Mothers Day Card

On my SisterHood of the Blogging Stampers this months challenge is to make a mothers day card, anything goes. I love the From the Garden flower from SU (contact me to find out how you can get this stamp for free). Normally I like to color in my images but this wasn't is pretty plain. I was surprised at the size of it. I'm hooked on inking the cuttlebug folder, I love it. I did that technique again on this card using the Textile embossing folder. Now that my embossing folders are organized (click to see how I organized them) I will be using them more. I stickled the center of the flower.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: SU from the Garden

INK: SU Orchid Opulence (used on image and embossing folder)

Accessories: Lavender Stickles, SU Ribbon, Textile Cuttlebug embossing folder

New Technique - Cuttlebug Embossed Bday Card

First I want to say that I cased the basic card idea from Virgo5 on SplitCoastStampers (click for her card). On SplitCoast Stampers they had a technique where you ink up the negative part of your cuttlebug embossing folder (that's the side with the cuttlebug logo on it) and I love the look. To check out the full instructions go to Split Coast Stampers . My card looks more colorful in person then in the picture.

Card recipe:

Stamp set: SU Birthday Whimsy (no longer available)

Inks: SU Pixie Pink (on the one balloon ,on the embossing folder, and on the Happy Birthday saying), SU Purely Pomegrantate, the green is from a Color Box Ink wheel (non SU).

Other accessories: balloon ribbons are floss (they matched well), Pattern paper is Sandylion Wide Stripes, Green cardstock non SU, eyelet non SU, Cuttlebug Happy Birthday Embossing Folder, SU Certainly Celery ribbon.

Sunday Scrappin March 30th

Happy Sunday! It has been another fun packed week, well I wouldn't really call it fun. Our whole water system failed us all at once. Everything that has to do with our water died all at one time on the same day. Thankfully my Uncle knew an electrian and we were able to get a steal on his labor cost.

Now on to a happier note its Sunday Scrappin Time!!! Sunday Scrappin is a wonderful group of people who give you the support you need to get those weekly Ta Da's (goals) done. It's great because there is no punishment if you are unable to meet your goals for the week. If you get a chance stop over to Sunday Scrappin we would love to have you join us.

Ta Da's for this week to share:

I completed all of my goals. One of my goals for last week was to finish my scrapbook page of my new little friend playing doctor. When I went to print out the picture it didn't print out correctly because my color ink is low so I ordered new ink from Dell and (fingers crossed) it should be here Monday. But I did do a scrapbook page from our disney trip http://chrissyscreativespot.blogspot.com/2008/03/downtown-disney-market-place.html

I am very pleased with my altered tin that will hold my cuttlebug embossing folders and small dies. I'm loving this system. Next time I get to Joanns I am going to pick up more of these tins I want to make one to hold my cards that I make and possibly my clear stamps. http://chrissyscreativespot.blogspot.com/2008/03/cuttlebug-folderssmall-dies-organizer.html

I made a heffalump card for my sister using the Pooh & Friends Cricut cartridge that I got for Easter from Jeff. I love this cartridge!!! He ordered it on a Friday from Cherished Scraps and Cards and I had it in my hands on Monday (no we didn't pay for rush shipping neither). Granted she's in NJ and I'm in upstate NY but still that is fast figuring you have to allow time for the order to be processed. http://chrissyscreativespot.blogspot.com/2008/03/heffalumps-card.html


For this Week's To Do's

Finish my little friends scrapbook page
Make a card or two (I have a birthday card idea)
Do the challenge on my SBS group which is to make anything for Mother's Day (I have a card idea)


This week's Bonus question is What inspires you to sit down and craft? Throughout the course of the week when card ideas or scrapbook pages come to me I write them down in a notebook and this way when the weekend comes (when I have more time) I can sit down and play and don't have to sit there trying to come up with an idea. I have found now that my supplies are more organized (and still got a ways to go) I make more cards and pages now.

