Here is a card I made for my nephew's birthday. I had this idea ever since I bought these stamps in December, but didn't really have a need to put it together until his birthday, so here it is.
The lion's head is on an Action Wobble. So I made a quick video of it. I had a little helper on the video. She started the Action Wobble and it made her laugh. So I just kept it at that. I hope you enjoy it.
Items Used:
*Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
*Action Wobble
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces
*Pink By Design stamps- Take the Cake
*Cuttlebug - Floral Screen embossing folder
*Versamarker
*Versamark Watermark Ink
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
This project came about as a request from my sweet sister-in-law. She sent me a picture of a monkey wind twister and wanted to know if I could make something similar to it with my Gypsy. Here is what I came up with:
This thing is really LONG, it is about 2 1/2 to 3 feet long (maybe longer, I still need to measure it). It has two intersecting tree limbs, a long swirly vine and a double sided monkey stamped with darling Peachy Keen Stamps all interconnected with baker's twine.
This was A LOT of fun to make. I will definitely be making more in the future.
Here is a picture of the original inspiration. I changed some things up just by personal preference.
Yes, I am ready for spring. We have had VERY cold weather here, but today it actually felt rather warm. So it felt like Spring was in the air and it most definitely is in my heart. I'm READY for spring! Here is my spring inspired card using My Creative Time Color Me Happy stamps.
I attached the kite to an Action Wobble so it could sail through the air. Here is a quick video of showing that.
Hi everyone, I hope you like my puny valentine. I wanted to participate in the Tacky Tuesday Challenge and while I was designing the card I finally 'found' my inspiration for the Peachy Keen Challenge as well.
Items Used:
*Create A Critter Cricut cartridge
*Peachy Keen Stamps Critter Faces
*Ribbon by Pebbles Inc
*Patterned paper from Target
* Baker's Twine
*Chalks
*Inking
*Sakura white Gellyroll
*Sentiment was computer generated
Peachy Keen Stamps is having their regular Tuesday challenge and it is a sketch. I started doodling the sketch on a piece of paper for inspiration and while I was drawing it ideas popped into my head. Things like, that looks like a fireplace with a Christmas village on top, a Christmas tree would look cute there, oh and how about a rocking horse that really rocks back and forth (with the assistance of an amazing Action Wobble) over here. I started designing my creation in my Gypsy and then when I got around to cutting it out and putting it together this is what I ended up with.
It is a 12 x 12 wall hanging. I'm either going to put it in a frame sans glass or a shadowbox and use it for a Christmas decoration. There is actually a LOT of dimension to this project, it is just hard to catch in a picture. The tree and presents are popdotted and with the Action Wobble on the rocking horse it sticks out even further than the tree and the presents.
Here is a little video showing the rocking horse rocking back and forth. Because the Action Wobble had to be placed in the horses middle area it doesn't wobble like crazy, but just enough for a nice rocking motion. I love experimenting with these fun little Action Wobbles.
*Please note that any videos recommended at the end of this are not endorsed by me.
Items Used:
*Gypsy
*Christmas Solutions Cartridge for most of the images
*George and Basic Shapes, Christmas Solutions and Create a Critter for the fire and fireplace
*Action Wobble for the rocking horse
*Peachy Keen Stamps Simple Sallies for the dolls face
*Peachy Keen Stamps Funshine Faces Side Views for the rocking horses eye
*Adhesive rhinestones
*Pop dots for the tree and presents to give added dimension
*White Sakura Gellyroll pen
*Black Ultrathin Bic Writer
*Versamarker
Full Disclosure: I was given the Action Wobbles at no cost to me to review on this blog. However, if I didn't believe in it, I wouldn't be talking it up!
I am lucky to be part of a focus group that gets to try out a product called Action Wobbles. These are similar to pop dots in the fact that they lift your projects off the page. They are different in the fact that they have a spring like design that gives them movement. I love the fact that they can lay almost perfectly flat (like in a mailing envelope) but then they spring to life with movement and fun. Action Wobbles will be available to the general public in January of 2011.
These Action Wobbles (collapsible springs) would work great for any project you want to give dimension and movement to. I thought it would be fun to make a 'Gobble 'til You Wobble' card with wobbling turkeys.
Here is a super short video showing how these little cuties wobble.
*Please note that any videos recommended at the end of this are not endorsed by me.
Items used:
Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces Medium
Action Wobbles
Sentiment -computer generated
button, divine twine, and Pebbles ribbon
Full Disclosure: I was given the Action Wobbles at no cost to me to review on this blog.
One of my darling nieces just turned 3 years old. This is the card I made for her.
Items used:
Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces Medium
My Pink Stamper Friends and Family Stamps
Everyday Paperdolls Cricut Cartridge
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
Versamarker
White gel Pen
I am thankful for many things. I am thankful for a wonderful family. I am thankful for this beautiful time of year. I'm thankful to be able to create things that make me and the people I give them to happy. And I am thankful for you sweet people and your thoughtful and encouraging comments.
