Cricut Baby Banner

Wow, time flies, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted! I just got home from a 3 day crop and am so exhausted! I didn't get much completed, which is always disappointing but had a lot of fun, nevertheless!

This is a baby banner that I completed at the crop. I used my Cricut with the New Arrival cartridge. I designed the banner on my Cricut Gypsy. It made the project really fast & easy. I can't wait to hang this banner at my sister-in-law's baby shower in a few weeks!

Thanks for stoping by!

Perfect Pair

Hi! I have posted on my blog before about the monthly challenge on the Yahoo Embossing group I belong to. Each month one person hosts the challenge, and August is my month to host. I choose a template, (the Salt/Pepper template by Lasting Impressions), and emboss several pieces, and mail them out to the challenge participants. The participants have to make a card using the pieces I mail to them. I have no idea what to do with this template, other than what I did with my card here. I hope I get to see lots of creative ideas from the ladies that participate in the challenge. I used my favorite Lasting Impressions paper on this card, it already has a distressed look to it. Hope you have a great weekend!

More Christmas in July!

Hi there, thanks for stopping by! Here a few Christmas gift tags I made for the Lasting Impressions blog. It was hard to get in the Christmas spirit when the heat index is pushing 110 but I enjoyed staying indoors and crafting to make these tags! Hope you have a great weekend! I'm heading to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Valley Forge, PA for a long weekend. I am looking forward to getting away!

Flower Pocket Card

Hi, Hope you are having a great week! I made this card for a friend. I was sending her a few little goodies so I wanted to include a pocket to hold everything. I know there are tutorials out there for making this kind of card but I just kind of winged it... and wasted a lot of paper in the meantime. Don't you just hate that!!? I love how the card turned out though, and the picture does not do it justice. The paper is by Lasting Impressions (although I think it may be retired), it has repeating gardening words on it and the flower template is by Lasting Impressions as well. Have a great weekend!

Christmas in July

Hello, Thanks for stopping by! Here are a couple cards I made when I was thinking about Christmas in July. It's never too early to start making your Christmas cards! These two cards were fairly simple to make, I used Lasting Impressions templates and their line of distressed papers. They are one of my favorite lines of paper, and they all coordinate so well together.

Hope you had a great weekend, I have lots more Christmas in July projects to show you later this week!

Red, White & Blue Challenge Card

Hello, Happy Independence Day! I made this card for the Woodware USA challenge. I used Woodware USA stamps for the sentiment and the mouse. I colored the mouse with Copic markers. The red, white & blue paper is from Hobby Lobby. The stripes were going diagonal on the paper and I cut it so they would be horizontal (straight), I just thought it looked better that way. Hope you have a great weekend!

Just for you

Hi, Hope you are having a great week! I wanted to share this card that I made for a friend. I added stitching around the edge of this card with thread, I love how it turned out. It is time consuming but I think it's worth it. I poked holes using a Lasting Impressions stitching guide template and then sewed the thread through the holes. I used several different Lasting Impressions templates for this card, SG300, L528 and L9012. All the paper I used is from Lasting Impressions too. I have the day off from work today and am going to do a little cleaning and organizing in my craft room, and hopefully have some time to create!