Teacher cups

I made these teacher cups for my sister to give to my niece's teachers. I just love how they turned out, isn't it wonderful the things that can be done with vinyl?

I used Little Scraps of Heaven Designs cutting files, http://littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

for both the flourish on the cups and the tag. I hope they like the cups, it's kind of hard to create for people you've never met.

This is my #sharehandmadekindness creation of the week.

Monkey bibs

Sewing has always been my main craft, not only a necessity but also a fun pastime, and there's nothing I love more that creating little projects for my family. Not that this is a little project, these were quite a bit of work, they took at least a week to make. I cut the monkey designs with my circuit Explore using sew able stabilizer.

I love doing projects like this, using ideas intended for paper crafting on different mediums.

I made these for my little nephew, his mom loves to dress him monkey themed.

#sharehandmadekindness

Sharehandmadekindness card and gift.

Lately I've been fighting with a number of health issues, I created this card for the nurses that took care of me during my treatment.
Card uses LSHD http://littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/ cutting files, Prefect Prints papers, gemstones, and a shaker tag created with clear transparency, foam, a cutting file I picked up somewhere, gold cardstock and sequin hearts and glass beads,
I love doing these shaker cards but don't often find the opportunity to make them.
My mom and I also made these cute cupcakes as a thank you gift, I'm so thankful I have such a creative and willing mother.

Pirate Birthday cards

Today I've decided to create some pirate birthday cards for an ongoing challenge over at the Pretty Paper and Ribbons blog spot, here

For this card I used some distressed background paper that I created myself with inks, some stamps for the seaweed, and some PPPR cutting files, I added a few stickle dots for a bit of sparkle, 

I'm not too sure if I'm all happy how this one turned out, here I embossed the background bottom part with a Fiskars template, inked it, and stamped the top part with some clouds and birds, I added some sequins at the bottom. The ship is also a PPPR cutting file,

Hugs card

My first Christmas card for this year, hope to get more done so I can avoid the just before Christmas rush to create,
I made this card using a LSHD cutting file called "Warm Hugs" found  here.
other materials unclude some papers I found at Dollar Tree in these cute little 6x6 packs, glimmer mist, glitter, ribbon, and some puffy paint,
I'm entering this card into the "Gift for a Sibling or friend" challenge over at Cut It Up blog.
I made this card for my brother and his family, my little nephew loves little "Olaf"

Leaf layout

It's been ages since I've done a blog post, I've been pretty sick since June so it's been quite a challenge lately to get anything done.
These are layouts I've created for my DT posts over at Little Scraps of Heaven's design facebook page,
I entered this into the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine "It's a Sketchy Challenge".
I used some random papers from my stash, I really have no idea where alot of these come from, I buy papers I like all the time from dollar stores so not sure if they even have a brand,
I used die cuts for cutting files from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs, http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/
I use Recollections cardstock for my die-cut pieces cut on my Cricut Explore,
I embossed the leaves with a Fiskars texture plate for added effect, the title is a free font,
and the tag is from a Cricut Cartridge.
Journal stamp is from Autumn Leaves stampology line,
Bakers twine

 I'm also entering this in the Scrappy Mom's stamps Terrific Thursday challenge, "Fall colors" http://www.scrappymoms-stamps.blogspot.com/search/label/Terrific%20Tuesday%20Challenges
It feels good to be posting again, hopefully I'll get around to doing more...
Until next time
Hugs.

Mother's Day basket

This year I decided to be creative for mother's day, So I created little baskets to give to the special ladies in my family, who are mothers,
I used LSHD files..."Bee & Flowers' & "3D tag", a Cricut cut basket, and a MS flower, leaf, fern branch and butterfly punch.
This one I made for a special aunt who does so much for us, I wanted to bless her with a special gift.
My sister and I made some homemade aromatic bath bombs to put inside and I made some vapor shower disks. 

