Mother's Day Card 2011

 The card base is Kraft card stock, final measurements are 4.25" 5.5".  I used the Mother's Day cart for my Cricut Expression to cut the flower at 3.5".  The circle stamps are from "Stampin" Up" and the "Happy Mom Day" is from Studio g clear stamps found at Michael's in the $1 bins.  I used "Worn Lipstick" Distress Ink for the stamps.  Unfortunately I didn't take a pic of the envelope I made and lined using the same paper as the flower, it was really cute!

Birthday cards for my twin niece/nephew

My niece and nephew turn 7, oh my!  Here I used Kraft card stock cut at 4.25" x 11" folded in half for each.  For the banner triangles, letters and number 7, I used my Cricut Expression.  The decorative paper is from the Sweet Matstack from DCWV. 

Simple and easy.

40th Cupcake Birthday Card

Sweet Birthday card for my DH's 40th Birthday!

What a milestone to hit. DH wasn't exactly looking forward to this birthday, but I thought I would make him a fat-free treat, this card.   LOL!
The cupcake is cut out of light grey cardstock using the "card" function at 4.5". I used the layer functions for the "icing" and liner.  The icing & liner and the number 40 (candle version) papers are from the "Glitter Sweet Matstack" from DCWV.  "Waterfall" blue stickles was used to add a little bling to the cupcake base.

Happy Crafting.

Mini Word Book Album

Mini word book album for a Birthday Gift

My nephew Dylin was celebrating his First Birthday on April 9th, so I decided to make this mini book for him to have.

Ingredients:
6 toilet paper rolls
coordinating paper (I used "All About Boys" from DCWV in the 4x6" paper pack)
adhesive (I use my ATG gun)
random scrap craft paper
hole puncher
Cricut Machine & Plantin Schoolbook cartridge

Recipe:
Flatten the TP rolls at least 24 hours prior to starting the project, use heavy books or pans.  If you don't want to wait, use your hand-crank die cutting machine (Epic 6, cuttlebug....) to flatten them all down.  Be patient, it takes a while to get them really flat.  Choose your 6 pieces of coordinating paper to decorate the tubes.  I can't give you exact measurements here (each TP roll varies slightly in size), but you want to cut your paper down to be able to cover the whole TP roll.  You should have a little excess paper at the seam to ensure the roll gets covered completely.  Using your favorite strong adhesive, apply glue/tape to the TP roll, especially the edges (you don't want the paper to lift).  Next, I used my Cricut Expression to cut my nephew's name out at 2.5" using blue card stock I had lying around.  Then I used the "Bags, Tags, Boxes & More" cartridge to cut out the "scalloped edge" tag on page 91 (of the manual).  I cut out the tag at 2.5" and cut each tag down (in length) to fit into each slot.  I also applied each letter to the TP rolls accordingly.  Once dried, I hole punched each roll for the 1" rings to slide into.  Embellish as desired- I used stamps and die cuts I had lying around.