Thank You Cards

Hi Everyone,

I've been M.I.A. for the past few weeks... I was sick for a while (with a cold). Besides that I've been working on some thank you cards that a relative asked for me to make.

Here are some... I need to work on better layouts and color choosing I think.... but they kind of came out okay... I hope. Plus it gives me practice for cards I would like to give out for Thanksgiving as well... not too traditional with the color and images but the message and all of it's meaning is in place. All though I must admit i was having a mental block... I asked my auntie-in-law what would she like in the cards besides "thank you" she left it all up to me and out all of the times I get all of these ideas non really came to mind... maybe cause I've been sick or tired...I don't know... until I worked with Sentimentals cart I started feeling a little more creative there.

Some cricut cartridges used were:

*Sentimentals

*Once Upon a Princess

*Gypsy Wandering

*Gypsy Font

*Forever Young

Other items used:

*Martha Stewart Punch

*Stickles

*Oh yea and the roses I made those too.

Those were just the centers of the pink roses and of course some leaves
Publish PostThis is where I need some color choosing help...

Thanks you for visiting- Hugs and Smiles,

X & :)

Katya Bess

Diaper Cake

This is a diaper cake I'm working on for my friend. Please excuse the quality of the pix... as I ran out of space on my SD card and I don't like to delete the originals from the SD card. The diaper cake is not finished yet. I still need to add the cake topper. I'm planning for it to be the mommy on the New Arrival Cartridge- I haven't cut her yet... but she'll be wearing something "Safari like outfit colors" I used the http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/products/PK_742_Baby_Animal_Faces_5-254-0.html

I don't have the create a critter faces yet... so for the lion's face I used the bear's face. LOL. I would also like to say that my diaper cake was inspired by http://nicki8875.blogspot.com/2009/08/diaper-cake_29.html Thanks Nicole for the idea.

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge # 38

Hello Everyone,

Hopefully all of you enjoyed your weekend. I did with the family and had some time to do some crafting. This project is for the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge # 38 here's the link: http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/10/peachy-keen-stamps-challenge-38-october.html The challenge was to create a project that was NOT A CARD. Something that was part of this season such as Halloween... or Thanksgiving and I'm not sure but you had to use some Peachy Keen Stamps in your project. I Decided to do a wall or door hanging for Trick-or-Treaters or "office guests" at work lol... not sure which one I want to use it on yet... (hmm... who deserves it more hmm... j/k) Part of this idea came from Emma's Episode 93 and the Hello Kitty project she did. I must say this project took me almost all day stopping often and I mean often to check on the kids, feed them, clean them... blah blah blah.... Also took me a while because I decided to make my Hello Kitties small.... I'm not sure if I want to make them that small in the future anymore. But I did love how my sign/wall hanging came out. Now I just need to figure out how I will hang it and with what.

Emma's Throwback Challenge Episode # 104

Hi everyone,

So I decided to enter this challenge... well I decide I will do a lot of these challenges but finishing a card is another topic on it's own. LOL Well for Emma's Throwback Challenge @ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2010/10/throwback-thursday-challenge-episode104.html The card has to be a "shaped" card and you must use the color "orange" which is under used by me I have a lot of orange HA! Oh yea and you have to use the "Create a Critter Cartridge" unless of course you don't own it.

Baby Shower card for Boy

Hi everyrone,

I made this card on Sat. 9/25/10 and I'm just now posting it. I wanted to try something new... which is putting watermarks on my pictures... arggg could not find a good site to teach me how to do this as short and sweet as possible. So it took me forever tonight to find the easiest (for me) to apply one without having to retype it all over each time (maybe I should make a youtube video on that lol... some day, some day.). Well enough texting this is the baby shower card for my friend C.O. I'm planning to make her a different card as well.

Butterfly on a child's hand

My inspiration, my little Jade!
This card I made today. The idea came when the power went out since last night... the transformer on the post blew out argg... lol... I missed my electronics... (ie computer "internet"and my Cricut.) But since I couldn't use my Cricut I went through some of my Arts and Craft books and got the butterfly on hand idea. Well the idea really came from a picture I took of my daughter the beginning of this year when we made a trip to the California Academy of Sciences and something which reminded me of this picture today is from "The Pop-Up Book" page 76, by Paul Jackson. I didn't make it quite a pop-up card like on the book but I did add some dimension by slightly bending the fingers and bending the butterfly. The hand I actually made it by coloring my daughters hand with a Marvy Uchida Brush Markers and used her hand as a stamp. The butterfly I misplaced the cardboard that it comes with the makers name... so I can't really say who made it... but I did buy it from Michael's sorry about that... I also added some foam mounting dots for more dimension.
Here is the card from the side. I didn't want to quite copy the entire thing from "The Pop-Up Book" so I made it into an easel card and got the idea from: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard/

My 3 year old daughter says, 'I love you, I missed you, Bye bye, See you tomorrow!" whenever particular family members are leaving from a visit. I thought it would be really cute on a card for her Great-Granny. Heehee I love her she's so funny. I'll make this card for the other few family members too.
That is a "custome" stamp I purchased from someone on Ebay. I added a little something something on how the card was made too.

Sympathy Card

My Granny-in-law just had a brother that passed away and wanted to make her a card. This is not the card I intended to do but at the last minute after making all of these paper roses [that you'll see at a later post] I changed my mind on the layout and theme so I left them out and put another flower I previously made with the same color paper.

Items used-

*Clear Stamps: Cross, from Spiritual Sketches #99548 by Inkadinkado

and Everyday Sayings CL342 by Hero Arts.

*Brush Markers by Marvy Uchida

*Stickles by Ranger: Star Dust, Green and Yellow

*Cardstock Paper: the Lavender one from the Pastels collection made by Recollections

*Flower: cricut cut from cartridge Accent Essentials- Accnt24s (petals) page 55 and Accnt33s (leaves) page 64

Hello there bloggers,

Well my vacation this week is coming to a finalization... :( [booooooooooooooo!] Even thought I was being a lazy prego chick most of the time I did get to work on some paper crafting. I started and finished a few cards (yay me!!!) and some are still a work in progress... mainly stopping so many times to take care of my kiddies 3 and 1 year old :P, taking care of a few errands/appointments and or taking breaks from back or neck pain (arggg) while crafting BUT I still enjoyed it.

I'll post some pix in a few.... (minutes I hope)

Thanks for visiting.

-Katya

Michael's Coupons May 23rd-May 29th

Got this on my email today. I couldn't believe they even had a cricut cartridge %60 off coupon. Print and Enjoy!

http://mic.michaels.com/20100523ShopLocalNONVT.aspxPublish Post

Joshua's card

Feel bad about not posting anything online in a long time... Just finished a card for my brother who just had his third son a few days ago. His name is Joshua. I'm thinking I should of made some baby announcements... but for now baby steps. L.O.L.

Materials used--

Making Memories: Embossed Elegance Paper (for the card)

DCWV: The Stack 5 -Baby Boy (Blue front layout)

Wausau Paper/Classic Cardstock: Kraft for the body and Khaki for the face & belly

Cricut New Arrival cartridge: Monkey -size 5"

Cloud9 Design/Clear Stamps: Simple Thoughts- Baby

Recollections/Clear Stamps: 66 (for the name)

Light colored pencil for rosy cheeks

Peachy Keen Stamps: PK-742 Baby Animal Faces - 5"

and inside was left blank for more personalization