I became a cricut card fairy

After seeing the great things this group has done, especially with Josh's little girl, I decided I needed to join. Essentially what you do is sign up, you receive "Missions" every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These missions tell you who has requested cards and what the reason along with the address to send them to. As a fairy you create the cards and send them to the person. It's just kind of a reminder that there are still selfless people out there in this big ol' world. I got my 1st 3 missions yesterday, 2 thinking of you cards and a sympathy. I created 2 of the 3 last night. (To read more or become a fairy click here)

The 1st card I found HERE and thought it was pretty cool. I had to give it a whirl. It's made from an envelope. I used the new Basic Grey Lime Rickey paper pack. Also used some bling and some Prima's on the outside. On the inside was just a stamped "Just saying Hi" image.




The sympathy card I made was from scraps. The paper is Bo Bunny's Splendor line. I used a prima and a few leaf cuts from the cricut (Home Accents cart) a little bling and whala! The sentiment is computer generated.

Choco-holics swap cards

I realized that these were due in 2 weeks and AGGGG, I hadn't started them, nor did I have any ideas! I needed to do 13 of each of them so I thought I better get going. Here's what I came up with, simple and sweet.


I just used a paper pack from my stash (the cover was missing so I don't know who it's by), Stickel's and Prima's some ribbon from my stash and some paper clips. I'm trying to use things from my scrap stash and my paper packs. It seams those things never get used so that's my goal is to use those more or STOP buying/saving them!

Wedding Card

My cousins wedding colors were black white and a bright pink so I made this card for her. All paper and ribbon was from my stash.

Wedding gift

I have been doing recipe swaps for the last year in preparation for my cousins wedding gift. I made a recipe box and filled it with 4X6 recipe cards. The paper is by Flair, ribbon was on sale at Hobby Lobby, and it was Deco Art's Dazzling Metallic paint in Rich Espresso. I also found the box at Hobby Lobby.

Front: (The O is her new last name initial)

Side:


Top:

My flowerpot card

I made this card for my cousin's bridal shower. It was so easy and SO fun to make! I used bling brads and Primas from my stash for the flowers.
Tutorial found here: http://sluman.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/01/25/flower-pot-pocket-card/

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Another Saggy Lady card

My aunt isn't feel well so to bring a smile to her face, I made her a saggy lady. I used some band-aid paper from my scrap box and some red cardstock also from my scrap box. The cupcake is from Me & My Big Ideas, of course I used stickles to make her sparkle. The sentiment on the inside is a stamp from Michael's and it reads "Maybe a cupcake will help?" I thought it all fit well. Thanks for looking.

I love my saggy lady stamps!

My friend in Florida asked if I would make her a birthday card for her mom with my saggy ladies. I never pass up an opportunity to use my saggy ladies! I used a template found here for the card. My saggy ladies are from Ibreakforstamps. I used just some blue cardstock and some green paper from my scrap stash. I got the paper at Altered Art and Playground last summer but don't remember the line. I stickeled the little lady and colored with colored pencils. I added a little flower at the top too that I also got at Altered Art awhile back. I don't keep packages so again, no clue who it's by. Sorry!

Finally back in crafting mode

I think I had hit a creative brick wall there for awhile cuz I just wasn't doing any scrapping at all. Couldn't even get the excitement to do a project. But I think I'm slowly getting back into it. Here are a few swaps I have just finished that need to be mailed.

1st is the dessert for my Italian swap, it's for Peach Gelato. I used some paper from some paper packs from Hobby Lobby and a Prima from Bucket of Blooms, a faux eyelet from Joann's and a little baby pearl. I also stamped a diamond background in Versa Mark Champagine on the solid paper but it's really hard to see.



2nd is my main dish for the italian swap. I just used cardstock and some bling. very simple. I also stamped some paint splashs in the background in Vera Mark champaigne as well.

3rd is one of the spots in a drink swap. This is for Summer Fruit Punch. The paper is cartstock and a pack of summer drink paper in Target's $1.00 section. The ribbon is also from Targets $1.00 bin. I stamed the Too Cool and added stickles to the limes.

Last is a Salty Chihuahua drink. I stamped all the paws on the cardstock and cut the little dog from Animal Kingdom. I added some glitter to his head and back to look like salt.

