Birthday Snap

As I was thumbing through the pages of the current issue of Paper Crafts Magazine I saw a crab shaped card that had the phrase "oh snap" on it.  Immediately this card caught my eye and I knew that it was going to be inspiration for a card to come.

Today just happens to be that day.  One of my girlfriends is celebrating her birthday this week and given her 'snappy' personality - not crabby but fun and quirky - I wanted to use that phrase for her card.  At the same time I'm also creating a card for the Bitten By The Bug 2's Water Theme Challenge.

For this card I used:

Life's a Beach for the font, birds and the little mound upon which my palm tree sits
Create a Critter for the crab
Doodlecharms for the palm tree

My beach was created using sand paper and my little mound was also cut from sand paper.  I also embossed my water to help give it a bit of a wavy look.

Slouchy Tam and Scarf Set

I am so grateful that today is Friday.  It's been a long week for me and I'm very ready for some rest.  And since it's Friday I'm going to take a break from posting a card today and instead share with you another of my loom knitted projects that I completed this week.

The slouchy tam was completed on my Martha Stewart loom which I picked up with my handy dandy 40% off coupon at one of my local craft stores.  The scarf was completed on my 10" Knifty Knitter long loom.

Both projects were made from Red Heart soft yarn in Waterscape.  For the scarf I added in a single strand of Joann's Sensations brand of eyelash yarn in Chincilla.

Vested Dad

I have another Father's Day card that I'd like to share with you today.  This was an easy one to create - three cuts and you're done.  How easy is that?

I used the Billionaire cartridge yet again.  So far this has been a great cartridge for me when it comes to making masculine cards.

Taking it one step further I wanted to dress up the vest so I went through my button stash until I found three matching and coordinating buttons.  I also used some ribbon from my stash to make a mock hankerchief for the pocket.

Add a moustache on top just for the heck of it and viola.

Easy Peasy.

Dressed up Dad

Happy Wednesday everyone.  Today I have another Father's Day card to share with you, and once again this card was inspired by one in the pages of the May/June issue of Paper Crafts magazine.  Only this time the inspiration was in the form of a digital card.  I wish I could show you the original card, but you'll have to check out the magazine instead.....

For my card though I used:

Pooh Font Set for the font
Billionaire for the moustaches and tie
Everyday Paper Dolls for the hat (cut twice so I could have a different colored hat band)

Quick, easy and I do believe one of my favorite cards yet.

Father's Day Pocket Card

With Father's Day only 12 days away I figured I best get a move on and start making my cards.  So far I have two of the three I need done and this is the first one I'd like to share with you. 

My inspiration for this card was found in the pages of the May/June edition of Paper Crafts Magazine. (Check out their blog.)  The original version used dies from papertrey  ink and quickutz but I used my trusty 'ol Cricut:

Old West was used for the pocket.  I hid the little design on the pocket and I also cut a small rectangle to adhere to the top edge of the pocket as my 'flap'.

Graphically Speaking was used for the paper which I also embossed using the argyle cuttlebug folder.

Life's a Party was used for the glasses.  After cutting out the pieces I ran the face piece through my Xyron and adhered a frosted type acrylic to the die cut.

Knitted Washcloth and Scrubbie

I just had to share with you a couple of washcloth and scrubbie sets that I finally finished making over the weekend.  These were both made on my blue knifty knitter loom using Lily Peaches and Creme 100% cotton yarn.

The pattern for the washcloth is Erin Lowmaster's Bakset and Weave pattern and the scrubbie is part of Bethany Dailey's Loom Knitted Spa Set.  Both were very easy to make and I was able to finish them in two days.

Now I just need to get some soap made and package them up for gifts.

Pocket Birthday Card

Last week I saw several cards in my reading list that was called pocket cards.  Well of course I got curious and had to take a look.  Seems there's this new stamp and die set (can't remember by who) that's come out and it's all about pockets.  Great idea, but I thought well heck there's got to be a pocket cut somewhere on one of my Cricut cartridges so I went to My Cut Search and sure enough there was one.

Since I needed a birthday card for my mom I decided to use this newly found pocket cut and incorporate it into my card.  I used:

Old West for the pocket
Create a Critter for the worm, happy birthday sentiment on the pocket and the balloons

The heart shaped balloon was adhered to an action wobble.