Another happy birthday card

Last Saturday, I had to make another birthday card because my husband saw the previous card that I posted here which I had planned to give to him on Sunday. I actually thought about buying a Hallmark card instead but then the guilt set in as I looked at all my craft supplies sitting there staring at me. I never got a chance to ink up this stamp from Dandelion Designs so I thought it would be a good time to use it. This stamp is from the "bubbles & smiles" set.Word sentiment is from Hero Arts and white lacy circle die is from Spellbinders.
I tend to use this layout for fast and easy cards. Patterned paper is by Echo Park.
Hope your week is going well! Have a great one!!!

Happy birthday flip-it card

Have you changed to the new blogger??? Oh my, I'm sort of having a hard time using it. I do love the new photo uploading part. It's so easy now.

Anyways, on to my card. This was the first paper that I cut using the new Sizzix circle flip-its but I didn't want to use it for my boy's day card in the post below. I had to make a birthday card for someone special and I wanted to use this Dandelion Designs stamp from the "have a great trip" stamp set.
Love this die! So easy to use and make a fast card. The reddish orange color was punched out using a Marvy circle punch that I bought from Ben Franklin Crafts awhile ago. The white circle is also a punch. Those punches come in handy when you need a circle.
Here's the flip side of the card. Sentiment is from Dandelion Designs "happy wishes" set.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

In the bag

That is the name of this Tim Holtz die for Sizzix. It's a perfect size for a small gift for someone special. I guess I've been a little lazy this week and forgot about posting this. Plus I've been preoccupied with my daughter since she had surgery this past Monday. I used Hello Kitty scraps from one of the make & takes I did awhile back for the front of the bag. Here's a side view of the bag. It actually has a crease going down the middle of the side but I think it looks better uncreased.
Come back again for the other project that I made last weekend.

Have a great weekend!!!

Happy Boy's Day card

I finally had the chance to sit down this evening to use this new Sizzix "flip-it" circle die by Stephanie Barnard and make a card with it. I used Dandelion Designs new Happy Boy's Day stamp set.
The scalloped circle is a framelits set from Sizzix.
The flower border is an EK Success border punch. I haven't touched this punch in awhile. Almost forgot that I had it.
Here's the flip side of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Easter!!!

Bunch of Kitty's

I've been busy making a bunch of these caddy bags for Easter. I used Eileen Hull's caddy bag scoreboard die from Sizzix and sitting Hello Kitty with dress and shoes. I cut the fence using the Easter cartridge for the Eclips machine.
Paper is from Imaginisce.
I forgot to put the bling on the bow before I took these photos.
Tomorrow I will fill these with Easter candies.
Thanks for stopping by and hope your week is going great!!!

Happy Easter Kenji

Hi again!!! I made another shadow box card. I'm not sure what it is called but I wanted to finish it. This started as an Easter card but I ended up using Kenji from Dandelion Designs and put the bunny ears from the Happy Easter set on him.
Here's the inside of the card and the sentiment is also a Dandelion Designs stamp.
I'm not sure if you noticed that when you leave a comment now, the comment moderation is on. I've been getting really bad spam that I couldn't figure out a way to block them.

Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Another Keiko card

Happy Thursday!!! I have been busy making some thank you cards and thought I'd post this after I mailed them out. I wish I had a stash of them but I am one of those that never has any when I need it. I used Keiko from Dandelion Designs and stamped her with black Memento ink and colored with copies. I found this double heart punch from EK Success in the markdown bin at the store. The inside of the card uses the smaller part of the heart.
I chose this sentiment which is a cling stamp from Hero Arts.
When you open the card, it pops up with the sentiment inside of the popped piece. Here's a picture showing what it looks like. The sentiment is a Dandelion Designs stamp.
The card lays flat for mailing. The die cut piece is from a Hero Arts frame & stamp set and I can't remember the name. Gosh, my memory is bad.
I'm doing a make & take probably next weekend at the store using this card.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!!

