Birdie Birthday Card

Helllllllooooo Everyone.
Oh how I have missed my little blog. I still dont have my computer up and running.  It has been a nightmare trying to post on my blog. It is time to buy another computer since mine is truly dead.. Problem is my car also decided it needed a new head gasket. So between the two disasters I have been very busy and very poor. But today I have a post ready to go. I am hoping to get back to making some videos very soon.

My job at Joann's is keeping me busy too. I am trying to teach the new Expression 2 machine for Joann's, it is not my favorite Cricut but I'm trying to be positive. I still haven't warmed up to the E2 100% but I'm liking it better than I even thought I would!

Ok ..enough about me and lets look at this 5x7 card I made for a friends birthday. I cut out a rectangle from the middle of the card ( app. 3x4) I then used my much loved K and Co die cuts along the edge of the rectangle. I then cut a piece of yellow vellum to cover the opening. I glued the vellum on the inside  front of the card. I stamped the Happy Birthday on the inside so that you could see it through the vellum. I wish I had another pic of the front of the card showing you how well you can see the sentiment on the inside through the vellum.
This is an easy card to make due to the beautiful die cuts.

Thanks for stopping by. If you came from the CAD blog THANK YOU for coming by my blog. If you haven't been to the CAD blog be sure and stop by. Today I am the designer there but we have a different card everyday. Great ideas  can be found there.   http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/

Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Computer problems..grrrrrrrrr

Hello Everyone... I am back.. sort of
Oh, how I have missed my little blog. I  have had so  many many computer problems. I have been unable to post a blog for awhile. I have so many things I have wanted to share with you. There are several cards I am hoping to get posted within the next few weeks depending if my computer can be fixed or it will need to be replace.

I have been busy with several projects. My Joann's classes are going well and I am enjoying them. I have also been busy with a card minstry at my church. I am in charge of sending out cards to the members of my church. Most of the cards we send out are for sympathy , get well and " we are praying for you". It has been so much fun to make the cards with the ladies from my church. The pics you see here are from our first meeting. So far we are getting some great feed back.

I have missed posting my cards and making the videos for the blog. I am hoping to get back on track as soon as possible, I have missed all of ya'll.
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog.
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Little Boat Invite Card

Helloooooo Everyone. I'm so happy to be blogging again. I have missed my little blog on the world wide web!!!   Today I have the privilege to be the designer on the Card A Day Blog  http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/
The theme today is invitations. I have a cute little boat invite for you to make. This would be a really cute Kids party invite or if your lucky enough to have a lake house... a wonderful invite to a lake party!!

I used Paper Doll Dress up cart for the sail boat.The boat was cut out 3 times at 6 inches. 2 in white card stock and 1 in brown card stock. I ran the bottom of the boat cut out (in brown card stock) through a embossing folder ( wood grain). I cut the two  white sails off the two sailboat cut outs. I glued the first one on top of the brown card stock. That is where I stamped the invite information. I than cut the second one and used a brad to attach it to the top of the sail. That way the sail moves and exposes the invite information. I hand cut the blue flag and then glued it on top of the brown card stock. Easy Peasy!!!

 I used a stamp from my stash for the invite info. These  type of stamps are a good standard stamp to have in your stash.
You could make a tons of these invites very quickly.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I am so happy that I get to share my love of card making with you. I have a handful of cards waiting to be posted. So I hope to get to that this week.

Personal note:
     I have started a wonderful ministry at my church. We are calling in Made with Love Card Ministry. I am in charge of making and sending out cards to people in our church. We have a membership of 700. I will be sending out cards for Illness, deaths, prayers, encouragement or any other reasons people need a happy reminder they are loved and are being prayed for.
     I do have some help with this wonderful adventure. There are a handful of ladies in my church who were eager to come on board when I was putting all this together. I am so thankful to have their help. I will be making a post about all this sometimes this week. As soon as life gets out of the way and lets me post!

Happy crafting in 2012
Terri

Flower Shaped Birthday Card

Helooooo everyone.. So happy to have you stop by my blog today. I made this cute little flower shaped birthday card for my friend Daisys 50th birthday.

I used a Xyron Shapez made by Spellbinder flower  metal die to make my card base and decorate the front of my card. The leaves were a spellbinders metal die too.

The card base was made using the largest of the 5 dies. I placed the die just slightly off the top of the folded card stock. Then ran it through my cuddle bug.

This gives me a great folded card. That is already cut in the flower shape. I then cut all 5 layers of the die cut  for my flowers. I alternated light and dark card stock to make my flower. 

I placed the leaves on the card stock first then layered my flower cuts. The lovely bird is a diecut from K and Co.

I hope you enjoy making this card as much as I did. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog!
Happy Crafting in 2012

May you find comfort in Gods love

Hello everyone!!!
I know, I know....... its been awhile since I've posted on my blog. I have had computer problems, car problems, work problems and personal problems. It seems "problems" are the common denominator!!! But we are going to forgo the whining and get to the fun part of life.......  CARD making.
Today I have a card posted on the CADB. Its a very simple sympathy card. If you came over to my blog from the CADB.. Thank you and welcome.

