BFF Family Scrapbook Page

My best friend Brandy has been not so subtly dropping hints that she wants me to scrapbook her twins first year for her.  Actually she's gone so far as to purchase a few items I might want to use in that endeavor.  I think it's hilarious.  I keep telling her that I barely have enough time to do what I want to do for my family, and besides, that's not how I scrapbook.  I am inspired by pictures.  I scrapbook the ones that I fall in love with.  So here is a compromise of sorts.  I took this picture of Brandy and her family at my son's birthday party last fall.  I love it.  So much that I made a frame for it for her and now, well, a scrapbook page.  It's going to stay in my album for a while though.  Lol.   

I cut the word "Family" from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge at 2.75".  The swirl that is stitched on the page is from Paper Lace.  The paper is from two paper packs - the first is a speciality pack from me & my Big ideas.  The second pack is the Citronella pack from K & Company. 

The hearts were cut out using Spellbinders dies.  I used a white waffle paper, spritzed it with Stampin' Up Markers, looped pink and white twine across them, and topped them with flowers.  They are pop dotted on scallop heart mats that I also cut using my Grand Calibur machine.

The flourish is from the Cricut Heritage cartridge.  I cut it at 4" and pop dotted it onto its shadow mat.  All of the jeweled flowers you see are from a Recollections set I picked up at Michael's some time ago.  They also make some very nice flourishes. 

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For My Daddy

Now that my husband card is finished, I turned my attention to making sure I made something for my Daddy this year.  It's been years since I've actually sent cards regularly but I figure this new found hobby of mine has got to have some practical uses right?  

First I want to apologize for the pictures being so dark.  I don't normally photograph my projects in this room but I was in a hurry and a little guy needed my attention.  


I used the same paper pack for this card - BoBunny's Timepiece.  This card measures 5" x 7" and I stitched the mats on the front with black embroidery thread.  I cut out my sentiment "Happy Father's Day" using MTC and a TTF font called Adore.  It is cut at 2".  The leaves were cut from my new Spellbinders foliage die and I inked them while they were still in the die with Stampin' Up Wild Wasabi ink.  This is the first time I've used this die and I am really happy with the way it turned out.  You will see it again, and again, and again, just wait!  The flowers are all Prima flowers that I have been hoarding for quite some time. 

Inside, I added another Stampin' Up spinner stamp cut out using Spellbinders Lacey circles and its matted on a rectangle cut with Spellbinders large scallop squares that has been inked in Chocolate Chip.  Noticing a theme?  I spent the past two evenings organizing my Spellbinder dies so they are on my mind obviously.  Lol.  I hope my Daddy likes it.


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Father's Day Card

In an effort to NOT be last minute, I came up with this cute Father's Day card for my husband today.  I wanted something a bit masculine.  And the BoBunny Timepiece paper collection is perfect.  I picked it up at Archiver's a few weeks ago.

This is a square 5.5" card.  The spinning wheel is from Stampin' Up and stamped in chocolate chip ink.  I cut it out and embossed with my Spellbinders Lacey Circles die.  I used a Spellbinders circle die underneath it.

The #1 Dad is from The Celebrate with Flourish cartridge.  I cut it out at two inches.

The inside stamp is from Papertrey Ink and I cut it out using one of the Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two dies.  I am going to have my boys sign it and I hope my husband likes it!!


ETA:  I finished another Father's Day card - this time for my father, using the same paper pack.  You can see that post here.

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Tumbler Info

I have had several people ask me where I purchased the tumblers for Wesley's birthday party.  I actually purchased mine through a tumbler share put together on my favorite craft board Smartbuygal.  The woman who put our share together ordered the tumblers from Silkletter.  This is a company that specializes in promotional items for businesses.  They have been very good to the crafting community as the tumbling craze has emerged.  I believe the cost is around $3.99 for 30 and under and the more you order, the lower the price per item.  They also have a bunch of different colors to choose from so if you have a moment and have time - check them out!

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Another Wedding Frame

I finished my last picture frame order tonight.  Whew!  This one is for the same customer; clearly she's got a lot of weddings on her calendar this year summer! 

I used Make the Cut and the font is called Albermarle Swash.  I found it on one of the free sites and it has quickly become one of my favorites.  The flourishes are again from the Flourish I set from My Vinyl Designer.  I have certainly gotten my money's worth out of those.


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Craft Room Wall Art Part Deux

I am finally getting around to putting some more art up on my craft room walls. Every so often I go a lookin' for inspirational words and I came across this Picasso quote some time ago. 

It's very simple - I cut it out using Make The Cut. The font is a TTF called French Script MT.  I'm not sure if it came installed on my computer or I picked it up at one of the free font sites.  The Flourish is from the Flourishes I pack from My Vinyl Designer.

The quote in the frame is something that I made months ago.  It's something a good friend of mine said that I thought was hilarious.  Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.  Anyhoo, I thought it was great enough to put in a frame and I actually made another one and sent it to her.  I used Make The Cut on this one as well and I believe the font is Digs My Heart.

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Birthday Party Tumblers

Hey everyone,  I am so exhausted!  My son's birthday party was today and it was a complete success.  Everyone had a great time, but I am one tired mama!  I wanted to share with you the gifts I made all of the kids.  Instead of the traditional favor bag I opted to decorate tumblers for each of the kids.  They were a big hit!

This is the cup I made for my son.  This was a Tigger party afterall . . .

Here are a few close up of some of the other tumblers.

I had more than a few moms inquire where I purchased the tumblers from.  I actually got them through a tumbler share on the My Smart BuyGal forum.  I am exhausted tonight (for good reason) but I am going to track down the name and contact number of the company we used.  I hope you all have had a great start to your summer!


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