Happy 40!

I needed a card, so I borrowed the Club Anya sketch for this week. Although I didn't use a TGF stamp so I'm not posting it to the gallery.I pretty much used just PTI cardstock and paper. The stamped number was from 7 gypsies, it came out a little crooked and spotty, but oh well. I mostly wanted to play with my new Sizzix edger dies, although most of it is covered up. Again, sentiment from PTI's birthday basics. I don't know how people stamp nicely using the white ink, sometimes it looks like I put too much ink, or if I press too hard when stamping, the letters look a little smooshed too.

I tried some diamond glaze on the circles to make them look raised and/or epoxy like. Problem was there were air bubbles so it's not completely smooth. Maybe I was shaking it around too much beforehand because the tip always gets clogged and I have to stick a pin in it.

Eva, I don't know how your kids don't get into your craft things and mess stuff up. This is my son's version of the birthday card. He basically went around gathering all my scraps while I was working on my card (some were big scraps that I didn't even realize he was using!). The number 40 was even stamped on a piece of scratch paper - I was trying to test the color of the ink - then I adjusted the "0" because it looked higher than the "4," and then it ended up crooked on mine :(

So before we made the cards, I asked my son, how old does he think Daddy is? He goes, "63." Ha ha! Then he said "no, wait, 53." Ha ha ha! Maybe I shouldn't laugh so hard until I ask him how old does he think Mommy is.

OK, I have one more birthday card to make, not sure if I can make it on time. At least I think I wrapped all my Christmas presents...

A Birthday for Party Time Noah

Hi!  Thought I'd take a break from all that mitten making to make a card.  I missed coloring and putting together cards so instead of going to bed, I decided to put together this birthday card following ACLP's sketch challenge.  Plus I really wanted some crafting time especially after chasing around the 3 kids today.  I needed a break!  I used Claudia & Co.'s Party Time Noah which was an Xmas release but thought he looked so handsome all dressed up that he could go to any kind of party. 

And I think he looks kind of Asian with his cute bowl haircut.  Paper is from SEI and I used the birthday embossing folder from Cuttlebug. 

Well, I'd better go to bed before I regret it tomorrow.  It's another long day.  And I have to begin the next phase of my Xmas mass production madness--calendars.  Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Birthday card

This was my attempt at a male birthday card. I'm going to stop prefacing with "simple card" because that's how all my cards seem to be turning out. I like looking at other people's detailed projects, but I have no idea how people come up with all those ideas. I found a blog recently with a lot of cute mini albums and embellishments here. Plus she gives really detailed instructions about how to layer everything that I'm thinking at some point I might want to try it.

But in the meantime, here's my card. Mostly I wanted to try using my Library Card stamp from PTI and the matching library card pocket die. I embossed the kraft card base with a cuttlebug folder. The library card is stamped on rustic cream cardstock, then cut with my paper trimmer, then the corners were rounded with the small EK success punch. The "happy birthday" stamp is from Birthday Basics from PTI. I used a Versamagic chalk ink in Aegean Blue. I actually found a piece of Bazzill cardstock that matched the ink color pretty well. I'm not sure of the color name, but probably something discontinued since I picked it up at the Bazzill warehouse sale about 2 years ago. That was a fun sale, I think it was also the first time I bought a bunch of pink cardstock. Up until that point I felt stuck with blues and greens trying to do my son's scrapbook pages. I got 2 pizza boxes full of cardstock, along with chipboard albums, mini albums, brads, an idea book, a patterned paper stack, I can't remember what else, but I still have a lot of stuff left to use up.I die cut numbers again from my sizzix font set. It took me a while to decide where to put the numbers, pocket or library card. But then I had a hard time deciding what other color to cut the numbers in so I just stuck it to the library card. Then I just looped some string around the pocket. Hopefully the pocket didn't fall off in the mail because the string made it kind of lumpy and I put the adhesive on after tying the string and it wasn't easy to hold the cardstock flat to run the tape runner over. Maybe I just need to use glue next time. Anyhow, that's all for now.

Hello Kitty birthday card

Here's a pretty simple birthday card, actually I guess all my cards are pretty simple, because after putting together the Hello Kitty, I was exhausted! The Hello Kitty is from a Sizzix die, paper pieced using PTI plum pudding cardstock and patterned paper from one of the paper pad collections. I tried paper piecing the whiskers on this one, it was a little easier since the Hello Kitty is rather large. She is supposed to be holding a "happy birthday" flower. I used a swirly border die for the stem. The sentiment is a Stampin Up stamp, plum pudding ink on sweet blush cardstock, don't know why I picked that color. And I don't know why the bitty dot paper looks like a slightly different color than the plum pudding cardstock, but they seem to match better in person. The background is lavendar moon cardstock cut from a Nestability label.

