an early start on Christmas cards!

From the time I first saw "A Quilted Christmas" introduced on cricut.com I knew that I had to have it. My mother beat me to it but I am the first to use it :) I am love the images on this cartridge but I have to say it is a pain in the butt to work with... oh well the beautiful cuts are so worth it!

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope
• Various card-stock colors
• Clear gem embellishments (snowflake middles)
•  Celebrate It 360 Blue Ribbon
• Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder (background)
• Cricut A Quilted Christmas (angel)

easel cards

Pinterest - aside from being full interesting finds, has not only brought me inspiration for card designs but recently I have been finding all kinds of different card styles. I recently tried my hand at what is called an easel card.

As it turns out, easel cards are quite easy to make. I have seen this style used for shape cards, off-set and front-facing (like what I have done below). I forgot to take step-by-step pictures but if you look around you can find instructions. Maybe next time I will do a tutorial.

What I used:

• mixed card-stock
• Clear gem embellishments (center of flowers behind butterfly)
• Cricut Elegant Edges cartridge (raised ledge to hold card open)
• Cricut Picturesque cartridge (butterfly)
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge (cupcake and cherry)
• Cuttlebug 5x7 Polka Dots Embossing Folder (behind cupcake)
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "Happy Birthday to you!"

baby showers and an engagement!

aside from the seemingly endless list of birthdays and anniversaries I have been working on some special cards for some special milestones happening all around. so I have today some baby shower cards (my mother and I each have one to attend) and an engagement card for my sister-in-law and her new fiance.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope 
• K&Company Baby Mat Pad (backdrops)
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge
• Scrappy Moms Simple Sentiments "Congrats on your new addition!" (on inside)
• Cuttlebug 5x7 Polka Dots Embossing Folder

 What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• DCVW Citrus Matstack (flowery backdrop)
• Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards for sentiment

birthday card for my dad

Today is my dad's birthday! Growing in a bilingual family April fool's was always poisson d'avril which translates to "april fish". This is what I came up with.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "Happy Birthday to you!"
• Scrappy Moms Amusing Animals "Fishing you a great day"
• Cuttlebug A2 Spots and Dots emboss folder

happy leap day!

A day like today only happens every four years... I think that should be celebrated with a paid day off!... too bad my employer doesn't feel the same way.

I have been seeing frog related things everywhere lately due to today being leap day. So what better day than today to show off the birthday card I made for my brother's frog-obsessed girlfriend.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• Recollections Card Stock (purple and light blue on front of card)
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge for frog, lily pad, sun and cloud
• Scrappy Moms Furry Friends "wishing you a HOPPY day"
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "Happy Birthday to you!"
• Cuttlebug Happy Birthday emboss folder