Thank You Zebra Card

I found this great pack of animal print paper at Big Lots the other day. It has pink, purple, blue, and green, besides the black I think. (I'm not at my crafting area right now). I had been wanting to cut out this Zebra anyway so it was the perfect time!

I cut all the pieces from the Paisley cart at 3 1/4 inches (I love the Expression!). I pop dotted the Zebra/Car on and added stickles to the wheel middles, flower and a little to his pink ear! And I finished it off with the pink/black polka dotted ribbon and My Pink Stamper stamp.

Wild Card Graduation

May has been a crazy month at our house! What with end of school activities and 2 soccer tournaments in a row, and not feeling well this week, I haven't had time to craft much.

I did buy the Pink Expression Monday before I felt too bad. And Wild Card came in the mail the same day. I was able to play a little Tuesday night and made the graduation card and matching envelope for a friend's daughter. It's not super fancy and I need to learn the best paper to use for envelopes!

I had no idea how to close this envelope so I use some graduation ribbon to tie it closed. Plus it looked cute! I cut everything at 7 inches. I did learn that you cut all the extras at the same size too. I had cut a saying to go on the cap, but just didn't like it. So I just stamped congrats. I added stickles to the tassel (I think you can see it better if you click the picture).

Can't wait to play more with my Expression and new carts (I kept Pink Journey too!!)!

I did it---Pink Expression in the House!

I am the very happy owner of a Pink Expression!! I've only had the baby and was finally able to spend the money on an Expression. The plan was to wait until it went on sale, but my 11 year old daughter talked me into getting it now (she picked up the box and started walking to the register!). I did have some fun money to put towards it, so that is my excuse!

But, I must get some cleaning done before I play--we have had back to back soccer tournament weekends and my house (and blog) have been very neglected.

I hope to post some fun projects this week!

My Daughter's Butterfly Birthday Card

May is such a busy month at my house. I haven't posted since National Scrapbook weekend, but I think that was at least 8 posts in two days!

This card is for my daughter's birthday today. Nothing like waiting until the last minute! I picked up this cute background paper at Archiver's yesterday. In fact, all the paper came from there. They have the free cardstock coupon this month--love that one! The butterfly is from Paisley using the button feature and cut at 3 inches and pop dotted on. I stickled the middle of it. Then I doodled on that and around the Happy Birthday. I finished off the front with some blue rick rack ribbon I had in my drawer.

I actually finished the inside of the card and added another butterfly I had cut out at 2 inches. I've been trying that out lately and really like the look better than a plain inside.

Busy rest of the weekend with a birthday and soccer tournament here. Hope your weekend is great!

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Teacher Appreciation M&M Sleeves

I made a bunch of these M&M sleeves for all the teachers, PE, Music, Computer, etc. This is our last year at Elementary school so I thought I would do a little something for everyone. I used the button feature on Paisely for everything but the rainbow. The rainbow is from Hello Kitty Greetings.

These are so simple to make and they don't cost a lot either!

The Cuttlebug Blog Expression Entry

I would really love to win an Expression!! This is my entry for the Cuttlebug Blog's Expression Giveaway. I own the baby bug and just have not been able to buy the big one!

These are for my daughter's teacher for teacher appreciation week. All the cuts are from the Paisley Cartridge. I used Design Studio to weld 2 purses on their side at 5 inches to make the gift card holder and taped just the sides together. I ran the front of this through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot folder. I cut the purse on the card at 3 inches and ran that though the Cuttlebug as well as the card base. Then I cut just the apple as a topper for the M&M sleeve with the button feature. The leaf paper was also embossed with the Swiss dot folder. And of course, I used some stickles!!

I hope you like my projects--thanks for taking the time to look!