A Card For The Military

I know my cards aren't the prettiest things, but I know a bunch of folks who certainly appreciate them! I have made quite a few cards for Operation Write Home. this is an organization that sends hand made cards to the Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines who are overseas protecting our freedom. I know the sacrifice they make to do this, and it seems so insignificant and small to just make cards, but it is appreciated by the troops.
Please take the time to go to Operation Write Home to see how easy it is to support our military while they are away.
Here are some of the cards I've made for OWH:

More Organizing of Projects

Well hi there.
I'm going through my computer and organizing all my craft pictures. I have found a couple more. There are a some projects below that I will explain:

This was a Thank You card for the letters of sympathy my husband and I received when my father in-law passed away last year. I hand made every thank you card. I shrunk  the first page of sheet music of How Great Thou Art and put it on a medium weight cardstock. I then hand tore all the edges and glued the page on an A4 size card. I hand wrote a personalized thank you on each card and sent them out. This was one of my first projects I had ever attempted. After I completed it, my good friend who introduced me to crafting said, "Oh no....you should not do the hand made cards in bulk. But, next time you'll know." Oh yeah, I learned the hard way. it's very hard to complete a timely task by having to quickly make handmade cards in bulk. Lesson learned!!! 

I think this was a card I made for my boss for her birthday. I cut out a Critter to depict each of her managers, and those are what is inside of her 'Exploding Box'. All of that was created with the Cuttlebug and Criciut's Create a Critter cartridge.

My Anniversary Gift From My Husband

I have the Cricut Expression I bought from a friend about a year and a half ago, but the screen started going out. Wayne got me the  Expression 2 for our anniversary. He's the BEST!!

Getting Ready For The Holidays!!

Good evening! 
I wanted to share with you a little project I'm working on for the holiday season. This is a little gift for my staff as a little token of my appreciation for all the hard work they do during the year. Below you'll be able to see each step I went through to make these little guys. I made about 100 in six hours. I'm pretty slow, but they do look good! :-) Hope you think they are as cute as I do! 

Step 1: Cut out Stocking from Cricut Doodlecharms Cartridge

Step 2: Start gluing away!! 

Almost done!!! Just a couple things left to do!

I added some clear glitter around the toe of the stockings, and then blue Gelly Roll pen around the heel and top of the blue stocking and red Gelly roll pen around the heel and top of the red stocking.

I added the names with a Extra Fine Tip Sharpie Pen, and the names dried immediately. All done! I hope you enjoy!!!

My First Blog Entry Ever - I Joined The Cult.... :-)

My First entry

I'm not a 'blogger'. I don't really even know what one is. I actually just want a place to put pictures of the craft stuff I do. My Dropbox has filled up, and I don't really want to keep the pictures on my computer. I think it's great to attempt to make something pretty out of paper, a cricut, some stamps, ink, and a cuttlebug. It's great. Oh, and I steal so many ideas from amazing artistic people on Pinterest. But, I always love to give them the credit, so I will give them the credit when I fence their ideas!!! Alright, here goes.....In the future, I guess I'll do like the cool kids do, and put the step-by-step instructions on how I complete my projects. But for now, here's what I've done. Enjoy!!! :-)

The above card I thought up for my male co-worker. I wanted something that was cool and cute, but it was definitely for a guy. I think it worked. It's a pop-up card with a banner as well. I even put in eyelets to mad it up a little bit! :-) Hey, he didn't say "Eww...."! 

The above project was completed for a friend whose son graduated from High School. These were party favors that were given out at his party. It was so cute! I had to use a lot of glue to keep those little hats together! I used Baker's Twine for the tassle, and a brad for the top of the graduation cap to keep the tassle on. Fun!!!

This was the first scrapbook page I ever created. I asked the person what their favorite singers, bands, and songs were, and searched the artists. Then, I cut out the hearts from the Cricut Craftroom, and then wrote the song/singer or group on each heart. There it is.....

This card was just a quick thank-you note for a group of instructors who taught a tough class at work. They did great, and I wanted to show my appreciation. Oh, and I gave them a bunch of cookies too!!! Can't go wrong with that!!! Nom, nom, nom!!! :-)

I make cards for Operation Write Home, and this was one I made for them. If you don't know about the group, please go check them out. They are so amazing, and I am so honored to be a part of this organization! 

Well, I guess that's it for my first entry. Crafting is good therapy - I can vouch for that, because I'm a shrink!! I can't really say it's less expensive though. :-) Take care.