more of YOU

Recently, Dwight & I purchased a Cricut Expression die-cut machine. We had been saving for one for quite some time and finally were able to purchase it. That was very exciting! Right away I made a fast & easy scrapbook page with it and I wanted to share that with you today.

I cut the letters for the title with the machine and also made a shadow for the letters with the click of a button! I love it!

These are some of my all time favorite photos of Sadie. I titled the page "more of YOU" because I've already done one page with some of these photos and included journaling on that page. This one was simple since I didn't have to include any other text. Love the colors in the papers!

Can you believe that I didn't stamp one thing on this page? Truly amazing! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Oh Christmas Tree...

Here is a super, simple card that is also economical for mailing (meaning you won't have to pay more postage because of "lumps"). The inspiration for this card comes from Nicole Heady.

The ornament dots on the Christmas tree are just dots punched out of scarlet cardstock and glued on. The edge of the white paper I distressed with an edge distressor. Instead of using ribbon, I used a striped stamp to add some visual interest and break up the snowflakes.

Supplies
Stamps: Holiday Cheer, Ornamental Snowflakes, Friendship Strips
Ink: Lamore Red & Landscape Palette
Paper: TAC Kraft, Scarlet & Ultrasmooth White
Other: Edge Distressor, Hole Punch

Fabulous Party Favors

Be prepared! I have a lot of pictures for this post!! The colors are a little off, the pinks and reds don't always come out quite right on the photos, but you'll get the idea. I promise it doesn't clash in real life! :)

I recently entered a TAC contest called "Fabulous Party Favors". I didn't win but I really like the end result anyway and wanted to share the ideas with you.

The first thing I did was make a paper cone out of TAC's Catelynne paper. You might have seen this cones before hanging on doors or filled with flowers at a wedding. That is what I patterned this cone after. How cute would it be to go to a party and at place at the table to have one of these cones filled with goodies hanging on the chair?

Here it is hanging from a door. Sorry it is so dark. It's hard to see in these photos, but I used Cloud scissors to make the blue paper that is around the top of the cone scalloped.

Here's all of all the party favors together. There is a lip gloss, finger nail polish, emery board with toe separators (whatever those are called!!), and a jar of shimmering body lotion.

This is a closeup of the flower on the front of the cone. The scrapper's floss in the button is tied to look sort of like a tulip. I saw this somewhere and thought it was such a cute idea. A little different way to tie the floss.

I also stamped a flower image on the tissue paper to give it that extra charm.

On the lotion bottle, I made this accordion flower and then for the center of the flower, I took a white button from the Audrey Embellishment Jar and stamped an image from "Sweet Treats" in Claret Palette ink. Then, I poured clear embossing powder on it and heated it. I wrapped green ribbon around the button to make it look like leaves.

Here is the top of each of the favors.


I stamped the emery board and toe separators with claret ink and another image from "Sweet Treats".

The tag is also from the "Sweet Treats" set.

Hope you enjoyed this post! Have a great day!

Dwight's Birthday

Taking a break from Christmas cards for a day!

Dwight's birthday was last week and I wanted to share the card that I made for him. I love how it out. I used the new "Open Presents" set and I am so glad I got that one!

I stamped the owl on Kraft cardstock which worked well because that provided a natural color for the owl to start with. Then, I took my colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits to add some more browns and blues to him. I cut him out and popped him up with pop dots. The piece of lined paper is also on pop dots. Since I didn't have to mail this card, I could use lots of dimension! You can see the dimension better in these next photos.

I also crimped the red cardstock strip to add more texture and dimension and then took my Burnt Umber Palette spot and inked it up just a little.

The words "happy birthday" are two individual stamps from the "Open Presents" stamp set.

Supplies
Stamps: The Angel Company's "Open Presents", "Be Square"
Inks: Burnt Umber & Reflection Blue Palette
Paper: TAC Brown, Kraft, Scarlet & Ultrasmooth White
Other: Crimper, Pop Dots, Colored Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits