Party Like a Rock Star

Here I used some old Basic Grey, perfect for masculine cards, and embossed the guitar from Inkadinkado with a mixture of black and iridescent ice EP. It looks very cool IRL. The rhinestone brad is from SU.

Card base is River Rock and I computer-generated "party like a" and embossed the "rock star" from the same Inkadinkado set.

If I were a young male I think I'd like to get this card (esp. if it had money in it LOL)! Thanks for dropping by today.

Boy Birthday Card

Matt is going to a sleepover birthday party tonight, so he needed a card. He and all his friends are into guitar playing now, so he wanted a guitar themed card. This card is a case of one in the book Card Making with Cricut. I used old Basic Grey paper and die cut tags and the Indie Art cartridge. Paper is stamped with SU Extreme Elements and Inkadinkadoo Rock Star. The inside says Happy Birthday Rock Star (the HB part being from PTI's Birthday Basics) and has a pocket for a gift card. I love how this card turned out! It was so fun to make too!

This weekend is the opening of the movie "Beezus and Ramona." I read all the Beverly Cleary books when I was a girl, and I've been reading them to Emily recently. I can't wait to see the movie--the previews look great and it got a good review. I'm hoping to take Emily this weekend sometime. Anyone else have any great plans this weekend? Thanks for stopping by!

INspired Crafter Saturday Scrapbook Sketch #2

Here is my take on this week's Inspired Crafter's scrapbook sketch. I had this great pic of Matt and Emily that I wanted to use but I was stumped about the colors. The pink in Em's hat was obvious, but I was having trouble with Matt's coat. Finally I thought about the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses I bought a couple weeks ago. It looked pretty good so I went with it. Title and shapes are from Cricut Winter Wonderland cartridge. Stamps used are Technique Tuesday and PTI. CS is Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, Cranberry Crisp, Pretty in Pink, and white. Ink is Baja Breeze. Hope you like it--Can't wait to see what everyone else came up with!

Brad's Apprentice Journal

On September 13, Brad and I will be beginning a course in the Apprentice program, which is a class designed to help you grow in your relationship with God. It is based on a book by James Bryan Smith, who lives here in Wichita and spoke at our church last Sunday, entitled The Good and Beautiful God, Falling in Love With the God Jesus Knows. You read the book, do spiritual exercises, keep a journal, and discuss your experiences in a small group. Everyone who's done it says it is amazing, and Brad and I are really looking forward to it. So I made him a journal. This is one of SU's chipboard covered books, covered with Basic Grey paper from long ago. The image is from ODBD's set Keep My Lamp Burning, and is the coolest lighthouse image I have seen--very collage-y. I inked up the stamp in Buckaroo Blue, then wiped the blue off the edges and corners and inked those up with Mellow Moss. I layered it on Buckaroo Blue and Mellow Moss CS and some Night of Navy and Mellow Moss eyelets and some hemp finished off the journal. I hope he likes it! I had a great time making it. Have a great day!

Elzybells-a-palooza!

Hi everyone! I have recently fallen in love with Elzybells stamps. They are sooo cute! So I joined an Elzybells swap too. This first card is stamped on PTI white with Palette Noir ink and watercolored with Twinkling H2O's. They were all the rage a couple years ago sort of like Copics are now, and I just HAD to have them. I really do like them, just don't use them that much. Hence my decision NOT to invest in Copics! Anyway I thought they'd be perfect for this card. The sentiment is a mixture of two--"you're my Prince Charming" and "my knight in shining armour"--I used a marker and Stamp-a-ma-Jig to fix it like I wanted it.

This view is the outside. It is a gate-fold card. I was going for the look of a castle door. Closure is those wonderful (and very strong!) magnets by Basic Grey.

This is my other EB swap--just watercolored with SU pads. Stickles on the snowdrops and pink flower centers. Card base is Gina K Luxury CS 120 lb. and Luxury is right! It is to die for.

This last card is one that I made for DH for our anniversary. This is a pic of it closed. The castle and dragon are Lizzie Anne Designs, others are Elzybells. Again colored with Twinkling H2O's.

This is the card opened. I was going for a 3-D effect. You start with a piece of CS 4.25" x 11". Score at 1", 2", 3.75", 5.5", and 8.25". Accordian fold and embellish as desired. Examples: snowy hills, sand dunes, grassy hills, etc.

Tomorrow I will share the card I made for the sketch challenge swap. I used my new Our Daily Bread Designs for that one. Until then, have a great day!

Valentine's Candle Enhancer

This is an idea I came up with yesterday while staying home with my DD who has strep. It uses Chris' technique of cutting up PTI plastic storage boxes and running them through a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The CB folder I used here is Textile. I took a 3" by 12" piece of Basic Grey DP, scored it every 2 7/8". This gives you 4 sides plus about 1/2". I punched holes in each side with my Marvy circle punch, used the next size up to punch a circle out of the embossed plastic, used glue dots to affix the plastic to the back side of the DP, then used Sticky Strip tape to seal the flap into a cube. Outside is decorated with punched hearts and rhinestones from K & Co. Sentiment is from PTI's Out on a Limb Sents. Here is a pic with the tea light turned off, maybe you can see the embossing on the window a little better.


This was very easy to do, and I think makes a cute little Valentine's Day decoration. Hope you enjoy looking. Have a great day everyone!