IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to me! :D


So, instead of posting a project today, I'm going to take my birthday off and just post some artwork my kids have drawn.


My second oldest son, Corey, who just graduated drew this picture of Synyster Gates from the band Avenged Sevenfold:

And he drew this picture of his girlfriend. The picture is kind of blurry because we used a cell phone camera to take the picture:

My third oldest son, Tyler, drew this picture although he was just messing around. He's a pretty good artist also:

So, anyway, I'm getting older and I think somewhat wiser. LOL! Thanks for stopping by again. Hope you stop back soon.

Star Trek Birthday Card

Hello! Check me out, posting again so soon! :)


I was going through some cards/projects I made recently trying to decide what I should post about and decided I had to share this card. It's one of my favorites of all the cards that I have made. I try to make birthday cards every year for my co-workers. They seem to really appreciate the creativity and time I put into the cards even though they are all designers like me. :)


One of these co-workers/friends is really into Star Trek among other things and out of the blue, I thought up this Star Trek card. I asked one of my sons (I have very artistic kids) to draw a hand (I'm not so good at drawing) giving the Vulcan Salute (I looked that up). I also had him draw the Starfleet Communicator Badge (looked that up too). I cut out both the hand and the badge and colored them with my colored pencils.


I then put together a center step card and added the hand on an Action Wobble and the badge in the upper corner. I didn't have a stamp that went with the card, so I had my husband write a saying in his best block handwriting. There were many of us involved in the making of this card.  :)


I think it turned out pretty cool and I was very proud of my creation. Here is a picture.

Thanks for stopping by and leave me a comment if you wish. I'd love to hear from you. Stop back tomorrow if you can. Tomorrow is a special day for me. :)

My Busy Life

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today. I'm trying to get back to blogging more than once a month, so we'll see how I do. I've been making lots of projects lately, but finding time to upload them to my blog has been difficult.


A little bit of what I've been up to.... I've been going to my local Farmer's Market every Saturday from 7 am as soon as I get there until about noon unless it rains. I've been selling my cards, some hair bows and some microwavable heat packs made out of socks and some made out of flannel. It's been fun hanging out with my work friends who also have been selling different items at the Farmer's Market. I'll try to upload some pictures of what I've been selling at a later date.


My granddaughter turned 1 on April 13th and on May 11th, we threw her a birthday party. I think she had fun. Here is her birthday card I made. Her parents call her "monkey" and I was going with an animal print theme for her party. The monkey is actually on an Action Wobble so it looks like he's swinging.

Her cake was special ordered from Wal-Mart.

And here is the birthday girl. Just click on the picture to enlarge it to see the detail better.

I took a onesie and cut some purple material (with iron on adhesive on the back) out on my cricut in the shape of a one. I ironed it on, did some zig zag stitching around the edges and added some buttons in one corner. I also made ruffles and sewed them onto the back of the shorts and sewed on the ribbon that I had tied into a bow. I forgot to bring a bow for her hair. :(


Here is her birthday banner that I cut using my cricut.

And here is one of her gifts that she got from us. We love horses in our family. My youngest son and my mom both have horses, so we thought it would be fun to get her a rocking/bouncy horse and it makes noises too.

And then last but not least, I've been helping my kids finish up their last days of school before summer break. I still have three sons at home and they go to three different schools. My second oldest just graduated. Yay! Two down, two to go and one of those will be next year already.  :)


Here is my graduate:

Well, that is all I am going to share for today, but I will be starting to post my projects so check back often. Thanks for checking in with me today and I'd love for you to leave me a comment.  :)

It's A Wrap Birthday Blog Hop

The Thankful Thursday Design Team presents:

It's a Wrap Birthday Blog Hop

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to the It's a Wrap Birthday Blog Hop featuring the Thankful Thursday Design Team! Hopefully you just came from the super talented Michelle. If not, please head on over to see our hop hostess Jenny so you can start from the beginning. We don't want you to miss out on any super cool projects. :)

Here's the hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Jenny ~ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Kim- www.rickettscricuts.blogspot.com
Sharon ~ http://www.simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Candace ~ http://papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.com/
Bobbi Hickman ~ http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Michelle - http://scrappinwithmybug-scrappinwithmybug.blogspot.com/
Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Jamie ~ http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/
Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/
Tanya ~ http://www.scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/

For my project today, I took a cleaned out two liter pop bottle, removed the label, and cut a a little door in the area that I decided will be the back of the bottle. I cut the little door where the label was stuck to the bottle and I couldn't get all of the label off in that spot.

I then took some pretty pink napkins and crumpled a few of them up and stuffed them in the bottom of the bottle just to raise up the items a bit that I was putting in the bottle. I then put my items in the bottle through the little door. I added some Crystal Light water flavor packets and bags of candy to the inside of the bottle.

I then put some scotch tape over one part of the door just to hold it closed. I used all Bazzill paper in different colors. I used my Cricut with the Birthday Bash Cartridge to cut out the birthday cake and candle. 
 

