Russian Doll Gift Card Holder

I needed a quick gift card holder, so I turned to my Imagine. This cute little Russian doll box is on the All Wrapped Up Imagine cartridge. I printed and cut the box and its layers at 10.6". For a little dimension, I used pop dots to attach the face and flower ... then finished with a frosted gem.

The flower is one of the icons included on this cartridge. It's stamped with a sentiment from Penny Black. I attached the gift card to the flower with a glue dot and put a little tissue paper in the bottom of the box to hold the gift card in place. That's all there is to this one ...

I think this is going to be one of my favorite cartridges ... the colors are so bright and cheerful and there are lots of fun images!

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Better Late Than Never ...

I am so behind in all my crafting and blogging. For some reason, I thought spring cleaning was more important ... what was I thinking! Anyway, my daughter made these cute little Easter peeps cupcakes for the children in our neighborhood, and I just had to post them. Remember when peeps were only yellow? Now they come in six colors. The orange ones where a little hard for us to find ... at one point, there was a statewide orange peep search!!

These are yellow cupcakes, baked in wrappers that match the color of the peeps. Topped with vanilla frosting, some cupcake glitter, and, of course, the peeps.

Here they are, wrapped in cellophane ... ready for delivery. We added a tag made from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge. The image is a digital from Whimsie Doodles that I colored with Copics. To make them look more 'peep like', I covered them with a layer of Glossy Accents  and glitter. The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp. These were a hit and so much fun to make.

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Happy Saturday everyone! The challenge today at My Pink Stamper is to create something using the colors pink, green and black. This is what I did:

I started by making an A2 size card from a piece of double sided card stock. I trimmed the edge using a Martha Stewart border punch and lined the punched edge with a strip of black card stock to give it a little contrast. The image is from the Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge. Using the card feature, I cut the daisy card and the daisy layer at 5.5". I trimmed the card to 3" x 3.75" and then embossed it with my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots folder. I attached the daisy layer with a brad and then matted it all on a piece of black card stock. My sentiment is from Penny Black, stamped on a 2.25" x 1.25" piece of card stock, also matted on black card stock. I adhered both layers to my card base with pop dots and then tied on a black ribbon. To finish, I punched leaves from two shades of green card stock (another Martha punch) and tucked them in around the daisy. Hope you like my card ... now it's your turn. Have fun!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone ... thought I would share a card I made for my little neighbor Isaiah.

This Whipper Snapper image is one of my favorites. I colored it with Copics and then cut it out using a Nestibilities. The sentiment stamp is from Penny Black and I used my Score Pal to emboss the mat. The patterned paper is from a Martha Stewart pack and the ribbon is from my stash.

For the inside, I used a computer generated sentiment. I'm very happy with the way this one turned out!

Sunday Challenge for My Pink Stamper

Here's a quick card for the Sunday Challenge over at My Pink Stamper. The challenge is to do a layout about your family using flowers or create a "Springy" card. I'm not much of a scrapbooker, so I chose to make a card using some of my brand new glitter paper from My Mind's Eye ... this might be my new favorite paper stack.

I used a pretty mint green card stock to create an A2 size card. Then, using a rectangular Nestibility, I cut an aperture in the patterned paper. To add some dimension, I adhered the patterned paper to the card base with foam tape. The flower was cut at 3.25 from the 'Just Because' Cards Cricut cartridge. I added a little doodling and adhered it to the card base with pop dots.

For the inside, I added more patterned paper and stamped the sentiment using a Penny Black stamp. Quick and easy, and hopefully 'Springy'!!

Happy Christmas to Cora, too

I think this is my favorite card of the season ... it's the 'girly' version of the card I made for Isaiah (December 15th post). This one's for my little friend Cora who is truly a pink kind of girl.

Happy Christmas Isaiah

A little card for my neighbor Isaiah ... he's almost 2 years old. The image is a Penny Black 'Slapstick' stamp, colored with Copics and cut with my circle Nestibilities. The scalloped circle was cut using Gypsy Wanderings and the snowflakes were cut using Winter Woodland. I'm really liking the non-traditional colors. Hope Isaiah likes it ...

Note Card Set - Storybook

I needed a quick birthday gift, so I made this set of note cards. The cards are A2 size. I used the Storybook cartridge for the monograms ... cut them at 4". The black card stock and the "Just Because" stamp are from Papertrey Ink. The green card stock is from Bazzill, and the patterned paper is from a Designer Digitals set called Simple Classics No 2.

I added a few flat-backed pearls and a little gingham ribbon ...

Then, to complete the set, I recycled an acrylic box to use as a holder for the note cards. I embellished it with a strip of patterned paper, edged with a Martha Stewart punch. Added more ribbon and a flower made with die-cuts from my stash. Topped it off with a card stamped with a Penny Black stamp, clipped to the top of the box. Just a quick and simple set!!

Penny Black Week 57 ~ Swirls & Copic Creations Challenge 8 ~ Botanicals

I fell in love with this stamp after seeing a wonderful card my blogging friend Brenda made with it (visit her blog here). The stamp is called "Love Blush" and since it's a Penny Black stamp, I though I would use it for this week's challenge ... which is to add swirls to a project. I'm also using this card for Copic Creations Challenge ~ Botanicals. Links to both challenge sites are on the right side panel of my blog.

I wanted the swirls to subtle, but didn't have a swirly background stamp. Sigh, now what to do? Then I remembered I could make a stamp using my Cricut. With the stamp material, a really sticky mat and the deep cut blade, I cut a swirly design using the Storybook cartridge. This is the first time I've tried making a stamp and it worked perfectly ... if you haven't tried this yet, I highly recommend it!! Using my 'new' stamp on an acrylic block and VersaMark Dazzle ink in Champagne, I stamped swirls on navy cardstock.

Then I colored my stamped image with Copics (I'm secretly quite proud of how it turned out) ... layered the image on a digital paper from a Designer Digitals set called Sweetest Thing ... and added the frosted Martha Stewart gems, which, just by luck, match the striped paper perfectly.

This is a birthday card, and is 5.5" square, so I added the navy satin ribbon, hoping it would look somewhat like a birthday present. So, how'd I do? Let me know ...

Penny Black Week 56 - Colour Challenge

Thought I'd try a Penny Black challenge ... this week it's a color challenge using

Red, White and Blue. The red card stock is from Papertrey Ink and the DP is from Basic Grey. The base of my card was cut using Cricut's Wild Card cartridge, the flowers were cut using the George cartridge and the circles were cut using my Cuttlebug and Nestibilities. I colored my snail with Copic markers and a touch of glitter pen. I used lots of pop dots and curled the flower petals to add a little dimension. The sentiment is a stamp from Whipper Snappers. Overall I'm pleased with this one ... really lovin' the blue! Stop by the Penny Black Challenge to see what everyone else is up to.