Mothers Day

Mothers Day is always such a great day. I get spoiled by my husband and kids. I love to get the gifts that my boys hand make from school and the sweet notes that they write me. I am starting to get a good collection of hand painted pottery!  Also my husband always makes me breakfast in bed and normally he will do all the chores, cook dinner and take care of the kids for me but this year he had to work. Oh well I am just always grateful that he is willing. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful little family. I also love that it is a day  to pay special tribute to my own Mothers and Grandma. It is tradition to go visit them all and bring a present and or yummy treats that they would enjoy.

My mothers day card. Monogram M for Mother. Used a clear transparency sheet for the card and also used the Chevron Stamp set from Paper Tray.

Traditional Dessert Crepes for breakfast that my husband makes. I look forward to these every year. Inside there is Nutella spread, fresh strawberries,raspberries,bananas and cool whip. So yummy!!

My Grandma is allergic to Chocolate so I made her these Carob covered strawberries and Pumpkin muffins with Carob chips. Not a bad alternative to Chocolate!


                                                                         

Teacher gifts

I just can't get enough of making these Monogram paint can teacher gifts.  I just love that I can change the scrapbook paper and they can look so different. I have been making them for the last 3 years and I give them to the teachers at the end of the school year. I figured I would be creative at least at the end of the school year because for teacher appreciation week I pretty much always just get a Bath and Body works gift card or Target gift card for them.  Ever since I  first saw these paint cans at Michaels my brain just went crazy with all the fun things I could do with them. A few years ago I made these Halloween Lanterns out of the smaller clear paint cans that I place on my front Porch every Halloween. There is just endless possibilities that can be done with these awesome cans!

Used my Cricut Machine to cut the letters, circles and scallops The letter I choose is for the teachers last name. Measurement  for the strip that goes around the can  4" wide and I glued two 12" long pieces together and trimmed the excess. For the top lid circle 5 1/2", Monogram circle 5", Scallop 5 1/2", Letters 4" and used shadow cut for the letter mat. I used both the Plantin School book and Storybook cartridge to cut everything out.

I fill the paint cans with school supplies that the teachers can use for next year. I found these cute monogram post its and note cards at Michaels and thought it would be fun to add in the can. Also I add some boxes of their favorite candy. List of supplies I usually add are highlighters, dry erase markers, red pens,black pens, paper clips,staples, push pins, binder clips and pocket size hand sanitizer.

                  Here are the pics of the paint cans I made for the teachers last year and the year before.
                                                         

                                                                              
                   

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Valentines card

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Supplies used -"Birds and Swirls"-Cuttlebug embossing plate and "Doodle and Charms" Cricut cartridge and pink fine glitter from Martha Stewart

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End of the year teacher gifts

I found these clear paint cans at Micheals and of course had thought of a million uses for them as they have plenty of room to hold lots of fun stuff. Inside each container has school supplies that the teachers will be able to use through out the year like staples, push pins, thank you cards, paper clips, binders clips, dry erase markers, black pens, red pens and some candy.

Random Cards I have made

I know I am long overdue for updates on this blog so here are a few cards and projects I have been meaning to post.

Birthday gifts

Jewlery box

Baptism Card

Target card

Christmas Card

Birthday Card

Fathers Day Card

Mothers Day card

Birthday card

Easter card


blank all purpose cards

In the mood for Mod!

Believe it or not I had no baby shower cards on hand! ( hint hint to my ladies in my card group for the next theme! ) I wanted to break out of the traditional babys and animals and do something a little different. I used my cricut cartridge "New arrival".

Valentines card

I got a few new CB folders for christmas and was glad that I had a good excuse to use one. To add detail to the embossed argyle I used pink chalk.

Thanksgiving table center peices

Thanksgiving was held at our house this year and of course besides preparing part of the food I had to make something fun for the tables. I used my cricut paper doll cartridge to cut all images and I made these box stands to stick the cute little Indians and pilgrims in. The kids loved them!

Thanksgiving banner

I used my storybook cricut cartridge again for this banner. Its hard to tell but I distressed all the letters and paper and popped out the letters for more detail.

Baby shower card

I had two baby showers to shop for, and both were having girls. I was inspired with one of them because the colors that were chosen for the babys crib set was this cute pink and brown bedding. I Loved it! I love the colors anyway and wanted to make a card with using them. I used my new cricut cartridge called "Storybook"for the monogram letter and scallop. I am really lovin' this cartridge!!!

Halloween Birthday Cake

My son requested a Halloween Birthday cake for his 4th birthday. I had a lot of fun making it as it was not the traditional B-day cake. I used my paper doll cricut cartridge to cut out the bats and taped them on wooden skewers.

I'm published!!!

I am so excited to share this as I have been waiting for 6 months for papercrafts special issue to come out. I submitted my very first project to papercrafts magazine and it was excepted in Febuary. I was completely suprised as I just decided to submit my work on a whim and wasn't expecting for them to actually except it for publication. Well here and on stands starting August 12th!

Bridal Shower Invite

Designed this invite for a friend. The stamp set used was "always" from stampin up

Hannah Montana birthday invite

This is my interpretation of Hannah Montana. I desined this invite for my my niece's birthday party. I only had to make 6 and I made my sister help me, so it wasn't that bad! The stamp sets used were "Baroque Motifs" and "simple shapes" from stampin up.

Thank you card

This is the thank you card that I made for everyone that gave my husband graduation presents. The stamp set I used was "Friendship blooms" from stampin up.

Thank you card and Memory box

Alright, hopefully this project has been worth the wait! I have been such a slacker on posting...I know! So while my husband was in pharmacy school his parents AKA my parents because we don't differentiate between inlaws, let us live with them to save money. We are so grateful they put up with us through these years! I made this memory box aka explosion box that contains pictures of my kids with Grandma and Grandpa and special memories they shared while living with them. you can't see the bottom layer which is ok because I have not finished it yet, but it will contain pictures of the graduation to complete the memories of living with them. I gave this to them on graduation. I also made them a thank you card that expressed our graditude to them. The card size measures 5x5 and the stamp sets used were "Baroque Motifs" and "Always" by stampin up.

Fathers Day Card

I made this card for my card group and also of course for dads and grandpa. This card was a bit of a challenge for me as I am not used to making guy cards. I got the new "Campout" cricut cartridge which I was exited to use and inspired this card.

Thank you card

This card was made for my husbands boss as it was going to be my husbands last day of interning . Graduation is in two weeks! Yes I am counting! This card was so much fun to make. This was a fun color combo to use. I used my new cuttlebug embossing plate "birds and swirls" that I ordered online because you can't find it in any store yet. I embossed it on blue cardstock and than sanded it to add extra detail. I used the "Always" stamp set from stampin up (bird and plants) and the" Lots of thoughts" set from stampin up (many thanks).

Graduation Announcement

It's done. Finnally! This has probably been the most exciting and tedious project I have done so far! Exciting because my husband is graduating from pharmacy school. Yea! Tedious because I had to make 45 of these announcements! Now for the details. The white cardstock measurement is 5"x11" scored at 3" and than at 8" The blue inside mat measures 5"x9" and is scored at 4" The inside mat with the info is 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" The seal with the school logo on it was printed on vellum and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Very cool technique! The tie on the outside of the announcement was also embossed and I used the linen backround stamp from stampin up (hard to see the details on this picture). The pocket measures 1 3/4"x 2 1/4" scored each edge at 1/4".