Oh, this card was SOOO out of my comfort zone ! My BFF, Sharon asked me to make her grandson, Hayden, a card for his 11th birthday and I suggested the guitar and skull and cross bones on the IA cart.....kinda sorta jokin with her and she said YES, he would love that!His parents are taking him to a Motley Crue concert for his birthday and this would be perfect! Oh goody...Oh boy. Thank goodness I have seen some cards on the MB using those cuts,( the most recent, JulieH....Thanks ! ) so I wasn't totally in the dark.I had this guitar paper for the background and I started from there, cutting the skull and cross bones on shadow and regular feature, the POW image was cut using the blackout function, and the guitar was cut on the regular feature.I used Jasmine for the letters, using both regular and shadow.Each image was cut 3 times, cause I like that chipboard effect.Did lots of inking, popping and praying! Added the lil silver pearls and wiped my brow! Thanks so much for looking ...I hope Sharon approves and I hope y'all do as well!!!!
Y'all know I love this season and I love scarecrows.....so Im sure you aren't surprised by this card !!! I used Dad, from MC for the body and butchered him all up.I tried to make him look like he has on bib overalls . George for the oval for his face.The moon is from CO as is the "bale of hay", its the sign image.I got PDDU today( YIPPEEE, I dont know what took me so long!!) and the pumpkins are from that cart.I also got the pumpkin Cuttlebug folder and embossed the background paper,Black Magic, tho you can barley see it.The crows are of my own hand, a 1" circle cut in half and a tiny lil triangle for his beak.Lots of inking, added some bling to the moon, lots of poppin and there you have him...Sam the Scarecrow!! Thanks so much for looking and commenting!!!!
Hi Y'all, I hope you had a great start to your week!I made this card for our across the street neighbor.He had a stroke last week and came home yesterday, so I thought I would make him a card to send over, along with supper for them tomorrow night.Dan and I don't really know them well,just the college age son, Michael and we know, thru him, that his dad likes to hunt. I used Black Magic paper for the background and embossed it and I'm a lil disappointed that the green doesn't show up as well as I thought it would. I wasnt going to have the cabin, but after I cut the trees and saw the swirls, I had to put a cabin there.So I placed the cabin under the swirls so it looks like smoke flowing from a chimney!I cant remember the sizes that I made on any of the images ! Gettin old, ain't for sissies !!! I DO know that I used CO for all the cuts and they were all cut 2 times, inked and popped. Thanks so much for looking and have a great week !!!
Good Morning Y'all !! I guess I'm ready for Fall, cause here's another Fall themed card. I used SYI for the tree, cut at 41/2",3 times and embossed with a Fiskars plate.I didnt really like the leaves on this cart so I cut them off and used the ones on DC, cut at 3/4", 2 times.The acorns are from DC as well, cut at 1/2".The fence is from MC, cut at 1", 2 times and the squirrel is from CO, cut at 1", 3 times.The swing is also the sign from CO.The background paper is from PCCrafters and embossed with a CB folder.Lots of inking, popping and patience went into this one ! Thanks so much for looking!!
Oh boy, was this a labor of love!! I love Fall and I adore scarecrows and this lil fella was a challenge for me to create! I used MC, the dad figure, cut many many times, at 3".Used my pinking shears to adapt his clothes.His face is an oval from good ole George, cut at 1 1/4".I am not good at drawing faces, but I think his is kinda cute! I used SYI for the pumpkins, cut at several different sizes as well as the sunflowers.The crow is my own handy work. lol Im sure you can tell !! He started out as a 1" circle, cut in half and a tiny lil triangle for his beak and I just added some small strips for tail feathers and his feet...I think hes cute ! His hat is the snail,from WIMG, that I adapted!!! I couldnt find a hat that I really liked so I got out a few carts and turned the pages upside down , sideways and, well you get my drift,to see if anything would work..and there ya go! Lots of inking, popping, used raffia for the straw and added a whole lotta love !!! Thanks so much for looking!!
I had to jump on the wagon and make a simple lil fall card....My FAVORITE season!! I used Doodlecharms for the basket, cut at 11/2"...2 times..the handles cut 2 times as well.The apples, from the same cart, were cut at 3/4", 2 times , also. I did some inking, popping, added the lil heart brads to the basket,and added the ribbon.Thanks so much for looking!!!
Dan and I will celebrate our 5Th Anniversary next month and I decided I better get a jump on making a card....well, I will probably make several! The lips on Don Juan have been calling my name so I puckered up and cut some! They were cut at 2, 11/2 and 1", the lips on the outside of the card were cut 3 times and I went crazy with the glitter ! I used my Nesties scalloped hearts for the frame around the Happy Anniversary sentiment.The sterling silver heart charm was bought at HL, in the clearance dept.You cant really see it, but it is engraved~~Always~~.I found the cute lil doodle lips for the inside at a free font sight...sorry I cant remember which one, I looked at so many.Did some inking and popping, used a few different border punches and added the ribbon,and sealed it with a kiss ! Thanks so much for looking!!!!
Good morning y'all !!!I made this card for my X husbands Aunt, to let her know I was thinking about her. Her grandson was hiking in the Cascades National Park before he began a new job, back in June and was lost for several days.Search parties began looking for him,but his strong faith in God and his constant praying, allowed him to walk out of the park on his own! I was scanning thru Dawns tutorials and found this adorable lil lady bug and had to make one!! I added my twist to it. The large ladybug was cut using my nesties scalloped circles, cut 3 times, the head was made using a 1" punch and I used a hole punch for the antenae(sp) . I used a polka dot stamp, to stamp the black dots on the red paper. I used WIMG for the other ladybugs, cut at 1"....2 times for the black body and 2 times on the shift function.Fiskars punch for the green gingham border,did some inking and poppin.Im going to type a lil note and add it later. TFL!!!!!!!!
My Great niece is celebrating her 8th b'day in a few weeks and thankfully I found out her new favorite color, are any shades of aqua. So, I created a little background paper, used Celebrations for the Cat...she got a kitty several months back and adores it, hence the Cat, the hat and the 8.Cut the cat and the hat, 3 times, as well as the cupcake.Added some glitter and tiny glass beads for sprinkles, along with some stickles.Did some inking and poppin and Oh yea, made her a little envelope for the insider, to slip some money into.I always kinda"hide" the money and they love having just one more thing to open. Thanks so much for looking !!!!!
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This sight is dedicated to the art of card making....of which I am addicted ! I began making cards a few months before Dan was deployed to Iraq.I wanted to make sure he had a new card to open every day, so I used BlueMountian.Co and created him 2 months worth of cards !About a year ago I saw that famous infomercial for a little bug called a Cricut.Well, after watching it numerous times, I HAD to have it...and I ordered it!!!Then I found the Cricut Message Board and I hit pay dirt!!! I was, and still am so inspired by some of the talented women on that board!I have to give them credit for making me the card maker that I am today!!!
Thank you ladies, from the bottom of my heart!
I hope you enjoy looking at my cards, as much as I enjoy making them!!!
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