A Birthday Cupcake Card

Hi Everyone, Lisa from Lisa's Craft Room here sharing my project for this month and a BIG thank you to Sheila for having me again. My friend's birthday was May 12th and since she is big into making cupcakes, I thought what would be better than making her a cupcake card. I started out with a piece of orange card stock, then added a piece of white card stock as a layer. I had those circle stickies so I punched out 5 of the size I wanted, the punch worked good, but not perfect, I just had to finish cutting them out with scissors but it wasn't too bad. I used twine to cover them up. I started in the middle and just went around and around. I cut out the cupcake holder free hand and ran it through my cuttlebug using a polka dot folder. I tied stretchy ribbon around the middle. I added brown and orange stickles as decorations. I cut out another circle and adhered it on top of the cupcake and used red stickles to make it look like a cherry.

Then I stamped a sentiment. I thought it came out great and she loved it.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great weekend.

Easter Fun

Howdy!  Adrienne Kirkey here from Eagle Canyon Arts.  Thanks to Sheila for having me as guest designer today. 

While this is a bit late for THIS year's Easter celebration, these ideas will still work in years to come. Supplies used: 

Lollydoodle Cardmaking Workshop On The Go (G1080) 
"Be Still" Stamp (A1141) 
"Faith, Hope, Love, Peace, Joy" Stamps (retired) 
White Daisy (1385) and Colonial White (1388) Cardstock 
K&H Embellishments 
Sure Cuts A-Lot (SCAL) Computer program 

The Lollydoodle cardmaking kit comes with a nice set of stamps.  By using some of them, combined with more "Easter-oriented" theme stamps, I was able to use some of the Lollydoodle cards for Easter.

Cardmaking kit in progress

Finished card with Easter sentiment

Finished card using Lollydoodle kit stamps

Inside of card for Easter

For the grandchildren, I used the  SCAL program to create bunnies and words for the bunny cards.

Screen View

Computer connects to Cricut machine, just like Cricut programs

The SCAL program only works with older Cricut machines.  This is the first time I've used it and I was very pleased with the results.  The program is intuitive, very similar to using a Gypsy or one of the other Cricut proprietary software programs.

Bunny before "bling"

Dressed up in style for my grandloves!

Finished Bunny cards used K&H embellishments and retired CTMH stamping on the inside.

The finished Lollydoodle cards have 3 variations.  They are all very bright and perfect for Spring celebrations.

The card on the right was perfect for my husband's Easter card

If you have any questions about this project, please contact me and I will do my best to answer them.  Blessings for a beautiful Spring!  "He Is Risen, Indeed!"  Adrienne

Your Special Day

Hi everyone,

My name is Carol and my blog is Happy Expressions. It's my turn to share with you again this week at She's A Sassy Lady. Thank you for having me again this week Sheila.

I am sharing this adorable card I made from the images of Deedee's Digis. This digi is called "no it's not a tie." The card base is SU pacific point cs. The images were printed onto neenah cs. I cut two small stripes for more interest and added them to the top and bottom of the card. The banner is the SU petite banner  punch using real red cs and the DSP that was in the scrap box. (yes I realize the writing is upside down). I didn't change it encase I ripped the card. It will be a conversation piece. lol!

 I decided to make it a one layer card. What I did was go into MS word and added the digi image. I then used a sq sized at 5.5x4.25. I would hover over the image just until I could make sure I had the image centered where I wanted it. Then I deleted the sq. I left the other side blank so I could fold my card in half. I did the same for the inside of the card to center the sentiment. I then cut it down to 5.25x4 and centered on the inside of the card. I have a wood banner stamp from the dollar store and stamped that above the sentiment. I colored them in with copic markers. B26, R24,YG67,Y13. I added some wink of stella and sequins to finish off the card. I hope you have enjoyed this card and it has given you some inspiration.

I will enter this card into these challenges.

Deedee's Digi - progressive with the above image.

Thank you all for stopping by. Have a blessed happy day!

Tyler's Bionic Arm

Hello and Happy Monday!!

Lori here!!  In honor of National Scrapbooking Day, I created a scrapbook layout.

My son Tyler is finishing his freshman year at college.  He is a baseball player but had to red-shirt this year due to having Tommy John surgery on his right arm (he had a UCL tear).  Tyler is a catcher and honestly I always figured if he needed surgery it would be his knees or hips - not his arm!!!  Pitchers are the most common surgical candidates for Tommy John surgery.

Tyler had his surgery in March and spent his spring break recovering at home.  After returning to college, he began physical therapy.  These photos were taken during his younger brother's baseball game 6 weeks post surgery.  His brace is a lock out brace that allows his arm to move only where it is safe for him - I called it his bionic arm.

I used the right side of this sketch from Let's Scrap for my layout. 

I put some white circles on my paper to mimic the circles on the sketch.  I used acrylic paint and a fabric softener lid.

I used my cameo to type my title.  I added this circle "today" wood piece that I have been dying to use since I bought it!  I never seemed to have room to the right of anything significant on my layouts!!!  I guess it was waiting for this project! 

I added a wood heart because Tyler really loves dogs.  He has to borrow dogs because mom is allergic. 

I added a couple of arrow wood pieces to the top. 

Tyler came downstairs as I was finishing this layout.  He did not know I took these pictures.  He hates when I take his picture and usually scowls at me!!!  He was happy that I got these shots - which make this layout all the more special!!!

Thank you Sheila for having me over today!!!!  Have a great week everyone!

Door to my heart

Hello
This is Pam from TheBugbytes
Thank you Sheila for having me a guest designer today
My project for today is a simple card which I made for our wedding anniversary.

The sentiment and the stamp is from heartfelt creations. The lacy heart die is also spellbinder/heartfelt creations. I cut  the stamped heart to open the door as a window card to reveal the quote which is on the inside of the card . The embossing folder is Anna Griffin folder. Border ribbon was a roll I had from India. Pink satin ribbon and roses for more embellishment.

It was sure fun making the card. A bit of work but I liked the result and so did hubby. Hope you liked it too.

Thank you all for reading the post and I appreciate all the lovely comments you all leave.

All I want for Christmas is....

Hi everyone...it's Sonya from Sonya's Paper Trail.  If you've been following along for awhile, you know that I'm sharing a holiday creation each month when my design team day rolls around.  This month, rather than share a card I'm going to share a scrapbook page that I have created that will hold my son's photo taken with Santa Claus. 

 Check it out:

 

The picture that I will put in the mat is 5 by 7, so the mat takes up a lot of the page.  I cut the title and the scalloped edge using my Cameo.  The papers are by Echo Park and are from the "Tis the Season" scrapbooking kit, which continues to be one of my favorite holiday lines.  The tag was also from that kit.  It's a simple page, but the fun papers are perfect and I think the title is a great match for a picture with Santa Claus.

Thanks for stopping by today!