Baby Shower Banners

2 of my dear friends had baby showers a weekend apart in TX (I moved to CA) and I asked what I could do to help with the showers and the hostesses suggested I make something crafty so I thought some banners that could be used at the shower and the big welcome home once the babies arrived would be great. Baby Erika was a princess this moment we knew she was a she and Baby Max's room is done in a sweet little safari theme...by the way his mommy is WAY craftier than I am!!

I also decided to use this as my entry for my Made by Momo challenge entry.

Decorating our tree Layout

My Pink Stamper is doing a Christmas/winter challenge. I decided to focus on decorating our tree. This was a super simple layout but really fun and very versatile. The only requirement was that it had something to focus on Christmas or winter.

Frame cut at 6 with the frame feature from Wild Card using Bazzill Basics paper and the tree is from Designer's Calendar at 5". The patterned paper is Paper Studio.

Pink and blue and weddings too

This post card style card was made for the Color challenge at My Pink Stamper. The requirements were to use 2 shades of pink, 2 shades of blue and black. I have been making so many Christmas and wintry type cards I wanted to do something a little different.

I had this elevated sticker boarder for AWHILE and when I saw it I knew it would be my inspiration.

As I said it is not a winter theme at all instead a wedding/anniversary theme. I know so many people that get married this time of year and thought wedding was a great direction to take this card. 

The bride and groom were cut using Wild Card. I used the icon feature and fit to length making the length 2.5 inches and the width 2 inches. 

The paper is all Bazzill Basics and the boarder is Provo Craft

An American Boy's 1st Birthday!

Our nieghbor and good friend turned one and celebrated his birthday on the 4th of July with a star and Americana theme. I thought this card was perfect! He is quite the star!

My Wise Mom

For my moms 50th birthday this year I wanted to do something funny and not sentimental like I normally do so when I saw this owl I knew I wanted to use this card. I love it! But I think my favorite part might be the envelope! So cute with the little tree :)

By the way she loved it!

Father's Day cards

A little late on the posting but here are my Father's Day cards from this past Father's day. I used Wild Card and Stand and Salute for all of them.

The Girls Wear Yellow Ribbons....

I made these cards to give to our Regimental Commanders wife and the Family Readiness Support Assistant. The are both moving to Germany, jealous!! The ladies in our coffee group wanted to say Thank You for everything they have both given us!

The card and Thank You came from Wild card. The frame and the yellow ribbon on the inside came from Stand and Salute. I welded the Thank You to the frame using the gypsy

I really like the way the slight pattern makes it a little more detailed and I was very pleased to see the cards diplsayed on their refrigerators :) 

Recipe:
       Paper-all from my stash
       Patterned paper- K&Company
       Sticker-K&Company

Congrats Grad!

Congrats to Audrey for her recent graduation from high school!

I added the detail on the cap with a gold gel pen and the accents on the tassel with a black gel pen

This card was super simple but turned out cute and was really fun to make!

Recipe:
    Everything cut at
    Paper: cardstock from value packs in my "stash"
    Pens: Gelly Roll glitter gold

Mother's Day Cards

Maybe it is because I am a mother or because I have a great mother but I love mother's day! Between my husband and I we are lucky enough to have 2 moms, a stepmom and 2 grandmothers...that is pretty awesome! So this past week I have been pretty busy card making, my dads birthday is this week also(post on his card to come)!

This first card is for my mom. I chose purple because that is what I see when I think of my mom and I loved the elegance of this argyle.

I used some stickers I found in my collection to spell out mom

   

and these cute little flowers selaed the deal..hehe

       

"Recipe"

Stickers: Francis Meyer

Everything is cut at 4.5"

all paper is from my "stash"

This card I did for both my grandmother and Jason's...it might be one of my favorites!

I loved this patterned paper (The Paper Studio) and have been looking for a reason to use it

This card is trifold of sorts but with that flower as a fold it is less than tranditional

I found 2 of these sentiments in a "Quote Stack" by DCWV

This envelope is so cute and using the liner to accent that cute branch is the perfect peek when the recipient gets this card

This sticker I found is makes a great address label

"Recipe"

Everything is cut at 6"

Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio

Sentiment: DCWV "Quote Stack" vellum

Adress label and solid paper is from "my stash"

 

These 2 very similar cards were made for my m-i-l and my stepmom.

I wish I had made the grass green but without making the envelope in green also and then cutting the grass off and gluing it to this one I had no idea what to do :(

"Recipe"

Everything is cut at 4.5"

solid paper: "my stash"

Patterned paper: Bo Bunny Press

Brads used as flower centers:Oriental Trading

 

This card I made for Ms. Bettey she is Jason's step grandmother but we love and cherish her as if she were blood. This was one of those cards that the pieces just fell together beautifully and is so simple yet I love it!

Recipe:

Card is hand folded: cut at 8x 3.75

ribbon: American Crafts

Plaid paper is Bo Bunny Press

Sticker is from my stash

I hope all the mothers out there had a great Mother's Day and that my mothers/grandmothers enjoyed their cards!!

Grandaddy Tommy's Birthday Card

To celebrate Jason's grandfathers birthday I wanted to make him a card to remind him of a favorite pastime...fishing.

I used the frame feature to surround the address

I love these details

I had the cut the fish at 6" because the paper was too thin and ripped at anything smaller

A birthday not complete with Clayton's signature

Sealed with a fish sticker

Everything was cut at 4.5" using Wild Card cartridge...one of my faves!!

Solid paper: from my paper "library"
Patterned paper: The Paper Studio
Fish sticker: The Paper Studio

In appreciation!

This past Christmas my MIL and FIL gave me my Cricut E as my gift and then later gave me the funds to get my Gypsy...so excited about that! I'm sure a million post to follow on that subject :)

I thought it would be a nice gesture to make them a card so they see that I am putting their gift to good use!

Recipe:

Card- Wild card (5")

Flower- Doodle Charms (2")

Circle flower center - left over from Elmo Potty Chart

Ribbon- American Crafts