Girl Birthdays...

I cannot figure out why this picture is sideways. It isn't like that when I select it from my computer.  Oh well, you can still see the cute cards!  I had a lot of fun using scraps and coming up with fun, easy cards to send out this summer for birthdays. 

What is your favorite way to use scraps?  Leave me a comment with a link to your cards that you've done with scraps!  I want MORE ideas because I have A LOT of scraps!!

Boy Birthday...

I was running low on my birthday cards, so took some time out from my busy schedule to sit down and create some.  I just used scraps and cuts, ribbon and stamps I had on hand from other projects and I think they turned out really cute!

Birthday Quilt...

My Little Lydia turned 3 last month and she wanted a blanket for her bed.  The other kids had rag blankets from an early sewing marathon, so I thought I'd make Lydia one too.  She helped me pick out the colors and she is SO in love with it.  I love making my kids so happy in such an easy way :)!!

Vinyl...

 I have been wanting to make these wedding vinyl boards for a long time.  My sister-in-law got married in July and I wanted to make her a board of their favorite saying with some of her wedding things.  That is the top one.  The other one is from my wedding. I sang the Shania Twain song to my husband and have always loved the saying.  We hung this in our room right above our bed. I love it so far.  I think I want to add some of our wedding colors to the board, but haven't figured out exactly what I want to do yet.  Any suggestions?

Hello Kitty...

 My darling little Lydia turned 3 last week!  She wanted a Hello Kitty party and I was glad to oblige. I LOVE Hello Kitty and think she is just so cute.  I already had the cartridge so it was easy to just put an invite together.  I cut the kitty at 4x5 inches. The cake was done with a mold and I had so much fun doing it.  I hadn't ever really decorated a cake and it turned out to be easier than I had imagined.  Love having a girly girl who loves Hello Kitty!

Give away...

Go check out the Give Away at Thoughts in Vinyl!

Love all the crafts she makes and how easy they are to do...and are SO CUTE!!

Love it!!

My little daughter brought this adorable kitty home from pre-school and I snapped a picture to keep in my archives to do next year...such a cute, easy idea!

Pinterest inspired crafts...

 I am LOVING pinterest!  It is so fun to be able to remember where I put the ideas I am inspired by all over the blogosphere.  It has helped me actually do quite a few more crafts this year!  I made the cute little candy corn trees in the pictures and the little candies in the basket!  Love them both so much!!

Card club...

Here is the latest card club card I created.  We handed out paint chips and blue was my color...I think I got the blue theme down :).  

The stamps are CTMH and the paper is patterned paper from Bazzill Basics.

Scraps--Thanks...

I have lots to be thankful for recently.  I had foot surgery on my left foot 3 weeks ago and have had people take my kids, bring in meals and send me loving messages!  A few of the days I was laid up I decided to get my scrap box out and make a few thank you cards, it was fun to see what I could do with a scrap of paper, a few embellishments, stamps and ink. Most of my things stayed downstairs, just a few select made it up to my "bed", but it sure was fun to see what I could do with them!  I think they turned out cute...now to write in them :)!!

Announcing...

I cannot believe how fast the time has gone since I had my baby.  I am just now finishing up his birth announcements, but better late than never I suppose!  I LOVE how they turned out.  I had to do 2 color schemes since I ran out of the brown/red/blue combo and didn't want to go into the store again.  I like them both quite a bit though!

I used the Cuttin Up cartridge for the BOY and welded it together using my gypsy.  I also cut out the circle part of the O with my gypsy too and 'hid' the contour of the rest of the O.  The Sweet Baby stamps are from Scrappy Moms Stamp. The background paper on the red/brown/blue one is from CTMH.  The other paper is just from my stash!  Hope you like them!

Card Club Fun...

Here is the card I made for my monthly card club.  Our "theme" this month was masculine birthday.  

The Time 4 Fun is off of the Cuttin UP cartridge cut at 3" with the shadow feature.  I used the circle embossing folder with my cuttlebug and a DCWV paperpack.

You are my sunshine...

We are loving that the sunshine came out...we were beginning to wonder if we would have a summer here in Idaho, or just a spring.

This card was done for my monthly card club...the theme was to use yellow and orange.  

The sun is cut from Create a Critter and the sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamp set Amusing Animals.

I hope you are having a sunshinny day!!

Sing, sing a song....

Sing out loud, sing ALONG!!!

