For goodness steak...

Hi out there!! I have a MANLY card to show you today!! Not very often do I work on anything masculine. Probably because I don't really like to... ;) My aunt asked me to make a card for her to give to my uncle for his birthday. This is what I came up with...

I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. Hopefully my aunt agrees! I also made another card (I'll probably show you that tomorrow...) just to give her a couple options. 

I love how the steak looked in the end. Yummy. :) 

For this card I used the From My Kitchen cart for the Grill and for the steak. I inked the steak with Vintage Photo and Worn Lipstick Distress inks.  I cut the tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More and inked it with Vintage Photo also. The patterned paper is from the Playtime stack by DCWV. The sentiments were from Take the Cake ("Smile, it's your birthday") and Kitchen Puns ("For Goodness Steak"). My twine was also from Pink By Design. I also used pop dots to give the card some dimension and a white gelly roll pen for some doodles. 

Hope you like! Be back tomorrow! :) 

'B' is for BALL Layout

Another layout!! :) And I have to tell you, I've been having a great time working on them! Who knows, I may even get my scrapbooks caught up!! (Wishful thinking... seriously - is anyone EVER caught up??)

I used the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays to design this page. I think I have fallen in love with this site recently...

Details...

• title letters are cut from Ashlyn's Alphabet
• balls were cut @ 1.5" using my Fiskars shapecutter set and stamped with PK stamps (3 sets used - Just Baby Faces, Happy Lashes, and Everyday Character Faces)
• ribbon by EK success
• tag was cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More
• twine from The Twinery
• Recollections pearls
• doodles with white gelly roll

I'm off to my craft room!! Have a great night! :)

Cute Happy Birthday

Hi out there! :) I haven't really used my PK stamps for my last few projects so I was having some withdrawls! I've been wanting to make a cute little smiling present for a little while now so I decided that was what I would do next.

You'd think a present with a smiley face would be such a simple concept... For some reason I had such trouble with this simple little present! I just could not get the bow to look good... I tried a couple different color combos and I finally just settled with this one.

While I was working on this project do you know what I realized that I LOVE?? My gypsy!! I don't know how I ever lived without it!! Actually, I guess I never really did live without it... LOL. I never really used my cricut much until I got my gypsy. My all time favorite feature on the gypsy is the hide contour button. Being able to alter the images on the cartridges takes creativity to a whole new level. Since I've received my gypsy (a gift from my hubby! now that's a great man... :)) I haven't used my cricut without it!!

Here are some details...

- Card is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

- Present cut from Simply Charmed @ 2.41"

- Scalloped circle cut from Gypsy Wanderings @ 3.16"

- Circle inside scalloped circle cut from Gypsy Wanderings @ 2.57"

- Happy Birthday tag cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More @ 0.49"

- 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from My Pink Stamper Family and Friends

- Embossed circle and dark pink layer with Sizzix Texture Boutique & Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder

- Face on present is from the Peachy Keen set Wide Eyed Kids

- Purple twine from The Twinery

- Doodles with ZIG black marker and white gelly roll pen

I'm going to enter this card in four challenges...

- Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge (HERE)

- Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday (HERE)
- Incy Wincy Designs (HERE)
- Birthday Sundaes (HERE)

I really hope you have a great day and come back soon!! :)