Mahalo Thank You Card

Well, hello there! I figured I'd better post something new before a whole year went by. I haven't been paper crafting much at all since the arrival of my son last July. For updates on him, affectionately referred to as our little blueberry in blogland, check out my baby blog.

This is the last of the thank you cards I made for baby gifts last year. I honestly don't remember where I found the palm tree image, but I know there are palm trees on Pack Your Bags, Life is a Beach, Doodlecharms and more. The onesie is the stock on from CCR and the sentiment is from a Scrappy Moms' set called Sun-Kissed.

I'm planning on posting all of the cards I have pictures of as sadly there's not many. I've started crocheting again and tackled a few rudimentary sewing projects, so if I get really ambitious I'll work on getting posts of those projects posted soon. Here's hopping!

Baby Thank You Clothesline Card

Here's another baby-themed thank you card. There's something about onesies--you can never have enough whether they be actual baby clothes or crafts which feature them. Oh, I also made one for baby's wall, which I'll show as soon as I affix it.

Anyway, inspired by the card feature from the Welcome Baby image on Life's a Party, I used the negative cuts to make this card, strung a clothesline out of twine, and cut clothespins from Straight from the Nest. Cardstock is PaperTrey Ink and assorted bits from my stash. The sentiment is cut using the Cricut Alphabet cartridge which came with my E2. The simple scallop edger is from Stampin Up!



Have a great week!

You're a Hoot!

I've been hard at work decorating the baby's room, making dozens of birth announcements, and thank you cards. In between, I've made a couple of anytime cards like these. Carolanne at Logan's Crafty Logan's Crafty Momma jumped the Cricut ship and purchased a Silhouette Cameo. As a result, she sold all of her cartridges. I couldn't resist so I bought Hoot and Holler and Life's a Beach.

Today's card features Hoot and Holler and My Pink Stamper's Punnylicious stamp set. Ribbon and cardstock are from Joann's.

Monkey Thank You Card

Well at 2 am before my trip to Hawaii last week, it occurred to me that I would likely need some thank you notes for my office folks who would assuredly do something for baby. (Sure enough, they threw me a fantastic shower and it was a blast!) Since I hoped to get a little sleep, I turned to my trusty Create a Critter cartridge and whipped up this super simple card.



The stamp is from the Inkadinkadoo "Thanks" set that I've been using, cardstock from my stash, and Tim Holtz distress ink in walnut. Here's another look:

Best Fishes

I needed a birthday card for an older adult man. He doesn't golf or like one sport particularly over another so the cliche images are out. Thus, I turned to trusty Create a Critter. Though I'm not entirely happy with the color of the bowl, I'm generally pleased with how this card turned out. It's larger at 5 x 7", which allowed for a larger goldfish.







Materials
Papertrey Ink cardstock
Create a Critter
My Pink Stamper "More Punnylicious"
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
EK Success Punch
Misc ribbon

Giraffe Thank You Card

Here's another thank you card I made for my baby shower. After the froggy card, I think this one is my favorite. I used the B is for Boy Cricut cartridge and a baby border embossing folder by Darice. The main reason there are three different variations of this card is because I had trouble using the embossing folder on any other size than a 4 x 5.5"--the border didn't really seem to be designed to be embossed on a smaller scale or partial layer, though I tried. The stamps are from the Inkadinkadoo "Thanks" set that I've been using so often and the ribbon and paper are from my stash.

Elmo Birthday Card

Last year, I made my husband an Oscar the Grouch card for his birthday since he mentioned that was his favorite character as a child. When this year rolled around, I had just received Elmo & Friends Holiday cartridge and couldn't wait to try it out. I've always rather partial to Elmo, although this cartridge has some really cute Cookie Monster and Big Bird images, as well.

This is actually a Valentine's Day image, but I decided to stamp Happy Birthday on the tag. My husband made a bit of fun of the card saying that it looks like a potty. Oh well, I like it, particularly Elmo's mischievous expression. That's what counts, right? One thing about this cartridge is that certain images, though this one isn't too bad, suffer from the same major flaw as the other licensed character cartridges--too many small pieces or unnecessary outlining. If you use tweezers and have a little patience, you should be okay but otherwise it may drive you crazy.

Most of the supplies are miscellaneous from my stash. The interior stamp is from an Stampin Up stamp collection and the interior is a partial stamp using a masking technique from My Pink Stamper's Even More Punny-licious set.

Here's the card: