Monday, May 11, 2009

Fairy Chloe Fluttering By...

Wow. It's been 4 days with no post. Sorry guys! I've been kinda busy I guess. Anyways, here is a card that I made today using The Greeting Farm's Fairy Chloe. The flowers and vines were cut and layered using my cricut. I got the files from somewhere else, but I can't remember where. The yarn across the top was a cheap buy from Big Lots. It is just the messy colorful yarn that you can use to make scarves and things. I thought it gave the card a whimsical look.


The "Happy Birthday" caption was a jpeg image that I got online and converted it into a digi stamp. Click here to download it: Happy Birthday Digi.


After I finished with that card I got the idea to convert the digi stamp into a svg file to cut. It turned out really nice. I cut this at about 4" tall, so I'm not sure how well it would cut in a small size. Click here to download it: Happy Birthday Title & Happy Birthday Shadow


I just used a blank card with a pattern on the front and used several pop dots to make this card. It's simple, but funky.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Ladybug Stamp by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff & a Freebie

This fabulously adorable ladybug card was created using a digi stamp from Lindsay's Stamping Stuff. It is only $1.00! She also has some adorable stamps to match! If you're not sure how to use digi stamps, Lindsay has created a group on yahoo called: "What is Digital Stamping". If you join, you can ask questions on techniques and get a lot of great advice. If you would like the digi stamp that I made for the "Thank You" sentiment. It is a freebie: Thank You.

I did this scrapbook page for TPS's challenge #5 & 8 combined. It is my mom (on the far right) and two of her sisters. The title "Sisters & Friends" is your Thursday Freebie! And don't forget to check out yesterday's post for the Cowboy Collection for sale!


Monday, May 4, 2009

A Mother's Day Hummingbird Card

Hey Everyone! I have had a wonderful weekend. I really enjoyed my rainy scrapbooking weekend. It has done nothing but rain all week here (KY). Anyways, I got around to making this cute and elegant mother's day card. It features a digi stamp freebie from SquiggleFly. I colored it using colored pencils. Then I photo copied what I had colored. and cut out the image again. I layered them on this beautiful tulip patterened paper. I also photo copied some tulips and make them pop with pop dots. The bird's wings are curled slightly out for more of a 3D effect.

I also included a lovely, but short Hummingbird poem on the inside. I thought it fit just perfectly. Below this I will have some sort of lovely verse and phrase about Mother's Day.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Sketch # 17

Happy Weekend Bloggers! I have finally gotten around to completing my sketch challenge #17 for 52 Weeks, 52 Sketches. The flourishes were all cut with SCAL using a file I got from someone else (sorry I wish I remembered where).


This beautiful journal frame is actually a digital stamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. It is only $1.00. It is so easy to use too! I just uploaded it into Microsoft Word and then added a text box to the inside and typed what I wanted it to say. Then just hit print! Couldn't be easier! Click HERE to go to the store to buy this stamp.

Making Faux Chipboard

Hi again...and again...and again. I have never made so many posts in one day before! Wow. This one is for TPS's Faux chipboard challenge. She has a video on her blog showing how to make it. It is really simple! Essentially, you just cut out the same shape 4 or 5 times and glue them all on top of one another.


The beautiful stamp is Anya Angel from The Greeting Farm. The font is called A Yummy Apology. To get the A printed out on my cricut like this, I used SCAL and cut it as a shadow A instead of the regular A.

Brown/Pastel Challenge for TPS

Ok bare with me. I'm still completing challenges for the Pink Stamper's NSD. I love it though! The weather is terrible outside, so I'm enjoying myself in here! The challenge for this one was to use brown and pastel in something. So I created this page for my son. The die cuts were some that came in a kit that I got in Walmart long ago.

A Mother's Day Card

Hello and Happy NSD to all! I am going to share with you a Mother's day card that I made for The Pink Stamper's challenge #4 in honor of NSD. First of all, don't think for a second that I was clever enough to come up with the captions. I saw them on one of Lindsay's cards over at the Frugal Crafter. I just decided to make my own card to give to my mother. The digi stamps are actually coloring pages that I found through google and shrank. You can download them here: Rooster & Hen.

The fancy borders that surround them were made by Paulo who is a member of the SCAL group on Yahoo. To download it, you'll need to register, go to files--SVG files--Frames--Romantic Frame.

The inside of the card has a smaller frame b/c it is actually what was left over from the cut of the front frame. If you'd like the digi stamps that I created for the captions, you can download them here: Rooster Crows & Hen Delivers.

Front of the Card

Inside of the Card