Lawn Mower Thanks

Hi everyone!  I made this thank you card for two of my little neighbor boys who cut our grass while we were on vacation.  The clouds are from April Showers, the grass is from Plantin Schoolbook, and the thanks is from Walk in my Garden.  The lawn mower is not a Cricut cut (it's a free svg file I found on the internet and cut with SCAL), however I believe there is one on the Chore Chart cart that is pretty cute.  I hand cut the money pocket on the inside by cutting a rectangle 1/2 in longer, and 1/4 inch taller, than what I wanted the final pocket to be.  I then folded both sides and the bottom under 1/4 inch.  After folding the three sides under, I cut a half circle using a circle punch for decoration, and then used my tape runner along the folded sides to adhere the pocket to the card.  Hope you like it!

Thanks for visiting!

Kate

Thank You Gift Bag

Hi everyone!  We're finally home from our 3 week vacation to my parents beach house.  We had a wonderful time, but I must say that I am thrilled to be home!  While I was away, I was busy ordering some new crafty things (a few new cartridges from cricutmachine.com during some of their recent fantastic sales, several Papertrey Ink stamp sets from ebay, and a cuttlebug folder from ebay), and I couldn't wait to get home to start playing!  Luckily, I had a very good reason to get crafty right away. 

My wonderful 10 year old next door neighbor, Meagan, was kind enough to water my flowers/plants while I was away, and she did a wonderful job!  She recently got her ears pierced, so I bought her some precious little earings at my favorite little silver shop at the beach.  I made the bag in the pictures to give to her as well.  The bag serves as both card and gift bag.  The bag was cut using Plantin Schoolbook (pg 80) and I snipped off the handles on the top and replaced them with ribbon.  The "tag" is also from Plantin Schoolbook (I used the caption bubble on pg 75 and cut off the little "comma" at the bottom) and I used my new "Library Ledger" PTI stamp to create the lines.  Plantin Schoolbook was used again for the circle in the background, and finally, my new April Showers cart was used for the watering can.  I really love how this turned out!  I hope she likes it!!

Thanks for visiting!

Kate

Celebrate

Hi everyone!  This is a quick card I made for my parents' anniversary.  The stickers are some Martha Stewart stickers I found on clearance somewhere.  Enjoy!

Kate

Rainbows Not Thunderstorms

Hello again everyone!  Today's card again features paper from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Fly a Kite 6x6 paper pad I purchased at Archivers.  The stamp is from my stash.  I originally made this card for a friend who was really down about a change in her job situation, but things seem to be looking up for her, so I may just hang onto it for a while.  This was another really simple card to pull together.  Hope you like it!

Thanks again for visiting!

Kate

Hello Card

Hi everyone!  This is a card that I made very quickly using some new paper by My Mind's Eye (Lime Twist Fly a Kite 6x6 paper pad) that I found at Archivers a few weeks ago, and a stamp I found in the dollar bin at Michaels and one that I picked up at a yard sale.  This was really quick and easy to put together, but I really love it!  I must note that the green paper I used for the "grass" was from my stash...not sure of the brand, sorry.

As always, thanks for looking!

Kate

Crab Brithday Card

Hello again everyone!  Today I want to share with you the card I made for my mom's birthday.  As I explained in my last post, my mom spends her summers at the beach.  This year for her birthday, my dad organized a crab feast for her with some of her siblings and other loved ones.  I was not able to be with them, but I thought that I would make a card to go along with the birthday "theme".  So, this is what I came up with...

The crab is cut from the "Create a Critter" cart, and the circle is embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder (sorry I can't remember the name).  I think it turned out pretty cute!!

As always, thanks for looking!!  Believe it or not, I'll have another project for you tomorrow!  See you then!

Kate

Beach Note Card Set

Hey everyone!!  How the heck are you???  I have been offline for a really long time!  I'm so sorry!!  Anyway, the good news is that I'm back!!  Hope you're ready!

My mom's birthday was earlier this month and I decided to make a notecard set for her gift.  I made the cards during a recent day/evening "crop" at Archivers where I was lucky enough to use my friend Betsy's "Life is a Beach" cart to make them.  Here's a little background on why I chose to make beach themed cards...My parents have a beach house in Delaware where my mom spends the summer.  Their little cottage is where my mom spent her summers as a little girl with her family, and is where she brought my brothers and I to spend a month of each of our summers growing up.  I am now lucky enough to pass on this tradition to my boys.  In fact, we are actually spending 3 weeks here with her NOW!!  Sooo, I wanted to give her a set of cards that she could leave at the cottage to use throughout the summer. 

As I mentioned, the images from each of the cards was cut using the "Life is a Beach" cart.  The cards are all standard A2s.  Unfortunately, I do not know the sizes of the images as I used a Gypsy to size them up.  I used Glossy Accents to make the shells on the three shell card "pop".

The box was made using my Martha Stewart Score board.  The top is a 7 3/4" by 9" sheet of cardstock scored on each side at 1 1/2".  The bottom is a 7 5/8" by 8 7/8" sheet of cardstock scored on each side at   1 1/2". This size was perfect for my 4 A2 size cards and matching handmade envelopes (made using standard instructions included in with the Martha Stewart Score Board).  I also used the MSSB instructions to assemble the box top and bottom.

The sand castle on the front of the box was cut from the "Create a Critter" cart. I cut the background layer once, and the top layer twice.  I then hand cut off the top and sides of one of the top layers.  I used these pieces to create yet another layer on top of the final sandcastle.  Before adhering all of the layers onto one another, I covered them with some 2 way glue using my Zig pen and then covered them with some sand from my kids' sandbox.  The effect was really good, however the sand made adhering the layers a little difficult.  I ended up using some pop dots and Glossy Accents to hold it all together. 

My mom loved the gift, and I really hope she uses the cards instead of saving them for a special occasion and then never using them! 

As always, thanks for looking!  Check back again tomorrow for another project!

Kate