I love you...love bug

Hello all my crafty friends!  I was hoping to this posted earlier today, but life happened!! LOL

I created some Valentine Cards for my nieces and nephew.  I wanted to encourage them while their daddy is serving in Afghanistan.  I think these will put a smile on their faces!! (I made the same kind for my own kids...they just don't know..hehehe...)

Love BUG!

Younger love bug!

RAWR

Love shaker cards!!

Open card

Aren't they SOOO cute??!! ;)

To Make this I used:

Cart ~ Gypsy Wandering (bug base cards), Create A Critter all sized with my Gypsy

Paper ~ K&Co Circus Valentine and DCWV solid Princess 

Stamp ~ PKS Everyday and Wide eye assorted

Ink ~ Memento

Misc ~ heart confetti for shaker card, white and red gelly roll pen for doodling, chalk for cheeks on bugs,   red stickles for heart on bugs, and ribbon from my stash.

Hugs and Happy Crafting!!

"Love Is In The Air" Blog Hop and some candy!

Hello all of my crafty friends!  Welcome to Michelle's Crafty Creations. (kinda lengthy, but stay tuned for some sweet blog candy!)

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's Love Song Blog Hop! Our Designers have been cooking up some Valentine's projects for their loved ones.  Of course our love projects are inspired by our favorite love songs!  If you have come from the creatively talented Yolie at Just Yolie, you are in the right place!  If you just happened on my blog, let me encourage you to start from the beginning...you don't want to miss a thing! <---hey that's a song!! ;) Click here to start from the beginning with Melin at Paper Crafting World's Cooking With Cricut! 


Okay okay...now for the good stuff!!  A little bit a background on my "loooove" song ;) I am REALLY gonna date myself, but that's ok.  My husband swept me off my feet!  he was the most thoughtful man I had EVER met!  As we dated we thought...hey we don't have a song.  (for you younger ones, it was official to have a song) SO we were thinking.  We liked so many songs.  Seriously, in the age of Bon Jovi and all the other long hair bands that really sang a lot of ballads having a song was hard to pick.  But we found one!  It was Mr. Big's "To Be With You"  I have to admit, I don't listen to that kind of music anymore, but there are a lot of songs that go hand in hand with memories my husband and I share.  Good memories that we still look back on and laugh!!  I LOVE the memories and I love my husband even more!! (we celebrate our TWENTIETH anniversary this year!!)

A BANNER!!

A couple in love :)

Close up of the letters.  

I have to say, the Dollar Store was definitely my go to place for the essentials! I bought the "string" (it's actually clothes line) and the background is actually a pack of treat bags from the dollar store.  I painted some clothes pins pink and used that to hold my banner!

The treat bags are going to have love notes written and placed in there for him to open and read!

To make this I used:

Carts ~ A Child's Year for the monogram and lettering; Sweetheart's for the couple

Gypsy to size

Paper ~ DCWV 

Ink ~ Memento rose around the edges of the doilies

We hope you will join us and link up your love song inspired project at Cooking With Cricut.  One lucky winner who participates in our challenge will receive a $15 gift certificate provided by Paper Crafting World!  And make sure you leave a comment, too!  One lucky commenter will receive a $15 Paper Crafting World.com gift certificate. Don't forget to get your FREE cut file while at Melin's Blog!!  You have until February 18th to enter your project into the challenge.  Remember, it must be a new project that follows the theme, link directly to your blog POST, link your post to here, and of course.....HAVE FUN!!

What's a hop without Blog Candy?!

All you have to do is become a follower and leave a comment!

You have until midnight Sunday.  Winner will be announced Monday!

New Stampin Up Summer Mini: Sentimental Journey 

Thanks so much for hopping with us today!  

Now head on over to the talented Holly at Ribbons and Glue to see what sweet project she has lined up! 

Happy Crafting!

I am linking this to Wacky Wednesday Challenge 64: Love Is In the Air

Here Comes Santa Clause....

Hello Crafty friends!

I originally planned to post this earlier, but I got so busy into making and finishing another project that today (yesterday) was gone....
Here is a card I made for Christmas.  It was so easy, that I think I may be able to mass produce them to make a gift box set.  :)  That would be fun to do!!  I just LOVE doing shape cards!! :)

Front of card

(yeah.....tried my hand at doodling..lol!)

Inside of card

To Make this card: 

Cartridge: Simply Charmed (my new favorite ;))

Paper: Mariposa and colorbok (mostly scraps)

Misc: White flock for the beard and ball of the hat, Divine swirls for the embossing of those two as well. SU for the sentiment and snowflake.  Memento ink for face and sentiment.  PKS wide eye assortment for face and black pen for "doodling". 

I used my Gypsy of course.  I used the shadow feature of the santa and chimney for the base and welded those together.  I used the hide feature for all of the layered cuts.  The "snow" on the chimney was cut using Mariposa glitter paper.  

I like how this card came out...little and cute!  It measures approximately 3.15x6.42 (welded)

Happy crafting!!

Wish Big.....in a cupcake!!

Hello my crafty friends!!  I wanted to do one more post today of a card I made for PKS challenge for the Let's Face it Friday - shaped cards.  I made this cute cupcake card for my niece to send along with the altered paint can I posted a little while ago.  I think she will LOVE it!!

