Valentine 4

The idea for this card came from here. I was in the process of looking through my Lyrical Letters cartridge (in order to make the inspiration card) when I came across this heart and thought it would make a great Valentines card.

Recipe:
A2 card
Red Mat/rectangle @ 4" x 5.25" from George
Framed Heart @ 4" (hide outside cut with Gypsy and layer onto the 4" x 5.25" rectangle. Group the two cuts and weld together.)
Heart @ 3.5". Emboss. Ink edges with Rhubarb Stalk (Momento). Layer on top of original heart with pop dots.
Tiny Hearts embossing folder (The Paper Studio).

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Christmas Card 1

Gift Card/Cash Holder:

Recipe:
A2 card - portrait
Score at 3" & 8.5"
White card stock - 3/4" x 5.5" (punch both sides with the EK Success Punch Scalloped Scallop)
White card stock - 1/2" x 4.25" (punch one side with the EK Success Punch Scalloped Scallop)
Black card stock - 4.25" x 5/8"
Buckle - created on the Gypsy using George & Basic Shapes
Beard - Elegant Edges (pg 27) cut at 4" then cut in half and ran through the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug Folder.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Sunflower Birthday Card

Recipe:
A2 Card
Brown mat - 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Yellow print mat - 4" x 5.25"
Brown strip - 2.25" x 5.25"
EK Success 2" Scallop Cirle punch
George & Basic Shapes - center of flower - circle @ 1"
Cuttlebug folders - Swiss dots & Mesh
Green Leaf - SU Bird Builder Punch

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Spotted Birthday Card

Recipe:
A2 Card
circles cut from George & Basic Shapes at various sizes - from 0.25" to 1.5 inches
SU Square Lattice embossing folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Patriotic Cards

Patriotic Cards .... I love them, and there were so many on Pinterest that I had a hard time deciding who I was going to scraplift from. LOL

This one was lots of fun.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Stars cut at 1" from George & Basic Shapes
Blue Square 2.5" x 2.25"
Stripes 5.25" x 0.75" punched with the Scallop Trim punch from Stampin' Up

I made this card for Card Club. Lots of Fun.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Cream Star mat - 4" x 5.25"
Blue mat - 4.5" x 3.25"
Red mat - 3" x 4.25"
Blue and White star mat - 2.75" x 4"
Stars - cut at 0.75" & 1.75"

My Aunt found this one HERE. So, of course, I had to give it a try! I didn't have the horse stamp, so I improvised by welding three horses together from Old West.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Welcome Spring!

My Grandmother and I always had a contest as to who saw the first Robin in the Spring. Of course, Grandma always won!!! Grandma has been gone for 10 years now, and every year when I see the first Robin I think of Grandma and I wish I could call and tell her. So, this card is a sort of tribute to my Grandmother.

Recipe:
A2 card
1.75" circle (body) - George & Basic Shapes
1.5" circle (tummy) - George & Basic Shapes
2.57" Tree Branch - Create a Critter
1" cloud - Stand and Salute
1.2" cloud - Create a Critter
1.2" cloud - Everyday Paper Dolls
6" wing & tail - 3 Birds on Parade (layer 1, button #6)
2" beak - 3 Birds on Parade (shift layer 1, button #41)
Woodgrain Cuttlebug folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Wedding Card

I have seen these cards done a lot lately and just had to give it a whirl! I made this quite a while ago, so I'm not sure of what size I cut the hearts out at.



Recipe:
A2 Card
Hearts - George & Basic Shapes
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots (Cricut) & Doodle Hearts (The Paper Studio)(I used a woodgrain folder for the tux coat, but I'm not sure from which company as I have several).

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Dresser Step Card

The first time I saw this card was at Paper Art Princess. She also included the YouTube tutoral, which included instructions. You can also find that video HERE.

I bookmarked her post and had forgot about it until this past weekend.



This card was so fun to make!!!! So many possibilities!!!!!

Recipe:
A2 card
Baby (and diaper) - New Arrival - cut at 2" (Peachy Keen Stamps for face)
Crib - Everyday Paper Dolls - cut at 2.56"
Onesies - New Arrival - cut at 1.5"
Teddy Bear - New Arrival - cut at 1.5"
"Baby" - Nursery Rhymes - cut at 0.60"
Drawers - George & Basic Shapes - cut at 2" x 0.75" (real dial size on Gypsy)
Blocks - George & Basic Shapes - cut at 1" (real dial size on Gypsy)
Quilt - George & Basic Shapes - ct at 2.75" x 3.75" (real dial size on Gypsy)
Silver Brads for the drawer handles
EK Success Punches - Scalloped Scallop (top & bottom of quilt) & Large Flourish Square (bottom of dresser)

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Punch Art Cardinal

I love looking at all of the punch art online. I don't have any of the Stampin' Up! punch sets, but if I can find out the size of a punch or a similar shape, then I can reproduce it using my Cricut Expression.

