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Two Cards One Layout with Upsy Daisy and Technique Tuesday

I had major stampers block the other night.  I wanted to make some cards with patterned paper.  I brought out my binder with old layouts from Sheetloads of Cards.  I used the October 2007 layout and then changed it up a little bit.

For this first card I used Kiwi Kiss and Gray cardstock, SU DSP, Kiwi Kiss ink, Ribbon was from Michaels and the butterfly stamp was from TT and the sentiment is from CTMH.  I added some Diamond Stickles to the gray DSP to match the bling on the ribbon.

For this second card I used Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, River Rock and Chocolate Chip cardstock, SU DSP, some ribbon I found at Michaels and some little pearl beads I found in my scraproom.  For ink I used SU Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky and the sentiment is from CTMH.  I don't know if you will be able to see it in the pic but I distressed the edge of the vanilla circle with more of the Soft Sky ink.

I ended up really enjoying these two cards and I hope you do too.

Enjoy!

  

Pocket Silouettes Cards

I was remounting my Stampin Up Pocket Silouettes stamps to go from wood to cling when I noticed I had never made a card with this set.  So I pulled out my paper and started stamping away and playing.  So here are the two cards I did this evening.

  This first card I made for my friend Jessie.  You see yesterday I had to rush my DD to the hospital with heart palpatations and tachycardia.  Unfortunatley in the hoopla of getting out of the house, I forgot to let the dog out and feed him.  Needless to say we left in the early afternoon so by 7pm I'm sure he was ready to burst.  I called my friend Jess and even though she lives 40 minutes away she came to the house and took care of the dog for me.  I am so thankful she did because we didn't get home till midnight.

This next card is my oops card. I was almost done this cardfront when I noticed I had made the cardfront too large.  So I cut the bottom of the cardfront off but unfortunately half of the sentiment went with it.  So I did what any good scrapper or stamper would do and turned my oops into something new and different from what was originally intended and like often happens I like the oops better than the original version I had planned. 

Recipe:  Basic Gray and Whisper White Cardstock, SU DSP, SU Pocket Silouettes, Technique Tuesday sentiment, Michaels Gray Satin  Ribbon (.92/yd and a perfect match!), SU Kiwi Kiss Ink, CTMH Gray Flannel Ink

Enjoy!

  

Cricut Stationary Box

I've always loved stationary since I was a little kid.  Before the days of computers and email and twitter, I would love buying new stationary and writing letters to my grandmother and my friend Rob (who I now happen to be married to).  Even though now adays I tend to text or email everyone, I still long for those days when I would put pen to paper and pour out the days events.  Recently due to finanacial difficulties one of my best friends in Vermont was forced to let both the phone and internet go.  So I decided to make a box of stationary using my Cricut so that we can still keep in touch between my trips up there.

I began by taking my Cricut Tags Bags Boxes and More cartridge and using my fit to page feature cut a Matchbox 2.  It ends up being an 8.5" size.  This size will hold stationary pages that are 5.5" x 8.25".

Next I added some dividers to hold the notecards and envelopes I made as well as a slot for a pen and stamps.  The dividers are 2.5" x 5.75 and 2.5" x 5 5/8".  Dividers were scored in the center and then at 1/4" from each end.  Full size stationary rests on top of the dividers.

To create the cover for the box I took two pieces of acetate and glued them together using red tape.  I then scored and folded the acetate and wrapped it around the box leaving a little extra room to make it easier to get the base box out.

To finish off the box I added some ribbon and a tag using the same stamp as the stationary.

 

Items Used:  Cricut Tags Bags Boxes, Chocolate Chip Cardstock, SU Designer paper, SU Chocolate Chip and Baha Breeze Ink, SU Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, Vanilla Ribbon, Stickles, SU Thoughts & Prayers Stamp Set

Enjoy!

  

Wedding Favor Thank You Gift

I pulled this together very easily and quickly.  I needed a thank you gift to give out at a crop where I will be doing massages.  It's very important for my clients to drink a bottle of water after a massage therapy treatment.  Since it is a crop that I am working at I thought I would decorate bottles of water in true ScrappinGalz style. 

BUT...This would make a great wedding favor as well at a summer wedding.  After so much food and drink and dancing at a summer wedding I'm always parched on my drive home.  And how cool is it when you can make a wedding favor very cheaply?  I get full cases of water for about 4.99 at Walmart.

For this project i used the SU Curley label punch and stamp set.  But you could make this wedding favor with the Cricut and a simple Thank You Stamp as well.  Cricut's Accent Essentials Cartridge has a similar accent, and the Cricut Wedding Cartridge has some bells that you could use as an accent and then you could just stamp the Thank you on the bells.

Enjoy!

  

Valentines Day Card

After a couple of posts of Cricut cards I thought I should change things up and bring out my stamps.  This weekend I finally cleaned and organized my scrap area for the first time since I moved into the new place.  I gotta admit I really miss my old scrap studio in the old house but thats about all I miss about that house.  From what I heard the old house flooded again so my studio would have been under over a foot of water so glad I moved out when I did.

Its funny how when you clean out your scrap area you find things and stamps you forgot you had.  I didn't even realize I had the stamp sets I had!  I was actually looking at a stamp set last week that I already had.  Ugh.  Tools, glitter, brads all things I had forgotten I had.  I found 15 page kits that I had forgotten about too.  LOL  One of these days I will be able to get so caught up that I will actually have to go to a scrap store before I do a page.

So with Valentines day coming up I thought I would make a Valentine's day card.  I love the color combo Black Red and White so I used that as my inspiration. 

