Christmas tags

These are gift tags that I made for nieces and nephews. When completed, a gold braid was added so that they could use them as ornaments after the packages were opened.

The sled was cut from Speaking of Winter, and the gingerbread people were cut from Paper Doll Dress Ups. The "ric rac" trim was cut from Plantin Schoolbook and stickled to make it look like frosting. The little red hearts were also stickled to make them look like cinnamon hearts. The pine branches on the sled are from a Martha Stewart punch. The sled was also embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Distressed Stripe folder.

Gypsy sketch card

Here is my loose interpretation of the gypsy sketch on She's a Sassy Lady's blog last Saturday. Since I am not a scrapbooker, I had to downsize the sketch meant for a 12" x 12" page layout. I subbed a stamped image for one of the photos, and had to leave the other one out due to a lack of space. I used the scarecrow from SUs retired Happy Fall set. The background for the image is from Old West. The fence is from Paper Doll Dress Ups, pumpkins are from Create a Critter, and the sentiment is cut from Just Because Cards & Straight from the Nest.

Herd you Mooved card

A dear friend of mine has mooved from her home to a condo--so, of course, I had to make a card for the occasion! The cows are from Paper Doll Dress Ups, grass and fence are from Pooh & Friends, "herd you" is welded and cut from Nursery Rhymes, and "mooved" is welded and cut from Botanicals. The lettering was glittered with fruit punch and yellow stickles. The clouds were free hand cut stencils made to look like cow spots and colored with a SU white craft pad.

This was such a fun card to make, and my friend just loved it!

Gypsy Challenge due Oct. 1, 2010

This is my entry for the new gypsy challenge. We were to make a holiday card, and since my sister's birthday is on Halloween, I was also able to get her card made while participating in the challenge! Yay!

Challenge requirements: Two pieces of art, min. of 1 word, min. of 1 weld, 1 squeeze, 1 stretch, & min. of 3 cartridges.

Cartridges used:

Jasmine -- "thday" (welded)

Just Because Cards -- "happy"

PDDU -- Ghost & tombstone (squeezed/stretched)

Pooh & Friends -- grass

Storybook -- orange printed background paper

Walk in My Garden -- sign

Wild Card -- "Boo"

I used Tim Holtz distress stamp pad to do some shading on the tombstone, as well as the background shape. I used a Sharpie to highlight the ghost and tombstone, too. The sign is from WIMG, and I just snipped off the post part of it. It is hard to see, but the 3 dew drops on the bottom right corner are amber and purple.

I have to say that I love designing on my gypsy!

Halloween birthday

My sister's birthday is on Halloween. I made this card for her in 2008. It uses many Cricut cuts: Paper Doll Dress ups - black cats, fence & bats; Pooh & Friends - pumpkins, grass, & moon; the trees are also Cricut, but I can't remember from which cartridge. I also ran the fence thru my Cuttlebug to give it some texture.