Father's Day Card!

Hello my crafty friends,

A quick post of the Father's Day card I made for my 74 year old dad! He LOVES grilling and eating steak! So I came up with this idea for a card for him. I printed the sentiment from my computer, used Everyday Paperdolls for "my dad", the grill and the steak!!! It's simple, but I really like the way it turned out. He liked it too. I even made the little guys hair to match my dads...Thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Dawn

 

WOW What A Giveaway!

Happy Friday everyone!
Today I want to tell you about my friend Candy over at www.candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com. She will be celebrating her 1 year blogaversary in June! She is having a FABULOUS giveaway to celebrate. Please check out her blog, she is a very talented crafter, you won't be disappointed. Just look at all this she's giving away...   Hugs, Dawn

Wobble Wednesday Challenge

Hi everyone!!!! Hope you are all enjoying the day! I wanted to share with you a card that my mother and I made for my niece who is having her first child in June. We are excited to welcome a new little one into the family! It will be my mother's 9th great grandchild. YEAH! Anyway, we made this card using the baby buggy from Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed. We used single sheet paper from Hobby Lobby and the stamp is from Autumn Leaves that I bought from a Scrapbook store when I went to visit my kids and grandkinds in northern Arkansas. We love the way it turned out! Oh, and my favorite part, we put the buggy on an Action Wobble, how fun is that...

I am entering this card in the Wobble Wednesdays Challenge! Thanks everyone for stopping by!

Hugs, Dawn

Monster High?????

Hi everyone,
Thought I better stop being so scared and try to post something with this new blogger format...
Last month my daughter ask me if I could help make some party decorations for one of my granddaughters 9th birthday party. Even though I live 3 1/2 hours away, I knew I wanted to help. The theme, MONSTER HIGH!!!!! What the heck is Monster High, I asked!!!!  My daughter explained that its the latest fad with shocking pink, black, skeletons, and bats... Mmmmm, interesting. So I got started!

These are the little cupcakes pokes I made using cardstock, toothpicks and Hello Kitty Greetings cricut cartridge...

Some "girly" skeletons I made for my daughter to use for the party to decorate wherever she wanted to put them. (kinda creepy, but cute in a fun sort of way)!! She ended up putting one on top of the cake...



And finally, the card I made for Caily to match all the decorations. Sorry about the quality of the photo, I NEED a new camera! Well, I guess I did it, posted with this new blogger format. Going to take awhile to get used to this! (wonder why they couldn't just leave it the way it was?) Thank you for stopping by.  Hugs, Dawn

GREAT Giveaway!!!!!

Hi friends,
A quick post to let you know about a very generous giveaway over at www.kristinwilsonhandmade.blogspot.com. She started a new blog, and would like for people to come visit, check ,out her craftiness and become a follower...You could have a chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate, yes, a $100, to The Scrapbook Superstore. So hop on over and give her some love. Good luck!!! Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Dawn

Love and Spring Is In The Air!

Hello friends!
Today I made a card for this weeks challenge over at www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.  I LOVE their blog and their inspirational cards and challenges...You'll have to check them out.  Anyway, the weather has been sooo nice down here in the south that I thought I would use some spring colors for my card.
 

The recipe for my card is:
pearls, flowers and solid colored paper from my stash
Homemade "baker's twine" (my first try)
sentiment from www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
printed paper I made (directions on "how to" is an older post on my blog

Thank you sooo much for stopping by.  Hugs, Dawn

Finally A Card!!!!

Hello my bloggy friends,After what seems like forever, I was finally able to make a card. Today was my day off, no appointments to go to, nothing pressing had to be done, so cardmaking I did!!! I like the way this one turned out. Actually, I was making a birthday card with bright vibrant colors, for one of my grandsons, then I remembered I wanted to make a card for the www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com challenge for this week. I love the bible verse that there using, love their blog,  and haven't entered a card in a challenge for a looong time. So "drum roll" please.....

Here is my recipe:
Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangles
A cream crocheted flower I made (with a pearl in the middle)
Cotton lace from my stash
Handmade ribbon from my GREAT friend Karen at http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com Thank you sooo much Karen!!
Paper from Colorbok (Walmart)
Butterfly from Fashion Accessories (I think I purchased them at Walmart also)
Bible verse is from wordartwednesday for this weeks challenge.

