Run for the Border!

I made this Thank you card for my sister.  She made me a very lovely mini album.  I liked the Tim Holtz distressed sticker with these two girls on it and chose it for my beginning.  Since I know my sister likes mini envelopes, I made one from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.  Yep, she loved it and immediately asked which cart I made it from!  lol!  I also wanted to put a border on it so I could use it for the Cricut Weekly Challenge.  The border and "Thanks!" is from Martha Stewart Elegant Cakes.  The flower is made from Flower Shoppe cart.  I made the card antique looking because that is what we are!  lol!

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First Cricut Purse Bag

Please don't shoot me but I rarely use Tags, Bags, Bixes and More for bags!  In fact, I rarely make bags!  The teeny-tiny little score marks are hard to see!

The bag was cut on a 12x24 mat at 11.3 inches to make it big enough for the gift I have to put in it.  I originally made a different bag on a 12x12 mat.  Opps, just a tad tiny!  lol!  I used some  designer tape on the inside and outside of the flap to add dimension and give it more strength.  I made the handle with beads and wire.  I layered the flower with: a Prima, two buttons a dew drop and some leaves I made with the Cuttlebug.  I put a couple rub ons on the front. I used velcro for the closure.   I have never used velcro on paper before.  It tore off part of the part of the paper when I tried to open it for the first time!  That velcro is tough stuff! 

I like how the purse turned out.  Now that I have made one of these, I may have to try another except trying Forever Young next time!

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Calla Lily

It is super foggy outside today.  The only thing missing is a fog horn!

I made this card for the son of a beautiful lady I know that just passed.  I will miss her, she was such a sweet, sweet soul!

This is my first attempt at a rendition of a Calla Lily.  I used leaves from the Just Because cartridge to make the flower. I took a toothpick, dipped in glue and added flower soft to make the stamen.

I took the tag heart from TBBM for the leaves.  The Labels came from Winter Frolic.  The flower/label was spritzed with Perfect pearls.

The stamps are from a clear stamp set.  Okay, here is my confession.  I took all of my stamps and dismounted them if mounted, unpackaged them if packaged and put them all in binders.  Super easy to see things now and they take up way less space!  The uh-oh! is that I did not bother to put the name of the company on them, so it makes it hard to know which ones are which!  EEK!  So, if I don't write the name, it's just because I honestly don't know who made them!  lol!

Woohoo!  Three more carts used in my quest!

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