My very first onsie card

My very special friend Denise welcomed her 1st grandson Julian and I wanted to make something nice for her. I've been seeing a lot of the onesies all over the place, but never got to try to make one. So now I finally got a chance to try it out...

I was surprised about how easy it was (just use different circle paper punches) - love it!!!
Here is the side view. I added some stickles (but once again, it's hard to see it)

I already gave it to her and she really liked it. And I enjoyed making it.

Thank you soooo much for your visit!! And thank you for letting me share my stuff with you!

Simple birthday card

My today's card was made for a coworker. Very-very simple. I actually got the idea from Cuttlebug challenge blog. The letters were cut using CB alphabet and of course embossed with...cuttlebug :) Since the card was so simple, I used shimmering cardstock and then just added some stickles to the embossed candle flame. And that's it... here is the inside of the card:

I used the same stamp on both, inside of the card and then on the envelope to create a "unified" feel :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Layering and embossing...

Ok, I always wanted to try this technique where the swirls go on to another layer with a sentiment. So when I had to make a card for another co-worker's birthday - I figured I'd give it a try... So here goes:

Please click on the image to enlarge to see the beautiful birdies and whole lot of sparkle :)
And here is a side view of the card...

I'm going to use this card for following challenges:

Crazy4Challenges - to use bling! Oh yeah, check out my stickles :)

CrazyChallenge - not to use any ribbon or buttons

Scrap and Stamp Saturday - to use embossing

Crazy 4 Challenges - to use bling

Thank you for stopping by today. I really appreciate you visiting with me!
Hugs!

Wild birthday...

Hello and thank you or stopping by for a visit. My today's card was made for one of my coworkers. She LOVES animal print, so I just had to use it on her card. Just animal print seemed...boring... so I added a touch of red:Here is the close up... I really liked the flower at first, but then wasn't too happy about the way it turned out. I was going to add another one, but it seemed too much... tried the larger flower - that didn't work either, so I left this one...

I will use this card for a Cuttlebug Challenge - to use a Cuttlebug (I used my cuttlebug for the spellbinders dies) and have 2 layers on the card.
Thank you for visiting with me today!

summery card

oh my, time is just flying by so very fast... the summer is almost over :(
Today I have a bright summery card that I made for several challenges and going to give it to my friend for her birthday...


This card is for following challenges:
Delightful Inspiration - to use "Fishin' Around" image
Double Delight - to use ribbon, string or twine
Sketch Saturday - to use a sketch


Thank you SO much for stopping by today!

A bear? A cupcake? A cupcake bear :)

My today's card is for StretchNBubbles challenge. I received this sweet cupcake bear after playing with the challenge last week. If you missed it, you can still pick it up at the SNB store.
Here is my closeup on the sparkle on my cupcake bear...

Hope you guys are staying cool and well hydrated. It's been 110-115F here, so it's been nice to stay around the air conditioner :) Thank you SO much for stopping by! I greatly appreciate all of your comments! Have a wonderful day!!!

Sassy Birthday card and trying out for a DT

Hope you guys are having a great week. Mine has been super busy and unfortunately that's why I didn't get to stamp or visit your blogs. But today I made sure to take some time to create this card...
As I have mentioned before I absolutely love-love-love Sassy Studio Design images, and now they have a DT call. OMG, I was so excited and just had to give it a shot. I'm sure they'll get so many applications from many super talented people, but you never know until you try... right? So here is my card... I used my new Cuttlebug folder (it is from Asian collection). It's kind of hard to see, but the rhinestones I used around my image are light pink. I also used liquid glaze for her eyes.

Well, I'm totally keeping my fingers crossed :) Please keep yours crossed for me too!

Thank you for stopping by! Have an awesome week!!!!

hummmm.....

Heeeeeellllooooooo!!!
I know, I've been away for so long - I'm so sorry. This month has been so crazy for me and I can't hardly get any time to craft or get on my laptop to browse your beautiful creations. But I promise, I will make some time to visit your blogs and see what you girls have been working on.

