A Sympathy card

I feel like such a bad friend.  My best friend, since 4th grade, father passed away a couple of weeks ago and I just found out Sunday:(  So I went to my stash and found a sweet stamp set from My Pink Stamper to use and some old paper from CTMH.  But I did use Stampin' Up ink (have I mentioned that I really love their ink)  okay silly me I had a bit of a struggle to get that stinkin' ink pad opened.  I was making it waaaayyy too hard!

Sunday we went to Hilltop Inn in Spencer Indiana to celebrated birthdays with my hubby's family.  It was nice since we got to take my oldest baby, her hubby, baby bug; along with hubby and bug.  It was nice to get out and be with them.  Although my knees were killing me, icy hot and heating pad and ice when I got home so I could walk Monday!  In that area my chest doesn't hurt from my asthma.  (Off my rabbit trail)  I made this above heart puppet for baby bug because for some reason she just loved the monkey that I made for her last summer and then the pumpkin I made for her in October.  I made it from foam and cut two hearts with my explore, glued it together.  I used my Crop-A-Dile II and some brads that I had got from JoAnn's a few years ago.  I love the face, it is Peachy Keen face stamp, they are so adorable!

Thanks for looking!

Thanks for looking!

Cookie Challenge

Let's do a contest I will make and taste each recipe and the winner will receive one of my favorite Close to My Heart Stamp sets.  

I need a good recipe for dairy free cookies.  

I have a dairy allergy and am trying to update my baking files with dairy free recipes.  

A little Christmas ornament

I made these for my parents Christmas Tree, they like pictures to hang on their tree.  Each year I make a different type of ornament with Bug and Baby Bug.

I used my Cricut Explore and CTMH Art Philosophy at 4.24.  for the stocking.  I  ungrouped the pieces and inserted Baby Bug's name and this year and welded it to the piece.  Baby Bug glued on white cardstock  then glued to the base stocking (not a bad job for a two year old)  I cut out one then mirror image cute the stocking, redid the writing so it would be the correct way.  I then hand stitched the two stockings together and glued Baby Bug with Santa on the tag added some red ribbon.

While the Kids are gone

I am not just playing! :) 

Baby Bug is home with her Momma today, and Buggie is helping our Pastor move some stuff.

So I am home alone :(    I am NOT looking forward to Buggie graduating in 3 years, homeschooling for the past 6 years.  (Wow, it doesn't seem that long!) and Baby Bug going off to school.

I really enjoy having them both here!

 

Oh my, the pantry looks so nice now!

Bug and I was just talking about getting the pantry closet organized,

so I got this done today......but wait!

 

 

 

I found this in the closet, it doesn't fit in the Durango or car cup holder so I haven't been using it.  I went to Doodlebug in Jasper and got a Scrap-Ma-Bob Cup & Bag Clamp-On Holder and it fits perfectly!  Now I can have my water safe while I am working is my craftroom!  I cut this out using my Explore and DS.  This is on CTMH Artristry Cartridge!  It is the "8" key Shape (shift) for the Expression users, at 4.5".  I am so happy with how this turned out.

 

So enough of a break I am off to start working on getting our classroom better organized.



A pumpkin for my pumpkin

I made this for my little pumpkin today while she was at home with her daddy.  I miss her when she's not here.   Today was not a good day for my sinuses but I needed something to do since the little pumpkin wasn't here we got school done early.

I used my Explore (yeah, computer is working!)  from CTMH Artistry cartridge cut at 4.99"
She has played with her monkey so much I thought I would make something for fall. 
I hope she likes it.

Color My Heart Color Dare #130 - White Daisy & Silver - NO Black!

Color My Heart Color Dare #130 - White Daisy & Silver - NO Black!

 

 

 

 

White Daisy

Silver
(No Black!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a simple A2 card, I cute the bow from CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge pg 55 at 2 1/2 in CTMH Silver Glitter Paper (I had a CTMH White Daisybrad for the center).  The stamp set used was Typed Note(which will be April's Stamp of the Month) using CTMH Whisper Ink.

   I used my Explore to cut the glitter paper using the poster board setting and it worked perfectly.  I didn't like the glitter going all over so I sprayed it with some cheap hair spray after I assembled it.

Color Dare #129 - Cranberry, Hollyhock, Crystal Blue, Lagoon, Whisper, & White Daisy

Color Dare #129 - Cranberry, Hollyhock, Crystal Blue, Lagoon, Whisper, & White Daisy

 

I have decided to make 2015 the year I do a lot of scrapbooking.  I have over 30 years of pictures to get documented so I have my work cut out for me.

