Birthday Card for my daughter....

My daughter's birthday was this past Monday. I can.not.believe she's 10!!! She brings so much joy to my life. Here's the birthday card I made for her...

Ya think she liked it? Best reaction I've *ever* gotten from her with a card!





This reaction is another story.....





The gift that brought on this reaction has been the source of MUCH conversation.... begging... whichever you wanna call it. What was it? How 'bout this...

Nah...cute little Webkinz, though. Think it was this?

God, no!!! One more....







Yes, we got her a cell phone. Still can't believe I caved. :)



Card Recipe:
Paper---SU Pink Pirhouette; SU Kiwi Kiss; Basic Gray Eva
Assessories---Cricut Expression; Cricut Indie Art Cartridge; Cuttlebug & Mesh Texture Embossing Folder; Ribbon from Target Dollar Spot; Tiara Stickles
This card meets the requirements for the World Card-Making Day Challenge over at creativejourney

Teacher Appreciation Day 1---Thank You Card

This week at Taylor's school is Teacher Appreciation Week. The students can bring something for each day (Thank You card day, School Supply Day, Snack Day, Pamper Your Teacher Day, and Gift Card Day) or just pick one day. OF COURSE Taylor wanted to do something every day, so here's her card for Thank You Card day....

She picked this paper from the DCWV Glitter Mat Stack because "my teacher REALLLLLY likes purple". She wanted to use my stamps, so she picked this one by Stampin' Up (A Little Birdie Told Me set). She stamped it onto white cardstock, heat embossed it, and then colored it with my markers. We used my Cricut Expression and Cricut Design Studio to cut the scalloped pink mat, and she mounted it on pop dots for more dimension.

Inside, Taylor used the "you're the best" sentiment stamp from the same Stampin' Up set, as well as the smaller birdie and flower stamp. She also heat embossed all stamped images and then used my markers to color the bird, the flower, and to doodle around each and every sentiment! :)

You'll also see that she decorated the back of the card. I love her creativity!

Creating the envelope was my only contribution to this project! I used my Cricut Expression and Cricut Design Studio to cut out the envie. Because the flap was a little too short, I punched two holes and used ribbon to close it. I also used my Martha Stewart Lace Edge Punch so it wouldn't be so plain.

Thanks for stopping by!

Long time no see....

Well, it has been months since I've posted. I haven't been completely idle, though, just lazy about posting on my blog. I'll upload several pictures to show what I've been up to since Christmas. I'll admit I was reminded that I needed to get back to posting by a fellow blogger, Enfys (Check out the wonderful work of Enfys .) Thank you, Enfys.

First, I'm going to go back to February and post some Valentines cards I made for my husband and daughter.

paper ~ all Creative Memories card stock

tools ~ Cricut Expression; Cuttlebug w/Heart embossing folder, ribbon from Wal-Mart

Here is the card I made for my daughter:

paper ~ pink and white Creative Memories card stock

tools ~ Cricut Expression to cut house shape; eyelet; pink ribbon; mini-ABC's by Creative Memories; candy cane Stickles

Next, I'm going to show off something my daughter made for school. Everyone in her class had the project of decorating a shoebox to take to school as thier Valentine mailbox. Here's her creation:

paper ~ Creative Memories Shades of Pink

stamps ~ Autumn Leaves

ribbon ~ garland I got at the dollar store before Chistmas

Next is a birthday card made for me by a dear friend, Sharon. I love the colors!!

Next up are some cards that my mom ordered......

First, she wanted a Tinkerbell card for my niece. KB loves Tink, and I had so much fun creating this card for her.

Paper ~ Creative Memories Blush Blooms

Embellishments ~ Tinkerbell sticker from Michael's; Ribbon---rak from a friend; Rain Dots; Ric-Rak; Stickles

Tools Used ~ Cricut Expression; Design Studio; Scor-pal

Here is the envelope for the Tink card:

Paper ~ green & pink---Creative Memories Blush Blooms; white ---Creative Memories card stock

Stamps ~ Studio G Happy Birthday; swirl stamp by Rhonda Farrar

Ink ~ black pigment ink from Michael's; pink ink on "KB" from Stampin' Up

Tools ~ Cricut Expression; Design Studio; Martha Stewart lace border punch; Scor-Pal to create envelope

For my uncle, a big racing fan:

paper ~ Creative Memories white, red, black, yellow, orange, purple, and blue card stock

embellishments ~ Creative Memories racing stickers

tools ~ Cricut Expression; Design Studio; Scor-Pal

Here is the birthday card I made for my husband & I to give to my niece:

paper ~ Creative Memories black, white, and green cardstock; Basic Gray Two Scoops

stamps ~ Studio G "Happy Birthday"

tools ~ Cricut Expression; Design Studio; watercolor pencils

And, of course, I am going to share the cards my daughter made! She made one for my niece and one for my nephew....

paper ~ DCDW Glitter stack; CM cardstock in pink, yellow and red

tools ~ Cricut Expression; Cuttlebug w/Birthday folder; stamp-Stampin' Up Little Birdie Told Me; baseball stickers from Michael's; Sigmo white pen

Thanks for looking! More to come....