National Thank a Police Officer Day 2015

This past Saturday, September 19, 2015, was National Thank a Police Officer Day. My best friend is married to a Phoenix police officer and she asked me if I would make some posters for her for a little celebration she was putting together for the Phoenix Police Department. I, of course, said yes.

I made 2 posters out of 1 black poster and 1 blue poster, plus white cardstock.

Here is the other poster I made.

I also decided to make a simple easel card to express my thanks to the Phoenix Police Department.

 

I used these items to make my posters and card:

• Black and blue posters
• Black and white cardstock
• Cake Basics Cricut cartridge -  Thank You Phoenix PD poster
• Beyond Birthdays, Calligraphy Collection, Jasmine, and Phrases Cricut cartridges - Many Thanks poster
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - Thank You card
• Silver Star brads - card

I am entering my posters and card in the following challenges:

• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - September Linky
• Decorate to Celebrate - Challenge #109 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my National Thank a Police Officer Day posters and card.

A Christmas Story layout

I am proud to bring to you a little Christmas in July. I had scrapbookers block with this layout. I had difficulty choosing papers, titles and who knows what else BUT I am so pleased that once I got my creative juices flowing I was able to make some good choices and get it done.

I have to give you the story behind the photos. Every year since my youngest daughter was born 9 weeks premature we have been invited to Christmas, Easter and Halloween events just for the NICU babies at the hospital where she was born. In December 2010 was our 1st Christmas event and we quickly found out that my youngest daughter does not like Santa Claus. As soon as we put her down on his lap she began to cry, we began to laugh, we encouraged our oldest daughter to hold her sisters hand to comfort her and as you can see in the last photo it worked. To this day we still do not have a picture of her smiling on Santa's lap and she will be 5 this November.

I used these items to create my layout:

• Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge - part of the title "Christmas"
• Calligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge - part of the title " A Story"
• Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge - Rudolph and Santa
• Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge - peppermint candies
• Pattern Paper from Recollections Bright and Joy Paper Pad
• Better Not Pout embellishment from Recollections Bright and Joy Paper Pad
• ribbon
• Red corners and star from DCWV The Christmas Speciality sitcker stack
• Red, green and iridescent stickles
• Glossy Accents - Rudolph's nose
• Google eyes
• Foam squares 

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

• Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #223 - Christmas in July
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #175 - Christmas in July
• Paper Take Weekly - Its a Jolly Holiday
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - July Linky
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #138 - Christmas with lots of Layers
• The Corrosive Challenge #204 - Christmas in July
• Craftin Desert Divas - Linky Party #36 - Christmas in July

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my A Christmas Story layout.

You're the Best! Teacher Appreciation card

I think this is the last teacher appreciation project for this year.  We've had a rough last 2 weeks with my youngest having Strep last week and me and my oldest just having a really bad sickness this week.  Plus, Tuesday our dear bassetthound Lady passed away.   She had been going down hill quickly since the weekend so we knew it was coming.  We were able to say our goodbyes and she went in her sleep Tuesday night.  Today we buried her and our youngest really couldn't understand why we put Lady in a bag and in a hole, she did though repeatedly say,"Bye Bye Lady."  I'm relieved and sad but I know she's in a better place and not in pain anymore. 

R.I.P. Lady!

This card is going along with the other projects I made this week for my daughter's 4th grade teacher.  I was inspired by another blogger to make this card into not just a card but a post-it note holder, too. 

I used these items to create this card:

• Post-it note - from the dollar store (2 pk.)
• Calligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge - "You're the Best!"
• A Child's Year Cricut cartridge - apple
• Green and red Stickles
• Martha Stewart white glitter - on the "You're the Best!"
• white gel pen
• Misc. clear Thank You stamp - on the Post-it note
• foam squares - behind the apple

 Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Teacher Appreciation card.

Best Day Ever card

I created this 5 1/2 in. square easel card for a co-worker of mine who loves Spongebob!  I am entering this card in the Birthday Sundaes #18 Anything Goes Birthday Card Challenge.

I made the base card from orange cardstock.  I ran the blue cardstock through my Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls embossing folder.  I then Stickled over the swirls with Baby Blue Stickles.  I had some cardstock that had a sand look to it that I cut and tore, then inked and layered.  I also used the same paper for the Happy Birthday, which I used the negative cut and layered over a slightly darked colored cardstock.  I also inked and traced the letters to give it a written in the sand look.
All of the cuts were made from the Spongebob Squarepants Cricut cartridge, except the Happy Birthday which I used the Design Studio to create and cut from Caligraphy Collection Cricut cartirdge.