I love this verse! It really hits home right now, since I am waiting to hear about a job I interviewed for that would be alot closer to home. I get anxious about changing jobs (AT MY AGE) and I need to be reminded, to just be still, listen, and know that God is in control. Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Dawn

1st Card For 2012

Hello to all my crafty friends!
Today I made my first card for the year. It is for my oldest granddaughter who is turning 11 in February. They sure don't stay little for long do they?

Here is a list of what I used to make this card:

Paisley Cachemire Cricut Cartridge for the outfit, I cut it at 4"

Lilac paper is from Colorbok, at Walmart

Ribbon from my stash

Pearl from my stash

Dragon Fly from Jolee's boutique at Walmart

Card and envelope from Studio G (size 5x5)

Print paper from my stash

I hope you like my little b-day card.Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting.... Hugs, Dawn



Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to all my crafty friends... a couple of my resolutions for the year is to post more on my blog and try to enter some challenges!!!Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for my sweet mother-in- law, back in November for her 79th birthday. I love the way it turned out. The inside says, "your vintage"! I used the Country Life cartridge (I love this cartridge) for the sewing machine and a cut from Lacy Labels to put my hand written sentiment on. The buttons are from my grandmothers buttons box. The paper and ribbon are from my stash. I punched a scalloped edge and added some pearls. I really love the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

I just wanted to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my fellow bloggers and especially to my friends that follow me!!!! I hope your day is merry and bright...Everyone be safe, have fun, and remember that JESUS is the reason for this wonderful season. Happy Birthday Jesus! In closing I am posting one of the Christmas cards I made for this year. I still need alot of practice on my embossing skills. HaHa!  Mary from CardzTV made a card similar to this one. Thanks to Mary for your inspiration. OH, and I have discovered Dazzling Diamonds from SU, and I think I am in love. The picture doesn't do it justice. Thanks for stopping by....

Time for Christmas Cards!

Hi everyone! This last Wednesday and Thursday (my days off) my mom and I got together and started making our Christmas cards. What a great time we had! We played, designed, had hot tea, cookies and listened to Christmas music. This is one of the cards we made. I love it and so did mom. My 73 year old mother is by far my best friend, my confidant, my mentor and the best mom ever... I love you mom.
Here is a list of what we used.

Paper from my stash
Ribbon from my stash (the cheap kind, you buy in a roll)
Dazzling Diamond from SU
Lacy Labels Cartridge
House and Merry Christmas stamp from Hero Arts
Colored Pencils

Thanks for stopping by! Dawn

My Vacation Shopping Spree!

Hi everyone! I've missed you all so much. My husband and I took a trip to Lincoln Nebraska to visit family and friends. What a wonderful time we had. Good visits, great food, and alot of shopping. (of course) I just wanted to share with you all my "treasures" I bought on out trip. Now I can't wait to PLAY... Hopefully I will be posting a new project very soon. Until then, hope you all have a fantastic day! Dawn

My Crafts Spot Challenge #25

Hi everyone, This is going to be a quick post because the challenge over at My Crafts Spot closes in about 30 minutes. Its late (I just got home from work) and wanted to get this card entered. I love this card. The challenge was to create something about "Happy Harvest"! Should be some beautiful colors on all the projects entered. Good luck to everyone.

Paper Playtime Challenge #55

Hi everyone, hope your having a great day. This easel card I made for my dad's 73rd birthday! He loves chocolate cake. (Who doesn't) My dad is a very special person in my life, especially as I've grown older. When I was young he was always working and supporting his family, so we didn't see much of him or had a very close relationship. But now we do and I love every minute I am with him. I love you daddy!
I am entering this card in the Paper Playtime Challenge, create an easel card...hope you enjoy it!

My Creative Time Challenge

I'm so excited, this is my first Halloween card. I didn't get my Cricut until last Christmas so this will be my first year for HOLIDAY cards...Yeah!!!!!  I made this card for the challenge over at http://MyCreativeTime.blogspot.com. The challenge is to make a card using the colors purple, green, black and orange and you cannot use your Cricut... This is what I came up with...

Here is the items used for this card:
Divine Swirls embossing folder, for black cardstock
Cardstock from Recollections and Colorbok
Fake spider web
Spider (I found him at the thrift store) COOL...
Chipboard sticker (Bought it last year for a quarter at Wal-mart
Natural twine, from my stash

I like the way it turned out, especially since my wonderful husband came up with the idea to use the spider web and the spider. Thanks babe! Hope all of you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by to visit...