An "Off" Birthday Card

Don't laugh but the birthday card I made for my son is totally off centered.  But he loves this image from Rachelle Anne Miller that I bought from Paper Works Co.  It's called Puddles of Fun.  I bought it cause it reminds me of my family and our 3 kids.  When I showed the stamp to my kids they immediately had to decide which little ducky corresponded to the kids in our family.  The sentiment really matched my son's personality too cause he has always been the silly, happy one since he was an infant.

This was the first time I made a T-slide card.  Tutorial was on Splitcoaststampers.  See HERE. I had a lot of fun coloring this image too.  So I'm making a list of the other Rachelle Anne Miller stamps I want to buy too (mostly the ones from Paper Works Co.).

I didn't realize that the image would be so huge and that it'd be so off centered.  But you know what?  My son didn't even care.  He loved pulling the tab and sliding the image so that he could see the Happy Birthday stamp.  And now it's tucked away in his little "treasures" box along with the other things I've made for him.

Thanks for reading!  

Another birthday card!

Woo hoo, it's a record 2 posts for me so far this week and it's only Wednesday! I don't think it's going to happen again anytime soon though. But I actually made a second birthday card!I figured I better get to using all the new stamps that I ordered. This one is from the Amazing Duo set from The Greeting Farm. I actually colored this one first, which is when I realized that I have to color the skin before the hair otherwise I'll smudge black onto the face! I don't know why his superhero outfit is so colorful...I was trying to find pencils that matched all the little circles and then ended up using every color! The birthday paper and matching cardstock is from a birthday paper pack from Die Cuts with a View from I don't know how long ago. The number is from the Sizzix font set Round-a-bout, it has actually come in handy a few times. I'm not sure where I got the ribbon from...I'm such a collector, it might have come off some packaging of something else that I bought, but it seemed to match pretty well so I'm glad I saved it! Again I did the sticking things down before getting all the pieces together, so after I already made a hole for the "you're super" tag, I had to figure out the best place for the"5," which makes it feel kind of like reading backwards now.

Can you believe it?!

I actually made a card! Two cards even! But I'm saving the 2nd one for later otherwise I'll have nothing else to post!So a pretty simple birthday card. I mostly wanted to use my new Greeting Farm stamp, Skater Ian, that I got from the Die Cuts R Us sale. He's colored with pencils and baby oil. I basically picked random colors without even looking at paper. I can see why it would help to plan ahead. Or to find some card sketches before hand too, but oh well, hopefully now I can just get it in the mail on time. Anyhow, I was thinking I could somehow make a skate ramp, but ended up just using an oval instead. (It would help if I got all the pieces together before sticking things down too, argh!). I actually got to use some of my toys, I mean tools. Like the edge distresser, although next time I think I'm going to try inking those edges. And my crop-a-dile with the extra large eyelets from We R Memory Keepers. These eyelets actually set a lot better. I had some other brand eyelets that would set unevenly with the crop-a-dile. Other than that, the "happy birthday" sentiment is from the Birthday Basics set from PTI.

Birthday and Thank Yous

My youngest celebrates his 2nd birthday tomorrow.  How quickly time flies.  Got this cute card from Cheryl.  It has all these interesting folds and I haven't really seen this anywhere so I'm not sure if it has a name or anything.  Maybe she'll blog about it later???

This is how the card opens up.

This is the back side of the card.

The back side also opens up but horizontally.  Isn't that neat?

I really liked how the card opened up so I thought I would make a couple but just a simpler version.

My version just opens in the front.  I love Fleur Anya from TGF.  She is so cute.  I cut the scallop square from felt that I bought at Walmart using my new Big Shot.  I really want to try the wool felt from PTI though so that's on my next order there.  And I do love my Big Shot.  It's so easy to use and my youngest likes to turn the handle with me.  I'm sending this as a Thank You card for Cheryl.  (Sorry, spoiling the surprise).  She was so thoughtful to not only remember my son's birthday but also to give all my kids Disney gift cards while we were at Disneyland!  Really generous.

Opened view.  Yeah, my copics leaked through the paper.

Another angle.

This is the second card I made with Fleur Anya.  I've been meaning to send Jen over at Pieces of Me a Thank You card for all the wonderful blog candy but got sidetracked by our trip.  I don't want her to think I forgot.

That's it for now.  Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Princess Birthday Card

I made this some time ago for a 1st birthday.  Stamp set is Once Upon a Time from Lizzie Anne Designs.  I've used this set a lot for all the little girls who celebrate their birthdays especially for my daughter's friends. This is gonna be a short post today.  Be back with more later.  Thanks for reading!

