Spongebob Birthday Card

Hello everyone! I'm not a big fan of Mr. Spongebob, but my neice is. She is having a spongebob birthday party tomorrow, so I made her this card. I just used a spongebob coloring page that I found through google. I printed it on regular paper. Then I cut out this scalloped circle with the circle embroidery template using my cricut. I then taped my circle over the printed image so that when I printed the image a second time, it would be exactly where I wanted it on the scallop. And finally I added some red stitches to the circle.

I also used this week's sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. Then the challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges and the Character Cafe was to use stitching somewhere on the card. And finally, Stamp Something challenged us to use brown as a dominant color in our card.

Monster Truck Birthday Party

Hello everyone! I thought I'd pop in to share my son's birthday party pics. We had a great time. The party was supposed to be outside at the park, but due to weather, we had to move it indoors. The monster truck design is from a Dustin Pike digi stamp freebie. I colored it and printed it really large. Then I took the picture to wal-mart and had them draw it on the cake. I think it turned out really cute! I also created the banner that you see below. If you didn't get to see the matching invitations, you can go here to see them in a previous post.

Sympathy Card for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

Here is a card that I made for a friend who had a loved one pass away this week. I really enjoyed coloring this one. The flower just came alive! You can get this beautiful Iris stamp here for only $1.00! As always, don't forget to hop to Lindsay's blog for a fabulous freebie as well!

I also created this lovely butterfly to go with the card. It is actually a Celtic tattoo design. I think it is just beautiful! You can get yours below. It's your Thursday Freebie! Enjoy!

Butterfly Celtic Tattoo

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!