Happy Birthday

 I just made this pretty pink birthday card for one of my VERY dear friends! She is one of my friends that has moved away. We do not keep in touch like we used to, but we both know that if we ever need each other for ANYTHING, that we would be there!

The balloons and gift bag were cut with the Create a Critter cartridge and my Cricut Express. I added colored floss for the balloon strings. The paper is from an older paper collection by BG called Green at Heart that I have always loved! (I'm  pink girl..what can I say???) And the sentiment is Stampin Up.

I am going to link this card up to one of my favorite blog sites-

 Die Cuttin' Divas!

The challenge: Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Birthdays and Graduations Galore!!!!!

I don't know about you guys, but I have lots of reasons to make cards... and I LOVE it!

So I thought I would share them with you!
 All of the people on my card list want money instead of a gift, so I made a bunch of gift cards!

I cut card stock at 12" x 9" and scored it longways at 4" and 8".

Fold it  and then cut an angle out of the back panel. Adhere and make a pocket for the cash!

This card was stamped with Wings of Love (Verve). 

This card was also stamped with Wings of Love except for the Graduation Sticker.

And the last card  was made for my niece who loves foxes!

So I cut this fox with my Create a Critter cartridge and Cricut Express.

Now I had better go to the bank and get some cash!

Hope you don't mind such a long post...but these were long cards! heehee

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Let your day soar!

Hello! 

I just wanted to share a fun birthday card I made for my DH!

I used lots of different punches and dies!

The circles were punched from dp with a 1" circle punch and then adhered with dimensionals.

I then created a little scene with sun, clouds and a flying kite.

Sunshine and Blue skies!

Let your day soar!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Stamps: kites2fly (Stamps of Life); Michael's bin

Dies: Rainbows and Clouds (Lil Inker); Sunshine (PTI)

Other: Twine

I'm so grateful

 I am watching American Idol as I post this!!!! I know, I know...cheesy!

But I just love that show! I'm cheering for Phillip Phillips! Such a cutie!

The card above was inspired by the beautiful colors for the current CR84FN Color Challenge

Pink ~ Aqua ~ Neutral

And the Viva La Verve  May 2012  Week 1 Sketch Challenge.

The papers are Hazel-MME 6x6 paper pad. The sentiment is a Verve stamp set.

I even sewed a little bit, but don't look too closely, because I just got my sewing machine and I am VERY new at this!!!!  The beautiful frame is Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant die.

Added some pink seam binding...and there you go!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Gotta go finish watching Idol!

Mackie

HELLO!!!

I have been visiting the retro Sketches web site and working up the nerve to try one!

I just love what I have been seeing there! Such great cards! Such inspiration!

So I came up with this card! 

I also got excited about color challenges after visiting Paper Trey Ink's Make it Monday post!

If you haven't seen it, please go!  It was fabulous!

Any ways.... my card was made with the Beautiful Blooms ll - 1 & 2 dies (Paper Trey Ink). I placed red and polka dot Smash tape across the card panel behind the flowers.  I tied some Swimming Pool Doodletwine across the tape. Sprinkled some red & black rhinestones! And the sentiment is Hero Arts.

This was fun! I hope you like!

And visit these 2 sites!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie 

Happy Birthday

Happy Tuesday!

A quick post to show a card I made for a guy friend of ours!

I used papers from my Simon Says March 2012 kit.

I stamped and paper pieced the balloons with the stamp set HappyBday2You (Stamps of Life).The balloon strings were made with Swimming Pool twine (Doodletwine).  The sentiment is from Create a Cupcake (Stampin Up) stamp set and was stamped onto the Charming Oval (Verve) die.

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Happy Sunday!

This card was stamped with a new Hero Art stamp that I just purchased. I love flowers!  I plan to link this card to this week's  CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #51 -Flowers or Trees!

I decided to use this stamp for some Mother's Day cards that I wanted to send to some special women I know! I stamped the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I then colored them with Copic markers. I added liquid pearl to the centers. The side panel is a strip of black card stock that I also dry embossed. I don't know if you can see that very well in this photo. The sentiment is Happy Thoughts (Verve).

Speaking of photos....my beloved Picasso is gone!!!   I have both iphoto and Photoshop Elements, but I can't figure them out at all! Any helpful hints would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

This is another card I used with the same stamp, but  different Copic Markers:

Hope you have a great week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Flying by to say Hi!

Happy Monday!

Just wanted to make a quick post to show this cute card I made with a new Butterfly die I just got from 

Stamps of Life! This butterfly die has a matching stamp set called butterflies2build.

The gorgeous papers are Paper Trey Ink's Beautiful Blooms and Hawaian Shores.

I paper pieced the wings and popped them up with some foam tape. 

I added black Liquid Pearl drops to the butterfly's body and the antenna.

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn!

Nice and simple! 

Pretty paper makes pretty cards!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Love Blooms

I made this funky card for my husband! Our 34th anniversary is next weekend! I can't believe it!

Since it was for my husband, I didn't want it to be too girly, but I wanted to let it have some romance too!

so I thought...hmmm?

I wanted to make a card for the CR84FN Color Challenge. 

The colors are Medium Pink, Tan and Cream.

I thought these colors would be perfect for my anniversary card!

Pink for romance...tan & cream for manliness!

So this is what I created! I made the flowers with Retro Flowers die set (QuickKutz) out of different papers from the MME Madison Avenue collection. The grass was cut with a (MFT) Fresh Cut Grass die. The stems were fussy cut with the brown striped paper! The letters were cut on my Cricut with the Alphalicious cartridge.

Hope my hubby likes it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie

Love

Awww...love is in the air!

Good friends of mine are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary!  I decided to make a romantic card for them.  I feel that butterflies, flowers and wrought iron gates fit that catagory!

The colors were inspired by the  CR84FN color challenge:

and the VLVAPR2012 Week One Sketch Challenge:

The DP's are Botanicals (Prima) and Rustic Cream (PTI). The large butterfly was made with a Spellbinders die and the smaller butterflies are made with a Martha Stewart punch. The beautiful gate was cut on my Cricut with the Ornamental Iron 2 Cricut cartridge. The sentiment is from a stamp set that I do not know the name of.

I can't wait to celebrate this special anniversary with my friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mackie