You Are My Sunshine

I made this card for my dad. Even though I tried to make it masculine, it still came out a little girly, but my dad is a father of an only girl (me) so he's used to that. When I was little and he was late coming home for work or just when he was thinking about me after I went to college, my dad would sometimes call and sing "you are my sunshine" to me. I (since about high school) now call some of my chick friends or my husband occasionally and sing the song to them on their answering machines. So, this "you are my sunshine" is going back to dad as most times fathers don't know what they did right in your life and what is now being passed forward because they loved you the way that they did.

That being said, I was also trying to work in some challenges and this one qualified for four of them.

Cricut Cardz Challenge Blogspot - Father's Day Card
The Cuttlebug Spot - Sketch Drawing:

Wee Memories- WMC9 - "Punch It"
BBTB2 -Use an image of a Sun from Doodlecharms Cart - which I didn't have so I used one from the Designers Calendar Cartridge™ - It's my border on the left if you can't find them. :)

All of the layers - including the card base are from the Gypsy Wanderings Digital Cartridge™ - they were tag shadows that I just stretched on my Gypsy. I welded one of the rectangles to 5 suns from the Designers Calendar Cartridge™ to get the left panel and added another layer.

The embossing on the bottom is from the A2 Border With Love Emboss Folder™ set. The square panel is popped with pop dots and the kraft paper flower was punched out. I added the buttons to the center of three of the Suns and I added ribbon to the bottom.

The "YOU" was from the Designers Calendar font and was squished on the Gypsy. "Are" and "my" were welded and cut from the Gypsy Font™ and "sunshine" was from the Gypsy Wanderings Digital Cartridge™.

There is a lot going on in this card - I think I am going to make it more simple next time. Let me know if you would like the Gypsy cut file as it is all on there. Happy looking!

Girls Night! - BBTB2

Girls Night!

This Friday two of my close girlfriends and I are going out to watch Sex and the City 2. I thought it would be fun to send them little invites for the occasion! So, I sent these in the mail yesterday with the invite to the movie, RSVP and of course the addresses, but I just put up a blank one here. I have to say I think the other one was a little better (straighter lines and the cut came out better (I think cutting the dress form at 3.75" was too small for the cut), but that's okay, you get the gist).

The image is cut from the Summer in Paris Cartridge™ and the words are welded using the Elegant Cakes Cartridge™ on my new Gypsy™! I love that machine!

I used this cut because the challenge on BBTB2 for this week was using the dress form from Forever Young, but I didn't have that cartridge, so I supplemented this one.

So next time you're going to do a girls night out, send them some invites! It will make it more fun!

BBTB2 - Peggy Loves Vintage Challenge

So, over at BBTB2 they are having a challenge sponsored by Peggy Loves Vintage and you had to use one of the 5 images that was provided as well as a "bug" in your creation.

I decided to use the kids with the sand. I went to print it out and oh-no! My printer was out of paper, but it left this gorgeous watermark. So, I decided to leave it as it was and use it as such. I added gold wings with a stamp (yes, you read that right) that I found in a throw-away bin to the little children. My "bug' aspect was the embossing with the Cuttlebug™ using the A2 Script Texture Emboss Folder™. I then sanded it a bit to wear it down. The silver bow came off of a Christmas gift - I've been hoarding the ribbon :) and I just love the background card stock which you can barely see, but it's really pretty and matches the colors perfectly.

I hope Peggy doesn't mind that I added wings and didn't print it out in color!

The link to the actual contest is here. Then you won't have to scroll down :).

BBTB2 - Tags Challenge

This card was made for the Bitten By the Bug 2 challenge titled "Peggy Loves Vintage - Tags, Bags, Boxes, & More Challenge".

Well, I don't have the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More Cartridge™, so I decided to use a tag from the Sentimentals Cartridge™. I punched an extra hole on the bottom, used my Crop-a-Dile to add the black eyelets, and put some organza ribbon around it. It's simple, elegant, and... recycled! The paper for the card is gift wrap that I received on a recent gift from the handsome husband (it was Julia Child's cookbook! Try the Onion Soup - it's amazing!). The white layer is out of scrap paper (not really recycled, just used I guess) and the black vinyl type material is from an old cover of a binder (the kind they use to bind reports in)! :)

Anyway, there it is - simple and classic. Hope you like it!

Challenge Card for BBTB2 and WeeMemories (WMC4)

Challenge Requirements:

BBTB2: To use the leaf from Life's a Beach™ (a Cartridge that I don't have, so I used one from Everyday Paper Dolls™).
WeeMemories: To put script or writing somewhere on the project.

Now, I had such a good time with both. I put on the shirt that I won over at Carole's blog and looked at the album made by Joanna which just came in the mail today and did my best. :) Thanks girls.

Jenny (Wee Memories) has been writing back and forth with me a bit today and gave me some great advice about stamps and some encouragement. Thank you!

So, I cut the card (and envelope) from Wild Card Cartridge™, I embossed the second layer with A2 Script Texture Emboss Folder™ (I LOVE my Cuttlebug™). I cut a little square and inked the edges with the side of a blue pen since I don't have any inks yet and popped it with some foam dots. I cut the leaves from Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge™ and put some ribbon in a diagonal on the bottom with some Tacky glue. I left the sentiment blank because I didn't know what I wanted to use it for yet.

Thanks for stopping by!