Look What We Made

I bought the SpongeBob cartridge from one of the sites that was having a huge sale. Not that I love SpongeBob, he makes the most annoying sounds, but my boys love to laugh at me when he is on :) Bradley and Wesley wanted to make SpongeBob, we cut him out at 7". Lots and lots of layers. Bradley did a fantastic job putting him together. I had to help Wesley. Next time I think I want to cut him out even bigger.

"Beary" Happy Birthday Card

This year, I decided that I am going to make all my Birthday cards for family and friends. Dave and I both have large families. What have I gotten myself into :) I have always wanted to create a sweet little face like this, and now I can. Thanks to ScrapBookEden. Step by step directions. It is wonderful.

The bear I created on DS using Plantin Schoolbook, just paper piecing. I chalked the edges. I use real blush for the cheeks. I would love to think people will keep my cards forever. With the exception of my Mom, I know they go in the trash :) The sentiment is done on the computer so I can change the color of the "Beary" to match the rest of the card. The glittery paper and ribbon, I got out of the $1 bin at Target. I really did have a lot of fun creating this little bear.

Lego Clock

I am always looking to make something special for my boys on their birthdays. This year for Bradley, I made this Lego Clock. We already have the digital Lego Clock that you buy, but I wanted to do this for him so he could learn how to tell time and make it fun.

I got this clock free at Kohl's when they had their B1G1 free sale. The clock is wood, I pillaged our Legos and sat down with some Gorilla Glue. Bradley loved this and wanted to build off this, but since I hung it on the wall, he cannot :)

Lego Birthday Card

First I need to start out with an apology. I just searched all my Favorite Blogs for where I got this idea. You know when you think, "Oh I will remember that!"? Well I never "remember that". Anywho, when I remember where I got it from I will let you know...and give the wonderful creator credit.

I made this card on my DS using Plantin Schoolbook for the shape and Printing 101 for the HAPPY puzzle pieces. The little boy is cut from EDPD at 4" and the face is PKS. The Legos are pop dotted using a standard hole punch. I could not figure out the shirt to give Bradley and finally remembered what Bradley's favorite shirt is. Every Friday he "absolutely has to wear" his school spirit shirt. His birthday fell on Friday. He loved this card. The shirt came out so perfect.

Lego Cake

Another Year...Another Lego Birthday! Of course Bradley wanted another Lego birthday cake and this is what I came up with this year. Yes there is a lot of frosting...I am a frosting freak. I would rather have frosting shots than the cake :)

I used 2 9x13 cakes. I cut the bottom one in half and the top one in thirds. For the posts I used a mini muffin tin. I was going to use a third box of cake, but I thought that would be too much leftover cake. I only filled up 6 cups from the second batch of cake mix. He turned 6, thus the 6 posts.

Anywho, he loved the cake and and we all had fun seeing what color our tongues were in the end!

Christmas Thank You Cards

I made a pack of three of these cards for a door prize for my MOPS group and I made another 3 pack for myself because I love the way they turned out. So did the boys so we ended up giving the cards to the boys teachers with their holiday gifts. They loved them.

I was inspired for this card from Gigi. I thought this was the cutest thing ever. I made the cookie sheet on the DS using George, the gingerbread were made from Paper Doll Dress Up and the spatula was from Everyday Paper Dolls. Of course the faces are Peachy Keen stamps. The hearts, I used Glossy Accents. The sentiment is computer generated. When you cut the gingerbread people it will cut the mouth, eyes and lines. I just flipped the gingerbread over and stamped my PKS image.

Coaches Thank You Cards

Football season is over...woohoo! We wanted to make thank you cards for our football coaches and Riley designed these. How cute is this...40 year old guys looking like 10. Our coaches all wore the same shirts, but their hats were different. They all wore Longhorns lanyards and that was my favorite part to make. I could not figure out how to weld the football on the DS and get it lined up perfectly, so we just had it that you flip over the card and Riley wrote on the back. The coaches loved these.

I am glad Riley has taking a liking to my obsession :)

The dolls are EDPD, the football card is Sports Mania and the lettering is Plantin Schoolbook that I welded on the DS.

Cupcake Birthday Card

My husband calls me from work one morning and tells me it is his Administrative Assistants birthday. He asks if I can make her a card that we can put a gift card in and he needs it in two hours. I am so not good with pressure. I came up with this. The cupcake is cut from Doodlecharms and this is my first attempt with stickles...love them.

As always, peachy keen face!

Packers Birthday Card

A good friend of Riley's plays for the Packers. Riley loved the Longhorns card that I made for him for his birthday and asked if we could make one for his friend. Because the 10 card was on my DS, this was so easy. Riley did such a great job on this. The only thing I did was the detail on the pants and helmet, Riley did everything else. He has watched me use my Peachy Keen stamps so many times that he knew exactly what to do. I did not take a picture of it, but we made a pocket on the inside for a gift card. The doll and accessories were cut from EDPD at 4", the helmet is cut from Sports Mania at 1 1/2" and the 33 is cut from Plantin Schoolbook at 1/2". We used the xyron the make everything stick.

Fall Wreath

I know that I am going back a few weeks, but I have been so busy with the holidays that this is the first I get to post. I do not have a wreath for my front door and I went shopping at all the craft stores and just could not spend $50 on a wreath. I hit Hobby Lobby when they had all their fall stuff for 50% off and I made this wreath...with a little help of a glue gun, for $12. I love the little scarecrow. When I took it down to put up a Christmas wreath...all the berries were gone...birds!!!!