Happy Card

Hello Happy Monday, another freezing week here, hopefully that's the last of it. To be positive at least it's sunny and not snowing, I refuse to be negative anymore about well anything, especially the weather, we can't change it and I"m just happy to be with Greg wherever we are!

Speaking of happy thoughts I made this card this morning before I go off and walk the dogs and gym with Greg. I made it for a friend overseas who has been down and anxious. I get anxiety too and not ashamed to admit it, but like me she has a good husband and lots to look forward to but I thought a cheery card would be nice to get in the mail.

Recipe:

Card - Kraft cardstock - Michaels - cut from Wild Card cartridge at 4.5"
Rainbow cut from same cartridge - used scraps form my stash for this
Embossing folder - on the cloud - Cuttlebug swiss dots
Stamp - My Favourite Things (I think it went perfect with the theme of the card)

I really like this card, it's happy and simple, I know she'll love it and it will brighten her day!

Birthday card for mum

Hello Happy Friday I have a card today that I finished today for my mum's birthday this year. She really likes Elephants so I saw this image on one of my cartridges and thought it would be perfect.

Recipe:

Kraft Cardstock - cut into a 6" card from the Everyday Pop Up Cards cartridge
Blue layer - from my stash
Star paper - American Crafts
Spotted border layer - American Crafts
Flower shadow and orange flower - Paper Lace Cartridge cut at 3"
Blue Ribbon - Papertrey Ink
Elephant - Zooballoo cartridge cut at 1.5"
Banner - Artiste sized on the CCR
Stamp - a free set I got with a U.K Magazine

Thanks for looking have a nice weekend.

Panda Canyon

Hello I have a page for you today, my first page for San Diego Zoo. I picked this photo because I have so many of the zoo so I decided to start with a simple one page layout. I love this photo of Greg and I and the panda's. Sorry to say the panda isn't real that we are holding but it looks realistic!

Page Recipe:

Green Floral Background Paper - K & Company
Next layer - Green Paper - K & Company
Wood overlay - cut out from Artbooking
Font - Pooh and Friends Cartridge both a shadow and font sized in the CCR
Pandas - Create a Critter 3" welded together to make a border in the CCR

I think this page turned out very cute. The Pandas are a nice addition at the bottom of the page. Greg loved it too : ) Thanks for looking.

Coronado Island

Hello from snowy Chicago, we really hope this is the last snowstorm and we see signs of improvement!

I have a page I did yesterday on Coronado Island which is just near San Diego, where we visited last year. I think the bright colors look really good with these photos.

Recipe:

Background paper - DCWV Pocket full of Posies stack

Background Papers next layer - same stack

Border strip - Making Memories

Coronado Island title - Don Juan cartridge welded in the CCR and then rectangles of coloured card underneath from scraps

Palm Tree sticker - from my stash

Jouraling strips done on Publisher

Camera sticker - an old one from my stash

Together by the Fire

Hello I have a page for you today on when we visited San Diego last year. We stayed in a gorgeous Balinese style bungalow with a firepit and I just love this photo of us sitting near the firepit. This was one that had to be scrapbooked to look back on later in life!

Recipe:

Background cardstock - Crate Paper
Second background cardstock - Crate Paper and cut with Artbooking (I love the lacy edging) at 11"
"Together" banner - Artbooking cut in proportion to the page size
"Remember" burlap sticker - My Little Yellow Bicycle
Scalloped rectangle for the journaling - Elegant Edges sized on the CCR
Fire - Create a Critter - sized on the CCR
"By the Fire" font - Holiday Frames sized on the CCR
"You and Me Heart" stamped in brown ink, the stamp is a Recollections one, Greg found this set at Michaels yesterday for $2,99 bargain!!

I am dying to get onto my Valentines pages but I really should finish one thing before I start another so I will finish California first!

Thanks for looking!

Valentine for Ivy

Hello Happy Valentines Day! I hope you had or are having a nice day. I went to the gym this morning, no dogs today so I'm going to be cooking a nice dinner for us later and Greg is going to make a wonderful cake so I'm very excited.

Ivy gave us a Valentines Day card today, a really cute one so naturally she got one as well. I made her this one, the dog looks so cute just like Ivy. I started with a ready made card base and then cut a heart with my Spellbinders die. I cut the puppy from Create a Critter at 2.5 inches. I printed a sentiment on the computer and cut a banner. I hope Ivy likes her card!

