Bikini/Lingerie Card

I got the idea for this card from another blogger. I thought it was really clever and wanted to try one of my own. At first I couldn't figure out how to cut out the shape of the card since I couldn't find a free .scut file so I went into my SCAL and selected two hearts, flipped one upside down, welded them together and it worked! It's not perfect and still needs some tweaking but I'll save that for another day. You'll have to use your imagination to see that the flower on the 'backside' is actually supposed to be a tattoo.

Baby Album

I made this baby album mostly using the New Arrival cartridge. The cover of the album is chipboard that I covered in circle and stars paper then secured it along with the inside pages with my Bind-It-All. I added coordinating ribbon to the binding ring and added a string of alphabet letters spelling out Paxton.

More Baby Album Pictures

More Baby Album Pictures

This was alot of work and took a long time to make but it was worth it. I really I like the way it turned out.

Izzy's Card

This cute little card was made for a cute little great-niece of mine. I used SCAL and a free .scut file to make the ice cream cone. After everything was cut out I put the pink ice cream in the Swirl folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug. I did the same with the cherry and the cone using the Swiss Dots folder. For the green mat on the card I used the Spots and Dots folder. I added a piece of ribbon and stamped Happy Birthday and the card was done. For the name on the gift bag I used the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge to cut out the letters on paper from the Pink Armadillo Paper Pack and added a larger version of the ice cream cone. Hope she likes it!

St. Louis Zoo Album

Last year we went to the St. Louis Zoo with our son, his girlfriend and one of my nieces. I wanted to make my first, from scratch album, using the pictures from this trip.

This album cover was made from those 8 1/2" x 11" cardboard sheets that you get in a ream of paper. You can also use chipboard, cereal boxes, any type of thin cardboard. I covered the front and back with the leopard cardstock and all of the inside cardstock was black. I used my Bind-It-All to secure the cover and inside pages together. I'm still working on some of the inside pages and I will post those when I am finished.

Five Quick and Easy Cards

I made this for my son to give to a lady who gave him a set of

old time Jayhawks salt and pepper shakers.

This is an anniversary card for my brother and sister-in-law.

Birthday card for my sister-in-law.

Birthday card for my great-newphew who is a
Sponge Bob Squarepants fan.

Birthday card for my niece.

Engagement Card

This card was made for our son's engagement party.

Stork 'n Diapers

This little stork with his brown polka dot hat was made with the New Arrival cartridge. I attached him to his brown polka dotted bundle of diapers with blue ribbon and he was ready to go to the baby shower to make his diaper delivery.

Baby Bag

I bought a plain white gift bag, used my Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge to spell out the name, Paxton in green and white checked paper with the brown shadow, added a couple of monkeys from my New Arrival cartridge and now it's custom gift bag.

Zebra Album and Gift Bag

This album was another gift I made for one of my nieces. The album covers are made with chipboard or any type of heavy cardboard...even empty cereal boxes can be used. I cut my chipboard to size and covered it with cardstock. I secured the cover and inside pages together using my Bind-It-All and black O-rings. I used my Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge to cut out the letter R in the zebra print paper and then used black cardstock for the shadowed R. On the inside of the album I made a money holder for the most 'important gift' because she's been saving for a new cell phone.

She loves graffiti so I did a search for graffiti fonts for the title on the outside cover of the album.

There are thousands of free fonts on the Internet that you can download to your computer.

Tri-Fold Wedding Card

Here's a wedding tri-fold card. Love the look of these cards and they easily fit into regular #6 invitation envelopes.

Sweet 16 Photo Album

This is a Sweet 16 Album I made as birthday gift. I started out with chipboard that I covered with the striped paper, added the flower made from the Plantin Cricut Cartridge. I made several flowers in different sizes and attached them together with a brad and then used pop dots to attach the flower to the album. The word 'Sweet' was made using the New Arrival Cartridge. I left the inside pages blank so the birthday girl could add pictures and scrap it herself. I used my Bind-It-All to secure everything together and added ribbons.

Tri-Fold Birthday Card

This is one of the first tri-fold cards that I made for a Sweet 16 Birthday girl. I was surprised by how easy it was to make. I found and printed out directions at http://www.wordpress.com/.

Z & S

This photo of my son and his girlfriend was taken at an outdoor wedding of a relative this past summer and I scrapped it into a 12 x 12 very colorful page. I cut the striped paper into strips and did a basket weave in the bottom portion of the page, added flowers and their first initials.

Jayhawks Gift in a Bottle & Bouquet

My son is a huge Jayhawks fan so for his birthday I stuffed a t-shirt and some other goodies inside this 2-liter bottle. You should have seen him trying to figure out how I got all of that inside. The secret, you ask? After removing the label cut a large "C" into the bottle, stuff, tape shut and relabel with your own cardstock. This is an idea I got from another crafter's blog. Then I made a Jayhawks Birthday Bouquet.

Sour Cream Halloween Packets

I made several 'Sour Cream' packets for Trick or Treaters. Super simple!! I cut my 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper into four equal pieces and used my ATG gun to tape along three sides. I rolled the two long sides together and secured. I squeezed one end of the short side together and filled with candy. I closed the open end in the opposite direction and then I used my crimper to secure each short end.

2009 Christmas Card

This was my Christmas card for 2009. I love the way the Cuttlebug and the differents folders add so much to plain cardstock. I used the snowflake folder on white cardstock and added a piece of ribbon; then I attached this to my card with my ATG gun; I stamped the snow family on a piece of white cardstock, colored it in with markers and attached it to a piece of red cardstock and used pop dots to attach this to the card. I printed out a page full (around 30) of "Let it Snow" titles using Christmas Snow font I found for free on the Internet and attached that as well and then I added just a touch of Stickles on one of the snowflakes.

Hot Chocolate Sliders for Halloween

These are the Hot Chocolate Sliders I made for all of my Trick or Treaters.