2012 Get Well & Happy Birthday

About a month ago Selena (fellow Cricuter) asked for cards to be sent to her 13yr old niece. Who was in the hospital during her Birthday.  I told Selena about the Cricut fairies and how they work.  And that I would send a card too.

     Well, I ended up making two cards and sending a little gift.


Get Well card:
Owl from Hoot'n' Holler,
Embossed background Stampendous Perlized Amethyst using Recollections Wood grain stamp.

The Birthday card is a lift from (hold on, I wrote it down and now I can't find the paper.)
When I find it, if I ever find it (I've been looking for an hour.) I will up-date.

I made the vellum envelope, punched the stars with EK success star punch, and used washi tape.

Thanks for looking.

Has it been a year! Really? 2012

I find it hard to believe a year has gone by and I am just now getting around to my blog. Wow, I guess my priorities were not focused here. I really do want to have a place to say, "Hi", "Here's what I've been up to", "Take a look at my crafts", Life, and stuff.

I have a plan of how I want my space to look (it's so not there yet), what I'll share and a time frame to follow. So, who needs January 1st to start a new. Today is a new day, (well morning, 1:00am) gee, I think is time to get some sleep.

 

Halloween 2011

 

I made a few small treat bags for some of the neighborhood kids. One of the kids said "oooh what's this? Are there treats inside?"  It was very cute.

I also made a small coffin but ran out of time to decorate so maybe next year.

 Cartridge Happy Hauntings.

I finished the birthday card. It is a simple card but fun. I found the mechanics for the card on YouTube called "Marvelous Magical Marquee Card Tutorial" Size: A2

When you open the card a window opens to reveal a message.

Cut four pieces

add the tape& decorate.

What I used:

• Fiskars paper trimmer,
• Martha Stewart (MS) Monarch butterfly Large #42-30002,
• MS Craft 3 in 1 #M283036,
• MS Traditional scallop edge #42-40010 punches, 
• EK Success Circle cutter, 
• EK Success 2" Circle scallop,  

          I didn't use a square punch like in the video, I used the paper trimmer instead.

• Jewels from dollar bin,
• Pens-Pilot G-1 UG1M-BRZBBC &Sakura Gelly Roll Clear star (my favorite pen)
• Terrifically Tacky Tape and Zipdry glue.

That's is for now. Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment if you have any questions.

In the works...

My sister's birthday is Wednesday the 19th.
I'm trying to come up with birthday card idea. She likes butterflies and sparkly things.

Follow-up Cards of Hope

A quick follow-up on the Breast Cancer Survivors card drive. Here is a link to the news article.

http://www.620wtmj.com/home/related/awareness/131179433.html

I saw a close-up of the Dragonfly love card and a sentiment. It really makes me feel good to know that cards I made, gave people hope and brighten their day. I feel very honored to be able to help.
If you'd like to donate to "Cards of Hope" email Kathy at  kmortl@mcw.edu

Thanks for stopping by,

Kim

World Card Making Day

The Cricut Blog is having a contest. I am submitting a Mermaid card.

For this A2 card I used my Cricut Expression with Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge, colored with Perfect Pearls & Distress Ink, the Seahorses are inked using VersaMark & Inkadinkado stamp 60-30154 Summer assortment, Heart are ZingZ sticker accents from Fiskars, and Faux Pearls by ?. sorry.

Also this card has an AWI's action wobbler. So cute. I do have video but I'm not sure how to post video. I will as so as i figure it out.

Okay, Thanks again. Until next time.