"Hello" Series Card #2

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope you are

all ready for the short work week! My son loves it cause

he only has 3 days of school! With homeschooling we can

pick our own hours for school work.... So we take Fridays

off every week and work a little longer M-Th. Since it's

a short week we'll work a couple extra hours T, W, Th and take

Friday off! We both really like our new schedule and it fits us!

We decided to change our art program too... We will be

making things with my cricut! I have several different ones,

so he'll get to use one of my expressions for his art projects...

We've already discussed him making a Fall card! He even

did a sketch, so when we have art class he can

recreate it! When he gets it made I'll post it for you

guys to see! OK.... Enough chit chat... here's my card! :o)

This is a Hybrid card! I used My Digital Studio

from Stampin' Up on the center piece and printed it

on Canon Photo paper.... I printed out the

 Striped Designer paper too.... It's also

from Stampin' Up.... The Orange Ribbon &

Pink Mini brad are from Stampin' Up....

The Flower I made using the

Mother's Day Bouquet Cartridge!

I cut the flowers @ 2", 1 3/4", 1 1/2", 1"

Here's a closer look at the flower I made...

I did ink the edges to give it some depth....

Quick and simple! Thanks for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!

Theresa

"Hello" Card Series #1....

Happy Monday and Labor Day Everyone! I hope you

are all enjoying your 3 day weekend! I've actually done

some card making! I told you last week that I was making

some cards for my MIL.... Well that's what I'll be showing

you over the next 2 weeks.... They are all made with either

a sketch, hybrid (Part Digi- Part Paper) or something else....

I tried to make them easy for my MIL to mail off.....

They do have some dimension but not like I would normally do....

So here's the first in my "HELLO" Card Series! I hope you enjoy them! :o)

This was made using a Sketch from Mojo Monday

It's also a Hybrid type of card... Mostly Digital!

Everything is From Stampin' Up - My Digital Studio Program

Yellow Twine for the Button

Card stock - Stampin' Up

I used Canon Photo Paper to print it out....

It adds some shine and gives it a dimensional look

without all the dimension!

Thanks for taking a look! Enjoy the rest of your

Holiday Weekend! Have an AWESOME Day!!

Theresa

Altered book....

Hello and Happy Thursday everyone! It's the end of the

line for me! Well...... End of the week! Any whoo...

I've had an easy week of schooling my son! Which

is wonderful news for us! It seems to be working out well

now and I hope I'm teaching him all the work I'm suppose

to be teaching him! :o) We went to the local library yesterday

to pick up some Science books... Having a little trouble with

that subject! It never was my favorite subject so that might

be why it's hard on us both! LOL But I did find some fun

experiment books so I'm hoping that will get both of us on

the right track! My son picked out 3 library books too

read... Not that he doesn't already have a nice library of his

own... But I thought it would be nice to pick out something

he doesn't already have in his library collection.... Any

way... I told ya yesterday I had something other than a

card today! Well that is true! I hope you like it!

I'm always writing my card directions on something and

thought it would be nice to just use (1) book and

decorate it to fit me! I LOVE Blue! So of course

you can see that on my book! :o)

Dark Grey CS, Ribbon, Gems, Ink - Stampin' Up

Designer papers - MME Stella & Rose Collection

Light Grey Card stock - Bo Bunny Dots

Butterfly Punch - The Paper Studio

WeR Memory Corner Punch

Composition Book - Wal-Mart

Cartridge - Art Philosophy

Notebook Cover - Dark Grey Cut @ 9 3/4" x 7" (Front & Back)

Blue Designer Paper Layer Cut @ 9 1/4" x 6 1/2"

ABC Design in Yellow Cut @ 6.47 x6.41

Striped Border trim Cut @ 1 1/4" x 7"

Light Gery Shape Layer Cut @ 3 1/2"

Inside Layer Shape Cut @ 3 1/2"

Words Cut @ 1"

Just a couple of close ups for ya to see!