I saw a card on Pinterest of a punch art Cardinal sitting on a stamped branch and, of course, fell in love with it. I searched Hobby Lobby and Michael's yesterday looking for a stamp of a branch and had no luck. I came across the Cricut Cuttables Stamp Sheets at Michael's, I have never used this or seen any posts about anyone using this, so I thought I would give it a try.

I used My Cut Search to see what cartridges had branches on them. After looking through all of my options, I decided to use Create a Critter.

I then went to searching the internet on punch art and the dimentions on making a punch art Cardinal. I finally found some directions at Stamping Smiles. Here is what I ended up with.



Recipe:
Stamped Branch - Create a Critter cut at 5"
Clouds - Create a Critter cut at 2", 2.5", 3" (I used the negative cut as a stencil, and used white ink)
Bird Eye (black part) - Bloom - button #4 (shift) - cut at 3.5"
Bird Body - George & Basic Shapes - Cicle cut at 1.75"
Bird Wing - George & Basic Shapes - Circle cut at 1" (folded in half)
Bird Tail - George & Basic Shapes - Heart (x2) cut at 1.25"
Bird Beak - George & Basic Shapes - Square cut at 0.5"
Bird Eye - white gel pen

I LOVE how this turned out!!!

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine Treat Bags

I first saw these at My Mind's Dust Bunnies who saw this idea at Cardz TV with Mary. What a wonderful and fast way to do treat bags!!!! I whipped 15 of these up in no time on Friday evening.





Recipe:
Cuttlebug folder - Block Hearts
Ribbon
Decorative Cardstock - 0.95" x 4.2" rectangle from George & Basic Shapes
Holder - 4.25" x 11" cardstock - score at 1", 5", & 7".
3.75" x 6" clear treat bags
1/3 cup of plain M & M's per bag

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Star Card

Sorry I have been MIA, but I have been sick the last 12 days with a terrible cold and I am just now starting to feel like myself again.

I made this card for our February Card Club. I saw a similar card on Pinterest and thought this would be a perfect guy card (which I have a terrible time with).



Recipe:
A2 card
2" x 4" strip of patterned paper
2" x 2" brown square from George & Basic Shapes
2" star & shadow from George & Basic Shapes
Cuttlebug folders - Swiss Dots & Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Man's Shirt Pocket Card

I saw this card on Pinterest and had to give it a go. You can find the pattern here. I created my pocket and collar on my Gypsy.



Recipe:
A2 card
Gypsy - weld a square and a triangle to create shirt pocket from George & Basic Shapes. After looking at TBBM, I notice I could have manipulated a tag (blackout - button number six) - that probably would have been a lot easier (lol).
For the collar I used a triangle from Wild Card.
Faux stitching using a white Uni-ball Signo pen.
Buttons from the dollar bin at Michael's.
Silver brads for the pocket rivets.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day Card - 4

I loved my white on white Christmas cards, so I tried to do the same thing with a Valentine card.



Recipe:
A2 card
Child with Snowman (and shadow) cut at 3.75" from A Child's Year cartridge
Heart cut at 0.6" from George & Basic Shapes

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Ribbon Organizer

I had an absolute ribbon mess after making all of my Christmas cards and starting on my Valentine cards. I couldn't find anything, and once I found what I wanted it was all tangled up in knots.

I was complaining about my ribbon mess to my friend Rhonda on Monday, and she showed me what she uses, though she couldn't remember where she bought it (she thought maybe eBay). She then said that Kimberly at My Craft Spot had a cut file on her blog for something similar to what she uses. I, of course, had to go and check it out.

Besides the cut file, Kimberly also has some excellent instructions on her blog on how to do it yourself. You can find her wonderful instructions here. Kimberly cut hers out of cardstock. Knowing myself, I would have those shredded before too long. I had saved several clamshells from my Cricut cartridges and decided to use those instead. I could fit 3 ribbon holders per "sheet" of clamshell material.

Close up of cut clamshell material.


