Catch-up

Just a quick post before I head out to my friend Tee's for a much needed girls night with our friend Sarah. UGHH. Today went from lovely to HORRID in 5 seconds. I accidentally deposited the wrong amount of cash (LESS) that I actually deposited. Kind of a shock to look at your atm receipt and see you only deposited mere cents when you put in bills? I'll get it sorted out in the AM. blaah.
Anyway, a jumble of cards I have made over the past few weeks.

Cute shower card for my friend. Prams and scalloped circles are from GS.

Another shower card, as well as diaper cupcakes for my best friend Jess's shower. 'Treats' on cupcakes are from Paisley.

Annd two birthday cards, top one for my Grammie, and the purple one is for an aunt. Definately going to start using my Peachy Keen face stamps on more than just paper dolls! LOVE the flower!

Cupcake box and card set

It feels like its been ages since I've been able to post something... or since I've had even a few hours to craft! Ugh. I took a few hours to work on a quick little gift for a friend of mine. She loooves cupcakes, and her birthday is coming up (the big 2-5) and she doesn't want a big deal made.. but I still want to get her a little something! I'm going to give her this cute little box with a set of four cards I made (may add more as time allows and creativity flows). I think I'll make up some gift tags too, and a little goody bag full of candies or something. She has a sweet tooth just like me!!
Just like the rest of the cards I have made recently, these are just very simple and basic, with a few little embellies here and there. I used some Fancy Pants felt from my stash (never used it before.. have bags of the shapes!), a new stamp from Stamping Bella and one of my adorable crocheted flowers from American Crafts!

Bright and Cheery

Lots of cards today! I joined a card swap (not due til October, but I like to keep on top of things!) to help with my stash.. and believe me, it is helping lol. Just trying to think of a good layout has produced about 8 different cards! Anyway, I think this little tulip from Paisley is pretty cute, and nice and simple for this card. Surprise! I used ribbon, and all plain cardstock! I like this colour combo.. very bright!

Here I used a Bella stamp and coloured it in with regular coloured pencils, blended with a babywipe! No gamsol, goo gone or baby oil in this house - I was just messing around with this last night while watching a movie, but I think this Bella looks pretty cute for my first try! Trying to stay away from the Copics... ugggh.. its so hard. Everyones creations with them look sooo nice... Maybe I will cave and buy a few (or more...) as a birthday present to myself...

Please ignore my ugly airhockey table... I need to set up a nice little nook to take my pictures instead of this or the old dining room table.

Just a few ingredients...

Why why why must I be so busy when all I want to do is craft??? Here are four cards I made today, very easy and simple, I used one piece of patterned cardstock (Fancy Pants Designs) and cut it into 9 4x4 pieces, so I can use it for 9 cards! I'm trying hard to get rid of all those little scraps. I also used ribbon, which is very rare for me, but I'm going to try and incorporate it into my crafting more since I have a ton of it, and it looks great! Now I just need to practice making bows and such.. ugh.
Oh! I also used two darling sentiment stamps I bought on Friday at my LSS's annual summer sale! Stamping Bellas - I now have an addiction and have ordered a massive amount of stamps online... :s

Another couple of cards I made... trying to use up this adorable Strawberry Limeade paper.. forget who it's from.. K&Co? Used my new Paisley cart for the adorable strawberry and lime!!!

And finally, another Paisley card. Isn't this zebra too cute?

Crate Paper Cards = ♥

Ok.. one last post before I am off to work! I really enjoyed making these cards for my good friend Sharla. They turned out very nicely. I used (obviously, what else do I use?) a Crate Paper paper and die cut set (love the butterfly!), kraft paper cards, and some cuts from the Mother's Day cart. I love the frames on this cart, as well as the tags! soo cute.

Some Sweet Cards

I just love these cards!

This one is sooo super cute. I used cuts from the Wild Card cart, which had previously been overlooked by me, as they're not the main images. SO CUTE! I need to make another of these, just love it!

Another cute one! This cupcake is from the From My Kitchen cart... so adorable! I used a Studio G stamp for the sentiment. Need to get me some more cute stamps!!! There is a sale on at my local scrap store this weekend... I don`t know if I will be able to control myself!

Easel cards are my new favourite, thanks to the use of my ScorPal (thank you Sharla!!!). This one was made for a cousins birthday. I used bic markers to colour the image. You can`t see it very well here, but there is some shading detail. I can`t afford copics, so the Bics are working out pretty well so far!

LOVE this one!!! I am going to make a few more next time I am crafting, just to have on hand. Again, used my Bic markers and some Studio G stamps.

Cute Owl Storage Box

I absolutely LOVE ModgePodge! I covered a wooden pencil box from Dollarama with Crate Paper (my fav. line!), cutouts from Doodlecharms, Happily Ever After and Fabulous Finds. LOVE this project so much - I keep this on my dresser and store my earrings in it. I've made a few since, they make really nice personalized gifts, and they are soo cheap and easy to make! Just some measuring and drying time.