A Tardy Bday Wish

Hi everyone!

I hope that everyone is off to a great start to their week! We're half way until the weekend! I've got tons of ideas for cards that I want to create, but I'm limited on time as I do have a group submission and a mid-term exam next week :( Hopefully I'll be able to sneak away from the pile of work I've got to do, to craft...even just for a little while! ;)

Remember, you still have time to enter into the current giveaway here.You have until this Friday at 12PM PST to enter. 

Here's a witty little birthday card I created for Sarah over at PinkCricut.com's sew-easy link up party and button birthday card challenge over at Birthday Sundaes.

And for the inside sentiment, I used My Pink Stamper's More Punnylicious Stamp Set.

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - standard A2 sized card, 4.25 x 5.5"
• Layers - used DCWV Spring Stack for the patterned paper and used the Stampin' Up Scallop Border Punch, used my We-R Memory Keepers Sew-Easy for the border of the yellow layer
• Frog - cut from Sweethearts Cartridge, stitched, and added a button with a stitched cross for the eyes
• Lily-Pad and Balloons - cut from Create-a-Critter Cartridge
• Sentiments - 'a tardy birthday wish' made using the PBD Small Banners set; inside sentiment from My Pink Stamper's More Punnylicious Stamp Set.

That's all I have for you guys today! Gotta run to class now!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

To the newlyweds: Wishing you happily ever after

Hi everyone!

With blogger down for a day and a half, hasn't it thrown everyone off a bit? Thank goodness it's back up! I wanted to share with you a tall wedding card that I made using the horse and carriage from the Formal Occasions Cricut cartridge which I'll be entering over at the Paper Playtime challenge blog. I just love all my crafty friends cuz without all of you, I would have never discovered all the great work, ideas, challenges, and hops going on! So here it is:

This is a 4 x 9" card. I added a brown layer and used my Creative Memories Scallop edge punch (which is retired now), and added blue crystals. For the tag I used the Once Upon a Princess cartridge, and ran it through my Cuttlebug. I'm not quite sure what the embossing folder is called, but if anyone knows, do share! I then took a sponge and inked up the edges, and lightly went over the embossing to give it the vintage effect. I love how it turned out! For the horse and carriage, I cut the first layer out of acetate to give my windows a 'window-y' effect, and cut out the darling couple out of the Sweethearts Cart. I used Crystal Accents to  finish off the horse & carriage, added ribbon, and finished it all off with some doodling.

I love how this card turned out and I think that I'll play up this idea for the next wedding card I make -- I'll add a castle to really play up the fairytale wedding!

On the inside of the card, I added a cream layer and again used the same edge punch.. Using the Pink By Design Here Comes the Bride stamp set, I used the 'happily ever after' sentiment, which I adore!!

Now isn't that a pretty wedding card?? If you'd like to play along with the challenge, you can enter here.

Good luck everyone!

Until next times' treasures,
Tracey xox

Sending Some Flair to a Fashionista

Hello everyone!

I am back with a card I made last week for Sarah (Ms. Pink Cricut!). I sent the package to her last week and didn't expect her to get it until sometime next week! She totally deserves something special! So as we all know, Sarah loves pink, shoes, and crafting! So I made a card, with a gift on the front.

It opens up with a mini pink brad and looks like this. Voila!

 

The present is cut from the Sweethearts Cartridge at 3".

Polka dot paper from Recollections Elegance paper pack.

Glittered silver paper from DCWV All Dressed Up stack. 

I also used my irock to bling it up and attached some pink tissue paper to the gift :)

For the card, I used the February Stamp of the Month, "Designer Shoes."

 I heat embossed two boots for the pair inside the gift box, used one of the tags and taped over the "sale" so it wouldn't get inked up, a different heel to stamp on the background strip, and on the inside of the card I stamped:

I'm so thrilled that she received it! :)

I've got a mid-term exam tomorrow so I won't be back until this weekend -- got a few birthday cards to make and a card for a special boy whom I found out about through Sarah's March Newsletter:

"Max Low is a 12 year old from Neola, Iowa. He has been battling cancer for half of his life. His doctors recently told his parents to enjoy the time they have left with him. His wish is to get 1 million cards. He has currently gotten about 23,000. If you would like to help Max get his wish, please send a get well card to the following address: Mighty Max Low, C/O Greg and Bambi Low, PO Box 111, Neola, IA 51559"

Let's help this special boy's wish come true! 

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Parcels of Love

So today is Guest Designer Day over at pinkcricut.com! Please do make sure to view the original post on Sarah's blog! : ) I'm super thrilled to share a project with you, showcasing Sarah's phenomenal line of Pink By Design Stamps! Sarah was the one who gave me the final push to start a blog, so welcome everyone!

The project for you today was for my Valentine. I decided to wrap his gifts, and decorate the packaging to coordinate with the card that I had made him -- I made the card back in December during my break between semesters since I knew that during the school semester I would, unfortunately, not have the time to do much crafting. :( The card is what I submitted for Sarah's Pink By Design Team Call. The gift wrapping is pretty simple and I had to keep it simple cuz it was a super hectic week for me at school! 

Let's begin! Sarah's stamps are extremely versatile - I used them for a card and tags for today's post but of course they can be used for a number of different projects.

For my first project, a gift bag: