Scraps Card #23 Deer Man Card

I find it so hard to make male cards that are not for children!  I think a lot of crafters have this problem.  A friend of mine let me borrow this Stampin' Up set and I wanted to make a birthday card with the large buck but make it very bland.
My inspiration for the design came from Tuesday Morning Sketches #138.  My card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  The mat is from my scraps collection and measures 5 1/4" x 4" and the dark wood-like strip measures 4" x 2".
For the ovals, I used my Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge and cut a 3" and 3 1/2" oval from my scraps.  I inked the edges with my brown Studio G ink.
The image is from a retired Stampin' Up set and I stamped it using Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I didn't shade it in as I liked the "old" and worn out look with the black against the inked edges.  I used some twine and brown rustic buttons to finish off the design.
I entered this card in the following challenges...
Cards for Men#7: The Great Outdoors
Totally Stampalicious:  Card with Animal
Karen's Doodle:  Card for a Man
Cute Card Thursday #209:  Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas:  Buttons
Crafty Calendar Challenge:  Spring Cleaning
Hiding in My Craft Room:  #39 Use Hideous Paper
Opus Gluei: Animals on Card

Embossing Blog Hop

Join me and many other talented crafters for the Carson's Creations Embossing Blog Hop on March 31st, 2012.  I will be showing 2 cards and also giving away some blog candy!!!

Scraps Card #22 Wishing You an EGG-cellent Easter

Although it's a few weeks away, I wanted to start my Easter cards early.  EVERYTHING for these cards have been from my scrap pile except for the card base.
The card base is from a pale pink cardstock and is cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  The first mat is cut at 5 1/4" x 4", mat 2 is a light pink scrap that I had and is cut from 5" x 3 3/4" and the top mat is cut at 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" and is a scrap of patterned paper that had little pink flowers on it (perfect for Easter).
The grass was cut at 1" from a scrap of green card stock and is from the Paper Doll Dress Up p. 78 and is found on tab shift.
The chick is from the Simply Charmed cartridge and is found on p.35.  I cut the chick at 2 1/2" using layer 1, 2, 3, 4 all using shift and then of course chick shift.  The base was cut from black scraps, layer 1 from ryellow, 2 is cut using a scrap of dark pink scrap, layer 3 orange scraps and layer 4 a scrap of pink polka dots! I popped him up on some foam tape. I didn't like the eyes so I chose to use a medium size googly eye that I got at the Dollar Store.
I printed the sentiment from my computer and the inside says "May your Easter be as bright as the eggs in your basket.
To finish it off I added 4 hot pink buttons.
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Shopping Our Stash Challenge #44:  Buttons and/or bows
The Cuttlebug Spot:  Child's Card
My Sheri Crafts: Easter Card with Pastels
BBTB-Bunny or Chick
All Sorts Challenge:  Three in a Row
Celebrate the Occasion:  Challenge #55 Welcome Spring
Crafty Calendar:  Spring Clean (Use scraps)

Scraps Card #21 A Child's Year various

I got an amazing deal the other day on Kijiji, 3 cartridges for $30.00!  The cartridges I got were A Child's Year, Stretch Your Imagination and Paper Doll Dress Up.  Talk about your huge deal!!!!!
I love the images in  A Child's Year cartridge.  An image for everything and so simple to use.  So I knew for my next scraps card I wanted to make a birthday card using this cartridge.
For my inspiration on the birthday card with the fairy, I used a little inspiration from Mary at Cardz TV.  She has such beautiful stamp sets, cards and is a huge inspiration for the new card maker to the more seasoned.
For the card base, I used white cardstock cut lengthwise at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  The mat is a purple-pink color and was cut from my scraps at 5 1/4" x 4".  The patterned paper is from my stash of scraps as well and is cut at 5" x 3 3/4".
I used my Lacey Labels cartridge to cut a frame and used the "Hugs" image using shift and normal feature at 4".  Using A Child's Year, I cut the tooth fairy image on p. 77 at 3" from black cardstock.  I used foam tape to add dimension to her.  The sentiment is from All Occasion's from Stampin' Up and was stamped using Memento Black Ink.  The inside sentiment is also from Stampin' Up and is from the Birthday Greetings set.  I also added some bling to the card and also on the fairy's wand.

For the Just a Note Card, I used white cardstock cut at a normal A2 size card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  The mat is a blue-grey color and was cut from my scraps at 5 1/4" x 4". The patterned paper is from my stash of scraps as well and is cut at 5" x 3 3/4".  I also used Lacey Labels Hugs Image but cut it at 4 1/4".  The image of the boy fishing is from A Child's Year and is the Outdoors boy found on p. 38 of the manual.  I cut him at 2 1/4" and added some Glossy Accents to the water to give it a shine.
The sentiment is from a new set I got at Michael's and is by Hero Art Clear Stamps.  The set is called Everyday Sayings and was also stamped using Memento Black Ink.
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Sentimental Sundays #93:  Go Green or use Recycled Material
My Craft Spot #47:  Manly Man Cards
She's a Sassy Lady:  Any Project
Creative Cutter Room: Use Scraps

