New SCAL group on Yahoo!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share with you that Penny Duncan has created a new SCAL group on yahoo. Feel free to join!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCALSocialConnection/join

My Get Well Card for Riley

Hello again! Two posts in one day! haha. Here is my get well card for Riley, the cancer patient who made a special request to "Make a wish foundation". She simply asked for a mailman to drop a bag full of get well cards on her bed when she returned from treatment. So her is my card! I really really enjoyed making this one. It certainly makes a difference when you know who you're going to send the card to. I definately enjoy it more that way. I wanted to make it as girly as I could.

It all started with this butterfly image that I found online. I converted it to an svg (it's tomorrows freebie Thursday). Then I was playing around with my cricut markers which I've had for quite sometime but I've neglected them. I drew the image, then used the "shadow" feature to cut around it. Then I decided it was still too plain, so I used purple stickles to fill in the space between the marker lines. I loved the end result so much better. Then finally I colored some tiny gems to make them match the pink and dressed it up a bit.

You've Gotta Try this! It's a Spinner Card!

Hey everyone! I just had to share this awesome technique with you. It may or may not be "new" to you, but it was new to me and I was so pleased with the results! It was so easy too! There are several alternatives and ways that this can be done, but here is my version. I wish I had video capabilities right now to show you the spinning in action, but this will have to do.

First, I used some very heavy cardstock to cut the wavy spinning panel with my cricut. You can download the template here. The spinning action is created using two pennies and a pop dot! (Not a difficult as you'd think). If you'd like a straight spinner, simply cut a long narrow rectangle inside a larger rectangle using scal. It's very simple. For a tutorial on how to make your own spinner card, go here.

The bottom border for this card is a fall leaves border, you can go to this previous post to download it. The cute little pumpkin nad Happy Halloween title are digi stamps from Dustin Pike.

Help Us Make Riley's Dream Come True....

Hello everyone. I got an email from a friend today telling about a little girl in North Carolina who has cancer. Her name is Riley Philpot. Please read the message below:

This just in from the Ronald McDonald House of Eastern North Carolina: Riley Philpot is a little girl who is struggling with a return of cancer. Make a Wish Foundation was contacted and Riley's wish is to have the mailman dump a bag of get well ...cards at her door when she returns! Please send a get well card to Riley! Here is her name and Address:

If you plan to help out, please post a comment with you email address and I'll send you her mailing address! Thank you!

My Handmade Business Cards

Hey everyone! I just thought I'd share these business cards that I made last night. I did 40 of them in under 3 hours. I thought that was pretty good timing. I had fun making them too. I cut out all the sizes and shapes that I needed, then I took it all to the living room and assembled them while I watched Saturday Night Live. I've put them in my shop if you know anyone who would like to order their own custom made cards. They are 2 3/8"x3 7/8".

Bond Between Brothers & Twilight Tuesday Sketch

This week the good people at Twilight Tuesday asked us to create something that showed a bond between brothers. The inspiration comes from the Quileute wolf pack. So I used this week's sketch TTSC12 and the wolf stamp from Artful Inkables to create this card. I colored the large wolf reddish brown for Jacob, then he has his second in command, Leah who is a light grey and his 3rd in command, Seth who is a sandy color. The background paper I created myself using tan paper and some brown acrylic paint. I wanted a rustic look, so I just brushed it on randomly and roughly.

Key to My Heart Layout

Hey there everyone! I know you're probably wondering what happened to me this week! I have been substitute teaching everyday since last wednesday, so I have been much busier than usual, not to mention I'm getting ready for my son's 3rd bday party this weekend. Anyways, I didn't get time to create a project for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff this week. But today I was finally able to do a little scrappin'. So I used this lovely sketch from Crafts by Rowena. If you haven't checked her blog out yet, you need to! I it is full of wonderful tutorials, sketches and free svg files! I created the title in inkscape. You can download it here.

You can find the files to download these keys on a previous post of mine, here. I cut the key ring by hand, but the keys were cut with scal.

Now for your Thursday freebie! I created these for my SIL to go on her bulletin board at church. She did a bulletin board display of the days of creation. I also did Adam & Eve, but I'll probably share those later, because I have some "tweaking" to do on them. Enjoy!

Sun

Cloud & Rain

Palm Tree in Sand