Birthday Card For Brother In Law

Well, I actually made two cards for him. But one is an 'adult' version and I just don't think it would be appropriate to post on a blog. LOL! All I can say is that its amazing how versatile George or Plantin can be. :) Who'd have thought it could make a portion of the male anatomy? I sure didn't! But hubby's side comment got me thinking and so I just had to after that! But there was NO WAY on gods green earth I was signing my name on it. Jaryd and I signed the more appropriate and kid friendly card above.

I'll be back to edit this post and let you know what cartridge I used for the biplane. For whatever reason it escapes me at the moment. I do know that I used rockstar dcwv paper. The one with the lion on it. I just used the portion with the blue and swirls. I'll use the lion on something else. Biplane cut at 2.5" with a small hand cut banner towing behind. Sentimental happy birthday stamp. Oh, I also used a small piece of twine for the rope that pulls the banner. Liquid applique for the clouds. I just love that stuff. I sure hope I find it in my stocking this year. (Michelle, this is a very thinly veiled hint!) LOL! In fact, I would really love to find it in a giant tube or something. Its great on a lot of stuff to add dimension. And I thought made the perfect clouds.

Feeling very bummed that I didn't do many halloween crafts this year. Could have been because of the baby shower, but I really think its just because I got so busy. Hopefully I can sit down and get some thanksgiving cards out and then christmas. Its that time already! Sheesh... Okay, I am not going to gripe. I just love this time of year.

And, in case I am not back beforehand, HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone.

Quick card with Imagine

Here is something I made up in just a few minutes using my Cricut Imagine. Kates Kitchen was the cartride I used and the images cut around 3" for the background and about 1.5" for the mitts and apron. I had to pull out my irock for a little bit of bling. It is very simple, but I love it! Had a impromptu coffee date with a bff and wanted something quick to hand her. I didn't have time to bake with only a 20 minute lead time so I grabbed some little debbie muffins and threw them on a plate to go with our coffee. So inside the card I wrote "I appreciate your friendship and you can appreciate the fact that I didn't bake." Or something like that. --- I was trying to make her laugh. Because the last time I was in a hurry with the desserts I accidently grabbed cornstarch instead of the powdered sugar... DOH!!! -- Good thing it was for a topping and we quickly remedied the problem before it was applied. But dang did we have a good laugh. So it was just a happy memory for us.

Love you PMB!

Happy Birthday!

This is a 5" card stamped with a unknown chic and sentiment. (Hey, I didn't know we were suppose to keep track before I threw the wrapping away!) Inside is a chick created with create a critter. Cut the chicky out at 2.5" and added a tiny feather at the top of her head for fun. Before mailing the card, I wrote: "Heard this hot chic was having a birthday!" --- Still waiting to hear if she liked the card or not. She's at the coast with family so this will be a nice surprise for her when she returns.

Have a great day everyone!

Keepsake Box

Uh, yeah. Still baby shower stuff. Sorry! What can I say? I love babies! I had so much fun with doing the shower but I am so glad to get all this stuff gone. My bedroom was the staging area and boy let me tell you, it was starting to get ridiculous!

This keepsake box I found at Joanns for under $4.00 - I think it was a Debbie Mumm box. Anyways, it was plain. So I jazzed it up with Minnie Mouse cut out at 11.5" - And then added Chloe using the Disney Font Cartridge. I thought it was adorable!

P.S. Agnes, this is my LAST baby shower post for a while. I am ready to move on now. LOL!

Card I made for the mom to be.

Are you tired of the baby shower stuff yet? Tough! LOL!

Here is a card I made for the mom. I used the slumber party lite cartridge. I just fell in love with the slippers. Figured she'd be walking the floor alot, so the card just made sense. Accompanied with fuzzy slippers for the mom of course!

Favors

Whats a baby shower without the favors? I cut these at 5" using the new arrival cartridge. If you do this, remember to use really sturdy cardstock to support the weight of the favor. Cut coordinating tulle and blinged the stroller wheels and buggy with rhinestones for a bit of shine. Stuffed the carriages with decadent chocolate. They were a huge hit. Everyone loved them. In fact, I think this was the project that convinced several ladies they had to have a cricut too. Do I get a bonus from PC for this? :) I am such an enabler.

Edited to note: Agnes - Bazzill cardstock was used for the "shadow" and then dcwv nursery for the top layers.

Remember this wreath?

Another quick post today. Yep... More baby stuff. But hey, at least I am posting! :)



Well, at the last second I went ahead and hot glued some bath toys on there. They came right off after the shower. And I liked the wreath alot better with something on it. It was just so plain before! I guess if you were really worried about it, you could attach with velcro. But the hot glue worked great for me. The baby 'might' have a dot on glue leftover on some portion on her diaper, but I think most of it peeled right off.