Best Day Ever sign cut at 1 3/4, layered and punched an eyelet through to create the hole to thread floss through to make it look like Spongebob is holding a sign or banner.

Flowers cut at 3/4, layered and attached with a brad

Starfish cut at 3/4 and adhered Martha Stewart glitter

Greenery cut at 4 and inked

Spongebob cut at 3, I couldn't use all of the cut pieces because they were just too small so I ended up using colored pens to fill in those areas *** If you are going to attempt a Spongebob like this make it bigger!

I used square foams to pop up Spongebob and the sign. 

Here are some additonal images of the card.  Thanks for checking out my latest creation and please stop by again!

Lily Bug is 1 Birthday card

I created this card to coordinate with the layout I made for Lily, my friend's daughter who is turning 1 this month! 

I used these items to make it:

DCWV Nana's Kids - for the printed cardstock
Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge - for the lady bug cut at 4 1/2, added Martha Stewart glitter to the wings and heart, and used google eyes
Martha Stewart punch for the white card stock
Caligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge - for the Lily Bug is 1, welded in Design Studio, added Martha Stewart glitter
Misc. flower sticker

(inside)
Martha Stewart punch for the white card stock
Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge - for the Happy Birthday cut at 2 1/2 and added Martha Stewart glitter

Hope you enjoyed this card and thanks for looking

Lily

Entered in Cooking with Cricut Anything Goes ChallengeI made this layout for a friend of mine and her little girl, named Lily, who is turning 1 this month and this is my gift to my friend and the dress (that inspired the layout below) is for her little girl.  I used many Cricut cartridges on this project and they are as follows:

Accent Essentials
- flower (accent 32)cut at 1 3/4
- circle (accent 12)cut at 1 1/4
- I inked the flower with LePlume II pink
- outlined the flower with cotton candy Stickles

Calligraphy Collection
- name cut at 3/4
- glittered with Martha Stewart onyx glitter

Doodlecharms - leaves (from the stick and leaves) cut at 4
- inked leaves with LePlume II light green

Paper Doll Dress Up
- fence I welded 2 fences togehter in Design Studio at 1 1/4 and trimmed to fit page
- I inked the fence with LePlume II grey
- outlined the fence with frosted lace Stickles

ZooBalloo
- clouds cut at 2
- outlined the clouds with white iridesant Studio g glitter glue

Graphically Speaking
- sun (the great outdoors) icon blackout cut at 4
- circle of the sun (got kids?) shift icon blackout cut at 1 3/4
- applied yellow Studio g glitter glue to sun and circle

I used pattern paper from DCWV Spring Stack, DCWV Nana's Kids, and DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies. I used foam squares to raise most of the elements, adhered some ribbon, lady bugs and some misc. embellishments.  See below for more pics, thanks for visiting!

Have a Berry Sweet Birthday card

It has been a while since I actually had the opportunity to make anything, so here it is.

I made this easel card for my Mom, who's birthday is this week and she loves strawberries...in fact she bought me this cart so I thought it would be fitting that I use it to make her birthday card!

I used these Cricut cartridges:
Simply Charmed for the strawberry bowl cut at 3 1/2 and the berry sweet cut at 1

Calligraphy Collection for the Birthday cut at 2

I used D'vine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders.

I added ribbon from Michael's and a couple of brads.

 The card is a 5 1/2 inch square card.

Simple and Sweet, I hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking!

We Walk 4Them

On Mother's Day me and my family participated in an event for the The MISS Foundation  It is an organization that supports families when a child dies.  The event was called Empty Strollers, Empty Shoes: We Walk for Them.  We walked for our nephew Chad who was taken from us when he was only 4 months old in 1993 and his death was attributed to SIDS.  We also walked for our babies Aiden and Kiran.  My son Aiden was stillborn at 29 weeks and 6 days gestation due a complete placental abruption and Kiran was misscarried at 8 weeks and 6 days, both in 2005.  I don't know what I would've done without The MISS Foundation.  Their support, especially in those early months during our grief, was essential for our healing.  Not a day goes by that we don't think about and MISS our babies.  Participating in this event is our way of never letting their memory die!

I used these Cricut cartridges:

Indie Art for the wings that I welded in the Design Studio to the names
Calligraphy Collection for the names
Graphically Speaking for the stoller
New Arrival for the feet
Plantin SchoolBook for the title

I don't know the sizes for any it because I did everything in the Design Studio. 

Thanks for looking!