Mom's Birthday Card

Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you the card I made for my mother for her 73th birthday. My mother is and always will be my best friend. She is a wonderful, caring, thoughtful, crafty, giving, beautiful, and God fearing woman. I remember when my brother and I were little we always said that she was our angel. Sniff Sniff, how cute is that... Anyway, this is my first "pop up" card and I love the way it turned out. I used different cuts from several cartridges, and of course, I forgot to write down all the details. Sorry...

I definitely need to use the Cricut to cut out the clouds next time, my free hand clouds just aren't up to par. lol  My mother loved the card and really thats all that matters, right? Below is a picture of the inside of the card. I really enjoyed making these flowers and I think they are sooo cute.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Patterned Paper with Shaving Cream and Ink????

Hi everyone! My last card I made was for Birthday Sundaes Blog Hop and Challenge. I recieved several comments about the paper I used for my cupcake "frosting".  I decided that one of the reasons I blog, is to gain knowledge and learn different techniques from other bloggers. Sooo, I would like to pass on to my bloggy friends how I made the "frosting" paper.

Supplies:
Ink (I used alcohol ink) I believe regular ink would work as well.
A spatula
Table knife or something to swirl ink with
Paper towels
A dish of some kind
White cardstock

Step 1: Shake shaving cream can and spray shaving cream in a back and forth motion into your dish. About 1/2" thick.

Step 2: Add drops of the ink around on top of the shaving cream. For this demonstration I used 3 colors of ink. But you can use 1 color or as many colors as you want. This is YOUR creation!

Step 3: Use a knife and make swirls in the shaving cream. (kinda like making a Marble Cake) YUM!

Step 4: Next, lay your cardstock on top of the shaving cream/ink mixture and pat down firmly, but not too hard. Make sure you get all the cardstock into the mess, whoops I mean mixture. lol

Step 5: Lift cardstock up and use your spatula to scrap off as much shaving cream as you can. This is the messy part.

Step 6: Use paper towel to wipe off and pat remainder of shaving cream off cardstock.

Presto Change O, your finished ONE OF A KIND paper!

Here is the finished project, plus two others I tried. The top paper is using just pink ink, the other one I made the shaving cream all pink by kinda stirring in the ink, then I went back and added a few drops of green ink, played around with making straight "marks" with my knife. I really liked the way this one turned out. Looks like leaves to me. Anyway, this is my 1st tutorial. Hope you enjoy and give this technique a try. Let me know if you do, I'd love to hear about your adventures! Dawn

Birthday Sundaes Blog Hop and Challenge

Hi everyone! I made this card for the Cake and Cupcake Bloghop and Challenge over at Birthday Sundaes! What a fun hop, lots of blog candy to try to win. I made it just under the deadline too! Hope you enjoy. I'm so excited because back when I first started youtubing about card making I learned how to make the paper I used for the frosting. It's made using alcohol inks and shaving cream (messy, but worth it) Here are the treasures I used to make this A2 size card:

Birthday Bash Cartridge for the cupcake (cut at 4")
different paper from my scrap box
Divine Swirls embossing folder
Happy Birthday embossing folder
Wet embossing for the sentiment (purple, and I still need lots of practice)
Happy Birthday sentiment from ? (I think I bought it at Hobby Lobby)
Button from my grandmother's button box

Have a wonderful and blessed Sunday...

Friends Card

Hi everyone! I'm so excited about this card, its my first time at using Stickles...yeah I know, what took me so long? But I love them now that I've tried them. So I made this "friend" card for the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #71. Create a fun project for a friend. I'm going to try something alittle different and list the treasures used to make this card.

Cricut Lite Cartridge Bloom for the flower
Gold Stickles
Papers from K&Company, Watercolor Bouquet stack (bought it at Joan's)
Solid green paper from my stash (I believe I bought the stack at Walmart)
Recollections Border Punch (don't know the name)
Ribbon from my stash
Button from my grandmother's old button box
Gold embroidery thread for middle of the button
"Friends" stamp from Hampton Art footlongs (I bought it at Michael's)
Corner rounder punch

There I did it, hope you enjoy! Have a wonderful Friday!!!

Turning 20!

Hi everyone! Was able to make a card today. Yepee!!!! This one is for our niece who's turning 20 this Friday. Wow, do you remember when you turned 20? Seems like such a long time ago...Anyway, I used the fingernail polish cut from the Forever Young Cartridge. I think it turned out so cute. I hope she likes it. Hope you all had a wonderful day. Until next time keep crafting!