 

This is a picture of me and my daughter (who will be 30 this year).  Her daughter looks (and acts) just like she did.

 

I used CTMH Heartstrings Card WOTG.  The base is White Daisy, I used the Heartstrings B&T Duos™ Paper cut at 6x6 for my photo mat. (I used both sides)  The lower left is cut at 4x6 and random stamped the roses in Cranberry, Hollyhock, Crystal Blue, Lagoon and Whisper from the stamp set included in the kit.  The rosette was cut from CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge, page  55 I used the circle punch and clear button to hold it together.  On the top 4x6 I will do some journaling.

 

 

Color Dare #128 - Cranberry & Flaxen with Kraft, Black & White Daisy

Cranberry

Flaxen

Black

White

Kraft

 

 

 

This the card that I made.

 

I used CTMH Kraft Cardstock cut at 8X11 scored in half inked with CTMH Black Ink, then White Daisy cardstock inked with CTMH Cranberry Ink, I used the stamp set from Workshops on the Go Cardmaking Guide Heartstrings.

The heart is stamped in CTMH Flaxen Ink, the "straight to my heart" is stamped in

CTMH Cranberry Ink, the roses are stamped in CTMH Black Ink and I colored them with the old Cranberry Markers.  I used two black Stuck on You Puffies.

  This should make a nice Valentine's Day Card for my Hubby:)!

Color Dare #127.5

For this weeks color dare  The colors are:  Canary, Slate and White Daisy

 

 

 

 

 

I made my son-in-law this picture of his little girl (my precious grandbaby) for his birthday.

On CTMH White Daisy cardstock I stamped the arrows from CTMH Flight of the Arrows on a diagonal using CTMH Carary Ink and glued it on a wood picture from Joanns.  The Hugs frame is from CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, I unlocked the size so I could make it 4x6.  This was cut from CTMH Slate cardstock.  I used the negative hugs on the side and I had a tag from previous projects that I stamped "All Hugs Transferable" from CTMH Just the Ticket stamp set in CTMH Slate Ink. 

I used my Cricut Explore for this project, it is getting easier to use the more I am using it.  The easiest is still the Expression.

 

Heart2Heart CAS - Clean and simple challenge

What is Clean and Simple? To most it is minimalistic, little to no embellishments, less is more style.  That's my take on this challenge.  I made this card for my son-in-law.  I used CTMH retired Grey Flannel Card Stock and created a simple A2 card using CTMH Seaside Greetings stamp set stamped the image with Grey Flannel Ink.  Inside I used the "Birthday Wishes" and a cloud that is in the same stamp set.  Simple and easy! Gotta love it:)

Heart 2 Heart Color Challenge: Your Birthday

My birthday is in May so I am featuring Topiary.

 

I used Topiary card stock and I used CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge.  It is on page 25 "G" key scene and shift scene.  Both are cut at 7 inches.  I cut the "Happy Birthday" from Grey Flannel and also cut a 4"x6" for the inside to highlight the Happy Birthday more.  That was any easy card to make, having the right tools make all the difference.

 

Heart 2 Heart Tic Tac Toe Challenge

 

For this challenge  I made this card for my Father-in-law.  I used CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge, pg 52 "S" key Accent with shift (cut out at 5 1/2 inches), the circle is cut at 2 1/2 inches and also 3 1/2 inches for the inside.  I used CTMH Chocolate Ribbon, woodgrain washi tap, and Heat Embossed with CTMH Craft Heater "Grandpa" (Perfect fit-Dad stamp and Doodled Designs Flair around) using  Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder.

 

Heart 2 Heart first challenge of 2015

Heart 2 Heart's first challenge in 2015 is old is new.  I just purchased a black magnetic dry erase board (my craft studio is going to be black and pink) and I wanted some pretty magnets to hold notes, so after thinking over this challenge I decided to make my own.  I found CTMH Timeless charms that I had purchased a while back and attached them to a business card magnet with CTMH Liquid Glass ( I just cut the magnet to size), then I came across CTMH Badge Buttons (I love these) and decided to stamp my initial "D" from CTMH monogram stamp with CTMH Cotton Candy ink.

