Let the Good Times Roll Pop-Up Box card

 

Today my oldest daughter was invited to a friend's 13th birthday party which was a bowling party, so I of course had to make a bowling theme card. I decided to make a Pop-Up Box card because I thought that particular design would allow me to create a sort-of bowling alley. I think I pulled it off.

 

In this picture, look at the bowling ball, I used a piece of cardstock from the DCWV Metallic Glitter Cardstock Stack. The ball is shiny and glittery, just like a real bowling ball.

 

 

I put 13 on both sides because my daughter's friend is turning 13.

 

 

The back I kept simple and to be perfectly honest I was running out of time. I would have liked to put another bowling pin and ball back there but I just didn't have enough time.

I used these items to create my Let the Good Times Roll Pop-Up Box card:

• Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge (1st time I used it) - bowling pins and ball
• Alphalicious Cricut cartridge - "Lucky"
• Designer Calendar Cricut cartridge - 13
• CardzTV "Good Times" clear stamp set - sentiments
• DCWV Metallic Glitter Cardstock Stack - bowling ball

I am entering my Pop-Up Box card in the following challenges:

• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up Link it up - Anything Goes
• Decorate to Celebrate - Challenge #97 - Anything Goes
• DL ART - April Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

It was a little rushed and last minute but I got it done and I love it. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Let the Good Times Roll Pop-Up Box card.

Just a Lonely Zombie

It has been over a month since I created anything, mainly because I was going through radiation for the breast cancer I had. Now that it is over and my everyday isn't being interrupted by having to go to radiation I feel I have the time and the frame of mind to be creative again!

So for my 1st project since being done with radiation I created this card for Halloween. I know, your thinking Halloween in May? Yes, I'm always thinking ahead to the next Halloween. While browsing through some of the blogs I follow I came across Airless Chambers which is another Rick St. Dennis (who has amazing digital stamps) blog. They were offering a FREE Singing Zombie digital stamp, plus a challenge to use that digital stamp in the currant challenge. I jumped on it and started on my creation.

I first started looking at some images of The Walking Dead zombies to determine how I wanted to color my zombie. Then since this is suppose to be a singing zombie I decided to search the Internet for songs about zombies and came across a couple I liked. I decided to use "The Zombie Song" as my muse. Then I just started pulling out things from my stash to finalize my card.

I used these items to create my card:

• Singing Zombie FREE digital stamp
• sponged white, brown and green ink on the zombie
• Sharpie markers - hair, eyes, mouth, exposed body parts and background
• red pen - blood shot part of the eyes
• Glossy Accents - eyes, mouth and exposed body parts
• Design Studio - weld ZOMBIE
• Alphalicious Cricut cartridge - font
• Brain from Creepy Glowbugg which I attached it to a skewer (painted silver) to look like a microphone
• misc. ribbon
• Studio 112 adhesive gems

On the inside I used these items:

• computer generated sentiment
• Martha Stewart Goo edge punch

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

• Airless Chambers - Singing Zombie
• Haunted Design House #166 - Stephen King - he has written quite a few things about zombies
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party - Anything

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Just a Lonely Zombie card.

 

Teacher Appreciation Basket

I made this basket for my daughter's 3rd grade teacher for Teacher Appreciation Day.

I got the basket from Michael's for only $3.50, added some ribbon I already had, placed some craft foam in the bottom, covered it with some leftover Easter grass, put in some Granny Smith and Pink Lady apples, and last made the sticks.

I used these Cricut cartridges:
George and Basic Shapes for the star cut @ 3
Cricut Sampler for the Thanks cut @ 3
A Child's Year for the 2 apples cut @ 3
Doodlecharms for the watermelon cut @ 3
Locker Talk for the A+ cut @ 1 3/4
Graphically Speaking for the chalkboard cut @ 3 1/2
Celebrations for the banner cut @ 4
Wild Card for the #1 Teacher cut @ 6
Alphalicious for the You're the Best cut @ 2

Too many carts I know but I think the end product turned out pretty good.  I learned from doing this project that in the future to use less carts.  Using this many carts was very time consuming!

Here's the Basket and the card together!