Birthday Card

I really like the way this card turned out. The scallops were cut on my cricut and the stamps are from Stampin Up!. I can't remember who the paper is by.

Mirror Image

I love this technique. It is super easy and looks great!!

All you need are your stamps, ink, paper, and a piece of acetate (overhead transparencies).

Stamp your image on your cardstock, reink and stamp on the acetate.

Turn the acetate over (so the ink is down), link up with the image you stamped on the cardstock, carefully place the acetate down and gently rub.

You get a perfect mirror image!!

When I colored this one I used a light touch for the snowmen on the ice.

Hope these are clear enough directions for you.

Old Fashioned BB Game

This is a repost from a couple of years ago. Enjoy!

I don't know what these toys are called. I remember loving to play with them when I was a child though.

These are quick and easy to make. Plan on spending 30-40 minutes making them.












Supplies you will need:

A box with a lid.
Cardstock to stamp your image on plus extra cardstock to mount on the back of that.
Ribbon, stamps, glue, ink, double sided tape, hole punch, bb's, and acetate (overhead transparencies).






Begin by trimming your cardstock so it will lay flat in the bottom of the box.

Stamp your image. I used snowflakes here. After stamping, mount that piece onto another piece of cardstock, and again, onto another piece of cardstock. You will have three (3) layers now.














Punch your holes through all three layers. I punched my holes in the center of the snowflakes.

If you were using cars you could punch the center of the tires, etc.

You'll need holes for however many BB's you're planning on using.








Now you need to glue this piece into the bottom of your box.



















Cut your acetate so it will fit onto the top of the box.

The black lines here are just to show where the acetate is as it was hard to tell.

I had to make sure my acetate fit perfectly or else I couldn't get the top on my box.

Place your BB's in the center of the acetate, place glue on the rim of the bottom of the box and lay the box on the acetate. Weigh it down until dry.



Now your box should look like this. The BB's are "locked" inside.











Now you can decorate the lid if you want. I added ribbon around the edge, using the double sided tape makes it quick. Then I stamped a snowman on the top.





Viola!! A cute little present to put in my daughter's Christmas stocking.



I would not recommend this for young children as the acetate is easy to remove and the BB's could be swallowed.

Mistakes are good

This is not quite the card I had imagined in my head. It was supposed to be straight, everything lined up perfectly. But, since we don't live in a perfect world, my matting ended up crooked...not a lot, but enough to be noticeable.

So when your mats are cock-eyed, put everything at an angle and who can tell??!

The topiary was cut with my cricut and I used Flower Soft to give it color and dimension. You can buy it most anywhere or online at flower-soft.com.

The stamped saying and ribbon are from Stampin Up.

Nativity Gift Tags

I purchased my first SVG file. It was such a good deal! I bought it at SVGCuts.com for only 6.99. It's called O Holy Night and it has the entire nativity...Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, 3 wise men, 2 shepards, animals, manger, and different sayings.

I've made some gift tags with it so far.

I ran the tags through my Cuttlebug with a snowflake background embossing folder.

The multi-colored parts on the wise man is actually shiny paper and the angel wings are done up in fun flock.

This has quite a bit of paper piecing but it comes with great instructions and a full color picture to show the final product.

Birthday Card

A quick and simple birthday card for the person who really likes green!!

The string for the balloon is scrappers floss and the white highlight is a white sharpie.

The stamp and ribbon is from Stampin Up!

The balloon and white portion where cut on my cricut.

Cuttlebug

I used my Cuttlebug and the "under the sea" dies and embossing folders. This was my first attempt to line up the die and use the embossing folder too.

I actually think the background paper has stolen the show on this one.

I picked it up when we were camping this summer.

Mixer Card

Can you tell what my sister is getting for christmas? I cut this image with scal and my cricut. It's kind of hard to tell but the "for you" and the strips on the mixer and very shiny!! I pulled the shiny cardstock from a toy that my kids received.