San Diego

Hello I have a page today on when we went to San Diego last year, we really liked San Diego and had a great time there. This picture was taking in the Gaslamp District and we spent a nice afternoon looking around and walking in the summer sun...ah we wouldn't mind being there right now together and getting some sun perhaps!

Recipe:

Blue cardstock base - DCWV
Patterned paper - Stack from Crate Paper
Star - Crate Paper - cut on the Edge to Edge Catridge at 10"
"Lets Hang Out" cut from Create a Critter - custom sized in the CCR
"In San Diego" cut out from Paper Lace - custom sized in the CCR
Best friends sticker and date sticker - American Crafts Amy Tangerine
"Just you and me" sticker - Jolee's
Felt Flower stickers - K & Company
"Find Joy Everyday" cut out from a Pebbles Inc sheet
Heart cork stick pin - My Little Yellow Bicycle

Thanks for looking have a nice day!

more Ruby

Hello another page on Ruby, I"m getting a lot done today : ) I created this page on a gorgeous photo of her drinking out of the water fountain at the park, she would drag us over to the fountain to make sure she got a drink!

8 x 8 page cut down to size from a Recollections Valentines stack I got for half price yesterday!
Red/Pink strip cut from another page from the same stack
PawPrint border cut from a scrap I had from another page
Black and White polka dot ribbon - Verve Stamps
Title cut on the CCR from Paper Pups - paper was from DCWV
Paw Print Sticker from my stash
Sticker under photo from American Crafts

Another page on Ruby

Hello Happy Sunday, Greg is busy making fondant flowers for our Valentines day cake he's so clever I can't wait for Friday! I am continuing with my mini album on Ruby.

I love this photo of Ruby she was such an easy going dog, she let Greg put his cap and sunglasses on her, she looked so cool and like such a diva, we miss her!

8 x 8 red cardstock - DCWV
Black cardstock jagged circle cut at 7.25" from Artiste
Paw Print paper - Recollections - cut at 7" from Artiste
Diva title cut from Life's a Party - sized in the CCR
Heart cut from a large punch

Valentines Day sewing

Hello hope you're having a nice weekend it's been snowing all day here today so after we got home from doing the shopping I did a bit of sewing. I wanted to make either a table runner or table cloth for Valentines Day and napkins. So last week at Joann's i was looking at fabric and I found a fabric I liked which was this one as I love the funky hearts and the colors and I said to Greg that I really had to get one with red in it as we have red napkins but he said "why don't you make your own?" so we chose some hot pink material which matched perfect with the hearts in the tablecloth fabric. So during the week they were cut out and then pinned around the hem and then today I just sewed the hems. I really love it and look forward to seeing how it looks all set up on the table for Valentines Day. I also love how the napkin rings that I made last week on my Cricut look around my homemade napkins. Thanks for looking.

Ruby - One of a Kind

Hello Happy Thursday! I apologise about the location of my photo, it's hard to find a good place with light here in winter, I'm investigating buying a little white light box so we'll see. But you do get the idea here with another page for my Ruby Album, I did have a little cry today as she was so lovely and we both miss her a lot, she was taken far too young but we know she is flying around heaven with angel wings on. I was finding it hard to start the page and then I knew Ruby would want an album done on her as she was a diva so once I got started it was easy to do this page.

Recipe:

8 x 8 white sparkly cardstock - DCWV
7 x 7 patterned paper cut to size - DCWV Pocket full of Posies Stack
Title cut in a scrap of coral paper from Artbooking and hen faux stitching in white gel pen
Bone sticker - MAMBI (Me and My Big Ideas)
Cutie pie - die cut - an oldie but a goodie from my stash (think it's Colorbok)

Take me out to the ballgame

Hello Happy Thursday, the sun is shining here but it's very cold but hey at least the sun is shining, I'd rather that than grey any day! Plus the fact I am with my lovely husband is always good, if he's there it's always a good day!

I'm still scrapbooking our California photos, this one is of when we went to see a baseball game in L.A between the Red Sox and Dodgers, we had a great time, it's nice to watch a baseball game on a summer's evening and especially if you are in the front row! I love this photo of us!