My little girls LOVE to sing.  So for an activity to do on our long summer days, I made up some cue cards for all the different songs we like to sing.  It is a work in progress as I think of new songs often, but its a good start!

A few examples from the picture above include...

5 little monkies

Bringing home a baby bumble bee

The wheels on the bus

5 little speckled frogs

How much is that doggy?

Thanks for stopping by!!

Celebrate the Occasion #18...

Hi everyone!  

I hope you are Celebrating the Occasion with us this week and if you aren't you SHOULD be!  The CTO challenge #18 is up and it was a great one--4th of July *red, white and blue*!!

Come on over to the CTO blog and play with us!!  I cannot wait to see what you create!

Who doesn't like the 4th of July?  It means summer is finally here (at least where I live), we celebrate our awesome country, you get to see fireworks, and eat yummy food!  My house seems to be pretty empty once all the Easter decorations come down so I figured it needed some fun 4th of July decorations!! 

This is just a 2x6 board cut to 12".  The striped paper is CTMH and the freedom words are cut from Opposites Attract cartridge and the stamped words are from CTMH stamp sets.  The firecracker was bought from the dollar store quite awhile ago.

Thanks for Celebrating the Occasion with us!

I am also entering this into the following challenges...

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #66

Want to see??

What I have been doing lately?

This adorable little guy was born on June 1st and would explain the lack of creating on my part...I am creating a nice growing family right now :).  I have gotten down to the craft room a few times and will post a few of those creations soon...as soon as they are finished!  Thanks for sticking around!!

Celebrating the Occasion Challenge #16

Hi everyone!  

I hope you are Celebrating the Occasion with us this week and if you aren't you SHOULD be!  The CTO challenge #16 is up and it was a great one---Happy Birthday~must have a party hat!!  

Come on over to the CTO blog and play with us!!  I cannot wait to see what you create!

Loved this challenge!  I had the Amusing Animals stamp set from Scrappy Mom's Stamp for quite some time and didn't know when I was going to get to use this particular sentiment.  I have a few friends having birthday's in July and one of them is a dog lover...figured what better way to wish her happy birthday than with a poodle card!  Hope she likes it!

The poodle is cut from Create a Critter at 3". I only used the 2 layers because I wanted to use my Peachy Keen Stamps for the face. Once again, the sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's Stamp.

Happy Creating....

CTO Pool Party Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the CTO Pool Party Blog Hop! 

I hope you are enjoying the hop and all the amazing projects we have for you and 

ALL the great candy being given away too!!!  

If you arrived from Kristen @ My Fantabulous Life you are in the right spot.

If you happened across my blog and want to start at the beginning of the hop...head on over to 

CTO BLOG so you do not miss a single project!!

Here is my project for the hop!  I was surprised at how easy this layout came together.  I have been struggling with inspiration, but still wanted to do a layout for this blog hop as I have SO many cards in my stash right now.   I pulled out my trusty Idea Books from CTMH and tried to find one I loved and put my own spin on it.  I love how it turned out.  Hope you do too.

Next on the hop stop is Nicole @ Creative Delights by Nicole

Now for the blog candy!   

Become a follower and leave me a comment including your favorite summer activity and you will be entered to win!

Thanks for hopping by!!

Play Ball....

Been in the scrapbooking mood lately and have had these pictures around forever.  Anthony has always been all about sports, even when he was little.  When we first got him this tee, bat and ball set he was in heaven.  He would hit the ball and instead of run, he would give me the thumbs up sign....so cute!

Baseball stuff cut from Boys will be Boys at 3".  Brads are from CTMH.

Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate the Occasion #14...

Hi everyone!  

I hope you are Celebrating the Occasion with us this week and if you aren't you SHOULD be!  The CTO challenge #14 is up and it was a great one---school is OUT!!  Hard to believe it is that time of the year and that my little boy finished Kindergarten!!  

 

Come on over to the CTO blog and play with us!!  I cannot wait to see what you create!

I had so many projects run through my head for this challenge but the one that stuck was making a group of apples that had the word families on the other side to help my son learn some new words and not forget the ones he already knows throughout the summer.  I am a little bit behind on making them since I wanted to cut out more than just apples to make a few more families but with a new baby coming my way any time it might just have to wait until after this little bundle arrives, but before that he will be GREAT at his 'at' family words!!

Thanks for Celebrating the Occasion with us and have a fantastic summer!!