I did pop up the Shaped area where it says

"Card Ideas"! That's the only part I popped

up! I know.... WHAT? I tried to make it

pretty and yet easy to use for writing in. :o)

The Butterflies are not popped up, I only
attach the centers of the butterflies so I could
pull the wings up to give it some dimension. I really,
really like how this came out! I designed this in my Design
Studio first and then transferred it to my Gypsy for cutting!
I've already started to write in it... Like the directions on how
I made this! This way I know where to find all my ideas/sketches
in one place and not on all types of scrap paper... which I have
done from time to time.... I also have a larger notebook that I
write in but I also write other stuff in there... Like when the
phone rings and I need to jot something down quickly... Soooo
hopefully I won't do that with this book! I'll let you know
how that goes! LOL Thanks so much for stopping by and
thanks for any and all comments! They mean a lot to me!
Have an AWESOME rest of week/weekend!!
Theresa

Sophie Floral.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I can't believe we are

in the middle of the week already! Kids will have a 3 day weekend

coming up and life is just grand! Ahhh! Do you hear that? That's

the sound of a happy mom looking forward to the weekend! LOL

My wonderful MIL asked me a couple of weeks ago if I could

make her some more "Hello" cards! Since she's been ill, she has

trouble writing and likes to send out cards to friends and family

to get some practice in with her writing... Sometimes I can read

what she writes to me and sometimes I can't, but that's the whole

point of her writing and sending out the cards to continue to get

better at it! :o) And of course she will not purchase another card

knowing that her DIL makes wonderful cards! OK... I just added

that last part in! But I'm guessing she thinks they're wonderful

cause she tells everyone I make them for her! LOL Any whoo!

Here is one of many I need to get made and sent to her very soon!

YES... I used Sophie AGAIN! :O)

I wanted to make this a nice card but simple.....

Card stock, Ink, Stamp - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Chatterbox (Scrap piece)

All the cuts are Bo Bunny Dots

White Signo Gel Pen

Stickles - Crystal, Candy Cane, Waterfall, Dark Blue

Cartridges - Sophie

It's on pg. 49 and they call it (Label8)

(Card) was Cut @ 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and I used the hide contour on

my Gypsy to hide the score cut marks...

(Red Floral) was cut @ 5 1/2"

George & Basic Shapes

I took a rectangle sized @ 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 and welded

an oval in the center of that (sized 3 3/4x 4 1/2)

and that is what the designer paper is cut at...

Then I took another Oval Shape (Yellow) and

cut that @ 3 3/4 x 4.65 to go behind the red flower....

Then on the inside... you can see the yellow oval...

but I thought it was plain sooooo, I added just a

Flower cut using the Sophie Cartridge...

It was cut @ 3 3/4" and I inked around the edges....

I added a piece of white card stock and a strip

of the Chatterbox paper to the bottom... I even

used a Scalloped border punch to just add a little

somethin' somethin'! The flowers are sections

from the actual flower cuts I made and thought it

would add some character to the inside too... then

just added the stickles as dots in the center.... It really

wasn't as hard as it sounds from typing all of this! LOL

Well I hope my MIL likes this one... I'll have more to

 show you... some I did digitally and some are with

my Cricut Machines.... Tomorrow I will have something

to show you that's NOT a card! Shocker! I know! :o)

Thanks for all the comments! Have an AWESOME DAY!!

Theresa

Thanks, Blessing, Love...

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! How was your weekend?

How is your week going so far? Mines not to bad so far! :o)

My weekend was lazy! I had my Crop til you drop on Friday

night and I just talked and talked! I did do some work but I

wasn't really feeling it! You all know what that's like.... Right?

Well I started to work on some cards but I just didn't feel like

putting them together! I visited with other people at the crop and

managed to get several sets done. But by 3am I was tired and just

ready to go home! Now I'm normally one who is there until 6am!

YES! That is true... I LOVE staying up at night! But on that night

I was just plain tired and didn't want to work on anything so I went

home and slept until 11am! Then I had to go do my monthly shopping!

UGH! Sooo Saturday I was out of the state (really) to go do my grocery

shopping! And that was an ALL DAY TRIP! Sooo I got home around 7pm

and ate some dinner and then I was pooped! Soooo Sunday... I did NOTHING!

