Valentine's Day Sucker Covers

Happy Sunday!  Here is a quick tutorial to make easy and quick Valentine's Day Sucker covers. 

I first started off with a fast print and cut.  I tried to fit as many heroes and princesses on one page to save money.

 Here is what it look like after my machine cut each hero out.

Next cut your 8.5x 11 card stock into strips.  If you line the short side then you will not waste a lot paper. I sliced every 2.75 until the end of the paper.  Then I rotated the paper to cut at the 6 in. mark.  I probably used 3 sheets of paper.  This is a paper I bought for about $2.50.  WOW!  Lots of savings there.  

Make sure the short side is against the guide of the cutter.

 After all the cutting, I had 12 pieces of 2.75x 6.

I used my scoring board to score 2 7/8 and 3 1/4 on each piece.

I found some find paper in my stash and used a marker in my machine to do all the writing.  

Next adhere the layer and hero to the front of the cover.

Run a small strip of adhesive at the very top on the inside to keep the sucker inside of the cover.

Here is a picture of the finished project!  Have a great day and enjoy the Super Bowl

You're Pur-fect fur Me!

Happy Sunday!  Thanks for stopping by my page today.  I was digging through my closet today and found tons of gems in there.  I found my coloring tools!!!  Oh, how I love them.  I started stamping because I absolutely love coloring.  So tested my tools and everything is in good working condition.   My master plan was to make a card using a hand colored die from a Cricut cartridge.

 
This is a 4.25x 5.5in card.  The layers are 2.5x 5.5in for DSP with one over lapping the other.  The cat is from is cut to 3 in with circle at 3.5in.


I cut the cat out of white card stock and colored it with colic markers.  SO MUCH FUN!  See you later this week.!

Season's Greetings

Happy Sunday!  I do not mean to scare you but Christmas is in 157 days.  SCARY!  A tradition I have on my blog is to get a head start in July.  Yes, it is Christmas in July.  This week will be all about Christmas including Fabric Friday.  I am so excited.  I am pulling out old stamps and cartridges to make the week special.  I hope you will join me for seven days of Christmas.
My first card is a ladder card and it was very simple to make.  You will find a list of cartridges and card dimension at the bottom of this post.

I cut this snowman at 3 inch and deleted the face so I would have a place to stamp.

To add details get a fine tip markers and add fun character embellishments.

Here is a close up on his cute face.   Have a great day and join me tomorrow!

Card Recipe
Craft Cardstock: a 5 ½ x 12, scored at 4,8, and 10
Martha Stewart designer paper 4 x 5 ½  and 2 x 5 ½

Carts:
Doodlecharm
Winter Frolic
Everyday Paper Doll
Once Upon a Princess

Stamps:
Peacy Keen -Happy Lashes
Hero Arts for sentiments

you're sweet

Happy Thursday!!!

Today is one of my favorite types of days.  It is pouring outside and I can use the dark day to get some rest.  I wanted to upload this card I made on Monday.  Yes, Monday!  

At the very bottom of this post you can find the dimensions to my layers for this card.  Everyone knows that Artiste is my favorite cartridge, however another favorite is Create a Critter.  

I found this cute guy on that cartridge and since I had a honeycomb background, he is perfect!

Do not be afraid to use your handwriting in projects.  My handwriting is not the best but it works for me.

In the cricut craft room delete portions of the design and add your personal touch.  I used Peachy Keen Cute and Cuddly stamp for this little guy's face.  

I hope you have a fantastic day and check back in tomorrow for Fabric Friday.

Card Recipe:

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 card base, scored at 4 1/4

Honeycomb layer 5 1/4x 4

Strawberry Slush 4 1/2 x 2 3/4

Stampin Up Designer paper 4 1/4 x 2 1/2

White Layer  2 1/8 x 3 5/8

Stampin Strawberry Slush Designer Paper 2 x 3 1/2

Scallop Circle 3 1/4

White Circle 2 3/4

All paper is from Stampin Up!  

hello

Happy Monday!  Don't you just love when you use something old and it looks all new to you.  I found this little guys hanging out in a bucket of stamps and it was calling my name to color.  I quickly grabbed my Stampin Up Blendabilities markers to give the little guy a makeover.  

Once again I used that cheap paper for the background.  Isn't the chevron paper delicious?  I love it so much I did not want to cut it.  This paper is Doodlebug Designs and I found it at Hobby Lobby. Yum!!!

 

I cut the "hello" from a cricut cart "Cursvie". Then I went over it with Stampin Up Blendabilities markers and it turned out too cute.