The center stamp is from Great Impressions which I got last year at a workshop I took at Ink About It. The PP is some scrap I had laying around in my scrap pile.  The CS is Red Riding Hood.  I used Martha Stewart glitter and some Diamond Stickles. The Hugs & Kisses stamp is from SU All Holidays set.

Hope you enjoy!

  

Cricut Wild Card Cartridge - Live with Passion Scallop Circle Card

I am really loving this Wild Card Cricut Cartridge.  Every day I am finding something new.  Tonight I had a bit of extra time on my hands after completing an 11 page Pathology report on Lymphedema and decided to make my mom a card.  She has been so helpful lately with coming all the way down from Vermont to pick up my DD from school and cart her around while I have to work and go to school.  My mom definately lives life with passion so I made this card for her.

I used the Wild Card Cartridge and used the fit to size button to create this 5.5" card. The card is made with the Doiley Card (letter A).  For the card itself I cut a 3.75" and 4" circle and added it to the front of the card and stamped right on the DSP.  Of course a bit of ribbon always makes me happy.

Once I cut the base card and envie, I decided to add a liner using the liner button.  I also added a couple of circles to the envelope as a bit of decoration.

If you have a Cricut, you definately want to consider investing in the Cricut Wild Card Cartridge.  Design to completion whole card and envie took approx 15 minutes.  Nwo thats my kind of card.  This would be a really easy card to replicate for a swap.

Enjoy!

  

Cricut Wild Card Cartridge - Card #2 Bandaid Get Well Card

I am really loving this Cricut Wild Card Cartridge.  It's very versitile.  I can see myself using this cartridge to not only make cards but to embellish scrapbook pages.  Today I found out that a friend of mine just got home from having a surgery so i wanted to make her a get well card to cheer her up.

I used a 12x12 sheet and used the fit to page function and cut the envelope first.  Using this calculation, cut the other parts of the card.  The card itself ended up being a good size card (approximately the size of a legal envelope).

For the inside of the card I used one of the phrases that comes with the Cricut Wild Card Cartridge.  I did use a larger size for the card since I wanted it to stand out.

Start to finish about 8 minutes to make this card. This Cricut cartridge is definately becoming one of my favorites.

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Enjoy! 

  

Cricut Wild Card Cartridge - Owl Birthday Card

Today I wheeled and dealed and sold my old surround sound/DVD system and took the money and bought the Cricut Wild Card Cartridgewith the proceeds!  I've been eyeing this Cricut Wild Card Cartridge for a long time now.  Once I got home I couldn't wait to try it out.  I was suprised and very happy to find out that this cartridge is super easy to use.  But as with anything there are a few tips for this cartridge that will make your life easier

• Use the fit to page feature and always cut your envelope first.  Once the Cricut calculates the size of the envelope write down the size on a piece of paper (there is nothing worse than forgetting the size 5 minutes down the road)
• Don't use cardstock type of patterned paper for the envie liners.  It's just too think and makes it hard for the card to fit into the envie in the end.
• I didn't like using the scorepal to score these envelopes and cards.  The scores were just too thick.  This is a personal preference thing, but I found using the scoring insert with my provocraft paper cutter made a better score.
• If you are using the blackout feature to create a blank inside of the card, adhere the inside and outside of the card together before scoring.

Recipe:  TLC Light Blue Cardstock, SU Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss and Basic Black from Michaels

 

Use a strong adhesive such as ATG tape to put the envelope together.  Do not tack down the sides to tight to allow room for the card to be slipped into the envie.

For the inside of the card I used the blackout feature and the CS was SU Kiwi Kiss

This owl card took me about 10 minutes from start to finish to create.  I did pick out my cardstock prior to timing.

I hope you enjoyed this card.  I'll be making some more cards with this Cricut Wild Card cartridge shortly.

Enjoy!

  

I'm still here

Hello All - Just wanted to let you know that I am still alive.  It's been a crazy upside down kinda time here at the ScrappinGalz household.  In April I sold my house and one week before I was supposed to close on the new house I lost my job.  So homeless we finally found a townhouse to rent.  Then in October I started Massage Therapy school.  School is so much fun.  I can't believe how much I am learning.  I will be graduating in May 2010 and then will be heading to Florida for specialized training in Lymphedema.

Every night I tell myself i am going to get to the basement where all my stamping and scrapping supplies are located, but just can't seem to make it down there with school work to be done, a house to be clean...well you all know the drill.  Life just sometimes gets away from you.

Perhaps soon I will have a whole weekend at home to myself and can find some stampin mojo.  Until then I hope you all had a wonderful New Year and may the creator bless us with a better year this year than last.

ScrappinGalz

Thanksgiving Card

I thought I would make my mom a Thanksgiving card this year.  Since I finally learned how to use my nestabilities (thank goodness my neighbor is never home!) after almost a year of playing with them and cursing at them, I decided to use them for this card.  I decided I didn't want to emboss but just cut with the nesties, so I was back to the drawing board.  Two hours later I had my black and white cardstock cut.  LOL  Sometimes it just takes me longer.  Especially when the technology is more human than electronic.

For this card, I used Baha Breeze cardstock, and stock white and black cardstock.  the patterened paper is from My Mind's Eye and the ribbon is a black velvet from my friend Jess' flower shop Dodo's Phlowers in Leominster.  The wheat stamp is from CTMH's November Word Puzzle and the Happy Thanksgiving stamp is from Mike's.

 

Enjoy!