Downtown Disney Market Place

I started this page awhile back and then after getting page one done I realized I didn't have the same color green cardstock to do the other page. I thought it was SU paper but it wasn't. So I undid page one and redid it on SU Green Galore 12x12 paper. I don't recall (sorry) but I think I got this page idea from someone but I don't recall who know (sorry). The pattern paper, brads yellow stripe are from my stash. The scramble letters I received as a RAK. Journaling reads:

Downtown Disney Market Place. Downtown Disney is any shoppers paradise. Jeff and

I took time out of shopping to pose with Buzz Lightyear and Mr. Potato Head statues. It wasn't until the film was developed that I realized I posed backwards with Mr. Potato Head. To this day Jeff claims he didn't notice it neither until the film was developed. I think he got a kick out of me looking silly in front of all those people passing by.

Cuttlebug Folders/Small Dies Organizer

Got this idea from P is for Pink's Blog but I changed it to fit my holder. The outside of the tin is decorated with SU Berry Bliss paper (love the pink & brown combo). The square is cut from SU Chocolate Chip cardstock and the letters are rubons that I had. The flowers and brads are from my stash. The ribbon is also SU. Inside: I used SU tab punch for the tabs. I cut various pieces of cardstock (non su) and then took baseball card sleeves cut them so that they still had their seem and attached it to the cardstock with brads (2 dies or small embossing folders go on the front and 2 on the back). For the large embossing folders I embossed the front of the cardstock and then the folder will go behind the cardstock. I am happy with the way this turned out and I'm glad my embossing folders and small dies will finally be organized. Any questions please leave a comment or email me. Thanks for looking.

Heffalumps Card

For Easter Jeff got me the Pooh & Friends Cricut Cartridge. My sister Kay loves the Heffalumps. She was thrilled when I told her there was a heffalump on the cartridge. I decided to make her a card. Over the next several weeks I will be putting together a list (as I go along) of the corresponding SU colors that match the disney characters on the cricut cartridges. I have another card idea using this cutie.

Card ingrediants:

The base of the heffalump is done in SU Basic Black

The heffalumps body is done in SU Almost Amethyst (this color will also work fore Eeyore I believe)

The Pink for the mouth and ears are from my stash (non SU)

The hair and tail are SU Lavender Lace

The purple background is from my stash (non SU)

The frame is a border that is from a paper packet I received from my Sister for X-mas (Colorbok Punch-out Pack Jewel)

Sunday Scrappin Easter Edition

First I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter. This week was a quiet week for me craft wise on the most part because I was finally getting over my cold I had. But I did work on a few things. I made carrot treat boxes for Easter I filled them with little snack size candies and tootsie rolls and one has a match box car inside. My family loved the carrots, my mother dumped out her candy and will keep hers on display in her china cabinet. I made my sister an altered mailbox of Tinker Bell that she has been begging for.

For my Ta Do's this week I hope to get a lot more accomplished then I have in the past week or two.

finish my scrapbook page of my new little friend playing doctor

make a card or two

alter the lunch pail tin that I have

make the holders for my cuttlebug dies to go in the tin

This week's bonus question: For which holiday do you do the most crafts? (Examples would be great!) I would have to say Christmas. I make cards for every occasion (birthday, Easter, Halloween etc.) but for Christmas I make cards and gifts. This past year I made all handmade gifts no store bought items. I am tired of going to the store and they have the same ole same old. This past year I made name frames, aryalic post it note holder, mini calender, altered paint cans and inside were bath items, coasters, and magnets.

Here are links to the items that I made this past Christmas (click link to view image)

Dad's Office Frame http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2524824830065773417afIDYm

Candles http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2846350680065773417tqgyFM , http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2996180660065773417zoGTRV , http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2109887150065773417oRWxkp , http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2536405230065773417VmgWUN, http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2109862940065773417sAHjpI

Coasters http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2830968130065773417VrmTic

Calender http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2981000000065773417jSWFVO , http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2878819840065773417BezsoI

Post It Note Holder http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2498890680065773417uWJaHo

Have a Scrappin week!!