Yummy Goodies in the Mail and a Happy Birthday Card for a Cool Chick!

Good morning!  And there are quite a few reasons why it is good:  my family is healthy, the sun is shining, the temperature is in the double digits, snow is not falling, dinner is in the slow cooker, a Paul Simon CD is playing, the house is clean (but a tad messy!), three loads of laundry are done and, last but not least, my husband returned home safely from his business trip last night.  Lots to be happy about today! 

I must also mention that I received an incredible package full of yummy, yummy goodies from the lovely and kind Stephanie from Always Crafting.  I was lucky enough to win an i-rock giveaway on her blog and not only did Stephanie send me an i-rock, but she included some i-rock jewels, some pretty handmade stick pins, an adorable card and a bag (beautifully packaged, I must say!) full of paper flowers she made herself.  They're so fabulous and the colors are just gorgeous!  She posted similar flowers on her blog not too long ago here.  Hey, I just realized that the stick pins she posted are the same ones she sent to me!!  Sneaky, sneaky, Stephanie!  I had no idea!  You'll be seeing these goodies on future creations...if I can bear to part with them!!  Thanks Stephanie, I LOVE everything!!

Today I'm posting a shaped card that I made for one of my niece's birthdays.  The chick and the birthday hat are from Simply Charmed (such a fun cartridge!) and the computer-generated sentiment is printed on two tags from Birthday Bash that I welded together.  I had quite a bit of fun making this card.  I embossed the chick with the D'vine Swirls folder (a personal favorite!) and tried to really do up the hat.  I made the fringe from textured green cardstock and added Martha Stewart micro beads to the band.  A circle of matching green felt made a fun topper.  A bit of black stitching and I have a hat worthy of a cool chick!  



Recipe

Chick from Simply Charmed; welded to make a shaped card; cut all layers and shadow

Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder

Birthday hat from Simply Charmed

Birthday banner from Birthday Bash; welded two tags together & hid holes to form the banner

Patterned paper from Basic Grey Gypsy 6x6 paper pad

Green textured cardstock - DCWV

All other cardstock - Recollections

Martha Stewart micro beads

Green felt from stash

Googly eyes

Computer-generated sentiment

Black Creative Memories marker for stitching/doodling

EK Success dimensionals to pop up banner

I'm entering this card into three challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion: Challenge #1- Kid's Birthday - Create a card, layout or project with a kid's birthday theme.

Scrappy Moms Stamps: Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Simply Charmed - Create a project using the Cricut Simply Charmed cartridge.

Two Scraptastic Gals: Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #5 - Country Life - Make a project using the Cricut Country Life cartridge, the cartridge chosen this week by the blog's followers.  If you don't have Country Life, use a similar cut from a different cartridge.  I don't have Country Life, but I did notice that it has a chicken and the word art 'Cool Chick'.  I used the chick from Simply Charmed and incorporated 'Cool Chick' into the sentiment on my card.  :-)

Enjoy the day!

~Sharon C.

I *heart* U - Bunny Shape Card

Hi everyone!  Are any of you procrastinators??  I fit quite nicely into that category.  :-)  But I'm going to try my best to make some Valentine's Day cards before the actual day arrives.  I have a month to prepare....should be plenty of time.  Right??

Here's my first card.  I made it for my 7 year-old daughter who loves anything cute, soft, cuddly, pink and sparkly.  I guess that describes most 7 yr-old girls!!  I loved this bunny from Birthday Bash, but I thought it needed to hold something in it's outstretched arms.  I had fun making a banner for my last project here, so I decided to make one for the bunny too.  And, since my daughter often scrawls 'I *heart* U' on little notes she leaves for me and her dad, I thought she'd really like the one I made.  I just hope I can hold off giving it to her until Valentine's Day!!  :-)



 



Recipe

Bunny - from Birthday Bash, welded into a shaped card with my Gypsy

Banner (triangle shapes) - from Birthday Bash

Heart shapes for banner - George and Basic Shapes

Heart paper - printed from this website

Pink patterned paper - DCWV Holiday stack

Recollections cardstock

EK Success letter stickers

Ranger Stickles in Cotton Candy on heart and nose

Glitter ribbon from Michael's

Black Creative Memories marker & white Gelly Roll pen for doodling/stitching

EK Success dimensionals

Glue dots

"Happy Valentine's Day" stamp (sentiment inside card) from Michael's dollar bins

I'm entering this card into a few challenges:

Chatterscene.com - create a Valentine's Day card or layout and post it on their board.  Great prize!

Cooking With Cricut: Challenge #12 - Glittermania! - "We want to see you GLITZ IT UP!  Don't hold back on the bling...bling it on!"  I think my glittered ribbon and the stickled pink nose and heart qualifies!

CropStop: Challenge #2 - Add Some Stickles - Use Ranger Stickles or other glitter glue on your project.  I love me some Stickles!!  :-)

The Paper Variety: TPV is Going Pink! - Create a project with pink, black and/or white in honor of their sponsor this week, Robyn, aka My Pink Stamper.  This is such a terrific color combo!

Scrappy Moms Stamps: 1st Ever Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Birthday Bash - use a cut from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge.  I guess birthday cartridges aren't only for birthdays!  :-)

Enjoy the weekend!
~Sharon C.

You Always Make Me Smile

Good afternoon!  Is it snowing where you are?  We have a new 10 inches on the ground...and more coming!  It started late last night and school was canceled for today.  My kids are thrilled!!  But it's too windy for them to go out to play at the moment...wind gusts are at 45-50 mph here on the coast.  It should be a bit calmer later...and there's a HUGE pile of snow at the end of our driveway...just waiting to be made into a snowfort!

I finished another scrapbook page this morning.  I scrapped the same picture I used to make the ornament-shaped card HERE.  I LOVE this picture of my twins...and since I gave the ornament with their picture on it to my mom, I had to do something else with it for ME!  :-)  The two of them ALWAYS make me smile...we call them our 'smiley guys'...and their semi-toothless grins in this photo just make me laugh!

Recipe

Background paper - My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow stack

Green floral paper - My Mind's Eye everyday tango stack

Red textured paper - DCWV textured neutrals

White cardstock - Recollections

Pink paper (used for hearts) - DCWV Holiday stack

Banner, 'smile' - from Birthday Bash

Title shape - from Winter Frolic

Journaling shape - from Gypsy Font

Hearts - from George and Basic Shapes, A Child's Year

Red nailhead stickers from a RAK

Glittered heart-shaped brads - Recollections

Martha Stewart glitter marker (on heart)

Martha Stewart border punch

Creative Memories brown marker for journalling

Chestnut roan Cat's Eye chalk ink

EK Success dimensionals

I'm entering this page into a couple of challenges:

CropStop Challenge Blog: Challenge #1 - Sketch - the new blog's first challenge is to follow a sketch.  Check them out...they'll have a new challenge every Thursday.  :-)

Emma at My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday:  Viewer's Choice - any project using any older cartridge, as long as the project has a heart on it.

Scrapbookaholic By Abby: SEI Challenge with Abby #1 - Laughter/Smile - "anything with a smile or even a phrase that contains the words".

Enjoy the day!

~Sharon