Sailor Moon Card

Any chance I get to create a special request card, especially a Sailor Moon card, I am all over it! If your not familiar with Sailor Moon its a Japanese anime show/comic etc etc. I have always been a big fan! I created this card a little while back, but had no idea where the pictures went, well today I found them, a very exciting moment. Sorry about the coloring, the blue background on the card is a lot lighter but the picture came out so dark, couldn't do a redo since the card has been sent off to special fan :)

CS: Prism. Die Cuts: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts (Stars). Punch: Fiskars (Circle). PP & Popdots: Unknown. 

Close up, much better color of the blue background.

Halloween Decor and Card

Guess what holiday is approaching?! If you guessed Halloween, your right! I popped into my local scrapbook store (The Creative Nook) and some new Halloween goodies arrived. I couldn't help myself and had to get some for my design team projects this month. The store has a great collection of accucut die cuts, so I completed my creations in house. I love that they have a table and you can come and play!

I didn't want the wall/door decor to be too heavy. So I die cut it with the Accucut machine with Foam Board. Ohh yes you read that correctly, I said Foam Board! The machine cut right threw it, I was amazed, I had never tried it before and it worked perfectly.  The purple piece is cut with chipboard and I put little googly eyes in it ;) I wanted to highlight all the cool dies the store has to offer and the possibilities are endless there! Don't forget to check out the card I made too, with the scraps! I made another card but for some reason all the pictures came out fuzzy, so I will have to retake them and update this post. :D

CS: Prism. Embossing Folder & Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger. Ribbon: May Arts. Google Eyes: Michaels. Die Cuts: Accucut (Cat, License Plate, Scalloped Board & Pumpkin), Unknown (Fence). PP: Unknown. Scissors: Martha Stewart.

close up

close up

CS: Prism. Ribbo: May Arts. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug. PP:Unknown. Die Cuts: Accucut (Bat) & Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts (Cloud). Circle Punch: Fiskars.

Birthday Cars Card

I have been busy as a bee. New schedule, puppy and life in general. I think I got a good schedule to help me stay organized and use my time wisely. It has been a bit since I have posted but I still have been creating like crazy. Lots of fun things to share with the world. :)

Here are two cards I made with a boy/guy related theme. If you're like me this is the hardest theme to make for cards. Girl cards are easy butterfly or flowers or a cute animal. Boys on the other hand not so much. I love this car stamp from Inque Boutique, I had some trouble figuring out out to incorporate it on the card, so I decided to make it a background. I used Versamark ink and stamped it all over the cardstock! I did the same thing with the Happy stamp. I only have one circle punch (Shocker I know!) so I used that to create a peek a boo for the happy. I adore these puffies from Ki Memories they added just what I need to complete the card.

I am trying something new when I go to create a card. I am making a second one at the same time. That way if I am ever in a crunch, I have a little stack to go and snag a card. ;)

CS: Prism. Stamps: Inque Boutique (Car) & Unknown (Happy). Ink: Versamark. Embellishments: Ki Memories. Circle Punch: Fiskars.

close up

close up

Mist Splatter Cards & Good Bye TwoPeas

I can't believe its Thursday already! I am on vaca from work, I have to get a plan going so I can utilize the most of my time :) Which really means plan lots of crafty time hehe :)

If you haven't heard the news yet, Two Peas in a Bucket is closing there doors. I am still in complete shock! I have been on two peas since 2005 and have had a wonderful time there! I meet so many amazing and inspiring ladies, I am going to miss it so much! Thanks Two Pea's for all the great memories and I wish everyone all the best! Goodbye Two Pea's and Hello to new adventure and finding a go to place!

Masculine cards have always been a struggle for me, am I the only one? I am a family of all girls, my grandparents had all girls and they had all girls lol The only boys are my grandpa and adopted awesome cousin! Ohh so often I have lots of girl things to make! To me that's easy with flowers, cutie animals and bright colors!

So off to my craft room I went in search of making a masculine card for father's day! If your like me you have tons of mist, but I felt that it looked to light and flurry when sprayed.

I came up with a fun idea. Instead of spraying the mist I took off the top and splattered it on the card! This can be a messy project so make sure your craft area is protected and you don't mind getting your hands dirty or stained. I may do a video so you can see it in action!

CS: Michaels. Die Cut ABC: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts/We R. Mist: Maya Road & Tattered Angels. Washi Tape: Bella Blvd & Queen Co. Icon: Maya Road (Robot). Stamps: Hero Arts (Happy Fathers Day) & 7 Gypsies (Speech Bubble).