Happy Birthday Old Man

A friend of mine is having a birthday soon so this is the card I made for him. I used the Humorous Senior stamps from www.Ibreakforstamps.com and used water color pencil with a blender pen. The paper is some from my scrap bin from Creative Imaginations. I threw a little $1.00 bling from Michael's on there as well. The inside of the card reads: "At your age, Happy Hour is a nap. Happy Birthday"

And here's the rest of the story...or at least the layouts.

I had a few more layouts to post that I didn't post last night so here we go...

1st up is another NKOTB layout from the Orlando Concert. The paper is Making Memories, the shiny paper is a stack from Walmart and the embelies are JoLee's. The 2nd picture sucks because it doesn't show the paper design. The lettering is Alphalicious. The pictures are of Joey McIntyre who has that Frank Sinatra montra about him.



Next up is a layout that is missing some cricut cuts on the 2nd page. I plan on doing a boarder at the top of the page with the same glasses that are on the 1st page. Maybe some journaling on the glasses. The pics are Cami & I at UNO's in Orlando have some wonderful Margaritas. The paper is by Flair and the cut is designed by me on Cricut Design Studio using Alphalicious, George and Cuttin Up.

FINALLY an update

It's been brought to my attention time and time again that I haven't updated my blog so for all you eagerly awaiting, here are some of my recent creations. Some are missing pictures and some are missing cricut cuts because apparently lately when I go to scrap retrats I like to forget things.

1st is a layout I did for my high school band teacher who is retiring this year. His daughter is putting together a scrapbook for his retirement. Cobbler paper is by Stamping Station and the Marching Band paper is by Reminisce, embellies by JoLee's.

Next up is a layout I put together at retreat awhile ago. It's from our Orlando pictures in front of Ron Jon Surf Shop. Paper is some I picked up at Altered Art & Scrap Playground. I also used some cardstock in my stash. I used Graphically Speaking for he surf board cut and wording.


Next is one of my favorite layouts that I've done in a LONG time. It's a layout of Donnie from my 2nd New Kids concert. Title says "I Fell For The Boy From The City" cut out of Tear Drop and the cityscape cut from Plantin Schoolbook. The paper is from Creative Memories, Make A Wish line. Card stock is from my stash. This would be one of the layouts missing pictures on the 2nd page.
I have a few more layouts but we'll save those for tomorrow so that it looks like I'm doing more updating then I really have to do. :) Thanks for looking!

Graduation Accouncements

I was instructed to create announcements for my brothers college graduation. This was kind of a mad dash attempt since he graduates in 2.5 weeks. I spent 3 hours last night stamping, cutting and gluing and came up with these. It's a trifold card, the "closure" is the school logo. I used versa mark front ink for the diamond pattern. (for some reason when I scanned this, the closure flap didn't lay straight. It is centered so it looks better then the scan).

9 pages X2

Here are a few more layouts I did for the albums for Cami and I from out Denver trip and New Kids concert. I get to do 2 of each of these every time I scrap so we both have an album. When I feel like I don't get much scrappin' done I have to remind myself that instead of having 9 pages done, I have 18!

The 1st layout is of the GPS we had while in Denver. We named her Sally. She kept us laughing because of the little ways she would get us lost. The paper is some map paper from Michael's. The letters are done in Road Signs from Reminisce. I also used some Jolee's stickers for Drivers Ed but pulled pieces off to make them apply here. I also used a cute from Graphically Speaking on the cricut.2nd layout is our pictures from the Molly Brown House Museum. I used paper from SEI, in the Windsor collection, called Sommerset. For the corner flurishes and the title I used Bronze paper from The Paper Company. The corner cuts are from Home Accents and the title is from Opposites Attract. Since no photos were allowed in the museum we had to buy the postcards. These 2 layout still need journaling added to them.
3rd layout was of the Denver Zoo. I used Sugar Tree paper and some animal print paper that I had found while in Denver but I couldn't find a brand on it. The animal print paper was used for the title and for the corners of the pictures on the 2nd and 3rd pages. I also used some flocked 3D embellies from Hobby Lobby.
the 4th layout is my favorite of all. Could be that the pictures say it all. I used Scrap Your Trip's custom paper that looks like red satin, the white was some glittery stuff from Die Cuts With A View. The title is taken form the New Kids song called Grown Man.
Thanks for looking and I apologize for the pictures with the flash glare.