I'm entering this in the SOUS DC challenge, "Mothers" here

Thinking of You card

Today I'm sharing a card I created using a Little Scraps of Heaven Designs sketch and cutting files, (Dove & My Paper Garden vol.2), If you've never checked out LSHD and have a cutting machine, be sure to, the files are super cute and so worth it, easy to assemble and can be used so many ways. There is also a super cute freebie each week, so don't miss out. http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

I love how my card turned out, I created the background by stamping a white sheet with 2 different flower stamps in pink and gold, I then spayed it with purple and a mix of red and blue mist, Love how that turned out, I cut it in strips and sewed to my card, top panel is embossed with a Cuddlebug embossing folder,

I'm entering this in the Red Carpet Studio, Fields of Dreams challenge, where you create your own unique background. here

Daisy Layout

I've been feeling pretty under the weather lately, can't seem to shake this flu bug that caught hold of me, I can't do much but I do force myself to scrap sometimes, there is so much to do and so little time. lol
This is a layout I created for my sister's wedding album, the wedding preparations,
I used the Current Stuck on U sketches sketch for my layout, Papers are DCWV, Prima, and some random ones from my stash, Cutting files use are from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs....."Little Buggers" for the jar and flower stems...."Elements Collection" for the banners, large background flower mat....."Large Hearts Mat" downsized for my little circle mat...."My Paper Garden vol.2" for the daisys....and "3D Butterfly". And of course I used my wonderful Cricut Explore to cut all that out,

I'm going to be entering this in the current sketch challenge over at StuckOnUSketches.com here

Froggy Birthday card

Yesterday Tricia over at Little Scraps of Heaven offered us this super cute freebie, I was looking at it and wondered "when am I ever gonna use this cute silly little frog," but today I came up with this idea for a shaker card, It seems to take forever to get it right, it just didn't seem to want to look right no mater what I did, in the end I decided to just put it together and it'll be what it'll be, and off all things it actually turned out all right.
I used Kraft cardstock for my base, embossed it with a critters Fiskar's embossing plate, inked it with black, the bottom mat is a shimmery DCWV paper from the Birthday Stack, I used a die-cut ribbon slider for my sentiment box and cut some little dragonfly shadows from the Little Scraps of Heaven Designs, "Little Buggers" file, and of course the frog is LSHDs "Silly Frog".

I'm entering this in the Cut it Up "Kraft, Black+ 1 other color" challenge, found here
I'm also entering it in the Craftin Desert Diva's Shaker Linky Party here

Wild Beauty

I created this layout of my cute nieces being goofy, They messed up their hair and posed for the camara.
For my layout I used a number of different papers mostly just odds from my stash, I think the base sheet is My Minds eye, but not sure,
I cut a number of Little scraps of Heaven Designs cutting files, http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/ "My Wonderland" for the frame, both dolls' bodies, 1 face, "Bad Hair Day" for the hair on both dolls, 1 face, and the brush and comb, I also used LSHD "Heart Frame,
The flower strip comes from a Colorbok speciality pack, I cut the strip from a full sheet. Font I created in DS with a free font, and tag and mats were also created in DS.
I distressed all my edges to go along with my wild hair look.

I'm going to be entering this in the sketch challenge over at "Stuck on You Sketches" March 27 challenge, http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.ca/2015/03/march-27-sketch-reveal.html

here is the sketch

Easter Card

My last Easter card of the Season, Made this one for my brother and sister-in-law, I acutally made this card for a challenge Miss Kate Cuttables had on her facebook page, but my sister told me it was a flop, lol, so I pretty much remade it, I hope it looks better now,

For this card I used Miss Kate's Cuttable files...."Summer backgrounds" Easter words, and Easter Eggs". When I remade it I added some glitter and a pink bow, I cut the chocolate bunnies from the Easter 2010 Cricut Cartridge,
I'm entering this in the "Easter Challenge" over at the http://www.fantabulouscricut.blogspot.ca/
and the "Anything goes" challenge over at http://www.craftindesertdivas.com

Easter Cards and new projects

I wanted to share a couple of Easter cards I created using Little Scraps of Heaven's Designs files, go here.

First one features a beautiful cutting file called "Lamb of God" I love this file, it had so many possibilities, I've made 2 different cards, both with the same file yet totally different,

Top one also uses a frame from a file called "Stitched frames" and the 2nd one features a frame from "Fancy Photo collection".