Keiko san

I have a pile of scraps and die cuts on my craft table so I decided to grab what I had and use it to make this card. I stamped the pink background piece with a new Hero Arts stamp called garden borders. And the stamped image is Keiko from Dandelion Designs.
The swirly oval die cut piece is from the Eclips cartridge called basic shapes.
I had to color her hair even though it is a solid piece because for some reason, it wouldn't stamp it dark enough. Does that make sense?

I'm still amazed at how clear my iPhone takes photos.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

Last weekends make & take

Last Saturday, I did a make & take at my husband's store. We make a cute little treat holder using Dandelion Designs new Easter cling set.
I used Echo park paper for the holder. There was very little to color which is why I chose the rabbit instead of the chick.
Here is the inside of the holder. It fits a treat size package of m & m's. We used a fastener tab (velcro) by Tombow to close the holder.
I am so amazed at how all my photos taken with the iPhone are so clear. I haven't used my camera in awhile.

Update on my daughter. She is doing much better but after all the scans, x-rays and ultrasounds, they found something in her abdomen and she has to have surgery real soon.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to post again later this week!

Happy Spring chick

Happy Friday!!! Yesterday I had quite a scare. My daughter who normally parks her car on the street blocks away from where she works, was runned over by a guy on a bike as she was walking to her car. She said she went flying and landed flat on her back. She passed out for about 5 minutes and said she felt dizzy. When she got up, she drove herself straight to urgent care to make sure nothing was broken. Anyways, I barely slept last night worrying about her and seeing her in so much pain. I don't know why people ride their bikes on the sidewalks!

Well, on to my project. I found this cute treat holder on Angie Juda's blog - Chic & Scratch. I decided to make my holder a little smaller to fit a Ghiradelli square. The back of this holder is the exact same as the front. I forgot to take a photo of it.

I used Dandelion Designs new Happy Spring set chick.
So glad that today is Friday. I can't believe how rainy and gloomy the week has been. Hope the sun comes out soon!

Have a great weekend and drive carefully in the rain!!!

Happy Easter card

Hi and happy humpday! Seems like it's been another long week from the last time that I posted. I'm using the same yellow polka dot paper from my card below because I had first cut this out to make my son's birthday card but then changed my mind. The shape is called postage stamp by Spellbinders. Love it!
This cute Easter bunny is one of the new sets from Dandelion Designs.

The card base is a Sizzix die called card A-2 with flap.
And the lacey frame is a sizzlit set called decorative frame set.
I cut the grass out using the Eclips machine. That machine comes in so handy when you're looking for an embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by today and I really appreciate all the sweet comments you leave me!!!

Happy birthday to my son

My son's birthday is this weekend and since he is a big LA Laker's fan, I thought I'd make a card using their colors. The stamped image is from one of the Greeting Farm sets that I have. I can't remember his name.

I really have a hard time making men or boy cards but I wanted to keep this as simple as possible. The shaker part was quite easy and I thought he would get a kick out of that.
I used Sizzix framelits to make the frame and base of the shaker card. I like the sizes of the framelits more than nestabilities. It's easier to fit these bigger stamped images in them.
The micro beads are Martha Stewart beads that I got from the store.
Here's a closer photo of the beads.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!!!

Easter bunny scalloped bag

Hi I'm back!!! Ok, I guess I'm on a roll using my Eclips machine. I am still cleaning my craft room and took a break an hour ago to make this Easter bunny bag. I cut the scalloped bag out using the albums, bags, and boxes cartridge. Then I used the Easter cartridge and cut this cute bunny face out. I actually changed the eyes because the one that comes on the cartridge is shaped like a teardrop and I wanted big round eyes. So I replaced it using a 1/2" circle punch and punched out black circles. The whites in the eyes are from a 1/4" punch.
I applied pink chalk near the nose area to give it a little color. Here's a side view so you can sort of see where I put the grass for the candy.