Color Dare #127 - Black and White, Indian Corn Blue & Silver

Color Dare #127 - Black and White, Indian Corn Blue & Silver

Black
White Daisy
Indian Corn Blue
Silver
 

 

For this Color Dare I am making another mini book for the other set of Grandparents (my Mom & Dad)

 

My Dad likes pigs and Mom likes roosters so I had to include them in their mini book.  I used

My Creations™ Kraft Mini Book, I cut Indian Corn Blue Cardstock at 7 1/4" x 4 1/2" inked the edges with White Daisy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, I used silver glitter cardstock and Cricut® Artbooking Collection for the filmstrip it was cut at 7 1/4" using my Cricut Explore (I didn't think I would really use that machine very much, boy was I wrong! )  Of course the "2015" was from the previous post.  I stamped the images in Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (sorry Grandma was a My Pink Stamper Stamp~ wanted to keep both the same size) Grandpa is from Perfect Fit—Dad, "Sending Love Your Way" and the Hearts come from Lifting Spirits, the pig and rooster come from Fancy Fair (Hurry Retiring Soon), the butterfly is retired from CTMH I used our previous markers in Indian Corn Blue to color it in, I also used Metallics Markers (Silver) for some highlights.



Happy 2015

January Stamp of the month.

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I am still working on my craft studio,  I can not believe how much has been going on for the past three months.  I even found some pictures that I forgot to put in some of our family's gift bag.  (being at the ER with my dad I can not imagine why I forgot.)

 

I am going to make something with January SOTM hopefully this week end.

 

Just checking in

Just a quick post, things have been crazy.  I am watching my precious granddaughter about 12 hours a day now so I haven't been on the computer.  I have had two teeth break off and had to get them fixed and then I ended up having to have a root canal.  Then my dad went to the hospital at 1:30 AM Christmas Eve morning and came home the day after Christmas at 4:00PM to no electricity (there was an accident in front of their house the day before and the electric pole had to be replaced) so I brought them to my house and they finally got to go home about 6 that night. 

So January 5th we will start our school back; now I need to figure out how to get everything in my schedule.  I think I will post on here about our homeschooling day too. (So look for a change in my blog name.)  We only have four short years left and then Jr. will be off to the working world.  He has been such a huge help with everything going on here.  We took off "formal" studies (instead of summer break we do winter break and it was a good thing this year)  He has done a lot of real life learning.  House work, cooking, cleaning, helping with a 16 month old and his grandparents.  But that is what we do, we do for others; it makes us happy!

I am planning to join a couple of blog hops so I can get back to my crafting, card making and hopefully I can start scrapbooking.  Only 30 years behind.  I haven't sent cards to my church family in a while either.

I am also going to share about my dairy-free living now.  So lots to be getting done, wish me luck!

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Birthday Card

A dear friend from church is having a birthday so I made this card for her.

Again I use Dotty for You retired paper pack.  I inked all edges with Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad ($5.95), the stamp Better with a Friend ($10.00 Hostess Stamp set only), I used our previous alcohol markers on this.  The Happy Birthday Bubble is from Cloud Nine Stamp Set (this was a National Paper Crafting Month stamp).



We started working on my Craft Studio again, I didn't realize how hard this change would be.  So the boys will have about 3/4 of our basement for our HO train layout.  But I do like it in the corner out of the traffic going to the layout. 

CTMH August SOTM

I made a "Thank You" card for my former Mother-in-law for a beautiful doily she made me when she came to my Granddaughter's First Birthday party we had for her at my house.

I used Close To My Heart's August Stamp of the Month What a Hoot (which you can get for only $5.00 with a purchase of $50.00), A True Thank You ($2.95), Lagoon Ink, ($5.95), I used the new ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ markers CTMH is carrying for my owl: BR116 Clay, B62 Marine Blue, BR99 Bronze, and R140 Light Orange, (each only $5.95).  I used Lagoon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad ($5.95) to ink the edges of my card.  I used the "Dotty for You" retired paper for my background.  I stamped the thank you on white card stock using Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection ($99.00  Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection includes: 1 – Cartridge (700 images: font, shapes, and 3-D items)
3 – My Acrylix™ D-size stamp sets
3 – 9" × 12" Dimensional Elements (3 sheets of different shapes))

Cricut Expression at Menards for $149.99

I just bought the Cricut Expression at Menards in Evansville, IN for only $149.99!!!!

Yes, I already have the E2 and Imagine (my E2 gets used daily).  I plan to get the Explorer also.  (I admit it, I have a problem)  Hey I am in the middle of redoing my craft space so I really did need a new machine. :)   I will have to post the Minnie Mouse cuts that I am going to use for my Granddaughter's birthday.