French Country - Graphic 45 Cards

For all of these cards I used the French Country collection of papers and stickers.  Some how I ended up with several sheets of these stickers.  Because I ended up with more than one sheet, I was trying to use up a whole sheet of the stickers. 

 This card I used My Explore to make the flowers and the leaves.  I love this flower!

 Bits and bobs added to increase the interest.

                            
I used My Explore again to cut out the mats for the stickers.  The butterflies are a Stampin' Up die that I have used a lot.  I recently lost this little gem and that is very sad!

This is a stamp from Stampendous.  I just love it!  I colored it with my Copics and then added Prills to the centre of it.  The butterfly is from Cricut and the bow is a Cuttlebug bow.  By using the Black Magic card stock, I was able to have a nice vintage looks with a simple bit of sanding!

This final one, I again used my Explore to make the rooster.  He is a perfect fit for this paper!

I have been continually going through my stash to see what I can get rid of and what I can re-purpose.  Always a good challenge!

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Mom

I used Mother's Day Boutique cartridge for all of the flowers - a flat one and a rolled one and put them together.  I inked the edges and added glimmer mist.  I added some little white flowers and added pearls to the centers to make it look more like a bouquet and add interest .   I cut out the scalloped border at the bottom from MS Elegant Cakes (welded with my Gypsy of course!).  The different leaves are from Cricut Essentials . I should say that I "think" they are because these were in my stash and I have also used the centers of leaves for them as well from another cart.)  I used a little black paint to add to the splashed look of paint in the picture.  7Gypsies ribbon tape and Tim Holtz paper tape.  I went to add something to the bottom, but I found it was too distracting and took away from the focal picture.  The frames in the upper right corner of the picture are from Glitz.   A few extra buttons, a saying from my stash and voila!  I am done! 

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Thank You Boxes

It has been 20 days since my last post!  Wow!  I have been very busy, more so than I realized!  Here are a couple of boxes I made for my mom and mother-in-law to say, "thank you" for watching my daughter.  I still need to make the cards, but the boxes turned out pretty cute.  I painted each box and then sprayed with a matte finish to seal them.

This first one I used Forever Young for the shoes.  I embossed them with several layers to give them the shine like patent leather.  I then added some Petaloo flowers to the shoes and also layered some Prima flowers for the center flower embellishment.  I added some bling to add a touch of flair then voila it was done!

 
This one I used Storybook for the font and Mother's Day Bouquet for the flowers.  I curled the flowers up instead of down and also alternated the white and pattern side for the spike portions.  I took a large wood button painted it purple and then added some glitter to it for the flower center.  Bling was added to the lettering to give it a little bit more punch.  There is a layer of fun fiber around the top and some sequins  ribbon along the side. 

The sequins were a super steal!  I got a bolt of it at a garage sale for, I think, 5 bucks!  I also added some rub-ons on the lower piece of the box and colored the flowers in.

The boxes will be filled with embellishments for each mom.

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My First Paper Bag Album and Video!

Oh my goodness!  I finally got the video uploaded!  It took forever from our very slow server!  It is my first paper bag mini album.  I tried a gatefold album.  A bit ambitious for my first try, but it seemed to turn out okay for a newbie!  As for the video, there has got to be a better way to upload the video than what I did!  I am pretty proud of myself for my first try at both the album and video.  This was made for a very sweet lady who just retired from work.  I sure hope she likes it!

Thank You!

I made this for a girl at work who has peacocks.  She gave some of their gorgeous feathers to my dd.

I used French Manor, Mother's Day Bouquet and Sentimentals cartridges.  The paper is DCWV,  SU! and Bazzill.  I made the flowers with MBD and then used the Cuttle Bug Quilling Chrysanthemum for the center.  The leaves were also made with the Cricut.  I always make a big batch and then store them.
 My wording is a little off.  The glue I used stuck it like cement instantly, so I was a little disappointed with it, but the rest of the card was done and I didn't want to start from scratch!

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Tic Tac Toe Entry

I was really excited to do the Cricut Circle Blog challenge!

I found this mirror at a yard sale for $2.00!!   I knew I wanted to do something with it as soon as I seen it. My dear, sweet mother said to me, "Honey, you know you can get a new mirror quite easily to replace that old one!"  Ha, ha, ha!  Silly girl!  That's the charm of it!

When I saw the Cricut challenge, I perused over the Tic Tac Toes.  I originally wanted to use a different set of three, but when I got the mirror, I changed to:  1.  Use a Cricut cut flower.  2.  Use buttons.  3.  Make a ruffle.

The flowers were cut from Mother's Day Bouquet.  I used a piece of ugly paper (as always!  It's either that or scraps only!)  I wanted to make more of them because I love how they look, but I really could not recall what it looked like before I cut it so I was not sure if I had another piece!  lol!

I used the inside of a leaf from Straight From the Nest for the pine needles.  I used Cricut Essentials (boy, I'll say Essential!) for the other leaves.  I love that leaf!  I used to use  punches I bought, but I can make a lot with the Cricut at one time, I know they will cut properly and I can store the extras for later!  I cut the pine needles out of a 12x12 piece of card stock and leave them all on the sheet of card stock and pull them off as I need them.  It's fabulous!

I used DCWV, MME and Tim Holtz papers.  I'm not sure who made the tag.  The Monogram D, I believe is 7Gypsies.  The beautiful buttons I also got at a garage sale... CHEAP!    So blessed!  You can't see the two on the ruffle I made.  I tried to take a picture of this, but wow, it's hard to take a picture of a mirror!  lol!

I have one of those flourishes of bling.  I think they look beautiful, but omg what a nightmare to take them off of their acetate and put them on.  Any tips on that would be great!  The tassel bling was from a yard sale.  It is gorgeous!

The clock was fun!  I punched out one of the clocks from the TH paper pack.  I used Glossy Accents and secured it to a large Fragment piece.  The metal hands are picture turns/secures.  The outer metal piece is an ear ring (yep, that's right!) that I cut and added a button (from the yard sale!)

The doilies are from MS Elegant cake.

The ruffle was dollar store ribbon that you would use to wrap a gift with.  I put dollar store ribbon on it and yard sale buttons.

There are other assorted treasures on this from various places.  My darling hubby was tickled pink when I used a bottle cap from his favorite pop!

I am very happy with how this turned out.  I think it is exquisite!  All told, I probably spent $5 - $10 (max!!!)  for what  I will be displaying proudly in my home, and then given to my little girl for a gift one day.  I might never have made this if I wasn't wanting to enter that contest!

I also used another two carts in my journey!

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Happy

I made this card for my mother for Mother's Day.  She loves her cats!  I used my new absolutely gorgeous cart:  Kate's ABCs.  I could hardly wait to get this cart!  I love everything about it!  I also used Mother's Day Bouquet for the sun and Sentimentals for the mat.  I used SU! punch for the "Happy" label.  I slipped a little lace under the dress.  I think it added a little extra dimension of cuteness!

Three more carts used (although two new lol!) in my "Use Your Carts!" journey!

Since beginning on the journey to use my cart I have become  inspired to use my embellishments, etc.  as well, so I will be trying hard to put a few "little extras" onto my cards.  Although, I am sure If I used 10 items each time (I used 23 on this one!)  I still would not be able to use them all up in the next 20 years!  lol!

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