Hubby's Birthday

Not sure what type of fold you would call this. 

(Center step card???)

These two represent our baby girls. 

Maylena on the left is 3. Leilani on the right is 1. 

(I can't believe how much they really look like my baby girls)

My most "Raider" looking font =)

This banner is about 10 feet long. 

Didn't have enough Raider paper so I scanned it and printed more.

I loved surprising my hubby with this birthday card and banner. If you hadn't already noticed from my previous Raider project here, my hubby is a BIG time Raider fan. He was so proud of the card and banner that he took pictures of them right away and sent them to his friends =)

I also surprised him with a party. He knew that I invited a few friends but he had no idea that I invited so many people. We have a teeny tiny house and managed to squeeze over 60+ people in here. Good times... good friends... lots of laughs. 

Items used:
Twinkle Toes Cricut Cartridge (girls)
Every Day Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge (Cheerleader outfits)
Blackletter Cricut Cartridge (letters on the card)
Country Carnival Imagine Cricut Cartridge (banner lettering)  
Raider paper - NFL packet from Joann's
Paper (random from my stash)
Ribbon (Walmart)
Bling (from my stash)
Peachy Keen - Princess Face Assortment


I made these for:

Inking It Up Crazy's font project this week.

Patches of Pink  link up party

You Had Me at Craft's link up party.

Thanks for visiting,

=) Ana Maria

Sew for you

I love doing challenges... it gets me to try something new. I've never sewed on a card before and I think it turned out alright ; )

Items used:
Paper from my stash
Thread (green and brown)
Ribbon (Walmart)
Embellishment (Joann's)
Sentiment - My Creative Time (Gift card sentiment)

I'm entering this card into:
My Craft Spot's challenge #23, sew much fun (Sewing, stitching, faux stitching somewhere on your project)
Celebrate the Occasion's challenge #28, follow the sketch.

Rock that birthday beat!

Items used:
Buttons 
Twinkle Toes Cricut Cartridge (girl)
Paper Dolls for Everyday Cricut Cartridge (guitar)
Paper (random from my stash)
Sentiment (computer generated)
Ribbon (Joann)
Bling (from my stash)
Peachy Keen - Princess Face Assortment


I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Peachy Keen Stamps - Sketch challenge 59 + a twist
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge me Monday #75, use the color yellow in your project
Crafty Sprouts - Are you ready to rock! 

Design Team Intro...

I'm on the design team over at Inking It Up Crazy. The DT is showcasing a taste of our creative style. Since I'm constantly surrounded by new babies, I thought I would share my latest project :) I made this diaper cake, card, and baby wipe case for a friend's baby shower. I plan on adding some bibs, pacifiers, towels, socks, and a beanie to the cake once I get a chance to do some more shopping. You can check out more of my baby wipe cases and diaper cases here. 


Diaper Cake:
Diapers (Huggies)
Ribbon (Walmart)
Fabric (Joann)
Stuffed Animal (carters)
Baby Steps Cricut Cartridge (baby)
Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge (bottles)
Peachy Keen (baby face assortment)


Card:
Buttons 
Baby Steps Cricut Cartridge (baby)
Sugar and Spice Cricut Cartridge (scalloped circle)
Paper (random from my stash)
Sentiment (computer generated)


Baby Wipe Case:
Baby wipe case (Pampers)
Fabric (Joann)
Ribbon (Walmart)
Letters (Target)


I'm entering this project into:
Scrapbookaholic by Abby's challenge #12, anything goes
You Had Me At Craft - Made it myself Monday's

Insomnia... turned crafting

It's nearly 3:00 AM and I still can't sleep. My body is exhausted but my brain won't shut off. Tonight I'm thinking the culprit was a yummy cup of what I thought was decaffeinated tea. Since I couldn't sleep... I had two choices: watch horrible infomercials or do some crafting... I've done a little of both ;)

Items used:
Gypsy
White gel pen
Ribbon (Walmart)
Paper (from my stash)
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge (beaver, tree trunk)
Sugar and Spice Cricut Cartridge (scalloped circle)
Peachy Keen (Just Baby Face Assortment - Just for the eyes)
Sentiment: Scrappy Moms Stamps


I'm entering this project into the following challenges:
Peachy Keen Stamp Challenge - Create a project using animals as your main theme
Celebrate the Occasion - Any occasion (circle shaped card)


Will I ever get to sleep tonight... I should I start working on my hubby's b-day card???

