Donations for a friend to JC Ellis French Immersion Program

My first attempt at glass etching and I am very happy with the results. I used the fleur de lis from the Gypsy Wanderings Cricut Cartridge and cut it on some scraps of Vinyl. They are making baskets with wine to raffle off so I added a tag they can use in there too. The tag is on kraft cardstock with my negative from my etching used as a mask. Vintage Photo distress inked, removed mask, stamped a script letter border background from Hampton Art using Timber Brown StazOn. Then added some Martha Stewart ribbon, Wedding Leaves in Walnut & Muscari Blue.

I'm official & my first 2 love cards

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Cards cards cards

Trying to re-organize my craft area and I have been making some cards on my sons little play table. It is comical to say the least, me sitting there in the tiny chair at the tiny table with stamps, inks, embossing powders, my extension cord, you get the idea. Anyway, I should be in bed since I work a double tomorrow, so no time to list ingredients. These are some cards made in the last few days.

For Operation Write Home:



My sister's second card ever, embossing!?! I think she's getting hooked! Hehe



For my other amazing sister who, after many hardships, got her highschool diploma in the mail today, yay!! So proud of her!! (This was hard for me as she is so not a "girly girl".)


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My sister's first card EVER!

My sister is in town visiting to help me out after my surgery and she decided to make a card. She used DCWV card base. A Colorbok textured white core paper for the background, which she cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots. She used the saying from Cricut Just Because Cards and the whale from Create a Critter. She used Stickles in baby blue for the water coming out of the spout. So proud of her! :)




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Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky with K Andrew

I am excited about this Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky with K Andrew for the chance to win a Cricut Lite cart "sugar & spice". Check out www.gettingcricky.com to see and participate in the challenge or just to get some great ideas from those who are sharing. :)

I LOVE how this card turned out. It is for my sister who drove in from Florida to help me this weekend. Her name is Robon so I put that on the outside so she can display the card in her room. The inside says "thank you" in bright pink with little little heart from the "R" next to it. I used DCWV card base, Pink by Design Tiny Dots background stamp which I black embossed, the border was made with a Studio G stamp in silver, and the cuts are from the Rock Princess Cricut cartridge. This card was really quick and really fun to make!















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Tho card I made really quickly tonight for my sons babysitter. I had surgery today (so I have no idea what materials I used, lol) and she kept him overnight tonight and all day tomorrow. 24 hours of babysitting deserves a thank you at the very least! So I am on a ton of pain meds so all I know is the background stamp is Studio G, and the card base is DCWV. I am still posting a few items for the Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge with a chance to win the Cricut Lite "Sugar & Spice" cart. Check out her blog she does awesome work and she is so fun and cute. www.gettingcricky.com It seems I got a sneak peek of this challenge on Wed. night so I have had the good fortune of trying out a few new techniques before the real deal challenge. :)



















This is what I look like right now, aaahhh lol









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Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky with K Andrew's

This is for the chance to win at Getting Cricky with KAndrew. www.gettingcricky.com First of all, I love her! She does amazing work and is always so chipper and funny. :) I made this card really quickly tonight since I go in for surgery tomorrow and will be out of it for the next few days.

I used a DCWV card base with a scrap mat piece as my background. I stamped on some very cute images from the Stampendous set "flutterfly friends" using Studio G chalk inks. Then I colored in some areas using Marvy Memories markers. (Side note: I LOVE these markers and I got them at Tuesday morning for next to nothing, yay!) I stamped my sentitment from Pink By Design "Love Always" onto white cardstock that I used the chalk ink and my make-up sponge to marble effect. I used some grosgrain ribbon under the sentiment which I pop dotted up. I used a Studio G stitch stamp to put a border on my background and a white Gelly for the stitched border on my card base. Then I took the acetate sheet some Studio G flowers came on and cut it out, colored it with Bic Mark-it markers and used Zots to attach it. Lastly I added some Stickles to the antanae to give them some more interest.

Hope you all enjoy making your entries, I can't wait to see some great things and get lots of new ideas! :)










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