Safari Baby Boy Card

 

Out of all of the cards that I make, baby cards are my absolute favourite! There is something about the ginghams, polka dots and the cutesy prints matched with the even cuter baby images that get me every time! I am always making baby cards and the weird thing is, sympathy cards are my next favourite cards to make. Sounds weird right? But it's not...really. I just love that I take the time to make a special sympathy card and I know it will be sent to a family who just lost a special person. As a card maker, the best way to send one of my cards is to someone who needs it most......who needs it more than someone who just lost their beloved family member?

 



 

 

I made this card with my cricut explore in design space. The animals were cut from Modern Baby Animals cartridge. I also punched out some stars and hearts to jazz it up a bit and added some cute googly eyes.  The baby boy stamps are from Papertrey Ink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whaley great friend

 

 

 

I have been enjoying playing with my Cricut Explore since I bought it on Boxing Day. I haven't had as much time as I like but I have made several cards and tags with the images I cut with it. The whale was cut in a navy print paper  and the image can be found on the Everyday Pop Up Cards cartridge (or online in design space if you have a membership). I added some shading with some navy ink and added a googly eye for cuteness! I printed the text with my computer and cut out a little strip to adhere to my card. I added a decorative edge to the strip with my Fiskars mini pinking scissors. I cut out two mini hearts in red (impression obsession die) and stamped a swirly image (Boxes, Bags and Tags stamp set, Papertrey Ink) which is to mimic water spray. I tied some red and white baker's twine and added the main panel to the card with foam tape. The background paper is from my scrap papers drawer which is completely full and my mission is to use up some of the papers in there. I believe the paper is Momenta.

 

 

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A Girly Birthday Card

I picked up a Cricut Explore on Boxing Day and I am in love! By far their best machine yet and I have been playing around with it a bit and have made a few cards. Today I will share this girly birthday card that I made with the Slumber Party Cartridge.

 

 

I cut out the nail polish and the lipstick from light pink, dark pink, white and black cardstocks. I added some dimension with ink before piecing them together. I didn't add the background frame shape that comes with these images (one is a circle and the other is a rounded square shape). I added some extra white high lights with some cardstock and a gel pen. I printed the text directly on the patterned paper with my laser printer (font is Bookman Old Style) and added the nail polish and lipstick with foam tape.

 

 



I embellished the card with some flowers made from a flower punch and black rhinestones for the centre. I think this one turned out cute and girly.

 

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Julie

Welcome to my brand new blog.

Hello and welcome. I can't tell you how many times I have started a paper crafting blog in the last few years. Somehow I never manage to keep up with it and then I end up deleting it because it sits there for so long. Well I am on to a new crafty blog. This time I plan on incorporating both my cards and layouts and hopefully that will give me enough content to keep it going. I have been scrapbooking and making cards for almost twenty years (time flies when you're having fun!) So you will find a variety of each here on the blog. Since its almost Christmas I will start the blog off with a holiday card.

 

For this Christmas Card I used this sweet skate die by Quickutz and tied some floss through the holes for the lace. I die cut it from red and silver cardstock and pieced it together. The tag and scalloped frame are a PTI die and I die cut them from white and Kraft cardstock and stitched around the outer portion of the tag before adding a metal eyelet and some red and white baker's twine. I used a mini snowflake punch and added a few mini snowflakes and attached the tag to the card with foam adhesive. The background paper is from my scrap bin but if my memory serves me I believe it is by SEI. This is a tall and skinny card measuring 3.25 x 6.5".

 

 

If you like my card, please leave me a comment and let me know. I would love to hear from you!