Assorted Fun Cards

I feels so badly I have been so busy with the holidays that I have not posted in such a long time. I have been busy card making however! Below are some of the cards - enjoy!

A small card, simple using the holiday embossing folder with a gold bell from Christmas Noel cart. I used some fun glitter paper and cut it 6 times and it still didn't want to detatch! Glad I got a deep cutter for Christmas! It will come in really handy when I go to cut glitter paper...

I just love those Cuddlekids animals. So I made a bunch the other day and created this simple baby card. The "for baby" stamp is from SU.

A friend of mine lost his mother so I mailed this card. In the obituary it talked about how "sweet" she was so I thought I would add that to the card as a reminder.

This is one of my first tries at these folded accordion pleat circles. They are easy to make, but getting them to stick was the biggest trick. It seemed everything I used the silly thing would pop back open! So finally I used some heavy duty glue, put a whole bunch on and set a heavy object on top for the night - that finally did the trick! The circle cut is from Wild Card Cart.

Here is the inside - I embossed and used the SU stamp and the Swiss Dots folder.

I just got this fun MS punch and wanted to show case it. The flowers in the inside are SU stamp I cut around and popped. The windows were a little tricky - had to get out my exact o knife, but it was worth the work. With the punches you have to cut a certain size for the corners to match, so this card is a 5x7 finished.

Here is the cute SU stamp in the inside.

Baby Shower Advice Book

A sweet baby shower advice book for two married doctors having their first baby girl! (Hence the "Use only as directed") These pictures were taken before I spiral bound it and added a bunch of ribbons to the binding. I really liked how it turned out.

Here's the back of the book.

Newest additon

If you've been wondering where I've been, he's here!  Our little guy arrived the end of December weighing a mere 8 pounds 10 ounces. He truly is a bundle of joy and we're so blessed to have him in our family.

It's taken some time to get back into life, especially since he came so close to Christmas.  But slowly I've been organizing. I've unburried my sewing machine and Cricut from beneath all my projects.  We're not sleeping through the night yet, but I'm anxious to be creative again!

Gift set

I have the sweetest neighbor.  She's so good to always have a gift for each of my children for the holidays. I've been wanting to do a little gift set of homemade cards for her for sometime now.  While I was preparing for my son's Kindergarten Christmas party, on a whim I decided to make some gift cards for his two teachers. While I was at it, I made some for my neighbor too.  They are pretty simple (I've been doing a lot of "simple" being 9 months pregnant.), but I think they turned out nicely.

Christmas: Cuttlebug embossing folders. Joys of the Season cart for the gift.

Birthday: I did two of these. So you will see two different fronts, but the inside was the same for both.

 

  

 

Baby: Cuttlebug embossing folders. New Arrivals for the buggie. I did one each of blue and pink for these.

 

 

It's a Boy!

Just a simple baby boy card. Gotta love those little eyes!

Baby Girl

I wanted to use the embossing strips and this card is a sample of both embossing and stamping. I saw a card like this on one of my favorite sites, www.cutathome.com and thought I would give it a try.

Oh Baby!

I made for my Sister-in-law. My brother and his wife just had their first baby about 2 weeks ago. This baby was a miracle and we are so very happy he is here. I sent her this card just before the baby was born.

The dress, hat and "baby" are cut out of a red cardstock that has a glimmer finish to it. I embossed the dress and hat and also the white shadow layer of the "B". There is bit of zig=zag around the "B" and I cut the purse and flowers out of red sparkle craft foam. The colors are non-traditional baby colors, but I know my sister-in-law likes these colors and they really are so classy/sassy together.

The prego lady is New Arrivals cart.  "baby" is Opposites Attract. The "B" is SCAL. 
The card has five slots where I inserted 2 tags in each. Each tag had a motherhood quote on it. You can see them sticking out with white or black yarn attached.


Here's the inside. I used Fabulous Finds for the red frame and a Cuttlebug die cut for the flowers.