Halloween Banner

Here is the Halloween banner that I finished up this past weekend. The battery in my camera finally charged and I was able to take some pictures this afternoon after work. I had a blast making it. Thelarger bats are some I picked up from Michael's. The witches hat was cut from the Mini Monsters at 3 1/4". The scallop for BOO was cut at 3 1/4" from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. The circle was cut at 2 3/4" from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge. The letters for the word BOO were cut at  2 3/4" from the Lyrical Letters Cartridge using the Jumbo creative feature. I then embossed them with some black embossing powder. The small bats are from the Wild Card cartridge and then glittered. I added some tulle behind the letters and used the Martha Stewart Spider Web border punch for the strip across the top of each pendant that was cut from Chipboard. The patterned paper is from the Recollections Paper pad that I bought last year. The trims along the top of the pendants are also from Michaels Recollections trim collection.

Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I made for my mom for her birthday this week. I used an oval shape from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge welded it to make the card. I then used the same shape, re-sized it twice to create the two layers. The cupcake is from the Sweet Treats. The main card is cut at 5 1/2" the layers were cut at 5 and 4 1/2". I added some lace around the outside edge of the first layer. The cupcake and its layers are cut at 3". The patterned paper is from the Best of K & Company paper pack. I embossed the top of the cupcake with the swirls Cuttlebug folder. I added some liquid applique and heated it to give the look of frosting and added a little cotton candy stickles and a purple glitter brad instead of the cherry on the cupcake. It was a lot of fun to make. Thanks for looking.

Thank You Basket

I carpool to work with two other co-workers. Recently my son has had to use my car so Korene has had do extra turns at driving. So as a thank you to her I made her this little Thank You Basket. I bought the basket at the dollar store (two baskets for $1). I also bought a small votive candle holder to put in the middle of the basket. I filled the basket and the candle holder with M & M's. I cut the flowers from the Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge. I used the Daisy flower and cut them at 2 1/2" along with their shadow. I used some paper I had on hand to cut the flowers and yellow and purple card stock to cut the shadows. I adhered the flowers to Pixie Stix that I got at the dollar store as well. I cut a tag at 3" using the Gypsy Wandering font. Thanks was cut from the Wild Card Cartridge at 2 3/4" using some scraps of paper I had on hand. I also lightly inked the edges of tag using some Rosebud Memento ink. The pink ribbon I used for the bow is also from the dollar store. I will be giving it to her tomorrow and I am sure she will love it. Thanks for looking.

Baby Shower Card

We are having a baby shower for a Co-worker next week and I was asked to make a card. Her layette set is Tall Tales by Carter so I used that for inspiration. Tall Tales is dark brown with circles of aqua, orange, and blue with a giraffe on it.  I used the giraffe from the Paisley cartridge. I cut two of the giraffes, one at 3" and a smaller one at 2". I used some pumpkin colored card stock for the 1st layer. The dotted paper is from Michael's. The chocolate brown is by Die Cuts With A View that I bought at Joann's and the cream colored card stock is just from my stash. The card is 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". I used cream colored card stock for the card,  and cream for the layers. I embossed the cream colored card stock with the Cuttlebug Bloom Dot A2 embossing folder. The word baby is cut from Gypsy Wanderings at 1 1/4". I used pop dots for the giraffe's and the word paper to give the card some added dimension. Thanks for looking.