Graduation Cards

Hello bloggers. I promised to share with you some graduation cards I made. I finally took pictures and loaded them to my computer, so here they are. I have 4 family members that are graduating this year 2 from high school and 2 from 8th grade. I only have three pictures because two of them are graduating from the same school and same grade, so theirs are the same.

All the cards have the same style. I will use the blue and yellow card as an example for giving measurements. Each one is a standard A2 size card, which is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. The bottom yellow mat is 4 x 51/4 inches, the next blue mat is 3 3/4 x 5 inches. The top yellow mat is 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, the bottom yellow is 3 1/2 x 2/ 1/2 inches. The white piece that is stamped on is 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. The pattern paper is 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. The hat was cut from everyday paper dolls cricut cartridge at 1 inches, I think.

All papers except for the pattern paper are papertrey ink. The colors I used are summer sunrise, enchanted evening, spring rain, vintage cream, true black, and pure poppy. The pattern paper is a double sided paper by TPC studio, the pattern paper on the second card is the back of the pattern paper on the top card.

The stamp is a stampibilities stamp I got at Hobby Lobby, I used memento black ink to stamp it. The stamped piece and the hat are both poped up. These cards are kind of heavy and would probably require extra postage, but luckily I will be hand delivering these.

I just love how these cards turned out, I just started playing around one day and out came these cards. I hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Ashley :)

Cupcake Card

Hello bloggers! Tonight I would like to show you a card I made several weeks ago. About a month ago I went to CKC St. Louis, while I was up that way I stopped at Archiver's it is the closest one I have and I just love that store. Anyway while I was there I found this stamp set from Inky Antics that you use with their honeycomb paper.

In order to use these stamps you stamp the image on the honeycomb paper and cut it out according to their directions. Once you get it cut out and have the card folded the way they say in the directions you simply adhere the image to the inside and when you open the card you have a cute pop up surprise.

There was a cherry stamped on top of this cupcake but I decided to add a little red pompom I think it just really helped set it off. The base card, and brown mat is paper from papertrey ink, the honeycomb paper and stamps are both from inky antics, the ribbon is just some I have in my stash. I also used a cuttlebug folder on the brown mat, I'm not sure what the name of that folder is.

I hope you enjoy this card today. I will be back in a few days to share with you some graduation cards I made. I just love them they turned out super cute.

Ashley :)

A few projects.

Hey bloggers!! First up is a set of notecards I made for one of my nieces teacher for teacher appreciation week. I used create a critter cartridge, the stamp and paper are from papertrey ink, the flower and ribbon are both some that I just had in my stash.

I made a set of 5 with envelopes to match. These cards measure 3 x 3 inches. The green layer is 2 3/4 x 2 3/4. I think the bird was cut at 2 3/4 inches also.

This is the first card I made with my new cricut. This little guy is from the just a note cartridge that comes preloaded on the cricut. The background stamp is from Emma from My Creative Times stamp set Fun Borders, which you can order by going HERE. I did the background by stamping it 4 times with versamark ink then used clear embossing powder.

Once again all paper is from papertrey ink, the twine is from the twinery and the button is one I had in my stash. This card is a standard A2 size card so it measures 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 inches. The blue layer is cut at 5 1/4 X 4 inches. The little bear I think it is was cut at 3 3/4 inches. I hope everyone enjoyed the two cards today.

Ashley :)

It's HERE!!!!!

Thats right the new Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary Edition is here. I was very surprised when I checked the order status of it yesterday morning before work and it said it was out of delivery. When I first ordered it, it said it wouldn't be here till the 5th. My thoughts on the machine is it is very easy to use, but will take some getting use to, but I love it. I'm so glad I bought it.

I will be posting pictures of a few projects I have been working on and just haven't had the time to post in a few minutes. I will also be posting my first project I made with my new cricut. I hope everyone has a good day and a great weekend.

Ashley :)

Cricut Expression 2

Hello bloggers!! So how many of you bought the new cricut expression 2 last night/today? I did and I'm so excited I cant wait to get mine in the mail. I didn't pay the extra shipping to get it here quicker I can wait, at least I think I can. I am going to be finishing up a few projects today and hopefully having something to show you later tonight. It has been very nasty here where I live lots of rain and storms, and lot of flooding going on, and it sounds like the rain isn't going to stop for a while. I hope everyone has a good day, and if you haven't already bought the new cricut I have a feeling HSN will be sold out of them after this next airing so you better go and get one.

Happy Crafting.

Ashley :)

Versatile Blogger Award

First I would like to say thank you to Emily from Cool Cricut Creations for my first blog award. You can check out her blog by clicking here.

Here are the rules for this award.

1. Thank the person that gave it to you.

2. Tell us 7 things about yourself.

3. Give the reward to 15 bloggers.

7 Thinks about me:

1. I am a nurse.

2. I love any and everything papertrey ink.

3. Cards are my favorite things to make

4. I am an aunt to 3 great nieces and 2 wonderful nephews.

5. My favorite cricut cartridge is Create a Critter

6. I love buying and using stamps.

7. I like so share my talent in crafting with other people.

Now onto the 15 blogs I would like to share this award with. I follow many blogs because there are so many people out there than enjoy doing the same thing I do and it was hard to decide which ones to give this to. I randomly picked 15 blogs to share this award with, because I think everyone is deserving of this award.

1. http://ali-hann.blogspot.com/

2. http://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com/

3.http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/

4.http://adorableannagrams.blogspot.com/

5. http://www.scrappily-everafter.com/

6.http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

7.http://sprinkledwithglitter.blogspot.com/

8.http://bestisyet2be.blogspot.com/

9.http://katieoscreations.blogspot.com/

10.http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

11.http://ohsoeverything.blogspot.com/

12.http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

13.http://anna-annathebusybeescrapper.blogspot.com/

14.http://comopark1886.blogspot.com/

15.http://teach4u-teach4u.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone goes to each of these blogs and shows them so love. Have a great weekend.

Ashely :)

Birthday Card

Hello bloggers!! I hope everyone is having a good day. Today I want to share with you a birthday card I made for my nephew, who has a birthday tomorrow. He likes to play video games, so I decided to take one of his favorite games and turn it into a card.

The card measures 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. The white mat is 4 x 4 inches. I used my computer to add the words before I cut it and printed the picture off the internet and added it to the front.

I hope everyone enjoys this cute and simple card.

Ashely :)