Party Till the Cows..................

........................Come Home!

Hi everyone, I have a card to share with you today that I made for my Granddaughter (in-law)that just turned 21 and was looking forward to it.

I am thrilled with how it turned out.

I cut the cow using my Cameo and an image I bought in the Silhouette store.  I did a print and cut then covered "her" with Crystal Lacquer.  The barn cloud were also purchased in the Silhouette store, I love just being able to go there and get what I need and immediately use it.

I Cuttlebugged the barn with the distressed stripes folder then inked it a bit.  The background paper was computer generated.

I typed the saying using the Design Studio and then used my sketch pens to write it and then went back and cut the cloud around it.

Here is a close up of the little cow.

Now on to the inside.

I did the saying the same way I did the one on the front of the card.

I just think this card came out so cute and our granddaughter loved it and got a chuckle out of it.

Well thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit my blog.  I would love to hear what you think of my card.

A Variety of Cards

Hello everyone, just having trouble posting daily on my blog so in an effort to catch up and show you what I have been working on I will post several cards on this post.

The first couple cards I made using the CTMH papers from the 

Chantilly Paper pack, love the colors and patterns in this pack.

The bow I cut using the Artiste cartridge and my Cricut Expression.

The center paisley is a matching chipboard piece that comes in the Chantilly Dimensional Elements.

The next card also uses the Chantilly paper pack and dimensional chipboard pieces.

This card fits into a #10 size business envelope.  I always forget about making this size card.

One last card for now.

This was made using CTMH papers that were in the Dotty for You paper pack from last year. 

I love the Dotty for You paper pack, but unfortunately it is no longer available.  Maybe it is because I love polka dots.

Well thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog, hopefully I will get another post up real soon.

Birthday Card for my Hubby

Hi everyone, I know it has been awhile (again), it is not that I have not been crafting it is just that I have used any extra time I had crafting and not making myself stop and type up blog posts.    Had so much going on and company etc etc, but I think things should slack up a bit now.  Fingers crossed. :)

I am also taking an on-line Copic Coloring class, so hopefully you will see more Copic colored things from me in the future.

Earlier this week was my hubby's birthday so here is the card I created for him.

Can you tell we like wine:)!

I have finally made myself get out of my comfort zone (using cartridges) and start using the Cameo software and Make The Cut software and I am lovin it.  I still have so so much learn but the possibilities are endless, you have so much more freedom to manipulate the images to fit into what you are doing.  I love love working with my Cameo, sorry had to say that.

The wine bottle was a cut file I bought in the Silhouette Store for 99 cents.  I customized the label, but cutting out the words from vinyl since they were small and vinyl cut small things better or I should say small or delicate things cut out better from vinyl.

I covered the bottle with 3D Crystal Lacquer and then placed the "label" over the lacquer so it didn't look like the label was inside the bottle.   When the lacquer was 80% or so dried, I started to bend it and curve it a bit so it would look rounded.

The corner scroll is a Spellbinder that I got recently.

The words I welded in the Silhouette software and then created a shadow for them.  The software makes it so easy to weld letters and create a shadow if you want to.

Here is the inside that I printed out using Word then cut out with a Spellbinder.  

I am so pleased with how this card came out and I was excited when I found that background paper in my stash.

Well thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog, I would love to read you comments on my card.

Have a fabulous day!

A Couple fun Birthday Cards

Hi, I am trying to catch up on my blog posting.  I have been busy creating cards

but have just not found much time to post them.

This is a card I made following a sketch, it is pretty simple but I love the colors.

The background paper is from a DCWV paper stack that I got a long long long time ago and was probably one of the first stacks I bought.

The center circle sentiment I made using Microsoft Word.  I do not do it very often so I really have to play around with it to get it right.  Then using my Cameo and Make the Cut software I was able to cut around that sentiment.  The center is a canvas button sticker from CTMH, I was trying to keep this so it could be used for a male so I hope that flower doesn't throw it off.

Here is the second card to share with you.

 The papers are CTMH Lucy paper pack.   I hosted a challenge and my extra credit was to use a negative cut.  Well where the flowers are is a window, the rub-on stickers are on a paper behind the main strip.

The bow I cut using the Artiste cartridge, I love to cut the paper bows, that way they match your project exactly. 

Here is a closer look at that rub-on and the bow.  I also added some rub-ons to the paper the bow was made from.

Glad you stopped by I hope you enjoyed my 2 cards today.

Welcome Baby.............

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I have a card to share with you today that I made following the sketch this week at Mojo Monday.

Boy has it been a long time since I played along there.

Well the timing was right as I had to make a baby shower card for one of our granddaughter's shower next week.