I'll put my recipe for my page below, thanks for looking

Background paper - Crate paper
Overlay - cut at 11" from Artbooking in a green shimmery sheet of DCWV cardstock
Green Patterned paper - K & Company
Tag (Photo mat) - scrap of navy cardstock cut in the tag shape from Artbooking (with Artbooking everything is cut to proportion, so I had my dial set at 11" but it's not 11" inch, it gets cut in proportion to the layout)
Border - scrap of red cardstock - Arbooking
Title - scrap of blue cardstock - Artbooking
Journalling - scrap of navy blue cut in Artbooking
Stickers - Karen Foster
Flair Badge - Recollections

Valentines Day gift box

Hello Happy Monday.  I've got a box to show you today that I made for Greg's Valentines Day present. Right now Greg is making decorations for the Valentines Day cake, I can't wait to see what he does this time!  I"m going to do my posts a bit different and just put the "recipe" at the end and what I used (If I can remember everything).

Box - Artiste Cartridge cut at 3 inches - Cardstock - DCWV red
Bow - Artiste Cartridge - cut at 1.25 inches - Paper - scrap from my stash- Rhinestone - $1 bin at Michaels
Tag - Art Philosophy Cartridge - resized in the Cricut Craft room - scrap of red card - Stamp - $1 bin at Michaels.
Valentines Day Washi Tape - Recollections Michaels
Hearts - Artiste Cartridge - 2.5" in a scrap of red patterned paper, smaller heart - scrap of pink paper
Embossing Folder - Chevron folder I got free with a DCWV paper stack I got yesterday at Joann's yesterday for $3!!!

I think this turned out very cute and I"m sure Greg will love it!

I'm going to enter this in a challenge over at BBTB2 and Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

continuation of Ruby 8 x 8 scrapbook album

Hello I thought it was about time to continue on with Ruby's album. I keep meaning to finish it and this time I"m going to as I want to be able to look through it with Greg and remember her. I get upset still by seeing the photos of her as we both miss her a lot but we're lucky to have met her and spent time with her, she was such an adorable dog, but we really believe Ruby sent Ivy to us to love.

8 x 8 page cut in brown by hand on my trimmer - DCWV
8 x 8 patterned cardstock cut by hand on trimmer - DCWV
border - Paper Pups cartridge sized the CCR
banner - Paper Pups cartridge sized in the CCR - Embossing folder - Cuttlebug dots
friends word - Create a Critter sized in the CCR - scrap of DCWV paper
backing cardstock on photos - a scrap I had left over from Crate Paper
Tag and word die cuts - very old Colorbok ones from my stash
journaling done on Publisher

Homemade body butter

Hello this is not not really craft related but it is homemade, I decided the other day to make my own body butter as although I use as many natural products as I can, not everything you buy in the shop is 100% natural and sometimes body butters can be expensive, so I found a great recipe here. So I ordered some bulk butters and jars from a place on the internet and then added some drops of lavender oil I had at home. It turned out great and made 2 8oz jars and I still have plenty of raw items to make more so I might make some as gifts too and pretty up the jars a bit. I tried it on my hands and it's lovely, it's slightly oiler than normal but once it sinks in it's great, I found it great for the cracks and splits I'm getting on my fingers at the moment too and best of all it's 100% natural! So I don't mind taking the time and effort to make my own. Maybe you'll be inspired to try some too, thanks for looking.

Valentines Day Napkin Rings

Hello Happy Friday, I'm glad the weekend is here, although we're getting a lot more snow tonight yippee!!! No I don't really mean that! But Greg showed me some photos of a place in Russia today that is so so much worse than Chicago, apparently it's the coldest place on earth so it's true there is always someone worse off or somewhere! So now I will try not to complain when it's so cold here and best of all I have Greg with me so I"m always glad about that!

Anyway onto a fun project I made today. I made some cute Valentines Day napkin rings for our table on Valentines Day. Sorry about first the light on the second picture and my slippers haha in the third one. They were really simple to do. I had a scrap of some lovely Doodlebug paper (I can't remember the name now) but it's a couple of years old, I have really used every scarp of this paper, I love it so much. Anyway I had this lying in my scrap box so I cut it in half and it measured about one inch in width. I cut the length about 7 inches (I measured around my napkins). I went to my Cricut Craft Room and noticed that I had "Valentine Sweets" showing up in there, It must be a freebie at the moment so I cut out the cute teddy holding the heart in layers. I used a CTMH set of sentiment stamps to stamp the greeting. I also added some heart ribbon I got at Michaels around each one. I'm quite pleased with these! Have a nice weekend.