My Nephew's 2nd birthday card

I had such a great Saturday. A bunch of gal pals and I rented a hall, packed up all our scrapping crap and brought some snacks to enjoy a fun day of scrapping, heavy on the yapping. We had a great day. I wasn't as productive as I'd hoped, but I still completed a bunch of cards. I'm glad the only kids present were in utero...let's just say the language leaned toward the filthy...ok...so my language leaned toward the filthy. A lot of the other women climbed into the gutter with me...and fun was had by all! The first card that I'm posting from that day is my nephew's 2nd birthday card. Had to use Elmo...gotta love Elmo. I know...filthy language and Elmo is creepy, but I love how it turned out. I started out using different paper, but Donna (gal pal...local Scrapbooking store owner extrordinaire) screamed yikes...so I took her advice and this was the end product.

Recipe:

• Bo Bunny Expresso double dot cardstock and teal ribbon
• Bazzill-red, orange, black and white
• SEI-6x6" paper pack-Happy day patterned paper
• Stampin Up scallop border punch
• Paper Shapers corner punch
• Kraftin Kimmie sentiment inside card
• CTMH-cocoa ink
• Cricut cart-Sesame Street Friends, Pooh font(2)
• CTMH-cocoa ink, Happy birthday sentiment

Sympathy Card

Another instalation of the sympathy cards for Hubby's workplace stash. I like how it turned out...another 3 cards made in a jiffy. I literally dug through my scrap pile for these ones...yahoo! This coming weekend I'm getting together with the girls for a husband and kid free 12 hours of scrapping and yapping...can't wait! Hopefully I'll have a @#$% load of cards to post. Yeah me!!

Recipe:

• Andrea Victoria-My Minds Eye Paper line
• Urban Windows-We R Memory Keepers line
• craft cardstock for base
• Stampin' Up edge punch
• Kaiserkraft black organza ribbon
• CTMH-black ink and goldenrod(sponged on tree)
• Cricut carts-Heritage(tree), Storybook(tag)
• Sympathy sentiments-Hero Arts

Sympathy Card

My husband asked me to make some sympathy cards for his office. From time to time they have clients that pass away and the office buys some stock cards that they give out. I guess he thinks mine would be more personal. I decided to keep them simple. I love how they turned out. He asked for 10...I'm planning on making a few of each design I come up with. I'll post the rest when they're complete.

Recipe:

• base cardstock-looks like a paper bag ? brand
• My Mind's Eye-Andrea Victoria
• brown cardstock
• KaiserKraft brown organza ribbon
• EK Success border punch
• Paper Shapers corner punch
• CTMH brown bag ink
• sentiment stamp from Hero Arts
• Cricut cart-Heritage (tree)

Innsbruck-The Prettiest place in Europe

This is the last installment in my daughter's Europe album. WOO HOO!!  Another album bites the dust. Anyways...This one came together really fast...a little on the plain side, but the paper is so pretty. Hopefully the paper covers up how empty the page is...

Recipe:

• Bo Bunny-Love Bandit, Blush and Coffee Double dot
• In Stitches Bazzill templates
• Bo Bunny flowers, buttons and gems
• Chocolate, white and Rose DMC floss
• Paper Shaper's corner punch
• Cricut cart-Winter Woodland

Paris...Oh the things you can see!

Chelsea took sooooo many pretty pic's in Paris...I just had to put a few more on a scrapbook page for her album. I just love Bo Bunny...you can't go wrong with this paper...it's so pretty.

Recipe:

• Bo Bunny-Alissa line
• Bo Bunny-Ocean dot and blush dot
• Bo Bunny flowers, ribbon and buttons
• white DMC floss
• Cricut cart-Simply Sweet
• Cuttlebug embossing folder-flowers and dots
• Imagine layout book

IL Duomo

My daughter didn't really like Florence, Italy. The one thing she did like was Il Duomo. I think this paper was perfect for it. I had a really hard time not over embellishing it though.

Recipe:

• My Minds Eye-Breaking free(adventure series)
• Core'dinations-Cloudburst, Roasted pepper, and dark teal(no sticker on this one)
• CTMH-Twilight ink
• diamond Stickles
• light teal DMC floss
• Bazzill "In Stitches" templates
• Cricut Cart-Nursery Rhymes
• CTMH- Imagine layout book

The Crooked House

While in Vienna, my daughter's tour group stopped at the "Crooked House". She found this building "so cool" that I had to scrap it for her Europe trip album. I really like how this one came together. The paper is so happy and colourful...and I actually got to use my Jubilee cart (house font). I just couldn't pass up using it.

