Cards, Cards and More Cards...

 Hi there family, friends and followers.  I can't believe that it's been over a month since I last updated my blog.  I have been busy with this month's Cricut Club kit & visiting with family. My precious granddaughter turned 10 earlier this month & I was excited because I was able to go to her party in the Salt Lake City area over Mother's day weekend.  I can now drive again, Yipee!!! However I have been laid off from my job, so  I have been looking for another LPN job but with my current lifting restrictions, due to my recent back surgery, I have not been able to find another job yet.  I have spoken to a disability lawyer and she has informed me that she thinks I would be granted disability due to my age and lifting restrictions. This was a hard decision but I have begun the very long process required to get disability approved. The up-side of not working is that I have tons of time to craft and have gotten caught up on some  projects.  I thought I would share the cards with you. I hope you are inspired and will give the step cards a try they look amazing and they are fairly easy to make. I found the instructions on YouTube.

I used my Paper Lace Cricut cartridge for this card. I sent them to everyone who blessed me after my back surgery. As I had a lot of these to make I was thankful that I could make several at a time on my Cricut.  All the supplies are from my stash.

I used my Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge for this card, it was for a special boy who loves cars and turned 13 yrs old this year.  I made a pocket on the inside of the card for some $$$. I remember the day he was born, time is just wheezing by...

I have a dear friend who came over and took me out to lunch and craft store shopping while I was recovering from my surgery.  She loves Steampunk stuff and I happened to have this Jolee's sticker set in my stash so I thought I'd use it for this card.  Actually everything is from my stash.

This is my first step card.  The focal piece is a cut from my Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge.The image is stamped and hand colored with colored pencils and OMS. It's a 5 1/2  inch square card so I even made an envelope that matched for it using my Martha Stewart scoring board.  My mother in law loved it!!!

For my second step card  I used my Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge for the dog, the mats, gift boxes and the number 10. All the paper and embellishments are from my stash.  The dog on the front is on a homemade action wobble. My granddaughter loves her dogs.

Okay yes another step card but they are fun to make and they look awesome. This one is for the older brother of the boy who got the car card above and this one also holds $$$ which all teen guys like. Masculine cards are a challenge for me but I think this one turned out very good.

Yep I love step cards, this one is cut the same as the one above but is overall smaller and fits in a standard A2 envelope.  This one is for my youngest son Robert to thank him for the his sweet & yummy Mother's day gift.  He has been accepted to Lawyer school and will start in the fall. I am extremely proud of him. I made a second one with slightly different paper for my oldest son and his family for their lovely figurine they gave me. My oldest son services his country in the USAF and leaves in about 1 week for a year in Korea, so your prayers for his safety would be greatly appreciated. Without the sacrifices of men & women like him we would not be able to live in this land of the free. Thanks Philip for your service, I am very proud of you. Can you tell I love my boys???

Okay last one I promise.  I made this card for my Pastor's wife to thank her for being an awesome Pastor's wife, friend & for all she did in putting together a wonderful women's retreat. The word "THANKS" is from my George Cricut cartridge.  I also decorated a journal, pen & gift bag to match.


Well that's it for now from my corner of the web.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit and will leave me a comment so I know you stopped by. I wish you all a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

God Bless,
Vickie

MasterCrafter Challenge...

Hi there blogger friends and followers.  Today I am sharing the project I made to enter into Sarah Hamer Designs MasterCrafter Challenge.  I was one of the lucky 100 to get in on the free package of craft goodies from Sarah aka the Pink Cricut. The link up for this challenge starts tomorrow as does the voting and it lasts for only one week, so if you like my project please go to Sarah blog at www.pinkcricut.com and vote for me so I can win one of the prizes. I bet your are wondering what came in the box, right???  There was a mouse cutter, which cuts ribbon really well. It had a 4x6 DCWV Rockstar paper stack, several lime green rhinestones,  2 buttons,  a cloth bag and a small "forever" sentiment stamp from Pink Cricut stamps.  I used my Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge to cut all the flowers. I attached the flowers I made from the DCWV paper to the provided cloth bag and to a store bought barrette clip that I purchased at my local craft store for $1. I attached the buttons provided to the flowers on the bag and then attached some of the rhinestones to the buttons.  I used the forever sentiment stamp on a tag along with another stamp. I used Tim Holtz distress ink in broken china and tea dye to color the bag and edges of the tag and flowers. The rest of the items to make this project came from my stash.  So without further ado here are the pictures of my project.

  

 I am very pleased with how the project turned out, it has a nice vintage look and I think it makes a great gift set. I will be including this in my granddaughters Christmas clothes package. She has very long thick blonde hair that she loves to where in a ponytail so I think this barrette will look very pretty in her hair. Now I just have to find an outfit that it will go with.  This should not be to hard as she loves the colors that are in this paper.  

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my little corner of the web. Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment so I know you stopped by.

God Bless,

Vickie