Happy Father's Day!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day! I have noticed a lot of people doing a faux quilting technique on their cards and I thought I would try it for the card that I made for my dad. If I could remember all the places I have seen this done, I would give credit. It was probably on one of the many wonderful blogs that I follow! :) Anyway here is my take on it and I tried to choose "manly" colors. All squares are cut at 1". Then I sent it through my Big Shot and used the Top Note Die. I used Stampin' Up really rust for the background. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes. All of the papers were out of my scrap basket.

The next card I made for my husband and I used the treat cups with a scallop that punched out. The cut out size is 1 3/4 (for the treat cup). I used Stampin' Up! Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, and Wild Wasabi. The ribbon is from basic grey and I cut the leaves using the Birds and Blooms Sizzlit Pack from Stampin' Up!

I actually used my own handwriting to write "A Sweet for my Sweet"! I never do that because I usually don't like how it turns out. I used mini choco chips to fill the cup. The little heart was cut with Design Studio using George.

Thanks so much for looking and I hope you all enjoyed spending time with dads! Have a great week!

Hoot 'n' Holler...I Love Owls!

Hi everyone! I am finally done with school so I have had a little time to craft! I was at Wal-mart the other day and actually saw one of the new Cricut Lite Carts....Hoot 'n' Holler, which is one of the ones that I wanted so I got it and made a father's day card, some misc. owls, and a video of the cartridge. I was excited to do a video to show the differences between the new lite carts and the others. Here is the Father's Day card:

This is owl #12 cut at 3 1/2 inches. I used Stampin Up! CS in Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, and Early Espresso.

This owl is # 17 and I used the same colors as the last owl. Below the picture is a video of the cartridge and this owl.


Thanks for stopping by!

Thank-You Card Box

Hi everyone! I just finished making this cute little box to hold thank you cards. It is the end of our school year and I wanted to have thank you cards on hand to send to some of my students families. I know that I said I was done using the apple from Preserves but I used it again! :) Here is the box:


Here is what the cards on the inside looked like:

I cute the apple at 3 1/2 inches and I used Stampin' Up! Real Red and Chocolate chip. I used K and Co. for the yellow inside part of the apple. The yellow lined paper is just actual paper off of a yellow legal pad that I cut to fit and I used a fiskars punch to give it that torn notebook look.
To make the box I used the Presto Patterns paper (which I have a video on youtube that shows how to use this paper(***update, my video lighting was bad so I am going to put the video on youtube tomorrow. Sorry!). I used Old Olive ink with the new Cherry Cobbler paper for a border. The border was cut at 2 1/2 inches then I used the scallop edge punch. I used my SU scallop punch and my nestabilites for the circles. The ribbon is SU chocolate chip.

The cute little caterpillar is from the set First Day (which is in the summer mini).

Here is how I made the box. Sorry for all the pictures. I am hoping to make a video of it soon.
First take a piece of cardstock cut at 6x12

Then you are going to score it at: 4 1/4, 5 3/4, 10, and 11 1/2.

Next score at 1 1/2 along the bottom

Last, make 4 cuts then fold the box in. You will need a good adhesive for this. I use zip dry.

Thank you for visiting and I really do hope to have a video of this up soon. School is just going on forever this year! One more week!! :)

Stampin' Up! Last Chance List

Hi everyone! Stampin up has come out with the last chance list before the new catalog comes out next month. I will post a link below that will take you to a page where you can click on different catagories to view the retiring products.

Anyone who places an order with me by June 19 will get the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog free (a $10 value). Send me an email if you are interested: wendyron@bright.net

Here is the link: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryID=736

Thanks and Happy Crafting!

Sleepy Baby

Hi everyone! I can't believe its been a week since I posted. I cannot wait until school is out for summer. I will probably work most of the summer as we are moving to a new building but I still hope to get a lot of crafting done. This is a page that I made awhile ago for my neighbor's daughter, who was expecting. I am working on some baby ideas because one of my cousins is going to have a baby at the end of June so I am going to start working on an album for her. I just love this little sheep from the Paper Dolls cartridge. The stars are from George and the paper is bazzil bling and my mind's eye. Thanks for looking!

Card Using the New Color Cajun Craze

Hi all! I made this card using the new color that will be available in July called Cajun Craze. I used the Presto Patterns Specialty Designer Series paper. This paper is pretty neat. You can customize it with your brayer. I hope to make a video of it this weekend. Here is an upclose shot of the paper. I used chocolate chip ink with my brayer.

The sentiment is from Elements of Style. I used the tiny dots on the vanilla CS with my big shot. Thanks for looking! Have a super weekend!

Graduation Card Using Cherry Cobbler

Hi everyone! I made this quick card using Cherry Cobbler,the new color that will be added to the Rich Regals in July. I just love this color and I am excited for it to become available. I used Cherry Cobbler for the scallop and for the back of the card. I also used the Patterns Designer Series paper in Old Olive, Basic Black, and Whisper White. The ribbon is the 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in black. The stamped image is from the set Go Graduate that is in the summer mini. Thanks for looking!