As you can tell she is having a girl and her name will be Lily.  Boy how that has changed since I had my kids years ago 40+ you never knew what you were having till it popped out. :)

I used my MTC software to set up the scalloped circles so they would layer and shadow each other.  Then I added the text using my sketch pens and my Cameo to write out the text, then go back and have MTC cut out the circle.  I love MTC but I just have to make myself use it more to learn all the cool things it does, plus Andy is constantly updating it and adding new features.  

The papers are some Heidi Grace papers I have had around here for a couple of years.  

The flower is a crumpled flower I made a long time ago but it just matched this perfectly so I added it.

I am please with how this turned out as I struggled with every detail, I love the pink and green combination.

Well thanks for stopping by and hop on over to Mojo Monday and join in the fun.

Collage of Flowers

Hi, glad you stopped by.

A few weeks ago I made this card following a challenge and one of the extra credits was to make a collage card.  So the images on this card came up when I 

Googled collage images.  Not sure it was what I had in mind as a collage but I loved them nonetheless so I used them.

I do love the look of this card.  Background paper is from the K& Company Best of Brenda Walton stack. 

I matted each layer using a rust like color.

The "happy birthday" I wrote using my sketch pens in my Cameo.  

Well I hope you enjoyed looking at my card and will leave me a comment.  Thanks!

A Fabulous Day

Hello everyone hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

I have a card to share today that I made using some papers from

the Best of K&Company paper stack.

The center brad I made using my iTop brad maker to match the paper.  The crocheted green center was a goodies that came in my box from Websters Pages.  That box was just packed with fun things and papers.

Here is a closer look at that crocheted piece.

All the cuts were done using the Artiste cartridge.

Well thanks for taking a minute to stop in, I would love to hear your comments.

A Couple of Thinking of You cards

Hello, I know it has been some time since I posted on my blog, it just seems like I run out of time sometimes as I am sure everyone does now and then.

So today I have two "thinking of you" cards to share.

The first one is made from some papers I have had in my stash for many years, and the flower I had made awhile ago so I am not sure which cartridge it came from.

I love how these colors look together, to me they are a soft look.  

The second one was made using CTMH papers from the Flirty paper pack which unfortunately has been discontinued.

Both of the sentiments were stamped using a stamp from the CTMH stamp from the Card Chatter Sympathy set

The flowers were cut using the Artiste cartridge.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope to keep up with my posting a bit better in the upcoming days/weeks.  Thanks again

Over the hill...............

Hello, I have a humorous birthday card to share with you today.

My brother-in-law is a very funny guy and him and I are are always joking with each other so I could not resist making him this card.

I cut the "hill" and sun using the Cricut cartridge Country Life and then mounted it on a card that I had covered with cloud paper.  I stamped a hot air balloon lightly to look like it was off in the distance.  

The old fashion bicycle I cut using my Silhouette Cameo as I find that is cuts finer lines much much better than the Cricut does.

Here is a closer look at the bike, which I pop dotted.

For this to all make sense you have to see the inside.

 

 This is the Just a Number stamp set from CTMH, it has some really cute stamps for birthday cards.

Well my BILs birthday was early this month and he got a nice chuckle out of his card.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peak.

You make me Smile.....

Hello all, I have a bright fun card to share with you today I love how this came out and I actually think I am getting a bit better ( an little bit) at coloring with my Copics.

Back in October Barbara at Forgotten Scraps had posted this cute image that her 9 year old daughter (along with her help) drew this adorable butterfly as a fund raiser for the Monarch Butterfly Fund.  You can read all about it HERE and purchase it if you would like.  While you are there spend a little time looking around Barbara's blog Forgotten Scraps she is amazing at coloring with Copics, she makes things come to life.

So are you ready to see how I colored Hola Butterfly?

The papers I used are from my Websters Pages warehouse box I got last month.  A couple times a year (I think) they offer a warehouse box packed full of goodies, like paper, ribbon, flowers, stickers etc etc.  This was the first time I ever got the box but it was so exciting ti dig through it and see what inside.

I wanted to color him to match the papers so he is a bit off the mark as far as a true Monarch Butterfly, but I love him in the bright colors.

Here is a close up, I added some Sakura Glitter pen to the trim on his hat but you can't see it too well in the photo.

The 3 flowers along the edge are actually buttons.  I created this card following a sketch this week from the Cricut message board RAQs Sketch Challenge and the extra credit there was to use buttons.  If you like to make cards following a sketch come on over and join us, it is a fun group of ladies.

The sentiment label I cut using Cricut Craft Rooms basics and then stamped it with a CTMH stamp.

Well thanks for stopping by my blog, I would love to hear what you have to say about my butterfly and I hope to keep up with posting on my blog more often.