Vertical way to do the card ;) 

BoBunny Layout and Card

Its Wonderful Wednesday and summer is in full swing here; playing outside in the sprinklers, tank tops and afternoon showers.

I absolutely adore the local scrapbook store, The Creative Nook, and being on the design team is so much fun! Everyone is great, I get to see the new goodies come in and I always enjoy when I go visit. Here is a recent layout and card I made to be displayed in the store. Its been a while since I have created a layout and I love it! I need to spend some time just printing pictures so I can scrap more :)

Every time I create something and there is extra's I put them in a drawer which I call a "treasure box". I have had the sizzix flip card die for some time and wanted to try it out!  So with die in hand and the goodies from my treasure box I created the card below!

PP: BoBunny (Pop Quiz). Chipboard Element: Accucut (Heart). Pen & Chipboard ABC: American Crafts. 

Close up

CS: Prism. PP: BoBunny (Pop Quiz). Ink: Ranger (Tim Holtz Vintage Photo). Die Cuts: Provo Craft (Butterfly & Scalloped Circle). Embossing Folder: Provo Craft (Butterfly Dots). Stamps: Hero Arts (Birthday Pendent). 

flip side

close up

Teacher Appreciation Crafts

It has been busy but good here. Hunter has lots going on with his Search and Rescue training and is almost ready to go to the next level! I need to get down to getting a schedule for my days so I don't dilly dally and play on facebook lol.

Teacher appreciation week recently passed and I got asked to make some goodies for my friends favorite teachers! How could I say no, I love being crafty :) Did you make any crafty goodies for your child/children teacher? I would love to see your projects, leave a link the comments section so I can check it out!

PP, Stickers: Junkitz. Die Cut: Unknown (speech bubble). Stamp: Stampin Up (Apple) & Junkitz (Journal Box & I love School). Cardstock: Michaels. Ink: Tsukineko.

PP: Junkitz. Die Cuts: Sizzix (Glue, Pencil & Notebook). Stamp: Junkitz (Journal Box & I love School) & Art Warehouse (Paper Lines). Cardstock: Michaels. Ink: Tsukineko. Ribbon: May Arts. 

CS: Prism. PP: Simple Stories. 

Happy Birthday Design Team Cards

Hello Everyone! Well Its been interesting here, I got bitten by a tick and now I am a "Lymie". So I am on my medication and taking it easy. But I wanted to share some of my recent design team creations for The Creative Nook. As soon as I got this Happy Birthday Die from Elizabeth Craft Designs, I knew what I wanted to make! The cards came out really cute and I have to say the candle design is my favorite!!!

White CS: Michaels. Ribbon: May Arts. Die Cut: Elizabeth. CS: Prism.

White CS: Michaels. Die Cut: Elizabeth (Happy Birthday) & Quickutz (Flame). CS: Prism. Pen: American Crafts. Markers: Copic. Punch: Fiskars.

Bridal Shower Thank You Cards

I was cleaning some of the boxes out in the garage,  things are still a little scattered from when we moved to our new duty station. I found all our wedding stuff, I was able to finish our shadow box, it has my bouquet, announcements, invitations, garter belt and hubby's boutonniere. This card is a thank you for everyone that came to my bridal shower/bachelorette party.  Embossed the pink cardstock and just repeat stamped the "thank you". I hand colored the girl in the dress, but I can't recall if it was copic markers or watercolor pencils. Thanks for checking out my blog!!!! Happy Wednesday! Inlaws came to visit and its a little hectic here! :D

CS: Prism. Stamp: Stamping Bella (? Girl in Dress) & Hero Arts (Thank You). Embossing Plate: Sizzix. Bling: Unknown. Die Cuts: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts (Fancy Label & Flag). 

Close up. 

Princess Card

Happy Wednesday! The week is flying by and the snow has started to melt. I made this card for a friend who need a tooth fairy princess card! It was a last minute request but I couldn't say no! Thankfully I have tons of cricut cartridges and was able to find a princess! So it all worked out and I love how it came out! I am adding this to my collection of future cards to make :) Do you have a favorite go to card or cricut cartridge?

CS: Prism. Die Cuts: Cricut (Princess) and Quickutz (Wings).

side view

Happy Birthday Star

Whoa to say its been a crazy whirlwind is putting it lightly! A big snow storm came through again, doggie and hubby were excited about it because it was a snow day! I had my open house for my paper crafts business and ever since then its been great! I had to take a day off on Monday to catch up from all the fun! Thank you so much everyone for the support and helping my business grow! As you can see I have been on a card kick lately! But I definitely want to get back into scrapbooking and I am even going to try my hand at project life! I can't wait, I already ordered some products! Thanks for checking my blog out today and I always love reading your comments!

