I got creative with my Microsoft Publisher and created this cute sentiment for the card. I saved it as a jpeg so that you can download it and use it on a card if you like. Time Spent with Friends
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Flowers & Turtles can be friends...
Ok here's another card! I made this one using a couple of coloring book pages. Here is the flower. I couldn't find the turtle to share, sorry. The gemstones that I used were originally clear, but I used my Bic Mark It's to make them green! Just a little trick I learned from Lindsay. The background paper is a bright yellow daisy paper from Hobby Lobby.
Friday, June 12, 2009
A Wedding Card Tutorial
Hello all! I was a busy girl yesterday. I made 6 cards! I did it in just a couple of hours too. This first one took the longest though. I'll tell you what made it go quickly. I had all of my digi stamps printed, colored and cut out. One night I was bored, but not feeling crafty, so I cut out cards and patterned papers that I wanted to use for each stamp, but I just put them aside and never finished them. So yesterday, the crafty bug hit. I got to work on those cards! I'm not going to share them all today, but I'll post one each day for the next 5 days. So keep a look out!
This card was created using several SVG files from SCUT Files.com. Most of them were freebies. I saw that yesterday they had a tutorial for this card posted and I decided to give it a try. I don't like mine as well as Mary's, but I'm still proud of it. It is the first time I've ever done 3D flowers like these though. Here is a link to the tutorial.
The inside of the card says: "Wishing two wonderful people, one wonderful life. Congratulations to the happy couple".
This card was created using several SVG files from SCUT Files.com. Most of them were freebies. I saw that yesterday they had a tutorial for this card posted and I decided to give it a try. I don't like mine as well as Mary's, but I'm still proud of it. It is the first time I've ever done 3D flowers like these though. Here is a link to the tutorial.
The inside of the card says: "Wishing two wonderful people, one wonderful life. Congratulations to the happy couple".Thursday, June 11, 2009
My Country Tis of Thee....
Haha! I bet you have that song stuck in your head now, just like me!
Hey there everyone! It's time for another freebie! This week, Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Design Team had a Patriotic theme going on. So I used Lindsay's Patriotic Card Kit and a few of her stamps to design this card. I used the Jean Pocket Stamp, Flag Bunting, and Patriotic Heart w/Buttons. All of them are only $1.00 each! The tiny little star button is from the Kit, but I put a coat of clear nail polish over it to make it stand out and shine. I wanted it to appear like a metal button. It worked pretty well! It's hard to see the shine in the picture though. To get the denim look on the pocket, I just used denim patterned paper to print it on!
This beautiful and inspirational quote is a part of the Patriotic Card Kit.
*********Hidden Freebie Alert************
As I said last week, Lindsay is designing a special stamp for each of us on the design team. On Thursdays, one lucky DT member will have her special stamp available to download free for a whole week. Click on the links below to check out the cool Design Team Blogs and see who has the free stamp this week!
The first card is a Doodle Daisy digi stamp from LSS. I printed it out a while back and colored it with my Bic Mark Its, but I just left it in my stash until now. I had some creative energy to burn, so I pulled it out and this is what I came up with. The Hello at the bottom is this week's Thursday Freebie.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I Won 3rd Place!!
Thank you so much to everyone's support and votes! I won 3rd place in the Cutest Craft Contest at The Original Scrapbox! I won a ScrapMaBob! I know you're probably wondering what the crap that is, so here is a picture:
I've never heard of it before, but apparently it hooks to your desk and holds your drink and has a pouch to put scrap stuff or trash in. Does anyone have one of these? I was wondering what you thought of it? Anyways, I was disappointed that I didn't win the awesome desk, but I'm still glad i won this! Who doesn't like something for free right?
Monday, June 8, 2009
A Camping We Will Go...
Well I am very proud of this card. It was my hubby's 26th birthday last Saturday. For a little getaway, we took him camping, so this card is very appropriate for that. All of the images used are from Dustin Pike. My husband told me his birthday card better be "out of this world". In years past, I have always purchased cards, but this year I have begun making them and I'm always showing them to him. So his expectations were set high. However, after he saw the card, he was VERY impressed. He loved it!
It is hard to tell, but most of the card is 3-D. The Happy Bday banner is a sticker.
The gas can was a from a coloring page image that I found on Google. The story below was 100% made up by me, but if you'd like to use it, you're welcome to it!
The reason I told a story was because I could not seem to come up with the appropriate caption. My husband is very much a pyromaniac. Everytime we go camping, he thinks he needs to put some lighter fluid or gasoline on the fire before lighting it. Which 99% of the time is totally unnecessary. So it is a joke in our family.
This was a stamp that I printed and colored and didn't have room for on the front, but it was so cute I had to use it. So I just put it on the back for a little something extra.
It is hard to tell, but most of the card is 3-D. The Happy Bday banner is a sticker.