Sweet Princess

It's my nieces second birthday this weekend. While I was watching her last week, she loved to tote around all my daughter's stuffed animals while wearing a princess dress with matching shoes :) Ahhhh... I love this age!

I'm entering this card into the following challenge:
Fantabulous Cricut's - Challenge #74, birthday bash. Make a birthday project

Altered Projects

Between our friends and family, I'm always surrounded by little ones. Everyone seems to love having custom baby wipe cases. Here are a few cases that I put together today. You can see my previously made baby wipe cases here .

I'm entering these projects into:
Queen of my Craftroom - Altered Projects

I love... LA!

I've had a bit of promotion towards our households favorite sports teams lately. You can check out my Raider project here.

I don't have a way to cut out SVG's (only have a Cricut), so I made my own baseball gift bag with the baseball image from Boys Will Be Boys and my gypsy. I welded together two baseball shapes and a series of rectangles until I got it to look like a gift box. Once I cut it out, I just had to score along the edges and form it together.  I think I'll start using this technique with several other shapes... especially with the holidays right around the corner ;)

I'm entering this project into the following challenges:
My Craft Spot - Gift bag, box, or container
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Baseball cut
Paper Playtime - Anything goes

Prince Charming???

Still looking for your prince? Have you tried kissing a few frogs?

I have two little girls and I think we've watched the Princess and the Frog about a million times. I love that opening scene when the little girls pretend the cat is a frog. Super cute!

I used Peachy Keen's everyday character face assortment for the eyes and mouth. But I had to spread out the parts. So I taped over the parts I was not using, inked up the stamp, and removed the tape before I stamped.

Sentiment: computer generated

I'm entering this card into Peachy Keen's shape card challenge.

Go Team!

You have no idea how happy my hubby was when he found out that football season was back. He's been scrambling like crazy to set up a Fantasy Football Team and have all the guys over to make their picks. So I made him a notebook and matching pen to keep track of all his notes. He loved it so much that text pictures to a bunch of his friends. Now I have to make at least a dozen more for his buddies :) Hope I can find enough paper!

Since this one is plain and manly... I could easily see this notebook being perfect for a Jr. high/ high school/ college student. So I'm entering it into a few back to school challenges. 

I'm entering this project into the following challenge:
My Sheri Crafts  - #66 Back to school - book covers, journals, notebooks, bookmarks
Celebrate the Occasion  - Back to school
Whimsical Wednesdays  - Back to school, anything goes but no cards
Queen of my Craftroom  - Back to school

Mahalo

Aloha! My daughter has been obsessed with the Little Mermaid so I thought I would place a one in a project. This pop up tent card has an oyster shell opening with a suspended pearl ;)

Mahalo means thank you in Hawaiian.
The sentiment is computer generated. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
My Crafty Sprouts - Pop up tent card
Paper Play Time  - Projects with water
You Had Me at Craft - Made it myself Monday's

 

Encouragement

This coming weekend is one of our church's local crusade known as the Harvest Crusade.

In 1990, Pastor Greg Laurie began holding large-scale public evangelistic events through Harvest Ministries. Since then, more 4,240,000 people have attended Harvest events around the United States, Australia and New Zealand. More importantly, more than 353,300 people have made registered professions of faith through these outreaches.

We are very excited to be apart of this ministry and reach out to others. We have decided to become Start Friends at Harvest. A start friend commits to taking a new believer further down the road into their faith.

When I became a new believer, I didn't have ANY christian friends. My friends were into partying all the time and it would have been really easy for me to slide back into that lifestyle. But then I met my good friend Michelle. She was incredibly supportive and helped to guide me through my walk. I would like to be that friend for someone else.

I know that whom ever the lord would like me to befriend is going to have some days that are filled with difficulties. So I've created this encouragement box that I'll fill with uplifting hand made cards. Although the cards will be dedicated to someone else, I'm dedicating this box to myself. I'll leave it on my desk as a daily reminder to encourage others in the name of the lord.

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."



I'm entering this project into:

Cricut Cardz Challenge #86, Tuitti - Fruitti
Scrapalicious USA - Anything but a card
You Had Me at Craft  - Made it myself monday







Sentiment: Computer generated ;)