Easter Chicky

I realised I had one more Easter Card to make but today I was struggling with inspiration but I think this card turned out nice. I went to pinterest and found some inspiration on there. I made a yellow card and matted on a scrap of plaid paper and some turquoise. I cut my little chick and his egg from Simply Charmed and stamped a Peachy Keen Critters face (so cute). I stamped You're Egg-straordinary from a set from My Creative Time for Me down the bottom. I ran the oval through my dot Cuttlebug folder and the turquoise strip through a border Cuttlebug folder. I cut 3 different size flowers from Accent Essentials and went around them with a white gel pen for faux stitching and a white brad to finish.

3 cute little Stockings hung up ready for Santa

Once I'd made one Christmas card today I got my Mojo back to make another one. I really love my little Peachy Keen stamps and I've been looking forward to using them on a Christmas card again so this time I did stockings. I used a white crd and matted it with a cocoa brown colour card to which I border punched with a scallop border punch. I then matted that onto some plaid card and tied a green chiffon bow around it (my mum sent me this ribbon, I do love the way it ties it's very pretty). I then used my Cricut "Simply Charmed" catridge to cut out the stockings. I used the shadow/blackout feature to stop it from cutting out the face as I wanted to stamp that. So I stamped it and coloured in the eyes with a white gel pen. I then decorated the stockings with a mini button on each tied with twine. To finish I used my Close to the heart sentiments set to stamp the Merry Christmas. I think this is my favourite so far, Greg loved it too, it's very cute and cheerful!

Bauble shaker card

This one I finished today, I started it last week but only had time to finish it today. I used my Cricut Design Studio to "weld" the bauble together which I got off my "Joys of the Season" cartridge. I also had to weld a piece onto the top so that it could fold down so I could make it into a shaker card. I used some glittery green cardstock for the card and used some Christmas papers for the inside of the shaker and also the inside of the card. I put some acetate on the front with my confetti so it would be a shaker card. I then used my "Simply charmed" catridge to cut out the cute little Santa. I used my Peachy Keen face stamps to stamp his face and decorated him with a white pompom for his hat as well as a clear glitter pen to give his belt some sparkle. I cut out the "Ho Ho Ho" from my "Very Merry Tags" cartridge and finished that with a gold bow. I then layered some silver card on to the top of the bauble.

A toast to us

I was able to do some more scrapping tonight as I had to go out this afternoon and Greg came for a walk with me in the lovely warm weather (26 today!), so he made up the time for a couple of hours after dinner this evening so I busied myself with scrapbooking our St Lucia photos. I made a page on some photos of us in our suite. One evening when we went out for dinner at the resort our Butlers decorated our bed with a message and rose petals and some champagne, it was wonderful. I also love these photos of Greg, his smile is just the best. I used my "Songbird" cartridge for the label at the top and my "Cindy Loo" cartridge for the font. I added a little stick on flower in the corner. Then I cut out the champagne bottle complete with sparkly bubbles at the top which are gemstones and glasses from my "Simply Charmed" cartridge and the "Cheers" sign. I added some journalling that I typed on the computer as well as some little circle sayings and a lovely ornate metal I love you I picked up at Michaels the ohter day on clearance - bargain! Love this page (as I do all of them, such good memories!)

Santa Claus is coming to town

Well I'm nearly finished on my Christmas cards, it's a shame as I love making them but there are plenty of other cards and scrapbook pages to do! This one is so cute. I did something different by cutting out circles with my Cricut and layering them on the side and putting a strip of green card over it. I then cut out the warm wishes sentiment with the "Simply Charmed" cartridge as well as the cute little Santa. I finished it with a gold star eyelet and silver brad.

Thanksgiving card for my wonderful husband

Well today is the day after i had my little operation and I'm not feeling too well but I am well enough to make some cards which is just the right medicine today as it's cold and chilly outside. Greg went to the gym (none for me today!) and so I decided to make him a card, not that we celebrate Thanksgiving but I think it's always nice to be thankful for people that make a difference so I thought what better day to make him a special card. I used my Cricut Simply Charmed cartridge to cut out a cute turkey and mount it on layered card, then I used a new cartridge I got inexpensive on Ebay the other day called "Stamping", it had all kinds of great sayings and pictures so I cut out the "Thanks so much"one in yellow. I found a cute set of stamps at Michaels the other day for only $1 and the "You're the best" one was in there, very ideal for Greg as I think he is the best!! Inside the card I cut out "Love you" which was perfect. So now I"m just waiting for Greg to come back from gym so I can give him his cute card.