Mother's Day Cards

Hello everyone!  I hope that all you moms, had a wonderful Mother's Day, yesterday!  I know I did.  I love having my families come to my home. We have such a wonderful time of just eating and talking and the kids having fun with eachother.  It is just so much fun!  Both of our moms were honored with special gifts from each of us and spoiled with not having to cook for the day. 

Unfortunately, this year I did not have the time to make something "fancy" for my Mom and my Mother in Law, but I did make them a card.  Things have been so very crazy around here as of lately.  So here are the cards that I made for the Moms in my life...including my sisters/in laws, grandma. Most of these were done in in one day!  So, as you can see I was very busy this past week, not to mention all the other things I squeezed in all week long! I really enjoyed doing these!

For the Mother with Children Card I Used:

Free Vintage digi-stamp of Mother and children

The Paper Studio Mirabelle Carstock for the BG papers

Gold paper Doily

D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder on the BG

Stamp Sentiment from Hobby Lobby

Paper Roses from my stash

Martha Stewart Scallops corner punch

Gold Pen to accent some of the image

Adhesive pearls for the buttons on the mother's blouse

Burgundy and gold ribbon from my stash

For the Gazebo Card I Used:
Spring Cottage Cricut Cartridge for the gazebo and flowers
White and black cardstock for the gazebo
Green cardstock for the green on the flowers
K&Company Life's Journey paper for the BG
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack for the pink and blue flowers and butterflies
Martha Stewart butterfly edge punch for the butterflies
Flower Soft: Sweet Pea & Meadow
Adhesive pearls
Stickles: Yellow and blue for the flower centers

For the Gold Doily and Roses Card I Used:

Printable Stationary from Pinterest

Gold Paper Doily

Pink Stickles

Adhesive Pearls

Martha Stewart Scallop Punch

Green and Lacy white ribbon from my stash

Stamp Sentiment from Hobby Lobby 

 

 

For the Teapot Action Wobble Card I Used:

Kate's ABC Cricut Cartridge for the Teapot

Paper Dolls Everyday Cricut Cartridge  for the teacup

Colorbok Rosewood for the BG paper

K&Company Life's Journey paper for the teapot and cup

Core'Dinations Carmaker Series Pearls paper for the plain pink parts

Gold paper Doily

Action Wobble

Adhesive Pearls

Pink Satin Ribbon from my stash

Stamp sentiment from Hobby Lobby

 

For the Apron Action Wobble card, I Used:
Country Life Cricut Cartridge for the Apron Cut
Paper Doll Everyday Cricut Cartridge for the spoon and spatula cut
Cricut Craft Room Basics for the scalloped oval cuts
DCWV  The Sweet Stack for the pink BG papers
Firefly Paper Pack from Big Lots
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack for the green scalloped background cut and the BG cut of the apron
Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch
Blue Ribbon from my stash
Rhinestones from my stash
Stamped Sentiment from Hobby Lobby

Well, thank you so much for stopping in!  Take a look around more on my blog and leave a comment.
I hope you have a fantastic day!

Entering into these challenges:

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2013/05/dlart-thankful-thursday-linky-challenge.html

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Sentimental Sundays



 

 

 

16th Birthday

Well, 16 years ago on May 3rd, we had our first baby.  I can't believe she is growing up so fast.  She is turning into such a wonderful young lady, who loves the Lord and is so full of joy and compassion for people trapped into slavery.  We are so proud of her and all that she is doing.  Well, she has alot of things she loves and enjoys.  One of those things is the TV show, "Doctor Who" and the Tardis!  When I asked her what she wanted on her cake, her response was, "I want a Tardis!"  Well, due to "Copyright laws" the bakery would not do it, soooo I had to find another way to put it on her cake.  Then I remembered a Pinterest post about making one out of a milk/juice carton.  So that is where it all began.  Plus, I knew I wanted to make her a card using the Cricut Craft Room to design a Tardis for her.  Well, this is what I came up with...not bad for doing it all in 1 week. 
Another thing she loves is the mustache "fad" that is going on right now.  So her birthday party had two things going on, Doctor Who and Mustaches!  I made lots of mustaches and bow ties and put them on on sticks or on straws!  Everyone had fun with all of that.  We had a great time celebrating a special young lady with family and friends!

