Happy Mother's Day Card

I have a card that I did for the cut challenge that Pam and I do. Pam chose the cut and it was a SVG freebie file by Bird's Cards. She has a bunch of cute freebies and this is one of them. It is called Tulip Digital Cutting File by Bird and it can be found in the flower and leaves section HERE.

At the time I started on this card I still needed a Mother's Day card for my mom so I thought this cut would work perfect for it. It is a long card that fits inside a business envelope. I think it was approximately 4" x 9"

I made my own oval and scalloped edge in my Silhouette Designer software. Then I cut everything out and inked all of the edges up. The Mother's Day stamp is by My Creative Time's stamp set called Mom, You Rock.

Make sure to check out Pam's blog to see what she did with this beautiful tulip cut. You can find Pam's blog HERE.

Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

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My Creative Time's Design Team Day using a sketch

Hello and thanks for dropping by. For today's design team post Emma gave a sketch to work with and we were to create either a layout or a card. Here is the sketch we had to work with:

So I had this idea to make a LO and everything evolved from there. This is the part of my layout that looks like the sketch:



Here is the picture of the whole LO. You can click on the pictures if you would like to see them zoomed in a little more.

The Mickey ribbon going across is supposed to be a 'camera strap.' I also had a lot of fun making my own background paper. I used my HUGE acrylic block from Market Street Stamps and layered EVERY stamp from Emma's Camera Shy stamp set in a rectangular pattern. I added just a couple of small stamps from the Mom You Rock and You're My Best Buddy stamp sets to even things out. Then I inked it up and stamped it on my background. It took 4 times inking it up and stamping it to cover the entire red paper. I LOVED how it turned out. For the white background I used the "Seeing Spots" Cuttlebug embossing folder. I also stamped the 'capture a moment in time...' stamp repeatedly around the border of my photo mat.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful day.

Items Used:

Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
Mickey and Friend Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Camera Shy

My Creative Time stamps - Mom You Rock!

My Creative Time stamps - You're My Best Buddy

Glossy Accents

Sakura White Gellyroll pen

Mickey Ribbon

Sandylion patterned paper

My Creative Time's Design Team Day

Today Emma has asked us to make a tag and to use one of her stamp sets. She asked me to use 'My Favorite Sayings'. I really LOVE this set. It has some sentiments that are some of my favorite saying too! Please make sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what fun inspiration Emma and the rest of the Design Team have in store for you. Also make sure to check out Emma's beautiful projects on Everyday Cricut. She has been Guest Designing over there all week and her projects have been AMAZING!

I think Emma's stamps look so cute on these! They are the perfect touch and just what I would want to say too. I also used the Mom You Rock stamp set for the word 'daughter' on the banners at the bottom of the tags. I didn't use my Cricut on these. I used an old Sizzix Die Cut that I had. That way I could line up the patterned paper perfectly with the tag cut. I also added a large eyelet to each tag. Does anyone use these anymore? I really do like them, but I don't use them as often as I could/should. I finished them off with some doodling and some ribbon or baker's twine. My daughter is going to love these. It will be fun to drop a little note on the back and give to her. I hope you like them too.

I wanted to submit this for the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. The challenge was to make something without your Cricut and to add some sort of old school embellishment - for me that was my eyelets.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps - My Favorite Sayings

*My Creative Time stamps - Mom You Rock

*Sizzix Tag die cut (old thick red one)

*Provo Craft Large Eyelets
*Twine from The Twinery
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Ribbon
*The paper is from a 4x5 notebook that I bought at Disneyland a few years ago

Mother's Day Card

I was trying to post this card the other day when Blogger froze up. So here, at last, is the simple Mothers Day Card that I made for my awesome Mother-in-law. The sentiment is of course a beautiful sentiment stamp from My Creative Time's Mom You Rock stamp set.

Items Used:

Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps- Mom You Rock!
Core'dinations gemstone cardstock
Adhesive pearls

Mother's Day Card and Winners!

Alright, first I'll show you my Mother's Day card, but if you participated in my birthday celebration make sure to scroll down through the end of the post. I had to re-pick two of the winner's from my birthday week celebration because the prizes didn't get claimed. I also have the winner of the Thank You Emma - Surprise Birthday Hop.

This is the card that I made for my wonderful Mom. I also made a card for my sweet Mother-in-Law. I will probably post it tomorrow. This card is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Pretty big but we all went in on her gifts together so I wanted to make sure that there was enough room for everyone to write her a special note. I think Emma's Mother's Day stamp set is perfect for all the women in your life. I loved this sentiment. It comes from the Mom You ROCK stamp set.

Alright now for the winners. Random.org helped me choose my new winning numbers

First was the sampler pack from The Twinery. The lucky winner is...

The second is a My Creative Time stamp set Wow! So Many Candles. The lucky winner is...

The birthday celebration rules were that you had to contact me if you won a prize. So if you two can contact me by sending an e-mail with you address to me(at)glorajean(dot)com that would be perfect.

And the winner of the Thank You Emma - Surprise Blog Hop prize (Mickey Celebrates embossing folder) is...



