First Cascading Card

My first cascading card!  I was expecting it to be difficult, but it really wasn't.  I'm pretty sure I'll be making more of these cards.  Oh, the possibilities!

Happy 1st Birthday, Isla!

A little over a year ago, I posted pictures of a baby shower that I was lucky enough to help create centerpieces for and a few other items.  Well, now that little bundle of joy is turning one this weekend and she's having an Elmo party!  Take a look at some of the decorations we made for her.


This is one of the taller centerpieces.  This is a tin bucket that the mom found at Hobby Lobby and I used the Elmo's Party and the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges to cut out each shape and attached them to the bamboo skewers.  We also added the Elmo face to the bucket.

This is another tall bucket that we added the Elmo face to, but this bucket holds the M&Ms in the cello tubes.  I attached the scalloped Elmo and curly ribbon to each tube.  What kid doesn't love Elmo and M&Ms???

These little buckets were also purchased at Hobby Lobby and I used the same cartridges to cut out six different 5" Elmos and smaller flowers.

There are five of these Elmo Food Tents that the mom is going to use to label her food items.  Cute idea!

Everyone will know they're in the right place when they are greeted with this door banner.

Graduation Card

Our great-niece (yes, I said great-niece) is graduating later this month, so I thought I'd see what I could come up with using my new Art Philosophy cartridge.

Her school colors are black and orange, so I dug around in my paper stash and used some of my Close to My Heart papers along with other paper I had in stock.  I love the 3D flowers on the AP cartridge, so of course, I had to add them to the front along with green polka dotted leaves and some black ribbon.

For the inside, I used the Potential Stamp, which is the Stamp of the Month for March from Close to My Heart.  I then attached a small black envelope to the inside flap for her money gift, which could also be used for a gift card. I ran the envelope through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder and attached an orange button with some black twine. So happy she loved her card.  

We received two more graduation cards in mail on Saturday so I'll be making more cards!  

Busy, busy, busy!!