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

Your having a baby!! In Germany!!

One of my dearest friends and deployment battle buddy is having a baby! I am so excited for her and her husband...they are going to make great parents as they have always been my first choice in sitters for Clayton and would trust them with any of my kiddos! The downfall of Army life is that I have made some great friends to only have to say goodbye to or at least see ya in a few to as we all get stationed all over the place.

Angie and Andrew have moved with us since the hubbies graduated from commissioned and we have been through some hard and great times together and we miss them terribly! When we moved to California they moved to Germany...could we be any farther apart? Well when I go that phone call saying they were going to have a sweet little baby I was thrilled yet sad that I can't be there to enjoy this time with her.

When I got the Going Places Cart I was buying with the intention of making some great things for my sons room that is decorated in construction zone. Going Places has some great road signs to work with...but the surprise I found in the pregnancy designs is great! I knew whe Angie called me I was going to use the "BUMP" designs as I called them and I think this card is cute...I hope she does too : )

They have always talked about naming their babies 'A' names since they are both 'A' names so I thought it would be cute to place some 'A' names as a boarder 

Recipe:

Card: 5 1/4" Going Places

5" Going Places sign...Pregnant Lady

(sign was glued on the inside of the card to show through the window on the card)

Bump: 1" Going Places

Pattern Paper: The Paper Studio

Growing sticker: Pebbles Inc

The baby stickers: Me and My Big Ideas

Added extra... when I cut the preggers lady out and used the outline on the card it left me with the preggo lady to use again and since I feel like every week I am finding out about another pregnant friend it's great to get so much use out of one cut!

Teacher Appreciation

Last week was teacher appreciation week for Clayton's preschool. They designated a gift idea for each day and Tuesday was card day with the theme "Our Teacher's Have the Write stuff"...cute right?

Clayton has 4 teachers that he sees throughout his day and I made 4 of these cards only changing the sticker on the front. I realized that I need a Cricut Cartridge that has more school images ASAP!! Bummer buying another cart will be sooo hard...hehehe

I was pretty short on time so the poem is a lot cheesy but hey it was supposed to be from a 2 year old!

 

Of course I am all about using stickers to fininsh off the project and loved these little apple stickers 

Recipe:

Envelope: Cardstock from value pack cut at 4" Plantin Schoolbox

Card:4" Plantin Schoolbox

Stickers: Whipper Snapper Designs, Oriental Trading, DCWV

 

My favorite biker turns 50!

This is the first card I actually really used my Gypsy. (1)I welded 2 highway signs from 'Going Places' together at 4.5" width. (2)I welded a rectangle from 'Plantin School Box' to the middle of the highway sign to make it some what like the Harley Logo...I honestly can't say what size the rectangle is because I just enlarged it until I thought it looked right : ) (3) I cut 2 highway signs at 4" using the shadow feature. Then I shadowed the rectangle. I used 1of the shadows on the outside and one on the inside of the card. (4) I cut 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' at .52" using Plantin School Box and '50' at .50" using font from Sesame Street Friends.

All of the paper is from value paper packs:either The Paper Studio or DCWV

I love this card! I know my dad did as well.

I won! Thank you Creative Critters Cricut Club!

Creative Critters Crciut Club is featuring all of the new cartridges that were released on Hello Thursday from Provo Craft. Each day she and 3 other sites including one of my favorites My Pink Stamper are featuring a different cartridge and giving amazing giveaways!! Both of these ladies were giving away the new Toy Story cart and I love it and basically need it so of course I entered both giveaways. CCCC announced her winner this morning and unfortunatly I didn't win the cartridge but I did win a really cute set of frames that Tammy made and I can't wait to get them...and I will blog about it as soon as they arrive. The best part is that the winner is chosen by using Random.com but Tammy was inspired by all of the comments that she "handpicked" 5 more of us to win the frames she made. I am so excited that she was inspired by my comment because I am inspired by her for sure!!! Plus Robyn at My Pink Stamper doesn't announce her winner until Wednesday morning so I still have a chance!

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!!