This & That and Another taj Card

What??!! Me? An enabler? I don't know what Cheryl's talking about. I merely make suggestions when I see something cute and if it's a good deal. I've been ordering stuff from www.peachycheap.com lately. Today's deal is really cute but I don't think it's the best deal out there. Too much shipping.

And I just discovered that there is another blog out there that has almost the same name as ours! It's Crafty This and That. Hope people don't get confused between the two.

One more thing before we get on to the card. I wanted to mention that I actually won something. A Sizzix Bigz Spiral/Garland die from Sunghee over at www.creativityinprogress.com/blog/. She made a really cute flower with the die, something I probably would not think about doing. I think she makes some cute stuff especially her mini albums which I am going to try to make one of these days. Thanks, Sunghee!!


I wasn't sure if I was gonna post this cause I didn't know if Cheryl would mind her daughter's name being so out there in blogland. But since she posted the favors, I'm thinking it's okay. Is it weird that we're both kind of private but want to blog? Anyway, another taj stenciled card. I know I kind of messed up the bunny's cheeks/whiskers. Usually I'd redo it but I made this the night before her party. Her name is die cut. The cupcake and party hat have little flower brads.


This is the inside. Please ignore the money!! I didn't have a photo without the cash plus I wanted to show that you can slip some money or a gift card into the slot. I found the template here. Sometimes I spend too much time blog surfing but this is what I came across and thought it would be super cute. I just made mine longer cause my card was bigger. Anyway, thanks for reading through this long post. Are you posting tomorrow, Cheryl? If not, I promise I'll post something that's not taj related.

CC Designs 6th Birthday Blog Hop!!

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Hello!!  It is CC Designs (All That Scraps) 6th Birthday/Anniversary!!  We are celebrating by having a fun blog hop.  All That Scraps is a fabulous place to find all your stamping/scrapbooking needs.  I've been shopping and browsing at ATS way before being on the DT.  It's actually the first online store that I discovered The Greeting Farm stamps!  I love all the new stamps that Christine has been designing as well.  I love the Meoples and the new Tumbleweeds and this cute little Peep you'll meet soon.  And her Sugar Plums and Swiss Pixies are so adorable!

Well, let's get on with the hop!  If you have arrived here from Nancy's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you can start from the beginning at All That Scraps blog. 

This little guy is Peep Balloon.  He is so cute and easy to color and so versatile for any occasion.  I stamped him standing or maybe about to be floating away from the bench which is also from CC Designs.  I've had that bench stamp for a while now and it's actually the first time I'm using it.  The grass, flowers and banners are all CC Cutters dies.  Nothing says birthday to me like rhinestones, banners and balloons.  All papers are from Doodlebug including that 6.

Here is a close up.  The sentiment is from For My Gal.  It was perfect since it's a clear stamp and I could see where I was stamping it.

Next on the hop is Anita.  I am sure she has something amazing to share.

Be sure to stop by each blog and leave a comment cause up for grabs is a $25 gift certificate to All That Scraps!  Woohoo!  You have until Saturday, April 6th 12:01 AM CST to leave your comments.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy the hop!

Birthday card

So here's a birthday card I made for Farm Fresh Challenge Friday Spyday #15.

I used Fancy Anya, (thanks, Eva, I think you gave me this a long time ago...finally getting around to using it...).  The patterned heart/flower paper is from Doodlebug that I got from a local scrapbook store.  The rest is Paper Trey Ink.  Die cut and stamped the tickets, again from Papertrey Ink.  Embossed it with white embossing powder...it got a little messy.  I had inked the edges of the white cardstock with spun sugar distress ink, but I guess it's hard to see in the photo.  The heart is a My Favorite Things die with a Sizzlit #5.

Short post.  Gotta go clean the house now.  Bye!

A Cupcake Kind of Day

Hi!  Happy New Year!  I was just sitting around wondering what I should do when I realized I haven't blogged in a while.  This is a little birthday card featuring the Pure Innocence stamp called Hello Cupcake.  I am really starting to like this line of stamps too so I'm looking forward to the next release which is Tuesday!  And the Die-namic dies look so fun and cute too that I may just pick some up also.  I thought the paper which is from My Mind's Eye set the scene so nicely that I just used the whole 6 x 6 instead of cutting it.  So this card is rather large.

Because it is large I put an easel type backing so it can stand like a picture.  I like the banners at the top of the paper and I thought I should've bought the banner dies from PTI!  Oh well ...  The little number 2 is a sticker.

I added some Stickles on the cupcake.  (Thanks, Cheryl!).  I also sprayed on some Sparkle Shimmer Spritz onto the whole card.  Maybe the above pictures would show that better.  That really adds some shine!

Tomorrow is back to school for the kids so I think I will be going to bed early.  It's gonna be tough!

Thanks for reading and have a great week!