I also used stickles on the birthday cake, candle and confetti and the stamp is from My Pink Stamper's new Birthday Doodles stamp set. I also added a bow to the top around the cap. I made this gift for a very special lady in my life and I hope she will like it. I hope you all like my project also. Here's a close up:

Now head on over to our special guest designer Jamie and see what wonderful creation she has to share with you today.

Thank you for joining us for our design team blog hop and stop back real soon!

Made For Mom Blog Hop

Thankful Thursday Design Team presents:

Made For Mom Blog Hop

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to the Made For Mom Blog Hop featuring the Thankful Thursday Design Team! Hopefully you just came from the super talented Arcy. If not, please head on over to see our hop hostess Jenny so you can start from the beginning. We don't want you to miss out on any awesome projects. :)

Here's the hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:
Jenny - http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Amber ~ http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/
(Guest Designer) Arcy ~ http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/
Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/  (you are here)
Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/  (go here next)
(Guest Designer) Madison ~ http://funkycards.blogspot.com/
Lola ~ http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/

Leah ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com
(Guest Designer) Lissa Marie ~ http://somanycrafts.com/
Leah Pagliaroli ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com

Today I made a card for my mom, Bonnie. She is totally my hero and I love her so much. I made a 4.25" square easel card. I used patterned paper from the DCWV Summer Dream Stack and the purple card base is Making Memories Smooth Grapevine. I used Stampin' Up Certainly Celery 5/8" ribbon , a prima flower, a Doodlebug Design Inc. sugar coated brad in bubblegum, and the stamps are from My Favorite Things Clearly Sentimental About Mothers.

Now head on over to the super talented Cheryl at http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/  and see what wonderful creation she has to share with you today.

Thank you for joining us for our design team blog hop and stop back real soon!

Designer's Choice Blog Hop

Thankful Thursday Design Team

Hi Everybody!


Welcome to the Designer's Choice Blog Hop featuring the Thankful Thursday Design Team! Hopefully you just came from the super talented Cheryl. If not, please head on over to see our hop hostess Jenny so you can start from the beginning. We don't want you to miss out on any awesome projects. :)

Here's the hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Sharon~ http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/
Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/
Amber ~ http://my3ekids.blogspot.com/
Bobbi ~ http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Leah ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com
Lola ~ http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/

I know I just did a t-shirt project for the last blog hop, but I came across this idea on Pinterest (which I just love by the way) where you use crayons to color a design on sandpaper and then turn the sandpaper over onto the shirt and run the iron over it. It turns out really cool! I decided to get a pack of metallic crayons which made the design come out shimmery on the t-shirt.

This is the picture my son drew on the sandpaper. There are some cars, a trailer, a volcano on the left, and in the middle is lightning coming from some clouds and hitting some water on the ground. He did a great job. :)

My son ironing over the sandpaper.

Here is how his design showed up on the t-shirt. With his design, it didn't really matter, but you do have to remember that the design will be reversed on the t-shirt so any words would have to be written in reverse.

Here are a couple of close ups of the design on his shirt.

After ironing on the design, you put some paper towels over the design and run the iron over it again and then you throw the shirt in your dryer for about 20 minutes to set the design. They also recommend washing the shirt by itself for the first time.

And below is a picture of the super happy boy wearing his newly designed shirt.

Now head on over to the super talented Amber at  http://my3ekids.blogspot.com/ and see what wonderful creation she has to share with you today.


Thank you for joining us for our design team blog hop and stop back real soon!

Thankful Thursday St. Patty's Blog Hop

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to St. Patty's Blog Hop featuring the Thankful Thursday Design Team! Hopefully you just came from the talented Cheryl over at http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/. If not, please head on over to see our hop hostess Jenny at http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ so you can start from the beginning. We don't want you to miss out on any awesome projects. :)

Here's the hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Jenny ~ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Sharon ~ http://www.simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
Heather ~ http://paper-junkie.blogspot.com/
Bobbi ~ http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Leah ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com
Lola ~ http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/
Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/
Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/

So, for this blog hop, I had originally planned on making a wreath, but I couldn't find a styrofoam wreath shape to start with in my town so I will have to pick one up next time I get to a JoAnn's or Michaels and I will still try to make one and post it later. Anyway, I had to come up with a different project. I decided to make a shirt for my 11 year old son to wear to school on St. Patrick's Day.

My husband has Irish background in his family so my kids love to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and make kind of a big deal out of it. I realized that I don't have a cricut cartridge with a shamrock on it so I printed one out from the internet and used it as a pattern to cut the shamrock out of my iron-on fabric. I then colored the shamrock with markers. I also typed out the word "Lucky" in a paint program, printed it out on paper and used the paper letters as a pattern to cut out the letters from the iron on fabric. I also colored the letters black.

I then ironed it onto the t-shirt I bought for my son. Here are the pictures I took.

After I finished it, he told me he wanted me to add "I'm Irish" to it. I guess we'll see if I can get that added to the bottom before he wears it to school. :)

Here is a close-up of the t-shirt......

