Puppy Valentine

This weekend I decided that I was going to devote some time to my favorite stress reliever... card making.
My goal was to use up some of my scraps, 12 cards later with multiple layers, and I don't think I will ever see the end of them.  I am truly addicted to foam dots and I have just about ran out of my stash. (Just a note... foam dots lose their sticky if you have them too long... I have had some projects fall apart over time- the were ones that I had bought at the dollar store though).

This little guy was made using the dog from Create-a-Critter and my Gypsy.  I used flocking for the nose of the puppy- he is so soft- and I used some of my rhinestones to dress up his little collar, and my white Signo pen to accent the heart.



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Red Ellie Valentine

Red Ellie Valentine designed with my Gypsy. Used My Mind's Eye scraps and my white Signo pen.



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Kiss Me Frog Valentine

Kiss Me Frog Valentine using Sweet Hearts Cartridge and a black Cricut marker.



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Inside of card...

Frog Valentine

Frog Valentine using Sweet Hearts Cartridge.



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Ellie Valentine

Ellie Valentine designed with the Gypsy.



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Monster Card (Girl)

Girl Monster card made with B is for Boy Cricut lite cartridge.



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Thank U card...

Thank you card made with Birthday Bash cartridge.



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Valentine Giraffe

Baby Valentine Giraffe designed with my Gypsy.



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Birthday Ellie card

Ellie Birthday card that I made with my Gypsy.

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Monster card (Boy)

Monster card using B is for Boy Cricut Lite cartridge and DCWV paper.


Side view showing the layers.

Cupcake card

Cupcake card using Create-a-Critter cartridge.



Side view showing layers and the flocking on the cherry.

I {heart} You

I Love You card made with Create-a-Critter cartridge and leftover scraps.

Side view showing the multiple layers...
I am addicted to foam dots.

Sock Monkey Cake Pop Bouquet

Isn't he the cutest? My daughter has a birthday party this weekend and needed a gift. Since money is a little tight we decided to give her friend a gift card and make these sock monkey cake pops. Her friend loves monkeys and I LOVE sock monkeys. We took a few tied a bow around them and there you have it... A Sock Monkey Bouquet.
I just wanted to stop in and let you know that I have not dropped off of the face of the earth... just haven't had the motivation to create lately. I am now leaving for a job interview for a little part-time job to cover the extra days off that we get from my full-time job. Wish me luck!!!

The Big 4-0...

We went to one of my closest cousin's Surprise 40th Birthday Party today and I wanted to make her a card. (She's one of the only people who really appreciates my homemade cards- I make them for all of her kids' birthdays) I really love all of the shaped cards and layers that Donna Mundinger does at her Popsicletoes blog so I thought I would give it a try. There are lots of popdots!

Products used...

Birthday Bash- BiG, 40
Gypsy Font- the
Gypsy Wanderings- rounded square
Smiley cards- balloon
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Gypsy .cutfile

I'm Back! Here's a little card I made today

Finally... I took some time for me today and designed a little card for my fiance'. We've had a little visitor over the weekend and he took care of the little problem. So, I decided to design him a little mouse card using my Gypsy. I used lots of foam dots and lugged out my sewing machine to do some stitching. Boy did it feel good to lose myself in my crafting even if it was only 45 minutes of my day.

Cartridges used:

Birthday Bash
Create a Critter
Gypsy Wanderings
Lyrical Letters
Straight From the Nest

Photos taken with my new Canon Rebel dSLR

I got a new Canon Rebel XS dslr and am trying to learn the new settings. These are a couple of the pictures that I have taken. I am going to do the "12 weeks to Better Photos" at Two Peas. The first lesson is on aperature.