For the Cake Tardis I used:
Juice/Milk carton
Primer Paint
Acrylic Paint Royal Blue
Textured blue cardstock
The windows are computer generated
Wooden Spool for the light on the top

Next the Tardis card:
I Used:
Cricut Craft Room Basics Cartridge for the door and window cuts
Textured Cardstock
DCWV Glitter Stack For the windows and light
Sentiment computer generated

 

 

My Beautiful 16 year old!

 

Well, thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Garden Cascade

I have been one busy girl here lately!  I really enjoy making cards for people!  Well, this unique "Cascade" card was made for my niece who is turning 17 today!  Woohooo!  Where does the time go, and why do these kids have to grow up so fast?  I wanted to make this for her and had this all planned out in my head about 2 weeks ago and even started on it about a week early.  Then as I worked on it, I got a little stumped on my inspiration for it.  So it sat for a while until I had a chance to get back to it.  Does anyone else have that problem?  I was going for the elegant "garden" look.  I am fairly pleased at how this turned out though.  I just hope she really likes it and doesn't see this post before she receives it!  LOL  This "cascading" technique is rather simple to make, but there are several different styles/folds/sizes to choose from.  I made mine by combining several different tutorials that I found here on-line. So it really is open to your own interpretation of what you want it to look like.  Anyways, I hope you enjoy what you see and maybe you will give it a try too!

I used:
Poutpouri Basket Cricut Cartridge:  Ivy
Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut Cartridge:   flowers and grass 
Spring Cottage Cricut Cartridge:  Fence, Gate/arbor, Bird, Tulips
Martha Stewart- Deep Edge Punch - Trellis
Blue Textured card stock for the base
Colorbok Pattern Pack: Rosewood for the background papers
White card stock for the trellis, fence, and gate/arbor
Light and dark green card stock for the backgrounds and the ivy
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack for the flowers and the birds
Sentiment is a stamp from Hobby Lobby
Dimentional Tape

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

I hope you have a day filled with many blessings! 

 

Baby Duck Bubbles

Yep, I have been at it again...making cards that is!  Well, this time it is for a new baby girl.  I love doing baby cards!  The cuter the card is, the better, right?  I recently got my hands on some "Action Wobbles" and was so excited to use one.  So I thought of a "rubber ducky" that looks like he is floating in a bunch of bubbles. When I make the duck wobble, the googly eye rattles and the whole thing just makes me laugh!  I love it!  I got the bubble cuts from several different cartridges, then I would "hide" some of the cuts that I did not want. Well, here it is!

I used:
Cricut Craft Room and Cricut Expression
A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge:  Card Shape, Back Ground cut, Bubbles, ducks,
Kate's ABCs Cricut Cartridge:  Bubbles
Paper Dolls Everyday Cricut Cartridge:  Bubbles boarder
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack for the bubbles
K&Company Specialty Paper (Valentine's) for the Card
DCWV The Sweet Stack for the Back Ground paper and the inside back ground base
Yellow textured card stock
Acetate "Sheet" for the inside bubbles and ducks
Action Wobble
Googly eye from my stash
Green Satin Ribbon from my stash
Sentiment is computer generated
White Gel pen around the duck body
Orange Stickles on the duck bill

Sorry about the hand, but I wanted you to get an idea of what it kinda looks like while the Action Wobble is moving!  I LOVE it!

 Here is the inside of the card with the center pleated pop up, of the ducks and bubbles!

 

Thank you so much for stopping in! 

 I hope you have a great day!

