More Snow and Birthday Cards

Tomorrow is April 1st and I am hoping that when I wake up, the forcast for snow will be an April Fools JOKE!!  I am pretty sure all of us in north Jersey are ready to be done with the white stuff :)

For today I am showing off the birthday cards that went in my last shipment to Operation Write Home.
I am showing them all in one post, although I must tell you, I wasn't sure about doing it this way. My crafting time is kind of hit or miss and mostly done on the weekends, so I don't have a huge file of unpublished projects to share. I thought about dragging them out and doing one or two cards at a time, but I don't want my followers to get bored :)

So here we go.... Birthday cards ...

I have to say, I was very happy with these cards. I liked the simplicty of them and didn't mind that they don't have any glitter :)

All the supplies used are from Stampin Up.

As always, thanks for stopping by.  I would love to know what you think of these birthday cards :)

ThankYou Cards for OWH

When I sent my last box to OWH, I included some general occasion cards along with Easter and Mothers Day. Here are some of the thank you cards.

Looking back, I can't believe it, but there are NO Cricut cuts on these cards !  That dosen't happen very often... but I see that the birthday cards that I will post next time are all Non-Cricut cards also ... wow

All the supplies for these cards came from Stampin Up. I really am trying to use up stuff that I already have... So I can buy more !!

Hope you like these cards.

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

FIrst Time Using A Sketch

I am constantly amazed at how much this family of bloggers that I have come to know, let me stretch my creative wings. I try to give new techniques, challenges and now sketches a go whenever possible. I can't WAIT for summer vacation so I can craft all the time !! LOL).
I used the OWH sketch #46 for these cards. The simpleness suits my style, but I do want to use it again and try to make it a bit more elaborate ~ not my style ~.

The cardstock, ink , Flowers and Happy Birthday stamps are Stampin Up.
Hello and Spring Wishes stamps are Papertrey Ink.
Ribbon is SU and my stash.
The edge punches are Martha Stuart and SU.

I seem to have a problem making cards that are exactly alike.... something else I need to work on :)

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

Starting on Easter

The deadline to get Easter cards to Operation Write Home is March 18th.. and I actually have some done !!  Amazing myself :)  LOL

I used 3 colors for this design so I could have 3 differemt looks for the same card.

The Details

• Stampin Up Cardstock~So Saffron, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow
• Ribbon~ Stampin Up and my stash
• Cricut Celbrate with Flourish! Hoppy Easter cut at 2.4 inches

I lined the insides with plain white paper.

I have lots more to share in the next few days, so I hope you stop by again.

As always, thanks for coming by today :)

A Big Thank You

I want to take a few minutes to thank you all for stopping by during the OWH Bunny Hop. It was an amazing weekend, full of ideas and inspiration. It takes me by surprise everytime I take part in something like ths, just how vast this 'Cyber' crafting world really is!

I also want to say hello to my new followers. I will try to give you projects that you will want to create. I hope you come by often.

And lastly I want to say how much I loved reading all the wonderful comments that were left. I know how long it takes to follow a hop and then to take the extra time to leave a comment ... well.... thank you very much :)

I will have a couple of cards to show you tomorrow. I was so inspired by the hop that I got alot of cards made Sunday.

Have a great day..
and as always.... thank you for stopping by :)

Welcome to the Bunny Hop !

Welcome to the Operation Write Home Bunny Hop!

I hope you can take the time to visit all the wonderful bloggers who are participating in this FUN event. It will take some stamina and maybe more than 1 day :) cause there are 135 blogs on the hop ~ WOW!!!

You should be arriving here from Gina at California Scrappin. If you have just stopped by and would like to start at the begining ~ OWH Heros ~ you can find such wonderful stories and inspiration there.

We are working hard to make lots of Easter and Mothers Day cards ready by these deadlines:

Easter cards due to shipper March 18th 

Mother's Day cards due March 31st.

(Remember~ no Glitter please )

I find lots of help on the OHW blog, but especially like the Sketches section. When I am stuck for an idea, I can always go there and get some inspiration.

Ok, let's get to the fun stuff !

The Details

• Cricut cartridge ~ Simply Charmed ~ bunny 3 inches
• Nestabilies Oval and Scalloped Oval
• Stampin Up Stamp and Punch
• Cardstock ~ Stampin Up
• Designer Paper ~ Moxie
•  Ribbon ~ My Stash

Of coarse I can never seem to make just one project... so here is a little Easter treat box, too :)

The details:

• Tags Bags Boxes & More cut at 8 inches
• Easter 2010 ~ all images cut at 2 inches
• Grass cut at .75 inches
• Designer paper ~ Moxie
• Stickles
• Gel Pens

I hope you will continue on to see the pretty pink card Erica has for you!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will come back :)

Tomorrow's going to be FUN!!!

I hope you all will come by tomorrow for the OWH Bunny Hop. I just found out there are 135 blogs participating.... Holy Cow !!! I see the weather here in Jersey is suppose to be kind of wet this weekend so I can hop without too much guilt :)

I can't wait to see all the wonderful projects for Spring that are just waiting for us.

Hope to see you  this weekend ~ It goes live at 10 am est~ Saturday the 5th ~

Thanks for stopping by ~~

Imagine Card

Hello everyone

Things have calmed down here now that the kids have gone home. It's way to quiet, and things are all picked up and in their normal places, but oh how I miss the noise and mess !!

So I filled the empty places with crafting, like all of us do, right?

I had to send my Imagine back ~ it had some printing problems ~ and my replacement came Friday so first thing I had to test it out. ( FYI - it works perfectly ! )My best friend's birthday is today so I made a very simple card for her.

I used the card image from Imagine More and the Piece of Cake cut with the layers. The ribbon is Stampin Up and the buttons are from my button jar.

I hope you will mark your calendar for Saturday the 5th for the Operation Write Home Bunny Hop. I know there will be tons of spring time ideas for you to drool over :)

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

1st Birthday Card

Good Morning Everyone! Today starts my long awaited 4 day weekend!! Not only do I get an extra 2 days to play, but my daughter and grandkids are coming for 5 days!!! It will be a jam packed 4 days so I figured I had better get this  card posted this morning while I have a few minutes.

My Grandson turned 1 last week and of coarse I made him a card. When my kids were little I bought all the 'milestone' cards. Now when I go to make them I get excited because I can step out of the cookie cutter style and make it my own.

The details~

• Lions ~ Animal Kingdom - Border Feature - 1.66 inches
• Go Wild ~ Create a Critter - 1.5
• Grass ~ Plantin School Bool - 1/2 x 5 (unlinked on the Gypsy)
• Papers ~ Die Cuts With A View - Safari , The Paper Studio - A Day At The Beach
• All other paper from my scrap box
• Sentiment from my computer

When I sat back and looked at the finished card - I smiled :)  I hope you do, too !!

As always, thanks for taking the time to stop by :)

Share the Love Challenge at FCCB

The challenge at Fantabulous Cricut is to make a project that Shares the Love.

I am pretty tired of Valentines red and hearts so I went with a more colorful, spring like design.

The details :
Winter Woodland ~ Love 1.25 "
Stretch Your Imagination ~ Spring  1.25"
Simpyl Charmed ~ Flowers 1.75, 2.0, 2.20"
Peach Keen Stamps
Die Cuts With A View ~ paper