I have your e-mail address so I can send you an e-mail to get your information. But if you see this first and want to send me your address that would be great. My e-mail is: me(at)glorajean(dot)com

Items Used:

*Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps- Mom You ROCK!
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
*Basic black ribbon

Imagination Monday Design Team Project and Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge

Well my birthday week is over and it is time to go crazy getting Mother's Day and Teacher's Appreciation Day/Week projects going. My sister is celebrating her very first mother's day this year and I had to make a card for that special occasion. Emma's (My Creative Time's)  Mom You ROCK! stamps and the Peachy Keen Challenge combined perfectly for this. I think Emma's stamp looks SO beautiful on here! If you get a chance stop by Emma's blog and see what she and the other Design Team members made.

Now you are probably wondering where the Peachy Keen stamp is. Well, it isn't required for this particular challenge, but there is a Peachy Keen Stamp on here. Do you know what it is? If you guessed the super cute polka dots you are right. I've been eyeing up these lovely polka dots for a while because I LOVE polka dots. Now I can make my own polka dot paper whenever I want. This stamp is not a full A2 size but it lines up perfectly and easily. It only took two times stamping it to cover the whole background. This stamp is called PK-102 Small Polka Dot . I'm loving it!

I'm also entering this into the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge and the My Craft Spot Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Items Used:

*A Child's Year Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps - Mom You ROCK
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Small Polka Dot
*Prima Flowers
*Gold Bling
*Ribbon

Secret Notes

My girls helped me plan a little surprise for their Daddy who left on a business trip last week. They helped me color up some 3 x 3 note cards for each day he is gone. I colored Daisy and the little duck. My oldest daughter colored Mickey and my littlest colored Donald.

We also made up a few goody bags. I will post them later.

Items Used:

EK Success stamps (Disney)
Peachy Keen Stamps (Duck)
My Creative Time stamps (sentiments except on the duck one)
Copic Markers
Crayola Markers
Colored Pencils

You are a Star!

Well, I finally got to put together my Peachy Keen Challenge entry, I knew what stamp I wanted to use almost from the moment I saw the sketch. Now I'm just getting around to making it. It was a monochromatic sketch (also allowing for white and black). I had a lot of fun with this challenge. Thanks for all of the fun PKS! The star stamp is by Peachy Keen Stamps PK-M20 you are a star... and the sentiment 'to my daughter' is from My Creative Time's Mom You ROCK!

If you are interested in cutting a star out that will fit this cute 'you are a star...' stamp perfectly, then read on.

 You will need to use the regular shaped star from George and Basic shapes. In your Gypsy size it to 2.25" height. Then you will have to undo the lock size button so that you can change the width proportion of the star (without changing the height). In the end you want a star that is 2.25" by 2.25". I think it was the perfect size. I also cut out a black star 2.5" by 2.5" as a mat for the yellow star.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Items Used:

*George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge

*Gypsy

*Peachy Keen Stamps - you are a star...
*My Creative Time - Mom You ROCK!
*Inking

Happy Birthday Peachy Princess!

While on Facebook Thursday afternoon I noticed that the Peachy Princess (Angelica) was about to have a birthday. She is such a sweetheart and she did a phenomenal job of making her Mom's birthday SO special last month. I wanted to make sure that I made her a card to let her know how much I appreciate her. She has become a great encouragement to me. I really appreciate the friendship I have made with her recently, even if it has only been 'through the computer'. Thanks so much Angelica and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Here is your card, I'm sorry it won't make it to you in time, it only started it's way to you yesterday.

For the sentiment I mixed and matched sentiment stamps. I think they look really cute together. I used 'to my' from Emma's (My Creative Time's) Mom You Rock stamp set and the 'Amiga' is from Angelica's BFF set (It normally says amigas, I just wiped the S off after I had inked it up).

Isn't that little FLAN the cutest?! Angelica is the artist of this stamp. It is from her Market Street Stamps set called BFFs. This cutie patootie flan really won me over. I just had to have this set of stamps. I ate a LOT of flan when I lived in France. I know, who would have thought, right? It IS so yummy and this stamp brings back a lot of memories. I paper pieced the stamp, inked it with some Tim Holtz Distress Inks and colored in the mouth and cheeks with some Copic markers.

I kept the card fairly simple. Here is a picture of the inside.

I couldn't resist putting that cute little flan on an Action Wobble, so voila, a super short video of the wobble flan.



Items Used:

*Market Street Stamps - BFFs
*My Creative Time Stamps - Mom You Rock
*Tim Holtz Distress Inks
*Baker's Twine
*Corner Rounder
*Copics (for mouth and cheeks)

Throwback Thursday Paper Doll & Embossing Challenge

Here is my first official Design Team Project for Emma's Team (My Creative Time). I'm SO excited! This is the start of another Throwback Thursday Challenge. The challenge this time is to use some form of embossing and one of the Paper Doll Cricut cartridges. I thought this was such a fun challenge. The paper doll cartridges have SO many amazing images to choose from. I hope you will join in the fun.

This is my Valentine's Day card for my sweet Mom. The sentiments both come from Emma's new line of stamps, this set is called Mom You Rock. Here is a picture of all the amazing sentiments on this set:

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Items Used:

Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge

My Creative Time stamps - Mom You Rock

Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes

Polka Dot Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Easter 2010 cartridge
White Chalk Ink
Versamarker
Divine Twine
Red Button
Sakura white Gellyroll
Bic Ultrathin black marker
Tim Holtz Distress Ink