 

White On White Anniversary

Wow, it sun shining here in my little part of Ohio!  The temperatures are finally staying above 40* during the day although at night it is still dipping down to the 20* mark.  It is soooo nice to see the sun though but I still love winter and the beautiful snow, but it is time for the warmer temps. and sun.  Anyways, I finally did it!  Aren't you proud of me?  I successfully made a white on white card without adding any color!  That was really difficult for me to do.  If you take a look at all my cards you will see that I LOVE lots of color and the more bold in color the better!  LOL  So yes, this card was hard for me!  :-)   I have always wanted to make one and I just felt like I would never succeed at it.  Well, with the help of wonderful Cricut and some "fancy" cuts and lots of layers and dimensional tape, I was able to pull it off!
I did make this card for my Sister and her hubby for their wedding anniversary.  They have had some huge hurdles/hoops to go through with struggles and changes in life and they are still managing to hold onto the marriage that God gave them.  They are growing closer to God and to each other as  they enter this new phase of their relationship/marriage.  I pray that their love for each other and for God will continue to grow stronger and have a deeper passion.  I am proud of them both.  May God bless them with many more years of greater love for each other.

I used:
White Card Stock
A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge
Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge
Cuttlebug Folders:  Love's In the Air, D'vine Swirl, and Polka Dots
Stickles: Crystal
Dimensional tape
White Ribbon from my stash
Stamp Sentiment from Hobby Lobby

Here is a closer look at all the layers and embossing!

 

Thank you so much for stopping in! 

I hope you have a day filled with many blessings!

Fishing You A Happy Birthday

Hello, again!  Well, this week was my son's 14th birthday!  He is into all kinds of things, so that made it really hard for me to pick something out to do on his card.  It is already hard enough to make a masculine card for guys.  Oh well!  I did start to notice a pattern in the gifts that we bought for him and that stimulated my idea for his card.  We bought him a nicer fishing pole and some lures and bobbers and "fishing sunglasses".  So do you notice the pattern, too?  Well that got me thinking and such.  So as a result this is what I came up with with a little help of inspiration from another card I made a while ago for someone else!  I am fairly pleased how it turned out!  He seemed to like it too.  He really just enjoyed being the center of attention and just had a great time "playing" around with everyone!  Good reason for good friends and family to come over and enjoy good food, fun and fellowship with each other...along with a Nerf War thrown in the mix!  LOL

I used:
A Childs Year Cricut Cartridge for the boy fishing
Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge for the basket
DCWV The Natural Stack for the Background
Different colored inks blended in together
Stickles rubbed on the different colors just to add a little something special
Orange Ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Well, thanks for stopping in!

 I hope you all have a day filled with many blessings!

 

Spring Bulletin Boards 2013

Hello again!  I hope you all are doing great and getting ready for the warmer weather and maybe your flowers are blooming or are starting to peak out of the ground.  Today we had a snow and freezing rain mix, off and on all day.  So that makes for some dark dreary days here.
Well, as some of you may know from my previous posts, I decorate some of the bulletin boards at my church.  If you were to ever visit our little country church, these boards would be some of the first things you would see upon entering.  So as I have been doing these for the past couple of years, I have gained a little knowledge on how to do these...but there is always more to learn.  I really do enjoy doing these.  It is like making a card but on a much larger scale.  So I have to think a little differently with them and think BIGGER!  It is fun and now that my wonderful DH repaired the one bulletin board, it is now even more fun.  I always try to reuse some of my items that I have used in previous boards.  That way I save on paper/time/money!  So here they are!




This one is my favorite.  I got the inspiration from a picture on Pinterest.

This one was rather simple yet it turned out really pretty.

Well thank you for stopping by and taking a look at these. 
 I hope you have a great day!

 

One Busy Mom!

Okay, I just wanted to share what I have been doing as of lately...this is going to be quick with lots of pictures.  I will give more details on the cards another day when I have more time...you see I am leaving tomorrow with my family for a nice long vaction...so I am very tired and so ready for bed.  But I just wanted to share these card pictures with you all.  All I can say is I have been one very busy Momma in my card making corner for at least two days!  I made a bunch of cards yesterday and a few more today! 