Front

Inside

Here is what I did to make this card:

Gypsy ~ Welded base card at the bottom

Carts ~ Doodlcharms for all images

Paper ~ Colorbok

Stamp ~ PK-490 Everyday character, SU Short and sweet for sentiment and cupcake

Embossing ~ Cuttlebug Divine Swirls

Ink ~ Memento

Misc ~ Diamond dust,  pink and white jelly roll pen for doodling

I welded the base of the cupcake at the bottom after inverting the image.  Then I layered the cupcake.  When using my Gypsy I hid some of the layer features and cut off the candle at the top of the cupcake.   After embossing the frosting layer I added diamond dust to the embossing for a "icing" effect!

Measurements:

Base ~ 3.77 x 4.53 (per cupcake)

Layers ~ 3.77 x 4.53 (all)

Inside ~ 3.08 x 3.71

Have fun crafting!!  I love comments so if you feel inclined, let me know what you think! :)

Hugs,

Michelle

My first tent card

Hello fellow crafters!  


I hope you all enjoyed your Friday!!  YAY for weekends!! :)  I made my first tent card.  After a little adjusting here and there it came out just fine!  Ia m definitely looking forward to making one a bit more challenging the next time.  I don't know why, but when I am unfamiliar with a new type of card, I usually play it simple and safe!!  Well, without further ado, here is my card.  I am sending it to my family who is hosting the memorial for the recent passing of my grandmother.

To Make this card I used:

Carts ~ Plantin Schoolbook for Base of card, Create a Critter for deer and flower

Paper ~ My Mind's Eye Penny Lane, DCWV The Green Stack, Colorbok all solid colors

Misc ~ Stamp (a friends I had borrowed), PKS critter assorted, Memento ink

I am entering this in Crafty Sprouts Challenge  We were to make a tent card!  Have fun making your creations and don't be afraid to try new things!!  

Happy Crafting!!

Hugs,

Michelle

Thank you...Again!!

Hello my crafty friends!  I hope you enjoyed your Thursday!  After running errands, I figured I would jump on here and put up a card I made yesterday.  It is one more thank you card for a friend..LOL

Here is my tri-fold/shutter card:

folded

open

standing open

Heres what I used to make this:

Paper ~ Dark Purple and Lavender: Colorbok;  Purple flowers: DCWV - Pocket Full of Poseys

Embossing ~ Cuttlebug Birds and swirls

Ink ~ Memento - Grape Jelly

Stamp ~ SU short and sweet - sentiment; SU simple friendship - butterfly

Embellies ~ MS flower punch; Paper Studio silver brads

I stamped the butterfly onto the lavender with the Memento grape jelly ink and cut it out.  I inked over the embossed birds and swirls with the same ink.  I really liked how it came out wit h he "brushed" look here and there around the embossed image.  

Enjoy and happy crafting!

hugs,

Michelle

Big {{HUGS}}!!

Hello crafty friends!  Just stopping by to post a card I made for my mom.  I hope it brightens her day!  I think I had a purple theme going on today!! :)

Heres what I used:

Paper~ Pocket full of Poseys DCWV card base; purple card stock from my stash

Stamp~ Magnolia; SU curvy verses for sentiment

Ribbon~ from my stash

Coloring ~ watercolor pencils for image; inking memento grape jelly for sentiment and around picture

misc ~ Stickles around butterfly wings

I am entering this card into Monday Challenge #19 You Make me smile over at My Craft Spot. I sure hope this makes my mom smile!

Happy crafting!

Hugs,

Michelle

Thank you card!

Hello my crafty friends!!

This is a card from a set I made for my friend who needed some thank you cards.  I actually got this idea from a baby blanket!  I LOVED it and took a picture of it and just went from there!!

Front of card.  

Inside of card

Card with envelope

 Heres the recipe:

Doodlecharms~ card base (welded with my Gypsy), and all flower images
Plantin Schoolbook ~ envelope
Cardstock ~ colorbok
SU Short and sweet ~ sentiment
SU Friends ~ flower on inside of card
PKS ~ flower face
K&Co ~ butterfly brad
misc ~ blue and green jelly roll pen for doodling and purple stickles on flower petals, ink memento ink.

I welded the base of the flower card on my Gypsy and used hide contour on all my flower images.

I surely hope she enjoys this card set.  The camera does no justice to the actual color!  If I can get  abetter picture of this color I will definitely post it!  The front is a bright pink, and the inside is yellow, and the envelope is green!  I had a LOT of fun making these!!

Hugs,
Michelle

 

I love you "Beary" Much

 My first ever Gypsy created card.  Done quickly and gave me so much more inspiration on how to make this card even better!  I think he came out cute and a base for what I envisioned.  Now to move on to making it better.  more pictures to come!

Standing up

Lying down

To make this card I used:

Carts:  To cut the bear I used Create a Critter.  I used my gypsy to weld and mirror him so he could be folded in half.  I cut a lighter tan for the layered front.  I also welded the heart in blackout to my base card bear.  I used  Sweethearts for the heart weld, and the pink heart layer.

Stamps:  Stampin Up I love you sentiment from Short and Sweet

Ink: Memento around the heart.  Chestnut color from Colorbox around the bear.

Doodling with my black jelly roll pen.

Thank you all for your lovely comments about my cards.  Also thank you for your inspiration to do more with my gypsy!  I can NOT wait to bling this bear up on another project!!  Stay tuned!!