A Baseball Birthday

Two happy things happen this week.

Baseball season starts and it is my hubby's birthday.

He loves baseball and nearly had a chance to play

professional but I guess it was not meant to be.

So I made him a baseball birthday card.

When I saw this sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches

I knew it would be perfect for his birthday card.

I had found this Arizona Diamondbacks a year or so ago so

I just used it as the background.  The baseball was cut using

my Cricut Explore and the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.

The happy birthday was cut and written with the Explore also. 

The panel across the card I embossed using a Teresa Collins

embossing folder.  That is it, it was a pretty simple card.

Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend and a

very Happy Easter.

Hooray For You

Hello, sorry it has been a long time since I posted.  

I am so far behind, I have lots of cards that I have made that I still need to post. 

Maybe I will do a large group post you can see them all.

Today I am posting a card I made following a sketch this time on the Wednesdays Sketch Challenge on the Cricut message board.

There is also ad colors posted as additional inspiration.  This weeks colors are Black, White & Gray so this card follows along those colors also.

The background paper is from a very old DCWV stack called Glitter stack, I have had this stack for years, it was actually one of my first paper stacks I bought.

The strip of diamond cut is cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge and the Hooray for You was cut using Don Juan.

This week the challenge at The House that Stamps Built was also using the colors Black, White & Gray so I will enter this card in that also also.   You don't have to use their stamps but if you do you will receive an extra entry, you have till September 23rd to post your creation.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.

Have a great day!

Play Ball!.........

Hello everyone!  Are you ready for Spring to start, or in our house we look forward to the baseball season starting.

Here is Arizona it has been unusually hot this Winter it has been in the upper 70s or 80s.

My husband really likes baseball (I do too)and his birthday in April 2nd which sometimes falls on opening day.  So here is a card I made a while back to give him, but had never posted it.

I cut the background pattern, baseball and the chevrons using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.  The happy birthday is stamped using a Sweet & Sassy stamp.

Then I found another baseball card idea on Pinterest that I liked so I started to make that for him but it is not done yet so I will share that in another post.

This week at Sentimental Sundays the challenge is to make a male/boy card so i will be linking this card to that challenge. 

Few Birthday Cards

Hello, again it has been sometime since I have posted on my blog.  I have been busy making cards just have not got to sit down and post them.

So today I am going to share with you a few birthday cards I have made recently.

This made using papers from an old K&Company speciality paper pack that I have.  The white parts are the bottom on the card are raised up, almost like puffy.

The papers on this card are from the CTMH Sonoma paper pack.  I stamped the happy birthday using a Verve stamp.

This is a simple card, however the background paper I made using my water soluble crayons on water color paper, then spritzed it with some Tattered Angels, I love the way it came out. The happy birthday was cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.  I also used a stick pin that I received in a swap a couple of years ago.

Well thanks for stopping by, I have some more cards to share you which I hope to post in the next week.

Thanks

A Few Christmas cards

Hello everyone, sorry it has been a while since I posted.

Today I have a few Christmas cards that I have made over the last few weeks to share.  Trying to get a little head start on them.

The first one is a very simple card, using paper from Recollections all season paper pad.  The holly was cut using my Cricut.

Here is a shaped card I made using Cricut Craft Room and the Artiste cartridge.  I printed the paper using my Imagine. I love the way it came out, very easy can be mass produced.

This one I totally scraplifted (can't remember from who. sorry)

It is all made using pearl white paper.  I cut the frame from the Artbooking cartridge, a couple of times and also from chipboard, so I could pop dot it.  I added a piece of acetate for the window, then punch a bunch of branches using the MS branch punch.  The bottom strip is also a MS punch that I wove some ribbon through.

This one I made using the papers from last years CTMH paper pack.  I love the papers in it ans sure wish I would have bought more of it.

The center ornament was cut using the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge.

The colors are so much prettier in person.

The last one I made using the papers from this years CTMH Christmas paper pack called Frosted.   They also have a complete card making kit with this paper and it has everything you need to make 15 or so cards including stamps, if you want to check it out click HERE.This is also a simple one that could be made easily with many different paper combinations.

Wwll thank for stopping by and hope you enjoy my Christmas cards

Hugs!