Speedy Recovery Wishes

Today I decided to try my hand at a remake of last week's get well card featuring this cute little mouse in a medicine bottle.  I loved the way he looked so much but wondered how much cuter he'd be if I used a printed paper for the card base.  Well now I know. 

 

I used a piece of paper from my DCWV stack called the Homeroom.  I chose this paper because I thought the circles were done in such a way that they looked like pills.  After all what could be better for a get well card background?

 

So using the same Get Well Wishes Shaped Card from Marjorie Ann Designs, I made version two of my card.  This time I opted to use my script embossing folder for the label on my medicine bottle.  And I love the way that turned out as well.

 

 

 

On the inside of my card I used the label 'face plate' from one of the other card files.  I think this dresses up the inside better and I might even go back and add some pills to the inside of the card as well.  I just haven't decided yet.  In the meantime though my stamped sentiment that you see if from the Tissue Time stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas.

Fuzzy's Patriotic Shaker Card

I have a shaker card that I would like to share with you today.  This one I made using the Fuzzy's First 4th file from Marjorie Ann Designs.  I saw that cute little bear peeking out from behind his star and immediately thought he'd be perfect for a shaker card.

 

To create the shaker on my card I used the star base only.  I made two copies of the star and then scaled one down smaller than the other.  I then placed the smaller star on top of the other being sure it was good and centered.  Then after selecting both stars I used the slice tool in Cricut Design Space and viola I had the top of my shaker.  I then realized I needed yet one more star so I made another copy and for this one I cut the star from one of my old mat covers.

 

To fill my shaker, I used sequins from Craftin Desert Divas.  These are from the Shine Bright pack. 

 

I think that for my next shaker card though I'm going to try using foam sheets.  I've never tried cutting that type material in my machine, but I've heard other ladies use that so I'll give it a try.  Who knows I might that it works beautifully and then I'll be in heaven.....

Barb Wire Crawl - Spartan Shadowbox

 

I love it when I am able to combine two of my hobbies together, and if you've been following my blog for any period of time you've probably noticed.  Even though it might take me a bit to get my shadowboxes completed after a race I still get them done....

 

Today's shadowbox is from the Spartan Sprint that I ran with my oldest daughter and her boyfriend this past March in Atlanta.  It was the boyfriend's first, my daughter's second and my third Spartan. 

 

 

 

This year featured several new obstacles and that presented it's own set of challenges.  Not to mention that this was my first race since completing physical therapy for a shoulder impingement that had me reduced to about 30% mobility.

 

Needless to say, I wasn't worried about time - then again I never am.  I just get out there to have fun, challenge myself and do it safely.  And I am happy to say that I was able to do every obstacle with the exception of the rope climb, but what else is new there? 

 

Back to my shadowbox though......for this one I decided to use a picture from my barb wire crawl.  I'm not sure what the distance was for this year's section but it was broken up in two parts this year and each section was full of the typical mud, bumps and fun.

 

To compliment the picture I chose to showcase I used the following files:

 

• Dark Barbed Wire from the Cricut cartridge Old West.  This had a small section and I needed a longer one so I welded together four of the sections to create the length needed.
• Girl in the tire (without the tire) from the Mud Run file by Marjorie Ann Designs.  Since I was crawling through the mud I wanted my girl to do the same so I cut a small slit in the 'mud' that I could fit my girl into so as to give her the look of doing the same.

So why do I run these crazy races you ask?  Aren't I too old?  Absolutely not!  You're never too old to do what you enjoy.   And well I do them because I want....

 

 

 

A Flower A Day...

Well we made it through graduation last week.  Our youngest son was scheduled to graduated last Thursday but the ceremony was cancelled due to inclement weather and the fact that it was an outdoor event.  So Friday night we went back for try number two, and as the students were seated on the field and the first speaker stepped up to the podium the sky bottomed out.  But the ceremony continued and for the next hour and a half we all - students, parents, teachers, families, friends - sat through five different rain showers until everyone had walked the stage.  Now mind you it had not rained ALL day so we never thought to take an umbrella and by the time it was done we were soaking wet....

