"Thank Zoo"

 

The project I have to share is a Thank You card that I created to send to my sister & her family for allowing us to crash at their place while we were in Phoenix for a vacation. 

While we were there, we visited the Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium for the afternoon & had a really good time feeding the Giraffe's and observing the rest of the animals with my nephew. I have not been to a zoo for quite some time and have to admit that I don't know who had a better time; my nephew, my husband or myself.

I was excited to make this card, which is a tri-fold card, which I have wanted to make one for awhile after seeing some cute ones on other blogs, so I knew I wanted to create one for the Zoo Thank You card.  

The top of the card is the front Zoo Gate, which flips up when opening, and then the actual Zoo scene opens up from the side, to allow me to write inside the card on both sides.

Recipe for this project:
- Momma Giraffe from Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge cut at 4.5
- Baby Giraffe from Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge cut at 2.5
- Gate from Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge cut at 4
- Sign stating 'Thank You' from Walk in the Garden Cricut Cartridge cut at 2
- Brown chalk around the sign stating 'Thank You'
- Black Gelly Pen to write the 'Thank You' on the sign
- Dirt from Walk in the Garden Cricut Cartridge cut at 2
- White chalk around the dirt hump
- White & Turquoise Baker's Twine around Baby Giraffe's neck

 

Happy Hippo Birthday

The project that I have to share is a 3x3 birthday card for a friend of mine that met at my previous job, we were on the same team & became friends. 

She is not a scrapbooker but always liked to see pictures of my projects that I would be working on and was excited when given a hand made card.  She has even commented on joining a group of us scrappers to sit and watch us work on craft projects.  I think she might be a scrapper if given the opportunity and had the tools.   

Recipe for this project:
- Card from Cricut Cartridge Birthday Bash, cut at 3x6
- Hippo from Cricut Cartridge Birthday Bash, cut at 2.5
- white gel pen to do the faux stitching

Gobble Gooble

The project that I have to share is for a special couple, my sister's in-laws, as a Thank You for having my husband & I over for an evening of great food and conversation while on vacation.  Every time we have been in Phoenix, they have always welcomed us into their home with open arms along with treating us like part of the family.  My sister's mother-in-law fixed a dinner that was fit for a king, which included a turkey, hence the turkey platter on the card.    

Recipe for this project:

- Turkey from Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge

- Texture Boutique

- Baker's Twine

- white gel pen to do the faux stitching

- white chalk around the turkey legs 

Exam Passed

I started working for an insurance company in March and have became friends with 3 women that I sit right next to in a cubical area.  The department that I work in has started selecting individuals to get their insurance agent's license, which is a great career opportunity, and all 4 of us have been selected.  The card I made was for one of my work buddies that took her test this week and she passed.  The course is pretty intense, as I have learned first hand, so I wanted to make her a card to congratulate her on the accomplishment. 

Recipe for this project:

- Birthday Bash Cricutcartridge for the card

- Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge for the word Pass

- Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge for the paper

- Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge for the pencil

- white gel pen to do the faux stitching

*no new pieces of paper were cut in the making of this card. :)

Magnetic Picture Frames

 

While shopping at Hobby Lobby on one of my many scrapbooking shopping trips, I was going through the clearance section & found a roll of magnetic sheets that are for the Cricut.  I got a couple of them thinking that I would find something to use them for later down the road.  I was cleaning out the fridge this week, and I knew what my next project was going to be....picture frames to frame my pictures that were just randomly hanging on the fridge.  I am pretty happy with how the frames turned out and how colorful and organized they look on the fridge now.

Recipe for this project:

- Cricut Cuttables White Magnet Material

- Plantin SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge, using 2 rectangles, one inside the other

- Life is a Beach Cricut Cartridge, to cut out items for the Explore frame

- Fish embossed stamp punch, for the Explore frame

- Butterfly stamp punch, for the Friendship frame

- All the paper was random scraps that I had kept

- Chalk, to go around the edge of the frames

- Gypsy, to create the frames to the correct measurements to fit around the different sized photos

- colored jewels for embellishments

- Rock Candy Sticklers to go around the words on both frames for embellishments

- Collage 'Pauge - Instant Decoupage Matte Finish, to seal the frame in case it gets wet

- Foam craft brush to apply the decoupage onto the frames

Recipe Tray

A good friend of mine who I scrapbook with encouraged me to start a blog and post the different scrapbooking projects I complete, as she was encouraged to start one herself by a friend of hers....so this is officially my first post on my blog.

My husband and I enjoy cooking and have alot of family recipes that had not been organized. When I saw the 7Gypsies Library Drawer, I knew I wanted to make a bright and colorful recipe tray to house our recipes and display them on our kitchen counter.  I am extremely happy with how it turned out and looks. 

Recipe for this project:
- 7Gypsies Library Drawer with 12 index cards with tabs
- Bo Bunny Back to Basic paper, cut down to cover the index cards
- From the Kitchen Cricut Cartridge, for the words
- Xyron 5" machine with laminate 2-sided tape, to protect the cards
- Colored Chalk, to chalk around the outside of items
- Small and medium size butterfly punch
- Jewels, to highlight and decorate the letters