birthday card good enough to eat!

I sent this adorable card to my neice who turned 1 in May. I just had to share it, I thought it looked good enough to eat!

Supplies: American Crafts Thickers, Maya Road chipboard, Basic Grey paper, machine stitching

mother's day butterfly card idea

Happy Mother's Day week! Moms love homemade gifts, and they have since you smashed your tiny little fist in plaster and called it art.


This week I am going to share with you some cards and gift ideas for Mother's Day gift ideas. We'll start with a cute card. I used Hero Arts stamp sets (Birds and Branches and Anytime Messages), black ink and watercolor pencils. Double-sided foam tape keep the butterflies and birdhouse up popped up off the paper.

Get crafty this week and surprise mom with a cute card! Check back all week for more cute cards and homemade gifts.

hush little baby (and a GIVEAWAY for NSD)

Happy day before National Scrapbook Day! I am so excited for tomorrow that I have some prizes to giveaway.

You'll get everything you see in the picture, which include scroll chipboard, ribbon, puffy stickers, a bingo card, an American Crafts album, a quote transparency, Making Memories stuff and more!

All you have to do is leave a comment about which baby card I showed this week was your favorite. Want a second chance to win? Link up to be a Follower in the box to the right.

Thanks for reading this week. The last baby card of the week is below... enjoy!


Hush Little Baby... Below is the gender-neutral card I promised. I used old skool Marcella by K paper for the background. Machine stitched the edges and then distressed with my fave method of distressing: a gold ink cat's eye ink.

The rub on is from the Basic Grey Sugared Olio set. The moon is cut from more Marcella by K paper from the Cricut New Arrival cartridge. More distressing with gold ink defines the features. Lift it up off the paper with double-sided foam tape.

Good luck with the contest! Post your comment by 11:59 p.m. EST, May 3 and I will announce the winner on Monday, May 4. I hope everyone will have a scrappy day tomorrow!

little elephants for baby

How adorable are these little elephants? You can't go wrong when celebrating baby if you use a cute little elephant!

These cards are unique in that they actually use the same piece of paper even though one is for a boy and one is for a girl. This was an exercise in transforming the same supplies for 2 different purposes.

All of the paper used is from Basic Grey Urban Prairie collection. The pink paper in the background is actually the back side of the plaid paper used below in the boy card. Cut the edge with an apron lace punch for the girl, use a plain scallop punch for the boy.

The same elephant stamp was used. Embossed with brown American Crafts Zing over a Versamark stamp for the boy, and stamped in Martha Stewart pink and embossed in glitter for the girl.

The 'wee little one' is a rub on from Basic Grey. Black from one set, and the pink version from Sugared Olio. A little bit of ribbon tops it off. Double-sided foam tape lifts the elephant up off the card.

Using the exact same supplies can reach two different effects. Enjoy the day!