The gas can was a from a coloring page image that I found on Google. The story below was 100% made up by me, but if you'd like to use it, you're welcome to it! 
The reason I told a story was because I could not seem to come up with the appropriate caption. My husband is very much a pyromaniac. Everytime we go camping, he thinks he needs to put some lighter fluid or gasoline on the fire before lighting it. Which 99% of the time is totally unnecessary. So it is a joke in our family. 
This was a stamp that I printed and colored and didn't have room for on the front, but it was so cute I had to use it. So I just put it on the back for a little something extra.Thursday, June 4, 2009
Recycling, Hidden Freebies & Card Kits!
Today's post has a lot of different elements. First of all the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff design team went with a Recycling theme this week, so we all added some sort of "recycled" element to our projects.
Ok on to the cards! I have used Lindsay's great Black and White Card Kit. It is only $2.00 in her store! I know you're wondering where the black and white elements are, but I have altered them quite a bit. I loved the black and white pattern on the paper, but I wanted a punch of color, so I used my Bic Mark its to add some color so that it would match the rest of the card. I also used some chalks to give the sentiment some color as well. It already had a black and white aged look around the edges, I just added some pink/purple chalk. The digital stamp that I used is available in Lindsay's store for only $1.00 HERE.
The recycled portion of the card is the lace along the bottom. I attached it using double stick tape. It is recycled because I got it from a local thrift store. It was someone else's cast off and I knew it had potential! I should also mention that the card base is by My Mind's Eye.
The next card features another digital stamp by LSS. It can be found here for only $1.00. The yellow lace is also recycled from a thrift store! The sentiment on the front is from the black and white card kit as well, I just gave it some green chalking.
This beautiful swirly background is also a part of the same card kit I mentioned before. I just added some green chalk to it and traced the swirls with a green colored pencil. The stickers are by Special Moments (@ Dollar Tree).
If you've never tried a card kit or a digital stamp, go to Lindsay's blog to get a freebie so you can try before you buy! I should also mention that Lindsay is offering a bargain in the month of June. For every $10 you spend in the store, you get a free card kit! Not to mention, by purchasing items in LSS, the Shophandmade website pledges to protect 25 sq feet of rainforest for every purchase made at any of the stores in the network to offset the pollution done by shipping and since there is no shipping with the digistuff (it's all emailed) it's like being extra green!
Ok on to the cards! I have used Lindsay's great Black and White Card Kit. It is only $2.00 in her store! I know you're wondering where the black and white elements are, but I have altered them quite a bit. I loved the black and white pattern on the paper, but I wanted a punch of color, so I used my Bic Mark its to add some color so that it would match the rest of the card. I also used some chalks to give the sentiment some color as well. It already had a black and white aged look around the edges, I just added some pink/purple chalk. The digital stamp that I used is available in Lindsay's store for only $1.00 HERE.
The recycled portion of the card is the lace along the bottom. I attached it using double stick tape. It is recycled because I got it from a local thrift store. It was someone else's cast off and I knew it had potential! I should also mention that the card base is by My Mind's Eye. 
The next card features another digital stamp by LSS. It can be found here for only $1.00. The yellow lace is also recycled from a thrift store! The sentiment on the front is from the black and white card kit as well, I just gave it some green chalking.
This beautiful swirly background is also a part of the same card kit I mentioned before. I just added some green chalk to it and traced the swirls with a green colored pencil. The stickers are by Special Moments (@ Dollar Tree).
If you've never tried a card kit or a digital stamp, go to Lindsay's blog to get a freebie so you can try before you buy! I should also mention that Lindsay is offering a bargain in the month of June. For every $10 you spend in the store, you get a free card kit! Not to mention, by purchasing items in LSS, the Shophandmade website pledges to protect 25 sq feet of rainforest for every purchase made at any of the stores in the network to offset the pollution done by shipping and since there is no shipping with the digistuff (it's all emailed) it's like being extra green!*********Hidden Freebie Alert************
Lindsay is designing a special stamp for each of us on the design team. On Thursdays, one lucky DT member will have her special stamp available to download free for a whole week. Click on the links below to check out the cool Design Team Blogs and see who has the free stamp this week!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
You've got a friend...
Here is a card that I made for 365 Cards's Challenge Blog #93: Call Me. I was supposed to either use the sentiment: Call Me or use a phone of some sort on the card. I could not resist using this sentiment. I sang this song "You've got a friend" about a million times in choir class in middle school and it has stuck with me. So I included part of the chorus as my sentiment.
The phone is an svg file that I got from Stacy's SVG Files, but I separated it and changed it up a bit so that I could cut it out in 3 different color pieces to make it look like this. Here is my version of the file: Telephone SVG
The phone is an svg file that I got from Stacy's SVG Files, but I separated it and changed it up a bit so that I could cut it out in 3 different color pieces to make it look like this. Here is my version of the file: Telephone SVG
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