Happy Birthday Heather

I made this card for Heather over at blessed 2 cre8. Today is her birthday! I'm also submitting this for the Birthday Sundaes challenge.


I used the ZooBalloo Cricut cart to create this fun and whimsical card. I cut a piece of white card stock for an A6 sized card (4.5 x 6.25) then adhered a piece of patterned card stock from K & Co Greenhouse collection to the front. I cut the frame and words out of coordinating solid CS and did a little doodling with my white Uniball Signo pen (love that darned thing!). Easy peasy! Don't forget to stop on over to Heather's blog and wish her a big HB:-)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creative day:-)

I was featured on Birthday Sundaes:-)

I apologize for tooting my own horn on a Sunday, but I'm so excited! I just saw I was picked as one of the feature cards for last weeks Birthday Sundaes challenge.

Starfish birthday card

Now that the big birthday party is over and clean-up is done, I am back to my craft room. Oh my! Did I leave this mess?;-) Well, I'll just leave cleaning this room for another time. For now, I need to create!

This card is for Birthday Sundaes, Bitten By The Bug 2, and Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges. I used the Life Is A Beach cart for the starfish and a background stamp from Stampin' Up. The cardstock is from DCWV Baby Boy Stack & Stampin' Up. I also used twine from The Twinery, starfish charm from Blue Moon Beads, and a sentiment from the S/U Teeny Tiny Wishes set. Thanks for stopping by. Have a creative day:-)

All-American Happy Birthday:-)

Wow! Has it really been since Tuesday that I posted a project? Time flies when you're taking care of a sick baby and getting ready for his party while the DH is stuck in Calgary:-P So, guess what I did the second he got home? I couldn't get to my craft room fast enough! :-) Here is what I whipped up so I could get it submitted before the deadlines (I've actually stayed up all night at times making cards only to discover I missed the time cut-off).

For this Critcutless card I used a large chipboard star from Stampin' Up (S/U). The smaller faux-button star is paper punch from EK Success. I used a new die I bought from Papertrey Inc (PTI) for the red "ric-rac". The sentiment is also from PTI - Birthday Basics. I used a technique for the stamped image that I saw online awhile back -- alter the shape of a long clear acrylic stamp as you place it on the stamping block. I added some air-mail twine from The Cupcake Social and Stickles. The challenges are Birthday Sundaes, Monday Challenge, Celebrate The Occasion, Paper Playtime, Wacky Wednesday, Penny's Paper-Crafty, and Crop Stop. Check out these challenges. There may still be time to play:-) Thanks for stopping by. Have a creative day!

Sweet Birthday Wishes

I'm not sure where you live, but here in Illinois it's some wacky weather. I know I start out talking about the weather on my blog all of the time, but it is wacky! Last week it was in the 90's, this week it's been in the upper 60's and rainy. Next week it is supposed to be back in the 90's again. These 30 degree swings make my laundry room pile up!

Since it was too icky to be out today I was able to get another challenge card done. This one is for Crop Stop, Birthday Sundaes, Terrific Tuesday, and Wacky Wednesday challenges. The cart is Sweet Treats for the Terrific Tuesday requirement. I got a little emboss happy for the other challenge requirements:-) The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms "Sweet Somethings" set. Thanks for stopping by! Have a creative day:-)

Masculine Birthday Card

Busy, busy, busy here but had a little time to get a last minute challenge card done. The cardstock, ink, and golfing stamps are from Stampin' Up. The sentiment is from the Birthday Basics set from PTI. The layout was inspired by the Saturday Sketch at Stamping 411. I'm hoping I make the cut-off for Birthday Sundaes challenge. I haven't checked the cut-off time. The other challenge is Scrapalicious USA. This is the first time I've played at this blog. It looks like a lot of fun:-) Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're having a creative weekend:-)

Shabby Celebration

Well, it's definitely a wet Wednesday around here! And it looks like there is more coming. I don't ever remember having so much rain for such a long period of time. Good for the farmers, I guess:-)

After walking my sick 10 mo around last night until he fell asleep, I was too tired to finish my card for the Cricut Cardz challenge. I'll still need to finish it because it if for my FIL bday June 2. For now, I spent the morning making a card for three challenges, Birthday Sundaes - pearls and lace, Bitten By The Bug 2 - Floral Embellishment's bird, and Fantabulous Cricut - blue and a cloud. I used the Hanna Montana bird because I don't have the Floral Emb. cart. I stamped the background with Stampin' Up's Fine Lace BG stamp and the clouds were cut from the Indie Art cart. Thanks for stopping by. Have a creative day:-)

Lady Bug Birthday

It was a long night which turned into a long day. My 10 m.o. contracted a strep virus somehow and was up all night drooling and crying. I've been changing his shirt about every hour because it gets soaked from all of his drool. I think his little tummy hurts, too. He keeps arching his back and screaming. The convenient care NP put him on an antibiotic but if he doesn't get any better, I'll be heading to his Dr. (DH is on a fishing trip):(

I quickly put this card together while he slept for a couple of hours this morning. He's down now again so I'm able to post this for Birthday Sundaes' three circles challenge and Whimsical Wednesday's old school Cricutless challenge. I used the lady bug from the Stampin' Up Little Layers set and the sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments set. I also wanted to try the ruffled ribbon technique I've been seeing a lot of. I tried to do it like all of the You Tube videos showed but somehow it doesn't quite look right. I wonder if it is the type of ribbon I used (Doodlebug)? I did emboss the black with the Swiss Dot folder. I hope this is still "old school":-) Thanks for stopping by. Please consider "likeing" my FB page and have a creative day:-)

Oh, forgot to mention I didn't have any black Stickles so I used this A La Mode "glitter glue" I found in a drawer. It's more like glue with black flecks. Not so happy with it. I think I'll sneak it into the kids' craft drawer:-)