I used a mustered color card stock for my card base.It is an A2 card. I cut the Bible die cut from a Cricut Cartridge called Inspired heart. This is a cart that is sold only at Walmart. I gave $20 for this cart and I wasn't that happy with it, even at that price. There are a few cuts that would be good for Christmas cards. Other wise im not sure what else you can do with this cart.  It is a religious cart. Just not well done. I've read they have come out with another Religious cart. Maybe I will check that one out.

       The Bible was cut at 4 inches in grey card stock. I cut a strip of patterend paper for the bottom of the card. That was at 1 1/2 by 4. I have a great stamp that says " May you find comfort in Gods love" I stamped that on the bottom right on the front. Sorry the pic is not in focus and way to lite. My camera is losing it touch :)   I think its time for a new one.
      Thank you so much for stopping by my bog. I have so much news to share with you. I hope to find time this weekend to put a blog post together. I want to share with you what I have been up too. I am very excited about my new adventure. I have been doing lots of card making. There just hasnt been time to Blog about it. But I will make time this weekend.
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Grad Money Holder Card

Hello everyone!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I have been so swamped with life that I haven't had time to blog as much as I wanted to in the past few weeks. I have been crafting..... just no time to photograph and post. I'm hoping by the first of the month things will calm down and I will be back to posting a few times a week.
    Ok with that all said, Id like to welcome those of you that came from The Card a Day Blog where I am the designer today. I'm so happy to have you stop by my blog. If you haven't been to the Card A Day Blog, Please go over and see the wonderful designers they have. Everyday there is a different card posted there. They have tons of ideas and inspiration waiting for you.. Here is the link http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/
      This week I put together a Grad Money Holder card I wanted to share. It is a simple card to put together but I did end up using a handful of products. Here is the list of supplies and the sizes I used for the cuts on the Cricut.

Card base- Paper Studios embossing folder called Note Book. I ran both the front and the back of the card with the folder. Then I punched 3 holes. I ran yarn through the holes.
Tassel-- cut at 4 inches REAL DIAL size from Everyday paperdolls In Glitter paper. Then fringed
Letters- cut at 1 1/2 from Storybook in Glitter Paper
Grad hat- cut at 4 inches ( NOT real dial size) from Everyday paper dolls
Stamps---- Misc from my stash 
Folder tab die----- misc from my stash
Envelope die---Square envelope Sizzix

Thank you again for stopping by
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Video on 3d card is now open

Im sorry my video that was posted yesterday wasnt working. Please come by my blog and take another look. THE VIDEO IS NOW WORKING
Terri

3D Flower Bouquet Card

Hello Everyone!!
Welcome to my blog!  If your coming from The Card A Day Blog where I am the designer for the day. I want to give you a big ole Texas Welcome!! Enjoy the video I have for you , but be sure and look around my blog. Lots of Rambling going on here.
    Today I have a video for you where I made a 3d  Flower Bouquet card. There are so many themes you can make with this 3d card. I have made one version here on the video. I do not  however decorate the front of my card on this video. Below is a picture of the finished card. I used K and Co die cuts and a misc die cut ( the girl) for the front of this card.

I am posting another theme for this card. I used the United We Stand cart and a MS punch ( butterflies) for this card.

The red, white and blue flowers were ran through my Stars Cuddle Bug Folder (hard to see the details here)

Hope you enjoy making this card.
 Email me if you have any questions     Sugarlite02@aol.com
Be sure and stop over at the Card A Day Blog. Where we have a new card everyday posted.
http://cardadayblog.blogspot.com/ It is a great blog for inspiration and just great cards!

Thank you for stopping by today!
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

MiX Media Canvas ( Art Girl)

Happy Sunday Everyone!
  Those you know me know that I want to play with Mixed Media Art sooooo bad. Problem is I don't have any talent in this field! Oh well, that has never stopped me before. I went ahead and did a mix media canvas after I watched a Ustream with ArteDar. I just love her art work. She can do anything. You can watch her
Ustream here http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21018478. She worked on the canvas but never finished it during that ustream.  Check out ArteDar 's blog  http://artedar.blogspot.com/ . She posted a pic of her finished canvas there. It is beautiful. You can see what I was using as my inspiration. I love mine even tho it looks nothing like the original. This is the first time I tried to draw an art doll. I think with some practice I could do another one.
I hope you enjoy my attempt at Mixed Media Art. .

Thanks for a stopping by
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri

Bird House Card

In my last video where I made the Little Lady Dress  card from Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine. I showed a card from that magazine that I just loved. Today I am showing you my version of that card. The original card can be found on page 12.

The card was made with the free set of stamps and the paper's that are included with the magazine. I colored the stamps with some colored pencils. It was easy and so much fun. I love the way the card turned out. Hope you enjoy it too

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Crafting in 2012
Terri