My new toy

Not long ago, this little i rock was quite the rage on some craft blogs. Word had died down a bit, but when I saw this at my Michael's and I had a 50% off coupon, I just had to get it. Not bad for $7.50. I don't think I would have bought it full price at $15. It works great and I can't wait to get some more gems. Any one know where the best deal to find them at?

Look what I won!!!

I was so thrilled to hear that I won the basketball solutions cartridge from a blog hop I visited recently. It is one I don't have and yet I have a son who loves sports, including basketball. It will be handy very soon with him. Jamie at http://cutecardsandcraftsbyjamie.blogspot.com/ mailed it to me promptly and also included a few goodies. How exciting. I just love the little yellow album. I can't wait to use it and the other items too.  They are all so cute and appreciated. Thank you Jamie. :)

Flamingo card.

I made this card for the My Pink Stamper Challenge to use a bird. I decided to use an easel card that I learned how to make on Made by Momo. The measurements for the card base is 4 x 11. Then score at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2. The front part measures 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 and then 3 1/2 x 2 1/4.

The flamingo is from Life's a Beach at 4 1/2 inches.
Grass from Zooballo and sized on my Gypsy to 3.8 x 2.78.

Karlee Krafts Envelope Challenge

Karlee at Karlee Krafts had a challenge on My Pink Stampers site to use an envelope. I stamped a matching envelope, but also included a card with a envelope on the card.

CCC # 43 Baby card with only white, yellow, green and orange

So I had a bit too much fun with this challenge. I hope you can play along too at  Cricut Cards. Only one of them I could submitt to the CCC design team example for this challenge to make a baby card using only the colors white, green, yellow and orange. I thought that this challenge was great for any gender baby.

So the first on is from New Arrival, I welded the baby carriage to make a card and then used the layers to decorate it a bit. The hearts came from a punch I have. I inked the edges to help the hood stand out better. I have mixed feelings now that it is done.

This is also from New Arrival. I just love this cart. It opens in the center. I saw an example of this one online on the Cricut message board here. Mine of course looks different, but it was the style I was trying to emulate.

Got to love the giraffe from Create a critter.  The Congrats. is from New Arrival.

This is a stretch your imaginations carriage. This was the first card I made for this challenge. I really wanted to use the same cut and remake it a bit differently, but I go distracted by all the other cards I made and never got back to this one. Oh, well, maybe next time.

This was my second card I made.  Came out different that I imagined it up in my mind, but I am still happy with it.  

Momo's Hubby challenge

When I told my husband about Momo's hubby challenge. He was excited. At first he wanted to do something with an apple and a worm. I nixed that ideas, since I just designed one in my gypsy for a challenge and I was not going to give that up.

Any way he came up with a bug theme on his own. He asked me what bugs do you have? I told him a ladybug, bee, caterpillar and so on. I forgot I had this cricket. He found it on his own. I'm not even sure where he got the sun from.

Anyway I left to go to a meeting and was excited to come home to see his finished project. It was not done. You see my computer savvy husband had it all laid out on my gypsy, but was waiting for me to come home to tell him how to weld the letters. He also said I forgot how to zoom. I always feel great when I know something he doesn't. LOL.

So I read a book to him while he finished things up and this is how it turned out. Watch out, he may want t make some more cards soon.

I am not sure who's birthday this is for, since everyone in our house has already had a birthday, but it is cute none the less.

Apple of my eye

My husband is not thrilled with the green and yellow on this card.  It reminds him a bit too much of the Oregon Ducks and well we may live in Oregon, but we are not Duck fans.  Go Beavers!!!!

Any way,  have been wanting to try this Apple and worm out and this is just the right project.

Make a wish Mojo Monday card

This card I did for Mojo Monday  # 156. I thought this sketch would make birthday card.  Hope you enjoy.

CCC # 42 Halloween frame card

Cricut Cards Challenge this week was to use the card feature on a cartridge to make a Halloween card. So I used Stretch your Imagination and mad this card. What fun.

In memory of 9/11 card

When I think about 9/11. I remember it was the second week of school for my first daughter. I was home in the morning, when my husband called from work with the news. We didn't get any tv stations other than PBS, so I had to listen to the news reports on the radio. I remember thinking how this just could not be real. Hours later I went to my daughter's kindergarten to celebrate her birthday, even though it was not her actual birthday. I rember going to the school and trying so hard to be happy, yet I was so sick to my stomach.

My heart goes out to those who have lost love one to 9/11 or to the service to our country. Our country would not be the same without those wonderful servicemen and women and their ever supportive families. Thank you to you all.