All of my organized ribbon.


Close up of ribbon on hangers.


Thank you Kimberly for the wonderful instructions, and thank you Rhonda for pointing me in that direction!!!

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day Card - 2

I saw this card on the Nothin' Fancy blog. I love checking out her blog. She has some really great ideas!!!



Recipe:
A2 card
Rows of 7 Hearts are welded together on the Gypsy and cut from the George & Basic Shapes cartridge. The hearts are cut at 0.5"

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Baby Shower

I have been so busy helping my good friend with a baby shower for her son and his girlfriend. It was on Sunday, so I finally will have time to work on my thanksgiving cards and my sister-in-laws birthday presents.

So, this will be a pretty big post with everything that I made for it.

DIAPER CAKE



Recipe:
69 diapers (any size)
top layer = 8 diapers
middle layer = 21 diapers
bottom layer = 40 diapers
decorate with ribbon, etc.
It's a Boy topper - New Arrival cut at 3.75"
Brown shadow - George & Basic Shapes cut at 4"
It's a Boy topper is attached to a chopstick

FAVORS




Recipe:
Brown cardstock - cut at 4" x 4" (score at 2" & fold)
Baby Boy paper - cut at 3.75" x 1.75"
Baby Face - cut from New Arrival at 1.5" and stamped with a Peachy Keen face stamp
Candy Bars used - Hershey's Assorted Miniatures
Candy Bar Wrappers - cut at 1.5" x 3" (you can get 32 wrappers out of a 12x12 sheet of paper)
Cello Bags - size 3.75" x 6" (purchased at Hobby Lobby)

DIAPER TRICYCLE





Recipe:
50 Diapers (any size)
2 Receiving Blankets
2 Bibs
1 pair of socks
1 4oz or 5oz bottle
1 Baby Washcloth
2 Diaper Pins
Ribbon
1 Toilet Paper Tube
1 Paper Towel Tube
Rubberbands
Glue Dots or Terrifically Tacky Tape

I got the instructions from Scrapalette's blog. She walks you through step by step, so check out her instructions HERE.

CARD BOX & THANK YOU CARDS



Recipe:
Metal box from Hobby Lobby
I attached paper & ribbon with Terrifically Tacky Tape
Cards - cut from New Arrival - cut at 7.75" (I made 50 cards/envelopes)
Thank You stamp is from one of My Pink Stamper's stamp sets, I'm not sure which one at the moment.

GIFT BAGS




Recipe:
The images on the gift bags were cut from Car Decals. Sorry, I can't seem to find the piece of paper where I wrote down what sizes I cut these out at. Hopefully I will come across it when I clean up the craft room.

WIPE CASE




Recipe:
Circles cut from George at various sizes from .25" to 1.5"
Name cut at 1.75" from Nursery Rhymes

I also made a little name banner to put across the front of the gift table, but I didn't get a picture of it. I will have to check to see if anyone else did. I will post it later if I can find one.

Whew .... time to clean up the craft room so I can start on my next projects!

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Boss Day Card

Tomorrow is Boss Day ... I had a very hard time coming up with what kind of card to create for my boss. I came across this golfer and thought instantly of my boss. This is also the first center step card I've made. I got the instructions from Splitcoaststampers.com. The inside of the card I used my CRI-Kits I got quite a while ago and are just now using.




Recipe:
Card base - cream cardstock - cut and scored according to directions
D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder
Blue Cardstock - cut 2 at 1" x 4.5" and 3.5" x 4.5" (or you can cut them from George)
Grass - cut from MS Seasonal Cake Art - 5.57" x 1.74"
Golfer - cut Car Decals - cut three times at 4.25" - glue together and pop dot off of card

Inside of card:
Happy - Christmas cartridge
Boss - Gypsy Font
Day - Graphically Speaking

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Fall Spinner Card

This is my first spinner card. I created it on the Gypsy using George and Basic Shapes. I just recently purchased this cartridge, I had been wanting it for a long time. I got an email recently from Custom Crops saying that it is going to be retired soon. Guess I got it in the nick of time!! LOL



Recipe:
A2 Card
George and Basic Shapes rectangle cut at 5.62" x 4"
George and Basic Shapes rectangle at 0.45" x 4.25" (slide)
Designer Calendar - leaves cut at 1"
CM Cheerful Seasons - Fall cut at 2.5"
Cuttlebug folder - D'Vine Swirl

Thanks for looking!
Melissa