So take a look and enjoy the view!
 

This cute little kitty card is for the people who feed our sweet kitty while we go away on vactions and such.  They are truely a blessing when they have done it for us!

 

This card was made for my Uncle's 80th birthday!  They are having a big party for him but we will be away on vacation, so we will not be able to attend...so I am sending the card with my parents who are going to celebrate with him and his family!  Hopefully the inside won't scare him to bad!  LOL

 

Okay, this one I made for my BIL's B-day!  I hope he likes it I know I sure do! 

I love how it turned out!

 

This is for my SIL's birthday, I love the colors!  Simple on the outside

but fancy on the inside! 

 

This cute little bear card is for my cosins little boy who is turning 2.  It was mostly done with Create A Critter and then some of the baloons inside are done with Sweet Treats.   

 I am entering it in the "Fun With Puns" Challenge at Fantabulous Cricut Blog.

 Here is the inside of my Bear card!

Thanks for stopping in...I will give more details of each card when I get back from my vacation! Yahooo!

I hope you have a day filled with many blessings!

 

Simple Thank You

I have been wanting to make some cards that were simple yet elegant...truthfully it is called procrastination from doing the cards I need to do.  I am just waiting on the perfect inspiration for them to come...and no these are not it!  LOL

Well the first one is relatively simple...I have never done "weaving" with paper on a card.  So I gave it a try.  I didn't know which papers to glue and when to do it, so if you ever do this be sure that you have glue that is repostionable.  Some trial and error is how this got done.  Overall I am very pleased how this one turned out.  Simple yet elegant!


 
I used:
DCWV The Linen Closet Stack (scraps)
Gray seam binding
Brad from Hobby Lobby
Stamp sentiment from Hobby Lobby

This card is a really simple card style to make.  The pinwheel, is so easy to make!  I would like to make another but with totally different papers/colors. 

I used:
K&Company Amy Butler Designer Paper
Blue Cardstock for the card base
Black Glittered Ribbon from Michael's
Cuttlebug Embossing folder (I can't remember the name of it)

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day!

 

11th Birthday!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all are doing well.  I have been very busy and am going to continue with that weather I like it or not!  Anyways, my youngest daughter turned 11 yesterday.  I cannot beleive that she is 11.  My dad had to point out that in 2 more years she will be a teenager/13!  Uggg, not yet, really!  Where does time go?  Well we had both sets of her grandparents over to celebrate with us.  We had her favorite food, pizza!  Then we had a yummy ice cream cake.  Next she opened her gifts from everyone!  We all had a great time of food, fun and laughter!  The only thing that was hard on her was that she had to stay upstairs for part of the day while I made her card.  Poor kid!  Because our kids are homeschooled, I never really get time without them around to surprise them with anything!  So that is why she had to stay upstairs...like I said, "poor kid!" She has been showing an interest in card making so she got a bunch of things for her to really begin her "Collecting" for her own card making.  So she understands and appreciates the work that goes into my cards.  When she opened her card, she then understood why it took so long! She is so much fun to have around.  She almost always has a smile on her face.  You can always count on her to say or do something silly and make us all laugh.  We are so blessed to have her as a part of our family and I would never trade her for the world!
Well here is some pictures of our celebration and her card.

I used:
Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge
Brown, black cardstock
DCWV The Sweet Stack with Glitter for the background paper
DCWV The Linen Closet Stack for the dog
Sizzix Dots & Flowers #2 embossing folder
I-rock gems
Brown Flocking
All the ribbon is from my stash
Birthday Sentiment is a stamp from Hobby Lobby
Paper Flowers from Oriental Trading Company
Wiggly Eyes from my stash

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and seeing what fun we had celebrating !

May you have a wonderful day filled with many blessings!