I hope you like my project. :)

The prize for this blog hop is a $15 gift voucher to papercraftingworld.com.

Now head back over to Jenny's blog at http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ and at least leave a comment, but we'd also love to see you all come up with a project to link up also.

Thank you for joining us for our design team blog hop and stop back real soon!

Birthday Card ~ Stacy

Hello everyone!

I wanted to share a new style of card I made for a friend's birthday this month. I found this shadow box card on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/. I thought it was cool and I wanted to give it a try. I think it turned out pretty cute and Stacy seemed to really like it.

Don't pay any attention to my cat behind the card in the above picture. He wouldn't move out of the way while I took the pictures. :)

I just kept it simple yet feminine for her.

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by and stop back real soon. February 23rd is our next Thankful Thursday Design Team Blog Hop and I'm pretty sure it will be a blast. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! My husband and I had an overnight getaway just the two of us this last weekend to celebrate Valentine's Day. With four kids, we don't get away very often so it was really fun!

Anyway, I wanted to share with you some Valentine's Day projects that I made with the help of my 11 year old. First off are his Valentine's that we made for his class.

We got this idea from my Thankful Thursday Design Team buddy, Cheryl at Cards by CG. Thanks Cheryl for the great idea! My son had a lot of fun making these and his classmates thought they were pretty awesome.

Ben did a pretty good job making these. He was better at putting them together than I was. :)

Next, I made these cute little lip balm holders for Ben's female teachers. I think they turned out pretty cute. I love using the animal print paper. I think it's my favorite.

Here is a view from the side. You can see the tube of lip balm in this view.

This was the first year that my son was allowed to decorate his own Valentine's holder and then they were judged on them. I can't remember where I found this idea, but I saw it and just had to use this idea.

It's a kleenex box covered with my animal print paper, white card stock for the teeth and an egg carton for the eyes. I glued googly eyes to the egg carton pieces and then used my cricut to cut out his name for the back. Below is the back view.

My son has one male teacher and I didn't think he'd want a pink lip balm so I just put together a treat bag for him with Hershey's Hugs and Kisses and I made a topper for it. This is one side of the topper.

And here is the other side of the topper. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Not girly and suitable for a guy.

And lastly, here is the Valentine's Day card I made my husband. Also, not too girly. :)

Well, that is all I have to share with you today. I know that was a lot, but I was anxious to share all my Valentine's Projects with you now that everything has been passed out to the appropriate recipients. Thanks for stopping by and stop back real soon. Leave me a comment if you like.

Thankful Thursday Valentine's Blog Hop

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to The Valentine's Blog Hop featuring the Thankful Thursday Design Team! Hopefully you just came from the talented Cheryl over at http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/. If not, please head on over to see our hop hostess Jenny at http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ so you can start from the beginning :)

Here's the hop line-up in case you get lost along the way:

Jenny ~ http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Sharon ~ http://www.simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
Heather ~ http://paper-junkie.blogspot.com/
Bobbi Hickman ~ http://rockgirlcustomdesigns.blogspot.com/
Leah Pagliaroli ~ http://www.leahscarddesigns.com
Amber ~ http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Lola ~ http://purplepeepstechniques.blogspot.com/
Cheryl ~ http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/
Sandra ~ http://sweetpeascards.blogspot.com/

Here's my project I made for this hop. I made treat boxes for Valentine's Day. I made them the same way and then just decorated them in different ways. Here's how you make them:

I took an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of cardstock and scored it at 2", 5", 7" and 10" on the 11 inch side and at 1.25" and 7.25" on the 8.5 inch side. I then folded on all the score lines using my bone folder. See picture below.

I then cut off the whole top except for the one flap you see in the picture. For the bottom, I cut off the little tab on the lower right corner and cut slits along all the score lines at the bottom. See picture below.

For decorations on my white box, I stamped using My Pink Stamper's From The Heart stamp set. See picture below

I then added red tape along the small tab on the left side and one of the outer bottom flaps. See picture below.



I then closed up the box and pushed in the sides of the box a bit to get it to form the treat box shape. See picture below.

I punched the holes for the ribbon using my Crop-a-dile. I then filled the box with candy and added the ribbon to close up the box. See below picture.

Here is my treat box all closed up......

Then I made my second box and covered it with some fun patterned paper on all four sides. I used Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge to cut out the heart and I used My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments stamp set to stamp on the heart. I exchanged the ribbon this time for some My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Twine to close up the box with.

I hope you like my project. :)

The prize for this blog hop is the Space Party Cricut Cartridge.

All you have to do to be entered in the drawing for this cartridge is leave a comment on Jenny's blog at http://crazyaboutcricut.blogger.com/. Everyone who links up a project will get two additional entries for a total of three entries if you also leave a comment!

Now head back over to Jenny's blog at http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ and at least leave a comment, but we'd also love to see you all come up with a project to link up also.

Thank you for joining us for our design team blog hop and good luck!