 

And so that leads me in to the card that I'd like to share with you today.  As you can see these cute little elephants are standing there while one waters the other.  (That's kinda how I felt Friday - only with a lot more water.)  This cute little card is called If Friends Were Flowers I'd Pick You and is another brilliant creation from Marjorie Ann Designs.

 

The inside of my card looks like this:

 

 

Both of the sentiments on the outside of the card and the inside are from the recently released stamp set from Craftin Desert Diva's titled Garden Cuties.

Feel Better

 

Today I have a fun get well card to share with you.  This is another one of the recently released shaped cards from Marjorie Ann Designs.  This one is titled Get Well Wishes - Shaped Card.

 

After I cut this little cutie out and put it all together I realized that using a white background for my card was not the best of ideas because it looked 'empty' with all that white space.  So I set the card aside for a couple of days, but left it where I could see it.  That way I could look at it and ponder what to do.  .....  Then one day I remembered seeing these great cards where the artists used stamps to create their background so I thought I'd give it a try. 

 

Using one of the stamps from the Tissue Time stamp set by Craftin Desert Divas, I tried my hand at creating the background......yes, after the fact.  After all, you know what they say about hindsight.  LOL

 

 

 

And I used one of the stamps for my inside sentiment as well.  This set is just perfect for this file and the Get Well Wishes file as well.

Scooby Dooby Doo Layout

So during our last trip to Universal Studios we got to have our picture taken with the characters (well most of them - Daphne was nowhere in sight.  Guess she was out solving a mystery.  lol) from Scooby Doo.  And finally I found a file that I could use for scrapbooking this picture. 

 

Just last week Marjorie Ann Designs released the new Scooby Doo and Mystery Gang file.  Of course I had to get my hands on it and that's just what I did.  And since most of the gang is in the picture I used most of the characters in the file.  A few pieces like the words and such were too small to cut so I just wrote them in by hand, but I think it all turned out well.

 

I love that I had this piece of paper in my stash too.  It fits in wonderfully with the flowers on the Mystery Machine.  And then adding in the strips of green and orange papers just tie it all together beautifully.

And now I'm off to enter this into the following challenge:

Bimini Moose - This Day in History - Ends June 8th

Perfect Day Fishing

 

It's been a crazy busy weekend for my family.  This weekend we took a trip to Billingsley Alabama so I could participate in the Almighty Mud Run yesterday.  Talk about a lot of fun.  Met more of my fellow GORMR (Georgia Obstacle Racing and Mud Runners) team mates, ran with several of the ladies and just had a blast.  Here in the next couple of weeks I'll put together the shadow box for my medal and probably scrap some pics, but for now......

 

I have another Fishing with Dad card to share with you.  Marjorie Ann Designs did a really good job designing this file and as you've probably noticed this is my third card using these adorably cute characters.

 

This time though I wanted to do something a little different.  Especially since I got these cute Splish Splash sequins from over at Craftin Desert Divas.  I thought these little dolphins would be perfect to use with this file in creating a shaker card.  I've never done one like this so it took me a bit to figure it all out.  And while there are some little oopsies I think the overall card turned out pretty good.

 

I also found the perfect sentiment from one of my Craftin Desert Diva stamp sets - Picture That.  To finish off the card (and hide one of my oopsies  :) ) I used a couple of skittles in the color Stream from DoubleClick Connections.

 

And now I'm going to enter this into a couple of challenges - something I haven't done in a while.  The challenges are:

 

Hiding in my Craft Room - Freestyle - Ends Junes 6th

Craftin Desert Divas - Summer - Ends June 7th

 

DoubleClick Connections - Father's Day or Man's Card - Ends June 9th

 

DL Art - Father's Day Thankful Thursday - Ends June 9th