I had this thought of making some cute little Thanksgiving hangings. It's just waiting for the perfect frame. I'm planning on making one with the bears dressed up as pilgrims too. There just aren't enough cute Thanksgiving decorations.
Time for another Peachy Keen Stamps challenge. This is a sketch and color challenge (melon, daffodil & cobalt). I tried to think of things that might naturally be these colors and this is what I came up with. You can always click on the picture if there are certain details you would like to see better.
Well this is my cute little ducky girl in her rain boots and splashing in a rain puddle. The scallops are the storm clouds. I chalked them with a gray edge (it doesn't show up very well in the picture). The blue banner brings a little sunshine. Thanks for looking. I had a lot of fun with this and I really like how it turned out. Below is the sketch for this challenge. You should come and join in the fun. Click the link at the top of the page if you would like to play along.
My little great-nephew is celebrating his 1st birthday today. He is such a cutie and he LOVES trains. This card just came to me and I LOVE how it turned out. I hope he likes it too.
I used the following items for this card: The train and monkey came from Create-a-Critter, the #1 candle is from Sweet Treats, the monkey's cute little stamped face is from none other than Peachy Keen Stamps. I mixed parts from two different sets to make the face. I used PK-493 (Everyday Character Face Parts) for the nose and mouth and I used PK-573 (Basic Paper Doll Faces) for the eyes. I also used my Versamarker to highlight the edges, my black marker for some dotting, some stamps for the sentiments and some brads for the train wheels.
This Peachy Keen challenge is a sketch challenge. It is an awesome sketch. I loved it at first sight, but I just wasn't getting any creative inspiration on what to do. Today an idea finally hit me and I RAN with it. My daughter loves to draw pictures and write stories. I made a cover for a composition note book. This way she has a book to draw in and write about her school memories this year. I really like how it turned out and my daughter LOVES it. (If you want to see any of the details better you can always click on the pictures).
This is the sketch we had to work with, isn't it cute? I can see myself using this a lot!
I used the following items for this project: Create a Critter for the apple and the worms, Locker Talk for the words Back to School, I made the chalk board myself, I used Peachy Keen Stamps Simple Sallies for all of the super CUTE faces. Then I added some ribbon, bows, a little bling and some white dotting with my Gelly Roll pen.
Our sweet little niece is celebrating her first birthday today! She is such a cutie and moo's like a pro. Her birthday present from us was a Fisher Price cow and ice cream truck set. We decided she had to have a cow card to go with it.
Items used:
Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter faces for the cow's eyes
Create a Critter - cow, birthday hat, gift sack, balloon and barn
Pooh Font- #1
This is a fun dinosaur shape card for a relative who is under a lot of stress and pressure from his not so smart boss (master) at work. He definitley needs a good laugh. I got the idea for this card from Simply Pam.
On the inside I wrote this quote from the movie Meet the Robinsons. I love that movie (so does the relative that this is going to)! I think he will love it.
"I have a big head and little arms.
I'm just not sure how well this plan was thought through...
Master?"
Look at that big head and those little arms. He he he! For this card I used my Gypsy to weld the dinosaurs together. The dinosaur is from Create a Critter. I also used my watermark marker to highlight the edges. I love that marker, I just trace the edges and everything shows up a shade darker. This is a quick and easy way to accent in just the right shade. Thanks for looking. Have a super day.
This is a simple anniversary card. The paper is shiny and a little hard to photograph, but I think it came out nice and simple.
I used Calligraphy Collection for the title and made the heart border by welding the hearts to a rectangle from the George cartridge. I love designing my own decorative borders.
For this challenge, Peachy Keen wanted to see our favorite yummy summer BBQ or picnic recipe! And they wanted us to feature it as a recipe card! This was a fun challenge. My Mom has a super yummy macaroni salad and I thought this would be fun to make and add to a scrapbook layout later. I have to thank my husband for helping to pump my creative juices for this.
I wanted Mr and Mrs Macaroni having a picnic to be the theme for the recipe card. This is actually a recipe card pouch. You pull on the sunshine and get the recipe.
I used my GYPSY and a whole bunch of cartridges for this. I also used the Peachy Keen Stamps Critter Faces for the faces.
Here is a final picture with the recipe card pulled all the way out.
Today is my Mom and Dad's 51st anniversary and my Sister in laws birthday. It is a day of celebration! This is the card I made for my sister in law.
The happy birthday sentiment is cut from Calligraphy Collection. I made the flower border with the flower scallop from the Easter 2010 cartridge. I welded a couple of scallops to a rectangle for the card base. Last of all I added some sequin flowers, rhinstones, white dotting and a ribbon.
Today is my sweetheart's birthday, so I thought I would post his favorite of my newest batch of birthday cards.
This is simple and yet kind of elegant. The paper is coordinations. The ribbon is from my stash. I cut the lace scallop edge card and Happy Birthday from the Calligraphy Collection cricut cartridge and used my Gypsy as well. Hope you like it.
