Easter Cards

Happy Easter!  I just got the cutest Easter dies from Paper Trey Ink, so I wanted to use them to make my Easter cards.  Here's what I came up with:

I got a new toy...

I have been doing quite a lot of scrapbooking and card making, even though I haven't been very good about posting here.  I really need to work on that.

I go to crops at least once per month, plus I scrap at home at least a couple times per month.  I usually create the layouts and then come back later to add headlines, journaling and embellishments.

I just got a Cricut Explore Air machine!  I have had a Cricut & Gypsy for YEARS, and I LOVED them. However, I decided that it was time to upgrade.  I got the Michael's special because it was teal.  As you can see, my craft room walls are teal and I am even wearing teal today - it's one of my favorite colors.



Now I am concentrating on adding headlines, journaling, etc to any pages that are already completed in my albums.  As I finish them, I will be posting!

When I was setting up my Explore, I was prompted to make this adorable card.  It used the cut and write features.  

Another quick & easy birthday card

I'm still using up some scraps and creating cards.  I used some gorgeous CTMH paper for this one.  The happy birthday & butterfly stamp are both by Stampin' Up.

Quick & Easy Birthday Cards

I created some simple birthday cards to use up some scraps.  The paper is by Close to my Heart.  Both birthday stamps are by Stampin' Up and the Happy Birthday dies are by Papertrey Ink.

Quick & Easy Baby Cards

I needed a couple baby cards, so I used my new "baby" die by Papertrey Ink and the footprint stamp by Stampin' Up.  The paper was some Stampin' Up scraps I was trying to use up.

A housewarming card

I created this card for my friends who just bought their first home.

Everything is Stampin Up
Spice Cake Fabric
2" Circle Punch
Label Punch
Paper: Pool party, More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Gently Falling, Holiday Home

Two canvases for my living room

We just finished painting our living room.  We chose a pale blue for the walls with an off-white trim.

I attended a Quick Quotes class a couple months ago.  We created a canvas in the class.  I also bought the companion canvas.  I finally finished both canvases for my living room.  I chose to make the flowers a pale blue to go with my walls.  

Here it is on my shelf in the living room.  I'm so excited about these!  

Happy Halloween!

My husband and I went out as Peg & Al Bundy this year!  Just thought I'd share a couple photos.

I made my husband a "Polk High" #33 shirt.

Happy Halloween!

A housewarming gift

I created this housewarming gift for my friend.  I used my cricut and this is what I came up with

This is the card I made to go along with it:

This is the inside of the card:

Going Away Card

My friend went just into the Air Force and I created this card for her using the Stand & Salute Cricut Cartridge.

St Patty's Day Layout

I created this layout to showcase my photos from St Patty's Day.  

2nd Birthday - Cars Card

I needed a card for my friend's two year old.  He's really into cars, so this is what I came up with:

Supplies:
Car Paper by Sandylion
Cardstock (Whisper White & Marina Mist) by Stampin Up
Stamps by Stampin Up
Cars border strip by K&Co

Christmas in July - Pollyanna

Each year, my girlfriends and I do a pollyanna.  These photos are from 2013.

Supplies

Paper by Graphic 45 - Nutcracker Suite Collection

Letter stickers - My Mind's Eye

Christmas in July - The Nutcracker

For Christmas 2013, I gave my mom tickets to the Nutcracker.  We saw it at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.  

All supplies by October Afternoon - Nutcracker Suite Collection

Christmas in July - Katie's Party

My husband's cousin hosted a party at her new home.  We were able to get a great photo of all the aunt & uncles (left) and all the cousins (right).

All supplies by My Mind's Eye

Christmas in July - Ho Ho Ho

My brother and I both work part time at a bar in Philadelphia.  We happened to both be working on Christmas Eve's Eve (Dec 23, 2013) and we took this photo in our santa hats.

This layout is loosely cased from this one I saw on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/177118197818567652/

Papers & Stickers from My Mind's Eye
Large Santa by K&Co

Christmas in July - Our Christmas Card 2012

As I said before, I create a layout each year with our christmas card and I use it as the first page of my Christmas album.  

This is 2012.

Cased from this layout on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/177118197819273315/

Supplies
All supplies from October Afternoon Silent Night Collection

Challenges
Lasting Memories Layout Challenge - Use at least 3 Different Papers

Christmas in July - Xmas Night

This layout is from Christmas night 2013.

This layout was cased from Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/177118197819202206/

Supplies
All paper & stickers from October Afternoon Silent Night Collection

Christmas in July - Joy Layout

This layout is from opening presents on Christmas morning 2013.

This layout was cased from Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/177118197819202204/

Supplies
All paper & stickers from October Afternoon Silent Night collection

Challenges
Lasting Memories Layout Challenge - Double Page Spread

Christmas in July - Pollyanna Layout

Every year, my girlfriends and I do a "Chinese" pollyanna.  We each bring a wrapped gift.  We draw numbers from a hat.  The first person unwraps a gift.  The second person unwraps a new gift or steals the first person's gift.  (If someone's gift is stolen, they can either pick a new gift or steal someone elses).  And so on.  The game ends when the last gift is unwrapped.  

This layout was cased from pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/177118197818531114/

Supplies
All paper and embellishments from Crate Paper Bundled Up Collection
Pink Foam Thickers Letters