It's your birthday!

Guy cards are so hard. I made this one for my brother in law's birthday. My hand always reaches for bling, rhinestones, stickles and pink. The pinker and shinier the better. This card started with a pun...gotta love a pun sentiment. I decided that I needed to use my Birthday Bash cartridge again...voila...bird card. Tried to stick to masculine paper...I think it turned out well.

Recipe:

• Imaginisce Animal Crackers Kaboom! line
• Avocado, turquoise and orange citrus Bo Bunny double dot
• rust, teal and lime Bazzill
• Stampin' Up scallop border punch
• CTMH-lagoon ink
• The Pink stamper stamp line-Punny-licious
• Kraftin Kimmie stamps-inside card

• Cricut carts-George(ovals), Birthday Bash

Bear hugs!

A cute bear card for a wonderful sis-in-law on mother's day. I love this paper line so much that I had to use it again. I hid the pun inside this time...hee hee! I think this is too cute.

Recipe:

• Kaisercraft-Hey Birdie line
• french roast-Core'dinations cardstock
• craft cardstock

• black and tan cardstock
• pink organza ribbon-Kaisercraft
• cocoa ink-CTMH
• front sentiment-CTMH may stamp set
• inside sentiment-More Punny-licious from The Pink Stamper
• Martha Stewart border punch
• EK Success corner punch
• Cricut Cart- Create a Critter

You're so deer

I know...another pun...can't she use a non-pun sentiment? No...I can't. I love the pun stamps from The Pink Stamper...they are awesome and they stamp like a dream. I've wanted to use this deer cut for a while...she's too cute! I love how this one came together too. I really like when paper lines have tags and journalling blocks on the back of their paper. They are perfect for the inside of a card.

Recipe:

• Echo Park-Life is Good paper line
• french roast-Core'dinations cardstock
• black and tan cardstock
• cocoa ink CTMH
• Cricut cart-Create a Critter
• CTMH-May Stamp set(mother's day) and December stamp set(happy)
• Stampin'up pink ribbon and eyelet border punch
• Sentiment-The Pink Stamper-More Punny-licious

• Amy R (so)

I altered the sentiment You're a deer to You're so deer by using the scotch tape trick.

Happy 18th Birthday Chelsea!

I made this card for my daughter's 18th Birthday. As I've said in the past...my Daughter LOVES rabbits. This is almost my last rabbit cut...yikes. I need to be on the lookout for a new cart with rabbits on it. I really like this paper I picked up at Dat's(local scrapbooking store). It's really great because it had matching solids...I love when they do that...it's awesome for the matching challenged. I got to use a pun stamp again...yeah me!!

Recipe:

• Echo Park-Springtime line
• white Bazzill 
• Martha Stewart edge punch
• pansy ink from CTMH
• pink buttons from my stash (?brand)
• green ribbon from Stampin' up
• black Bazzill mini brads
• Paper Shapers corner punch-inside
• sentiments-The Pink Stamper stamps-Punny-licious and Even More Punny-licious

• Cricut carts-Birthday bash, Cherry Limeade(18)

Have a tree-mendous day!!

Well...I had a wonderful day scrapping and yapping with my gal-pals again this past weekend. I got only 6 cards made in 12 hours...I swear...it takes me longer and longer to complete a card. I made this card for my Mother-in law's b-day. I absolutely love this sentiment...puns crack me up. This paper line is so pretty and goes so well with kraft cardsock. I love the way this one turned out.

Recipe:

• Kaisercraft Hey Birdie Collection
• Craft cardstock
• black cardstock
• french roast-Core'dinations cardstock
• Chocolate CTMH ink-distressing,Cocoa CTMH ink stamping
• Basic Grey pink pearls
• Martha Stewart edge punch
• diamond Stickles
• Cricut cart-Simply Charmed
• front sentiment from More-Punnylicious set/The Pink Stamper

• inside sentiment CTMH-Birthday set

Knocked Up?

My girlfriend is pregnant...and I am sooooooooo happy for her. Her Hubby and her older daughter are totally thrilled. They've been trying for a while and this couldn't have happened to a nicer person. She is beside herself...and to be honest, it's impossible to not get excited yourself. I just had to make her a card. She owns the only Scrapbooking store in my city...and is a professional card maker...so you can feel my pain.Whenever I make her a card, it is thought about and planned...forever. Don't get me wrong, she loves all the cards she gets from friends and family...but she's sooo good at making cards...ARG! Anyways, this is the card I came up with.  She has a twisted sense of humor(like me)...so she wouldn't be insulted by the tongue in cheek sentiment. I like how the card turned out...too cute. I just love that Simply Charmed Cricut cart.

Recipe:

• Nana's Nursery-DCWV paper
• Bazzill-lt yellow and lt pink
• Cardstock scraps-cream, brown
• CTMH-Amethyst ink
• "knocked up" sentiment-Twisted Sentiments-My Favorite Things
• "so happy for you"sentiment-Stampin' Up
• American Crafts-Green Glitter buttons
• Cream DMC floss
• Cream thread(for zig zagging)
• diamond Stickles
• E K Success-Daisy border punch
• Paper Shapers-corner punch-inside
• ribbon-? brand...from Dat's(local scrapbooking store)
• Cricut Cart- Simply Charmed

Son's Easter card

I had a hard time making an Easter card for my son this year. It was hard to make it a male card...it kept going girly on me. Anyways, this is what I came up with. I'm not totally thrilled...but I had to move on. Yeah for me...all my Easter cards are done!

Recipe:

• We R Memory Keepers-Easter Morning line
• Bo Bunny-buttercup, ocean and chocolate dot
• EK Success border punch and corner punch
• CTMH-green buttons
• DMC yellow floss
• Diamond Stickles
• CTMH-March monthly stamps for sentiment inside and cocoa ink
• ribbon-an oldy from Walmart(I sewed down the center and gathered it)
• Celebrate with Flourish Cricut cart-main image