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Hello all out there! My daughter is going to a sleepover birthday party tonight. I normally don't keep bows in my house because of my theiving cats (they always end up finding them!) so I usually end up making my own bows to match the wrapping paper. Here's one that I just finished and already put on the box (I know, I didn't even think to share it until afterwards! I'm so sorry). I used my Cricut to cut out the main part of the bow but all the rest is handmade.

Materials Used:

• Cricut Cartridge - George and Basic Shapes
• Leftover paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil

Dragonflies Baby Registry Card

Hi all. Normally, I like to print the baby registry information on the inside of the card because the little inserts get lost too easily, but I just couldn't resist making these little guys for my sister. I've blacked out her information to protect her privacy, but you still get the idea.

Materials Used:

• White Cardstock
• Cricut Cartridge - Pagoda
• Powder Puff Chalking Inks - Amaretto, Green Tea
• Double-sided tape

Dragonflies Baby Shower Card

This is what I'm proposing to send to my sister as her Baby Shower invites. She's having another girl and her bedding is going to have all these sage and brown dragonflies on them so, I came up with this gem. It's very similar to the dragon one with the tag that's been chalked but, unlike the dragon card, I also chalked the edges pink. :P

Materials Used:

• Cricut Cartridge - Pagoda
• White cardstock
• Stampendous Glitter - Sea Green
• Southworth Textured Weave Paper - Moss
• Stampendous Stamp Stuff Embossing Powder - Detail Black
• Colorbox Ink - Black
• Powder Puff Chalking Inks - Pink Cheeks, Mocha Mama and Amaretto
• Hampton Art Clear Stamps - Oh Baby (for saying)
• Carpet Tape

Been awhile ... I know

Hi all. Just wanted to let you know that I'm now working on not one, but TWO different invitations. One is for my sister's baby shower (should have a picture up this week) and the other is for a bridal shower tea (which, I'm drinking at the moment ... mmmm ... yummy, warm goodness!). The tea invite will be up later this year since the shower itself isn't until May, but, you know me, I like to get things done EARLY! LOL.

Well, have a great day and know that I haven't forgotten about you. I'm working away to showcase new things!

Ta!

Dragon Thank You Card

Hello all! Happy Wednesday! I made this thank you card for a dear friend of mine who's very much into the Asian EVERYTHING! I took several millions of pictures of this card from all sorts of angles but I just couldn't get the coolness to really come out. First off, the background card is this very pretty pale fawn parchment (that totally looks white) and, secondly, the red that's the dragon is actually this really cool crayon treatment that I read about yesterday and just HAD to try! Oh, the tag that's brown is actually white paper that I colored by hand as well.

Materials Used:

• Dark Red Cardstock
• Parchment Paper
• Black Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Asian doodad that I had from a candle
• Cricut Cartridge - Pagoda
• Stampendous Clear Stamps - Flower Chat (Thank you)
• Colorbox Ink Black (stamped very lightly, I wanted that aged effect)
• Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Ink - Amaretto, Mocha Mama, and Midnight Confession
• Crayons in reds and oranges

Thank You Card with Teacher's Quote

I was going through this damask phase when I designed this card for my daughter's second grade teacher at the end of the year. It's SO pretty! And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the colors! It's a little hard to see in the picture, but I shadowed the quote with a lime green version of it as well. It looks really cool in person.

Materials Used:

• White Cardstock
• Damask print (I made this pattern using a clip art that I found)
• Flourescent Green Cardstock
• Black Cardstock
• Lime green glitter (for thank you)
• Teacher quote
• Cricut cartridge (for thank you, but for the life of me, I can't remember which one I used! If anyone recognizes it, please let me know and I'll update this post).

Mod Podge Thank You Card

Hello all. I saw a similar card on Split Coast Stampers that was for a baby and liked it so much that I adapted my own version into a thank you card for a new friend of mine. The background paper is torn bits of paper with the edges chalked and then laid down and covered in modge podge. The effect is even MORE stunning in person than the photo can ever do it justice. Just a warning, the modge podge will add a considerable thickness to it so it will end up feeling more like handmade paper then the normal 20 lb weight, so, if you're going to mail this card, be sure to double check the weight. :P

Materials Used:

• Brown Cardstock
• ProvoCraft - The Slab II paper pack (for the pink)
• White Cardstock
• Stampendous Clear Stamps - Flower Chat (Thank you)
• Hampton Art {foot-longs} Clear stamps - Cupcakes (#SC0248)
• Creative Memories Sampler pack (background for cupcake tag)
• Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Ink - Amaretto, Mocha Mama
• Mod Podge
• Brown Ribbon
• Colorbox Ink Black
• Stampin' Up! Embossing Powder - Chameleon
• Crayola Coloring Pencils
• Artists chalk pastels