CS: Michaels. PP: Inque Boutique. Stamps: Gelatins (Stars) & Hero Arts (Happy Birthday). Decorative Edge Scissors: Fiskars. Die Cuts: Sizzix (Stars).

close up! 

Retro Birthday Card :)

Happy Saturday!!! Whoa this week has flown by! The snow is still around and supposedly there is more coming! Sorry there was no Foodie Friday this week, I have been busy preparing for my open house this weekend! I am so excited a couple of my good friends are coming to show off there new business as well. The food theme is chocolate! I can't wait!!!! So here is another masculine card I made and wanted to share! Let me know what you think :) Hope everyone has a great weekend! Thanks for all your wonderful comments and coming to check out my blog, I really appreciate it. Happy Art Making!

CS: Michaels &  Prism. PP: Doodlebug. Rubons & Paper Clip: Junkitz. Ribbon: May Arts. Corner Rounder: Creative Memories. 

Close up!

Coffee Birthday!!!

Happy Thursday! All I have to say is Snow Snow Snow! So we are all staying cozy and I am scrapping away! I needed to make some more masculine birthday cards and here is one that I came up with. Masculine cards have always been a toughie for me, but I like how this one came out! I have so more guy cards to post too, but will later on! Hope everyone is staying warm! Thanks for checking my blog out! Happy Art Making!

CS: Prism. PP: Basic Grey. Stamps: Inque Boutique (cup) & Hero Arts (sentiment). Ink: Ranger/Tim Holtz.

Close Up ! 

Happy BEEday!

Happy Monday! So excited to be starting a new week! I plan on being in my craft room all day today (hopefully)! I had so much fun making this card! I have lots of dies and I want to get into using them, so I challenged myself to only use my quickutz dies for this card! I really like how it came out! Do you have lots of dies or something else you collect in your craft room? I would love to hear what some of your favorite must haves are! Happy Art Making!

CS: Prism & Michaels. Die Cuts: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts. Embossing Folder: Cricut. Pop Dots: Glue Arts. 

close up

:)

Happy Pinwheel

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Today I am up with a new card! I've had this idea of making a card with clouds but I couldn't find the right elements and then I remembered I have this adorable pinwheel die cut from Quickutz and Tada!!! Thanks for checking out my blog! Happy Art Making!!

CS: Michaels & Prism. PP: My Minds Eye. Pen: American Crafts. Brad: Inque Boutique. Scissors: Martha Stewart. Stamp: Lawn Fawn. Ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger. Die Cut: Quickutz. Other: Toothpick.

side view :)

Happy Holidays!

Well yest the holidays have come and gone, but I still wanted to share the cards I made. It took me a little while to figure out what I wanted to do but I am really happy how they turned out. I had to make 50 cards, thankfully I had a helper to die cut the snowflakes. I am not sure if you can tell but the blue cardstock under the embossed sheet is a shimmer cardstock! Thanks for checking out my card and I hope the weather is warming up where you are! Happy Art Making!!!

CS: Prism. Craft Card: Michaels. Embossing Folder: Cricut. Die Cut: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts (Snowflake) & Sizzix (Tag). Stamp: Lawn Fawn. Ink: Ranger/Tim Holtz. Bling: Unknown.

close up

group shot!

close up

Military Moving Announcements

With my marriage I got to join the military family! We recently moved and are enjoying it. I send and receive cards/packages so I needed to update everyone with our new address. Of course I wanted to make some and I have to say it wasn't as easy to find some inspiration for them, most people do digital or mail postcard type ones, but I didn't have all of my new families emails so handmade was it! I am really happy with the way they came out!

CS: Prism. Die Cuts: Hero Arts (anchor) & House (sizzix). Embossing Folder: Dairce. 

front and back! 

close up :)

close up

USMC Cards

It's been busy here, our new little furbaby gets most of my time and love! He is growing up so fast! I have always had a passion for paper crafts and I love making gifts and sharing my passion. I have recently had alot of people asking me to make them cards, banners and tags. So I have decided to make a small business out of my love for crafts! I am so excited to get things started and everyone has been so supportive and thrilled with my new goal! Here is my first custom order, two marine cards for a marine retiring and his wife. I had lots of fun getting back into the art room and making the cards.

close ups!

CS: Prism. Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug. Brads: Inque Boutique. Chipboard Star: Jenni Bowlin.

CS: Prism. Patterned CS: Bazzill. Chipboard Stars: Junkitz. Ribbon: American Crafts. Decorative Scissors: Fiskars.