Cards!

I love making cards, do you?  I recently made 2 birthday cards.  One for my father in law and the other for my hair stylist's 30th bday.  I'll let you guess which card is for which person!  Here they are...

Black, gray, pink cardstock:  DCWV.  Stamps:  Stamps of Life and CTMH.  Flower and rhinestones:  Queen and Co.  Ink:  Color Box:  Stephanie Barnard.

Star paper:  Dollar spot at Target.  4th of July paper:  Joann's.  Hooray Title:  Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge.  Glitter paper:  Hobby Lobby Paper studio.  Ribbon:  got in a ribbon swap so not sure of company.

Didn't they turn out cute?!  I love using stamps and using my Cricut to make cards.  Cricut has 2 cartridges out now that are just for card making.  I haven't gotten them yet, but I want them!  Has anyone out there tried one?  Let me know if ya have!  Thanks for looking!  See ya soon!

It's been a couple of weeks....

Well it's been a couple of weeks since I updated.  It is that time of year again...the start of school!  I have been busy getting my classroom ready and teaching our new teachers in our district about the math curriculum we are using this year.  Those things have totally ended my summer, but it is official Monday.  Teachers start back up.  I am having mixed emotions.  I love staying at home.  I do not get bored!  I scrap, I clean, I craft.  I keep myself busy and I love it!  Even my husband loves it when I am home (why can't I stay home you say?  Well, money for one and we don't have kids so it seems kind of silly to not work.)  On the other hand, I do love teaching.  I love the planning, the prepping and the kids faces as they learn what I planned and prepped and having fun with it to boot!  I think what I hate though is the getting up at the butt crack of dawn!  I am a sleeper, always have been, and I will miss not staying in bed till 9 (ok, maybe 10).

I do have a Cricut machine update....my Imagine is fixed!  I had to be on with Technical Support for 4 days though!  The man was really nice though, and did everything he could to make sure I was a happy customer!  We had to do a screen share and he had to do a force upload/update to my machine.  Not sure what I will have to do if I have to update it again!  He also got me digital access for my cartridges so I can use them on the Cricut Craft room!  Yay!  I have used it, and I love it!  It is like having my Gypsy, but on my laptop.  I love the portability of the Gypsy though, so if they go on a huge sale I will probably buy a new one.  But I am talking a cheap sale!!!!

I wanted to give you a little scrapping pic today too.  Not just be complaining!  I used this on a layout for a birthday.  I loved how it turned out!  I will be honest though...I forgot which cartridge I used!

Cartridge:  unknown.  Blue and yellow cardstock.  Rhinestones from dollar bin at Joann's. Flower : unknown. Patterned paper from DCWV.

Thanks for taking the time to look today!  With school starting, I may get a little behind on blogging, but it is my goal to not to do that!  We will see how long it lasts!  Happy Scrapping!

Cards!

Hello! I have 2 more cards to show you this week! I made them using my Imagine. I love, love, love this machine!!!

I used blue cardstock for the card. Added pink cardstock and this printed image created from my Cricut Imagine using Imagine More Cards Cart. Added some matching twine and done!

I used blue cardstock and added the image created using my Imagine using the Imagine More Cards cart. Added some pink twine and 2 cards done!

I know these are simple, but they were fun to make and any card handmade is always better than a regular card, correct? I hope you enjoyed this post! Thanks for looking!

2 more cards

As promised, here a couple of other cards I did during spring Break. They were simple to make using my Imagine! I love that machine!

I used a basic navy color cardstock and printed the Happy Birthday image from Imagine More Cards Cart on white cardstock. I attached it to the card using foam squares to pop it up and added some yellow twine.

I really like this card! I used sea blue cardstock for the card and added orange scrap paper I had lying around for some more color. I printed the rocket and blast image using Imagine More Cards Cart on white cardstock. Added some sea blue twine and I was done! I may add a orange button to jazz it up a bit, what do you think?

These cards really were easy to make, but are so cute! Using the Imagine really saves me some time! Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for looking!

Boo.....

Sadly....my Spring Break has come to an end! I have a love/hate relationship with Spring Break. I love it because it is what it says, a break! I get to rest and rejuvenate before having to go back to school for the long haul of the rest of the year! I hate it because it gives me a little taste of summer and I want it to be here! I feel like I wish my life away these last few months of school!

I did get tons done this break though! I finished my Colorado Scrapbook (yay!!!) and I played with my Imagine. I really feel more confident using the printer part now, not just the cutting. And I have fell in love with that machine! It is so versatile and I can get way more creative with it!

I did make a few cards...I have a lot of Birthdays coming up this Spring, so I tried to get ahead! I made some super simple cards....my goal was cute, but easy, so I could get a lot done!

I used my Imagine to create this card. I printed the label using Imagine More Cards Cart on white cardstock, used pop up foam stickers to glue it down, added some cute orange twine and a few rhinestones to jazz it up. Put it all on blue cardstock and voila! Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy! Done!

I made several of these cards and will showcase them in the upcoming weeks. Thanks for looking!

Hooray!

So this week I spent some time working on finishing 2010 layouts and a card. Here is what I did on Saturday and Sunday!

I made this card for my father-in-law for his birthday! His birthday is around the 4th, so I always do a July 4th theme! I used a red and blue shiny cardstock for the card and for the star and Hooray title. The title is Lyrical Letters cart. I used a cake stamp from Stamps for Life and colored them with prisma color markers. I then added some glitter dots to the cake.

This layout was showing Jer's Grandpa's final resting place for his ashes and Jer's family. Just snapshots of the family at the property. I used Fence patterned paper from Karen Foster, cowboy paper (artist unknown), Cosmo Cricket for flowers, swirls, frames and sentence strip, brown cardstock from DCWV for title. Hannah Montana cart for title.

Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July! Be safe and if you are in the south, stay cool!!!!