Saint Patrick's Day Card

I love celebrating my Irish heritage.  I love the songs, the stories, poetry, and of course the beautiful history and picturesque but magical place it is.  This week, there was so many challenges on Saint Patrick's Day cards so it was hard not to be part of it!
I got my inspiration from the sketch this week at the Cards for Men Challenges.
Here's what I came up with.  My card base is 5" x 6 1/2" from white cardstock.  The dark green mat was cut at 4 3/4" x 6 1/4".  The green patterned paper mat measures 4 1/2" x 6" and is called Green Faux Canvas by Recollections. The shamrock patterned paper mat is also by  Recollections and was cut at 5 1/8" x 2".
The sentiment is the Irish Blessing poem by Audrey Jeanne Roberts and I printed it out from my computer. The white sentiment mat is 3 1/4" x 5" and I used the same dark green paper as before for a back mat measuring 3 1/2" x 5 1/4".
The shamrocks were cut using Cricut Craft Room and was cut using three hearts from the Craft Room Exclusive, and welded together.  For the shamrock stem, I used a "J" from the Craft Room Exclusive and elongated slightly to what I wanted.  The green that I used for them comes from Recollections and is a sheet of .99 cent cardstock that looked like a metallic bronzed green.  Hard to see by very shimmery and perfect for this card.
I added 3 pearl bling to give it a final look.
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Cards for Men: Challenge 5 Sketch
Paper Sundaes Challenge #110:  Green or Good Luck!
Sentimental Sunday's: Words of Encouragement
Bitten by the Bug 2:  Shamrock
Fantabulous Cricut #101:  Shamrocks
Krafty Girls #2:  Feeling Lucky
Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tuesday:  St. Patrick's Day
Paper Crafty Star #87:  St. Patrick's Day
Whimsical Wednesday: Going Green
Creative Cutter Room:  St. Patrick's Card

Scraps Card #20 Baby Card

Did you think I disappeared?  The pregnancy is slowly going and I've lost weight instead of gaining.  But I finally had some energy tonight to make a new card for my scraps series!  11 to go....slowly their going but my pile of scraps is getting smaller and smaller!
For this card I got some inspiration from Momo.  If you haven't checked out Made by Momo you really should. She has some very simple but gorgeous cards!  I love her work.
I chose a baby theme as a friend of mine is having a C-section on Friday and I needed to make her a card, plus 7 of my co-workers/people I know are expecting.  Must be a small baby bomb.
The card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" the long way and is the baby blue from the Trucks & Trains cardstock by Recollections.  The mat is cut from brown cardstock scraps and is cut at 5 1/4" x 4" and the patterned paper is also cut from my stash of scraps and is cut at 5" x 3 3/4".  I only had enough to make this size of patterned paper mat so the other mat is 2 1/4" x 4".  I also used a baby blue strip of ribbon on this card.
The giraffe is cut from the Create a Critter cartridge (my favorite cartridge) on p. 48 and is cut at 4 1/2".  I used the giraffe in brown, layer 1 in a dark yellow and layer 2 in an ecru.
On one card I used hemp string that I got in a pack at Walmart.  I paid about $3 for the whole pack and there is enough there to do many cards.  The other card, I used a baby blue ribbon.
The sentiment on the outside and inside are stamped using Chocolate Chip Stampin' Up ink and both sentiments come from the Occasional Quotes Stampin' Up set.
I added some baby blue and brown buttons to give those "empty" spaces a boost.

Scraps card #19: Spiderman Happy Birthday

This Saturday will be my little boy's 4th birthday party.  It's hard to believe that Denver, who is my oldest will be 4 years old.  Time is flying by and seems to be going by quicker every year.  He starts Kindergarten next year and already can't wait to start school. 
This year he wanted to have a Spiderman birthday party.  It is really hard finding Spiderman party supplies, especially birthday invites (which I usually make).  Cricut does not to my knowledge have a cartridge with Spiderman on it so this is what we both came up with.  Instead of finding a computer image we used Spiderman tatoo's!!!! I know, cheap cheap cheap.  I made 3 cards and I still have enough for a banner and thank you cards.  There were 16 image on the tatoo sheet that we got at our local dollar tree.  And of course, everything was made from my scraps.
Here's what we came up with....
Denver and I used the cricut Wild Card cartridge. We wanted to make some funky envelopes and I had this older piece of scrap paper that had a comic strip background.....talk about perfect!
We used the Tweety card on p. 47 and also the Stitched Card on p. 35 and cut them both at 5".  I used the blackout feature on the envelopes as I didn't want the bird or the stitching to show.  We put the tatoo on the window of both cards just by using a paper towel and dipping it into a little water so it wouldn't bleed or run onto the cardstock.  For the frames I used scrap pieces of white & black carstock.  The cards were both cut from red cardstock and then we used a blue liner.  As mentioned, the scrap piece of paper was used for the liners of the envelopes and I had almost enough but since the envelope is deeper, you can't see the 1" or so that was cut off.
I added a red piece of ribbon that I had lying around and stamped "It's a Party" using my memento Tuxedo black ink.  On the inside of the card we had the birthday invite that I printed off on the computer and trimmed it to go inside the card.  This also really shows the spiderman image!
For the tweety card, I also added a spiderweb (also from Wildcard cartridge) on pg. 68 and is the frame.  Denver and I sprayed it with my homemade white pearl glimmer mist to give it that beautiful web shine! 
Hope you liked our inexpensive birthday invites and it gives you some inspiration!
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Use it Tuesday #25-Birthday Party
Cooking with the Cricut-Birthday Theme
Paper Sundaes #108: Birthdays
Sentimental Sundays:  Let's Get sentimental