This one features a file called "Jelly Bean Bunny" "grass border" "Scalloped wave border" and the cross from "Lamb of God', I used this card to represent the deeper meaning of Easter yet still featuring a child's fantasy.

My last card is a Spring and Easter theme combined, I love this cute "Rain boots" file from LSHD, here I also used one of the frames from the "Stitched frames" set.

New projects

 Today I'm sharing a card I Created using Little scraps of Heaven Designs "Lamb of God" & "Fancy photo collection" files, I love this cute little lamb, Lamb of God is a new file on the website and one worth getting,
I used some Forever in Time papers for my background, I almost always use Recollections papers for my piecing, the Bible verse sentiment is a stamp,

 

I created this cute layout for some cute pictures I took of my small nephews playing outside last summer, For this I used the LSHD "Boys at Play" file, I love this file, it's so perfect for those "boy" moments, I used some outdated paper from my stash for the background, the top layers are from a Recollections pack called Animal Textures, the title is my own work in Design Space with a free font, I stamped the photo placemats with some texture stamps, 

New cards,

My very first digi stamp project, or kind of a digi stamp, I took the digi into Design Space and drew the image with a pen in my Explore, Love this cute little mouse in a teacup from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. I used some papers from my stash, I love buying these little Forever in Time paper packs in Dollar Stores, the have the cutest prints for cards,  I added a lace and bow with a little sequin dove hanging like a charm and some gemstones. The cross and phrase stamp are my newest additions to my crafty stash.

 I added another mouse/teacup to the inside of my card.

My other card has a number of LSHD cutting files, from the collections of "Fancy Photo Frames', "My Paper Garden Vol.2" and a cute butterfly from "Chasing Butterflies", I just love LSHD cutting files, they are worth checking out, if you have a cutting machine that can cut svgs.

This card also features paper from a Forever in Time pack, Recollections cardstock, and a beautiful scripture stamp that was a gift from my sister once,

Double Trouble

Dropping by to share a layout of my adorable nephews using Little Scraps of Heaven Design files, "Double Trouble Boys", and "PC Train".

This is actually the 2nd half of a double page layout, I did the first awhile back, but haven't' gotten around to doing this one until now, I'm glad I finally took the time to do it, the collected papers and pictures have been moved from spot to spot in my craft room so many times that I was afraid of something happening to them. I used a LSHD sketch for both, this is just the most resent one. I love how it turned out.
Here's the first half of the layout, also using LSHD files..."Floppy bear" and "Lion"

Baby Bear card

Sharing a card I created for my sister who's having a boy!
I usually don't create these kind of folded cards but lately I've decided to expend my cardmaking horizons,
For this card I used a couple of Little Scraps of Heaven Designs cutting files, "Cuddly Bear" "Heart Mat" and "Baby Buttons" I added a bow, some stamped images and a few gold circles to complete my card,

I'm going to be entering this in the Academy Awards challenge over at Red Carpet Studio, http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/02/rcs-92-academy-awards.html

Love bears all, wedding card

Sharing a card I created for my DT post over at Little Scraps of Heaven, Love their cutting files, this "Paper Garden vol.2" file is amazing, and the "Floppy Bears" are super cute, also used is the "note card" file.
For my card I used a DCWV remade card, however my card felt too heavy with the layered flowers so I cut the back of the card and mounted it on a heavier pink card, I use all Recollections papers for my piecing

, Love that brand, cuts so wonderfully, I added little gem stones in the flower centers and a cute little epoxy heart sticker between my bears, my sentiment box was created using the write feature on my Explore, love that machine, Isn't it amazing how tiny and detailed that machine will cut? These are the tiniest piecings I have ever done, and it wasn't fun gluing them together. lol

Flower card

I love LSHD cutting files, here I used 2, Roses and Bee with Flower, I have used the roses file over and over, love how easy it is to put together and it can be used anywhere, and the little bee is so cute, It took me 3 tries to get my explore to cut the tiny little antennas on it but I finally got it using the intricate card stock setting.
This is my first project for March on the LSHD DT,
Be sure to check out the site, so many super cute files to be found there. http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

My first box card attempt.

