Thank you to all our Troops

I made this card to send in a box of goodies to my son stationed in the army over in Iraq. I colored it with copic markers and I hope he likes it.

Ant cupcakes

We made these cupcakes for my step daughters baby shower. Her theme was Teddy Bears Picnic so how perfect were these little ants????? We used chocolate covered pomegranites and cake icing in a tube. Everyone thought they turned out just to cute.

I made this card with another Magnolia stamp. Like I said.. these are just the cutest stamps.

This is a card I made with my new Magnolia Stamp. I just love these little images. I colored it (of course) with my copic markers. I used the Happy Hauntings cartridge for Beware.
Thanks for looking.

Butterfly Baby

I saw these dolls displayed at Craft Warehouse that they had decorated with flowers and moss. I thought I could do that myself so I gave it a shot. My sister has the Anne Geddes dolls so I thought this would be a perfect additon for her birthday. I got a wood block from the dollar store and covered the block with these fall leaf picks from Michaels for .99 cents a piece. I found a pack of butterfly wings that I an using for our daughters wedding in September so I glued one of those on the back of the doll.

Remember the value of a gift may only be $10, but the value of a hand made gift from the heart is priceless.

My first diaper wreath

My daughter is having a baby shower this weekend and I made this with the diapers left over from the diaper baby. I used the New Arrival cricut cartridge for the bottle and onsie and the Create a Critter for the frog. Don't you just love the frogs big googly eyes? This is the very first diaper wreath I have made and I think it turned out fairly nice. It is great to have something you see in your head turn out the way you thought.

My husband wanted me to make a card for his sisters birthday. He had no ideas of what I should do but said he knew I could come up with something. He did know she liked blue so I hope she likes what I came up with.

2 new cards I made using the New Arrival cartridge. I must say I love the way these turned out.

My Diaper Baby

I was looking online to find ideas for making a diaper wreath or diaper cake for our daughters baby shower. I saw someone had a picture of a "Diaper Baby." They had instructions but they were not easy to follow. So I kind of took what they said and winged it a little. It turned out so much cuter than I thought it would. It is made with rolled up diapers kept together with rubber bands then stuck together inside a baby outfit. I can't wait for her to see it at her baby shower. If you haven't heard of them before you really should check out the sites online. They are just the most adorable things and kind of remind me of those dolls that look like they are playing hide and seek. Hope you enjoy and maybe you'll want to give it a try yourself.

Birthday wishes

This is a card I made using one of my magnolia stamps. Hope your days are magical.

Baby card

Here is a baby card I entered in a challenge at CardzTV. Mary has such wonderful challenges on her blog. I used Baby Steps for the image and New Arrival for the saying.

Thank You

This is a Thank You card I made for a challenge at CardzTV. I don't know if you can see in the picture but I used Glossy Accents on the apples for a nice little sheen. I used little pastel color brads on the handles and Doodlecharms cartridge for the apples and the basket.

This is a card I did for the Beach Challenge at CardzTV blog. I used the Accent Essentials cart to cut out the design and Paper Doll Dress Up for the shells. I had this paper in my stash for some time and finally had a reason to use it.

This is another flower coloring book page I colored. I used accent essentials cartridge to cut the circles. I used the Martha Stewart lace paper punch for the trim and a simple black ribbon. My husband picked put the leaf stamp for the background and I think it fit perfectly with the design.
Thanks for taking a look and let me know what you think.

Mothers Day Card

My second Mothers day card. I think it is a very versatile image. The image is a coloring book page so I can't tell you where I got it. I just googled Flower coloring book pages and this was one that came up. I used distress inks on a plain yellow background and then added the butterfly stamps.
The ribbon is black velvet and of course I used my copic markers to color. I used the distress inks to add color behind the flowers.