Isn't the chevron paper delicious?  I love it so much I did not want to cut it.  

I hope you have a fantastic Monday!

Happy Birthday

Happy Sunday!

It really felt good to have a yummy breakfast with my family this morning and then spend hours in my craft room creating cards and doing other things.  

 

There is a paper stack call Simple Stories paper stack and it is filled with polka dots and chevrons.  

You can get this paper at Hobby Lobby.  I love this paper stack!

  Once again I used my favorite cart of them all, Artiste.  There is something yummy about this cart and then all the fun stamps you can by for Close to My Heart. 

Have a great and I will definitely have more this week!

I Don't Need Luck, When I Have You! {Swing Card}

Happy Wednesday!

Every year I find myself making a St. Patty's day card and never sending to anyone.  Maybe because not everyone believes in luck but instead considers themselves blessed, so who would want a card about luck.  So back to my card...hahaha.

Today I challenged myself to make a card that had the same theme but something with a little love instead of luck.  

Love chevron and polka dots together!  

I used my cricut to cut 16 little hearts and created a clover with it.

Here is sentiment that is printed on one side of the card...

and here is the other side. 

I layered the hearts a few times to get a 3d shamrock. 

My goal is to send this card off tomorrow!

Enjoy your day!

Congratulations

Happy Tuesday!

I am trying to figure out how to keep my blog alive while working full time, being a wife, and mother.  My first desire was to post something at least four times a week but that did not work at all.  I am going to shoot for the stars on this one... 3 times a week.  I know, I know, that is not a lot but that is a start for me.

On to the first card of this week.  My husband's cousin is having a baby in May and I wanted to create a card for her.  I have been a little rusty lately but this card says in Celine Dion's voice "I'm Alive".  Sometimes I need a little inspiration to take off.  

I found some old Stampin Up Designer series paper to provide me with some color inspiration. 

 I must say this is my go to stamp for my expecting mothers.  

My cricut gives me a fast way to get a circle for the layers of my card.

I stamped the image multiple times on different papers to get her outfit and cut out each piece to adhere them to the original layer.

Another look at the final card.  Enjoy!

be my valentine

Happy Sunday!  Here is a fantastic Valentine card I made this weekend.  I am using Stampin Up Valentine designer series from last year and it has a glitter explosion.   

My cute bird is from Create a Critter 2  and cut at 2.5 inches.  

Quick tip on saving paper, I sometimes cut the base in white card stock and then use my markers from Stampin Up to fill in the white spaces. So Faux card stock?  

Keep it light, keep it simple, and keep stamping!

Congrats

Happy New Year!  This will be better than ever!  

One of my family members is having a baby in May and since I have some time on my hands to make cards I am starting with her new baby.  This cutie is an old stamp set I bought from another demonstrator.  I colored this cutie with Stampin Up crayons and Copic markers.  

The label is from Close to My Heart Cricut Artiste Collection Kudos.  I used Stampin Up ink Sahara Sand and Pretty in Pink.

To jazz my card I made the perfect envelope for my card.

I hope you have a wonderful start to 2014 and thank you stopping by!

A Very Merry Christmas (Tutorial)

Happy Monday!  I hope you are having a great day.  We are stuck in the house and I have time to write a card tutorial.   

Begin with a 4 ¼ x 11 piece of cardstock.  I decided to have pool party from Stampin Up as my base.  My top layer is 3 7/8 by 5 1/8 with the second layer 1/16 larger than the top.  Of course my designer paper is from the Martha Stewart Christmas pad collection.

Before I glued the layers together I made a faux ribbon string.  I use a very small ribbon and stuck it to the front with the remaining taped down to the back.  Since the ribbon is big and bulky, I simply used my glue gun to adhere it to the card. 

 

Next I cut and stamp the ornament from Close to My Heart, Very Merry Christmas set.  This set can be used with Artiste cartridge.

To give my ornament some sparkle, I lightly sprayed it with glue then dumped sparkles all over it.  Last I added diamond stones to the ornament. I hope you find this tutorial useful today.  Even if you don’t have the exactly the material listed in my tutorial, you can adapt to your needs.  Don’t forget to sign up for my blog and email. Enjoy your day!

Supplies: 

Stampin Up Pool Party Cardstock

Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Sunday!  Here is another holiday card to brighten a friend's day.  My post will be a fast post today.

Of course the pattern paper is from Martha Stewart holiday collection.  

This friendly snowman is from Sesame Street cartridge.

Another Peachy Keen's snowman face stamp.  He is so cute!

Have a great day and stay warm!