BBQ Birthday

Last week I had heard the rumors of new Cricut Cartridges at Wal-Mart. So my wonderful husband took me and we purchased my first Cricut Lite cartridge. I got Block Party because of the fun grilling images on the cartridge. Keith mentioned he needed a birthday card for his boss, so I knew I would use this cartridge to make it (Keith is a culinary manager for a restaurant). As soon as we got home I went right into the scrapbook room and started cutting images.

I decided to make a 6" x 6" card. Here is the front of the card - I used a transparency for the BBQ bottle. The "here's whats cookin...." stamp was PERFECT! The chef was cut at 4 1/2" and the BBQ bottle was cut at 3 3/4". The chef layered easily, but the pieces were still PRETTY tiny, and was not the best cut I ever did. The spatula was especially tricky, I think it could have been the paper I was using.

I added a little pig from the cart to the inside for some additional fun.

You can see my layers, the pop dotted little chef just added the right "umph"! :o)

Supplies:
Green CS by DCWV
Black CS by Hobby Lobby
All other papers from my stash (I think the patterned paper is American Crafts)
Pop Dots by The Paper Studio
Here's whats cookin & birthday stamps by Unity Stamp company
it's & your stamps by The Angel Company
Black Soot Distress Ink Pad

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed my first Cricut Lite project! :O)

Papertrey Birthday Card Challenge

This week Papertrey Ink turns 3 years old, and Nicole is having a ton of fun contests on her blog. One day this week 11 designers created a free digital birthday stamp that we could download. We could make a card with each of the 11 designs for 11 chances to win the prize for that day (read more about it here: (capture the moment)

These are the two cards I entered into the contest.





Supplies:
Paper - Three Bugs in a Rug Island Paper Pack 6" x 6", Georgia Pacific White CS
Other - Nestabilities by Spellbinders dies, Cuttlebug, Y11 Copic Marker, Oceanview Blue Bic Mark It Marker, Blue Skies Blue Bic Mark It Marker, Vintage PHoto Distress Ink, Ribbon is unknown

It never hurts to have some extra birthday cards around! Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!

Birthday Birdie

I just wanted to share a quick card tonight that I made for my Mom for her birthday last year. I love this little set of stamps, it is so versatile!

Supplies:
Basic Grey Ambrosia 6" x 6" paper pad
Georgia Pacific White Cardstock
My Sentiments Exactly Little Birdie Stamp Set
Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch
Distress Inks by Tim Holtz

Have a super night and GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!!!

Layout Class

Two weeks ago tonight, I took a layout class with some new scrapbooking friends. It is so much fun because all we did was bring the pictures, and she had all the supplies. We just had to have our adhesive, and basic tool kit.

These first 4 layouts were not intended to be Christmas, but I thought that I could make the pink and brown colors work since a lot of my Christmas decor is in Pink & Red.




Supplies Used:
Papers: All by Close to My Heart, except for Pink Brocade paper on some chipboard is by The Paper Studio
Embellishments: CTMH Chipboard, K & Co. Binder Clip, Making Memories all Solid Color Clips & Metal Markers, CTMH Stickers, Heidi Grace Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Rub-on Letters.
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Good Times, Bliss, Indulge, Love Almighty God); others are alphabets from Michael's $1 Bin.


These next two layouts were done using the same papers, but the OPPOSITE side of them. I decided to use the Blues for Keith's birthday pages. The story of where we went and why we went there is on my personal blog. :o)Some of the close-up pictures show where we used a piercing tool and a stamped image to create a very cool star background.





AllSupplies on these pages by Close to My Heart!

Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoy'd them. Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Happy Birthday from Steph!!!

This is the first birthday card I received this year! It is from Steph on Tennessee Stampers. SO CUTE! Coloring is awesome and I love how she ran i through the Cuttlebug afterward! So cute - THANKS STEPH!