection and hoping on Thursday it will be all better as he has an appointment for an extraction!  Until then he is not a happy camper, not sleeping, etc which means I am not sleeping either…lol.  I got the idea to make him a card but have been so tired from the lack of sleep that I haven’t made it until today.

I created Jim this card this am:

I cut the tooth out on my Cricut from the Baby Steps cartridge.  I added a black mat for the tooth that I embossed with a heart embossing folder and used my stub Corner Chomper on.  I picked up some dentist paper from Karen Foster from Carousel Rubber Stamps last week when all of this happened.  I added a face to the tooth with one of my Peachy Keen Stamp sets.  I colored his tongue with a red Sharpie Marker and added blush to his cheeks with some chalk.  I finished off the card but putting the tooth on an Action Wobble that I picked up from Kim at The Cutting Garden.

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My Take on a Pinterest Inspired Layout

Good morning crafters and TGIF. I hope everyone has a great day and a fabulous long weekend! I hope everyone will be crafty and safe this weekend.  I just wanted to pop on her this am and post a layout that I created yesterday based on one I saw on Pinterest.  Here is the link to the pin I saw.  Here is my version of the layout:

This is the layout before I added my title:

Here it is with it’s title:

I created this layout using tons of squares and triangles with a new line Kim at The Cutting Garden brought in called, Collectible from My Minds Eye.  I like this line, NO I LOVE this line.  I also used my Silhouette for making my title, I am telling you that machine cuts like butter!!!!

I added some handmade embellishments that I created using the left over scraps from the layout along with the brad pack from the collection.  I finished off the layout with some brown satin ribbon from my stash and some red pearl bling.

Kim has a great selection of paper including this line and is currently carrying the Silhouette Cameo and its accessories.

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My First Silhouette Cameo Card!

Good morning crafters, I hope that you all had a great evening and are up and at’em for another fabulous day.  Kim at The Cutting Garden hosted a week long crafty yard sale in the studio a few weeks ago.  Customers were able to ‘sell’ their craft goodies and in turn received a gift certificate for Kim’s store.  A great way to recycle your items that you no longer use for some new goodies! I have been YEARNING for a Silhouette Cameo for months but I just didn’t have the money! So I got the idea to PURGE my room in a big way.  I was ruthless in getting rid of stuff and it paid off! I am a proud owner of a Cameo!!!!  I am so happy to have this machine.  I have been watching videos and doing a few cuts.  So the other day I bit the bullet and made a card using it and it was AWESOME.  This machine cuts like butter! I have a Cricut and Jim will NEVER let me sell it as he bought it for me as an anniversary present one year but the Cameo will cut things that the Cricut was NEVER able to do without chewing up and ripping my paper.

Here is a peek at what I created for a little girl’s 5th birthday:

I used a cut from my Cameo for the overlay of the card front.  I added a stamped princess image that I colored with my pencils and Gamsol and fussy cut her out.  I added some silk flowers from my stash to the card and finished it off with some pink bling and Stickles on the words and the cherry on the cupcake!

Kim sells the Cameo and currently has one in stock.  She also supplies all the accessories for this fabulous machine!

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My Thoughts are With You

Good evening crafters, I hope that everyone is having a great day.  I was planning to do some yard work this afternoon but when I got into our shed, I discovered that our deck furniture is still in there and I couldn’t get it out to get at my tools.  My hope is that tomorrow and over the next few days that I will get at Operation Pluck Dandelions and get our deck furniture set up for upcoming summer season.

I wanted to post a few sympathy cards that I created a while back and forgot to post.  Sympathy cards are always difficult yet seem so frequent in their necessity.

Here is a peek at what I created:

I created these simple cards with scraps from my scrap bin.  I colored these Flourishes stamped images with my Gamsol and colored pencils.  I die cut out the images and frame behind it using my circle and scalloped circle dies from Spellbinders.  I used one of my Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punches to add some interest to the card.  I finished off the cards with a bow and a sentiment.

Have a great evening!

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The Garden’s Sketch Challenge

Morning crafters, I hope that everyone had a great weekend and for all the Mother’s out there, I hope you were treated like a queen.  I just wanted to drop on here and post my card and layout for this month’s sketch challenge on The Cutting Garden’s blog.  Here is a peek at what I created:

Here is the layout sketch:

Here is my layout:

Here is the card sketch:

Here is my card:

There is plenty of time to get your entires in for this month.  Here is the link for all the details on how to play along!

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Sock Monkey Birthday Cards

Good evening crafters, Jim and I are home from our few days away and I am beat but in a good way.  I am curled up on the couch and am debating going to snuggle into bed and watch mindless tv.  I learned a valuable lesson this week.  Over the winter, my neurologist put me on a new medication to deal with one of my issues related to my MS.  One of the side effects is a sensitivity to sun.  Well, I have been on it for months but until recently, our sun exposure has been minimal with the winter and all that.  Well I have learned the HARD way what that means….My face is burnt…..it actually feels burnt (not a sun burn, it is hard to explain…lol).  So I had to get a salve for my face to treat it….lesson learned…lol…

Before I head to bed, here is a peek at some sock monkey birthday cards that I created last week:

I used a La La Land stamp and colored them with my colored pencils and Gamsol.  I used one of my Martha Stewart PATP sets and finished off the cards with some satin flowers from my stash and some coordinating bling.

Well off to bed! Thanks for peeking in!

Mother’s Day Card Share-Take Three

Good morning crafters, I hope that everyone is having a pleasant day so far.  I just wanted to pop on here and post a few cards that I created last week for Mother’s Day.  I used the same layout but changed up the colors that I used in patterned paper and the image that I colored.  I used to color images and struggle to find papers in my stash to match….Now I am creating the card and then coloring the image to match the card.

 Here is a peek at what I created:

I used a Crafters Companion stamp that I got on mega clearance last winter when a LSS was going out of business.  I loved this little image as it reminded me of playing dress up with my Mother’s old clothes when I was a kid.  I colored all the images with my pencils and Gamsol.  I used a few of my trusted Punch Around the Page sets from my arsenal.  I inked everything with Vintage Photo Distress ink and used a sentiment from my stash.  I finished them off with bling from my stash.

I hope everyone is having a great day!!!!

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