Welcome baby!

     I'm having a hard time keeping up with all the cards I need to make, lol! We've had 2 birthdays  in the last 2 weeks and 1 more next week before I start on Mothers' Day cards now that the Easter cards are done, whew. However I have been remiss because one nephew and niece have both had babies in the last few months and I still haven't made a card let alone bought a gift! ( I am hanging my head in shame). I am glad they both had boys so I didn't have to think so hard to come up with these.
     First of all I had intended to use this as a color challenge for simply scrapping group but one of the colors was rose/pink so that would not have been appropriate. When doing something for the baby boys I usually do the typical blues and yellows but decided on a peachy color, kraft and blues instead.
     Once again I fall back on my scraps. Believe it or not the background paper was left over from a mini album I did a while ago and I had just enough for the 2 cards! Also, I get so upset with myself that I have small pieces of card stock hanging around that I cut out these baby monograms for boys and girls along time ago and put them in my embellishment box. I'm sure glad I did! I know they were cut from the Mini Monograms and I think it was 1". Next I took a scrap of peach color card stock and ran that through the cuttle bug with the tags die.
     The cute bunny is from Nursery Tails on the Imagine @ 2". I kept all the layers combined and printed the image however I really wanted a shadow on this. This particular image did not have a shadow so I used the background layer and chose a background print that would set it all off by cutting it @ 2.25". Its not quite perfect but I was satisfied enough to apply it to the card with pop dots. I even added a beautiful gradient gem to the flower center as well as the 4 corners of the card. Finished it off with some ribbon and a cute stamped sentiment.
     Now all I have to do is buy the gifts to go with the cards and I'm all set. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to leave a comment and say hi!

Just Rite Stamps Challenge

     So I noticed this challenge by Just Rite stamps and thought: "this is perfect".This challenge used buttercup yellow, soft apricot ( my personal favorite) spring green and violet-blue. I needed to make a birthday card for my mom's birthday tomorrow so I started rummaging through my papers. This was perfect since mom"s favorite color is blue.
     I started with some blue card stock and then found this striped paper with all the necessary colors. I was also lucky enough to find a solid apricot card stock which needed some dressing up. This is when I really love my cuttle bug. I chose the cherry blossoms embossing folder and did a light inking with a colorbox green ink.

     Next I pulled out my Spellbinders scalloped circle die and grabbed another scrap piece of paper. The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from Just Rite Stamps. I was going to cut the inner circle from the smaller scallop but decided to use a plain round circle so it would look more like a flower.  

     It's amazing what you find hiding on your craft table. I found this beautiful flower, scraps of the ribbon and even the pearls. I guess it was just waiting for the right project! Thanks for stopping by!

Anna Griffin Kit

     Since today was a rainy day (that's right RAIN not SNOW, lol)  I had every intention of cleaning my craft room but never got past the door. I had just put the box of Anna Griffin "stuff" I had won from the Provo craft/HSN contest just as you walked in the door and there it sat for a month now. This seemed as good a time as any to dive into the goodies.
     Can I just say, wow!! Ok there are card bases, card stock overlays, embellishments, ribbons, tags, insert pages and, yes, even pop dots. I needed plenty of room to spread them all out and had fun mixing and matching all the choices. The kit actually makes 30 cards!

     These are the first ones that I put together. Of course I added my own touches, ribbons, some bing, stickles and even some glossy accents to the holly berries. These cards have a victorian look to them and are giving me more ideas how to use my cricut Imagine. Hope you enjoy this peek. I'm off to assemble some more!!!

Little Chickie!

     This is the final Easter card I had using, what else, my Imagine and Celebrate with Flourish. For this card I cut the chick/egg image from Celebrate With flourish cart @ 2". I used the relative size so all layers match up nicely and used the Blossom color palette for all the layers. What's so nice about this is how well it all comes together.
     Once again I used scraps that were hanging around on my craft table so this card came together rather quickly. I wanted a more elaborate look to this card so I used my cuttle bug on the egg and did some distress inking on the chick. After looking at it for a while I decided to hand draw in its little eye.
     The tag is a spellbinders that I used the Just Rite Stamps for the saying "happy easter". I finished off with some creative charms gradient gems. There you have it!!!

Easter Basket Card

     How fun is this! I really love making cards with my Imagine. I used the Celebrate With flourish cartridge for the Easter basket @ 2.5". For the layers on the image I used the Elise imagine cart but the background square was an image from Paper lace using the Elise cartridge for the printed paper. How cool is this?
     What is so great about the Imagine is that I can select all my layers in relative size ( so I know they are all going to size together neatly) but I can go back and color each layer separately using a palette that co-ordinates well on that particular cart.
     I like to have my embellishments pop so I embossed the basket with my cuttlebug and then inked the edges. The eggs have glossy accents on them to add dimension to the eggs. Of course you have to add some prima flowers, gradient gems from creative charms and then some ribbon.
     Finally I use some new tags from Spellbinders and added my sentiment using Just Rite Stamps for the "happy easter". Quick and easy without wasting time looking for paper.
     You can purchase this card in my etsy store.