Hey, thanks for checking on me again! Have a great day!!!

Just for you!

I haven't touched my Eclips machine in awhile so today after I cleaned out some of my craft bins, I

decided to make something using the machine. I haven't made a mini album in awhile so I used the albums, bags, and boxes #2 cartridge to cut out this tag album.
Using the center point feature, I cut a shape out from one of the banner embellishments.
Here is the tag shape that I chose for my mini album. All stamps are Dandelion Designs.
The album folds in half in the middle. You can cut as many pages as you want but I just went with this one page for a sample. You can tie it with ribbon or twine in the middle to separate the pages. I bought this Bo Bunny paper from Ben Franklin Crafts last year and I finally broke down to use it. I tend to hoard something if I really like it. Ha!
And here is the opposite side of the album with a green tag. Sorry the photos aren't that great but I didn't feel like hauling my camera out to take pictures so I ended up using my phone. It is more of a lighting problem.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your week is going great!!!

Sweet girl's day wishes

Happy Friday!!! The days are flying by so fast and Girl's Day will be here soon. It's a day I can't forget because I was in labor with my son many years ago. Ha!

Here's a card that I made using Dandelion Designs new Girl's Day stamp set and Sizzix zig-zag pop-up die. The three girls are actually 1 stamp but I separated them for this card.
I had a hard time stamping those little words on each fan. This set is really tiny but so cute!

Here's a peek at how the zig-zag pop-up piece looks like. The punched border is the MS cherry blossom border punch.

Thanks for stopping by today!!! I know I haven't been posting as much lately, but I've been getting side tracked on FB and also Pinterest. Pinterest is so addicting! Have a great weekend!!!

No frills Valentine

Hi, Happy Valentine's Day!!! Prior to leaving for CHA, I worked on this card and never finished it. Well, today I finally went downstairs to my craft room and thought I'd better finish it. I'm giving this to my husband for Valentine's Day and hope he likes it.
This is quite a different look for me. The paper is by Echo Park and it made me think that the card should look vintage. The cupid is a die set from Tim Holtz - mini cupid & heart.
The big ticket in the middle is a Hero Arts stamp. I love that stamp! They even have a die that will cut the ticket out.

Hope you're having a great Valentine's Day!!!

Hello Kitty bag with heart handles

Hi again! Yesterday, while I was at the store, I saw this older Sizzix XL die called bag with heart handles and decided to make something with it. I used one of the Hello Kitty dies to decorate the bag.I cut the heart handles with shiny silver card stock from Worldwin. It's like a mirror when you look at it.
Well, I'm leaving shortly for my one to one class. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to post one more project before we leave for CHA.

Hello Kitty fan

It was so hot today that I made myself a Hello Kitty fan so I could fan myself. I haven't used this Cricut cartridge for so long that I actually forgot how to use it. For the size, I cut it at 7 1/2" because it wouldn't let me cut it any bigger. And this size was perfect.If anyone knows how to cut only the eyes, nose and bow out, can you let me know?

Hope the weather cools down tomorrow and blow the vog away.

Anyways, have a great rest of the day!!!

Miss you!

Hi, I'm back! I finally got around to finishing this card today. I had to keep it simple because I wanted to focus on the glittered cupcake. This is the new line that I was talking about in my last post. The company is called Elizabeth Craft Designs and it's fun because you color all the glitter with your Copic markers. The cupcake is a sticker. The glitter is different from other companies because it is "microfine glitter". And when you run you fingers on the glitter, it doesn't come off or rub off like most glitters do.There are many sticker styles to choose from and tons of colored glitter and also this glitter that I used called warm highlights. This is the glitter color to use if you want to color your own glitter.
The tape that you use to pour the glitter on is called "Be Creative". And you don't have to color the glitter or use glitter in the sticker. You can just color the background without glitter.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great one!!!