Heart Anniversary Card

This post is long overdue...by 6 months.  Dave and I celebrated our 14 year anniversary over the summer.  I found this card last February and knew that I had to make it.  Especially because there is an amazing tutorial over at  Valita's Fresh Folds on how to make them.  I am also doing a little "Daisy Duke" one, but that has not been finished.  I do not have Stampin' Up punches, I used my Creative Memories heart punch.  Valita gives you tons of cute ideas. 

Lego Notebook

I made Bradley his own little "Handy Dandy Notebook"...no we do not call it that, he is too old for Blue's Clues.  Anywho, at the convention I went to my favorite booth...Inky Antics and bought the CarlaCraft Binding System.  I love this little tool.  Bradley is quite the artist, this is for him to have whenever he gets the urge to draw.

Thomas the Train

A friend of mine asked if I could help her out with cutting a Thomas the Train. She found this site Cricut Soft Cuts, that if you have Design Studio, people share stuff they have created and you can download their creations. This is the most amazing Thomas I have ever seen. My boys love Thomas and I have cut them a few of these. Now, you have to have DS and George to cut this. It does take forever to download. I thought it did not work and then days later I found it. Good Luck!

Quick Idea for Receiving Blankets

So have you ever wondered what to do with those receiving blankets you receive, that your little one grows out of in the first couple of months?  This is one idea I had.  This was a 4 pack that I had received for my baby shower for Wesley.  I sewed them together to make one large blanket.  I primarily used it for his stroller; to cover him up, to block out the sun.  Dave came across this and I washed it up to give away...I just can't part with it.

Get Well Card

Dave's wonderful 95 year old grandmother "Gigi" took a bad fall last month. She hit her head and now she has to live in a nursing home. She is doing much better, Thank God! I wanted to cheer her up so I sent this card with a ton of photos of the boys.
This card was super simple to make. Two different colors of cardstock, simple ribbon...tied using my Bow Easy. I printed Get Well Soon on the computer and popped it up and added a brad...see, super easy.

Anniversary Card

This year my parents celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary. What good role models I have. I wanted to do something special for them and I saw this idea in an issue of Scrapbooks Etc. Magazine. I had purchased the paper at the Convention in Arlington in June for our big RV trip that we took. When I saw this car, I knew the paper was perfect. Happy Anniversary was cut out of Beyond Birthdays cartridge at 1 1/2". My parents were thrilled with this card.

Football Vinyl Water Jug and Cooler

Today is the first day of football in our crazy obsessed football Texas town. Riley is on a new team this year and I wanted to make it fun for him. We purchased the water jug and cooler in his new team colors and I knew from the moment I saw them I would vinyl them.

This is my second time using vinyl and the Cricut. This time was much easier than the first...seeing how I did it 2 years ago and I did not like working with it. I used Plantin Schoolbook and cut the letters out at 1". The # was cut out at 3/4" and the 83 was cut out at 1 1/2". I really love the way this looks. The football was cut out of Sports Mania at 3".

I wanted to put the vinyl on the white of the cooler to make it pop.

Another angle of the cooler.

Get Well Card

My nephew, Caleb, had surgery last Friday. He was born with a Cleft lip and Cleft palette. He is 10 years old and I believe this is his 4th surgery. This one was the big one, they take his hip bone and attach to the palette. He is doing great, recovering well. I made this card for him. It is supposed to look like a Band aid. My son, Bradley was playing around with my Big Shot one day and came up with this idea. I thought it was so cute, I kept it in the back of my mind for Caleb.

I cut the Band aid with a paper trimmer and used Swiss Dots. The "Get Well Soon" came from Beyond Birthdays Cricut cartridge. I don't think he has received it in the mail yet. I also sent a video game to help his recovery :) What a bummer summer for him!

Soccer Birthday Pull Card

My nephew is a really good soccer player,even though I have never seen him play...I have heard :) He turned 14 and is playing for a select soccer team...I am so proud of him. I decided to make this card for his birthday. It is a pull card and I got this idea when I went to the Scrapbook Convention in Arlington, Texas. Art Gone Wild had a booth at at the show and they were demonstrating this technique. I fell in love instantly and bought the template...sucker!!! The boy is cut out of EDPD at 3 1/2", face is Peachy Keen Stamps. The large soccer ball pull is cut out of Sports Mania at 2 ".

You pull the soccer ball which reveals another Sports Mania soccer ball cut at 1 1/2"...I know, I know...2 soccer balls. I origianally put everything together and was just going to use a square scrap of paper as the pull and then thought the soccer ball pull was cuter.

Pull yet again, and I cut the goal..he is a goalie :) out of EDPD at 1 1/2" along with the flag and cone, also 1 1/2". I did cut the flag and cone twice so I could make a white pole.

This is where I put the sentiment that I computer genterated...all about computer generating. Then on the back side (I did not make this a folded card, I made it a flip over card) I made a Gift Card holder pouch to slide money into.
Okay, so when I had this card in my hands and looking at how cute it turned out, I did not notice that you see the naked backside of the Paper Doll. I only noticed it in the pictures. I don't know if on my future ones I will try to make clothing or leave them naked!

Pool Door Sign

We have lived in Texas for 3 years now...I can't believe it. Dave and I decided we would not go another summer without a pool. In May our pool was finished...just in time!!!! When we invite friends over, I am constantly looking out the front door, so I thought I would make this sign.
I bought a wood frame from Michaels ($1), I found the pool paper at Hobby Lobby and Modge Podged it to the frame. This was my first attempt with Modge Podge and it stuck to the newspaper...thus...the buttons. I was so bummed, but I love the buttons now! I drilled 2 holes into the frame, attached the ribbon, hang it on the front door when we are outside...and voila...I can enjoy the pool while waiting for friends.

This little boy is a digi stamp from Tiddly Inks. This looks exactly like Wesley...the orange floaties in the pool. In fact all 3 of the boys wore these orange floaties. When I colored him, I used Glossy Accents on the goggles to give them a shiny affect. I then Modge Podged him to the frame. You can't even tell I did the Glossy Accents. The saying I did on the computer...nothing fancy!