Hog Heaven

Recipe:

Cricut: Country Life, hogs cut @2.5

PaperTrey Inc: Kraft Cardstock

My Minds Eye: Dolled up

My Creative Time: Spring Chicken Backgrounds, Vintage Sentiments, Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Jenni Bowlin: Brown Sugar

Tim Holtz: Distress Ink, Walnut Stain, Distress Tool

Burpap, Twine, Button

 

Challenge: Craftin Desert Diva's has the perfect challenge this week for my card.  I loved the way it turned out so much that I don't want to give it away.

Circle Card Challenge-Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #27

The Challenge for this week is to make Any Occasion (Circled Shaped Card).  You can view the Challenge yourself here: http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/

I love to use my scraps up, I think someday I will actually have none left!  Not really but it's nice to think that.

I have a really big family and have always given or mailed out Birthday cards to almost most of my family members.  So all the cards I make usually go to someone special.

Recipe: PaperTrey Inc Cardstock

Background paper and cut all from scraps

Designed on Gypsy to fit in A2 size envelope

Country Life Cartridge

Twine, Irock, gems

Teacher Appreciation Week!

I was asked to make some teacher appreciation cards for a few friends for there kids to give out.  These are the two cuts I came up with and just changed out the background papers.  They came out so cute.  I love how the books came out with the string tied around them.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Kraft from Papertrey Inc,

Backround paper: DCVW, Hittin the books stack

Cricut Carts: Locket Talk, Country Life

Ribbon: Stampin Up, Old Olive

Country Life

I made this card for our Cousin who just purchased his first.  I haven't used this cart much but plan to make more cuts with it.  It just might become one of my favorites.

Recipe:

Country Life-Windmill cut at 5.75

Card Base-6.25x4.5

Plaid Pattern Paper-Campfire October Afternoon

Other Paper-various scraps

Border Punch-Martha Stewart Garden Trellis

Brads-Bo Bunny

Twine- House of Three

Sentiment- My Pink Stamper Everyday Occasions

Glossy Accents

All made from Scraps

I really do hate having so many scrap pieces of paper.  I do not throw anything away if it's bigger then around an inch.  The following cards were made from mostly ALL scraps.  I did throw in a few new pieces of cardstock.  Enjoy!!

I just love this card, although I did scrap lift it from http://www.creationswithchristina.com/  Check out her site, she is awesome. 

This photograph is what inspired me to make the card below.

Spiral Bound Gift Card Holder

This year we decided to do something a little different for my Parents Christmas Gift.  What do you get for someone that has everything?   When you ask, "What would you like for Christmas", and get "nothing" really makes it hard to figure something out.  Well my Sister came up with this Brilliant idea to all chip in $$ and get them a bunch of gift cards.  You may think gift cards are not a very personal gift for your parents, but ours just moved and retired,  so we thought this would be perfect. The shopping began for the cards...  They ranged from Gas cards to Grocery Cards to restaurants and Coffee to Crafts and Hardware.  Since I'm the only one that does not live in the same state as the rest of them and did not have access to the same stores and restaurants, it was my job to make the book to keep them in.  I was honored when my Sister asked me to make something to put them all in.  So here you go...............................

I used the paper collection from October Afternoon: Seaside

I love this collection and had it even before I was asked to make the book.  When she asked me to make a book for the gift cards, I knew exactly what papers I was going to use.  It is so perfect because as I mentioned my parents moved, well they moved from the City to the shore. This is the first time I had done anything like this, even the first time I used my Bind It All that I had for several months. 

Enjoy.............

A Few Thank You Cards

A few thank you cards I made to show our appreciation to the gracious thoughts and support our Friends and Family showed us during the loss of our very young Cousin James.  It's already been a month today that James has left us, but he is always on our minds and will never be forgotten.

Recipe: Close to my Heart Acrylic Stamp Set With Love

Various Paper Scraps

Papertrey Inc-Ribbon

Recipe: Country Life

Various Scraps

Background Paper-October Afternoon Seaside

Papertrey Inc- Ribbon