This video from Operation Write Home just made me smile ~ I hope it does the same for you.
I would just like to thank all the Military Men and Women all around the globe who are making My world a better and much safer place to be.
Click on the above link to watch the video
Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to thank our Military who keep us safe!
This year I am making a simple Easter Card. I will be using one stamp that is a oldie but goodie that I have had for awhile from a now retired Stampin’ Up! set called Festive Four, along with some patterned paper, solid pink cardstock and the finishing touches of ribbon and a bow.
I stamped the image with Rich Cocoa Memento dye ink, then colored with pastel colored Tombow markers and what is so cute is that they this pack of markers is called jelly bean. Oh well I used it for Easter eggs instead 🙂 Using these bright colors makes these eggs just as fun to decorate as if you were coloring real eggs and without the mess that usually goes along with egg coloring.
I can’t wait for Easter this year. I will be cooking for our family and I know it will be a day filled with lots of love & laughter.
~ Wishing You and for Family a Blessed Easter ~
Today I will be making a very special birthday card for my Godson who is turning 13. I Can’t believe he is going to be a teenager! Time sure does go fast, I remember the day he was born… ok, I’m done reminiscing 🙂
Anyway, I wanted this card to be colorful and totally different from the cards that I have done in the past. My Godson is a total “cookie monster” but I couldn’t really find any fun cookie theme, so I went with the next best thing, Gum, and a gumball machine.
Using my Cricut Expression machine and the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge, I cut out the gumball machine. Since I wanted so many different color gum balls I decided to use a 1/2″ circle paper punch instead of the cricut cartridge, it was just faster and easier and I got to use scraps of cardstock that I had too.
I assembled the entire card using a Zig 2 Way Glue pen. Oh before I forget, I also cut a clear piece of plastic to place over the top of the gumball machine so it really looked like the gumballs were in a glass bowl.
~ Wishing Tyler the Best 13th Birthday ~
Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!
I am loving living at the beach and having so much fun collecting shells. My sisters birthday is coming soon so I need to make her a handmade birthday card. I don’t know what she would do if I bought her a card, but she NEVER has to worry about that since I love making cards.
I will be using a rubber stamp from Peddler’s Pack of a pair of flip flops (beach theme again LOL) I stamped this image 2 times on plain white cardstock, because I wanted to add some dimension with layers. The sentiment stamp Live, love, laugh and be happy… is from Stampabilities.
I used one image for the base and colored using Copic sketch markers. Then with the other image I cut out the wave border and the flip flops. I used small pop dots on those images so they really looked like they were popping off the card. (of course I took the photo straight on so you really can’t see the dimension, sorry)
But now comes the really fun part. I glued tiny shells that I found at the beach onto the frame of the card, and since I raised that wave border the shells sit really nicely on the card.
~ Happy Birthday Lori ~
Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!
I needed to get creative and make a birthday card for my nephew. When he came to visit this past summer we had so much fun at the beach, so I decided to make that the theme of his card.
I used some 12 x 12 ivory cardstock for the base of the card that I cut to 9 x 8 the scored in half.
Then cut a piece of chocolate brown cardstock 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 then using a 2″ square paper punch I punched three squares in a row. Layered it on top of the ivory card and used my ATG gun to put it all together. I had some funky fiber in my drawer and decided to put a shell that I found on our beach for the perfect accent.
Of course I needed to use my Cricut Expression machine so I found the perfect seagull on the Life is a Beach cricut cartridge and cut it on ivory cardstock and then put Star Dust Stickles all over for a shimmery look.
I still didn’t know what stamp set I was using and as I was going though all of acrylic stamps I found these three images on one sheet. I have no idea who made them or where they came from. All I knew is that they were perfect. I stamped them with Rich Cocoa Memento Dye Ink and Wa-La my card is complete.
Thanks so much for allowing me to share this fun and easy birthday card with you.
~Happy Birthday Ryan~
Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!