Recipe:

1. Echo Park-A Walk in the Park-paper line
2. Stampin' Up buttons
3. brown DMC floss
4. flower brads ? brand
5. cricut cart- Jubilee

I love Moo!

I spent this morning with my daughter creating this Valentine's day card for her "sweetie". She came up with the design. I just got my first Pink Stamper Stamps in the mail, Yeah me!!! My daughter took one look at them and had to make a cow card so she could use the ultra cute stamps...Udderly amazing and I love moo! I think it turned out cute.Maybe I had a little to do with it. Whenever card making with my daughter, I get to play the yes no game...what about this? yes...no Well then what about that?

Recipe:

1. red Bazzill
2. white, black and grey cardstock

3. Core'dinations pink cardstock
4. Bo Bunny Crush line
5. black Rick Rack
6. white Frosted brad(?brand)
7. Martha Stewart edge and corner punch
8. Paper Shapers tag punch
9. Cricut carts- Create a Critter(cow), George(heart)
10. My Pink Stamper Stamps-Punnylicious and More Punnylicious
11. CTMH-black ink

Venice-the sites

This is the next installment of my daughter's Europe trip scrapbook. She LOVED Venice, and it shows through her beautiful pictures. I love how this page came together...the paper is so pretty. I even used my handwriting on this page...which I hate to do, but I try to include a snippet of my handwriting in every scrapbook I make for my family. I used a beautiful quote from Longfellow about Venice on this page...here it is...."White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest...While phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows of the palaces and strips of sky."

Recipe:

• My Minds Eye-So Sophia line
• Making Memories-metal accents, clips and buckle
• KaiserKraft pink organza ribbon
• diamond Stickles
• Martha Stewart edge punch
• EK Success edge punch
• raspberry Stampin Up marker(thanks Donna!!)
• Cricut cart-Ashlyn's alphabet and my Gypsy to weld the letters
• Imagine layout book from CTMH for inspiration

My son's Valentine's Day card

I made this card for my son. He's an avid downhill skier. Jake and his friend even built a box and installed it in our backyard...lucky me. Although... this did keep them shovelling and messing around outside for 2 full days to get it set up. I'll include a pick of him trying it out. The card turned out well...kept it boyish...or should I say man-ish?

Recipe:

• Bo Bunny-Crush line, Shadow and Wild Berry Double dot
• White cardstock
• Making Memories metal accents
• Bella Bling white dots and glimmer dots(snow)
•  EK Success border punch and corner punch
• Kraftin' Kimmie sentimentBlack CTMH ink
• Cricut carts- Dude! and George(heart)

My Daughter's Valentine's Day card

I made this one for my daughter. She LOVES rabbits. I think it turned out really cute. I forgot to cut out his little belly, so I was forced to use white flower soft. It's cute with the flower soft, but everyone knows this product drives me crazy.

Recipe:

• Bo Bunny Crush line, double dot to match
• Bazzill pink, white and black
• dark pink Core'dinations cardstock
• Making Memories-metal accents
• Basic Grey pearls
• White Flower Soft
• Martha Stewart border punch
• Cricut carts-Create a Critter and George(heart)

Valentine's cards 4 my friend's daughters

I made these cards for my friend Tanis' daughters. Excuse the pic...indoor shot...a little too much shadow. I love how they turned out...too cute!

Recipe:

• Bo Bunny- Crush line, Kiwi double dot
• Bazzill- black, pink
• dark pink Core'dinations cardstock
• Making Memories- metal accents
• Basi Grey rhinestones and pearls
• Diamond Stickles
• Cricut Cart- Create a Critter
• Martha Stewart edge punches
• CTMH ribbon
• and a heck of a lot of pop dots!

My friend Tanis' Birthday card 2011

I made this card for my good friend Tanis. She turns 42 this year. The funny thing about this card is that  I incorporated the 2 things she hates most in it. Yellow and Paisley. Yep...you heard it, she hates yellow and paisley designs. I actually bought a paisley Cuttlebug folder to use just on this card. Bwa Ha Ha!

Recipe:

1. Core-dinations cardstock- Yellow, pink and green
2. black cardstock
3. Sassafras paper-Count me in Wee stack
4. Stampin' Up ribbon
5. Amy R sentiment stamp
6. CTMH-black ink
7. Kraftin' Kimmie Happy Birthday stamp(inside)
8. Cuttlebug embossing folders-Paisley, Swiss Dot
9. Diamond Stickles
10. Cricut carts- Paisley and Forever Young