Crafting Cabin

Hey all

Over the Labor day weekend my family shared a lake house cabin with some good friends of ours.  I brought all the crafting stuff my car could handle with the intentions of getting my daughters' birthday invitations done.  Well my girlfriend and I didn't get much crafting in due to a Twilight diversion.  Those movies are just so darn good and we had to get schooled up before the next one comes out.

On the last night after all the kiddos had gone to bed we finally broke out the supplies and decided to make some cards to give our kids on their first day of school.  Here is a picture of our messy set-up.

So I decided to make some cutsy cards for my girls instead of a back to school theme.  We don't have to go buy supplies yet so I thought they might not get a back-to-school theme.  The card I made Charlotte was based on her favorite dessert and the card for Corianne was based on her favorite animal.  The recipes follow the pictures.

Recipe:

• 6" x 6" cardstock
• Patterned paper is DCWV from The Sweet Stack
• Cupcake:  Once upon a Princess - cupcake3 at 3.75"
• Stamped Sentiment:  My Pink Stamper - Sweetest Cupcakes

Recipe:

•  6" x 6"
• Cat:  Create a Critter - cat2 at 3.5"
• I luv u:  Create a Critter - Koala Phrase at 1.5"
• Crown: Once Upon a Princess at 1"
• Stamped Sentiment: My Pink Stamper - Family & Friends

So those were the cards for my girls and I gave Charlotte's to her today.  She said she loved it very much.  The cards my girlfriend Angela made were also super cute.  I am hoping that she will do a guest post on her cards sometime soon, when her life has calmed a bit!!!  Did you do anything crafty for your kids back-to-school?  Drop me a comment to let me know.  I love new ideas!!

Blog Hop Fun

I just participated in My Pink Stamper's pinkalicious blog hop and it was so much fun.  The projects were 3D based on back to school.  It was really fun to see all the creative projects and gave me some really great ideas!!! 
I will be posting some projects of my own I made for my girls going back to school.  Not 3D though unless you consider using pot dots 3D :)

Anniversary Card

Hi everyone and Happy post Labor day.  I hope everyone had a really great weekend.  The project that I have for you today was done a while ago but I didn't want to post it until I actually delivered it.  This past weekend was my wedding anniversary.  My wonderful husband and I have been married for 7 years!!!!  The time just really flies by when you are having fun.  So I made my hubby a card to show him how much I loved him.  I really love the way the card came out and he really enjoyed it.

I don't really have a recipe for the card.  I think the heart was cut from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge and the sentiments were just random clearance bin stamp sets.  Hope you enjoy.

Thank You Card

Hi all
I had mentioned a while back that I had mad a thank you card for my sister in-law.  I can finally post it because I think that she has received it.  I didn't want to post it until she had received it because sometimes she does read my blog.  Anyway here it is...

The ribbon was the inspiration for the card colors.  I also got to use my new Cuttlebug that my wonderful husband got me for my birthday.  Hope you enjoy.

Card recipe:

• Flower 1 from Forever Young at 3.5"
• Flower embossing folder for the Cuttlebug
• My Pink Stamper - Everyday Life

Waiting for the Storm

Just sitting here waiting for the big hurricane that is coming.  I plan to do some scrap-booking tonight just in case we lose power tomorrow.  Don't want to loose a Cricut cut in the middle due to a power outage!!!  Anyhow all of those on the east coast stay safe.  This is my second hurricane in my lifetime.  The first was a cat 3 that cancelled my wedding.  Nothing like hunkering down with your parents the day after your makeshift wedding!!!!  But we all survived, and we were married in the end.  All the rain has made for a very blessed marriage.

Earthquake

We just experienced a 5.9 earthquake here.  It was crazy!!! 

Back to crafting

Hi all
I am finally back to crafting.  I have been working the last couple days on my blog design and am finally back to crafting.  I hope you like the changes to the blog, your comments would be greatly appreciated.  And now to the craft of the day:  I made two cards tonight, but will only be sharing one because the recipient of one of the cards reads my blog!!  So the card that I am sharing tonight is for my Mom and Dad.  They graciously took care of my two rambunctious girls for a weekend so that my husband and I could get away for the weekend.  We had a fabulous weekend and I wanted to send my parents a Thank You card to show our appreciation.  (We had also gotten my Mom a massage)!!!  Anyway here is the card and I hope you enjoy it.  The card recipe is after the picture. 

Card Recipe:

• Sand dollar square card cut from Life's a Beach at 5"
• Sand dollar and layers cur form Life's a Beach at 3"
• Stamp:  My Pink Stamper Family and Friend