This whole week I only made one card and here it is. I made it for another coworker for her birthday... For those who watched Sienfeld - you will understand the reference to "Serenity now" :)

I noticed that I hardly use buttons on my cards, so I had to work the buttons into the mix.

I also used Stickles around Happy Birthday and on her shirt.

Hope you guys and your families have a Wonderful Memeorial Day weekend!!!

Another Birthday card

Hello my dear bloggy friends!!! Hope everything is going well with you!

I've been away from my PC for some time (have so many things going on right now), but I wanted to make sure I make at least one card for my co worker's birthday. So here it is: I made it using a stamp from Designed2Delight for their challenge and 2Sketches4You

Well, gotta run :) Hope things are well in your side of the world!!!! Thank you so much for stopping by!

I'm so behind on everything...

I truly feel that I'm so behind on everything and totally hate it... Though I'm glad I was able to find some time to craft a little bit today... I made this card for Delightful Inspiration challenge. The awesome part of this challenge is the fact that you get a free digital stamp for the 1st week and if you participate in the challenge - you'll receive another free digital stamp (and so on). How cool is that??? :)
I used double sided textured pink card stock from Michaels (they had sale 5 for $1) and little touch of yellow...
I used stickles for the flower centers, but it's really hard to see it

Hope you guys are enjoying your week! I sure am and the best part of it all is the fact that tomorrow is Friday!!! YEAH! :)

Birthday card for a neighbor girl

My MIL asked me to make a card for a neighbor's daughter for her birthday. She told me that this girl's favorite colors are orange and pink ... and she is a girly-girl. So I figured I would make a card with a 3D dress.
So I made a skirt using tulle the same way you would making a real tutu. I used orange and pink (though it's harder to see pink on this picture). Then I cut out a tank top, added glitter and attached them together... For the background I used Sizzix embossing folder. I always wanted to try sizzix embossing folders (because of the designs they have that are different from Cuttlebug), but I only have a cuttlebug and didn't want to spend money on another machine. I searched everywhere, but could not find any information online to see if I could use the Sizzix embossing folders in a Cuttlebug. Anyway, I decided to just take a chance and buy them....
Well, the bottom line - yes, you can use Sizzix embossing folders in your Cuttlebug machine, but you have to use a much-much thicker card stock (other wise it will rip).
Have you girls used Sizzix folders? Would love to hear what you have to say!

testing new cuttlebug folder

yeah, I finally got this new Cuttlebug folder (I try to buy mine for under $3.50, so I was waiting for it to be available at Hobby Lobby and use a coupon). Now that I have it - I got a chance to play with it. I thought it would be perfect for a birthday card, so I made two...

This one has a sentiment layered on red and put in the middle of the embossed image... The second one I has a sentiment layered on dimentionals It's really dark burgundy (though it looks black on this picture)

and then I traced some of the swirls with Stickles.

Ok, off I go to enjoy the rest of the weekend! Hope you enjoy yours too!

Happy Bird-day!

I made this card for a birthday using a stamp from Design2Delight store. I used cuttlebug folder for embossed background and "Happy Bird-day" sentimentAnd here is a look inside... I used cuttlebug for it as well

Thank you for dropping by!

Happy President's day!

It's been snowing here a whole day (well, not too hard, but nice snowflakes were falling down) - and it looked so very, but so bright (I even had to close the blinds on my office window) :) Overall a great day and I even got to craft a little bit after work.
I made this card for Delightful Inspiration challenge using these beautiful digital images...

It's really hard to see on the picture, but I used gold glitter for the candle light and bees. I also used 3D paint for icing...

I glued flowers under and all around the sentiment, and then used dimentionals. Add glittah and rhinestones (gotta have those sparkles) and done! I'm not super happy with the size of my sentiment (it turned out bigger than I planned)...well, I'll know better for next time!

Enjoy your week!!!