My very first box card,
I created this card for my sister's birthday on the 27th but unfortunately it didn't get done till the 28th, but the look on her face when I presented it to her was worth all the effort this card was. for this card I used a Cuddly Cute Designs file Bear with Roses,
I also used my MS punches, leaf branch, fern branch and butterfly, papers are an older My Mind's Eye print, and the fancy happy birthday design was cut using a cricut cartridge, Paper Lace

I'm entering this in the Red Carpet Studio My Fair Lady Challenge. here

You & Me Layout

Another layout for my sisters album,
Here I used alot of different Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs cutting files, Check them out they have the cutest images  Go Here
The sandles, flowers, and hearts are all from LSHD cutting files, 

I used DCWV and Prima papers, gems a sentiment stamp, and some gemstones,

I'm going to be entering this in the Stuck On U Sketches, February 13th sketch challenge, here

Brown Bear Card

I'm so excited I got accepted on a Design Team at Little Scraps Of Heaven here Check out the site, they have the cutest paper piecing files ever!!!
For my card I used DCWV papers from the Birthday Wishes stack, some random stamps from my stash for the cupcake and candles, and a Heidi Grace "Happy Birthday" sentiment stamp,
I also added 3 different ribbons on the top banner,

I posted this on the LSHD facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Scraps-of-Heaven-Designs
I'm also entering it into these challenges, "Use Ribbon" http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/search/label/Linky%20Party

and "Birthday Card"
http://lawnscaping.blogspot.ca/2015/02/lawnscaping-challenge-birthday.html

Beautiful layout

Layout of my oldest niece in my mom's garden at 3 years of age, these pictures are long overdue to be scrapped since our little beauty will be 11 this year,
I think the back paper is from a My Mind's Eye stack, not quite sure, but the printed papers are from a Colorbok pad,
I used 3 different Cricut Cartridges to establish my layout, Bionicals, Lacy Labels and Create a Critter.

This sketch is entered in the sketch challenge running this week over at Stuck On U Sketches, here

One more Valentine treat

Another pink Valentine purse, lol, I have 9 nieces so I made alot of these,
This one is for the challenge over at Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party-Red, pink, and white, here
I used a super cute Valentine bear cutting file from Treasure Box Design here

Little lamb Valentine treat bag.

Yet another purse treat bag, this one features a cute little lamb, a previous freebie from SVGcutting files,  here Isn't it the cutest? I love that happy little face, I know my niece will too.

Entered in the Valentine project challenge over at the SVG Cutting files blog here

Wagon Valentine treat

A Valentine treat I created for my oldest nephew, I cut the little wagon and boxes from a wonderful site with a talented lady at the Under A Cherry Tree Blog here,
The cute little tractor, helicopter, and dump truck are fridge little magnets and are cut from the Boys will be Boys cartridge, I love that cart, I brought it when my nephew was born to create his scrapbook, which has yet to be made, lol.
The little boxes are filled with candy treats,

I'm going to be entering this in the Valentine project challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog, here

Another Valentine treat

Another little treat bag I created for one of my 9 nieces, this one features a cute little valentine holding mouse from Treasure Box Designs,  go here The bag is an older cutting file from a site called Dan 99,

I love how my little bags turned out, I made 7 of these as well as 5 others,
The mouse is actually a magnet that my niece can use on the fridge, she loves playing with fridge magnets,
This project is entered in the Creative Cutting Challenge, Valentine's Day here

Little Love Bug Valentine treat bag.

I made this super cute little treat bag for one of my beautiful nieces, she just love ladybugs, and this cute ladybug cutting file from http://designsoncloud9.com/ was just perfect,
My little ladybug bee is acutally a magnet that my niece can put on the fridge,
I tag is created using a stamp, and the little heart shaped bag is also a Cloud9 cutting file,

I'm going to be entering this in the "Warm and cozy" die cut challenge over at http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.ca/2015/01/january-23-die-cut-challenge-reveal.html, I hope it's ok for the challenge, what's makes you think more of warmth than ladybugs and daises, and the little bear looks so cuddly, makes me feel warm and cozy just looking at it, not to mention that it reminds me of my cute cuddly niece, lol