Cousins 4ever Mini Album

Hello there again!  Today I'm sharing with you all a mini album I created to put pictures of my kids and my nieces and nephews.   The kids are all growing up so fast and 3 more cousins were born this year.  My kids don't always see their cousins as often as they'd want but this way this mini album can remind them how their cousins look like and a little something about each of them (I've included a place for each kid to write something about him/herself).  I am also linking this project to the Cricut Circle Blog challenge of the week: mini album. 

The base of the pages of this mini album is an image from the Elegant Edges cart, cut at 5.62 inches, perfect to cut 4 of them in one 12x12 mat.  I used double-sided cardstock from various stacks I already have.  I  was able to use my Cinch binder (love how easy to use this tool is!) to bind the pages before I personalized each page. I also tucked in a long piece of grossgrain ribbon I have had on hand forever before I bound the pages together.  Inside, you may notice that the frames were glued only on one side - this is to allow me to add pictures later. 

The cover page has the following cuts and details:  heart doily (Sophie), "2011" (Gypsy Font), "Cousins 4ever" (Life Is A Beach), white irock gems to embellish.


For pages 1 & 2:

flowers (Luau), frame (Fancy Frames), "JULIA" (Cindy Loo), irock gems, journal stamp



For pages 3 & 4:

frame (Fancy Frames), fish (Luau), waves (An Ocean of Words),

"DYLAN" (Robotz), journal stamp, Tiny Bubbles and D'vine Swirls CB folders

For pages 5 & 6:

frame (Fancy Frames), "CHRISTIAN" (Gypsy Font),

kid on bike (Dude!), journal stamp

For pages 7 & 8:

martial arts image (Sports Mania), tree (Pagoda), frame (Elegant Edges)

"RYAN" (A Child's Year), journal stamp, Forest Branches CB folder

For pages 9 & 10:

frame (Elegant Edges), "MYA" (Stone Script), butterflies

(Everyday Pop-Up Cards), flower (Picturesque),

journal stamp, irock gems, flower brad

For pages 11 & 12:

basket with backboard (Sports Mania), basketball (Sports Mania),

frame (Elegant Edges), "ETHAN" (CM Reminisce Accents),

Tiny Bubbles CB folder, journal stamp

For pages 13 & 14:

magic lamp and frame (Disney Princesses Dreams Come True),

"smoke" (actually a swirl image from Wall Decor and More),

"EMMA" (Quarter Note), irock gems, stamp frame

For pages 15 & 16:

frame (Fancy Frames), "PARIS" (Lyrical Letters), girl (Rock Princess),

journal stamp, Plum Blossoms CB folder, Peachy Keen face stamp

For pages 17 & 18:

shoe (Gypsy Wanderings), swirl (Stamping), frame (Cindy Loo),

"MILAN" (Nursery Rhyme), journal stamp, irock gems, Swiss Dots CB folder

For pages 18 & 20:

frame (Elegant Edges), "XIAN" (MS Seasonal Cake Art),

musical notes (Gypsy Wanderings), earphone (Rock Princess),

journal stamp

For pages 21 & 22:

ice cream sundae (Kate's ABCs), spoon (Savory),

frame (Fancy Frames), "NAIA" (MS Birthday Cake Art), journal stamp

For pages 23 & 24:

frame (Disney Mickey Font and George and Basic Shapes),

hands (Disney Mickey and Friends), "TONY" (MS Birthday Cake Art),

journal stamp, Swiss Dots CB folder

For pages 25 & 26:

frames (Cindy Loo and Fancy Frames), "MARINA" & "EDUARDO" (Elegant Cakes)

For pages 27 & 28:

frame (Elegant Edges), "KRISTINA" (Elegant Cakes),

rattle (Stamping), journal stamp, Plum Blossoms CB folder

Phew!  That was exhausting to write down the details - thank God for my Gypsy!  Hope you enjoyed looking at the pages as much as I enjoyed creating them. 

All supplies used were from my stash too!  Yey!  Project #17 for Using My Stash pledge at the CC MB. 



Bday card for a little boy

Hello there bloggers!  Hope everyone had a wonderful long Labor Day weekend.  Just wanted to stop by for a bit to share a simple and quick card I made for a neighbor's little boy who turned 3 a couple of weeks ago.  Sorry for the bad photo as the lighting in my craft nook is just awful :(.  Anyway, this is an A2 card and the papers I used were from my scrap.  The image of the boy with the butterfly was from the A Child's Year cart cut at 3 inches.  The sentiment was from the Stamping cart cut at 1.5 inches.  I used the D'vine Swirls and the Swiss Dots CB folders for the images and the Spots and Dots CB folders to emboss the strip of cardstock.  Bluish-green buttons were used as accent as well as some doodling with the while Sakura gel pen. 

Hope you like and thanks for looking!

Post Mothers' Day

Phew!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Mothers' Day.  Here's the card I made for my Mom .  The card was 5.5 x 5.5.  I've been dying to use cuts from the Paper Lace cart and I'm so glad I finally had the chance!  I used some irock gems to embellish the cut.  "MOM" was cut using the Lyrical Letters cart.  I also used some twine and strung some glass beads at the ends before I attached to the card. 

The envelope was cut using Sweethearts cart.  The mom and child silhouette cut was from A Child's Year cart and the 3 flowers were from Mother's Day Bouquet cart.  I've embellished the flowers with half pearls from Michaels.

Here's the inside of the card.

"You're the best!" was cut using Lyrical Letters cart. 

I wanted to show you guys the tags I made for the little bags of Lindor Truffles I handed out to some of my sister in laws and my sisters on Mothers' Day.  I used the tags from the Picturesque cart - so easy!  Love this cart! 

I realize I could really have blinged out the tags if I had more time but I had to produce about 10 of these tags in under 1 hour,  attached to the truffles and ready to go!  I think I'll go make some more just so I can have them on hand cuz these tags are so versatile!  

Thanks for looking and have a

great week! 

for a tweet girl

Well hello there!  Wow long time no post....  Don't you hate it when life interferes with crafting LOL!  To make a long story short, had to move my craft "room" to the dining room this past week in anticipation to having one or both of my inlaws stay with us while they recuperate from surgeries (yes, almost at the same time!).  They are both doing better at a rehab facility and with God's blessings will continue to do so.

This card is my entry to 2 challenges this week, Patti Lynn Creations (challenge:  Think Spring!) and the Fantabulous Cricut (challenge:  hip to be square - green and gold).  I made this card as a belated birthday wish for a dear young girl who turned 15 a few days ago (which reminds me, I still need to make an envelope for this card - yikes!).

Some close-ups:

Details of the card:
* 5 x 5
* green cardstock behind a floral design of a vellum paper
*"for a girl" - sentiment from A Child's Year cart
*"tweet" with bird - April Showers cart
*3d flower from CB quilling kit, embossed with Swiss Dots folder
*irock gem on bird cut's eye
*multicolored ribbon from Target
*green brads
*strip of green cardstock punched with MS puncher on the inside of card

Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!  Happy St. Patty's Day!