Quick Birthday card-Birthday Bash cart

My son was invited to a 16th birthday party and the oldie but goodie song "Sixteen Candles" kept playing in my head.  (I know, I'm dating myself but this song was before my time too!)  In order to get 16 candles on the card, I made a "long" card.  (First time for this one.) I cut the cardstock to fit a standard #10 business white envelope.  The candles were cut from my newest cartridge, Birthday Bash.  I'm loving the cute images on this cartridge.  I cut the candles three times and cut away two candles when I was done.  I used stickles to embellish the flame a bit.  The sentiment is from an old Stampin' Up! set that I converted to use on a clear acrylic block.  I love the ability to to see right where my image will stamp.  I did goof up though cause I was in a hurry and didn't press hard enough on the card so I had to go over it with black ink.  It still turned out ok and I don't think anyone noticed. :)  We are our worse critics, aren't we?.

Super easy and fast!  Could have used a ribbon somewhere but again, I was in a hurry!  Do you find yourself in a last minute pinch most of the time too?  It's funny, I have a box full of cards that I can use but I had to make this one!  Glutton for punishment is what I am!

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and TTFN, Scrappymama Elaine

Creations with Christina 12 month Scrapbook Challenge-March

This is my entry for Creations with Christina Scrapbook challenge. I was able to sit and scrapbook for a little while since I had a sick kid at home.  I sooooooo want to finish this album!!! 2007 was a crazy year! Come to think of it, all the years following have been crazy since we adopted two special needs children!!!  All the more reason to get caught up so I don't forget all the good times through the craziness.  I don't like the feeling of being behind.  So many good pictures to crop!

What I need to do is focus more on the scrapbook and less on the blogging/challenges/blog hops, etc.  I'm sure you all know what I am talking about, right?  But.....it's so much fun and it gets our creative juices flowing and the credit card machines processing!!!  LOL!!!

Any hoot, here are my layouts.  Sorry the pictures came out a little crooked.  One of these days I'll invest in a 12 x 12 scanner but only if I can find a steal!!!


On this first two page layout I used DCWV Christmas paper, EK Success border punch. sparkly ribbon I bought for Christmas cards that I never used, White Sakura gel pen, Creative Memories brown fine tip pen,Stickles, Creative Memories stickers, jewels I bought from $1 bin at Michaels (gotta love that $1 bin!) and cardstock I had on hand.

Cut from Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge

Cut from Gypsy Wanderings (available on Gypsy only)

Cut from Just Because Cards Cartridge

On this second two page layout, I used Creative Memories Winter Reflections Paper. Creative Memories Star punch, Creative Memories Letter/Number stickers; pretty much everything on this layout is from Creative Memoires.

I have one more two page layout to finish off this album.  I decided to put all the birthdays on a two page layout rather then make a layout for each birthday.  This album is pretty much at its limit (capacity-wise) so I needed to condense somehow.  I'll make sure and post it when I'm done. The pictures and paper are waiting on my desk. I hope to get to it in the next couple of days along with a card challenge I want to participate in.

Thanks for stopping by.  Tell me what you think of my layouts.  BTW, thanks for following my blog! I'm blown away that it has grown some!  WOOHOO!!!!

TTFN, Scrappymama Elaine

12 Month Scrapbook Challenge Layout

Christina from Creations with Christina issued a challenge earlier this month to complete and post a layout every month.  Here is the link to her post.  Creations with Christina: Scrapbook Challenge I SOOO needed to get back on track with my scrapbooking. 

Since discovering the world of blogging, I have been distracted by all the wonderful inspiration afforded to my through the wonderful world of blogging.  BUT, I have been so engrossed in reading posts and entering contests that I have neglected the one thing I love to do with my free time: SCRAPBOOK.  (Can I get a witness?!)  I want to take all this great inspiration and apply it to my scrapbooks and card-making!  In defense, my love for cardmaking has been revived thanks to all the talent on the blogs I follow!  My Christmas cards were great and I've learned to make great, simple cards using my Cricut and stamps!

Below is my layout for this month.  I started this layout back in Thanksgiving of last year.  I hate to admit that the pictures are from 2007! Yikes!  A lot has happened in our family in the last couple of years ad hence the backlog.  Hopefully with this challenge I will get back on track and soon up to date. Wish me luck!

Let me first apologize for the glare on this shot.  I'm not a professional photographer and I still need to learn how to take better pictures of my creations.

 On this two page layout I used the following:

Creative Memories Winter Reflections paper pack

Cricut Cartridge Celebrations for the banner pennants

Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge for the "Christmas" title and the ornament

Creative Memories White mini letter stickers on the banner

Imaginisce i-Rock and gems.

Creative Memories sticker tag

DMC White embroidery floss

 Stickles

Silver star eyelet on the tag

Below are a few close up shots.

If it were not for my blog friends, I would not have thought of the banner, i-Rock, and using the embroidery floss (I couldn't find baker's twine so I used the floss instead. Worked out great!) Thanks bloggers!!!  I think my layout turned out great! It's ready to go in the album, pictures and all! Let me know what you think! I love hearing from others!

TTFN, Scrappymama Elaine

Busy making birthday cards!!

November is full of birthdays! I have a list going of all the birthday cards I want to make.  Here are three I made over the last two days.

The cake was cut from Cricut Doodlecharms using the Gypsy to cut the layers/contours. The birthday greeting was cut using Cricut Gypsy Wanderings and I used Stickles to add some glitz.

This card is similar to the first one except I left out the candles.  I used the Cuttlebug Swirls folder to emboss the cake.  I chose not to use the shadow feature. I also sprayed the cake with Glimmer Mist.

This card was made using Cricut Smiley available only on the Gypsy. I played around with the layers trying to figure out the order and colors  She turned out cute!  I'm sure one of friends will love this one.  I also used my iRock to add some bling to the party hat.

All of my paper is paper I have had on hand for some time. 

Still have several more cards to make.  I will post soon.  Tomorrow: a wedding card and gift.

Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by.  Leave a comment if you like what you see.