And well yesterday I had school with my son which was GREAT! We got everything

we needed done and the day went smoothly! So hopefully today will too! I guess

I'll let you know tomorrow how today turns out! LOL After all that

chatter I should show you the card that I made! :o)

I HAD to use my new Circut Circle Cartridge "SOPHIE"

I've been a circle member for over a year... Well since it started...

I have NEVER like any of the cartridges until now!

This is the very first one I actually took out of the package to use!

I'm LOVIN' the cuts on it so I thought I would share it with

all of you! :o)

Card stock, Ink, stamp, ribbon - Stampin' Up

Designer paper - The Paper Loft, Bo Bunny Double Dot

Copper Stickles

Cartridges - Sophie (Leaf Card) was cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

I used my design studio to alter the size and then I used

the hide contour to hide the fold cuts.

(Yellow Leaf) was cut @ 1 3/4" (2x's)

Art Philosophy (Shape & layer) were cut @ 2"

 I used a stipple brush for the inside of my card.

I was trying to get a similar effect that

the designer paper has.... The section with the stamped

sentiment on it. I just made the inside simple... Thought

about adding some leaves but got lazy again! :o)

Well that's my card for today! I'll see you

guys back here tomorrow on the same Bat Channel

same Bat Station! LOL Have an AWESOME DAY!!

Theresa

Sweeeet Birthday!!!

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone! I know you're SHOCKED

to see me post today! But I'm the Guest Designer this week

over at Birthday Sundaes! What a great honor it is

that they asked me! :o) So I'm here with this weeks

challenge which is to create a Birthday Card using this Photo!

http://urbancomfort.typepad.com/urban_nest/2010/02/cupcake-flags.html

Such great colors in this picture! Here's what I came up with...
Reminder: Click any Photo to Enlarge the picture! :o)

REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION!!!

Card stock - Stampin' Up

Stickles - Xmas Red

Pink Ribbon - American Crafts

Card was cut out using the Birthday Bash Cartridge (5 1/2")

Everything else is from the Yummy Imagine Cartridge

(Designer Paper) was cut @ 5.3 in the basic square shape on the Imagine,

 then I just cut one side to make it a 4" x 5 1/4"

(Cupcakes on plate) was cut @ 3 3/4" (2x's)

(Flag) was cut @ 1 3/4" (2x's)

(Sentiment) was cut @ 1 3/4"

REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION!!!

 

Here's the side view to show you the added dimension

on the Flag, Plate, Cupcakes, Cherries.

REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION!!!

 And YES! I did the inside too!

(Cupcake plate) was cut @ 1 3/4"

(Pink Ribbon) - Stampin' Up

I also used the Red stickles on the cherries!

I hope you like my card for the challenge over

at Birthday Sundaes! I look forward to seeing

what everyone comes up with! Thanks for stopping by

and have an AWESOME SUNDAY!!!

Theresa

"Self Portrait"

Hello and Happy Thursday Everyone! I can't believe the

week is almost over! Actually I'm thrilled it is because

tomorrow is my "Crop til you drop" monthly outing!

I really look forward to attending this ever month! I get

to hang out with my scrapping gal pals and we laugh

pretty much all night long! LOL I was going to show you

a card today.... but... decided to show you something

my son created! I told you on Monday that he made a

picture... So I thought I would just share it with you

instead of a card! I think all forms of art, are very important

to look at.... and well... his is definitely art in my opinion!

We had an art class and he was suppose to make

a "Self Portrait" of himself! But he insisted on

drawing a picture of him and I instead! I love that

he gave me blonde hair when I'm actually a brunette

with some blonde highlights in it! tehehehe Soooo CUTE!

He had to add his desk & computer and the new flooring...

Can you tell that it has blue in it! LOL My favorite color of course!

And he wanted to make a statement with his first A+ after he

took an assessment test on what he had learned in a certain subject!

He really visualized that day, in one picture! :o)

Well.... I guess I shall see all of you back here on
Monday Morning! My Sister Mi-Mi should be by

tomorrow! Thanks for all the awesome comments!

  I hope you guys/gals have an AWESOME rest of week/weekend!!

Theresa