Birthday card

Good evening! I hope you all had a great Monday and a wonderful start to your week! My goodness, it's February! WOW, time just flies so fast :)
Today I have a simple birthday card that I made for my mother-in-law (she's going to send it to her sister Patty) I used small CB folders and blue rhinestones for the centers. I also embossed two lines on top and bottom of the CB embossed image to give it a more "finished" look. The card is layered with blue card stock and it had a lot of blue, so I decided to add a hot pink ribbon :)
I also found a nice sister's birthday poem for her and put in inside of the card...
I really hope she likes it. Thank you for stopping and happy crafting!!

Greeting farm challenge day 3

Today's card is for the Greeting Farm Challenge using this sweet little Toby cub - isn't he just the cutest??
I made a little boy into a little girl (for some reason I'm going for pink this week...hmm) and made it into a birthday card for a little girl's 1st birthday.
I used my new CB baby folder and cut "Birthday blessings" using cricut. For sparkle I used glittered ribbon and stickles for the sentiment and around the diaper band :) I didn't have 1st birthday charm, so I ended up using a little flower, but it's still cute and girly.
Hope you guys like her :)
Enjoy your day!!!!

Another Birthday card

Happy Wednesday!
Today I have another Birthday card. This time it's for my father-in-law, so I tried to stay away from sparkles, glitter and everything girly :) And for this card I used MojoMonday's sketch 122
I flipped it though and here is my card...

I used sweet little Edward from Greeting Farm and two different CB folders. Unfortunately the picture does not show my chalk coloring in light blue and light green on top of the textures card stock, but you can see it a little better on this picture

I also will use it for Simon Says Stamp challenge (for their punch it challenge).

I hope he'll like it. I sure enjoyed playing with it :)
See ya guys tomorrow!!!

Another birthday card

oh yeah...I have another Birthday card today. I decided to make as many birthday cards as I can, so I always have some on hand instead of trying to rush last minute...
So here is another Birthday card, though this one I made for my husband's great aunt.

For the background I used Cuttlebug folder with green ink, but then I touched the embossed card stock with purple ink.
This is my first time cutting letters with my cricut (this is using Winter wonderland cartridge), I loved the details it cuts. Then I touched it with stickles for spaaaarkle :)

Have you girls ever used Rubber Romance stamps? I think they are super sassy! But I wish they would have them in digi stamps :)

Since it's a Birthday card, I'm going to use it for Crazy 4 Challenges (they have Birthday challenge this week). Hope you guys are enjoying your week. It's getting warmer here. Today it was 50! WOW! :) And tomorrow is Friday, so I'm super excited! :)

See ya!

Very simple birthday card

Happy Monday!

Sorry for being MIA over the weekend. I was working on a project for my friend (I hope to be able to share it with you soon). Her grand baby will be turning 1 in February and they will be having a party, so she asked me to make invitations for her and the theme is "Princess party" :) So I made 3 different prototypes for her to choose from. I'm waiting to hear back and then I'll be working on the actual invites. So I'll share those with you soon.

But for now I have a very simple Birthday card I'm going to use for one of my co-workers. I kept it black and white and pretty simple...

I've never made a window card before, so it was pretty cool to try it out :) I just love my cuttlebug folders. And I added a little sparkle with stickles.

Thank you for stopping by and thank you girls for your sweet comments, you made my day. And my weekend was great!!! THANK YOU!

Have a good week.

Twilight Tuesday birthday card

For today's card I used following sketch from Twilight Tuesday challenge. I needed to make a birthday card for one of my co-workers who is crazy for purple (so the color choice was easy). And here is my card:

I used one cuttlebug folder and cut it up in small pieces. Layered them on purple card stock (used two different shades).
I used different purple and gray markers to color the bird and then layered it on scalloped oval cut out of textured vellum (I thought it would be better for such a busy card since it's more transparent)

And for the sign I used the same cuttlebug folder, but I flipped it on the other side. I could not decide what do do around the sign, and then thought of bows :) So I ran one piece of ribbon under the sign and the other inside of the card. This way I got two ends of ribbon on each side of the sign, and then tied them together

Unfortunately my purples never come out as nice on my pictures (it's either my lighting or my flash... I'll work on it).

Thank you for stopping by! Yeah, only two more work days this week :)