Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card

I am sharing with you tonight a wedding card that I made using a different style of shape/easel card.  I was inspired by a pin on pinterest Triple Heart Shape Easel Card Tutorial. I made this for my niece who will be getting married in less than a year. I am super excited about the way it turned out.

I used these items to make my Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card:

• Sweethearts Cricut cartridge - hearts and Mr. & Mrs.
• Create a Critter Cricut cartridge - bow tie
• black, white and lavender cardstock
• real black buttons - from my stash
• Stampin' Up Rhinestones 
• Swiss Dots embossing folder
• Stickles 
• Fabric Fancies flowers
• foam squares

I am entering my Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card in the following challenges and linky parties:

• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #141 - Shape Card
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
• CardzTV - Challenge #3 - Wedding card
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #217 - Anything Goes
• PDE Linky Party #13 - Many Layers

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card.

Swimfan (NOT) layout

I can't believe it I must be on a creative roll these last couple of weeks. This is my 2nd scrapbook layout this week, plus I made an ATC, birthday card and gift tag within the last 14 days. This layout is actually my 1st scrapbook layout specifically for my youngest daughter. The title "Swimfan NOT" is borrowed from the movie titled "Swimfan." The reason for this title is because this was my youngest daughter's 1st swimming experience and that look on her face never changed. She didn't seem to like it or dislike it. We all just laughed at her and she continued to be expressionless.

Here are a couple close ups:

I used these items to create this layout (all of which was in my stash):

• wave pattern paper
• Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page - Deco Fan
• white, blue and orange cardstock
• Sesame Street Seasons Cricut cartridge - beach ball
• Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge - scallop circle cut for small photo
• ZooBalloo Cricut cartridge - waves
• white plastic flowers - I have had for who knows how long
• blue felt flowers - and again I have had for who knows how long
• orange and blue brads
• foam squares
• BasicGrey Oh Baby Girl scrapbook kit - "Swimfan" - and again I have had for who knows how long 
• DCWV The Spring sticker combo stack - "NOT" - and again I have had for who knows how long

I am entering my Swimfan (NOT) layout in the following challenges and linky parties:

• Bitten by the Bug 2 - Summer Fun
• DL ART - June Linky - Anything Goes
• Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #178 - Anything Goes
• Stuck on u Sketches - Sketch Challenge of June 20th 2014 - sketch is below

• PDE Linky Party #13 - Many Layers

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Swimfan (NOT) layout. 

C is for Cat layout

This layout has been years in the making. Does anyone remember when we had Recollections stores? Well I do and I loved the one I had. Gosh, I guess it's been about 6 or 7 years now that they have been closed. Well while they were still open I bought this great Cat scrapbook kit from Karen Foster Design and just now dug it out and used some of it.

The photo is of my cat Cleo. I got Cleo from the Cable Guy when he came over to install the cable in my house in May, 1995. Cleo was the cutest little kitten and grew up to be a very beautiful cat. I brought him across the country with me when I moved from New Jersey to Arizona in 1997. He spent most days in the house sleeping but occasionally he would sneak out the backdoor and walk the perimeter of the yard. Cleo died peacefully in his sleep January 14, 2011. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him.

I used these items to create my C is for Cat layout:

• Cat scrapbook kit from Karen Foster Design
• tan and brown cardstock
• Kate's ABCs Cricut cartridge - C and is for Cat
• brads
• brown glitter glue

I am entering my layout in the following linky parties and challenges:

• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
• Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #178 - Anything Goes
• PDE Linky Party - #13 - Many Layers

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my C is for Cat layout.

Wedding Tag

I don't normally do tags, I don't know why but I had a reason this time...my niece is getting married next year. Based on what I have seen her Pin on Pinterest, I believe her colors include a lavender purple. So when making this tag I new I would include lavender. Plus, there are several challenges this week that this tag will fit into.

 I used these items to create my Wedding Tag:

• George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge - tag cut at 5 + the shadow in balck
• Sweethearts Cricut cartridge - hearts cut at 1 3/4 + the shadow in black
• Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut cartridge - bow tie cut at 7
• Lavender, black and white cardstock
• ribbon
• 3 Stampin' Up Rhinestones
• 2 black brads
• D'vine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamp FRIENDLY ADVICE Kid Quotes - on the back of the tag
• 1 small bell
• 1 lavender button
• foam squares - behind hearts

Here is a look at the back of the tag:

I am entering this tag in following challenges and linky parties:

• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #135 - 3 in a Row - I did a TAG shape, BUTTON, and EMBOSS
• Exploring Cricut - Wedding Challenge - use black and white and a splash of one other color
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #218 - 3 or More Embellishments - I did 3 rhinestones
• Cut it Up Challenge - Wedding Bells - Make a wedding project with a bell or bells on it
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Wedding Tag.

Tulip Happy Birthday Pop Up Box Card

This past Sunday was my Mom's birthday and I made this Tulip Happy Birthday Pop Up Box Card for her. I had to get my creative thinking on to make this card.  I knew right away I wanted to have tulips because they are one of my mom's favorite flowers. I also knew I wanted to make a pop up box card because I like that they can serve double duty as a card and decoration. Believe it or not, out of all of the Cricut cartridges I have there was not one single tulip flower I liked so I had to create my own. I looked through images on Google of tulips to get the general shape. I noticed the shape was kind of like an egg so I decided I was going to cut 3 egg shapes and layer them and OMG...it worked! I then needed to find a stem and leaves I liked. I found that some blades of grass would work for that effect. Now I absolutely had to use purple because it is mine and my mom's favorite color. Lastly, it was about getting it all cut out and put together. I am so pleased with the way this card turned out and so was my mom.

I used these items to create my Tulip Happy Birthday Pop Up Box Card:

• Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge - to create the tulips with the egg shape
• Create a Critter Cricut cartridge - to create the stem and leaves with the blades of grass
• white ink - to highlight the tulips
• purple ink - Happy Birthday and sentiment on back of card
• My Craft Spot - Inside & Out - Set #2 clear stamp set - for the Happy Birthday and sentiment on back of card 
• Stampin' Up! 4 rhinestones - on front of card
• Mart
• 2 shades of purple cardstock
• white and green cardstock
• 2 different pattern papers
• Martha Stewart corner punch - Deco fan

Here are some close ups of the flowers and the back of the card:

I am entering this card in the following linky parties and challenges:

• Little Scrap Pieces Linky Party
• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft-it-up Link-it-up - Favorite Color 
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #218 - 3 or more embellishments - I used 4 rhinestones
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Tulip Happy Birthday Pop Up Box Card.

PARTY Scull Man ATC

I finally had a little time to create yesterday and this is what I did. This is the Scull Man from Rick St. Dennis. A while back he use to offer a free digital images to use for his challenges but because of some people abusing the use of the images he had to stop offering the free images. I was lucky enough to have been able to grab this guy when it was still offered. So I created a little ATC with the Scull Man digital image. I just added the clear PARTY stamp, colored the image with an orange pen and a black Sharpie marker. I attached the image with some foam squares and added a small scull sticker to the bottom of the ATC.

I am entering my ATC in the following challenge:

• Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #140 - Black and White and 1 other color

I hope you liked my ATC.  Thanks for stopping by and checking out my PARTY Scull Man ATC.